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SEC. 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on and after its approval.
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DIRECTORY. .
AN ORDINANCE TO SUPPRESS, PROHIBIT, AND ABATE NUISANCES WITH- IN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND, IN PURSUANCE OF THE POWER GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY STATUTE FOR THAT PUR- POSE, APPROVED OCTOBER 28, 1872.
The Council of the City of Oakland do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. All owners or possessors of land and premises within the corporate limits of the City of Oakland upon which there is any natural or artificial cavity, slough, hole, or low spot in the same sufficient to contain stagnant water or other nauseous and offensive substances, and the same shall from natural or ar- tificial causes become filled or contain stagnant water, or other nauseous and offensive substances which shall be deleterious and dangerous to the public health, such owners and possessors of such land and premises shall be deemed guilty of having, per- mitting, maintaining, and continuing a public nuisance; and if not abated as provided by this ordinance or otherwise so that the same shall cease to be offensive and deleterious and dangerous to the public health, then the said nuisance shall be abated by public authority, and the person or persons permitting, having, causing, maintaining, and continuing the said nuisance shall be proceeded against as provided in this ordinance. And any per- son or persons who shall violate any of the provisions. of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars, and in default of payment, shall be imprisoned in the City Prison one day for every two dollars of such fine.
SEC. 2. Upon complaint being made by any person that a public nuisance exists, as set forth in section one of this ordi- nance, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the City of Oakland to immediately examine the same; and if in his judg- ment a public nuisance exists and the same is deleterious and dangerous to the public health, he shall forthwith make his cer- tificate as Health Officer, stating the nuisance, where located, upon whose premises, and what and who causes the same, and that the same is a public nuisance and is deleterious and dangerous to the public health; which certificate he shall forthwith deliver to the City Marshal, who shall forthwith serve a written notice on the person or persons owning or possessing the land and premises upon which the said nuisance is located, or the person or persons causing said nuisance, stating therein that the owner or possessor of the land and premises or other person or persons causing the nuisance must, within three days after the service of said notice upon him or her, abate said nuisance, and to drain off said stagnant water and remove said offensive substances from said cavities, slough, holes, and low places, and fill in the same with dirt or other substance.
SEC. 3. The Health Officer shall be entitled to five dollars for each examination and certificate made under this ordinance, to be paid out of the fines collected for violation thereof.
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on and after its approval.
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CITY WHARF.
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CITY WHARF.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF CITY WHARFINGER, AND DEFINING THE DUTIES THEREOF, AND FIXING THE SALARY AND BOND OF THE INCUMBENT OF SAID OFFICE, APPROVED JUNE 3, 1872.
The Council of the City of Oakland do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The office of City Wharfinger is hereby created, the duties of which shall be as in this ordinance hereinafter de- fined.
SEC. 2. The City Council shall, as soon as they deem the same necessary, appoint some suitable person to said office of City Wharfinger, and to perform the duties thereof, whose salary shall not exceed sixty dollars in gold coin per month, and who shall within ten days after official notice of his appointment, ex- ecute and file with the City Clerk a good and sufficient bond, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; which bond, before filing, shall be approved by the Mayor of the city.
SEC. 3. The duties of said Wharfinger are hereby defined as follows, viz. :
First-The Wharfinger must be at the wharf every morning (Sundays excepted) at six o'clock, or earlier if the business of the wharf requires his attention, and shall remain on duty until six o'clock P.M. He shall make a daily record of the business of the wharf, which shall contain a correct account of the arrival and departure of every vessel at or from the wharf-her class, name, tonnage, cargo, rate of dockage, and the tolls and wharf- age collected. He shall assign positions to all vessels desiring to make fast to the wharf, distribute all freight and merchandise as the same is discharged from vessels or delivered by teams; collect tolls, wharfage, and dockage in accordance with the schedule of rates furnished by the City Council; and shall super- intend and keep in repair the wharf committed to his charge.
Second-He shall make a daily, weekly, and monthly report of the business of the wharf, and pay over all moneys received by him at least once in each week, and make a complete settle- ment and comparison of accounts with the City Treasurer on the first day of every month, and report the same duly verified to the City Council.
Third-The Wharfinger will be held to a strict responsibility for all credits given for dockage, wharfage, or tolls; and if the amounts so credited are not collected within thirty days from the time when they accrued, they will be charged to the Wharf- inger and deducted from his salary, unless good cause is shown why said amounts were not collected.
Fourth-The Wharfinger will not be required to visit the wharf on the Sabbath, except in cases of absolute necessity, and the occurrence of severe storms which endanger the safety of the wharf or the shipping lying thereat. On such occasions he will
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be required to repair to the wharf and remain while any reason- able necessity exists for his service.
Fifth-It shall be the duty of the Wharfinger to see that the following regulations are strictly enforced: 1st. Vessels lying at the end of the wharf shall haul each way to accommodate vessels going in or out, and shall rig in jib boom if specially ordered. 2d. All vessels not discharging or receiving cargo shall make room for vessels needing immediate accommodations, vessels to be discharged to have preference to vessels to be loaded; and in all cases vessels will haul or change berths when so ordered, at their own expense. 3d. No vessel shall be moved or made fast in such a manner or in such a place as to interfere with other vessels going into or out of the slips or through the draw. 4th. No ballast or other heavy matter shall be thrown over- board from any vessel lying at the wharf or in the slip, and all rubbish shall be put upon the wharf and be removed by the master or owner of the vessel from which it came ; vessels ballasting must have a tarpaulin placed from the vessel to the wharf so as to prevent any portion falling into the dock. 5th. No pitch, tar, or other combustibles shall be heated on the wharf, and all such work shall be done on floating stages ; all discharging engines must have a good and sufficient spark-catcher, and en- gines not provided with the same will not be allowed upon the wharf. 6th. The City Clerk will furnish the Wharfinger with proper blanks for his daily, weekly, and monthly reports.
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on and after its approval.
AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE VIOLATION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE WHARF, AS SET FORTH IN AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OF- FICE OF CITY WHARFINGER, AND DEFINING THE DUTIES THEREOF, AND FIXING THE SALARY AND BOND OF THE INCUMBENT OF SAID OFFICE, APPROVED JUNE 3, 1872," APPROVED JUNE 10, 1872.
The Council of the City of Oakland do ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. All persons who shall violate any of the rules and regulations in relation to the City Wharf in the City of Oakland, adopted by and contained in an ordinance entitled " An Ordi- nance establishing the office of City Wharfinger, and defining the Duties thereof, and fixing the Salary and Bond of the Incum- bent of said office, approved June 3, 1872," shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and in default of payment of said fine shall be imprisoned in the city prison one day for every two dollars of such fine.
SEC. 2. It shall be the especial duty of the City Wharfinger to cause to be arrested all persons in the act of violating said regulations, and to make complaint against all persons who shall violate said rules and regulations, before the Police Court of the City of Oakland, whenever the same shall come to his knowledge.
SEC. 3. This ordinance shall take effect on and after its ap- proval.
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A DIRECTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF ALAMEDA,
JANUARY 1, 1874.
TOWN OFFICERS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES .- Henry Robinson (President), Jabish Cle- ment, Alonzo Green, E. B. Mastick, and Epes Ellery. Term of office, one year ; terms expire May, 1874. No compensation. Meetings held every Tuesday evening in the Town Hall.
BOARD OF EDUCATION .- W. P. Gibbons (President), Cyrus Wil- son (President pro tem.), M. W. Peck, George O. Smith, William Holtz, and Fritz Boehmer. Term of office three years; the terms of two members expire each successive year. No compensation. Meetings held Wednesday evenings in the Town Hall.
TOWN TREASURER AND EX OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR .- Thomas A. Smith. Term expires May, 1874. Salary not to exceed $1,000 per annum.
TOWN ASSESSOR .- E. M. Smith. Term expires May, 1874. Salary not to exceed $600 per annum.
TOWN CLERK .- O. W. Briggs. Appointed by the Board of Trustees. Salary, $420 per annum.
TOWNSHIP JUSTICES. - Horace Hoag and William Holtz. Term of office, two years; terms expire January, 1876. Salaries, fees.
TOWNSHIP CONSTABLES. - William T. Valentine and H. S. Bar- low. Term of office, two years; terms expire January, 1876. Salaries, fees.
CHURCHES.
Christ Church (Episcopal).
Location, corner of Oak Street and Santa Clara Avenue. Rev. G. W. Mayer, Minister in charge; residence, San Francisco.
The first efforts to establish this church were made in the Fall of 1867 when, through the exertions of Mr. Thomas A. Smith, who at that time was vestryman in the Church of the Advent,
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Brooklyn, a small congregation was brought together, the Rev. Daniel Wills of the Brooklyn Parish officiating. The first serv- ices, also the first communion, first confirmation, first baptism, and first marriage ceremonies took place at the residence of Mr. Smith. Subsequently the members of the Methodist Church kindly offered the use of their edifice where services were held until a room was secured in Bowen's Building. Soon after the congregation again removed to a hall built by Mr. Smith where they worshiped until their present church edifice was com- pleted.
In 1870 an organization was effected and name given to the Parish, and at the same time the following-named gentlemen were elected officers: W. N. Meek, Senior Warden; Eustace Trenor, Junior Warden; R. H. Magill, Thomas A. Smith, and C. H. Dickey, Vestrymen. On account of not filing a certificate the first permanent organization was not effected until January 14, 1871. About this time the Rev. Sidney Wilbur was ap- pointed Rector who continued to officiate until July, 1873.
The church edifice was completed in September, 1873. It is a wooden structure, in the Gothic style of architecture, about twenty-six feet front by sixty-five feet deep, and cost, including furniture, $3,500. The lot upon which it stands was donated to the congregation by Mr. Thomas A. Smith. Services are held every Sunday at eleven o'clock A.M. Seats free.
The Sunday School connected with the church was organized in 1868. There are three teachers and twenty scholars. The library contains two hundred volumes. Meets at ten o'clock A. M. Superintendent, Thomas A. Smith.
Church officers .- Thomas A. Smith, Senior Warden ; R. F. Fletcher, Junior Warden; B. F. Norton, M. G. Cobb, and A. S. Cheminant, Vestrymen.
St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic).
Location, corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Oak Street. Rev. William Gleeson, Pastor; residence, East Oakland. The lot, owned by this Parish, is fifty by one hundred and seventy-five feet, and cost $600. A church edifice has been erected thereon during the present year at a cost of $1,700. The congregation numbers about seventy.
Mass every Sunday at nine o'clock A.M. The Sunday School connected with the church numbers about thirty scholars. Meets at three o'clock P.M. Superintendent, Rev. William Gleeson.
First Presbyterian.
Location, corner of Central Avenue and Versailles Street. Rev. Edward Graham, Ministér in charge; residence, south side of Santa Clara Avenue near Park Street.
This society was organized in February, 1865, and placed under the care of the Presbytery of San José, and in connection with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. In June,
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1866, the Rev. F. S. Nash was invited to preach for one year, and in March, 1867, a call was extended to the Rev. Mr. Naslı to be installed permanent Pastor. The first Trustees elected in 1867 were A. M. Crane, Henry Robinson, S. A. Hastings, Henry Haile, and John Wiggin.
The present church edifice was erected in 1867 at a cost of $4,500. Seating capacity, about three hundred. Religious serv- ices have been regularly held by the society from its organiza- tion to the present time.
The Sunday School connected with the church has been con- ducted regularly since 1867. Average attendance, teachers and scholars, sixty. The library contains about three hundred vol- umes. Meets each Sabbath at twelve and a half o'clock.
Church officers .- S. A. Hastings and J. W. McKee, Elders ; John Wiggin, Deacon; Henry Robinson, S. A. Hastings, A. A. Cohen, and J. W. McKee, Trustees.
Methodist Episcopal.
Location, corner Park Street and Central Avenue. Rev. Wil- liam Hulbert, Pastor; residence, Santa Clara Avenue near Park Street.
This church was organized early in 1853. The present church building was erected in 1854 on a lot donated by the Rev. Wil- liam Taylor, at a cost of $5,000, and dedicated May 20, 1854. In 1871 the building was moved to its present location at an ex- pense, including the cost of the lot, of $1,600. The first Pastor was the Rev. David Deal, who officiated for the years 1854 and 1855, when he was succeeded by his brother, Rev. W. Grove Deal, who continued two years. Since that time, and up to the date of the installation of the present Pastor in 1870, several clergymen have discharged the duties of Pastor, among whom may be named the Rev. Drs. Alfred Higbie (1858), W. Grove Deal (1859), E. W. Kirkham (1860), C. V. Anthony (1861), W. Gafney (1862 and 1863), C. E. Rich (1864-1866), R. H. Daniels (1867 and 1868), and J. W. Walters (1869). Services on the Sabbath are held at eleven o'clock A.M. and seven o'clock P.M.
The Sunday School connected with the church was organized in 1853. Average attendance about one hundred teachers and scholars. Number of volumes in the library, five hundred. Meets at twelve o'clock P.M. Rev. William Hulbert, Superintendent.
Church officers .- James McGowan, A. S. Barber, J. N. Web- ster, L. Jenks, and John Gunn, Trustees.
MASONIC FRATERNITY.
OAK GROVE LODGE, No. 215, F. AND A. M .- Instituted Octo- ber 26, 1871. Number of members, thirty-two. Stated meet- ings last Thursday evening of every month, and called meetings
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Thursday evenings, in Bowen's Building, north-east corner of Webb Avenue and Park Street.
Officers .- E. M. Smith, W. M .; W. C. Bliss, S. W .; Jackson Dever, J. W .; A. S. Barber, Treasurer; W. P. Gibbons, Secre- tary; Robert McGoun, S. D .; Fritz Boehmer, J. D .; Frank Hally, Marshal; J. D. Brower and Conrad Liese, Stewards; J. W. Mastick, Tyler.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
ENCINAL LODGE, No. 164 .- Instituted August 14, 1869. Num- ber of members, sixty. Meets every Monday evening in Bowen's Building, north-east corner of Webb Avenue and Park Street.
Officers .- W. K. Jaquith, N. G .; Alfred Bannister, V. G .; John Gunn, Jr., R. S. and P. S .; W. B. Clement, Treasurer.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.
ALAMEDA LODGE, No. 385 .- Instituted May 3, 1870. Number of members, fifty. Meets Tuesday evenings in the Methodist Church.
Officers .- John Gunn, Jr., P. W. C. T .; Linwood Palmer, W. C. T .; Mrs. Hulbert, W. V. T .; Alfred Bannister, W. R. S .; George Wilson, W. F. S .; James Glennon, W. T.
ALAMEDA ENCINAL.
The Alameda Encinal was commenced on the 14th of Septem- ber, 1869, by Mr. F. Hess, of the San Francisco Demokrat, a resident of Alameda, more to enliven the regular travelers over the Alameda Ferry, than with a view to establishing a permanent newspaper. The first five numbers were printed in San Fran- cisco, and brought over to Alameda by Mr. Hess. It was then purchased by Mr. Fred. K. Krauth, its present proprietor, who saw in it the nucleus of a permanent institution if conducted dis- creetly and economically, and who brought to Alameda press, type, and all the paraphernalia of a printing office. His antici- pations have been fully realized. The paper is now in its fifth year, and has a reputation throughout the State and in the At- lantic States, of which its proprietor may well feel proud. It is eminently high-toned, and admits into its columns no matter, whether advertising or reading, that may not be read by any man, woman, or child in the land. This is its pride. As an advertising medium for first-class family patronage, it has no superior in the State.
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TOWN CHARTER.
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TOWN CHARTER.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF ALAMEDA, APPROVED MARCHI 7, 1872.
The People of the State of California,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows :
SECTION 1. The People of the Township of Alameda, in the County of Alameda, are hereby constituted a municipal corpora- tion, by the name of the town of Alameda, and the boundaries of said Town shall be the same as now form the said Township of Alameda.
SEC. 2. The government of said town shall be vested in a Board of five Trustees, and Assessor, who may act also as Su- perintendent of Streets, and a Treasurer, who may also act as Clerk of said Board of Trustees. The Justices of the Peace and the Constables elected in and for said township, from time to time, shall perform their respective duties in said town, and shall respectively give effect to all ordinances that may be enact- ed by the said Board of Trustees, in pursuance of the power given to said Board by this Act.
SEC. 3. Said Trustees, Assessor, and Treasurer shall be elected by the qualified electors of said town on the first Mon- day in May, A.D. 1872, and their successors on the first Monday in May of each succeeding year, at an election to be held for that purpose.
SEC. 4. The Board of Trustees shall assemble within ten days after their election, and shall choose a President from their number. They shall fix the time and place of holding stated meetings, but they may be convened at any time by the Presi- dent, by a written notice delivered to each member. All meet- ings shall be public. A majority of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business, but no ordinance shall have legal force unless it shall receive a majority vote of all members elected. In case of failure of a member of the Board, or of any officer elected under this Act, to qualify, a new election shall be order- ed by said Board to fill the vacancy, upon giving twenty days' notice, either by posting or by advertisement in a paper pub- lished in said town. In case of death or resignation of any member of said Board, or officer of said town, such vacancy may be filled by the other members of said Board at their regu- lar meeting. They shall keep a journal of all their proceedings: provided, that the election to be held on the first Monday of May, A.D. 1872, shall be ordered by the Board of Supervisors of Ala- meda County, in the same manner as new elections are ordered to be held under this section for the election of officers to fill vacancies. The Board of Supervisors shall appoint polling places and officers of election, which officers of election shall canvass the votes and give certificates to the candidates for the several offices which shall have received the greatest number of votes.
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SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have power:
First-To declare any streets now open, or such as may here- after be opened by any owner of land within said town, to be public streets.
Second-To establish the grade of said streets; to provide for the improvement or repair of the same in the manner hereinafter provided, and for the erection of sidewalks, and to provide for watering such streets as shall have been graded, macadamized, or improved.
Third-To provide for the prevention and summary removal of all nuisances and all occupations detrimental to the public health, comfort, or safety; to suppress all occupations, houses, places, and exhibitions which are against good morals, or con- trary to public order and decency; to prevent the appearance of any person on any highway or public place in said town in a state of intoxication; to prevent the discharge of firearms, pis- tols, or canons on any wharves or streets of said town, or upon private property therein, without consent of the owner thereof, and to prevent any noise, disorder, or tumult to the disturbance of the public peace.
Fourth-To levy and collect annually a tax, not to exceed one per cent. on the assessment valuation of all property, both real and personal, within said town.
Fifth-To impose and collect a road poll tax, not exceeding two dollars per annum, on each male inhabitant between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, and no other road poll tax shall be collected within said Town of Alameda.
Sixth-To license, tax, and regulate all lawful trades and occu- pations.
Seventh-To establish a public pound and a Pound Keeper, and prescribe his duties, and provide for the proper care and disposition of all animals impounded: provided, that the Pound Keeper shall receive for his services and care of such animals only such fees as by ordinance he may be allowed to collect from the owners or proceeds of said animals.
Eighth-To pass all ordinances necessary to carry into effect the powers herein granted. The style of such ordinances shall be " The Trustees of the Town of Alameda do ordain as fol- lows:" To elect a clerk of said Board, who shall perform such duties as may be by them required, and to pay him out of the treasury of said town a compensation not to exceed fifty dollars per month.
SEC. 6. If at any time the owners of one half in frontage of lands fronting on any street, between two given points on said street, shall petition the Board of Trustees to order to be graded, macadamized, or otherwise improved such street between said points, or for the construction of sidewalks on such street be- tween said points, then it shall be the duty of said Board to cause to be drawn up plans and specifications of the character of the improvement to be made, or the sidewalk to be constructed on such street, and shall order the same, as petitioned for, to be
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