EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

529

and cause the same to be removed or made secure when consid-

ered dangerous; to suppress, restrain and regulate bawdy

To abate all
nuisances.

houses of ill fame, and to prohibit the youth of said city from

being on the streets, lanes or alleys at unseasonable hours of

the night; to punish and suppress tramps and vagrants by im-

posing fines or both fines and imprisonment at hard labor, and

to abate by appropriate ordinances all nuisances in said town

which are so defined at common law, whether the same are

herein specifically named or not; to regulate the use of side-

walks and all structures in, under or over the same, and to re-

quire the owner or occupant of premises to keep the sidewalks

in front of same, not to exceed 200 feet, free from snow and

other obstructions and prescribe hours for cleaning same; to

regulate and prevent the throwing or depositing of sweepings,

dust, ashes, offal, dirt, garbage, paper, hand bills, dirty liquors

or any other materials into any street, alley or public place;

to regulate and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks and public

places for signs, sign posts, awnings, awning posts, poles, horse

troughs, steps, railroad entrances, racks, posting handbills and

advertisements and display of goods, wares and merchandise;

to cause the streets, lanes and alleys to be sidewalked, paved,

graded, repaired, repaved, regraded, drained, or sewered, or

Streets, lanes

to close streets or parts of streets, lanes or alleys; to regulate

and alleys.

and license the use of coaches, hacks, drays and all other vehi-

cles for the transportation of passengers, freight or other arti-

cles to or from points within said city for hire or pay; to

regulate, license, tax, restrain or prohibit theatrical and other

exhibitions, shows or entertainments, for which money is de-

manded or received, provided that lectures on scientific, his-

toric, benevolent, artistic, religious or literary subjects and ap-

paratus for the elucidation of the same and specimens of fine

art shall not be deemed to be within the provisions ; to regulate

the sales of all kinds of property at auctions in the streets, stores,

shops or elsewhere in the city ; and to license auctioneers and all

vendors of property on the streets or squares, or other public

places in the said city; to license, tax, regulate, suppress and

prohibit hawkers and itinerant dealers, peddlers and pawn bro-

Taxing tem-

kers, and to revoke such license at pleasure; to license, tax, regu-

porary busi-

late and prohibit the keeping or harboring of dogs; to license,

ness con-
cerns.

tax and regulate branch stores and all other concerns estab-

lished in said city for temporary business only.

111F 1/2. The corporate authorities of the town of Friends-

ville, as by this bill provided, shall, on the fourth Tuesday

Election to

in April, 1904, order an election for the purpose of determining

vote on sale
of intoxi-

whether or not license for the sale of liquor shall be issued in

cants.