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| Title | Charter for the City of Houston |
| Publisher | Texas World Publishing Company |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | A bill entitled An act to provide a charter for the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas. |
| Donor | Fuermann, George |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 1970-001, Box 6, Folder 12 |
| ArchivesSpace URI | /repositories/2/archival_objects/2673 |
| Original Collection | George Fuermann "Texas & Houston" Collection |
| Digital Collection | City of Houston, Its Development and Evolution |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/1970_001 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Page 19 |
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| File Name | uhlib_1970_001_b006_f012_001_023.jpg |
| Transcript | of the city shall iw shall provide a less pen- offense by the laws of the ' flu ■ pu >sed by labor s or otherwise ( (he Lance, for the ork-house, on Council may imposed exe- in the name legally provide, and for the collection of am cation may be issued from the recorder's i of the City of Houston agaitist the goods and chattels, lands and tenemeiils of the person offending. Sec. 29. The City Council shall have the exclusive control and regulation of all streets, alleys, public grounds and highways within the corporate limits of the city, and shall have power to abate and remove encroachments thereon in a sum mary manner, to put drains and sewers therein, and when necessary condemn prhate property for that purpose; to permit, to prevent and regulate the laying of gas and water mains therein, and the erection of telegraph, telephone and electric Iigb; poles therein; to impose such terms as to them may seem proper for the use of the streets and sidewalks for any purpose whatever, by any person or corporation, and to demand and collect for the use of the same such compensation as to the City Council shall seem meet and proper; to regulate, establish and change the grade of all sidewalks, streets and premises, and lo require and compel the cutting doyvn or filling up and raising of such streets and premises; to construct, regulate and keep in repair all bridges, culverts, sewers and crossings, and to control and regulate the use of the same; to construct, regulate and keep in repair all necessary sidewalks and footways and si reels: to grade, cut down and fill up and pave the same; lo regulate the use, and abate and remove encroachments and obstructions thereon, and to compel the removal of the same, and to punish any person or corporation by fine, or by the imposition of a penalty to be collected in a civil suit, who shall encroach upon or obstruct the same, or who shall fail to have such encroachments withdrawn or such obstruction removed aftei being notified by the proper officer to re- |