Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-12

Full Text of the New Charter Under
Which B1uefeld Will Be
Governed After
June lst.

and manner OF punirhment; TO pro-
hsbit and punish by fine the bring
ing into the city by railroads or
other carriers. OF paupers. dangerous
or Objectionable characters or per-
sons afflicted with contagious dis
ease; to control and suppress disor
derby houses, hous~s OF prostitution
or ill-fame. houses OF assignatfon.
and gaming houses or any part thsre
of, and to punish those engaged in
gaming: to prohibit within said city
or within two mi 'es thereof slaugh-
ter houses, soap or glue factories.
and houses and places OF like kind.
and any other thing or business dan
serous, unwholesome, unhealthy, Of
fe1sive. indecent or dangerous to
life, health. peace or property; to
provide for the entry into and the
examination of all dwellings, lots,
yards, enclo mres, buildings and
structures, cars and vehicles OF ev-
cry description and to ascertain
thair condition for health, cleanli-
ness or safety; to regulate the build
ing and maintenance OF party walls.
partition fences or line. fire walls,
fire places, boilers. smokestacks and
stove pipes; TO provide for and reg
ulate the safe construction, inspec-
ton and repairs OF all public and
private buildings, bridges, Easements
Gu verts, sewers, or other buildings
or structures OF any description; TO
take down and remove, or make safe
and secure any and all buildings,
walls, structures or superstrucmres
at the expense of the owners thera-
of, that are or may become dange:-
their agents to tako down and re
move them or put them in safe
and sound condition at their own
expense; TO regulate, RESTRAIN or
prohibit the erection of wooden or
other buildings within the city; 10
regulate the height. construction aud
inspection of all new buildings here
after erected, and the alteration az
repair OF any buildings already erect
ed or hereafter erected in said city,
and TO require permits to be obtain
ed for such buildings and struct-
ures, and plans and specifications
thereof to be first submitted to the
building inspector; to regulate the
limit within which IL shall be lawful
TO erect any steps. portlcos, bay
windows, bow windows, show win
dows, awnings. signs, columns, piers
or other projection or structural or
naments of any kind for the houses
of buildings fronting on any street
or said city; to establish fire limits
and to provide the kind OF build
ings and structures that may be
erected therein, and to enforce all
needful rules and regulations to
guard against fire and danger there
from; to require, regulate and con-
troll the construction of fire escapes,
for any buildings or other struct-
ures in said city; to control the
opening and construction OF bitches
drains, sewers, cesspools and cutters
and to deepen, widen, and clear the
same of stagnant water or filth, and
to prevent obstruction therein, and
to fill, c'ose or abolish the same, and
to de:e~h.ino ut whose expense the
same shall be done; and to build and
fire citation houses, crena-
tories, jails, lock-up5, and other
buildings, police stations and police
courts, and to regulate the manage
ment thereof; TO acquire, establish,
'ay on, appropriate. regulate, main
tain, and control public grounds,
squares and parks, hospitals, market
houses, city buildings, Libraries and
other educational or charitable in