5098 ARTICLE 23.

sary for the good government of the City to preserve the health, peace
and safety and well being of the inhabitants, and the protection of prop-
erty thereof, to prevent, remove and abate all nuisances or obstructions in
or upon the streets, highways, lanes or alleys, drains or water courses, or
in or upon any lot adjacent thereto or any other place within the limits of
said City, and to provide for imposing a fine on any person causing or

creating any such nuisances or obstructions; to restrain all disorder, dis-
turbances, annoyances, disorderly conduct and drunkenness therein; to
suppress street walkers and to prohibit or restrain the keeping of bawdy
house or houses of ill fame within the limits of the City; to prevent firing
of guns, cannons, pistols, rifles, sling-shots, fire-crackers or other fire-
works or other explosives therein; to suppress fires and prevent the dangers,
thereof; to establish and maintain a fire department; to make reasonable
regulations in regard to buildings to be erected in said City, and to grant
building permits for the same; to formulate a building code and to ap-
point a building inspector, and to require a reasonable fee for the issu-
ance of building permits; to regulate and restrict the height, number of
stories and size of buildings and other structures, the size of yards, courts
and other open spaces, and the location and use of buildings, structures
and land for trade industry, residence or tanks, pumps or other fixtures;
to establish the distance buildings or any part thereof, fences or walls,
shall be erected from inner curb of street line; to direct in what part of
the City wooden buildings shall not be erected or constructed; to prevent
and regulate the storage of gunpowder, oil or other combustible matter
in such quantities and in such places as they may deem proper; to prevent
obstructions on the streets, lanes, alleys, and highways of said City; to
remove or cause to be removed houses or other structures that may be
dangerous to persons passing along or over any of the highways of the
City; to regulate, license and tax carts, wagons, carriages, automobiles,
and other vehicles used in said City for transporting goods or persons for
hire, to regulate the parking of all vehicles upon the streets and alleys
of said City; to regulate the speed of horses, wheeled vehicles, bicycles,
motorcycles, automobiles, cars and locomotives in the City limits; to regu-
late the erection and maintenance of proper safety appliances by railroads
at street crossings; to regulate and provide for the issuing of licenses or
permits for hawking, peddling and vending of wares and merchandise of
every description upon the streets or highways of the City, and to issue
licenses or permits to all itinerant peddlers who may go from house to
house to vend or sell any wares or merchandise; to issue licenses to any
and all persons entering into or beginning transient business in said City
for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise; to regulate and provide
for the issuing of licenses to all traveling persons who dispense medicines
or medical advice; to regulate and license all restaurants, barber shops,
pawnbrokers, junk dealers, fire and slaughter sales and auction sales; to
regulate and license all nine and ten pin alleys, bowling alleys, skating-
rinks, pool and billiard tables, theatres, moving picture shows, boxing and
sparring matches and wrestling contests, and also exhibitions of every
kind; to provide for the restraining of theatricals or other public amuse-