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9044 412.221 STATUTORY CITIES with the consent of the council for a term of five years. Terms of the first members shall be so arranged that the term of one member expires each year. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in which it occurs. Any member may be removed by the mayor with the consent of the council for cause after a hearing. The council may by ordinance authorize the hospital board to establish a separate fund in the city treasury into which all of its revenues shall be deposited. The hospital board shall, in the same manner as the council under section 412.271, subdivision 1, and to the same extent, audit claims to be paid from the fund. The secretary of the board shall draw an order upon the treasurer for the proper amount allowed by the board. Upon counter signature by the president of the board and presentation, orders shall be paid by the treasurer. Subd. 17. Fire prevention. The council shall have power to establish a fire depart- ment, appoint its officers and members and prescribe their duties, and provide fire apparatus. It shall have power to adopt such ordinances as are reasonable and expedient to prevent, control or extinguish fires. Subd. 18. Naming and numbering streets. The council shall have power by ordi- renumbe the lots and blocks eof the ccity, r any part thereof. It may make and record a consolidated plat of the city. Subd. 19. Transient dealers. The council shall have power by ordinance to restrain or license and regulate auctioneers, transient merchants and dealers, hawkers, peddlers, solicitors, and canvassers. Subd. 20. Taxicabs; baggage wagons. The council shall have power by ordinance to license and regulate baggage wagons, dray drivers, taxicabs, and automobile rental agencies and liveries. Subd. 21. Animals. The council shall have power by ordinance to regulate the keeping of animals, to restrain their running at large, to authorize their impounding and sale or summary destruction, and to establish pounds, and to license and regulate riding academies. Subd. 22. Health. (a) The council shall have power by ordinance: (1) to prohibit or regulate slaughterhouses; (2) to prevent the bringing, depositing, or leaving within the city of any unwhole- some substance or deposit of solid waste within the city not otherwise authorized by law, to require the owners or occupants of lands to remove unwholesome substances or the unauthorized deposit of solid waste and if it is not removed to provide for its removal at the expense of the owner or occupant, which expense shall be a lien upon the property and may be collected as a special assessment; (3) to provide for or regulate the disposal of sewage, garbage, and other refuse; and (4) to provide for the cleaning of, and removal of obstructions from, any waters in the city and to prevent their obstruction or pollution. (b) The council may establish a board of health as defined in section 145A.02, sub- division 2, with all the powers of such boards under the general laws. Subd. 23. Nuisances. The council shall have power by ordinance to define nui- sances and provide for their prevention or abatement. Subd. 24. Noise and disorder. The council shall have power by ordinance to regu- late and prevent noise or other disorder. Subd. 25. Amusements. The council shall have power by ordinance to prevent or license and regulate the exhibition of circuses, theatrical performances, amusements, or shows of any kind, and the keeping of billiard tables and bowling alleys, to prohibit gambling and gambling devices, and to license, regulate or prohibit devices commonly used for gambling purposes. Subd. 26. Vice. The council shall have power by ordinance to restrain and punish vagrants, prostitutes, and persons guilty of lewd conduct. Subd. 27. Dances. The council shall have power by ordinance to license and regu- late the operation of public dance halls and the conduct of public dances. Page 163 9045 Subd regulate ti Subd. Subd. regulate r( Subd. to require sewer and establishm in default against the Subd. ment and g of crime, ti and comet eral welfare United Sta Subd. to decide w mental bod submit to ti pality shoo' shall be ad' to join or w Subd. signs, plaqu History 35 s 69; 197 c 719 art 5 s 1990 c 493 412.222 Pt The coy basis for the of account o as any indiv have been ac ditures for t1 cities. History: 2s1subd2 412.23 [R 412.231 PEI The tour shall be a pen a fine of$700 but in either History: s 1; 1984 c 62 412.24 [Re