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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RE-
1 VISION OF THE CITY CHARTER.
Subiiiitted and read at a meeting of the City Council,
Dec. 8tli, 1885, and directed to be published for the in-
formation of Council. ^
Thos. Rhind,
City Clerk,
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To His Worship the Mayor and the City Council of the
City of Halifax:
The Committee of the City Council appointed to revise
the City Charter herehy report to the City Council the
j)ropo8ed amendments to title one of the City Charter
which are embodied in the papers herewith enclosed, and
i-equest the concurrence of the Council therein.
B. F. Pearson,
Chairman.
Halifax, Dec. 7th, A. T), 1885.
Whereas, this committee recognize the necessity of a
radical reform in the Government of the affairs of the City
of Halifax otherwise than that hitherto provided for in the
City Charter and the amendments thereof;
And ivhereas, this Committee is of the opinion that it
is expedient and necessary before entering upon the
revision cf the City Charter and before making any material
iilteration in the provisions of the law regulating the present
(xovernment of the City and the administration of the laws
and ordinances therein, to ascertain the opinion of the
City Council thereupon ;
Therefore resolved, that this Committee do report to the
City Council the proposed changes in title one of the City
('barter, a true copy of which is exhibited herewith and
which fairly outlines the general scope of the proposed
changes, and requet l the favorable opinion of the Council
thereupon.
B. F. Pearson,
Chairman of Committee to Revise City Charter.
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TITLE I.
6. The administration of all tho fiscal, prudential and
municipal aHairs of the City of Halifax, with the govern-
ment thereof, shall be vested in the City Council, which
shall consist of one principal magistrate, to be styled the
Mayor ; and one Council of eighteen members or Aldermen,
hereinafter denominated the City Council, all of whom
shall be inhabitants of said City of Halifax. The said
M:<yor and said eighteen Aldermen shall constitute and be
otilled the City Council.
7. Each ward shall elect three aldermen.
8. The qualification, term of oflice and manner of the
olocti(/n ot the said Mayor and Aldermen shall be as here-
inafter provided.
9. The administration and government of said City
siiall be divided into two i)art3, hereinafter called the
"■ Legislative" and the '' Executive."
10. The Mayor shall be the chief executive magistrate
of said city and he shall be the head, and act under the
direction of the majority o+' a committee of six of the Board
of Aldermen composed of one alderman, chosen by the
Council from each ward, to be designated the Civic
lioard, but all acts of said jMayor and acts of said Mayor
:uid Committee shall be done bv and in the name of the
Mayor.
IL It shall be the duty of the said Mayor and Com-
mittee, acting as aforesaid.
(a) To cause the ordinances of the city and all general
laws applicable to the City of Halifax to be executed and
enforced ;
(b) To communicate to the City Council at least once
a year a statement of the finances and general condition ot
the afiairs of the City, and also such information as the
City Council shall require.
(c) To recommend by message in writing to the
Council, all such measures connected with the affair of the
city, and the protection and improvement of its govern-
ment and financee, as to the said Mayor and a majority of
said committee shall be deemed expedient ;
(d) To call all special meetings of the City Council
whenever it may be deemed expedient, but the Mayor
shall have the power to call such meetings without the
consent of said committee. The Mayor shall preside
but shall only have a casting vote ;
(c) To be responsible for the good order and eflBcient
government of the City ;
(/) To assume and have the direction of and exercise
a general supervision over the various heads of depart-
ments, hereinafter designated and created, and over the
conduct of all the subordinate offices thereof, and to cause
all violations or neglect of duty on their part to be
punished ;
(g) To appoint as often as may be thought proper
three competent persons to examine without notice the
accounts of any city department, trust, officer or employee,
and the money securities and property belonging to the
city in the posession or charge of such department, trus-
tees, officers or employees and report the result of such
investigation to the City Council ;
(h) To carry out and perform such duties as may be
prescribed by law or ordinances, and generally to give
effect to and carry out or cause to bo carried out all reso-
lutions and recommendations of the City Council ;
(i) To summon before said Mayor and Committee
each head of departi ^ collectively or otherwise, at least
once a month for con. Jtation and advice upon the affairs
of the city, and at such meetings said heads of departments
may be called upon for such reports as to the subject mattei'
under their control and management as the said Mayor and
Committee may deem proper, which it shall be their duty
to at once prepare and submit to said Mayor and Com-
mittee ;
(/) To keep records of such meetings of the Mayer
and Comm'ittee and to adopt rules and regulations for the
administration of the affairs of the city departments not
inconsistent with any law, ordinance, resolution or bye-
law of the City Council, which regulations shall prescribe
a common and systematic method for the government and
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(0 To exact and receive fmm H,« , .
; epartments annually on or .etc otl. m '^r'"' ^'^'"^« «^"
the end of each H«ca/ veai' ale 1 jl?^"*^ i'^'^^'^^^'n^'
during the preceedin^r -^"rr andT ""^ -^^'V' ^'^^^^^'^ngZ
City Council with all Lon .""""^ *'^^ «unie to the
ti^^ught proper. »*><'«nm,endat.ons that may be
eo.ve $2,000, and the Ja.t lln /il '^}'.fyo^' «h«il re-
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14. The City Council shall be invested with the entire
legislative functions and powers pertaining to the govern-
ment of the city, and may from time to time make, alter,
amend or repeal by-laws or ordinances for the good rule,
peace, government and welfare of the city, and for carry-
ing into effect more fully all powers, functions and offices
vested in the corporation by law \ and in addition to the
above, may enact, alter, amend or repeal ordinances or
by-laws upon the following subjects :
First. — Providing for the re-organization of the several
departments of the city, so as to conform to the require-
ments of this charter.
Second. — To assess, levy and collect all taxes for
general and special purposes and licenses ; to borrow
money on the faith and credit of the city, by the issue or
sale of lionds or notes, for such amounts, and for such
time, and for such purpose, as may be required for cur-
rent expenses, and for payment of maturing bonds ; to
appropriate the money of the city for legitimate purposes,
j»nd provide for its debts and expenses.
Third. — To establish, open, vacate, alter, widen, ex-
tend, pave or otherwise improve, and sprinkle all streets,
avenues, sidewalks, alleys, wharves and public grounds
and squares, and provide for the payment of the costs and
I'xpenses thereof ; and also to provide for grading, light-
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ing, cleaning nnd repairing the same, and to compel
the owner or occupant of buildings or grounds to remove
snow, dirt or rubbish from the sidewalk or alley opposite
thereto, and to condemn }jrivate property for public use,
as provided for in this charter ; to construct and keep in
repair all bridges, streets, sewers and drains, and to regu-
late the use thereof, and to confine, wall up, cover over,
alter or change the channel of water courses ; to establish
and maintain waterworks for fully supplying the city with
wholesome water, and to distribute the same for public
and private use, in such manner and upon such terms as
shall be provided by ordinance ; to establish and maintain
a sanitary system, a system of police, and a tiro de-
partment.
Fourth. — To erect, purchase or rent a city hall, engint^
houses, and all other necessary municipal buildings ; to
estal)lish market-places and meat shops, and to license,
regulate, sell, lease, abolish or otherwise dispose of the
same ; and to enclose, improve, regulate or sell all parks
and other public grounds belonging tc the city.
Fifth. — To regulate and license the exhibitions of
common showmen and shows of all kinds, and also all
Kuctioners within the city ; and all ferries and tow-boats,
towing-boats or other water craft into or within the
harbor ; to sell ferry privileges within the city limits, and
to establish ferry rates ; to charge and collect wharfage on
tirewood, lumber,- timber, logs, shingles, staves, posts,
laths and other articles brought to the Port of Halifax and
lauded on city jn'operty ; to set aside or lease portions of
said property for special purposes, but no permit to use
any portion of the wharf, or any lease of the same, shall
be granted for a term exceeding titty years.
Sixth. — To establish and enforce laws and regulations
to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious dis-
eases, and to secure the general health of the inhabitants
by any measure necessary ; to regulate the slaughtering of
animals ; provide for the erection, management and regu-
lation of slaughter houses ; prevent the driving of stock
throu'jjh the city ; prohibit the erection of soap factories,
stock yards and slaughter houses, pig-pens, cow stables
and dairies^ coal oil and vitriol factories within prescribed
limits, and to remove and regulate the same ; and to re-
gulate or prevent the carrying on ot any business which
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may be (Uingci'ous or (Ifitvimcnlal to the j)ul)Iic hciill!), or
the niaimfacture or vending of articles obnoxious to tlie
health of the inhnbitantH ; and to doelarc, prevent and abate
nuisance on public or private profj^'ity and the cnu.scs
thereof: and the Mayor, whenever in his opinion, a nuisance
exists on public or private proi)erty, or whenever a nuisance
has been so declared by ordinance or resolution of the
Board of Health is authorized to abate and remove such
nuisance and the cause thereof in a summary manner at
the cost of the owner or occupant of the premises where
the nuisance, or the cause thereof, may be, and for that
purpose aiay enter upon and take possession of any J'le-
mises or property where such nuisance may exist or be
produced.
Seventh. — To make prevision for the inspection and
measurement of lumber and other building material, and
to license engineers using steam boilers in said city : for
the inspection of beef, pork, flour, meal, oil, coal oil,
naphtha, benzine and other burning fluids, molasses,
syrups, turpentine, vinegar, beer and ale, wines, whisky,
rum, brandy and other spirituous liquors in barrels, hogs-
heads and other vessels ; for the inspection and weighing
or measuring hay or stone, coal, charcoal, flrewood and all
other kinds of fuel to be used in the City of Halifax ; for
the inspection of butter, cheese, milk, lard and other pro-
visions; for regulating the weight and quality of bread ;
the price and quality of gas ; and for the inspection and
vending of meat, poultry, fish and vegetables ; to designate
the place where such urticles shall be sold ; restrain and
punish the forestalling of poultry, butter, eggs, vegetal)les,
and fruit ; and regulate or suppress hucksters, provided
that nothing in this article shall be construed so as to
authorize the inspection of any article enumerated in this
Act, which is to be shipped beyond the limits of the city,
except at the request of the owner thereof; and provided
further, that the insi)ectors under this subdivision shall be
qualified by practical experience to discharge their respec-
tive duties.
Eighth. — To regulate and provide for the election or
appointment of city oificers, required by this charter, or
authorized by ordinance and provide for their suspension
or removal : and they shall establish the salaries of all
officers and the compensation of all employes, excepting
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day laborers, respectively, for their services : Provided,
That the solary of no officer shall be changed during the
term for which Lc is elected or appointed, and that no
other officer receiving a salary shall receive fees or other
compensation for his services.
Kinth. — To restrain and prevent any riot, rout, noise,
disturbance, or disorderly assemblage, and amusement
dangerous to persons or property, in any street, house or
place in the city, and regulate or prohibit the running at
lerge of cattle, cows, hogs, goats, dogs, and every other
brute animal within the limits of the city, and to kill or
confiscate the same when at large contrary to the ordi-
nance ; t(^ prevent and remove all obstructions and
encroachments upon the sidewalks, curbstones carriage-
ways, streets, avenues and alleys, at the expense of the
owners of the ground fronting thereon or otherwise, and
to regulate and prohibit the building of vaults under
sidewalks.
Tenth — To impose, collect and enforce fines, forfei-
tures and penalties for the breach of any city ordinance,
by tine, or imprisonment, or both.
Eleventh — To take all needful steps in and out of the
Province to protect the rights of the city in any corpora-
tion in which the city may have acquired an interest ; to
have sole power and authority to grant to persons or cor-
porations the right to construct railways in the city, sub-
ject to the right to amend, alter or repeal any such grant,
in whole or in [)art, and to regulate and control the same,
as to th-^ir fares, hours and frequency of trips, and the
repair of their trucks, and the kind of their raila and
vehicles ; l)ut every right so granted shall cease unless the
work of construction shall be begun within one year from
the granting of the right, and be continued to completion
with all reasonably practical speed.
Iwelflh. — The City Council, through its officers, may,
.'it all rensonai)le times, enter into and examine all dwel-
lings, lots, yards, enclosures and buildings of every
description, to ascertain their condition for health, cleanli-
ness and safety ; take down and remove buildings, walls
or superstructures that are or may become dangerous, or
require owners to remove or put them in a safe and secure
cDiidition, at their own expense; regulate the storage ot
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gunpowder, giant powder, dynamite, nitro-glycerine and
other explosive compounds, and of all combustible and in-
flammable materials ; the use of lights and candles in
stables, shops and other places ; remove or prevent the
construction of any fire-places, chimneys, stove, oven,
boiler, kettles or any apparatus used in any house, build-
ing, manufactory or business which is liable to cause fires
or conflagrations ; direct the safe deposit of ashes, or
other dangerous rubbish or material, and order and regu-
late the building of partition, parapet and fire-walls,
partition fences, smoke flues, hot-air flues, smoke stacks,
and the erection and cleaning of chimneys ; shall provide
for the safe construction, inspection and repairs of all pri-
vate or public buildings within the prescribed limits, and
remove the same at the owner's expense when erected or
suftered to remain contrary to law or ordinance ; compel
persons to aid in extinguishing fires, or in the preservation
of property liable to be destroyed or stolen, and compel
owners of buildings to have scuttles on their roofs, and
stairs or ladders leaning thereto.
Thirteenth. — To make suitable provision for the main-
tenance and support of poor persons.
Fourteenth. — Finally, to pass all such ordinances not
inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, or the
laws of the Province, as may be expedient in maintaining
the peace, good government, health and welfare of the
city, its trade, commerce and manufactures, and to enforce
the same as hereinbefore provided, not exceeding five
hundred dollars ; and by forfeitures not exceeding one
tliousand dollars; to purchase, rent or lease within the
limits of the city or elsewhere, ony real or personal pro-
]^erty, and to control, manage, sell or lease, or otherwise
dispose of the same for such purposes and considerations
as they may deem proper for the public welfare of the
city.
13. To prevent and punish horse racing, immoderate
riding or driving in the streets ; to compel persons to
fasten their horses or other animals attached to vehicles,
or otherwise, while standing in the streets, and to regu-
late places ot bathing and swimming in the waters within
tile limits of the city.