§ 2.05. Miscellaneous powers.

The city shall also have power:

(a)

To establish, maintain and operate public employment bureaus and public markets.

(b)

To establish, maintain and operate, within and without the city, public hospitals, sanatoria, convalescent homes, clinics and other public institutions, homes and facilities for the care of the sick, of children, the aged and the destitute and is authorized to engage in or assist in development or operation of housing for the elderly, handicapped, and for low or moderate income families and individuals.

(c)

To provide care for the poor and have all the powers and duties conferred and imposed on cities by the laws of the commonwealth relating to public assistance.

(d)

To establish, own, maintain and operate, within and without the city, cemeteries for the interment of the dead, fix the price at which graves and lots therein shall be sold, make contracts for their perpetual care and establish the rates to be charged for the digging of graves, construction of vaults and other services.

(e)

To establish, maintain and operate, within or without the city, a jail for the confinement of prisoners, ordered or sentenced to be confined therein, and a jail farm; and compel able-bodied prisoners confined in the jail to work on such farm, with the approval of the official trying such cases.

(f)

To establish, impose and enforce the collection of water, light, gas, and sewage rates, and rates and charges for other services, products, or conveniences operated or furnished by the city; and the council may prescribe a different rate to be paid for such services and conveniences rendered to users or customers without the corporate limits of the city.

(Acts 1976, ch. 13)

(Acts 1976, ch. 13)