1869 Neb. Laws 53

SEC. 47. The City Council shall have power to license all exhibitors of shows, and performances of every kind not otherwise prohibited by law, all hawkers and peddlers, all auctioneers of horses licensed or other animals in the highways or public grounds of the city; all vendors of gun powder, all taverns and houses of public entertainment; all hucksters in the public streets or markets; and in granting such license may exact and receive such sum or sums of money as the Council shall think fit and expedient. Any such Council may also require the owners of all vehicles of every description, used for the carriage or transportation of persons or property for hire in the corporation; all undertakers or owners of hearses to take out a license; but the owner of any such vehicle may be made liable for the breach of any ordinance regulating the conduct of the drivers thereof.