SEC. 47. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved Feb. 10, 1852.

City boundaries.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah, That all that portion of the country lying on Dry Creek, in Utah county, bounded as follows, to wit: commencing at the Utah lake, direct south of the south-east corner of the plat of Evansville, running direct to said corner; from thence north three miles; from thence west to the river Jordan; from thence up the river Jordan to the outlet of the lake; from thence up the lake to the place of beginning, is hereby incorporName & style. ated into a city, which shall be called "the city of Lehi," and the inhabitants thereof, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name aforesaid; and shall Perpetual suc- have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, which they may change and alter at pleasure.

cession.

Corporate pow

ers.

City council.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of said city, by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued; to plead and be impleaded; defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatsoever; to purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, in said city; to purchase, receive, and hold real property beyond the city, for burying grounds, or other public purposes, for the use of the inhabitants of said city; to sell, lease, convey or dispose of property, real and personal, for the benefit of said city; to improve, and protect such property, and to do all other things in relation thereto, as natural per

sons.

SEC. 3. There shall be a City Council, to consist of a Mayor, four Aldermen, and nine Councilors, who shall Term of office have the qualifications of electors of said city, and shall be chosen by the qualified voters thereof, and shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors shall Majority form be elected and qualified. The City Council shall judg

& quorum.

of the qualifications, elections, and returns of their own

members, and a majority of them shall form a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.

SEC. 4. The Mayor, Alderman, and Councillors before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, that they will support the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of this Territory, and that they will well and truly perform all the duties of their offices, to the best of their skill and abilities,

Give bonds.

tions appointed

SEC. 5. On the first Monday of March next, andTimes of elecevery two years thereafter, on said day, an election shalltions. be held for the election of one Mayor, four Aldermen, and nine Councilors; and at the first election under this act, three Judges shall be chosen, viva voce, by the First election. electors present. The said Judges shall choose two clerks; and the Judges and clerks, before entering upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, such as is now required by law to be taken by Judges and clerks of other elections; and at all subsequent elections, the necessary number of Judges and clerks shall be appointed Judges and by the City Council. At the first election so held, the clerks of elecpolls shall be opened at nine o'clock, A. M., and closed atby city council. six o'clock, P. M. At the close of the polls the votes shall be counted, and a statement thereof proclaimed at the front door of the house, at which said election shall be held; and the clerks shall leave with each person elected, or at his usual place of residence, within five days af-Duty of clerks ter the election, a written notice of his election, and each person so notified, shall within ten days after the election, take the oath or affirmation hereinbefore mentioned. A certificate of which oath shall be deposited with the recorder, whose appointment is hereinaf er provided for, and be by him preserved; and all subsequent elections shall be held, conducted, and returns thereof made, as may be provided for by ordinance of the City Council.

Qualification

SEC. 6. All free white male inhabitants who are of the, age of twenty-one years, who are entitled to vote for Ter-of voters. ritorial officers, and who shall have been actual residents of said city, sixty days next preceding said election, shall be entitled to vote for city officers.

Power of city cou ncil.

City Council

have power to,

SEC. 7. The City Council shall have authority to levý and collect taxes for city purposes, upon all taxable property, real and personal, within the limits of the city, not exceeding one half per cent, per annum, upon the assessed value thereof; and may enforce the payment of the same, in any manner to be provided by ordinance, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the laws of this Territory.

SEC. 8. The City Council shall have power to appoint appoint officera Recorder, Treasurer, Assessor and Collector, Marshal and Supervisors of streets. They shall also have the pow er to appoint all such other officers by ordinance, as may be necessary; define the duties of all city officers, and remove them from office at pleasure.

Shall require

bonds.

SEC. 9. The City Council shall have power to require officers to give of all officers, appointed in pursuance of this act bonds with penalty and security, for the faithful performance of their respective duties, such as may be deemed expedient, and also to require of all officers appointed as aforesaid, to take an oath for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices.

Council have

power to pass

SEC. 10. The City Council shall have power and auordinances. thority to make, ordain, establish, and execute all such ordinances, not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, or the laws of this Territory, as they may deem necessary for the peace, benefit, good order, regulation, convenience, and cleanliness of said city, for the protection of property therein, from destruction by fire or otherPower to fill wise, and for the health and happiness thereof. They all vacancies. shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen by death, resignation, or removal, in any of the offices herein made elective; to fix and establish all the fees of the officers of said corporation, not herein established; to impose such fines not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence, as they may deem just, for refusing to accept of To divide the any office, in, or under the corporation, or for misconduct city into wards therein; to divide the city into wards, and specify the

boundaries thereof, and create additional wards; to add to the number of Aldermen and Councilors, and apportion them among the several wards, as may be just, and most conducive to the interest of the city.

SEC. 11. To establish, support, and regulate common

Proviso.

schools; to borrow money on the credit of the city: Pro-Further powers vided, That no sum or sums of money be borrowed on a greater interest than six per cent, per annum; nor shall' the interest on the aggregate of all the sums borrowed, and outstanding, ever exceed one half of the city revenue, arising from taxes assessed on real estate, within this corporation.

SEC. 12. To make regulations to prevent the introduc-, tion of contagious diseases into the city; to make quarantine laws for that purpose, and enforce the same.

SEC. 13. To appropriate and provide for the payment, of the expenses and debts of the city.

Prevent disease

Debts of city.

SEC. 14. To establish hospitals, and make regulations, for the government of the same; to make regulations to lospitals. secure the general health of the inhabitants; to declare what shall be nuisances, and to prevent and remove the

same.

SEC. 15. To provide the city with water; to dig wells, lay pump logs and pipes, and erect pumps in the streets, Water the city for the extinguishment of fires, and convenience of the inhabitants.

SEC. 16. To open. alter, widen, extend, establish. grade. Repair the pave, or otherwise improve and keep in repair, streets, streets. avenues, lanes an alleys; and to establish, erect, and keep in repair aqueducts and bridges.

streets.

SEC. 17. To provide for the lighting of the streets, Lighting the and erecting lamp posts, and establish, support and regu-Night watches. late night watches; to erect market houses; establish markets and market places, and to provide for the government

and regulations thereof.

SEC. 18. To provi le for erecting all needful buildings

for the use of the city, and for enclosing, improving, and public grounds regulating all public grounds belonging to the city.

SEC. 19. To license, tax, and regulate auctioneers, Taxing power. merchants, and retailers, grocers and taverns, ordinaries, hawkers, pedlers, brokers, pawn-brokers, and money changers.

Tax hacking.

Theatres.

Tippling hous

es.

Extinguish fires.

Weights and measures.

Measuring of lumber.

SEC. 20. To license, tax, and regulate 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 regulate porters, and fix the rates of porterage.

SEC. 21. To license, tax, and regulate theatricals, and other exhibitions, shows, and amusements.

SEC. 22. To tax, restrain, prohibit, and suppress tippling houses, dram shops, gaming houses, bawdy and other disorderly houses.

SEC. 23. To provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires; to regulate the fixing of chimneys, and the flues thereof, and stove pipes, and to organize and establish fire companies.

SEC. 24. To regulate the storage of gunpowder, tar, pitch, rosin, and other combustible materials.

SEC. 25. To regulate and order parapet walls and other partition fences.

SEC. 26. To establish standard weights and measures, and regulate the weights and measures, to be used in the city, in all other cases not provided for by law.

SEC. 27. To provide for the inspection and measuring of lumber, and other building materials; and for the measurement of all kinds of mechanical work.

SEC. 28. To provide for the inspection and weighing Weighing hay of hay, lime, and stone coal, and measuring of charcoal, fire wood and other fuel, to be sold or used within the city.

SEC. 29. To provi le for and regulate the inspection of Inspection of tobacco, and of beef, pork, flour, meal; also beer, and whisky, brandy, and other spirituous or fermented liquors.

tobacco.

As to bread.

Census.

SEC. 30. To regulate the weight, quality, and price of bread, sold and used in the city.

SEC. 31. To provide for taking the enumeration of the inhabitants of the city.