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Power given
city council
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drained or sewered, or to close streets or parts of streets, lanes
or alleys ; provided, they shall not have power to close any
public street or alley, or parts thereof, without tirst submitting
the question to the voters of said city after twenty days' public
notice by handbills or otherwise, and two-thirds of the legal
votes cast upon such question being in favor thereof.
OCCUPATIONS.
To regulate and license the use of coaches, hacks, drays and
all other vehicles for the transportation of passengers, freight
or other articles to or from points within said city, for hire or
pay. To regulate, license, tax, restrain or prohibit theatrical
and all other exhibitions, shows or entertainments, for which
money is demanded or received ; provided, that lectures on
scientific, historic, benevolent, artistic, religious or literary sub-
jects and apparatus for the elucidation of the same and speci-
mens of tine art, shall not be deemed to be within the pro-
vision. To license, tax, regulate or prohibit runners at rail-
road stations and others, for stages, cars, public houses or other
things or persons. To regulate the sale of all kinds of prop-
erty at auction in the streets, stores, shops or elsewhere in the
city, and to license auctioneers and all venders of property on
the streets or squares or other public places in said city. To
license, tax, regulate, suppress and prohibit hawkers and
itinerant dealers, peddlers and pawnbrokers, and to revoke
such license at pleasure. To license, tax and regulate public
hackmen, draymen, omnibus drivers, carters, cabmen, porters,
expressmen, bill posters and all other persons pursuing like
occupations, and to prescribe their compensation. To license
tax and regulate all inns, taverns, livery or sales stables, hotels,
restaurant or other places used or kept for public entertain-
ment. To license, tax and regulate the selling or giving away
of any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, and to license all
places where such liquors, or either of them, are to be used on
the premises, whether given away or sold, and all such last
named places shall pay a license fee of one hundred dollars
per year to said city. To tax, license and regulate second-hand
and junk stores, and to forbid their purchasing or receiving
from minors any article whatever without the consent of their
parents or guardians. To license, tax, regulate and prohibit the
keeping or harboring of dogs. To license, tax and regulate
wheeled vehicles ; provided, that the funds derived from all
license shall be applied only to the maintenance and repair of
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