Arizona republican., 1912-10-05

acting for and in it's behalf, shall have the further powers hereinafter enumerated and set forth, to-wit: CD To provide a corporate seal, with appropriate device, to be affixed to all instruments or writings needing authorization, and to alter and change the same as it may deem proper and wise
 @ To prescribe fines, forfeitures and penalties for the violation of any provision of this charter or of any ordinance; but no penalty shall ex- ceed the limit which may be pre- scribed by the laws of the State of Arizona relative to incorporated cities and their powers
 (3) To provide for the summary abatement of any nuisances at the expense of the person or persons ere
 ating, causing, committing or main
 taining such nuisance.
 (D To offer rewards not exceed ing two hundred and fifty dollars Tn any one instance for the appre- hension and conviction of any per son who may have committed a fel- ony in the city, and to authorize the payment thereof
 (5) To organize and maintain po- lice and fire departments, fire alarm
 and police and telegraph and teIe- phone systems, manage and control the same, and appoint a superinten- dent thereof, also to erect and main tain suitable buildings, equipments and implements for said police and fire departments
 (6) To regulate or prohibit the manufacture, keeping, storing and using of powder, dynamite, gun cot 1 ton, nitroglycerine, fireworks and other explosive materials and sub stances.
 CD To regulate the storage of hay, straw, oil and other inflammable and combustible materials.
 (S) To regulate the use of steam | engines, gas engines, steam boilers and electric motors, and to prohibit | their use in such localities as in the 1 judgment of the commission would endanger public safety or health; also | to regulate the installation of gas and electric fixtures and appliances and to provide for proper inspection of such l installation.
 (9) To prescribe fire limits and determine the character and height 1 of buildings that may be erected
 therein and the nature of the mate
 rials to be used in the construction, alteration or repair of such build | ings or in the repair or alteration of
 existing buildings within such fire 1 limits.
 1 GO) To regulate the construction of and the materials used in all 1 buildings, chimneys, stacks and other structures; and the construction and
 use of party walls; to prevent the erection and maintenance of unsafe or ! insecure buildings, walls, chimneys, stacks or other structures, and to provide for their summary abatement
 or destruction. To regulate the ma
 terials used in and the method of 1 construction and location of drains
 and sewers, the materials used in | wiring buildings or other structures for the use of electricity for light l ing, power, heat or other purposes, and materials used in piping build ings or other structures for the pur-
 pose of supplying the same with water or gas and the manner of so doing; to prohibit the construction
 of buildings and structures which do not conform to such regulations l CID To require the owners and lessees of buildings or other struc- lures to place upon them or in them ] adequate fire escapes and appliances
 for protection against fire and for the extinguishment of fires.
 l CPD To prevent the construction
 and to cause the removal of danger ous chimneys, fireplaces, hearths, ie.+.- hCi n paratus and machinery used in any building in the city; to regulate the carrying on of manufactories liable
 to cause fire; to prevent the depos- iting of ashes, the accumulation of shavings, rubbish, or any other com bustible material in unsafe places, and to make all necessary provisions
 to guard against fires.
 G3) To regulate the size and con- struction of the entrances to and eX- it's from all theaters, lecture rooms, halls, schools, churches, hotels, office buildings, and buildings used for fac
 tory purposes, and other places of
 public gathering of every kind, and to prevent the placing of seats, chairs,
 benches or other Instructions in the railways, aisles or open places there in.
 G4) To regulate the speed of rail-
 road t3ains, engines and cars pass ing through the city and the speed
 of cars of street or interurban rail
 way companies using the public
 streets of the city, to require rail- road companies to station flagmen, place gates or viaducts at all such
 street crossings as the commission
 may deem proper, to require street cars and local trains to be provided
 with lenders or other appliances for the better protection of the public;
 to prohibit the making up of rail-
 road trains on any of the streets,
 street crossings CT street intersec- tions of the city; to regulate the
 speed with which persons may ride
 or drive or propel bicycles, automo- piles, or other vehicles along CT upon any of the streets or highways of the
 city.
 | G5) To regulate or prohibit the
 exI ibition or carrying of banners. lp!acards O advertisements, and the
 d:etf ibution cf handbils in the streets,