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to designated points, and to require slops, garbage, ashes and
other waste or unwholesome material to be removed to desig-
nated points, or to require the occupants of premises to place
them conveniently for removal. For the purpose of this par-
agraph, jurisdiction is given such city two miles from the
corporate limits. To compel the occupants of any premises,
buildings or outhouses situated in said city, when the same
have become filthy or unwholesome, to abate or cleanse the
same, and to authorize the same to be done by the proper offi-
cers and to assess the expense thereof against such property.
To regulate or prevent the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch,
resin, coal oil, benzine, turpentine, hemp, cotton, nitro-
glycerine, dynamite, giant powder, petroleum, gasoline or gas,
or any product thereof, or any other explosive or combustible
material, or any material which may seem to be dangerous.
To regulate or prohibit the interment of bodies, and to
authorize the removal of bodies now or hereafter buried, or of
cemeteries to some other proper place to establish quaraninet
regulations. To authorize the removal or confinement of per-
sons having infectious or pestilential diseases. To regulate or
prohibit the ringing of bells, crying of goods or sound-
ing of steam whistles. To pass all ordinances and
orders, and to expend such sums of money as may be
necessary within the limitation herein provided for the pro-
tection, maintenance and preservation of the water supply of
the city, and the prevention of the pollution thereof. To
direct the location and regulate the management of all public
markets and market places, whether established by the city or
by private individuals ; to prevent the offenses of regrating
and forestalling ; to regulate and require reports and records
of births and deaths, and to make such requirements as may be
deemed necessary to prevent the ppread of contagious or infec-
tious diseases ; to authorize and require the inspection and con-
demnation, if unwholesome, and to regulate the sale of meats,
poultry, fish, butter, oleomargarine, cheese, lard, vegetables,
and all other food or provisions ; to regulate the selling, weighing
or measuring of hay, wood, coal, coke and all other articles sold by
weight or measure, and to provide for their inspection and
sealing ; to authorize and require the inspection and licensing
of steam boilers and elevators, and to prohibit their use when
unsafe or dangerous, or without license ; to define fire limits
in such city and the character of buildings which are forbidden:
to be erected within such limits and to prohibit the erection of
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