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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
Charter of the City of Lake City
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boarding houses, restaurants and peddlers; to
license, tax and regulate hacks, carriages, cars, 13/257
omnibuses, wagons, carts, drays, and to fix the rate
to be charged for the carriage of persons and pro­
perty within the corporation limits; to license, tax
and regulate theatrical or other exhibitions, shows,
circus, parade or amusement; to license, tax and
regulate the sale of firearms; to license tax and
regulate the sale of spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors, but no license granted by said municipality
for such purpose shall be construed to give the
licensee any rights and privileges, except in so far
as the said municipality is concerned, and said
licensee shall nevertheless be subject to pros­
ecution and punishment for the violation of the
license law of the State, or for a violation of the
prohibition regulations, as the case may be.
Sec. 27. That the Council shall appropriate
money for the payment of debts and expenses of
the said City of Lake City, and also for the debts
of the municipal corporation of which the present
municipality hereby created is successor.
Sec. 28. That the Council shall have power
to establish, maintain and regulate hospitals, jails,
houses of detention and correction.

Sec. 29. That the Council shall have power to
make regulations to secure the general health of
the inhabitants, and to prevent and remove
nuisances, whether affecting the health or morals
of the community; to regulate the inspection of
milk, butter, lard and all groceries and pro­
visions of whatever kind, nature or class; to reg­
ulate the vending of meat, poultry, fish, oysters
and other articles of like nature, and of fruits and
vegetables; to establish and regulate markets.

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