§ 114. Village powers
Said Village shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the
Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States, for the following purposes:
(1) To establish and regulate a market.
(2) To suppress and restrain disorderly and gaming houses, billiard and pool tables, and
all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of all instruments and devices
used for that purpose.
(3) To regulate the exhibition of common showmen, and of shows every kind not interdicted
by law.
(4) To abate and remove all public and private nuisances.
(5) To compel the owner or occupant of any unwholesome, noisesome, or offensive house
or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for
the health or comfort of the inhabitants of said Village.
(6) To direct the location and management of all slaughter houses, meat markets, steam
mills, blacksmith shops, and sewers.
(7) To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder, ashes, and all combustibles
and dangerous materials.
(8) To regulate the making of alterations and repairs of stovepipes, furnaces, fireplaces,
and other things from which damage by fire may be apprehended, and also to regulate
the use of buildings in crowded localities for hazardous purposes; to provide for
the preservation of buildings from fires by precautionary measures and inspections
and to establish and regulate a fire department and fire companies.
(9) To prevent immoderate riding or driving in the streets, and cruelty to animals.
(10) To regulate the erection of buildings, and to regulate entrances and exits to public
halls and theatres until proper exits are provided; to prevent the encumbering of
the streets, sidewalks, and public alleys with firewood, lumber, carriages, boxes,
and other things; and provide for the care, preservation, and improvement of public
grounds.
(11) To restrain all cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and fowls from running at large in the
streets of said Village.
(12) To provide a supply of water for the protection of the Village against fire, and for
other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same.
(13) To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises
owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and garbage, and to keep such sidewalks
and gutters clean.
(14) To license innkeepers, keepers of saloons or victualing houses, peddlers, itinerant
venders, and auctioneers, under such regulations and for such sums of money as shall
be prescribed therefor.
(15) To regulate or restrain the use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, or other fireworks
in the streets or commons, and to prevent the practicing therein of amusements having
a tendency to injure or annoy persons passing thereon, or to endanger the security
of property.
(16) To regulate the place and manner of selling and weighing hay; packing, inspecting,
and branding beef, pork, and produce; and selling and measuring wood, lime, and coal;
and to appoint suitable persons to superintend and conduct the same.
(17) To prescribe the powers and duties of watchmen of said Village.
(18) To regulate the grade of streets, and the grade and width of sidewalks, and the construction
thereof, and protect the same.
(19) To provide for lighting the Village.
(20) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience,
or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespasses or willful injuries
to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property.
(21) To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, and common prostitutes, and to suppress
houses of ill-fame.
(22) To establish and maintain a public library and reading room.