Charter of the City of Dallas Page: 11
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violation tions and callings of every kind. To license and regulate any itinerant
or transient vendor of clothing or wearing apparel or article of bedding
t large of ( r merchandise of any description whatever, ticket brokers or scalpers
y to ordi- or dealers in railway tickets, dealers in bankrupt or fire stocks, or
reof. damaged stocks of any kind, second hand dealers, pawn brokers, junk
hoops, the slops and dealers in junks, and all other business or occupations what-
pedes and ever, which in the opinion of the Board of Connissioners shall be the
it or praC- proper subject, of police regulations. To require the person or persons or
sidewalks, ( rporation pursuing any business or occupation mentioned in this see-
tion to give all bonds in such amounts and under such conditions as the
of horns, IHard of Commissioners may prescribe; to reqilire the keeping of books
ctices and showing the transactions of any such business or occupations and requiring
,s or side- the persons conducting such business or occupation to submit said books
is, amuse- and their stocks to the inspection of the police at such times as may be
prescribed by . rdinalice. )No license shall issue for a longer period thai
T maied (ie year, and such license shall not be assignable, except by permnissi n
alis, help of the Board of Commiissioners.
prescribe 25. To license, tax, regulate, prevent or suppress paupers, peddlers.
pawnbrokers and keepers of theatrical or other exhibiti(ns, shows and
owing of amiusements. To license, tax and regulate or prohibit theaters, circuses.
uits, and moving picture shows and exhibitions of common showmen, and of
shows of any kind, and the exhibition of natural or artificial cln-iosities.
all other menageries and musical exhibitions and performances, and to regulate
and license or prohibit street parades, pool tables, striking machines.
and good hung testers, doll racks, caie racks and exhibitions, devices and things
profane for which a fee is charged.
iduct and 2(. To prevent all boxing latches, sp_ rring exhiitious, cock fighting
ant. dog fighting and punish all persons thus offending.
Ii loud or 27. To regulate, control and prohibit the carrying of firearms and other
summary Weapons within the city limits, and to provide and inflict the same pun-
nents. ishment therefor as is now or hereafter may be prllvided by State haw
companies against persons unlawfully carrying weapons.
highways 28. To provide workhouses for vagabonds and disorderly persons w ho
idoned by are unable or refuse to pay fines, or who have been sentenced to fine
e at their and imprisonent or to compel them to work on the streets, alleys and
ick is lo- pblie wcrks, amd make all necessary regulations concerning the
same, and to provide, keep and regulate a city Irison.
ite riding 2. T) define what shall be nuisances in the city, and within three
thousaild feet of the corpuration lines outside of the city limits and to
e abusers abate such nuisances by summary plceediigs. and to punish the authorS
thereof by penalties, tines and imprisiunent.
attached 30. To restrain, regulate and prohibit the selling or giving away in-
directly, to evade a tax or penalty, I f intoxicating' Ir malt liuors, or any-
id prosti- thing by any person within the city, except by persons duly licensed, to
forbid and punish the selling, bartering or giving away of any intoxicat-
ge of co- ing or malt lipllrs to any minr, student, apprentice or habitual drun-
kard.
merchants, 31. To prevent the sale, bartering and giving away of aliy intoxicntinigi
r saloons liquors in any house or place where any theatrical or dramatic represen-
d liquors tatiens are given, and prevent the same from being brought in or to such
e agents, places under any pretext whatever. All rooms, buildings or apartments
, occupa- of any kind inside of the room whee such representation's are given, or
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Texas. Legislature. Charter of the City of Dallas, legislative document, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth610709/m1/17/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.