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NE Code § 17-120 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-120 - Public morals; powers; restrictions.

17-120.  Public morals; powers; restrictions.A city of the second class shall have the power to restrain, prohibit, and suppress houses of prostitution, gambling and gambling houses, and other disorderly houses and practices, and all kinds of public indecencies, and all lotteries or fraudulent devices and practices for the purpose of obtaining money or property, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to bingo, lotteries, lotteries by the sale of pickle cards, or raffles conducted in accordance with the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, or the State Lottery Act. The city may license, regulate, or prohibit billiard halls and billiard tables, pool halls and pool tables, and bowling alleys.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, I, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 194;   R.S.1913, § 5014;   Laws 1917, c. 99, § 1, p. 263;   C.S.1922, § 4183;   C.S.1929, § 17-122;   R.S.1943, § 17-120;   Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 189;   Laws 1991, LB 849, § 62;   Laws 1993, LB 138, § 64;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 16.  Cross References   Nebraska Bingo Act, see section 9-201.  Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-401.  Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, see section 9-301.  Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-501.  State Lottery Act, see section 9-801. Annotations  Bowling alley open to the public on the payment of a fee and operated under the name of "Recreation Club" is not exempt from the provisions of an ordinance providing for license passed under the authority of this section. State ex rel. City of Friend v. Friend Recreation Club, 123 Neb. 740, 243 N.W. 876 (1932). City cannot prohibit sale of card tables in places of business, nor card playing under all circumstances. In re Sapp, 79 Neb. 781, 113 N.W. 261 (1907). Power was conferred on cities of second class to regulate billiard and pool halls. State ex rel. McMonies v. McMonies, 75 Neb. 443, 106 N.W. 454 (1906). Validity of ordinance can be questioned only by one whose rights are directly affected thereby. Flick v. City of Broken Bow, 67 Neb. 529, 93 N.W. 729 (1903). Ordinance to regulate closing of saloons relates to general welfare and is authorized under the police power of the city. Ex parte Wolf, 14 Neb. 24, 14 N.W. 660 (1883). Ordinances of city of second class punishing trespassers upon real or personal property are valid. City of Brownville v. Cook, 4 Neb. 101 (1875).
NE Code § 17-122 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-122 - Hospital; establishment and control.

17-122.  Hospital; establishment and control.A city of the second class shall have the power to erect, establish, and regulate hospitals and to provide for the government and support of such hospitals.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, III, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 194;   R.S.1913, § 5016;   C.S.1922, § 4185;   C.S.1929, § 17-124;   R.S.1943, § 17-122;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 18.
NE Code § 17-123 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-123 - Public health; regulations; water; power to supply.

17-123.  Public health; regulations; water; power to supply.A city of the second class shall have the power to make regulations to secure the general health of the city, to prevent and remove nuisances within the city and within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and to provide the city with water.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, IV, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 194;   R.S.1913, § 5017;   C.S.1922, § 4186;   C.S.1929, § 17-125;   R.S.1943, § 17-123;  Laws 2015, LB266, § 8;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 19.  Annotations  City of second class may bring action to enjoin maintenance of a nuisance. City of Lyons v. Betts, 184 Neb. 746, 171 N.W.2d 792 (1969). It is not incumbent upon city to enact ordinance prohibiting a nuisance before it has a right to apply to a court of equity for relief. City of Syracuse v. Farmers Elevator, Inc., 182 Neb. 783, 157 N.W.2d 394 (1968). Village may bring action in equity to enjoin maintenance of public nuisance. Village of Kenesaw v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co., 91 Neb. 619, 136 N.W. 990 (1912).
NE Code § 17-123.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-123.01 - Transferred to section 17-573.

17-123.01.  Transferred to section 17-573.
NE Code § 17-124 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-124 - Police; power to establish.

17-124.  Police; power to establish.A city of the second class shall have the power to establish a night watch and police and to define the duties and powers of such night watch and police.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, V, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5018;   C.S.1922, § 4187;   C.S.1929, § 17-126;   R.S.1943, § 17-124;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 20.
NE Code § 17-125 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-125 - Transferred to sections 17-528.02 and 17-528.03.

17-125.  Transferred to sections 17-528.02 and 17-528.03.
NE Code § 17-126 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-126 - Public market; establishment; regulation.

17-126.  Public market; establishment; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to purchase, hold, and own grounds for and to erect, establish, and regulate market houses and market places.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, VII, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5020;   C.S.1922, § 4189;   C.S.1929, § 17-128;   R.S.1943, § 17-126;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 21.
NE Code § 17-127 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-127 - Public buildings; power to erect.

17-127.  Public buildings; power to erect.A city of the second class shall have the power to provide for the erection and government of any useful or necessary building for the use of the city.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, VIII, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5021;   C.S.1922, § 4190;   C.S.1929, § 17-129;   R.S.1943, § 17-127;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 22.
NE Code § 17-129 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-129 - Disorderly conduct; power to prevent.

17-129.  Disorderly conduct; power to prevent.A city of the second class shall have the power to prevent intoxication, fighting, quarreling, dog fights, cock fights, and all disorderly conduct.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5023;   C.S.1922, § 4192;   C.S.1929, § 17-131;   R.S.1943, § 17-129;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 23.  Annotations The power of municipalities to define and punish the offense of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor is not limited by state laws regulating motor vehicle traffic. Gembler v. City of Seward, 136 Neb. 196, 285 N.W. 542 (1939), modified on rehearing 136 Neb. 916, 288 N.W. 545 (1939).
NE Code § 17-130 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-130 - Fire escapes; exits; regulation.

17-130.  Fire escapes; exits; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate the use of any opera house, city hall, church, or other building used by the people for worship, for amusement, or for public assemblages to ensure that such opera house, city hall, church, or other building is provided with suitable, ample, and sufficient fire escapes and suitable, ample, and sufficient means of exit and entrance.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5024;   C.S.1922, § 4193;   C.S.1929, § 17-132;   R.S.1943, § 17-130;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 24.
NE Code § 17-131 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-131 - Safety regulations.

17-131.  Safety regulations.A city of the second class shall have the power to prescribe the thickness, strength, and manner of constructing stone, brick, and other buildings and to prescribe and direct the number and construction of means of exit and entrance and the construction of fire escapes in such buildings.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 196;   R.S.1913, § 5025;   C.S.1922, § 4194;   C.S.1929, § 17-133;   R.S.1943, § 17-131;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 25.
NE Code § 17-132 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-132 - Places of amusement; safety regulations; revocation of license.

17-132.  Places of amusement; safety regulations; revocation of license.A city of the second class shall have the power (1) to regulate, license, tax, and suppress places of amusement, (2) to revoke the licenses of such places when they are not provided with sufficient and ample means of exit and entrance or when the licensee has been convicted of any violation of the ordinances in relation to such places, and (3) to declare from time to time when such place or places are unsafe for such uses.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;   R.S.1913, § 5026;   C.S.1922, § 4195;   C.S.1929, § 17-134;   R.S.1943, § 17-132;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 26.  Annotations City is not authorized under this section to prohibit playing a game of cards for amusement. In re Sapp, 79 Neb. 781, 113 N.W. 261 (1907).
NE Code § 17-134 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-134 - Peddlers; pawnbrokers; entertainers; licensing and regulation.

17-134.  Peddlers; pawnbrokers; entertainers; licensing and regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to license, tax, suppress, regulate, and prohibit hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, theatrical and other exhibitions, shows, and other amusements and to revoke such licenses for violation of such ordinances.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 196;   R.S.1913, § 5028;   C.S.1922, § 4197;   C.S.1929, § 17-136;   R.S.1943, § 17-134;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 27.
NE Code § 17-136 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-136 - Fire hazards; dangerous buildings; elimination.

17-136.  Fire hazards; dangerous buildings; elimination.A city of the second class shall have the power to prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fireplaces, hearths, stoves, stovepipes, ovens, or boilers used in and about any building and to cause such to be removed or placed in a safe condition, as the city council may prescribe by ordinance. Such city may regulate and prevent by ordinance the deposit of ashes in unsafe places and cause all dangerous buildings and enclosures to be put in safe condition.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 196;   R.S.1913, § 5030;   C.S.1922, § 4199;   C.S.1929, § 17-138;   R.S.1943, § 17-136;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 28.  Annotations Municipality may enact ordinance to protect public from the dangers resulting from the use of gas. Clough v. North Central Gas Co., 150 Neb. 418, 34 N.W.2d 862 (1948).
NE Code § 17-137 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-137 - Explosives; storage; fireworks; regulation.

17-137.  Explosives; storage; fireworks; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to (1) regulate and prevent storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, resin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitroglycerine, petroleum, or any of the productions thereof and other material, (2) regulate the use of lights in stables and shops and other places, (3) regulate the building of bonfires, and (4) regulate, prohibit, and restrain the use of fireworks, firecrackers, Roman candles, sky rockets, and other pyrotechnic displays.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 196;   R.S.1913, § 5031;   C.S.1922, § 4200;   C.S.1929, § 17-139;   R.S.1943, § 17-137;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 29.
NE Code § 17-138 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-138 - Animals; cruelty, prevention of.

17-138.  Animals; cruelty, prevention of.A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to prohibit and punish cruelty to animals.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5032;   C.S.1922, § 4201;   C.S.1929, § 17-140;   R.S.1943, § 17-138;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 30.
NE Code § 17-139 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-139 - Traffic; sales; regulation.

17-139.  Traffic; sales; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to regulate traffic and sales upon the streets, the sidewalks, and other public places.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5033;   C.S.1922, § 4202;   C.S.1929, § 17-141;   R.S.1943, § 17-139;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 31.  Annotations The power of municipalities, under this section, to define and punish the offense of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, is not limited by the Uniform Motor Vehicle Act. Gembler v. City of Seward, 136 Neb. 196, 285 N.W. 542 (1939), modified on rehearing 136 Neb. 916, 288 N.W. 545 (1939).
NE Code § 17-140 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-140 - Signs and handbills; regulation.

17-140.  Signs and handbills; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks, and public grounds for signs, sign posts, racks, and the posting of handbills and advertisements.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5034;   C.S.1922, § 4203;   C.S.1929, § 17-142;   R.S.1943, § 17-140;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 32.  Annotations  City of second class has authority by ordinance to regulate and prevent use of sidewalks and streets and to remove obstructions therefrom, but such body cannot act arbitrarily and deny one citizen privileges which it grants to others. City of Pierce v. Schramm, 116 Neb. 263, 216 N.W. 809 (1927). Municipalities may grant the use of streets to telephone company for its poles and lines. City of Plattsmouth v. Nebraska Telephone Co., 80 Neb. 460, 114 N.W. 588 (1908). The term "public roads" does not include streets and alleys of a municipality, and the unauthorized use of such thoroughfares constitutes a public nuisance. Nebraska Telephone Co. v. Western Independent Long Distance Telephone Co., 68 Neb. 772, 95 N.W. 18 (1903).
NE Code § 17-141 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-141 - Sidewalks and substructures; regulation.

17-141.  Sidewalks and substructures; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate the use of sidewalks and all structures thereunder.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5035;   C.S.1922, § 4204;   C.S.1929, § 17-143;   R.S.1943, § 17-141;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 33.  Annotations  City is bound to keep its sidewalks reasonably safe for travel, and it is the duty of the officers of the city to exercise reasonable diligence in knowing of dangerous conditions thereof. Anderson v. City of Albion, 64 Neb. 280, 89 N.W. 794 (1902). Streets must be kept in a reasonably safe condition for public travel, and a petition sufficiently charges negligence if it alleges facts from which a person may reasonably infer street was not kept in such condition. City of Aurora v. Cox, 43 Neb. 727, 62 N.W. 66 (1895).
NE Code § 17-142 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-142 - Streets; moving of buildings; other obstructions; regulation.

17-142.  Streets; moving of buildings; other obstructions; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to regulate and prevent the moving of buildings through the streets and to regulate and prohibit the piling of building material or any excavation or obstruction of the streets.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5036;   C.S.1922, § 4205;   C.S.1929, § 17-144;   R.S.1943, § 17-142;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 34.
NE Code § 17-143 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-143 - Railroads; location, grade, and crossing; regulation.

17-143.  Railroads; location, grade, and crossing; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to provide for and change the location, grade, and crossing of any railroad.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197;   R.S.1913, § 5037;   C.S.1922, § 4206;   C.S.1929, § 17-145;   R.S.1943, § 17-143;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 35.
NE Code § 17-145 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-145 - Sewers and drains; regulation.

17-145.  Sewers and drains; regulation.A city of the second class shall have the power to construct and keep in repair culverts, drains, sewers, and cesspools and to regulate the use of such culverts, drains, sewers, and cesspools.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 198;   R.S.1913, § 5039;   C.S.1922, § 4208;   C.S.1929, § 17-147;   R.S.1943, § 17-145;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 36.  Annotations  Where a municipal corporation discharges sewage for a period of over ten years, in an adverse manner into a gully, it may acquire an easement therefor. Hall v. City of Friend, 134 Neb. 652, 279 N.W. 346 (1938). City is liable to owner of property for overflow of surface waters caused by improvement of drainage system. Naysmith v. City of Auburn, 95 Neb. 582, 146 N.W. 971 (1914). Cities of second class have the right to construct and regulate sewers, and such authority being expressly granted necessarily implies the power to issue bonds for the payment of the same. State ex rel. City of Norfolk v. Babcock, 22 Neb. 614, 35 N.W. 941 (1888).
NE Code § 17-146 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-146 - Refunding bonds; power to issue.

17-146.  Refunding bonds; power to issue.A city of the second class shall have the power to issue bonds in place of or to supply means to meet its maturing bonds or for the consolidation or funding of such bonds.Source   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 198;   R.S.1913, § 5040;   C.S.1922, § 4209;   C.S.1929, § 17-148;   R.S.1943, § 17-146;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 37.  Annotations  Where bonds, when issued by a city, contain recitals insuring that "all preliminary steps had been taken in manner and form required by law", if it appears later when bonds are in the hands of a purchaser that a fact stated in the recitals is untrue, the city is estopped to so prove or contend. South Sioux City v. Hanchett Bond Co., 19 F.2d 476 (8th Cir. 1927). Findings of a board, authorized by the Legislature to determine questions of fact upon which limitations of amount of issue of bonds depends, are conclusive in favor of bona fide purchasers of such bonds. Chilton v. Town of Gratton, 82 F. 873 (Cir. Ct., D. Neb. 1897).
NE Code § 17-147 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-147 - Fire department; organization and equipment.

17-147.  Fire department; organization and equipment.A city of the second class shall have the power to procure fire engines, hooks, ladders, buckets, and other apparatus, to organize fire engine, hook and ladder, and bucket companies, to prescribe rules of duty and the government of the fire department with such penalties as the city council may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to make all necessary appropriations for the fire department.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, IX, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 198;   R.S.1913, § 5041;   C.S.1922, § 4210;   C.S.1929, § 17-149;   R.S.1943, § 17-147;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 38.  Annotations  Power given in this section to procure fire engines, hooks, ladders, etc., is totally different from the power to issue obligations unimpeachable in the hands of third persons in payment therefor. State ex rel. City of O'Neill v. Marsh, 121 Neb. 841, 238 N.W. 760 (1931). A city may impose an occupation tax by ordinance upon a fire insurance company for the purpose of maintaining a volunteer fire department. German-American Fire Ins. Co. v. City of Minden, 51 Neb. 870, 71 N.W. 995 (1897).
NE Code § 17-148 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-148 - City council; president; acting president; powers.

17-148.  City council; president; acting president; powers.In each city of the second class, the city council shall elect one of its own body who shall be styled the president of the city council and who shall preside at all meetings of the city council in the absence of the mayor. In the absence of the president, the city council shall elect one of its own body to occupy his or her place temporarily, who shall be styled acting president of the city council. The president, and acting president, when occupying the place of the mayor, shall have the same privileges as other members of the city council; and all acts of the president or acting president, while so acting, shall be as binding upon the city council and upon the city as if done by the mayor.Source   Laws 1879, § 39, X, p. 201;   Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 198;   R.S.1913, § 5042;   C.S.1922, § 4211;   C.S.1929, § 17-150;   R.S.1943, § 17-148;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 39.
NE Code § 17-149 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-149 - Transferred to section 17-574.

17-149.  Transferred to section 17-574.
NE Code § 17-149.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-149.01 - Transferred to section 17-575.

17-149.01.  Transferred to section 17-575.
NE Code § 17-150 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-150 - Sewerage system; establishment; estimates; duties of engineer; contracts; advertisement for bids.

17-150.  Sewerage system; establishment; estimates; duties of engineer; contracts; advertisement for bids.The city engineer in a city of the second class, when ordered to do so by the city council, shall make all surveys, estimates, and calculations necessary to be made for the establishment of a sewerage system and of the cost of labor and materials for such system. The mayor and city council may employ a special engineer to make or assist in making any such estimate or survey, and any such estimate or survey shall have the same validity and serve in all respects as though made by the city engineer. Before the city council shall make any contract for building any such sewers or any part of such sewers, an estimate of the cost of such sewers shall be made by the city engineer, or by a special engineer as provided by this section, and submitted to the city council, and no contract shall be entered into for the building of any such sewers or any part of such sewers for a price exceeding such estimate. In advertising for bids for any such work or materials, the city council shall cause the amount of such estimate to be published with such advertisement for at least twenty days in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city.Source   Laws 1903, c. 22, § 2, p. 255;   R.S.1913, § 5044;   C.S.1922, § 4213;   C.S.1929, § 17-152;   R.S.1943, § 17-150;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 40.