Powers of common council. Proviso. Proviso. and understandings; and that a like oath or affirmation be taken by the mayor and common councilmen first elected under this act, before any justice of the peace or judge, within six days after such election, such oaths or affirmations in all cases to be filed by the city clerk. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the common council of said city, or a quorum thereof, in council convened, to pass all ordinances for regulating, levelling, grading, paving, flagging, gravelling, improving, cleaning and repairing the streets, sidewalks and alleys therein; for regulating the planting and protecting of shade trees, and for compelling the owners and occupants of lots to grade, curb and pave the sidewalks in front thereof; provided, that no owner or occupant of property shall be compelled to pave more than forty feet in length, on any one lot or lots, in any one year; provided, that the paving of the sidewalks and streets shall not be done until two-thirds of the property owners on said streets petition the common council, when it may be done as provided for in said act; and to keep their pavements and gutters clean and free from snow, ice and other impediments; for preventing persons from riding, driving or passing over or upon the same with horses, wagons, carts or carriages of any description; for ascertaining and establishing the boundaries of all streets and alleys in said city, and preventing and removing all encroachments in and upon said streets or alleys; for preventing or regulating the running at large of cattle, horses, goats, geese, dogs and swine; for imposing a reasonable tax on the owners or possessors of dogs; for preventing the immoderate driving or riding through or in any street or alley of said city; for abating or removing any nuisance in any street or wharf, or on any lot or lots or enclosure, or other place in said city; for causing common sewers or drains to be made, and granting permission to construct vaults in any part thereof; for lighting the streets of the same; for preventing or restraining riots, routs, disturbances or disorderly assemblages in any street, alley, house or place in said city; for regulating, protecting, improving and reclaiming the public grounds or walks therein, and sinking and regulating pumps, wells and cisterns in the streets thereof; for the maintenance of fire engines and hose companies, and for the prevention or suppression of fires; for compelling the cleaning of chimneys; for appointing watchmen, constables, and an additional police, and pre scribing their powers and duties; for regulating the vending of meats, fish and vegetables; for regulating butchers, hawkers, peddlers and petty chapmen within said city; for restraining vagrants, mendicants and street beggars; for erecting and maintaining a city hall, with such other public buildings as may be necessary in said city; for regulating the public docks and wharves therein, and the rates of wharfage; for the more effectual suppression of vice and immorality; for preserving peace and good order; for suppressing and restraining disorderly and gaming houses; for prescribing and defining the duties of the several officers elected therein, and such other by-laws and ordinances for the peace, good order and prosperity of said city as they may deem expedient, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States, and to enforce the observance of all such laws by exacting penalties for the violation thereof, either by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding seven days, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, recoverable with costs in an action of debt, in the name of the treasurer of said city, before any justice of the peace, or the mayor thereof, for the use of the incorporation thereof; and further, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, or the mayor of said city, before whom judgment of imprisonment may be given, to carry such judgment into effect by warrant of commitment, under their hand and seal, directed to the keeper of the county prison; provided always, each and every ordinance Proviso. so passed, shall be published in the papers of Camden county and by handbills in five of the most public places in said city, by the clerk of said city, for twenty days before said ordinance shall go into effect; and provided also, that no ordinance Proviso. or by-law shall be enacted or passed by said common council, unless the same shall have been introduced before the said common council at a previous meeting. money by tax the same. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for May raise the common council to cause to be raised by tax, from year and borrow to year, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for carrying into effect the laws and ordinances from time to tine enacted by them, and for defraying all other necessary expenses of said city, and from time to time borrow money on the faith and in the name of the said city, on bond, note or other sufficient security; provided, that the sum so bor- Proviso. rowed shall never amount in all, to more than two-thirds of the estimated tax to be levied and assessed, in any one year, taxes. nor be made payable at any later period than thirty days, after the time fixed by law for the collection of taxes; and it is further provided, that the owners of all lands within the limits of said city, held as farm lands, and not for building purposes, shall not be required to curb and pave in front thereof, unless the same shall consist of a lot or lots lying be tween other lots used for building purposes. Assessment of 10. And be it enacted, That the assessor of said city shall make out lists of all the persons, lands, chattels, effects, and estates in said city, within the time now required by law for the assessment of taxes in the county of Camden, and shall value all said lands, chattels, effects and estates whether· owned by individuals or corporations, according to the true and intrinsic value thereof, and shall assess all taxes and moneys required to be raised in said city, upon the said persons, lands, chattels, effects and estates in said city, according to the valuation thereof to be made as aforesaid, and said assessor shall deliver a duplicate of said assessment to the collector of said city, within the time now required by law for the delivery of the same in the county of Camden. Powers of the mayor. Treasurer, &c., must give bonds. 11. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city, for the time being, shall have all the powers and authority of a justice of the peace of the state of New Jersey; he shall take cognizance of all fines, forfeitures, and penalties to be laid by the laws or ordinances of the common council of said city; he shall have power to cause any or all persons to be brought before him, who may be charged with violating the public peace, or disturbing the public tranquility, or for a breach of any of the ordinances thereof; he shall have power to impose fines or penalties upon all persons so offending, and to cause them to be imprisoned in the county jail; and shall be during the time for which he is elected, vested with all the powers and functions, and be bound by the same rules in criminal cases as justices of the peace; and all officers and persons shall respect him as such; he shall have authority to take acknowledgment and proof of deeds; and it shall be his duty to see that all ordinances enacted by the common council of said city are duly published and enforced; and that no shows or exhibitions of any kind whatever shall be allowed in said city, without his express consent, and license being first obtained in writing. 12. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of said city, and the collector, and one or more constables, before they enter upon the execution or duties of their respective offices, or be qualified to serve, shall repair to the common council and enter into bonds, with such freehold security as the said council may approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, which said bonds, after the approval of the said common council shall be endorsed thereon, shall be delivered to the city clerk, who is hereby directed and required to file the same in his office, and may be sued and prosecuted as the bonds of like officers in this state are or may be sued and prosecuted. committed to 13. And be it enacted, That the jailor of the county of Prisoners Camden for the time being shall receive and keep all such county jail. offenders as shall be committed to the jail of said county by the mayor of said city as aforesaid for the term of his, her or their imprisonment, as expressed in the warrant of commitment, and all the expenses of keeping said offenders in said jail shall be borne and paid by the said county of Camden. granting 14. And be it enacted, That the said mayor and common Power of council, or a majority thereof in council convened, shall have licenses. the sole, only and exclusive right and power of granting license under the common seal of said city to all and every inn-keeper and retailer of spirituous liquors residing in said eity, in the like manner and on the same terms or conditions as may now be done by the court of common pleas in this state, except only that they may grant such license for any term not exceeding one year, as they may deem best; and they shall also have the sole, only and exclusive right and power of licensing such and so many keepers of oyster-houses and cellars, and places for the sale of fermented liquors within said city, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such rules and regulations as they may deem most conducive to the public good thereof, and the amount of license fees levied and assessed shall be paid to the treasurer for the use of the city; that it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell within the corporate limits of Gloucester City any spirituous liquors in quantities less than five gallons, without first having obtained a license therefor from the mayor and common council, or a majority thereof, in council. convened of said city, in whom shall be vested the exclusive right and power of granting such licenses, and who may exact such restrictions and penalties as they deem necessary in relation thereto. 15. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city of city officers. Compensation shall not be entitled to receive any compensation for the performance of his official duties other than the fees which pertain to his office as a justice of the peace and a commissioner for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds; neither shall the members of common council be paid any compensation whatever for the performance of their official duties; the city clerk shall be paid fifty cents for each meeting of council he may attend, and six cents per folio of one hundred words each for recording the ordinances thereof. Treasurer to make annual statement. Commissioners of appeal in cases of taxation. Further pro ceedings in tion. 16. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the city treasurer, once at least in each year, and as often as the mayor and common council shall require, to make a statement of all moneys received and paid out by him, showing the source from whence received, and to what applied, the amount of the indebtedness of the city, and the balance of funds in his hands, which, when approved by the common council, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk at least twenty days before the next annual election for city officers, and the city council shall cause the same to be set up in five of the most public places in said city at least two weeks previous to the said annual election; and the treasurer shall be allowed for making out such statement six cents per folio of one hundred words. 17. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of appeal in cases of taxation shall convene annually on the second Monday of September, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of discharging the duties of their office; it shall be the duty of the collector to give notice of the time and place of the meeting of the commissioners of appeal, by putting up notices in five of the most public places in said city, in writing or printed, at least two weeks before the meeting of said board. 18. And be it enacted, That the collector shall at least one cases of taxa week before the day of appeal in cases of taxation, demand of all persons taxed, the amount of their tax, by notice to them personally given, if to be found in the city, or left at their residence, if within the city; and in case of non-payment of any taxes by the twentieth day of October, the collector shall make out a list of the names of delinquents, with the sums due from each, and deliver the same to the mayor or a resident justice of the peace. Proceedings in case of nonpayment of taxes. 19. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said mayor or justice of the peace, on receipt of the list of delinquents as aforesaid, to administer an oath or affirmation to |