The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-02-21
ARTICLE II.
OF the Power of Cities.


Section l. The inhabitants of any
city incorporated under this act are
hereby constituted body polite and
corporate and shall have perpetual sue
cession may use common seal, sue and
be sued. and for any purpose which it
deems necessary or eXpedient for the
public interest, perform and render all
public services and acquire property
within and without the city limits either
real or personal, by gift, purchase, de-
wise or by condemnation proceedings and
hold and control the same.
Section g. Said city shall have power
to lay out, establish, open. close, alter,
widen. extend, grade, care for, pave, SUI
pervise and improve streets. alleys, side
walks, squares, parks, public places and
bridges, culverts and other public works,
to vacate the same and to regulate the
use thereof; to prescribe and regulate
the height of buildings adjacent to or
abutting thereon; to vacate and close
private ways; to construct and maintain
waterworks and electric lights: to es-
tablish fire limits and to do all things
it may deem expedient, needful and ap-
propriate to regulate, care for and dis
pose of sewage, offal, garbage and other
refuse.
Section 4. The city shall have power
to establish, erect, maintain, lease and
regulate wharves and docks, charge of
wharfage and dockaee, and regulate the
use of the harbor or harbors within its
limits.
Section :. The city shall have power
to lease, maintain. regulate and operate
markets, market places, wash-houses and
slaughterino houses.
Section 6. The city shall have power
to establish and regulate warehouses,
houses of correction and such other
places of incarceration and reformatory
institutions and charitable institutions as
it may deem expedient.
Section T. The city shall have power
to enforce obedience and observance of
its ordinances and regulations by or
daining and enforcing reasonable fines,
penalties and terms of imprisonment
Section 8. The city shall have power
to establish and maintain Libraries,
museums and such other institutions for
the enlightenment and welfare of its in
habitants as it may deem expedent or
necessary.
Section O. The city shall have the
power to establish minor courts within
its limits which shall be invested with
the civil and criminal jurisdiction OF
district magistrates. The justices OF such
courts shall be appointed by the mayor,
and may be removed bv him in the same
manner as the officers OF the subordin-
ate administrative service of the city.
Such justices shall have. within the
cities in which they have been appoint
ed, and in cases where the alleged
crimes or misdemeanors have been COM
mitted with said city exclusive juris-
diction to issue all warrants, hear and
determine all complaints and to conduct
all examinations and trials in criminal
cases that may now be had before dis
trict magistrates, and shall have the
same power and jurisdiction in such
criminal cases as district magistrates
now have or as may by law may here
after be conferred upon them, and shall
have exclusive jurisdiction in all cases
of violation of the ordinances and regu-
lations of the city. Such justices shall
be subject to the same liabilities, anc
their judgments and proceedings may bt
reviewed in the same manner and to the
same extent as is now or may be here.
after provided for in the case of diStric
magistrates
Section 10. The rights of the city il
and to its waterfront wharf property
land under water, public landings
wharves, docks, streets avenues. parks
bridges and other public places are here
by declared to be inalienable except b,
four-hfths vote of the council, ap
proved by the mavor; and no franchis,
or lease or right TO use the same eithe
on, through, across, under or over, an'