buildings and

fire escapes.

tion a penalty of two hundred ($200) dollars shall be imposed, and upon conviction of any such licensees of any violation of any ordinance regulating such places, and license of any such place shall be revoked by the mayor and council; and whenever the mayor and council shall by resolution declare any such place to be unsafe, the license thereof shall be thereby revoked, and the council may provide that in any case where they have so revoked a license, any owner, proprietor, manager, lessee, or person opening, using, or permitting such place to be opened or used for any purpose involving the assemblage of more than twelve persons shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined any sum not exceeding two hundred ($200) dollars.

Construction of 48. Same, construction of buildings.-To prescribe the thickness, strength, and manner of constructing stone, brick, and other buildings, and prescribe the number and construction of means of exit and entrance, and the number and construction of fire escapes, and require the keeper or proprietor of any hotel, boarding house, or dormitory to provide and maintain such sufficient and such number of ladders, ropes, balconies, and stairways and other appliances as by ordinance may be prescribed to facilitate the escape of persons from any such building in case of fires.

Domestic animals.

49. Domestic animals.-To regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats, dogs, and other animals, and to cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold to discharge the costs and penalties provided for the violation of such prohibitions,

and the fees and expense of impounding and keeping the same and of such sale.

50. Pounds.-To provide for the erection of Pounds. all needful pens, pounds, and buildings for the use of the city, within or without the city limits, and to appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing the same.

51. Auctions. To regulate, license, or pro- Auctions. hibit the sale of domestic animals, or of goods, wares, and merchandise at public auction on the streets, alleys, highways, or any public grounds within the city; to regulate or license the auctioneering of goods, wares, and merchandise.

eases.

and

52. Contagious diseases. To make regula-fectious dis tions to prevent the introduction of contagious, infectious, or malignant diseases into the city, and to create a board of health to make quarantine laws for that purpose and enforce the same within five (5) miles of the city.

houses, and

53. Hospitals, workhouses, etc.-To erect, es- Hospitals, worktablish, and regulate hospitals and workhouses Jails. and poorhouses, houses of correction, jails, station houses, and other necessary buildings, and to provide for the support and government of the same. 54. Health. To make regulations to secure Health. the general health of the city; to prescribe rules for the prevention, abatement, and removal of nuisances; to make and prescribe regulations for the construction, location, and keeping in order of all slaughter houses, stock yards, warehouses, stables, or other places where offensive matter is kept or is likely to accumulate within the corporate limits or within five miles thereof.

Cemeteries and 55. Cemeteries. To purchase, hold, and pay

grounds for

hospitals and

water works. for, in the manner herein provided, lands not exceeding eighty (80) acres in one body, outside of the limits of such city for the purpose of the burial of the dead, and all necessary grounds for the hospital grounds and water works, and to have and exercise police jurisdiction over the same, and over any cemetery lying near said city, and used by the inhabitants thereof.

Cemeteries, care of.

Same, conveyance of lots.

Same, regulations.

56. Same. To survey, plat, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve all burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto owned by such city; to construct walks, rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the expense thereof.

57. Same. To convey cemetery lots owned by such city, by certificates, signed by the mayor, and countersigned by the clerk under the seal of the city, specifying that the person to whom the same is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described therein by number as laid down on such plat or map for the purpose of interment, and such certificate shall vest in the proprietor, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple of such lot for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the city council, and such certificate shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county without further acknowledgment, and such description of lots shall be deemed and recognized as a sufficient description thereof.

58. Same, lots.-To limit the number of cemetery lots which shall be owned by the same person at the same time; to prescribe rules for enclosing,

adorning, and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots; to prohibit any diversion of the use of such lots and any improper adornment thereof, but no religious test shall be made as to the ownership of lots, the burial therein, or the ornamentation of graves or lots.

Same,

protection of.

59. Same, rules. To pass rules and ordi- me nances imposing penalties and fines not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, regulating, protecting and governing the cemetery, the owners, of lots therein, visitors thereof, and trespassers therein. And the officers of such city shall have as full jurisdiction and power in the enforcing of such rules and ordinances as though they related to the city itself.

60. Same, regulate. To make all such ordi- Ordinances. nances, by-laws, rules, regulations, and resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of the state as may be expedient, in addition to the special powers in this section granted, maintaining the peace, good government, and welfare of the city, and its trade, commerce, and manufactures, and to enforce all ordinances by inflicting penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for any one offense, recoverable with costs, together with judgment or imprisonment, until the amount of said judgment and costs shall be paid.

council; acting president.

61. Council, president of. To elect one of President of their own body, who shall be styled the "president of the council," and who shall preside at all meetings of the council in the absence of the mayor; and in the absence of the president, to elect one of their own body to occupy the place temporarily and who shall be styled "acting president of the council";

Revision and publication of ordinances.

Streets, opening, grading, paving, etc.

Ordinary repairs.

and the president and acting president, when occupying the place of mayor, shall have the same privileges as other members of the council, and all acts of the president, or acting president, while so acting, shall be as binding upon the council and upon the city as if done by the mayor.

62. Ordinances, revision of. — To provide for the revision of the ordinances from time to time, and for their publication in pamphlet or book form with or without the statutes, relative to cities governed by this act.

63. Paving.The council shall have power to open, extend, widen, narrow, grade, curb, gutter, and pave, or otherwise improve and keep in good repair, or cause the same to be done, in any manner they may deem proper, any street, avenue, or alley within the limits of the city, and may grade partially, or to the established grade or part, or otherwise improve any width or part of any such street, avenue, or alley, and may also construct and repair, or cause and compel the construction and repair, of sidewalks in such city, of such material and in such a manner as they may deem proper and necessary; and to defray the costs and expense of such improvement, or any of them, the mayor and council of such city shall have power and authority to levy and collect special taxes and assessments upon the lots and pieces of ground adjacent to or abutting upon the street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk thus in whole or in part opened, widened, curbed, and guttered, graded, parked, extended, constructed, or otherwise improved or repaired, or which may be specially benefited by any of said improvements;

Provided, That the above provisions shall not