The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-07

lisa OF ary such railroad or street railroad.
or tar thereof
provementz ard 20 levy and collect special
assessments On property benefited there
By. ard for paying for the same or any
portion thereof
EleveaEh-To acquire by purchase OF By
exercise OF the right OF eminent domain or
otherwise lands FOR public parks. within
CT without the limits OF said city. and 10
Twelfth-To construct ana keep In repair
bridges, vtaducts and tunnels, and TO reg
uisfe the use thereof.
Thtrteenth-fo determine what work
shall be done or improvements made az
the expense IN whole or Il part Of the own
ers OF the adjoining, contiguous or proxi-
mate property. or others especially bene-
Ter OF making and collecting assessments
therefor.
Fourtesnth-Tc provide for erecting. pur-
chasing or otherwise acquiring. as the sole
and exclusive property OF the city, water
works within or without the corporate Inn
ifs OF the city. 10 supply said city and its
fnha cstants with water for any and ali pur.
poses. and 70 TX, alter, regulate and control
the use and price OF the water as supplied
provided. however, that the city council
snail not enter into any contract or agree
msnt whatever with any person. company
or corporation for its water supply or dig
tribution, or for the joint or entire use or
the whole or any part of the city water
supply or distributing plant. including com
GUt&S, tllz1t43 ana E&scTN0tISr Wztlt1t
submitting such proposed contract or
agreement to vote OF the qualified cleo
tors OF the city at a general election. or
special election called for that purpose
ing al said election shall vote theresors
provided further. that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be 20 construed as TO prevent
the city from selling to any consumer va
ter for power or other uses. or the power
manufactured from water, upon terms open
10 all consumers
Fffteenth-To provide for lighting the
streets and all public places of the city.
and for furnishing the inhabitants OF the
city with gas, electric or other light. and
for the ownership. purchase or other ac-
QUESTION. construction and maintenance OF
such works as may be necessary or conven-
lent therefor: TO charge and collect for the
use OF such light, and to regulate the use
and price OF such light whether supplied
provided, however, that no purchase OF any
such light plant shall be made without first
submitting the question OF such purchase
10 the electors of the city.
Sixteenth-To establish and regulate mar
kets. and 10 provide. by proper penalties,
for the weighing. measuring and inSpec-
ton of all articles OF food or drink Offered
for sale thereat or at any other place with
IN the limits OF the city, and to enforce the
keeping of proper legal weights and meas
ures By all vendors in the city, and TO pro-
vide for the inspection OF such weights and
measures.
Seventeenth-To erect ana establish hos
pitfalls and pest-houses. and TO control and
regulate the same
Eighteenth-To erect and establish work.
houses and jails, and to control and regu-
late the same, and to provide for the work.
lag OF prisoners confined therein; provided.
that no prisoner shall.be required TO ner-
form any labor until he shall have been
duly convicted OF some offense punishable
BY Imprisonment. and duly sentenced there
to.
Nineteenth--To provide for establishing
and maintaining reform or training schools
for Juvenile offenders.
Twentieth-To provide for the establish
ment and maintenance or public library
or libraries. and to appropriate annually
such per centum of ali moneys collected
for fines. penalties and licenses as shall be
prescribed by this charter for the support
OF city library which shall, under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by Or
dinance. be open for use by the public
Twenty-frst-To regulate the burial Of
the dead, and TO establish and regulate
cemeteries within or without the corporate
limits. and TO acquire land therefor by pur-
chase or condemnation or otherwise; 70
cause cemeteries TO be removed beyond the
limits of the corporation, and to prohibit
the establishment OF any cemetery within
two miles OF the boundaries of the city.
Twenty-second-To direct the location
and construction Of all buildings IN which
any trade or occupation offensive TO the
senses or deleterious 10 the public health
or safety shall be carried on, and to regu-
late the management thereof; and TO pro-
hihit the erection and maintenance OF such
buildings or structures, or the carrying on
OF such trades or occupations within the
limits Of the city or within the distance OF
two miles beyond the boundaries thereof.
Twenty-third-To make regulations for
the prevention OF accidents by fire, 10 or
ganize and establish fire department, 10
provide fire engines and other apparatus.
and TO provide for the prevention and ex-
tinguishment OF fires and 10 regulate or
prohibit the transportation. keeping or
storage OF all combustible or explosive ma
terials within the corporate limits OF the
city. and TO restrain and regulate and pro-
hihit the use of fireworks.
Twenty-fourth-To establish IRE limits
and enlarge the same as circumstances
may require, and mako all such regulations
for the erection and maintenance OF build
ings or other structures within the corpor-
ute limits as the safety or persons or prop
erty may require, and 20 cause all such
buildings and places as may from any
cause be In dangerous state 10 be put in
n safe condition, and 10 prohibit the erec-
ton or construction within such fire linz
its OF any building or structure or any adj
such building. structure or addition be con-
structed Of such material and in conform
ity to such rules. regulations and condi-
tons as the city council shall have pro-
vfaed: and to provide for the removal of
any building or structure or any addition
20 any building or structure erected con-
trary to such prohibition.
Twenty-fifth-To regulate the manner In
which stone, brick and other buildings.
party walls and partition fences shall be
constructed and maintained
Twenty-sixth-To provide for the deep
ening, widening, docking, covering, wall
Ing, altering or changing the channels OF
Waterways and water-courses, and 10 pro-
vide for the construction and maintenance
or canals, slips. public landing places,
wharves, docks and levees, and all such
other work as may be required for the sc-
cornnlodatiou OF comnerce. and 10 control
and regulate the use thereof: ard further,
=. all
work or works by the city and for its use
and benefit: and for the construction and
maintenance and ownership OF the same BY
the city.
Twentv-seventh-To control. regulate
and prohibit the anchorage. moorags and
landing OF all water craft and their car
goes within the jurisdiction of the corpora
ton.
Twenty-eighth-To fix the rate OF wharf
age. storage and dockage, and 10 provide
for the collection thereof, and to provide
for the imposition and collection OF such
harhor fees as may be consistent with the
laws Of the United States.
Twentv-ninth-'To license, regulate, con-
troll or restrain wharf-boats. tugs and 9th
er boats used about the hazeor or within
the jurisdiction OF the city.
Th4rtieth-To REQUIRE the owners Of pub
&c halls or other buildings 10 provide suit
able means Of exit: 70 provide FOR the pre-
vention and abatement OF nusances; for
the cleaning and publication OF water
courses and canals: for the draining and
filing Up OF ponds on private property
within sts limits. when the same shall he
offensive 70 the senses or dangerous 10
health: 20 regulate and control and provide
for the prevention and punishment OF
the seaiefneut or pollution % all streams
running into or through its corporate linz
It's and for the distance Of Eve miles be-
You'd Its corporate limits. and OF anv
stream or lake from which tha wat err supply
OF said city Is or may be taken. for a dis
.an,e OF FIVE miles beyond its source %
supply; 20 provide for the cleaning OF
areas. vaults and other places which NAV
Re so kept a. 10 become offensive 10 the
senses Or dangerous to health. and to make
all such quarantine and other regulations
a may be necessary for the preservation
q the pubhc health. and 70 remove all per-
sgs~a arrIs~fa4 with any infectious or cor.