ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 785

police, and to provide for the lighting of the city streets, to
borrow money on the faith and credit of the city, and to .open
and close streets; provided, they shall not have the power to
borrow any sum or sums greater than five thousand dollars,
or to close or alienate any street or alley or parts thereof that
are already opened and used as highways without first obtain-
ing the assent of a majority of the legal voters of the city,
cast at an election held for that purpose, after twenty days'
public notice; to erect and repair bridges within th6 corporate
limits; to levy and collect taxes on dogs and bitches and to
restrain them from going at large ; to prevent domestic animals
or poultry of 'any kind from going at large; to restrain and
suppress the keeping of any hogpen within the city or any part
thereof; to regulate and define the location of slaughter houses
and smokehouses; to regulate the speed of railroad trains
within the limits of the city; to prevent any immoderate driv-
ing or riding through the streets in any carriage, stage, cart
or other vehicle or on horseback or bicycle so as to endanger
the lives, limbs or property of any of the inhabitants of said
city, or to disturb the quiet enjoyment of the streets and
thoroughfares, to prevent disorderly conduct and drunkenness
in said city, to prevent and disperse the congregation of dis-
orderly persons upon street corners and in the vicinity of
places of worship to purchase fire engines, establish, construct
and maintain water works, or whatever appliances may be
deemed best for extinguishing fires and protecting the prop-
erty of the inhabitants from injury by fire, and to furnish a
supply of pure water for the use of the inhabitants under
such rules and regulations as they may by ordinance prescribe ;
to define the duties of the officers of said corporation, require
bonds and fix the penalties thereof for the faithful perform-
ance of their respective duties, and they shall have power to
enforce their ordinances by fines and penalties; they shall
have the power to contract with individuals, companies or
corporations for the introduction of gas, water or electricity
into said city, and for the lighting of the streets and alleys
thereof; they may erect or purchase any plant for the supply-
ing of gas, water or electricity to the city and its inhabitants
for public or private uses, and may operate the same; they
shall have the power to construct and maintain or contract
for the construction of sewers or a general system of sewers for
the citv.