1855 Acts, Resolutions and Memorials, Passed at the Several Annual Sessions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, 1855

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63 Water Streets Lighting Night watches Buildings See 15 To provide the city with water to dig wells lay pump logs and pipes and erect pumps in the streets for the extinguishment of fires and convenience of the inhabitants Ske 16 To open alter widen extend establish grade pave or otheriise improve and keep in repair streets avenues lanes and alleys and to establish erect and keep in repair aqueducts and bridges Ssc 17 To provide for lighting of the streets and erecting lamp posts and late night and regu to erect market houses establish watches markets and market places and provide for the government and regulations thereof Sgpe 18 To provide for erecting all needful buildings for the use of the city and for enclosing improving and regulating all public gtounds belonging to the city Taxing powers establish support ECA 19 To license tax and regulate auctioneers ordina merchants and retailers grocers and taverns ries peddlers hawkers rokers pawn-brokers and mouey changers To license tax and regulate hacking Sec 20 Hacking carriages wagons carts and drays and fix the rates to be charged for the carriage of persons and for wagonage cartage and drayage of property as also to license and fix the rates of porterage and regulate porters Sec 21 To license tax and regulate theatricalTheatrieals and other exhibitions shows and amusements Sec 22 To tax restrain prohibit rand suppress Tippling tippling houses dram shops gaming bawdy houses nouses AL and other disorderly houses Sge 23 To provide for the prevention and extin Fires guishment of fires to regulate the fixing of chimneys and the flues thereof and stove pipes and to organize Gunpowder and establish fire companies To regulate the storage of gunpowder tar SBC 24 piteh rosiu and other combustible materials Walls Sec 25 To regulate and order parapet walls and other partition fences Sec 26 To establish standard weights and mea Weights and measuces sures and regulate the weights and measures to be used in the city in all other cases not provided for by law Sec 27 To To provide for the inspection and measur Digital image 2005 J Quinney College of Law Al rights reserved