Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839. Page: 95
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Sec. 3. Be wi further enacted, That the Mayor, Recordei,
and each of the Aldermen, appointed by virtue of this act,
and also all subordinate officers to be appointed under the
same, shall before they enter upon the duties of their said offices
respectively, take and subscribe an oath to perform the
duties thereof,; according to the best of their knowledge and
ability; which oath shall be taken by the said Mayor, before:
the Chief Justice of the county, and by the officers respectively
before the said Mayor.
Sec. 4. Be it fiytrther enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of the city of Houston, shall have full power and authority
to make and pass such by-laws or ordinances as they
shall deem necessary to maintain the cleanliness and salubrity
of said city, to secure the safety and convenience of passing
in the streets and squares, ways, levees and other public
roads, to fix the squaring and to prevent any encroachment or
other undertaking on the said public roads, to determine the
completion and dimensions, the maintenance and repair of the
said pavements in the said streets at the cost of the proprietors
of houses, lands or neighboring lots, to fix the place and
anchoring for all water crafts in the bayou, to establish an
active system of inspection over the conduct of slaves, to establish
a city guard or patrols, to provide for lighting the
streets, to determine in what part of the city wooden chimnies
shall not be allowed to be erected, to prevent gunpowder
being stowed within the city and suburbs in such quantity as
to endanger the public safety, to determine on the means to
be resorted to in order to extinguish conflagration and to prevent
the same, to regulate the service of persons employed in
working fire engines, to permit or forbid theatres, balls and
other public amusements, to cause the playhouses and other
places for shows or exhibitions to be closed whenever the
preservation of order, tranquility or public safety shall require
it, to establish one or more market places, and to determine
the mode of inspection for all comestibles sold publicly
either in said market or markets, or in other places, to
regulate every thing which relates to bakers, butchers, tavern
keepers or of' grog shops, and other persons keeping public
houses, draymen, horse drivers, water carriers and slaves employed
as day laborers, to fix the salaries of said draymen,
horse drivers, water carriers and day laborers, and to make
other regulations which may contribute to the better administration
of the affairs of said corporation, as well as for the
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