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To prevent immoderate or careless driving or riding. To
regulate the use of streets and alleys by vehicles, and designate
the kind of conveyances and vehicles which may not use des-
ignated streets which have been improved, together with
hours for the use of such streets by certain specified class of
vehicles. To prevent the encumbering of streets, alleys
squares, sidewalks and crossings with vehicles, horsea or any
substance or material interfering with the free use of the same.
To regulate the speed of horses, wheeled vehicles, cars and
locomotives. To regulate and protect all. bridges, culverts,
tunnels, viaducts, acqneducts, sewers, canals and hydrants
wholly or partly in said city, and to prohibit digging in such
streets, alleys or public places, or in any way injuring, disturb-
ing or making holes in the surface thereof. To regulate the
use of sidewalks and all structures, in, under or above the
same, and to require the owner or occupant of premises to
keep the sidewalks in front of the same free from snow and
other obstructions, and prescribe hours for cleaning the same.
To regulate and prevent the throwing or depositing of sweep-
ings, dust, ashes, offal, dirt, garbage, paper, hand-bills, dirty
liquids or any other material 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, railings, entrances, racks, posting
hand-bills and advertisements, and display of goods, wares and
merchandise. To regulate and prohibit the exhibition or car-
rying of banners, placards, advertisements or hand-bills on the
streets, alleys or public places. To regulate and prevent the
flying of flags, banners or signs across the streets or from houses.
To regulate the numbering of houses and lots and compel
owners to renumber the same, or in default thereof, to authorize
and require the same to be done by the street superintendent
or such other party as the Council may appoint, at the owner's
expense, such expense to constitute a lien upon the property
and enforceable, as provided in the ordinance. To regulate
the making of private connection with sewer gas and water
pipes, and to compel the owners of property to bring such con-
nections inside of the curb of streets before permanent im-
provement thereof, and in default of the owners making such
connections to authorize the city to do so at the owner's expense
and to make such expense a lien upon the property. To remove
all nuisances and obstructions from the streets, lanes and alleys,
and from any lots adjoining thereto, or any other place within
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Power given
. city council.
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