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SEC. 3. The board of health shall have and exercise all the powers vested in, and shall preform all the duties pre- scribed for health officers of towns under the statutes. It
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shall be the duty of the board to enforce the laws of the state, the ordinances of the city and the regulations of the board, relative to health, and to make a report in writing, of all acts done by them or under their authority to the city council once each month.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
SECTION 1. The city council first elected under the act of incorporation of the city shall, as soon as convenient after its organization, by ballot, elect a city physician to hold office until his successor is chosen in the month of March; 1894, unless removed by the city council for sufficient cause, and in the month of March, 1894, and after the second Tuesday therein, and thereafter annually in the month of March, and after the second Tuesday therein, the city council shall elect, by ballot, a city physician to hold office for the term of one year and until his successor is chosen and qualified. The city physician shall be a resident of the city and a physician of good professional standing. He shall receive such salary or compension for his services as the city council shall fix and determine; and his term of office shall begin at such time as the city council shall by ordinance determine.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the city physician to attend under the direction of the board of overseers of the poor upon all sick paupers and patients under the care of the city authorities at the poor farm or elsewhere, except in cases provided for by the county ; in case of an alarm of any in- fectious or contagious disease to give to the the city council, or any committee thereof, all such professional advice and counsel as they may request of him, and generally to perform such other professional services as may reasonably be re- quired of him by the mayor, city council, or overseers of the poor. He shall examine all persons injured by illeged de- fects in highways, or by other alleged negligence of the city relative to the extent of the injuries received and upon com- pletion of such examination shall make a written report to the city council of the condition and effect of such injuries.
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TAX COLLECTOR AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
SECTION 1. The city council shall early in each municipal year, by ballot, elect a collector of taxes, who shall give bonds satisfactory to the city council for the faithful performance of his duties.
SEC. 2. He shall keep his office at some convenient place, and shall keep regular office hours, of which public notice shall be given.
SEC. 3. He shall immediately upon receipt of the tax list from the officials authorized to make the assessment of taxes for the current year, and thereafterwards from the assessors, notify every person taxed by delivering to him personally, or by leaving at his usual place of abode, a copy of his tax bill, with a demand for immediate payment.
SEC. 4. The collector of taxes shall receive in full for his services for collecting all the taxes of each year, and perform- ing all the duties appertaining to his office, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum, four hundred dollars of which shall be paid in equal quarterly payments ; and whatever more shall be due him shall be paid at the close of his official year, which shall be, for the purposes of this ordinance, the first day of June; at which time he shall surrender to his successor in office all monies, books, papers, including the list of uncollected taxes, and other property pertaining to his office. He shall forfeit to the city for each one-hundredth of the previous year's taxes remaining unpaid, on the first day of June aforesaid, the sum of one hundred dollars. He shall receive the uncollected list from his predecessor in office and shall receive for collecting the same as follows, to wit: Five one-hundredths of all the money he may collect of the taxes in the year next preceding, and ten one-hundredths of all he may collect on previous assessments.
SEWERS.
SECTION 1. The present system of house sewerage, to- gether with any additions to the system which may hereafter be made, shall be under the general charge of an officer to be appointed annually by the mayor, subject to confirmation by
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the council, to be known as the superintendent of sewers, who shall be under the direction and control of the city coun- cil in all matters pertaining to the construction, care and management of the system of house sewerage of the city. He shall perform such duties connected with his office as the city council shall from time to time fix and prescribe. He may make such rules and regulations as to the use of said sewers as he shall deem proper, subject to the approval of the city council. He may at any time be removed for suffi- cient cause. He shall receive an annual salary of six hundred dollars, payable in equal quarterly payments from the city treasury, which shall be in full for all his services and labor as such superintendent.
CITY MARSHAL AND POLICE.
SECTION 1. The city council shall elect at the commence- ment of every municipal term a city marshal and an assist- ant marshal. The first election to fill said offices shall be until their successors are chosen and qualified at such time in the month of March, 1894, and subsequent to the second Tuesday therein as the city council shall by ordinance deter- mine ; but nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent the removal by the mayor and city council of any offi- cers, when in their opinion the public good demands it.
SEC. 2. The city marshal shall, under the mayor, have control and direction of the police of the city; shall attend upon the mayor and council when required ; shall be by virtue of his office constable and conservator of the peace, and in the absence or disability of the mayor shall have the same powers for the preservation of the peace as the mayor.
SEC. 3. The authority of the marshal, assistant marshal, collector, constable, police officers and watchman shall ex- tend through every ward and to every part of the city.
SEC. 4. The city marshal and assistant marshal shall severally be appointed to the office of constables, and shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take the oaths of office prescribed by law, and each shall give bond in the sum of five hundred dollars satisfactory to the city council for the faithful performance of the duties of their office.
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SEC. 5. The city marshal shall have precedence and com- mand over the assistant marshal and the other constables of the city, when acting together in the same service, or when directed by the mayor. In the absence of the city marshal, the assistant marshal shall have precedence and command. They shall aid and assist the city marshal in executing the duties of his office, when requested by him or directed so to do by the mayor.
SEC. 6. The city marshal shall from time to time pass through the streets, lanes and alleys of the city, and take notice of all nuisances, obstructions, and impediments thereill, and on the sidewalks thereof, and cause the same forthwith to be removed, and the authors thereof to be prosecuted ac- cording to the law. He shall observe all wants and defects of the highways and streets and give immediate notice thereof to the mayor and council, to the end that the same may be amended. He shall, to the utmost of his power, preserve the public peace, and prevent all riots, disorders and unlawful practices within the city. He shall carry into execution within the city the laws of the state, and all the ordinances of the city, and be vigilant to detect and bring to punishment all violaters thereof. He shall obey and execute all com- mands of the mayor and council relating to the interest or security of the city. He shall receive all complaints made to him of any violation of the laws, or of any ordinance of the city, and shall, in behalf of the city, cause all offenders against such laws and ordinances to be promptly prosecuted before the police court of the city of Laconia, and shall at- tend, on behalf of the city, at their trials. He shall lay before the mayor and council once in three months, and oftener if required, a statement of all offenses against the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city, and of all prosecutions instituted by him on behalf of the city, and the result thereof.
SEC. 7. The marshals shall execute and carry into effect all ordinances which shall from time to time be made by the city council to prevent unlawful and injurious practices in the streets and other public places in the city.
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SEC. 8. The marshals shall, in case of fire, cause two or more police officers or watchmen to repair to the place where the fire may be, and there, acting under the direction of the board of of engineers, to attend diligently to the preservation of the public peace, the prevention of thefts, and the loss or destruction of property, and to prevent all persons from in- terfering in any manner with the working of the fire depart- ment.
SEC. 9. The mayor and council may from time to time order a suitable watch to be kept, and for that purpose may appoint any number of watchmen, not exceeding ten, which they may deem necessary, and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government thereof.
SEC. 10. The city marshal shall be vigilant to prevent and suppress all disturbances and disorders, and for that purpose he, as well as any of the watchmen and police officers, shall have authority to examine all persons whom they shall see walking abroad in the night after ten o'clock, and whom they shall have reason to suspect of any unlawful design, and to demand of them their business abroad at such a time and whither they are going ; to enter any house of ill-fame, dram- shop, cellar, or other building, for the purpose of suppressing any riot or disturbance therein, and to arrest any person there found making or abetting in such riot or disturbance. All persons so walking abroad and suspected of any unlawful design, who shall not give a satisfactory account of their be- ing so abroad, and of their business, and all persons so ar- rested in such house of ill-fame, dram-shop, cellar, or other building, shall be secured by imprisonment, or otherwise, to be safely kept until the next morning, and shall then be taken before the police court to be examined, and proceeded with according to the nature of their offense.
SEC. 11. The marshal and all other police officers and watchmen, when on duty, shall wear such badge of their office as the mayor and council shall prescribe.
SEC. 12. The city council may at any time, by vote, re- move from office either of the marshals, and appoint a succes- sor. They may also, in case of the death, or resignation of either of the marshals, appoint another in his place.
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SEC. 13. The mayor and council may elect any number of police officers they may think necessary. Said officers may be removed at the pleasure of the mayor and council and shall each of them render to the city marshal, once in three months, an account of their services, and of the time spent in the discharge of their official duties. The mayor and council, whenever they shall deem it expedient, may number all the police officers and watchmen, and each police officer and watchman shall wear the number designated upon his badge.
SEC. 14. If the city marshal shall receive any sums of money for any services rendered, or act done, by virtue of his office, he shall pay over the same to the city treasurer month- ly, with all sums received of the policemen and watchmen and of the assistant marshal, and shall at the same time deliver to the committee on accounts and claims an account in detail of the different sources in which such money was received.
SEC. 15. If the assistant marshal shall obtain any sum of money for any act done by him by virtue of his office, he shall immediately pay the same to the city marshal and take his receipt therefor.
SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of the assistant marshal, in addition to his other duties, to ascertain the circumstances of all accidents happening, and all other matters of a similar nature when so directed by the mayor, and to make a report to the mayor of his investigation in each case.
SEC. 17. The city marshal and assistant marshal shall devote their whole time to the service of the city and the duties of their office.
SEC. 18. The city marshal shall divide the compact part of the city into beats, and assign a police officer or a night watchman to each beat, with instructions to patrol the same diligently and faithfully during the night.
SEC. 19. Should any police officer or watchman fail to comply with the provisions of Section 18, or be otherwise re- miss in his official duties, the city marshal, at his discretion, temporarily, may suspend such delinquent and he shall report the facts in any such case to the city council, and the latter shall, if in their judgment the interest of the city requires it,
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investigate the same without delay, and reprimand or remove from office any police officer or watchman who may be found guilty of such neglect or remissness.
SEC. 20. It shall be the duty of the city marshal, or his assistant, at the close of each day, to leave at his office such written directions to the police officers or watchmen and impart to them such information as will enable them at all times so to dispose of the duty under their care as to ward off danger and give security to the lives and property of citizens.
SEC. 21. The police officers or watchmen on duty shall, each morning, report in writing to the city marshal all dis- turbances of the peace which shall come to his knowledge. The said police officers or watchmen shall report to the city marshal, in writing, the names of all persons arrested during the night, stating the character of their respective offenses, and the names of all witnesses whose testimony may be re- quired.
OF SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS.
SECTION 1. No showman, tumbler, rope-dancer, ventrilo- quist, juggler, or other person shall for pay exhibit any feats of agility, horsemanship, sleight-of-hand, rope-dancing, or feats of cards, or any animals, wax figures, puppet, or other show, or shall perform or exhibit any theatrical or dramatic representation or other exhibition, performance or show of any kind or description in the city of Laconia unless a license therefor in writing, specifying the days or evenings such per- formance is allowed to perform or exhibit, shall first be ob- tained from the mayor and council.
SEC. 2. Every such person shall pay for such license, for the use of the city, such sum, not less than ten dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, for each day such person shall perform or exhibit, and be otherwise subject to such terms and conditions as the mayor and council shall order and require; but a license to exhibit in any hall shall not exceed five dollars.
SEC. 3. If any person shall violate the provisions of this ordinance, he shall, for every such offense, be fined not ex- ceeding fifty dollars nor less than ten dollars.
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REGULATING BILLIARD SALOONS.
SECTION 1. No person shall keep a billiard-table, pool- table, nor bowling-alley in the city of Laconia, except for private use, unless a license therefor in writing, specifying the place in which it is to be kept, shall first be obtained from the mayor and council
SEC. 2. Every person shall pay for such license, for the use of the city, the sum of five dollars on each billiard-table, pool-table and bowling-alley, on or before the first day of May annually, and such license shall be revoked or annulled at the pleasure of the mayor and council ; and shall be forfeited upon conviction of the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Such license may also, on application, be issued for six months from the first day of May, on payment of five dollars, subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
SEC. 3. No keeper of a billiard-table shall allow or permit any minor to play at billiards or any other game in his saloon, or to remain therein or in any room connected therewith, except with the consent of the father or guardian of such minor.
SEC. 4. The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and such offender shall forfeit his license and be required to keep the peace and be of good behavior.
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to see that the provisions of this chapter are enforced. The fees for licenses for the current year shall be immediately due and payable.
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
SECTION 1. The mayor and council shall have the general care and control of the scavenger service of the city, and the same shall be performed by the street commissioner.
SEC. 2. The street commissioner shall cause all the com- pactly built portion of the city to be regularly and frequently visited by suitable men and vehicles for the removal of rub- bish, wastes and noxious or unsightly matters found in any street, lane or public place, and the removal of all such matters and things which may for that purpose be placed
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upon, or convenient to any street or lane in the manner and at the time hereinafter specified. He shall carry them to such location distant from the compact part of the city as the mayor and council may designate and shall there make such disposition of them by burning. burying or otherwise as said city council may direct.
SEC. 3. Ashes, earth, brick, lime, rubbish and other in- noxious and imperishable wastes shall be collected separately from perishable wastes, and when so collected may be used for filling new streets or low ground.
SEC. 4. Every person owning, occupying or having the care of any building, premises or business, located in the compact part of the city in which any perishable or burnable wastes, whether of vegetable origin, is produced, shall pro- vide and keep a suitable vessel in which all such wastes shall be deposited ; and no water, earth, ashes, stones or brick shall be mingled therewith. All ashes and other imperishable wastes which may be properly removed by the scavenger de- partment, shall be placed in a separate receptacle, and no perishable or burnable wastes shall be deposited therewith. Each of said receptacles with its contents shall be set out upon the edge of the sidewalk, or at such place as the street commissioner shall prescribe, in the morning of the day on which the scavenger teams are to pass through the street for the removal of that kind of wastes.
SEC. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding ten dol- lars.
THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY.
SECTION 1. No person shall keep open his shop. store, warehouse, cellar, restaurant or workshop, for the reception of company, or shall sell, give or expose for sale any cider, beer, ale or intoxicating liquors of any kind, or fruits, nuts, cigars, oysters or confectionery of any kind, or books, pam- phlets, newspapers or merchandise of any kind, on the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's day. Nor shall any person use any play or game on that day.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of the provisions of this chapter,
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the Lord's day shall be understood to include the time between the midnight preceding and the midnight of such day.
SEC. 3. The provisions of this chapter shall not be con- strued to prevent any druggist or apothecary from selling medicine for medicinal purposes, under such rules and regula- tions as the city council may prescribe.
SEC. 4. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars for each offense.
May 17, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
STREETS AND COMMONS.
AN ORDINANCE in relation to the use of Streets and Com- mons.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia, as fol- lows :
SECTION 1. No person shall put or place or cause to be put or placed in any street, lane, alley or other public place in the city, any house dirt, ashes, garbage, shreds, shavings, filth, suds, offal or other rubbish, except such place and in such manner as the mayor and council shall prescribe.
SEC. 2. No person shall in any public street or common in the city of Laconia distribute to other persons there being or passing any hand-bills, cards or papers; and no person shall sweep into, throw, place or drop in any public street or common any cards, paper or any offensive or obnoxious or refuse liquid or solid matter or substance. But this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of newspapers on the public streets or commons.
SEC. 3. No person shall suffer his fire wood, coal or other fuel in any quantity to remain unnecessarily on any sidewalk or in any street, lane or alley over night or after twilight in the evening. If the same must of necessity remain after twilight or through the night, the owner thereof shall place and keep a sufficient light over or near the same through the
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night, that travellers and passengers on foot and in teams may have notice, and thereby prevent injury to them.
SEC. 4. The tenant or occupant, or if there be no tenant, the owner of any building or lot of land bordering on any street where there is a sidewalk shall cause all snow to be re- moved from the sidewalk adjoining his premises, and spread evenly on the ground within six hours after the snow shall have ceased to fall, if in the day time, or before 2 o'clock of the afternoon next succeeding if the snow shall have ceased to fall in the night time.
SEC. 5. Three or more persons shall not stand in a group or near each other, on any foot or sidewalk, so as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, and any person or persons obstructing the foot or sidewalks shall move on immediately after a request made by the city marshal, assistant marshal, any police officer or watchman. No person or persons shall sit, stand or lounge in or about the doors, windows or passage- ways to any store, shop, office, saloon, dwelling house or other tenement, except the owners or tenants thereof, after having been requested by the owner or occupant, or the city marshal, assistant marshal or any police officer or watchman to depart therefrom.
SEC. 6. Any person who shall throw or put or cause to be thrown or put any snow or ice into any street, lane or alley in the city, shall cause the same to be broken up and spread evenly over the surface of such street or lane or alley.
SEC. 7. No person shall stop his team or carriage, or un- necessarily place any other obstructions on any flagging stones and crossings laid in or across any street, lane or alley in the city.
SEC. S. No person shall ride through any street or lane in the compact part of the city at any swifter pace than at the rate of five miles an hour.
SEC. 9. A person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not exceeding ten dollars nor less than one dollar, and shall pay costs of prosecution, and stand com- mitted until the same be paid, or be confined to the house of
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correction for a term not less than five days nor more than thirty days.
May 29, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
ON SEWERS.
AN ORDINANCE in amendment of an ordinance entitled " An ordinance in relation to Sewers and Sewer Superintend- ent."
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowe's :
SECTION 1. That section 1 of the ordinances of the City of Laconia, entitled " An Ordinance in relation to Sewers and Sewer Superintendent," be amended by striking out the word " six " in the eighteenth line and inserting in place thereof the word "nine" so that the last sentence of said section shall read, "He shall receive an annual salary of nine hun- dred dollars, payable in equal quarterly payments from the city treasury, which shall be in full for all his services and labor as such superintendent."
SEC. 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to the present municipal term of office of the superintendent of sewers.
June 5, 1893. Passed and approved.
C. A. BUSIEL, Mayor.
ON SALARIES.
AN ORDINANCE fixing the salary and compensation of certain officers.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Laconia as fol- lowe's :
SECTION 1. The mayor shall receive in full for his services an annual salary of three hundred dollars, payable semi- annually.
SEC. 2. The city treasurer shall receive in full for his services the sum of two hundred dollars per annum, payable in equal quarterly payments.
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SEC. 3. The city solicitor shall receive in full for his ser- vices the sum of five hundred dollars per annum, and his reasonable travelling expenses when his attendance may be required out of the city (Section 3, Chapter 5), payable in equal quarterly payments.
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