__ THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH (A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS) EMBRACING ALL ORDINANCES OF GENERAL INTEREST IN FORCE JULY 15, 1897. TOGETHER WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI OF A GENERAL NATURE APPLICABLE TO ir CITY OF ST. JOSEPH COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY H|BB CHARLES S. SHEPHERD, CITY CLERK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HON. WILLIAM K. AMICK, CITY COUNSELOR. Compiled and Published by Authority of the City of Si. Joseph ST. JOSEPH, Mo. : COMBE PRINTING Co. 1897. THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH (A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS) EMBRACING ALL ORDINANCES OF GENERAL INTEREST IN FORCE JULY 15, 1897 TOGETHER WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI OF*A GENERAL NATURE APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY CHARLES S. SHEPHERD, CITY CLERK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HON. WILLIAM K. AMICK, CITY COUNSELOR. Compiled and Published by Authority of the City of St. Joseph, ST. JOSEPH, Mo.: COMBE PRINTING COMPANY. 1897. R A OF THE UNIVERSITY or J 107 Printed copies of the ordinances of any city * * * purporting to be published by authority of such city ; * * * and any printed pamphlet or volume purporting to be published by authority of any such city, and to contain the ordinances * * * of such city, shall be evidence in all courts and places within this state, of such ordi- nances * * * . [R. S. 1889, Sec. 4846. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. PAGE ARTICLE II Bill of rights 3 ARTICLE IV Legislative department 3 ARTICLE IX Counties, cities and towns 4 ARTICLE X Revenue and taxation 6 A RTICLE XI Education 9 ARTICLE XIV Miscellaneous provisions 10 ORGANIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES. ARTICLE I Cities of the second class 13 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE I An ordinance providing that the city of St. Joseph be incorporated as a city of the second class 18 ARTICLE II Corporate powers enlargement of city limits- creation of wards 22 ARTICLE III Common council 26 A ISTICLE IV Mayor 30 ARTICLE V City officers elections 32 ARTICLE VI Duties of officers 37 ARTICLE VII City ordinances 43 ARTICLE VIII General powers of mayor and common council. . 4." ARTICLE IX Revenue levy of taxes 62 ARTICLE X Indebtedness bonds 104 ARTICLE XI condemnation of private property for public use. 114 ARTICLE XII Change of established grade grading streets... 119 ARTICLE XIII Grading and paving streets 125 ARTICLE XIV Boulevards special tax sprinkling and cleaning streets 136 ARTICLE XV Plan of streets additions and plats 140 ARTICLE XVI Sewers 143 ARTICLE XVII Fire department 146 ARTICLE XVIII Parks 155 ARTICLE XIX Public library 156 ARTICLE XX Charity board . . 162 22500 ' lv TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGK ARTICLE XXI Police force Commissioners KM ARTICLE XXII Board of public works ITS ARTICLE XXIII Public works, bonds of contractors for IX" ARTICLE XXIV Franchises, sale of 188 ARTICLE XXV Water. gas. electric, telephone and telegraph Plants 190 ARTICLE XXVI Street railways 193 ARTICLE XXVII Burial ground 1!)8 ARTICLE XXVIII Riot, damage by 19.">:{ Article 4 Prevention of fires 330 Article 5 Storage of combustibles 339 CHAPTER XXXI Garbage 341 CHAPTER XXXII Gunpowder 344 CHAPTER XXXIII Health department 340 Article 1 Board of health 340 Article 2 Health officer 353 Article 3 Clerk of board of health 355 Article 4 City hospital 357 Article 5 City dispensary 358 Article Mortuary records 359 Article 7 Vital statistics 301 Article 8 Quarantine 302 CHAPTER XXXIV Highways 308 Article 1 Names of streets SOS Article 2 Grades of streets 409 Article 3 Grading, improvement and repair of streets 429 Article 4 Excavating in streets 430 Article 5 Obstruction of streets, sidewalks, etc 441 Article Classification and construction of sidewalks.... 448 Article 7 Repair of sidewalks 450 CHAPTER XXXV Hotels and boarding houses 400 CHAPTER XXXVI Hucksters. . . 401 vi TABLE OF CONTEXTS. PAGE CHAPTER XXXVII Ice 462 CHAPTER XXXVIII Inipoimder 464 Article 1 Impounder; duties of 464 Article 2 Impounding live stock 46(1 CHAPTER XXXIX Inspector of license, weights and measures. 46S CHAPTER XL Insurance companies 471 CHAPTER XLI Intelligence offices 472 CHAPTER XLII Junk dealers 473 CHAPTER XLIII Licenses 475 CHAPTER XLIV Livery stables 484 CHAPTER XLV Markets 4S5 Article 1 Markets; regulations for 485 Article 2 Market master 41)0 CHAPTER XLVI Mayor 491 CHAPTER XLVII Meat shops 4J)3 CHAPTER XLVIII Merchant's license 495 CHAPTER XLIX Milk 501 CHAPTER L Misdemeanors 506 Article 1 Miscellaneous offenses 506 Article 2 Penalties 521 CHAPTER LI Nuisances 52:2 CHAPTER LII Officers and employes, city 531 CHAPTER LIII Ordinances 5:;<; CHAPTER LIV Parks 539 Article 1 Public parks 53!> Article 2 Park commissioners 542 CHAPTER L V Passenger depots 543 CHAPTER LVI Pawnbrokers 545 CHAPTER LVII Peddlers 549 CHAPTER L VIII Pictures or photographs, enlarging of 55< > CHAPTER LIX Police court 551 Article 1 Police court 551 Article 2 Secretary of police court 561 Article 3 Contempt 562 CHAPTER LX Printing city printing 564 CHAPTER LXI Railways steam railways 5(5(5 CHAPTER LXII Railways street railways 570 Article 1 General provisions for street railways 570 Article 2 Reconstruction and paving of street ralway tracks 577 Article 3 Plank crossings for street railway tracks 581 CHAPTER LXIII Reports and accounts 582 TABLE OF CONTEXTS. vii PAGE CHAPTER LXIV Revenue unredeemed property 584 CHAPTER LXV Runners 585 CHAPTER LXVI Scales and weighers 587 Article 1 Public scales 587 Article 2 City weigh master 580 CM APTER LX VII Scavengers 592 CHAPTER LXVIII Seal of city 59(5 CHAPTER L,XIX Second hand dealers 59G CHAPTER LXX Sewers and private drains 597 CHAPTER LXXI Storage houses 641 ( 'ii AFTER LXXII Street commissioner 641 CHAPTER LXXIII Telegraph and Express companies 64;> CHAPTER LXXIV Time .643 CHAPTER L/XXV Treasurer city 644 CHAPTER LXX VI Trees shade an. I orna mental trees 647 CHAPTER LXXVII Vagrants 648 CHAPTER LXXVIII Vehicles 652 Article 1 Vehicles rates of license and regulations for.... 652 Article 2 Express and job wagon stand 656 Article 3 Bicycles, etc 657 CHAPTER LXXIX Wood 659 CHAPTER LXXX Workhouse 660 Authentication of general ordinances 668 Index to laws 669 Index to general ordinances 705 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI 1875- PROVISIONS AFFECTING CITIES. Constitution of the State of Missouri 187$. PROVISlOiNS AFFECTING CITIES. ARTICLE II. BILL OF RIGHTS. SECTION. 18. Officers to attend personally to duties. SECTION 18. Officers to attend personally to du- ties. That no person elected or appointed to any office or em- ployment of trust or profit under the laws of this state, or any ordinance of any municipality in this state, shall hold such office without personally devoting his time to the performance of the duties to the same belonging. ARTICLE IV. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. SECTION. 47. Municipalities, loaning credit of. SECTION 47. Municipalities, loaning credit of. The General Assembly shall have no power to authorize any county, city, town or township, or other political corporation or subdivision of the state now existing, or that may be hereafter established, to lend its credit, or to grant public money or thing of value in aid of or to any individual, 'asso- ciation or corporation whatsoever, or to become a stockholder in such corporation, association or company : Provided, that this shall not be so construed as to prohibit the General Assem- bly from providing by law for authorizing the creation, mainte- 4: CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. nance and management of a fund for the pensioning of crippled and disabled firemen, and for the relief of the widows and minor children of deceased firemen, by such cities, villages or incor- porated towns as may have an organized fire department said fund to be taken from the municipal revenue of such cities, vil- lages or incorported towns. (Proviso added by amendment adopted Nov. 8, 1892.) ARTICLE IX. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS. SECTION. SECTION. 2. All additions to be part of county 7. Classification of cities and towns. seat. 13. Fees of officers limited. 6. Subscription to capital stock of 14. Additional officers. corporations, etc., prohibited. 18. No person to hold two offices. SECTION 2. All additions to be part of county seat. * * * All additions to a town, which is a county seat, shall be included, considered and regarded as part of the county seat. SEC. 6. Municipalities not to subscribe to cap- ital stock of corporations. No county, township, city or other municipality shall hereafter become a subscriber to the capital stock of any railroad or other corporation or asso- ciation, or make appropriation or donation, or loan its credit to or in aid of any such corporation or association, or to or in aid of any college or institution of learning or other institution, whether created for or to be controlled by the state or others. All authority heretofore conferred for any of the purposes aforesaid by the General Assembly, or by the charter of any corporation, is hereby repealed : Provided, however, that nothing in this constitution contained shall affect the right of any such municipality to make such subscription, where the same has been authorized under existing laws by a vote of the people of such municipality prior to its adoption, or to prevent the issue of renewal bonds, or the use of such other means as are or may be prescribed by law for the liquidation or pay- ment of such subscription, or of any existing indebtedness. PROVISIONS AFFECTING CITIES. 5 SEC. 7. Classification of cities and towns. The General Assembly, shall provide, by general laws, for the organization and classification of cities and towns. The num- ber of such classes shall not exceed four ; and the power of each class shall be defined by general laws, so that all such municipal corporations of the same class shall possess the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions. The General Assembly shall also make provisions, by general law, whereby any city, town or village, existing by virtue of any special or local law, may elect to become subject to, and be governed by, the general laws relating to such corporations. SEC. 13. Fees of officers limited. The fees of no executive or ministerial officer of any county or municipality, exclusive of the salaries actually paid to his necessary deputies, shall exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars for any one year. Every such officer shall make return, quarterly, to the County Court of all fees by him received, and of the salaries by him actually paid to his deputies or assistants, stating the same in detail, and verifying the same by his affidavit ; and for any statement or omission in such return, contrary to truth, such officer shall be liable to the penalties of willful and corrupt perjury. SEC. 14. Additional officers. Except as otherwise directed by this constitution, the General Assembly shall pro- vide for the election or appointment of such other county, township and municipal officers as public convenience may require : and their terms of office and duties shall be prescribed by law ; but no term of office shall exceed four years. SEC. 18. No person to hold two offices. * * And no person shall, at the same time, till two municipal offices, either in the same or different municipalities ; but this section shall not apply to notaries public, justices of the peace or officers of the militia. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. ARTICLE X. REVENUE AND TAXATION. SECTION. SECTION. 1. The taxing power. 10. Taxes, how assessed. 2. The power to tax corporations. 11. Rate and valuation. 3. Taxes may be levied. 12. Not to become indebted in excess 4. Property, how taxed. of revenue. 5. Railroad corporations, how taxed. 13. Private property. 6. Property exempt from taxation. 17. The making of profit. 7. Other exemptions void. 20. Moneys not to be misapplied. 9. Cities liable for state taxes. SECTION 1. The taxing power. The taxing power may be exercised by the General Assembly for state purposes, and by counties and other municipal corporations, under authority granted to them by the General Assembly, for county and other corporate purposes. SEC. 2. Power to tax corporations. The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be sur- rendered or suspended by act of the General Assembly. SEC. 3. Taxes may be levied. Taxes may be levied and collected for public purposes only. They shall be uni- form upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and all taxes shall be levied and collected by general laws. SEC. 4. Property, how taxed. All property sub- ject to taxation shall be taxed in proportion to its value. SEC. 5. Railroad corporations, how taxed. All railroad corporations in this state, or doing business therein, shall be subject to taxation for state, county, school, municipal and other purposes, on the real and personal property owned or used by them, and on their gross earnings, their net earn- ings, their franchises and their capital stock. SEC. 6. Property exempt from taxation. The property, real and persona], of the state, counties arid other PROVISIONS AFFECTING CITIES. 7 municipal corporations, and cemeteries, shall be exempt from taxation. Lots in incorporated cities or towns, or within one mile of the limits of any such city or town, to the extent of one acre, and lots one mile or more distant from such cities or towns, to the extent of five acres, with the buildings thereon,' may be exempted from taxation, when the same are used ex- clusively for religious worship, for schools, or for purposes purely charitable ; also, such property, real or personal, as may be used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural societies ; provided, that such exemptions shall be only by general law. SEC. 7. Other exemptions void. All laws exempt- ing property from taxation, other than the property above enumerated, shall be void. SEC. 9. Cities liable for state taxes. No county, city, town or other municipal corporation, nor the inhabitants thereof, nor the property therein, shall be released or dis- charged from their or its proportionate share of taxes to be levied for state purposes, nor shall commutation for such taxes be authorized in any form whatsoever. SEC. 10. Taxes, how assessed. The General As- sembly shall not impose taxes upon counties, cities, towns or other municipal corporations or upon the inhabitants or prop- erty thereof, for county, city, town or other municipal pur- poses but may, by general laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof the power to assess and collect taxes for such purposes. SEC. 11. Rate and valuation. Taxes for county, city, town and school purposes may be levied on all subjects and objects of taxation ; but the valuation of property therefor shall not exceed the valuation of the same property in such town, city or school district for state and county purposes. For city and town purposes the annual rate on property in cities and towns having thirty thousand inhabitants or more shall not, in the aggregate, exceed one hundred cents on the hundred dollars valuation ; * * * For school purposes in districts, the annual rate on property shall 8 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. not exceed forty cents on the hundred dollars valuation ; provided, the aforesaid annual rates for school purposes may be increased, in districts formed of cities and towns, to an amount not to exceed one dollar on the hundred dollars valua- tion, and in other districts to an amount not to exceed sixty- five cents on the hundred dollars valuation, on the condition that a majority of the voters who are taxpayers, voting at an election held to decide the question, vote for said increase. For the purpose of erecting public buildings in counties, cities or school districts, the rates of taxation herein limited may be increased when the rate of such increase and the purpose for which it is intended shall have been submitted to a vote of the people, and two-thirds of the qualified voters of such county, city, or school district, voting at such election, shall vote there- for. The rate herein allowed to each county shall be ascer- tained by the amount of taxable property therein, according to the last assessment for state and county purposes, and the rate allowed to each city or town by the number of inhabitants, according to the last census taken under the authority of the state, or of the United States ; said restrictions as to rates shall apply to taxes of every kind and description, whether general or special, except taxes to pay valid indebtedness now existing, or bonds which may be issued in renewal of such indebtedness. SEC. 12. Not to become indebted in excess of revenue. No county, city, town, township, school district or other political corporation or subdivision of the state, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any pur- pose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and rev- enue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose ; nor in cases requiring such assent shall any indebt- edness be allowed to be incurred to an amount including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate, exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the assessment next before the last assessment for state and PROVISIONS AFFECTING CITIES. 9 county purposes, previous to the incurring of such indebted- ness ; provided, that with such assent any county may be allowed to become indebted to a larger amount for the erection of a court house or jail. And provided further, that any county, city, town, township, school district, or other political corpor- ation or subdivision of the state, incurring any indebtedness, requiring the assent of the voters as aforesaid, shall, before or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for payment of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of con- tracting the same. SEC. 13. Private property. Private property shall not be taken or sold for the payment of the corporate debt of a municipal corporation. SEC. 17. The making of profit. The making of profit out of state, county, city, town or school district money, or using the same for any purpose not authorized by law, by any public officer, shall be deemed a felony, and shall be pun- ished as provided by law. SEC. 20. Moneys not to be misapplied. The moneys arising from any loan, debt or liability, contracted by the state or any county, city, town or other municipal corpor- ation, shall be applied to the purposes for which they were obtained, or to the repayment of such debt or liability, and not otherwise. ARTICLE XI. EDUCATION. SECTION 11. Funds not to be used for sectarian purposes. SECTION 11. Funds not to be used for sectar- ian purposes. Neither the General Assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other munici- pal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any religious 10 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. creed, church or sectarian purpose, or to help to support or sustain any private or public school, academy, seminary, col- lege, university or other institution of learning controlled by any religious creed, church or sectarian denomination what- ever ; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the state or any county, city, town or other municipal corporation, for any religious creed, church or sectarian purpose whatever. ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION. SECTION. 5. Tenure of officers. 7. Removal from office. 6. Oath of office. 8. The compensation or fees. SECTION 5. Tenure of office. In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers now or hereafter elected or appointed, subject to the right of resignation, shall hold office during their official terms, and until their successors shall be duly elected or appointed and qualified. SEC. 6. Oath of office. All officers, both civil and military, under the authority of this state, shall, before enter- ing on the duties of their respective offices, take and sub- scribe an oath, or affirmation, to support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and to demean themselves faithfully in office. SEC. 7. Removal from office. The General Assem- bly shall, in addition to other penalties, provide for the removal from office of county, city, town and township officers, on con- viction of willful, corrupt or fraudulent violation or neglect of official duty. SEC. 8. Compensation or fees. The compensation or fees of no state, couuty or municipal officer shall be in- creased during his term of office ; nor shall the term of any office be extended for a longer period than that for which such officer was elected or appointed. ORGANIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES Organization and Classification of Cities AKTICLE I. SECTION SECTION 1. Second class. 3. Vested rights preserved. 2. City may elect to become a city of 4. Second city not to be incorporated. the class, etc. 5. Census may be taken, when. ' SECTION 1. Of the second class. All cities and towns in this state containing twenty and less than one hun- dred thousand inhabitants, shall be cities of the second class. [fi. S. 1879, Sec, 4381. SEC. 2. City may elect to become a city of the class, etc. Any city or town in this state, existing by virtue of the present general law, or by any local or special law, may elect to become a city of the class to which its population would entitle it under the provisions of this article by passing an ordinance or proposition, and submitting the same to the legal voters of such city or town, at an election to be held for that purpose, not less than twenty nor more than thirty days after the passage of such ordinance or proposition ; and if a majority of such voters, voting at such election, shall ratify such ordinance or proposition, the mayor or chief officer of such city or town shall issue his proclamation declaring the re- sult of such election, and thereafter such eity or town shall, by virtue of such vote, be incorporated under the provisions of the general law provided for the government of the class to which such city belongs, which class shall be determined by the last census taken, whether state or national. * * [-ff. S. 1879, Sec. 4385. 14 ORGANIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES. SEC. 3. Vested rights preserved. All rights and property of every kind and description, which were vested in any city under its former organization, shall be deemed and held to be vested in such city upon its becoming re-organized as provided in the preceding section ; but no rights or liabil- ities, either in favor or against such city, existing at the time of so becoming re-organized, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change, but the same shall stand and progress, as if no change had been made. [12. S. 1879, Sec. 4386. SEC. 4. Second city not to be incorporated. No city, town or village shall be organized within this state under and by virtue of any law thereof, adjacent to or within two miles of the limits of any city of the first, second or third class, or a city having a population sufficient to become a city of the first, second or third class, unless such city, town or village be in a different county from such city. [It. 8. 1889, Sec. 981. SEC. 5. May cause census to be taken, when. Any city, town or village within this state, now incorporated under the provisions of this chapter, or under any special or local law, as a village, town or city either of the second, third or fourth classes^ as classified in said chapter, and in which the citizens thereof desire incorporation as a village, town or city of a higher class, and believe that since the tak- ing of the last census, state or national, there has been suffi- cient increase in population to entitle it to such desired incor- poration, may, by authority of an ordinance, and at the ex- pense of such village, town or city, cause to be taken a census of its population, and should such census, when so taken, show that the village, town or city taking the same, has the requi- site population to entitle it to the right to become incorporated as a village, town or city of a higher class, then such village, town or city may proceed to secure such incorporation as its population may then entitle it to, under and by authority of ORGANIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES. 15 the provisions of this chapter : provided, that cities or towns that have permitted their organization to become dormant or ineffective, through a failure to elect corporate officers, or levy a corporate tax for the two years immediately preceding, may, by a petition of the majority of the tax payers of such city or town, to the county court have an enumeration taken and be assigned to its proper class ; and thereupon the county court, shall appoint the proper officers for such city or town, who shall hold their office until the next annual election thereafter and until their successors are elected and qualified. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 982. POPULATION OF THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH, MO 1880. Tenth United States Census 32,431 1890. Eleventh United States Census THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH INCORPORATED AS A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH INCORPORATED AS A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS. ARTICLE 1. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THE CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH BE INCORPORATED AS A CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS. SECTION SECTION 1. Incorporating as a city of the sec- 7. Proclamation by acting mayor sub- ond class. mitting ordinance to voters. 2. Ordinance to be ratified by voters. 8. Proclamation by the mayor submit- 3. Proclamation for election to be is- ting ordinance to voters. sued by mayor. 9. Proclamation of mayor declaring 4. Tickets to be printed. result of election and proclaim- 5. Tickets, how voted. ing incorporation as a city of the 6. Votes to be counted and result pro- second class. claimed. Be it ordained by the City of Saint Joseph : SECTION 1. Incorporating as city of second class. That the city of Saint Joseph be incorporated under the pro- visions of the general law provided for the government of cities of the second class in article 3, chapter 89, Revised Statutes, [1879], of Missouri. SEC. 2. To be ratified by voters. That this ordi- nance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval, and its ratification and adoption by a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting at an election to be held for that purpose. SEC. 3. Proclamation of election. The mayor shall, within five days after the passage and approval of this ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 19 ordinance, issue his proclamation that at the general election of this city to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, the same being April 7th, 1885 ; which proclamation shall be filed with the city register and by him duly recorded and preserved ; that at said election the said qualified voters shall vote for the rejection or adoption of this ordinance. SEC. 4. Tickets to be printed. The city register is required to have thousand tickets printed and deliver them in equal quantities to each polling place within the city before the polls open on April 7th, 1885. Said tickets shall have printed thereon these words : " For city of second class. Yes. No." SEC. 5. How voted. Every qualified voter in favor of ratifying this ordinance may at such election deposit one of these ballots. u For city of second class, yes," and every quali- fied voter opposed to such ratification may deposit at said elec- tion one of these ballots. " For city of second class, no." SEC. 6. Counting votes ; result. After such elec- tion the votes shall be duly canvassed, and the number for and against the adoption of this ordinance shall be made a matter of record, and if a majority of the votes cast are " for city of sec- ond class," then the mayor shall issue his proclamation so declaring the result of such election. Approved March 10th, 1885. SAMUEL WESTHEIMER, [SEAL.] Attest, Acting Mayor. F. M. TUFTS, Register. PROCLAMATIONS. SEC. 7. By acting mayor. Mayor's office, City Hall, St. Joseph, Mo., March 11, 1885. Whereas, it is provided by law that any city or town in this state, existing by virtue of any local or special law, may elect to become a city and be incor- porated in the class to which its population would entitle it under the provisions of chapter 89, article 1, of Revised Statutes [1879] of the State of Missouri ; 20 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. And whereas, the city council of the city of Saint Joseph, State of Missouri, enacted an ordinance providing that the city of Saint Joseph be incorporated as a city of the second class, which was approved March 10, 1885 ; And whereas, it is provided that the proposition shall be submitted to the legal voters of the city at an election to be held for that purpose, not less than twenty nor more than thirty days after the passage of such ordinance or proposition ; Now therefore, I, Samuel Westheimer, acting mayor of the city of Saint Joseph, do hereby announce and proclaim, that on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April next, the same being Tuesday, the 7th day of April, A. D. 1885, an election will be held for the purpose of deciding whether the city of Saint Joseph shall be incorporated under the provisions of the general law provided for the government of cities of the second class, and upon that day the same will be submitted to the legal voters of the city, and every qualified voter in favor of ratifying this ordinance may at such election deposit a bal- lot " for city of second class, yes," and every qualified voter opposed to ratifying this ordinance may deposit at said election a ballot u for city of second class, no." Done at the mayor's office in the city of Saint Joseph, state of Missouri, the llth day of March, A. D. 1885. SAMUEL WESTHEIMER, Attest, Acting Mayor. F. M. TUFTS, City Register. SEC. 8. Proclamation by mayor. Mayor's office, City Hall, Saint Joseph, Missouri, March 26th, 1885. By virtue of the authority in me vested by -the charter and ordi- nances of the city of Saint Joseph, state of Missouri, I, EL K. W. Hartwig, mayor of the city of St. Joseph, do hereby order and direct that an election be held at the usual places of voting in the several districts of each ward in the city of Saint Joseph, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in April, A. D. 1885, the same being Tuesday, the 7th day of April, 1885. * * * PROCLAMATION OF INCORPORATION. 21 Also for the purpose of approving or rejecting an ordinance providing that the city of Saint Joseph be incorporated as a city of the second class. Approved March 10th, 1885. Every qualified voter in favor of ratifying this ordinance may at such election deposit a written or printed ballot in this form, " for city of second class, yes;" and every qualified voter opposed to such ratification may deposit at said election a written or printed ballot in this form, "for city of second class, no." Done at the mayor's office in the city of Saint Joseph, state of Missouri, this 26th day of March, 1885. [SEAL] H. R. W. HARTWIG, Attest, Mayor. F. M. TUFTS, City Register. SEC. 9. Proclamation by mayor declaring incor- poration as a city of second class. Whereas, it is pro- vided by chapter 89, article 1, of Statutes [1879] of Missouri, that any city in this state existing by virtue of any special law, may elect to become a city of the class to which its population would entitle it under the provisions of this article, by passing an ordinance or proposition and submitting the same to the legal voters of such city, at an election to be held for that pur- pose, and if a majority of such voters voting at such election shall ratify such ordinance or proposition, the mayor of such city shall issue his proclamation declaring the result of such election, and thereafter such city shall, by virtue of such vote, be incorporated under the provisions of the general law pro- vided for the government of the class to which such city belongs ; which class shall be determined by the last census taken, whether state or national ; And whereas, at an election held for that purpose in the city of Saint Joseph, state of Missouri, on Tuesday the 7th day of April, A. D. 1885, not less than twenty nor more than thirty days after the passage of an ordinance or proposition entitled " an ordinance providing that the city of Saint Joseph be incorporated as a city of the second class," which was 22 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. approved March 10th, 1885, the whole number of legal voters voting at such election was thirty-three hundred and fifty-nine, and of these legal voters there were twenty-nine hundred and ninety-six voted in favor of said proposition or ordinance, being a majority of such voters voting at such election, ratifying the same ; And whereas, the city of Saint Joseph, by the last national census, contained more than twenty and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, entitling it under the provisions of said article to be a city of the second class ; Therefore, 1, H. R. W. Hartwig, mayor of the city of Saint Joseph, by virtue of the power in me vested, and in accordance with the statute aforesaid, declare the result of such election as ratifying such ordinance or proposition, and proclaim the city of Saint Joseph incorporated under the provisions of the general law provided for the government of cities of the second class. Done at the mayor's office in the city of Saint Joseph, and state of Missouri, this the 9th day of April, A. D. 1885. [SEAL] H. R W. HARTWIG, Attest, Mayor. F. M. TUFTS, Register. ARTICLE II. CORPORATE POWERS. ENLARGEMENT OF CITY LIMITS. CREATION OF WARDS. SECTION SECTION 1. Powers of city ; effect of reorgan- 5. Wards not to be changed, when. ization. 6. To be of adjacent territory, and 2. Courts take judicial notice of city numbered. and class. 7. Election of aldermen, when. 3. Wards of city, how changed. 8. Aldermen to fill out term for which 4. Annexed territory to be organized elected. into new ward. SECTION 1. Powers of city ; effect of reorgani- zation. Any city of the second class in this state may become a body corporate under the provisions of this article, in the manner provided by law, under the name and style of CORPORATE POWERS. 23 the city of ; and by that name shall have perpetual succession ; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and in all actions whatsoever ; may purchase, receive and hold property, real and personal, within such city, and beyond the limits of such city, to be used for the burial of the dead of such city ; for the erection of water works to supply the city with water ; for the establishment and erection of gas works to supply the city with light ; for the establishment of a hospital or hospitals for the reception of persons infected with contag- ious or other diseases ; for a poor house or poor houses, work house, house of correction, or for any other purposes ; may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any property for the benefit of the city ; may receive bequests, gifts and donations, of all kinds of property within or without the city, in fee simple or in trust for charitable or other purposes, and do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, gifts and donations with power to manage, sell or lease or otherwise dispose of the same ; and may have and use a common seal, and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure ; and all courts of this state shall take judicial notice of such reorganisation. The jurisdiction of any city which shall be reorganized under this article shall not in anywise be affected or changed in conse- quence of such reorganization, but such limits, wards and boundaries shall remain after such change or organization the same as at the time of such reorganization under this article ; and all laws or parts of laws or ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, which were operative in such city prior to its reorganization, shall continue to be in force until repealed or otherwise changed by ordinance. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1237. SEC. 2. Courts take judicial notice of city and class. When any city or town existing by virtue of the gen- eral law of the state, or by a local or special act, may elect to become a city of the second class, or any city of the second class shall be incorporated according to law, all courts of the 24 ARTOLES OF INCORPORATION. state shall take judicial notice of the fact of the city being a city of the second class, and of all steps taken to make it such, and of the corporate limits thereof. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1264. SEC. 3. Wards of city, how changed. Whenever the corporate limits of any city of the second class shall be altered or extended, and whenever the population of any such city, or of any ward or wards thereof, has been or may be so increased or diminished as to render, in the opinion of the com- mon council, a division or redistricting of the corporation into wards, or a change in the boundary of any ward or wards necessary, the same may be done by ordinance at some regu- lar meeting of the common council. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1257. SEC. 4. Same. Upon any ordinance for such purpose being introduced into the common council, the latter shall, before final passage thereof, by resolution, require the city clerk to publish a copy of the ordinance in at least one daily newspaper published in the city, to be designated in the reso- lution, for at least three weeks within the four weeks next after the passage of such resolution. After such publication, proof thereof shall be made and filed with the city clerk, and if the common council shall be satisfied that such publication has been made, it shall by a vote so find, and the city clerk shall make a record of such finding in the book for record of the current proceedings of the common council, which record shall be conclusive evidence of the truth of the fact so found. If such ordinance be passed by the common council at the first or second regular meeting after such publication and finding, and not later, and duly approved by the mayor, the same shall thereafter be in force until repealed or altered. Any such ordinance shall be subject to amendment before such publica- tion thereof, but not later. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1258. SEC. 5. Annexed territory to be organized into new ward. When territory is annexed to any city of the second class, pursuant to subdivision number XLIII of section 1255, the common council shall, by ordinance, organize the ALTERATION IN WARDS. 25 same into a new ward or wards, or attach the same to some existing ward or wards, long enough before the next ensuing general city election to enable electors in such annexed terri- tery to register, and all other proper steps to be taken accord- ing to law, so that electors of such annexed territory may have full opportunity to register and vote at such election. Actual residents of any territory at the time of the annexation thereof to any city of the second class according to this article shall, if otherwise qualified and duly registered, be qualified electors or voters of the city, and be eligible to any office therein at the next general city election following such annexation. In case of redistricting or division of the city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change of boundary in any ward or wards, every qualified elector or voter residing in any ward at any general city election next thereafter shall, if otherwise qualified and duly registered, be a qualified voter of the city, and be eligible to any office therein, [fl. #. 1889, Sec. 1259. SEC. 6. Wards not to be changed, when. Terri- tory shall not be annexed to any such city within four months next preceding any general city election, nor shall there be a redis- tricting or division of the city into wards or change of bound- aries of any ward or wards, or creation of any new ward or wards, within two months next preceding any general election. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 1260. SEC. 7. To be of adjacent territory and num- bered. All wards which may be hereafter established shall be composed of adjacent and compact territory, and the sev- eral wards at the time of redistricting shall contain as nearly an equal number of inhabitants as may be practicable. The wards shall be numbered consecutively from one up to the highest number thus established. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1261. SEC. 8. Election of aldermen, when. Whenever any change in the number of any ward, or alteration in the boundaries of any ward shall be made, or new ward shall be established, there shall be no election of alderman in such 26 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. wards until the next regular election for corporation officers. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1262. SEC. 9. Aldermen to fill out term for which elected. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit or abridge the term of office which any alderman may be elected to fill, but every alderman shall be deemed and taken to be, for the residue of the term for which he may have been elected, an alderman of that ward in which his actual resi- dence and place of abode may be, at and after any division of the city into wards, or creation of any new wards, or change in the boundaries of any ward or wards. \_B. 8. 1889, Sec. 1263. ARTICLE III. COMMON COUNCIL. SECTION SECTION 1. Council, how composed and elected. 8. Ineligible for other office. 2. Alderman, qualifications of. 9. Compensation of couucilmen. 3. Oath of office. 10. Council meetings, when held. 4. Office deemed vacant when. 11. Quorum. 5. President ; council to be judge of 12. May make rules. election returns. 13. Shall keep a journal. 6. Cases of tie vote. 14. Mayor pro tern. 7. Vacancies. 15. Attendance of witnesses. SECTION 1. Council how composed and elected. The legislative functions of cities of the second class shall be vested in a common council, composed of two aldermen from each ward and resident therein, one of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large, the other by the qualified voters of each ward respectively, so that one half of said common council shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the city at large, and the other half by the qualified voters of the respective wards. Such aldermen shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. The aldermen elected by the qualified voters of the city at large shall be voted for at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1890, and every two years thereafter, and those elected by the qualified voters of the wards respectively shall be voted for at COMMON COUNCIL. 27 an election held in each of the wards on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1891, and every two years there- after. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1238. SEC. 2. Aldermen, qualifications of. No person shall be eligible to the office of alderman until he shall have resided in the city for the period of one year, and in the ward from which he is chosen six months next preceding his elec- tion, and have paid therein a city tax, and not less than twenty-one years of age, a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter of the city, and not in arrears in the payment of any tax or other liability due such city, or directly or indi- rectly interested in, or partner of, or interested with any one interested in any contract with the city for any public work, or for furnishing any supplies to the city or any of its insti- tutions. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1239. SEC. 3. Oath of office. Before any alderman shall take his seat in the common council, he shall take and subscribe an oath that he will support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and the provisions of this article; that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and that he possesses all the qualifications required by this article, and i& not subject to any of the disqualifications herein contained. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1240. SEC. 4. Office deemed vacant, when. Any alder- man who ceases to possess any of said qualifications shall be deemed thereby to have vacated his office. [JR. &. 1889, Sec. SEC. 5. President: council to be judge of elec- tion returns. The common council shall elect one of its own members to be president thereof, and shall be the judge of elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and shall determine all contested elections thereof, [R. S. 1889, Sec. * * Contested elections governed by Sec. 4706 K. S. 1889. Amended Laws 1895, p 172 28 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 6. Cases of tie vote. Whenever there shall be a tie in the election of an alderman, the judges of the election shall certify the facts to the common council, and the parties named in such certificates shall immediately, in the presence of the common council, determine by lot their respective rights. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1253. SEC. 7. Vacancies. All vacancies that may occur in the common council, from any cause, shall be filled by elections of the people, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordi- nance ; and if any alderman shall, after his election, remove from the ward from which he was elected to the said common council, his office shall thereby be declared vacant. [jR. 8. 1889, Sec. m<2. SEC. 8. Ineligible for other office. No alderman shall, during the term for which he is elected, be appointed to any office under the city, nor shall any alderman, while such, be an employe of the city in any capacity whatever. \H. S. 1889, Sec. 1%51. SEC. 9. Compensation of councilmen. Each mem- ber of the common council in any city of the second class shall receive for his services as councilman the sum of four dollars per day for each day he shall serve while in session as such councilman : provided, however, that no extra pay shall be allowed for serving on any committee, agency or commission whatever, when appointed to perform such service by the com- mon council during his term of office, and in no case shall the aggregate sum paid such councilman for his services, above enumerated, exceed the sum of three hundred dollars per annum. [Laws 1891, p. 50. SEC. 10. Council meetings, when held. The com- mon council shall hold a meeting on the third Monday in April in each year after the qualification of its members elect, and thereafter on the first Monday of each and every month in the year, which shall be known as the monthly regular meeting ; and the common council at any time, when in session, can, on COMMON COUNCIL. 29 motion, by a majority vote, adjourn to meet at an hour and date to be named in the motion ; at such meeting all unfinished business must be first transacted and then any and all other business. The mayor may at any time, when public necessity requires it, by proclamation, convene the common council in special session, at which no business shall be transacted except such as may be in writing referred to them by the mayor. [~R. S. 1889, Sec. 1254. SEC. 11. Quorum. The majority of the common council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such man- ner and under such penalties as it may prescribe. [7?. S. 1889, See. 1248. SEC. 12. May make rules. The common council may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds of all the members elected, expel a member for malfeas- ance in office or disorderly conduct. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1249. SEC. 13. Shall keep a journal. The common council shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of any two members, be entered therein, and the yeas and nays shall be recorded on the final passage of all ordinances. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1250. SEC. 14. Mayor pro tern. The president of the common council shall exercise the duties and receive the com- pensation of mayor, whenever and so long as from any cause said office of mayor shall be vacant or the mayor be absent from the city. [JR. S. 1889,. Sec. 1269. SEC. 15. Attendance of witnesses. The coun- cil shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers relating to any subject under consideration, and in which the interest of the city is involved; 30 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. and shall have power to call upon the proper officers of the city or county in which such city is located, to execute such process. The president of the council, and the chairman of every committee thereof, shall have power to administer oaths, [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1256. ARTICLE IV. MAYOR. SECTION SECTION 1. Mayor, election of. 7. Duties of mayor. 2. Qualifications of. 8. Majority necessary to confirm ap- 3. Tie vote, how determined. pointment. 4. Contested election. 9. May call special meetings. 5. Vacancy. 10. May require officers to exhibit ac- 6. Removal from office. counts. SECTION 1. Mayor, election of. The chief executive officer of such city shall be the mayor, who shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof, and who shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor is duly elected and quali- fied. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1275. SEC. 2. Qualifications of. No person shall be a mayor who has not resided in the city one year, and who does not, at the time of his election, possess the qualifications of an alderman, as hereinbefore defined ; nor shall any person con- tinue in the office of mayor who shall cease to possess any of said qualifications. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1276. SEC. 3. Tie vote; how determined. When two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes, and more than any other person, for the office of mayor, the com- mon council shall decide the election. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1277. SEC. 4. Contested election. Whenever an elec- tion for mayor shall be contested, the common council shall determine the same. [R. S. 1889, 1278.* SEC. 5. Vacancies. Whenever any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor, it shall be filled by election, in * Contested elections governed by Sec. 4706 R. S. 1889. Amended laws 1895, p. 172. MAYOR. 31 such manner as shall be provided by ordinance. [JR. /S. 1889, Sec. 1279. SEC. 6. Removal from office. The mayor or other elective officer may be removed from office for any misde- meanor or other offense, by a vote of two-thirds of the com- mon council, and the ayes and nays shall be entered upon the journal. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1280. SEC. 7. Duties of mayor. The mayor shall take care that the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city are enforced, respected and observed within the city. He may, upon good cause shown, and by and with the consent of the common council, remit fines, forfeitures and penalties ac- cruing from or imposed for the violation of any city ordi- nance. He shall have power to nominate, and by and with the consent of the common council to appoint all city officers not ordered by this article to be elected by the people or otherwise appointed ; also, to suspend, and, by and with the consent of two thirds of the common council elect, to remove any city officer for cause. He may fill any vacancy which may occur in any elective office, until the same be filled by election, as hereinafter provided. He shall, from time to time, give the common council information relative to the state of the city, and shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall deem expedient, and for the advantage of the city. In all cases where, by this article or any ordinance of such city, the mayor is authorized, by and with the consent of the common council, to appoint any officer, it is hereby made his duty to make such nomination within such time as may be prescribed by ordinance. If the common council shall refuse their consent to any such nomination made by *the mayor, he shall, within five days, if the council be then in ses- sion, nominate another person to fill the office. If he fail to make the nomination within that time, his power of appoint- ment shall cease during the remainder of the term for which 32 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. such officer shall be appointed, and the common council shall appoint a suitable person to fill the office during the term. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1281. SEC. 8. Majority necessary to confirm appoint- ment. When the consent of the common council is required by this article to the appointment of any city officer by the mayor, or any other officer or officers of the city, such consent can only be given by a majority of the common council elect voting for such appointment. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1286. SEC. 9. May call special meetings. The mayor shall call special sessions of the common council by proclama- tion. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1282. SEC. 10. May require officers to exhibit accounts. He shall have power, when he deems it neces- sary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers, and to make report in writing, touching any subject or matter he may require pertaining to his office. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1283. ARTICLE V. CITY OFFICERS ELECTIONS. SECTION SECTION 1. Appointments, by whom made. 11. Officers, when installed. 2. Appointive officers. 12. Who eligible to office. 3. Elective officers. 13. Residence of officers. 4. Salaries to be fixed by ordinance. 14. Oath of officers, and bond. 5. Election, when to be held. 15. Certificate to be recorded. 6. Elections to be held, how. 16. Officers not to be interested in con- 7. Voting to be by ballot. tracts. 8. The polls, opening and closing of. 17. Property qualification for office 9. Who may vote. prohibited. 10. Voting precincts, duty of council. SECTION 1. By whom appointments shall be made. In the absence of any express provision in the laws governing cities of the second class as to the manner of appointing any officer, the mayor shall nominate, and with the consent of the common council appoint such officer. [Laws 1897, p. 47. CITY OFFICERS ELECTIONS. 33 SEC. 2. Other officers. In all such cities there shall be a city clerk, city engineer, city assessor, city counselor and city comptroller, who shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the common council, and shall hold their office for the term of two years unless sooner remo.ved, and who shall perform such duties as may be pre- scribed by this article or any ordinance of the city. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 1284. SEC. 3. Elective officers. There shall also be a city recorder, [judge of the police court] city attorney, city auditor and city treasurer, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, to hold their offices for the term of two years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, who shall, in addition to the duties prescribed by this article, perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. There shall also be such other officers, servants and agents of the corporation as may be provided by ordinance, who shall per- form such duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1285. SEC. 4. Salaries to be fixed by ordinance. The common council shall, at least as early as their regular monthly meeting in March next before each biennial election, by ordinance, fix the salary and fees of all the officers for the next two fiscal years, and shall not increase nor diminish the salary of any officer during his term of office. \_R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1244. SEC. 5. General election to be held, when. The general election of all elective officers of such city shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, every two years, except as otherwise provided in this article in relation to the election of aldermen. Special elec- tions to fill vacancies shall be held under such regulations as may be provided for by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 34 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 6. Election to be held, how. All elections shall be held under the general laws of this state. [R. S. 1889, Sec. U45. SEC. 7. Voting to be by ballot. All elections shall be by ballot, and continue for one day only. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 4668. SEC. 8. Polls; when opened and closed. The judges of each election hereafter to be held, general or munic- ipal, shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and continue them open until six o'clock in the evening, unless the sun shall set after six, when the polls shall be kept open until sunset, except in cities in the state of twenty-five thousand inhabitants or upward, when the polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the morning and be kept open until seven o'clock in the evening. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 4667. SEC. 9. Who may be registered. Every male citi- zen of the United States, and every person of foreign birth who may have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States according to law not less than one year nor more than five years before he offers to vote, who is over the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in this state one year next preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and dur- ing the last sixty days of that time shall have resided in the city, and during the last ten days of that time in the ward at which he offers to vote, who has not been convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime, nor directly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election, nor serving at the time in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at such election for all offices, state or municipal, made elective by the people, or at any other election held in pursuance of the laws of this state ; but he shall not vote elsewhere than in the election precinct where his name is registered, and whereof he is registered as a resi- dent. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1791. CITY OFFICERS ELECTIONS. 35 SEC. 10. Voting precincts; duty of common council. The common council of every city in which registration of voters may be had under and by virtue of any special charter, or under the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance, provide for two or more voting precincts in each ward of such city, and such common council may, by ordi- nance, make such provisions as to judges and clerks of elec- tions and additional copies of registration lists and the use of such copies at such voting precincts, as may be necessary in the premises. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 1808. SEC. 11. Officers, when installed. All elective city officers provided for in this article shall enter upon the duties of their office on the second Monday after the day of election; and all appointed officers shall enter upon the duties of their office as soon as appointed and qualified. [It. 8. 1889, Sec. 1273. SEC. 12. Who eligible. No person Jshall be deemed eligible to any office in the city who' is not a qualified voter of said city, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of the state of Missouri, and has not lived in the city one year. next preceding his election. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 13. Residence of officers. All officers of the corporation shall reside within the city limits during their con- tinuance in office, and if any of them shall cease to reside in said limits, his office shall be thereby vacated. [It. S. 1889, Sec. 1298. SEC. 14. Oath. Every officer of the corporation, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer of the law authorized to administer oaths, as prescribed by the constitution of this state to civil officers, and that he will faithfully support this article and ordinances of the city, which said oath shall be endorsed upon or attached to his certificate of election or appointment, and he shall deliver the same to the city clerk; 36 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. and every officer of the corporation, except the mayor, alder- men, recorder, [police judge,] comptroller, and all other persons required by law to give bond, shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, give bond to such city in such sum as may be prescribed by ordinance, with securities approved by the comptroller, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, which said bond shall be filed with the city clerk. For any breach of the condition of said bond suit may be instituted thereon by the city, or by any person or persons claiming to have been injured by reason of any such breach, in the name of such city, for the use of such person or persons. If any officer fail to deliver to the city clerk a certificate and oath as herein required, within twenty days after his election or appointment, the office to which he may have been elected or appointed shall be declared vacated. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 1299. SEC. 15. Certificate of election to be recorded. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to record the certificate of election or appointment mentioned in the preceding section, with the oath thereto attached or thereon indorsed, within ten days after the same is delivered to him. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1300. SEC. 16. Officers interested in contracts guilty of misdemeanor. If any city officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract under the city or any work done by the city, or in furnishing supplies for the city or any of its institutions, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor; and any appointed officer becoming so interested shall be dismissed from office immediately by the mayor; and upon the mayor becoming satisfied that any elective officer is so interested, he shall immediately suspend such officer, and report the facts to the common council, whereupon the com- mon council as soon as practicable shall be convened to hear and determine the same; and if, by a two-thirds vote of the common council, he be found so interested, he shall be imme DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 37 diately dismissed from such office. No officer shall hold two appointments under the city government at the same time. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 1297. SEC. 17. Property qualification prohibited. - It shall not be lawful for the municipal authorities of any city or town in the state of Missouri, in any case to require any person to be the owner of real estate in order to make such person eligible to hold any office, or to be a member of any city or town council or municipal assembly, or judge or clerk of election in such city or town, and any provision in the charter of any municipality of this state which requires as a qualification for any office, either elective or appointive, or judge or clerk of election, that the person so elected or appointed shall be the owner of real estate, is hereby declared inoperative and void. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 979. ARTICLE VI. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. SECTION SECTION 1. Duty of clerk. 7. Of city treasurer ex-officio col- 2. Of city engineer. lector. 3. Of judge of police court. 8. Of city comptroller. 4. Of city counselor. 9. Same, deposit of city money. 5. Of city attorney. 10. Auditing committee. 6. Of city auditor. 11. Settlement of city officers. SECTION 1. Duty of clerk. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to attend all meetings of the common council, and keep a true record of its proceedings; also to keep a record of all official acts of the mayor, and when necessary, to attest them. He shall also keep and preserve in his office the corpo- rate seal of the city, all records, public papers and documents of the city not belonging to any other officer. He shall be authorized to administer oaths, and copies of all papers filed in his office, and transcripts from the records of the proceed- ings of the common council, duly certified by him under the corporate seal of the city, shall be taken as evidence in all 38 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. courts of this state, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1287. SEC. 2. Of city engineer. The city engineer shall superintend the construction of all public works ordered by the common council ; shall make out plans, specifications and estimates thereof, and do the surveying and engineering ordered by the city, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1288. SEC. 3. Judge of the police court. The city recor- der [judge of the police court] shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all cases arising under any ordinance of the city, except suits brought for the collection of taxes due the city. Appeals in all cases tried before him as recorder [judge of the police court] shall be taken to the court of record having criminal jurisdiction in the county where such city is located. [R. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 4. City counselor. The counselor shall appear for the city and attend all cases in all courts of record in this state, wherein such city may be a party plaintiff or defendant, pr a party in interest, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance, and shall receive such com- pensation therefor as may be prescribed by ordinance. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 1290. SEC. 5. City attorney. The city attorney shall appear in the recorder's [police] court of such city, and attend to all cases of a criminal or civil nature arising in said court in which the city may be a party, or in any way interested, and in any court of record, to any appeal cases from said recorder's [police] court, and shall perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and such as may be required of him by the city counselor, whose assistant he shall be, and for which service he shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by ordinance. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 1291. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 39 SEC. 6. City auditor. It shall be the duty of the city auditor to prescribe the mode of keeping, dating and render- ing all accounts, unless otherwise provided by ordinance, between the city and any person or body corporate ; he shall draw warrants upon the treasurer for all appropriations made by the common council ; he shall keep a true and just account with the several different revenue districts, the city treas- urer, and the different funds of such city ; he shall extend all tax rolls, and shall make reports, estimates and statements required of him by the common council in connection with the duties of his office. [. 8. 1889, Sec. SEC. 7. City treasurer Collector. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to receive and keep the money of the city, and pay out the same on warrants drawn by the auditor and countersigned by the comptroller, and not otherwise. He shall be ex officio city collector, and shall collect all taxes and licenses levied and charged by such .city, except as otherwise provided by law for collection by others ; he may appoint such deputies and clerks as may be allowed by ordinance : Provided^ that he shall be responsible for all the acts of his deputies and clerks. All moneys belonging to the city and received by any officer or agent thereof, either from collection, fines or any other source, shall be deposited in the city treasury as often as- once a week, unless some law otherwise direct. For all moneys received, except in payment of taxes or licenses, he shall give triplicate receipts in all cases, one to the party paying, one for the auditor and one for the comptroller, which shall set out the amounts paid and from what it proceeds, and to what account credited ; and for taxes and licenses he shall give such receipts as may be provided by ordinance. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 1293. SEC. 8. City comptroller. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to exercise a general supervision over the collection and return into the treasury and disbursement of all revenue and other moneys of the city, and of the proceedings therefor over ail property, assets and claims, and the custody, sale or 40 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. other disposition thereof. He shall see that all proper legal proceedings are had to recover, keep and manage such property or other interests ; that all proper rules and regulations are prescribed and observed in relation to all accounts, settlements and reports regarding the fiscal concerns of the city ; that no appropriations or funds are overdrawn or misapplied, and that no liability is incurred, nor money or property of the city dis- bursed or disposed of contrary to the spirit of the law or ordin- ances. He is especially charged with the preservation of the credit and faith of the city in relation to its bonded debt. The comptroller shall, at the first meeting of the common council in each fiscal year, certify to the common council the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the payment of bonds and coupons maturing during that year, discriminating between the general bonds of the city and the coupons thereon, and each series of funding bonds and coupons thereon. Whenever it is necessary to meet payment of any of these bonds or coupons at any other place than the office of the city treasurer of such city, he shall, with the written approval of the mayor, make his requisition upon the auditor for a warrant on the treasurer for the purpose, and if necessary to preserve the public credit, he may anticipate any part of the annual revenue levied for the purpose of paying interest, and may thereon obtain loans to meet the interest on bonds about to fall due. The comptroller shall make two reports each year on the financial condition of the city the first report to embrace a period beginning with the fiscal year and ending with the month of October ; the second report to include the whole fiscal year and shall obtain and transmit therewith to the common council the reports of other fiscal officers, as provided by law or ordinance. He shall pro- vide and keep in his office reliable and complete tables of the finances, property and assets of the city, all contracts, names of contractors and names of employes, in such manner as to show the department in which they are employed, their salaries, powers and duties, and how appointed. He may appoint a deputy, who shall be a practical bookkeeper ; also such clerks DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 41 as he may require, when so authorized by ordinance. He may administer oaths, and may require all claims, settlements, re- turns and reports to be verified by affidavits. He shall counter- sign all warrants on the treasurer. It is hereby made the duty of the comptroller, in conjunction with the city engineer, to open arid inspect all bids of contractors for public works, and to approve and safely keep all bonds given by contractors for the faithful performance of public contracts. The comptroller shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond to such city, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties, in such sum as may be prescribed by ordinance, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the mayor, which shall be filed with the * clerk. No person shall be appointed comptroller who does not, at the time of his appoint- ment, possess the qualifications of the mayor, as hereinbefore defined ; nor shall any person continue to hold the office of comptroller, who shall cease to possess any of said qualifications. [. S. 1889, Sec. 1294. Amended Laws, 1891, p. 57. SEC. 9. Same, deposit of city money. The city comptroller shall, within five days from the third Monday in April. 1891. and every second year thereafter, advertise for five days in the daily English paper for the time doing the city printing of such city, that he will receive sealed bids, from within the city, for the deposit of all city moneys during the ensuing two years, and until a successor shall be duly selected. All bids received by -him shall be securely sealed and safely kept until the first meeting thereafter of the com- mon council, at which meeting the comptroller shall, in the presence of the council, open said bids, and with the approval of the common council, award and let the deposits to the bid- der agreeing to pay the highest rate of interest therefor the common council having the right to reject any and all bids, in which case they may at any time thereafter direct, by resolu- tion, the city comptroller to again advertise for bids in the same manner as before. Whenever the common council shall 42 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. have approved any bid made in response to and in accordance with the advertisement aforesaid, and before any deposits are placed by the treasurer, the comptroller shall require a con- tract to be executed by the accepted bidder, to be approved by the city counselor, and signed by the comptroller in behalf of the city, which contract shall be accompanied by a bond from the bidder, to be approved by the common council, in double the highest estimated amount of deposits during any month of such time; and such money, together with such interest and profits as may accrue thereon, shall be at all times subject to the sight drafts of the city, under such rules and regulations as are or may be provided by the laws and ordinances of such cities for the government of its disbursing officers. [aws 1891, p. 51. SEC. 10. Auditing committee. -There shall be an auditing committee, composed of the city auditor and two members of the common council; arid every claim against said city for money, amounting to one hundred dollars or over, shall be passed upon by said committee before an appropri- ation shall be made for the payment thereof. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1295. SEC. 11. Settlement of officers. The city auditor, city collector, city treasurer, city attorney, and all other officers charged with the collection or custody of money, shall, on the second Monday after the general election in April of each year, make a full and detailed statement and settlement of all their accounts, which shall show all moneys received, from what source, from whom and what for, and of all money paid, and to whom and when, and for what purpose so paid; which statement shall be published in a newspaper at the time doing the city printing; the statement required to be made by the city auditor shall exhibit in full the resources and liabilities of the city, together with the amount of revenue collected from all sources during the preceding fiscal year, the amount expended on all accounts by the city during the same period, and such CITY ORDINANCES. 43 further particulars as shall be prescribed by ordinance; and for any refusal, neglect or failure to make such report, at the times and in the manner herein prescribed, such officer and his securities on his official bond, shall forfeit and pay to such city a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and it shall be the duty of the city counselor to institute and prosecute to a final judgment suit at law, in the name of such city, against such defendant officer or officers for recovering of the same. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1296. ARTICLE VII. CITY ORDINANCES. SECTION SECTION 1. Ordinances to conform with state 6. To be approved by the mayor. law. 7. To become a law, when. "2. Style of ordinance ; amendments. 8. Publication of council proceed- 3. How passed. ings. 4. How re-enacted. 9. Ordinances, how proved. 5. How amended. SECTION 1. Ordinances to conform with state law. Any municipal corporation in this state, whether under general or special charter, and having authority to pass ordi- nances regulating subjects, matters and things upon which there is a general law of the state, unless otherwise prescribed or' authorized by some special provision of its charter, shall confine and restrict its jurisdiction and the passage of its ordi- nances to and in conformity with the state law upon the same subject. [. S. 1889, 'Sec. 1902. SEC. 2. Style of ordinance, amendments. The style of ordinance shall be: u Be it ordained by the common council of the city of , as follows:" and no ordinance shall be so amended in its passage as to change its original purpose, and no ordi- nance shall be considered for final passage unless the same has been reported upon by a committee. No ordinance, except general appropriation bills, which may embrace the various 44 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. subjects and accounts for and on account of which moneys are appropriated, shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 3. Bill, when an ordinance. No bill shall become an ordinance unless upon its final passage the majority of all the members elected vote in its favor, and the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered on the journal. \_B. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 4. Ordinance, revival of. No ordinance shall be revived or re-enacted by mere reference to the title thereof; but the same shall be set forth at length, as if it were an origi- nal ordinance. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1246. SEC. 5. Amendment of. No ordinance shall be amended by providing that designated words thereof be stricken out, or that designated words be inserted, or that des- ignated words be stricken out and others be inserted in lieu thereof ; but the ordinance or section amended shall be set forth in full as amended. [JR. S. 1889, in which no costs shall be adjudged against the city, and all costs not adjudged against the defendants shall be adjudged according to equity against persons for whose use the suit may be prosecuted, all due them for labor not exceeding the estimated costs of the labor as stated in the contract; such recovery may be had against the contractor and sureties, or either, as in chancery ; but it shall not be necessary to file with the petition the original contract. The suit shall be brought for the benefit of all laborers on the job, and the amount due them be ascertained by the court or a referee, unless the court direct an issue as to the amount due one or more laborers, to be tried by a jury ; pending the suit, laborers not mentioned in the petition, whether they have done work before or after the commencement of the suit, may become parties to the proceeding by appearing and filing in the action a written statement of their demand, such notice thereof as the court may direct to be given the defendants, and reasonable opportunity to defend to be given. The proceedings shall, as far as practicable, be governed by the rules and principles of courts of chancery, so as to afford speedy and adequate relief, according to the letter 136 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. and spirit of this section. Judgment shall be rendered for the estimated cost of labor, as stated in the contract, and execution be awarded and issued for the aggregate amount found due laborers, not exceeding the estimated cost in the contract, which shall be collected with costs. Money made shall, after prying costs, be divided and paid pro rata among laborers for whose use the judgment may be rendered, the court to decide questions as to distribution summarily by motion. No action shall be brought or be prosecuted for the benefit of laborers on the contract, unless the suit be commenced within one year after the completion of the work to be done under the contract and acceptance thereof by the city, nor shall such action be brought before such completion and acceptance, unless the court find good cause therefor, according to averments in the petition. Such suit shall be brought in some court of competent jurisdic- tion in the county in which such city is located, if jurisdiction of the proper parties can be obtained in that county. [7?. 8. 1889, Sec. 1J$7. ARTICLE XIV. BOULEVARDS SPECIAL TAX BILLS-SPRINKLING AND CLEAN- ING STREETS. SECTION SECTION. 1. Act shall apply to what cities. 4. Sprinkling of streets, alleys, ave- 2. Authorizing construction of boule- nues and highways. vards. 5. Manner of issuing tax bills. 3. Special tax bills may be issued for grading, paving, etc. SECTION 1. Act shall apply to what cities. Any city now containing or which hereafter may contain more than fifty thousand and less than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, shall have the powers hereinafter set forth. [Laws 1891, p. 48. SEC. 2. Authorizing construction of boulevards. Whenever a majority of the resident property owners on any street, avenue or boulevard, for a distance of not less than four blocks, shall petition the common council of the city for SPECIAL TAX BILLS FOR GRADING, PAVING, ETC. 137 the complete construction and maintenance for a period of five years of said street as a boulevard, then said common council may, according to the terms of said petition and in accordance with specifications proposed by the city engineer, cause the said street, avenue or boulevard to be graded, regraded, pro- vision made for surface drainage, curbed, guttered, paved, repaved, plant trees thereon, construct sidewalks, lay sod, or otherwise improve and maintain the same in perfect order for a period of five years : Provided, that only such work is done as is specified in said petition, which may be for all or such part of the above described work as is therein set forth. [Laws 1891, p. 48. SEC. 3. Special tax bills may be issued for grad- ing, paving, etc. The common council of such city may, by ordinance, provide tnat special tax bills, issued for any work of grading, paving, repaving, or the construction of district sewers and sidewalks, shall be made payable in five -equal installments the first installment to become due on the iirst day of January or the first day of July following the issue of said bills, whichever date is nearest to a period of one year from date of issue ; the second installment shall become due in one year, the third installment in two years, the fourth installment in three years and the fifth installment in four years after the first installment is due as above mentioned. 'Such tax bills shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum. The interest on the whole amount of the tax bills shall become due first on the date when the first installment becomes due, with interest to that date ; thereafter they shall be payable at any time, with interest up to the following first day of January, when the first installment shall have been due in January, or the following first day of July when the first installment shall have been due in July. If any installment of any such tax bill or any interest thereon be not paid when due, then all the remaining installments shall immediately become due and collectible, together with interest at the rate 138 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. of eight per cent per annum from the date of issue of said tax bills, less the sum of any interest that may have already been paid on said installments. Suits may be brought to enforce the payment of such tax bills, or any installment or install- ments thereof, in the manner provided by the charter of such city for the bringing of suits on other tax bills: Provided, however, that the owner or owners of any tract or parcel of real estate charged with the payment of such tax bill, or the owner or owners of any interest in such tract or parcel of real estate, shall, within sixty days from date of issue, file with the common council a written statement of each and all objec- tions which he or they may have to the validity of such tax bill, the doing of the work, the furnishing of the materials charged for, the sufficiency of the work or materials therein used, and to any mistake or error in the amount thereof ; and in any suit on any tax bill issued pursuant to this section, no objection or objections to it shall be pleaded or proved other than those which have been filed with the common council within the period aforesaid. The ordinance authorizing and ordering any work to be done according to the provisions of this section, and every amendment thereto, shall not be finally voted upon and passed by the common council until such ordi- nance, and the petition in case of paving, shall have been first published at least five days in the newspaper at the time doing the city printing, and before the passage of such ordinance, the common council shall hear and determine all objections. if any there be, to such ordinance or petition. If the com- mon council shall find and declare by ordinance that the ordi- nance or petition authorizing such work to be done have been published for the time and in the manner herein required, such finding and recitations shall be conclusive upon all parties con- cerned, and no tax bill shall be held invalid on account of the insufficiency of such petition and notice. The lien of all tax bills issued under this section shall continue for a period o? one year after the last installment specified therein shall have become due and payable, and no longer, unless within such SPRINKLING AND CLEANING STREETS. year suit shall have been instituted to collect such tax bill, in which case the lien of such tax bill shall continue until sale of the property under execution on the judgment rendered estab- lishing the same, and no default in the payment of any previ- ous installment shall operate to diminish the period during which such lien shall continue. Such tax bills and liens thereof shall be assignable, and suits may be brought thereon in the same manner as on other tax bills issued by such city. [Laws 1891, p. 48. SEC. 4. Sprinkling of streets, alleys, avenues and highways. The common council of such city may, by ordinance, cause any street, alley, avenue or public highway or any part thereof to be cleaned or sprinkled, or both cleaned and sprinkled, and three-fourths of the cost thereof paid out of the money collected on special taxes or assessments against the land fronting on such street, alley, avenue or public high- way, or the part thereof on which such work may be done, according to the frontage of such land on the street, avenue, alley or public highway, and the remaining one-fourth or balance of the cost thereof to be paid out of the city treasury. The board of public works shall prepare each year, and pre- sent the same to the mayor and common council, an estimate of the streets, alleys, avenues or public highways to be cleaned or sprinkled during the coming fiscal year, showing the amount of work to be done and the estimated cost thereof. The com- mon council may, by ordinance, provide that the work or any part thereof shall be done and three-fourths of the cost be paid for in special assessment. [Laws 1891, p. 48. SEC. 5. Manner of issuing tax bills. All tax bills issued under the authority of this act shall be issued in the same manner and under the same regulations for ascertaining the amount which shall be assessed against each lot or parcel of real estate, to be assessed as may be provided in the charter of any such city for issuing tax bills for work of the same character as those specified in this act. [Laws 1891, p. 48. 140 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XY. PLAN OF STREETS -ADDITIONS AND PLATS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Power of council over streets and ' 5. Duty of recorder, copies to be evi- additions. dence. 2. Plats to be submitted to council. 6. Penalty for selling lots, fee vested 3. Streets in additions, plan of. in ci *y> when. 4. Plat to be approved, acknowledged ? Penalty for recording imperfect and recorded. plat. SECTION 1. Power of council over streets, etc., in additions. The common council of such city shall have power to establish a general plan for the location and grading of streets, alleys and public highways within the city ; and in all subdivisions of the property hereafter to be made by the respective owners, they shall be required to conform their streets, alleys and public highways to said general plan ; and it shall be the express duty of the mayor to see that all ordi- nances to enforce his power are strictly executed. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1403. SEC. 2. Plats to be submitted to council. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make or file any plat of land as an addition to such city, or to subdivide or alter any blocks, lots or other subdivisions of land of which plats have never been filed, or to sell any lots, blocks or other sub- divisions of land according to such plat, unless such plat shall have been submitted to the common council for their approval, and a certificate of such approval has been indorsed thereon by the city clerk, by order of the common council, to be recorded therewith. Any person or persons who shall file, or cause to be filed or recorded, any such p'at, or shall sell or offer for sale any lots or other subdivisions of land hereafter made, before such plat shall have been so approved and the certificate thereof recorded, shall be liable to the penalties prescribed in the chapter relating to plats. [7?. /S. 1889., Sec. 14,01. PLATS OF CITIES, ETC. SEC. 3. Plats of cities, etc.* to be made out, when shall show what. Whenever any city, town or village, or any addition to any city, town or village, shall be laid out, the proprietor of such city, town or village, or addition, shall cause to [be] made out an accurate map or plat thereof, particularly setting forth and describing : First, all parcels of ground within such town, village or addition reserved for public purposes by their boundaries, course and extent, whether they be intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons or other public uses; and, second, all lots for sale, by numbers, and their precise length and width. And the streets of all such additions to cities, towns or villages, or of plats of ground, except plats for cemetery purposes, shall conform to the streets of such city, town or village, so that the streets and avenues of such additions or plats shall, as near as may be, run parallel with or be continuations on a straight line of the streets of said city, town or village, and all taxes against the property proposed to be platted shall be paid. \E. S. 1889, Sec. 7309. SEC. 4. Plat to be acknowledged and recorded* Such map or plat shall be acknowledged by the proprietor before some court or officer authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of conveyances of real estate, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the land platted is situated : Provided, however, that no such plat of an addition to a city, town or village, or plat of ground, shall be so recorded until the same has been submitted to and approved by the common council of such city, town or village, by ordinance duly passed and approved by the mayor, and such approval thereof indorsed upon said plat, under the hand of the clerk and seal of said city, town or village, nor until all taxes against the same have been paid. [. S. 1889, Sec. 7310. SEC. 5. Duty of recorder when plat delivered, certified copies to be in evidence. It shall also be the duty of the recorder to record all plats delivered to him for 142 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. record, in a book to be called a plat book, and, when necessary to preserve uniformity, he shall reduce the scale of the original plat, and on each copy so made he shall indorse the following certificate under his hand: " This plat is truly copied from the original. (Signed) , recorder." Copies of the record of plats from said plat book, properly certified under the hand and official seal of the recorder, shall be evidence in all courts of justice, [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7311. SEC. 6. Penalty for selling lots fee vested in ity, when. If any person shall sell or offer for sale any lot within any city, town or village, or any addition thereto, before the plat thereof be made out, acknowledged and recorded, as aforesaid, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding, three hundred dollars for every lot which he shall sell or offer to sell. Such maps or plats of such cities, towns, villages and additions made, acknowledged, certified and recorded, shall be a sufficient conveyance to vest the fee of such parcels of land as are therein named, described or intended for public uses in such city, town or village, when incorporated, in trust and for the uses therein named, expressed or intended, and for no other use or purpose. If such city, town or village shall not be incorporated, then the fee of such lands conveyed as aforesaid shall be vested in the proper county in like trust, and for the uses and purposes aforesaid, and none other. [fi. S. 1889, Sec. 7313. SEC. 7. Penalty for recording imperfect plat. If any person, his agent or attorney, shall cause a map or plat of any such city, town, village or addition thereto to be recorded, which does not set forth and describe all parcels of ground which have been or shall be promised or set apart for public uses, such persons shall forfeit double the value of the ground so promised or pretended to have been set apart for public uses, and not set forth on the plat. The forfeitures arising under this chapter may be recovered by civil action, with costs, in the name of the county to the use of the school SEWERS. 143 fund of the incorporated city, town or village in which the land lies, or the county, as the case may be. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 73U. ARTICLE XYI. SEWERS. SECTIOX. SECTION. 1. Sewer system public sewers. 3. Private sewers. 2. District sewers. 4. Condemnation of property. SECTION 1. Of sewers. The common council shall have power to cause a general sewer system to be established, which shall be divided into three classes, to wit: Public, dis- trict and private sewers. Public sewers shall be established along the principal courses of dr'ainage, at such times, to such extent, of such dimensions and under such regulations as may be provided by ordinance, and these may be extensions or branches of sewers already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. The common council shall levy a tax on all property made taxable for state purposes over the whole city to pay for the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of such work, which tax shall be called ''special public sewer tax," and shall be such amount as may be required for the sewer provided by ordinance to be built ; and the fund arising from said tax shall be appropriated solely to the building and repairing of said sewers. No sewer shall be run diagonally through private property when it is practicable, without injury to such sewer, to construct it parallel with one of the exterior lines of such property ; nor shall any public sewer be constructed through private property when it is practicable to construct it along or through a street or other public highway. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 11$8. SEC. 2. District sewers. District sewers shall be established within the limits of the districts to be prescribed by ordinance, connecting with a public sewer or other district sewer, or with the natural course of drainage, as each cat-e may be. Such district may be subdivided, enlarged or changed by 144 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ordinance, at any time previous to the construction of the sewer therein. The common council shall cause sewers to be constructed in each district whenever a majority of the prop- erty holders, residents therein, shall petition therefor, or when- ever the common council may deem such sewer necessary for sanitary or other purposes, and said sewer shall be of such dimensions as may be prescribed by ordinance, and may be changed, enlarged or extended, and shall have all the neces- sary laterals, inlets and other appurtenances which may be required. As soon as the district sewer shall have been com- pleted, the city engineer, or other officer having charge of the work, shall compute the whole cost thereof, and shall assess it as a special tax against the lots of ground exclusive of the improvements, in proportion to the area of the whole district, exclusive of public highways, and such officer shall make out a certified bill of such assessment against each lot of ground within the district, in the name of the owner thereof ; said certified bill shall be delivered to the contractor for the work, who shall proceed to collect the same by the ordinary process of law, in the name of the city, to his own use, and, in case of absent owners, he may sue by attachment or by any other process known to the law; and every such certified bill shall be a lien against the lot of ground described therein, and shall bear interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum from thirty days after the date of its issue, unless sooner offered to be paid, and if not paid or offered to be paid within six months after the date of issue, then it shall bear interest at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum until paid ; and every such certified bill shall, on action brought to recover the amount thereof, be prima facie evidence of the validity of the charges against the property therein described, and of the liability of the person therein named as the owner of such property. The city shall incur no liability for building district sewers, except when the city is the owner of a lot of ground within the district, and in that case the city shall be liable for the cost of said sewer, in the same manner as other property owners within the district. SEWERS. The repairs, cleaning and other incidental expenses of district sewers shall be paid out of a general appropriation for that purpose. The lien of such special tax bills shall continue for two years after the issue of the same, but no longer, unless suit be brought to collect the same within two years from the issue thereof, in which case the lien shall continue until the determination of the legal proceedings to collect the same, including any sale of the property charged. [R. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 3. Private sewers. Private sewers connected with public and district sewers may be constructed under such restrictions and regulations as the common council may pre- scribe by general ordinance, but the city shall be at no expense in the construction, repairing or cleaning the same. .[. S. 1889, Sec. U30. SEC. 4. Private property may be condemned. The common council shall have power to condemn private prop- erty for use, occupation or possession in the construction and repair of public sewers, in the same manner as other property is condemned for other public uses. [J?. S. 1889, Sec. 10 146 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XVII. FIRE DEPARTMENT. SECTION 1. Fire limits. 2. Power of council. 3. Fire engines to be procured, etc. 4. Cities may set aside a fund for pensioning firemen, cities of sec- ond class to ratify provisions of bill. 5. Board of trustees of the firemen's fund created, of whom composed. 6. Functions of board, assessment of members of fire department. 7. Rewards, fees, gifts, etc., paid to firemen's fund, other contribu- tions to fund. 8. Trustees may invest pension fund. 9. Disposition of interest, duties of municipal legislative body. 10. Conditions of grant of pensions, amount of pensions. 11. Payments to widows and minor children. SECTION 12. Payments when fund is insufficient. 13. Retirement of firemen, half pay allowed. 14. To whom the act shall apply. 15. Treasurer shall be custodian of fund and shall execute bond. 16. Warrants, upon whom drawn. 17. Warrants, how drawn. 18. Board of trustees to report annually the condition of fund. 19. Pension fund exempt from debt, execution, etc. 20. Relief association may unite with the board of trustees of the fire- men's pension fund. 21. Appropriation for funeral expenses, etc. 22. Who entitled to benefits. 23. What cities may be included in pro- visions of this act. SECTION 1. Council to regulate character of buildings. The common council shall have power, by ordi- nance, to prohibit the erection or repairing of wooden build- ings within such limits as may be prescribed by ordinance, and to direct that all buildings within the limits prescribed shall be made or constructed of fire proof material, and to declare all dilapidated buildings to be nuisances, and to direct the same to be repaired, removed or abated in such manner as they shall prescribe and direct, and to declare all wooden buildings within the fire limits which they may deem danger- ous to contiguous buildings, in causing or promoting fires, to be nuisances, and to require or cause to be removed in such manner and under such penalties to the owners or proprietors thereof as they may direct. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1432. SEC. 2. Power of council to provide against fires. The common council shall have power : FIRE DEPARTMENT. I. To prohibit the construction of chimneys, flues, fire- places, stovepipes, ovens or other apparatus used in or about any building or manufactory, and cause the same to be removed or put in a safe condition when considered dangerous. II. To prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places ; and may appoint one or more officers to enter into all build- ings and inclosures to examine whether the same are in dan- gerous condition, and to cause such as may be dangerous to be put in a safe condition. III. To regulate and prevent the carrying on of manu- factories dangerous in promoting or causing fires. IV. To regulate, prevent and prohibit the use of fire- works and firearms. Y. To direct and prohibit the management of houses for the storing of gunpowder and other combustibles and danger- ous materials within the city ; to regulate the keeping and con- veying the same, and the use of candles and other lights in stables and other like houses. VI. To regulate and prescribe the manner and order of building parapets and partition walls and partition fences. VII. To compel the owners or occupiers of houses or other buildings to have scuttles on the roof, and stairs or 41 ladder leading to the same. VIII. And generally to establish such regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires as the common council may deem expedient. [7?. /S. 1889, Sec. H33. SEC. 3. May procure engines, etc. The common council may procure steam fire engines and other apparatus used for the extinguishment of fires, and have the charge and control of the same, and provide fit and secure houses and other places of keeping and preserving the same, and shall have power : I. To organize fire, hose, axe and ladder companies. 148 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. II. To appoint and pay, during their pleasure, a com- petent number of able and reputable inhabitants of the city as firemen, to [have] the care and management of the engines and the apparatus and implements used and provided for the extinguishment of fires. III. To prescribe the duties of firemen and to make rules and regulations for their government, and to impose reasonable penalties upon them for a violation of the same, and for incapacity, neglect of duty or misconduct to remove them. IV. The common council shall have the power to appoint a chief and assistant engineer of the fire department, and they, with the other firemen, shall take the care and management of the engine and other apparatus provided and used for the extinguishment of fires; and their powers and duties shall be prescribed and defined by the common council, the particulars of all which shall be prescribed by ordinance, [fi. S. 1889 y Sec. 1434. SEC. 4. Cities, towns and villages may set aside a fund for pensioning firemen, treasurer of copora- tion ex-officio treasurer of fund cities of second class to ratify provisions of bill. The municipal authori- l^es, by act or ordinance, in all cities, villages or incorporated towns in this state having an organized fire department, may set apart not exceeding one per centum of all revenue received for municipal purposes by such cities, villages or incorporated towns from licenses issued by such cities, villages or incor- porated towns, as a fund for the pensioning of crippled and disabled members of the fire department, and of the widows and orphans of deceased members of the fire department of such cities, villages or incorporated towns, and the treasurer of such cities, villages or incorporated towns shall be ex-officio treasurer of such fund : Provided, that in any city of the second class the provisions of this bill shall not be in effect until it shall be ratified by a majority of the voters of such city FIRE DEPARTMENT. 149 at an election, which shall be held at the request of one hundred petitioners. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 5. Board of trustees of the firemen's fund created of whom board shall be composed. In cities, the treasurer, the counselor, the clerk or register, and the comptroller where such office exists, the chief officer of the fire department, a delegate-at-large from the fire depart- ment, to be elected by the members thereof on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, and one delegate from the retired or pensioned list, to be elected by such retired or pensioned members on the first Monday in December of each year, whose term of office shall be for one year, shall constitute and be a board by the name of the " board of trustees of the firemen's fund." The board shall select from their members a president anti secretary : Provided, that in villages and incorporated towns, the u board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund " shall consist of the chairman of the village or town trustees, the clerk, counselor or attorney, treasurer and chief officer of the fire department. [Laws 1893, p. 112 ; amended laws 1895, p. 56. SEC. 6. Functions of board assessment of members of fire department. The said board shall have exclusive control and management of the fund mentioned in the first section of this act, and of all money donated, paid or assessed for the relief or pensioning of disabled members of the fire department, their widows and minor children, and shall assess each member of the fire department not to exceed one per centum of the salary of such member, to be deducted and withheld from the monthly pay of each member so assessed, the same to be placed by the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, who shall be ex-officio treasurer of such board, to the credit of such fund, subject to the order of such board. The said board shall make all needful rules and regu- lations for its government in the discharge of its duties, and shall hear and decide all applications for relief or pensions 150 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. under this act, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review and reversal except by the board, and a record shall be kept of all the meetings and proceedings of the board. [Laws 1893, p. 112, SEC. 7. Rewards, fees, gifts, etc., paid to fire- men's fund other contributions to fund. All rewards in money, fees, gifts and endowments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary services by said fire department or any member thereof, except when per- mitted by order of the board to be retained by said member, may be paid into said pension fund. The said board of trus- tees may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest any money, real estate, personal property, right of property or other valu- able thing, and the same shall be treated as a part of and for the uses of said fund: Provided, however, the principal of said fund shall never in the aggregate exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. All fines and penalties imposed upon members of the department, for dereliction of duty or violation of any order or regulation, shall form a part of said fund. [Laws 1893, p. SEC. 8. Trustees may invest pension fund. The said board of trustees shall have power to draw such pen- sion fund from the treasury of such city, village or incorpor- ated town, and may invest such fund, or any part thereof, in the name of the Aboard of trustees of the firemen's pension fund," 1 ' in interest bearing bonds of the United States, of the state of Missouri, of any county, township or municipal cor- poration of the state, or loan the same on real estate in the city where such pension fund is established, not exceeding in amount in any case two-thirds of the assessed tax paying val- uation of such real estate ; and all such securities shall be deposited with the treasurer of said city, village or incorpor- ated town, as ex-officio treasurer of said board, and shall be subject to the order of said board. [Laws 1893, p. 112. Amended Laws 1895, p. 56. FIRE DEPARTMENT. 151 SEC. 9. Disposition of interest duties of muni- cipal legislative body. The interest received from the investment of said funds shall be applicable to the payment of pensions under this act, and it shall be in the power of the legislative body of any city, village or incorporated town to- diminish and adjust the annual rate of one per centum from licenses, so that the income from interest, dues from members and licenses shall meet the requirements of the pension list as provided by this act. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 10. Conditions of grant of pensions amount of pension. If any member of the fire department of any such city, village or incorporated town shall, while in the performance of his duty, become and be found, upon an examination by a medical officer ordered by said board of trustees, to be physically or mentally permanently disabled by reason of service in such department, so as to render neces- sary his retirement from service in said fire department, said board of trustees shall retire such disabled member from ser- vice in such fire department: Provided, no such retirement on account of disability shall occur unless said member has con- tracted said disability while in the service of such fire depart- ment ; and upon such retirement the said board of trustees shall order the payment to such disabled member of such fire department monthly, from said pension fund, a sum equal to- one-half the monthly compensation allowed to such member as salary at the date of his retirement; and in case the party Buffering such disability is a member of a volunteer depart- ment receiving no pay, then the amount to be paid him shall be fixed by said board of trustees. [Laws 1893, p. SEC. 11. Payments to widows and minor chil- dren. If any member of such fire department shall, while in the performance of his duty, be killed or die as the result of an injury received in the line of his duty, or of any disease contracted by reason of his occupation, or shall die from any cause whatever while in said service, and shall leave a widow 152 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. or child or children under the age of sixteen years surviving, said board of trustees shall direct the payment from said pen- sion fund monthly to such widow, while unmarried, of thirty dollars, and for each child until it reaches the age of sixteen years, six dollars ; and in case the party suffering such disa- bility is a member of a volunteer department, the amount to be paid monthly to his widow and children aforesaid shall be fixed by said board of trustees. [Laws 1393, p. 112. SEC. 12. Payments when fund is insufficient. If at any time there shall not be sufficient money in such pen- sion fund to pay each person entitled to the benefit thereof the full amount per month as hereinbefore provided, then an equal percentage of such monthly payments shall be made to each beneficiary until the said fund shall be replenished to warrant the payment in full of each of said beneficiaries. [Laws 1893, p. SEC. 13. Retirement of firemen half pay allow- ed. Any member of the fire department of any such city, village or incorporated town arriving at the age of fifty years, and having served twenty-two years or more in such fire department, of which the last two years shall be continuous, may make application to be relieved from such fire depart- ment ; and if his application is granted, or if he should be discharged from such department, the said board of trustees shall order and direct that said person shall be paid a monthly pension equal to one-half the salary said person is in receipt of as a member of the fire department, and if he is a member of a volunteer fire department and not underpay, such amount monthly as may be fixed by the board of trustees. After the decease of such member, his widow and children under sixteen years of age, if any, surviving him shall be entitled to the pension provided for in this act. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 14. To whom the act shall apply. This act shall apply to all persons who are now or shall hereafter FIRE DEPARTMENT. 153 become members of any organized fire department in any city, village or incorporated town in this state, and to all cities, villages and incorporated towns now existing in this state or which may hereafter be created herein. {Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 15. Treasurer shall be custodian of fund and shall execute bond. The treasurer of the board of trustees shall be the custodian of said pension fund, and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of the board, and shall keep his books and accounts concerning said fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the board, and the said books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof. The treasurer shall, within ten days after his election or appointment, execute a bond to the city, village or incorpor- ated town, with good and sufficient sureties, in such penal sum as the board shall direct, to be approved by the board, condi- tioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and that he will safely keep and well and truly account for all moneys and property which may come to his hands as such treasurer, and that on the expiration of his term of office he will surrender and deliver over to his successor all unexpended moneys and all property which may have come to his hands as treasurer of such fund ; and said bond shall be filed in the office where the records of said city, village or incorporated town are kept, and may be sued on in the name of said city, village or incorporated town, to the use of said board or any person or persons injured by a breach thereof. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 16. Warrants, upon whom drawn. It shall be the duty of the officer or officers of such city, village or incorporated town as are designated by law 7 to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, upon request, in writing, by said board of trustees, to draw warrants on the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, payable to the treasurer of said board of trustees, for all 154 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. funds belonging to said pension fund, as aforesaid. [Laws- 1893, p. 112. SEC. 17. Warrants, how drawn. All moneys ordered to be paid from said pension fund to any person or persons shall be paid by the treasurer of the board of trustees only upon warrants signed by the president of said board and countersigned by the secretary thereof, and no warrant shall be drawn except by order of the board, duly entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 18. Board of trustees to report annually the condition of fund. The board of trustees shall make report to the legislative body of said city, village or incorporated town of the condition of said pension fund, on the first day of January in each and every year. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 19. Pension fund exempt from debt, exe- cution, etc. No portion of said pension fund shall, before or after its order of distribution by the board of trustees to the persons entitled thereto, be held, seized, taken, subjected to or detained or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever issued out of or by any court of this state for. the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damages, claim, demand or judgment against the beneficiary of said fund ; but the said fund shall be held and distributed for the purpose of this act, and for no other purpose whatever. [Laws 1893 , p. 112. SEC. 20. Relief associations may unite with the board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund. Any fire department pension fund and relief association existing in this state under the act of March 31, 1885, authorizing the formation of such associations, is hereby empowered, by a majority vote of its members, to amalgamate with the < board of trustees of the firemen's pension fund " formed under this act in the same city, village or town, and thereupon all the PARKS. 155 assets and property of said relief association and all its rights and privileges shall be vested in said board of trustees, and all obligations, debts and liabilities of said association shall be assumed and shall become obligations, debts and liabilities of said board of trustees, and thenceforward the business of said amalgamated organizations shall be conducted under the terms of this act by said board of trustees. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 21. Appropriation for funeral expenses, etc. Whenever an active or retired fireman shall die, as aforesaid, the board of trustees may appropriate from the fund a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars to the widow or family for funeral expenses, and may expend a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for the expenses of the attendance of the firemen at said funeral. [Laws 1893 , p. 112. SEC. 22. Who entitled to benefits. No person shall be entitled to or receive any benefit from the fund except a regular member in good standing in the fire department, his widow and orphans. [Laws 1893, p. 112. SEC. 23. What cities may be included in pro- visions of this act. This act shall not apply to any city, village or incorporated town having .less than 20,000 inhabit- ants, until the provisions of said act shall be adopted by two- thirds of the qualified voters of such city, town or village, voting at a general or special election at which said proposition shall be submitted. [Laws 1893, p. 112. ARTICLE XVIII. PARKS. SECTION SECTION 1. Parks, how established. 2. Lands, how condemned. SECTION 1. Parks, how established. Whenever any city desires to establish a park or pleasure grounds, the common council or mayor and board of aldermen of such city is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase or condemn lands in 156 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. such city or within one mile thereof for that purpose, and shall by ordinance describe the metes and bounds of such lands to be purchased or condemned : Provided, that lands owned by such city may by ordinance be converted, set aside or appro- priated for parks or pleasure grounds. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1725; amended laws 1895, p. 51. SEC. 2. Lands, how condemned. The common council or mayor and board of aldermen, in proceeding by ordinance, to purchase or condemn lands for the purpose in the preceding section stated, shall proceed in the manner pro- vided in this chapter for the several classes of cities organized under this chapter respectively, or in the manner provided in the charter of such city for the condemnation of lands for the establishment of streets, avenues, alleys or market places, or public squares ; and on such condemnation and the payment of the appraisement as therein provided, the title of such land shall vest in such city for the uses and purposes for which it was taken. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1726; amended laws 1895, p. 51. AKTICLE XIX. PUBLIC LIBRARY. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Library fund tax levy for elec- 7. Board shall make annual report to tion, etc. council. 2. Directors, how appointed. 8. Council may provide penalties. 3. Term of office removal. 9. Donations, how made. 4. Vacancies how filled compensa- 10. Library building fund may be cre- tion. ated, election for. 5. Organization powers of directors 11. Plans, etc., for building contract, funds. how let. 6. Who may use library rules. 12. Power to sell or exchange building lot. SECTION 1. Library fund in cities, when tax for may be levied election, etc. When one hundred tax paying voters of any incorporated city shall petition the proper authorities, asking that an annual tax be levied for the estab- lishment and maintenance of a free public library in such incorporated city, and shall specify in their petition a rate of PUBLIC LIBRARY. 157 taxation, not to exceed one mill on the dollar annually, and in cities of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, not to exceed one-fifth of one mill annually, on all the taxable property in the city, such officers shall, in the next legal notice of the reg- ular annual election in such incorporated city, give notice that at such election every voter may vote "for a mill tax for a free public library," or "against a mill tax for a free public library," specifying in such notice the rate of taxation mentioned in said petition ; and if the majority of all the votes cast in such incorporated city shall be "for the tax for a free public library," the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and collected in like manner with other general taxes of said incorporated city, and shall be known as the 4 'library fund: " Provided, that such tax shall cease in case the legal voters of any such incorporated city shall so determine, by a majority vote, at any annual election held therein. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1779. SEC. 2. Directors. When any incorporated city shall have decided to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this article, the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the legislative branch of the municipal government, proceed to appoint a board of nine directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office ; and no member of the municipal government shall be a member of said board. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1780. SEC. 3. Term of office removal. Said directors shall hold office one-third for one year, and one-third for two years and one-third for three years from the first of June fol- lowing their appointment, and at their first regular meeting shall cast lots for the respective terms ; and annually there- after, the mayor shall, before the first of June of each year, appoint, as before, three directors, who shall hold office for three years and until their successors are appointed. The mayor may, by and with the consent of the legislative branch 158 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. of the municipal government, remove any director for miscon- duct or neglect of duty. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1781. SEC. 4. Vacancies compensation. Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removals, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the city council, and be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no director shall receive compensation as such. [R. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 5. Organization powers of directors - funds. Said directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize by the election of one of their number president, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They shall make and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance, and for the government of the library and reading room, as may be exped- ient, not inconsistent with this article. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the library fund, and of the construction of any library building, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose : Provided that all moneys received for such library shall be deposited in the treasury of said city or village to the credit of the library fund, and shall be kept separate and apart from other moneys of such city or village, and drawn upon by the proper officers of said city or village, upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the library board. Said board shall have power to purchase or lease grounds, to occupy, lease or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of the said library ; shall have power to appoint a suitable librarian and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall also have power to remove such appointees ; and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of this article, in estab- lishing and maintaining a public library and reading room. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1783. SEC. 6. Who may use library. Every library and reading room established under this article shall be forever PUBLIC LIBRARY. 159 free to the use of the inhabitants of the city where located, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt in order to render the use of said library and reading room of the greatest benefit to the greatest number ; and said board may exclude from the use of said library and reading room any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules ; and said board may extend the privileges and use of such library and reading room to persons residing outside of such city in this state, upon such terms and condi- tions as said board may, from time to time, by its regulations, prescribe. [7?. 8. 1889, Sec. 1784. SEC. 7. Annual report, what to contain. The said board of directors shall make, on or before the second Monday in June, an annual report to the city council, stating the condition of their trust on the first day of May of that year, the various sums of money received from the library fund and from other sources, and how such moneys have been expended and for what purposes ; the number of books and periodicals on hand, the number added by purchase, gift or otherwise du ing the year ; the number and general character and kind of such books, with such other statistics, information and sug- gestions as they may deem of general interest. All such portions of said report as relate to the receipt and expenditure of money, as well as the number of books on hand, books lost or missing, and books purchased, shall be verified by affidavit. [7?. 8. 1889, Sec. 1785. SEC. 8. Council may provide penalties. The city council of said city or village shall have power to pass ordin- ances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons committing injury upon such library or the grounds or other property thereof, and for injury to or failure to return any book belonging to such library. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1786. SEC. 9. Donations. Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate for the 160 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. benefit of such library, shall have the right to vest the title to the money or real estate so donated in the board of directors created under this article, to be held and controlled by such board, when accepted according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property ; and as to such property the said board shall be held and considered to be special trustees. \_E. S. 1889, Sec. 1787. SEC. 10. How library building fund may be created election, how and when ordered. When- ever in any incorporated city which has decided or shall here- after decide to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under the provisions of the act entitled "An act relating to libraries in cities, villages, towns and townships, " approved April 10, 1885, [sections 1 to 9 inclusive of this article] one hundred taxpaying voters of any such incorporated city shall petition the proper authorities, asking that an annual tax be levied as an increased rate of taxation for the erection of a free public library building in such incorporated city, and shall specify in their petition a rate of taxation not to exceed one and one-half mills on the dollar annually, and not to be levied for more than five years on all taxable property in such incorporated city, and the board of directors of the free public library of such incorporated city shall deem it necessary that such library building should be erected, and so express its opinion by resolution, then the proper authorities of such incorporated city shall, in the next legal notice of a regular elec- tion in such incorporated city, give notice that at such election every voter may vote for an annual increased rate of taxation for years of mills tax per annum for the erection of a free public library building, specifying in such notice the rate of taxation mentioned in such petition and the period for which it is to be levied, and if two-thirds of the qualified voters of such incorporated city voting at such election shall vote u for the increased tax for the erection of a free public library building" the tax specified in such notice shall be levied and PUBLIC LIBRARY. 161 collected in like manner with other general taxes of said incor- porated city, and shall be known as u the library building fund," arid shall be subject to the exclusive control of said board, and shall bo drawn upon by the proper officers of such city upon the properly authenticated vouchers of said board, and be used for the erection of the library building. The fund hereby provided for the erection of a free public building in any such incorporated city shall be in addition to the annual tax levied for the establishment and maintenance of such free public library. [Laws 1897 , p. 50. SEC. 11. Plans and specifications to be prepared and contract let. When it shall have been determined at such election to provide for the election of a free public library building, as hereinbefore provided, the board of directors of such public library shall proceed to have plans and specifications of a public library building prepared, and shall then take bids thereon for the construction of said building and shall let the contract therefor to the lowest and best responsible bidder, and shall require of such bidder securities for the performance of his bid. The board may, however, let parts of the material or labor for the erection of the building to different bidders, as to it may seem best. [Laws 1897, p. 50. SEC. 12. Board empowered to sell or exchange building lot. Wherever the board of directors of any pub- lic library shall have acquired, or shall hereafter acquire, a lot or tract of land, and said board may determine that it is not judicious to erect the library building upon such lot, said board is empowered to sell or exchange such lot and to use the pro- ceeds of such sale or exchange for the purposes of a. site for a library building, or for the erection of a library building on any other land purchased or leased Vy or donated to said board and which it may deem suitable to said building : Provided, This act shall not apply to cities under ten thousand inhabitants. [Laws 1897, p. 50. 162 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XX. CHAKITY BOARD. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Charity boards created in counties 4. Duty of treasurer. containing cities of 50,000 and 5. Records of proceedings to be kept less than 100,000 inhabitants and report to be made to mayor, powers and duties of board. 6. Duty of board as to applicants for 2. Board how constituted terms of relief. office of members. ? Police commissioners and health 3. Organization of board salaries officers to aid charity board. and fees of officials. SECTION 1. Charity boards created in counties containing: cities of 5O,OOO and less than 1OO,OOO inhabitants powers and duties of board. In all 'Counties in this state that now or may hereafter contain cities of more than fifty thousand and less than one hundred thous- and inhabitants, there is hereby created and established a fooard, which shall be styled " The charity board of the city of ." All the powers and duties connected with and incident to the relief and care of the outdoor poor of such cities shall be vested in and exercised by said board, who shall have power to receive and disburse donations for the relief of the poor, and shall have exclusive control of and dispense all public funds set aside and - appropriated by such cities and counties for outdoor or temporary relief or aid to indigent, helpless or poor persons within the limits of such cities. Said board shall have power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts, to assume the care of or take by gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise any money, real estate, personal property, right of property or other valuable thing, and may use, enjoy, control, sell or convey the same for char- itable purposes, to have and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. Said board may make by-laws for its own guidance, rules and regulations for the government of its agents, servants and employes, and for the distribution of the funds under its control. [Laws 1897, p. 1$. CHARITY BOARD. 163 SEC. 2. Board how constituted terms of office of members. Said board shall be non-partisan and non- sectarian in character, and the members and officers thereof shall receive no compensation as such. Said board shall con- sist of the mayor of such cities and the president of the county court of such counties, who shall be ex-officio members thereof, and six other members, three of whom shall be appointed by the county court of such counties, who shall hold office, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years, whose terms of office shall be designated by such county court, three by the mayor and common council of such cities, who shall hold office, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years, whose terms of office shall be designated by the mayor. Whenever the term of office of any member so appointed expires, the appointment of his successor shall be for three years. All such appointments shall date from the first of June following their appointment. Vacancies from any cause shall be filled in like manner as original appoint- ments. The mayor may, for misconduct or neglect of duty, remove any member appointed by him in the manner required for removal of officers of such cities. The county court may, by a majority vote, for misconduct or neglect of duty, remove any member appointed by them. [Laws 1897, p. ^3. SEC. 3. Organization of board salaries and fees of officials. Said members shall immediately after their appointment, and annually thereafter, meet and organize by electing out of their number a president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. All subordinate officers, agents and employes appointed by said board shall hold their positions at the pleasure of the board, and each shall give such bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties as may be required by the board. The total combined expenditures for salaries and fees of the subordinate agents and employes of the board shall in no event exceed the sum of seventy-five dollars in any one month, which shall be paid out of the funds of said board. [Laws 1897, p. 43. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 4. Duty of treasurer. All moneys received or appropriated for the use of said board shall be deposited with the treasurer of said board to its credit and subject to its order, and may be drawn upon by the proper officers of said board ; the treasurer shall give good and sufficient bond to said board for the safe keeping and proper expenditure of all funds placed in his hands by or for the use of said board. [Laws 1897, p. J$. SEC. 5. Records of proceeding's to be kept and report to be made to mayor. It shall be the duty of said board to keep a record of its proceedings and of its receipts, expenditures and operations, and shall annually render a full and complete itemized report stating the condition of their trust, together with such suggestions as they may deem of general interest to the mayor and common council of said cities, and the county courts of said counties : Provided, said board shall render reports concerning receipts, expenditures, opera- tions, etc., whenever called for by the common council of said cities or the county court of said counties. [Laws 1897, p. 4$- SEC. 6. Duty of board as to applicants for relief. It shall be the duty of said board, when any person by him- self, herself or another apply for relief, to make immediate inquiry into the state and circumstances of the applicant, and if it shall appear that he or she is in such indigent circum- stances as to require temporary relief, the said board shall furnish, out of the funds in their hands, such relief as the cir- cumstances of the case may require : Provided, that in all cases where the applicant for aid may be found deserving, and said applicant or a member of said applicant's family is an able bodied male person capable of performing manual labor, said board shall require such person to perform work to the value of the aid given, and the city engineer and the street commis- sioner of such cities in their respective departments are required to utilize the services of such able bodied persons upon receiving notice from said board that such person has received or is entitled to such aid. Where the applicant or a member of the POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 165 applicant's family is an able bodied female, said board shall, whenever practicable, require that labor to the value of the aid given be performed. [Laws 1897, p. 43. SEC. 7. Duty of police commissioners to aid charity board. It shall be the duty of the board of police commissioners of said cities and the health officers of said cities and counties, to render said charity board, its officers or agents, such aid as may be requested by them or either of them, when- ever such aid requested shall reasonably come within the duties of said police board, its agents or officers or of the health officers aforesaid. [Laws 1897, p. 43. AKTICLE XXL POLICE FORCE-COMMISSIONERS. SECTION 1. City officers not to interfere with police. 2. Charter creating office of chief of police repealed. 3. Board of police commissioners es- tablished. 4. Governor to appoint, term of office. 5. Duties of commissioners. 6. Appointment of permanent police force. 7. Police officers. 8. Salary of policemen. 9. Salary of police officers. 10. Vacancies, how filled. 11. Police not to receive extra money. 12. Office of board, police districts and station houses. SECTION 13. Police force to pass under control of board. 14. Statement, appropriations thereon, emergencies . 15. Penalty for resisting enforcement of act. 16. Persons arrested to be brought be- fore judge of police court. 17. Board to keep journal of their pro- ceedings. 18. Members of force officers of both city and state. 19. Regulations of private watchmen. 20. Special policemen to be appointed on recommendation of humane society. SECTION 1. City ordinances defined. The common council of cities of the second class is hereby empowered and authorized to pass all needful ordinances for preserving order, securing property and persons from violence, danger or destruction, protecting public and private property, and for promoting the general interest and insuring the good govern- ment of such city, but no ordinance heretofore passed, or that may hereafter be passed, by the common council of any such city, shall in any manner conflict or interfere with the powers 166 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. or the exercise of the powers of the board of police commis- sioners of such city as hereinafter created ; nor shall such city, or any officer or agent of the corporation of such city, or the mayor thereof, in any manner impede, obstruct, hinder or interfere with the said board of police commissioners, or any officer or agent or servant therefor or thereunder. \_R. 8. 1889,. Sec. 1446. SEC. 2. Charter creating office of chief of police repealed. So much of the charter, laws and ordinances of cities of the second class as authorize, create and establish the office of chief of police of such cities, and provide for the manner of filling of said office of chief of police, and so much of the charter and ordinances of such cities as authorize the com- mon council and the mayor, or either of them, to appoint, pay and regulate the police of such cities, be and the same are hereby repealed. [72. 8. 1889, Sec. 1447. SEC. 3. Board of police commissioners estab- lished. There shall be and is hereby established within and for cities of the second class a board of police, to be called the police commissioners of the city of , to consist of three commissioners, as hereinafter provided. Said board shall appoint one of their number president, who shall preside at all meetings of the board. The said commissioners shall be citizens of the state of Missouri, and shall have been residents of such city for the period of two years prior to their appoint- ment ; and they shall, except as hereinafter provided, hold their offices for three years, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, and shall each receive a salary not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly. Before entering on the duties of their said office, the said com- missioners shall take and subscribe before the judge of the circuit court of the county in which any such city may be, or the clerk thereof in vacation, the oath or affirmation prescribed by the constitution of the state of Missouri, and they shall each, also, take and subscribe before the same judge or clerk POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 16T the further oath or affirmation that in any and every appoint- ment or removal to be by them made to or from the police force created, and to be organized by them under section 1451, they will in no case, and under no pretext, appoint or remove any policeman or officer of police or other person under them, for or on account of the political opinions of such policeman^ officer or other person, or for any other cause or reason than- the fitness or unfitness of such person, in the best judgment of said commissioners, for the place to which he shall be appointed, or from which he shall be removed. The said oaths or affirma- tions shall be recorded and preserved among the records of said circuit court. One of their own number shall be appointed from time to time by said commissioners, treasurer of said board of police, and his appointment, when made, shall be certified to the clerk of the circuit court of such county, under the seal of said board. Said treasurer shall hold his office for such term as may be designated by the commissioners, who may remove him at pleasure, and he shall be entitled to two hundred dollars additional compensation per annum for acting in that capacity. Before he enters on the duties of his office as treasurer, he shall give bond to the state of Missouri, with one or more sureties, in the penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer of the board of police, and for the faithful application and payment, pursuant to the order and direction of said board, of all moneys that may come to his hands as treasurer. The bond of the treasurer shall be approved by the judge of the circuit court of such county, and shall be delivered to and safely kept by the comptroller of such city ; a majority of the board of police shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In case a vacancy shall occur in said board, the same shall be filled by the governor of the state of Missouri forthwith, after having been notified that such vacancy exists. Any one of said commissioners, who, during the term of his office, shall accept any other place of public trust or emolu- ment, or who, during the same period, shall knowingly receive 16$ ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. any nomination for an elective office by the people without publicly declining the same within twenty days succeeding such nomination, shall be deemed to have thereby vacated his office. For official misconduct, any of said commissioners may be removed by the governor of the state of Missouri, upon his being fully satisfied that the commissioner or commissioners charged is or are guilty of the. alleged official misconduct. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1443. SEC. 4. Governor to appoint term of office. The governor of the state of Missouri shall, without unneces- sary delay, appoint three commissioners, the senate concurring therein, as provided for in the preceding section ; and said commissioners shall hold their office, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years from the date of their ap- pointment and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. The governor shall issue commissions to the persons so appointed, designating the time for which they are severally appointed; and whenever the term of office of any commissioner expires, the appointment of his successor shall be for three years. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1449. SEC. 5. Duties of commissioners. The duties of the board of police hereby created shall be as follows: They shall at all times of the day and night, within the boundaries of any city of the second class, as well on water as on land, pre- serve the public peace, prevent crime and arrest offenders, protect the rights of person or property, and guard the public health, preserve order at every public election and at all the public meetings and places, and on all public occasions, prevent and remove nuisances on all streets, alleys, highways, waters and other places, provide a proper police force at every fire for the protection of firemen and property, protect immigrants and travelers at steamboat landings and railway stations; see that all laws relating to elections and to the observance of Sunday, and relating to pawnbrokers, intemperance, lotteries and lottery policies, vagrants, disorderly persons, are enforced; and sup- POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 169 press gambling and bawdy houses and every other manner and kind of disorder and offense against law and the public health. They shall also enforce all laws and ordinances passed or which may hereafter be passed by the common council of such city, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article or any other law of the state which may be properly enforcible by a police force. In case they shall have reason to believe that any person within said city intends to commit any breach of the peace or violation of law or order beyond the city limits, or any person charged with the commission of crime in such city, and against whom criminal process shall have been issued, such person may be arrested upon the same in any part of this state by the police force created or authorized by Section 1451: Provided, however, that before the person so arrested shall be removed from the county in which said arrest is made, he shall be taken before some judge or justice of the peace of that county, to whom the papers authorizing such arrest shall be submitted; and the person so arrested shall not be removed from said county, but shall forthwith be discharged, unless such judge or justice of the peace shall approve and indorse said papers. The said police commissioners, or either of them, shall have power to administer oaths of affirmations on the premises to any person appearing or called before them. They shall also have the power to summon and compel the attend- ance of witnesses before them whenever it may be necessary for the more effectual discharge of their duties. \_R. S. 1SS9, Sec. 1460. SEC. 6. Appointment of permanent police force. To enable said board to perform the duties imposed upon them, they are hereby authorized and required, as speedily as may be, to appoint, enroll and employ a perma- nent police force for the city for which they are appointed, which they shall equip and arm as they may judge necessary. The number of policemen to be so appointed and employed, exclusive of officers, shall, at the first organization, be not exceeding the number now employed by the corporate author- 170 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ities of any such city, but the common council of such city- shall have power to increase the police force at any time to any number recommended by the board of police commis- sioners; and said commissioners may reduce the present or any future number of police, as experience may warrant: Provided, however, that for extroardinary emergencies the board of police may raise such additional force as the exigen- cies may, in their judgment, demand. No person shall be appointed or employed as regular policeman or officer of police who shall have been convicted of, or against whom any indictment may be pending for any offense, the punishment for which may be confinement in the state penitentiary; nor shall any person be so appointed who is of notoriously bad character, or who is not a citizen of the United States, or who is not able to read and write the English language, or who does not possess ordinary physical courage. The policeman shall be employed to serve for three years and be subject to removal only for cause after a hearing by the board, who are hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction in the premises. Any policeman whose term of service shall expire, and who during his appointment shall have faithfully performed his duty, shall, if otherwise qualified, be preferred by the board in making their new appointments. \_fi. S. 13S9, Sec. SEC. 7. Police officers. The officers of the police shall be as follows: One chief of police, who, in addition to other duties, shall perform the same duties as have heretofore been performed by the chief of police, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, and who shall give bond, with security to be approved by the board, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; one captain, not exceeding two sergeants, and one turnkey. They shall be appointed by the board for such time as the board shall determine, and be subject to removal by the board for cause, as in the case of policemen. \It. S. 1889 y Sec. 1462. POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 171 SEC. 8. Salary of policemen. The pay of the ordinary policeman shall be not less than sixty-five nor more than seventy-five dollars per month, payable monthly; and in case the board shall appoint detective policemen, which they may do to the number of two, the said detectives shall receive a like sum, payable monthly. [jK. &. 1889, Sec. 14-53. SEC. 9. Salary of police officers. The officers of police shall be paid monthly, and their pay shall be as follows: the chief shall receive not less than two thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, each ser- geant not to exceed one hundred dollars per month, each turnkey not to exceed fourteen dollars per week, and each captain not to exceed one hundred dollars per month. \It. S. 1889, Sec. 1454. SEC. 10. Vacancies, how filled. Whenever any vacancy shall take place in any grade of officers except the chief, it shall be filled from the next lowest grade, if compe- tent men can be found therein. The said board of police i& hereby authorized to make and enforce all such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article as they may deem necessary for the appointment, employment, uniforming, disci- pline, trial and government of the police, and for the relief and compensation of members of the police force injured in person or property in the discharge of their duty, and the fam- ilies of the officers or men killed whilst in such discharge of duty : Provided, that such allowance shall not exceed in any one instance twelve months pay. The said board shall also have power to require of any officer or policeman a bond, with security, whenever they may consider it demanded by the pub- lic interest. All lawful rules and regulations made by the board shall be obeyed by the police force on pain of dismissal, or such lighter punishment, either by suspension, fine, reduct- ion or forfeiture of pay, or otherwise, as the board may adjudge. \R. S. 1889, Sec. 1455. 172 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 11. Officers and policemen not to receive extra money. No officer or policeman shall be allowed to receive any money or gratuity or compensation for any service he may render, without the consent of said board; and all such moneys as any policeman or police officer may be so per- mitted to receive shall be paid over to the board, and all such moneys over and above the amount or amounts which the board may allow any policeman or policemen, or officer or officers, out of any moneys received by him or them as com- pensation for services rendered by him or them, together with the proceeds of all fines and unreclaimed property which may come to the possession of the board or be received by them under the provisions of this section, or any other law or ordi- nance, shall be paid into the city treasury. [7?. &. 1889, Sec. 1456. SEC. 12. Office of board police districts and station houses. The common council of such city shall be and they are hereby authorized to provide said board with an office and office furniture, as they may need. Said board shall have and use a common seal. Said board shall have the power to appoint their secretary, who shall receive a salary of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than twelve hun- dred dollars per annum, and said board shall appoint such other subordinates as they may need, at such compensation as may be fixed by the board. Said board may divide the city into the needful number of police districts, and provide each of them, if necessary, a station house or houses, with all things and attendants required for the same, and all such other accommodations as may be required for the use of the police. The said board, for all the purposes of this article, shall have the use of all station houses, watch-boxes, firearms, equipments, accoutrements and other accommodations and things hereto- fore provided by such city for the use and service of the police, as fully and to the same extent as the same are now amd may be used by or for the present police force ; and the mayor and common council, and all persons and municipal officers in POLICE BOARD COMMISSIONERS. 178 charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required to allow such use accordingly. In case the said mayor and common council of said city, or their officers or agents, refuse or neglect to allow such use when the same shall be required by said board, the said board may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the city is, in the name of the state of Mis- souri, for a mandamus to compel a compliance with the pro- visions of this section, and the application therefor shall be heard and decided by said court. One week's notice of the application shall be given, and the respondent or respondents shall have the right to answer within one week, and if testi- mony be needed on either side, the same shall be taken within en days after the answer is filed or the said week shall have expired. From the decision of the circuit court in the premises either party may appeal within ten days; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to send up the record immediately, and the appeal shall be heard by the supreme court, if then in session, and if not in session, at the next term. In both courts the case shall be taken up and tried in preference to all others. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 14-57. SEC. 13. Police force to pass under control of board. So soon as the board created by section 1448 shall hold their first meeting, it shall be their duty to inform the chief of police and the other officers of the police force of such city, that they require their attendance upon them and obedi- ence to their orders. For failure to attend as required, and for each and every failure to obey the lawful orders of said board, the officers so notified shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action at law instituted by said board, in the name of the state. From and after the first meeting aforesaid, the whole of the then existing police force in such city, both officers and men, shall pass under the exclusive management and control of the said board, and be subject to no other control, and entitled to- receive neither orders nor pay, except arrearages then due,. 174 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. from any other authority ; and shall so continue, subject, however, to removal or suspension, at the discretion of said board, and with the power in said board to fill vacancies, until said board shall publicly declare that the organization of the police force created by section 1451 is complete. Upon such public declaration, and from the time thereof thenceforward, all ordinances of such city are hereby declared null and void, so far as they conflict with this article or assume to confer upon the mayor, chief of police, common council, or any other person or persons, the power to appoint, dismiss, or in any way or to any extent employ or control any police force organized or to be organized under such ordinances, or any of them ; and from and after such public declaration as afore- said, the police force organized, or which may be organized under such ordinances, or any of them, shall cease to exist, and its functions and powers be at an end. [J?. 8. 1389, Sec. 1458. SEC. 14. Statement appropriations thereon. It shall be the duty of said board, with all convenient speed, after qualifying as aforesaid, and annually thenceforward, to estimate what sum of money will be necessary for each current fiscal year, to enable them to discharge the duties hereby imposed upon them, and they shall forthwith certify the same to the common council of such city, who are hereby required in each monthly appropriation or ordinance of that fiscal year to set apart and appropriate the one-twelfth part of the amount so certified, which sum shall at once be paid by the city treas- urer to the treasurer of the board of police upon a warrant drawn by the president, and countersigned by the comptroller: Provided, that if the said board shall be required to create an extra police force, as provided in section 1451, and the expense of such extra force be contemplated in their said estimate, they shall immediately certify the expense of such additional force to the common council, who are hereby required, as soon as possible, to set apart and appropriate the additional amount so required, agreeably to this section. The said board of police, POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 175 upon and after having qualified as aforesaid, are hereby author- ized to make requisition from time to time upon the mayor, auditor, treasurer, comptroller or other proper disbursing officer or officers of the corporation of such city, for such sums as they may deem necessary for executing their duties under this article, and the sums so required shall be paid by said proper disbursing officer or officers out of any money in the city treasury not otherwise appropriated : Provided, also, that the amount so required or drawn shall not exceed in any one year the amount certified as aforesaid, to the common council for that year, including any additional amount which may have been ordered by said common council to be paid for or on account of any extra police force as hereinbefore pro- vided ; that the common council of such city shall have no power or authority to levy or collect any tax or appropriate and disburse any money for the payment of any police force other than that to be organized or employed under this article, and the power of the mayor and common council of such city to appropriate and disburse money for the payment of the police force to be organized or employed under this article shall be exercised as in this section directed, and not otherwise. [/?. S. 1889, Sec. 14J59. SEC. 15. Penalty for resisting enforcement of this law. Any officer or servant of the mayor or common council of such city, or other person whomsoever, who shall forcibly resist or obstruct the execution or enforcement of any of the provisions of this article providing a permanent police force for such city, or relating to the same, or who shall hinder or obstruct the organization of said board of police, or the police force herein provided to be organized, or who shall maintain, control, or attempt to maintain and control, the existing police force of said city, or any part thereof, or any other police force under the ordinances and acts herein and hereby repealed, except as herein provided, shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each and every such offense, recoverable by the board by action at law in the name of the 176 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. state of Missouri, and shall forever thereafter be disqualified from holding or exercising any office or employment whatever under the mayor or common council of such city under this article : Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the punishment under any exist- ing or any future law of the state of any criminal offense which may be committed by the said parties in or about the resistance, obstruction, hindrance, conspiracy, combination or disbursement aforesaid. \It. 8. 1889, Sec. 1460. SEC. 16. Persons arrested to be brought before recorder. The commissioners of police shall cause all persons arrested by the police to be brought before the recorder, [judge of the police court]. \_R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1461. SEC. 17. Board to keep journal of proceeding's. The board shall cause a full journal of their proceedings to be kept, and shall also cause all their receipts and disburse- ments of money to be faithfully entered in books to be pro- cared and kept for that purpose, and said journal and all of said books and all other documents in the possession of said board, shall always be open to the inspection of the general assembly of the state of Missouri, the common council of such city, or any committee appointed by them for said purpose. It shall be the duty of the board to report to the common council of such city, at least once a year, the number and expense of the police force employed by them under this article, and all such other matters as may be of public interest in connection with the duties assigned them hereby. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 18. Members of force officers of both city and state. The members of the police force of such city, organized and appointed by the police commissioners of said city under this article, are hereby declared to be officers of such city under the charter and ordinances of such city, and also to be officers of the state of Missouri, and shall be so POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONERS. 177 deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of this state or the ordinances of said city. [R. S. 1889, Sec. H63. SEC. 19. Regulation of private watchmen. The board of police commissioners shall have full power to regulate and license all private watchmen and private policemen serving or acting as such on any street, alley, wharf, or other public place in said city, and no person shall so serve or act as a private watchman or private policeman in said city without the written license of said board first had and obtained, on pain of punishment for a misdemeanor. [JS. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 20. Special policemen to be appointed on recommendation of humane societies. In cities wherein an incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals exists, known as the Humane Society, and the same city having the metropolitan police system, it shall be the duty of the board of police of said city to appoint one special officer, to be recommended by the humane society of said city, whose term of office and wages shall be the same as that of a regular policeman. The said special officer shall be subject to the authority of the board of police, but ununiformed in costume, but shall wear over his left breast the badge adopted by the humane society which he represents. [Laws 1895, p. 12 178 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XXII. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. SECTION 1. Providing for board of public works. 2. Duty of board. 3. Board to have charge of all public works and buildings. 4. Applications for improvements made to board. 5. Shall advertise for proposals. 6. Contracts, to whom and how awarded. 7. Supplies to be purchased by con- tract. 8. Work may be done without contract. 9. Board shall superintend all work. 10. Shall make statement of estimated cost of repairs and improvements. 11. All moneys paid on vouchers ordered by board. 12. Ex-officio members of board. 13. Board shall issue special tax bills. SECTION 14. No ordinance for grading, etc., to be passed unless recommended by board. 15. Ordinances recommended by board to specify, what. 16. Ordinances in certain cases. 17. Board to recommend repairs of streets, alleys, etc. 18. Cost of construction to be appor- tioned, how. 19. Special tax bills, how made out, collected and paid. 20. Limitation of powers of common council. 21. Board discontinued, how. 22. Laws not inconsistent to remain in force. 23. Board not to be created unless by a majority of votes. SECTION 1. Providing for board of public works. Any city organized under the laws governing cities of the second class is hereby authorized to provide, by ordinance, for the establishment of a board of public works; and when said board shall have once been established, it shall not be dis- pensed with except a majority of the voters voting at any general election of the city shall so decide. Whenever one hun- dred tax paying voters of said city shall petition the common council of said city to submit the matter of dispensing with said board to the voters at any general election, the council shall make the necessary order submitting the question as aforesaid, or it may do so on its own motion. When once established, said board shall be governed as herein provided. Said board shall be known as the board of public works of the city of , and shall be constituted as herein provided. The president of the board shall be elected by the voters as other officers are elected, and shall hold his office for a term of two years. A second member shall be elected by the voters BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 179 as other officers are elected, the first term to be for one year, and thereafter the term of said office shall be for two years. A third member shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent of the common council, and shall hold his office for a period of one year. None of said members shall hold any other municipal office while a member of the board. Any of said members may be removed for cause as other officers are removed. The common council shall fix the salaries of the members of the board, by ordinance, at the time that salaries of other officers are fixed, and also fix the bond required of the members of the board. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 2. Duty of Board. The board of public works shall meet at least once in each week, at its office, to consider and take under advisement such business as may come before it. Said board shall have power to appoint a chief clerk and such other assistants as may be necessary and provided for by the common council, and shall keep a record of all proceed- ings. Said board shall furnish, through its president, to the mayor or common council, such data of information as may be required, or which it may from time to time deem necessary to impart. A majority of said board shall form a quorum for the transaction of business, and in the absence of the president, the member who was appointed by the common council shall preside at meetings of the board, and perform all the duties of the president. The said board shall annually, on the third Monday in April of each year, make a report to the common council, setting forth in detail the condition of the public works of the city, under appropriate headings, the description of each, the names of the contractors, authority for, and, if to be paid for by the city, amount appropriated for each piece of work or contract, the amount paid thereon prior to the last an- nual report, the amount since, and an estimate of what is necessary to complete the same. How much, for what purpose and under what authority expenditures have been made with- out written contract approved by the common council, and all 180 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. other things of interest to the administration or the public. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 3. Board to have charge of all public works and buildings. Said board shall have special charge and superintendence, subject to the laws and ordi- nances of the city, of all streets, avenues, alleys and public highways in said city, and of all walks and crossings in the same ; and of all bridges, public places, grounds and parks ; and of halls, engine houses, and of other public buildings in the city belonging to the city, except school houses, and of the erection of all public buildings ; of lamps and lights in streets and public buildings, gas works, water works and electic light plants belonging to the city ; of sewers and drains ; of the fire alarm telegraph, and all other public works and improve- ments hereafter to be commenced by the city, as well as such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 4. Applications for improvements made to board. All applications or propositions for improvements of any kind specified in the next preceding section shall here after be first made to the board of public works, or if first made to the common council, shall be referred by said council to the board. Upon receiving application, or upon its own motion, the board may investigate the same, and if they find such work necessary and proper, shall report to the common council, with an estimate of the expense thereof. If the board does not approve such application, it shall report the reason for its disapproval, and the common council may then, in either case, reject said application, or order the doing of work or making of public improvements, after having first obtained plans and estimates thereof. The board may also in like manner recommend, whenever they think proper, any improve- ment of the nature above specified, though no application has been made therefor. It shall be the duty of the board to procure for the city full plans and estimates of contemplated BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 181 improvements, when so ordered by the common council. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 5. Shall advertise for proposals. Whenever any public improvement shall be ordered by the common council, whether to be paid for by the city directly or by the issue of special tax bills, the board shall advertise for propo- sals for doing the work, plans and specifications of same to be first placed on file in the office of said board, which plans and specifications are to be open to public inspection ; all adver- tisements shall state the work to be done, and shall be pub- lished ten days. All proposals herein provided for shall be sealed proposals, directed to said board, and accompanied by a certified check in the sum of two hundred dollars, payable to the treasurer, conditioned that he will do the work if awarded to him ; and in case of default on the part of the bidder, said deposit shall be declared forfeited to the use of the city. All proposals shall be opened at the time and place mentioned in the advertisement. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 6. Contracts to whom and how awarded. All contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder, and who sufficiently guarantees to do the work under the superintendence and to the satisfaction of the board : Provided, that the contract price does not exceed the estimate, or such other sum as shall be satisfactory to the board. Copies of all contracts entered into by the board of public works shall be filed with the comptroller. In the let- ting of contracts, the board shall reserve the right to decide all questions as to the proper performance of work and the meaning of contracts, and in case of improper construction may suspend work and relet the same, or order the entire reconstruction of said work, or may relet to another contrac- tor, as may be deemed best by the board and the common council. In case of the suspension of any public work, or in case where proposals be deemed excessive, or the bidder be not responsible, the board may, with the approval of the com- 182 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. mon council, where the urgency of the case and the interest of the city require it, employ workmen to perform or complete any improvement ordered by the common council: Provided, that the cost and expense shall in no case exceed the amount appropriated for the same. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 7. Supplies to be purchased by contract. All supplies of materials for any department, when costing more than one hundred dollars, shall be purchased by contract, subject to the same conditions as letting other work provided for in the foregoing section. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 8. Work may be done without contract. Whenever said board thinks it necessary for the interest of the city to protect the same from damage or loss, or is of the opinion that the work may be done better without contract, it shall report to the common council the reasons therefor, asking the power to give contracts without notice required in this act, and the council may, by a three-fourths vote of the members elect, grant the request. All contracts entered into under this act shall be in the name of the city. All contracts existing at the time of the passage of this act shall be carried out by the board herein provided for. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 9. Board shall superintend all work. The board of public works shall have charge and superintendence of all work in the city, and paid for by individuals, by the issue of special tax bills by the city, county or state. All plans for work in the city limits, and paid for by the state or county, shall be approved by the board before being under- taken. [Laws '1891, p. 52. SEC. 10. Shall make statement of estimated cost of repairs and improvements. The board shall, on the third Monday in April of each year, submit to the common council, through the comptroller, a statement show- ing the estimated cost of repairs and improvements necessary BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 183 to be undertaken during the current year, and of the sum required therefor. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 11. All moneys paid on vouchers ordered by board. All moneys to be paid for or on account of any work done through the board of public works shall be done on vouchers, certified by the president of the board, by order of the board, to the city auditor. After being filed with the city auditor, all vouchers shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as vouchers from other departments. The books and accounts in the office of the board of public works &hall be at all times open to the inspection of the mayor, city comptroller, auditor or any member of the common council. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 12. Ex-officio members of board. The city engineer and superintendent of streets, and superintendent of water, gas and electric works, when such works are owned by the city, appointed by the mayor and common council, shall be ex-otficio members of said board, but shall not vote. The said engineer and superintendents of streets, water, gas and electric works shall be under the direction and subject to the orders of the board of public works, except as otherwise specifically provided by ordinance not inconsistent herewith. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 13. Board shall issue special tax bills. The board of public works shall provide for the issue of all special tax bills against property owners chargeable with special taxes for work performed, which said tax bills shall be authenticated and certified to by the president thereof. Where surveys and estimates are now required to be made by the city engineer, they shall be made and turned over to the board of public works. The city assessor shall also make his return of the assessed valuation of property to pay for grading to said board. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 14. No ordinance for grading, etc., to be passed unless recommended by board. No ordinance 184 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. for the grading, paving or repaying of any street, avenue, alley or highway of the city shall be passed unless recommended by the board of public works, as hereinafter provided. The board may of its own motion, and upon the petition of any reputable freeholder of property on any street, alley or highway shall, designate a day on which they will consider the improvement of such street, alley or highway, and shall give two weeks' pub- lic notice in the papers doing the city printing, of the time, place and object of their meeting. On such day, if the owners of a major part of the property on the line of the proposed improvement shall remonstrate against the same, the board shall consider such remonstrance, and if such board shall, by a unanimous vote of all of its members authorized to vote, approve such proposed improvement, they shall cause an ordi- nance for the same to be prepared, and report the same, with the reasons for their actions and the remonstrance, to the com- mon council. If such majority of the property owners fail to remonstrate, or shall petition such board for such improve- ment, the board may, by a majority vote of its members, approve the same, and shall cause an ordinance to be prepared and reported to the common council therefor. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SKC. 15. Ordinances f ecommended by board to specify, what. All ordinances recommended by said board shall specify the character of the work, its extent, the material to be used, the manner and general regulations under which it shall be executed, and, if the work is to be paid for by tfie city, the fund out of which it shall be paid. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 16. Ordinances in certain cases. Upon the recommendation of any ordinance by the board of public works, the common council shall have the power, when such ordinance shall be accompanied by a remonstrance as herein before provided, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elect of the common council, and in all other cases by a vote of a majority of the members elect of the common council, to pass BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. 185 such ordinance and order the making of such improvement. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 17. Board to recommend repairs of streets, alleys, etc. The board of public works shall recommend to the common council ordinances for the repairing of all streets, alleys, avenues and public highways, and for the construction of crosswalks, and no ordinance therefor shall be passed with- out such recommendation. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 18. Cost of construction to be apportioned how. The cost of construction of all the foregoing improve- ments within the city shall be apportioned as follows : The repairs of all streets and highways and cleaning the same, and of all alleys and crosswalks, shall be paid out of the general revenue of the city, and the grading, paving and repaving, curbing, guttering and sidewalks, and the materials for the roadways, the repairs of all sidewalks, shall be charged upon the adjoining property, as required by the laws governing cities of the second class, and collected and paid as therein provided : Provided, that all tax bills issued as herein pro- vided shall show on their face the total amount of work done, the cost thereof, and such other information as may be required by ordinance. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 19. Special tax bills how made out, col- lected and paid. All special tax bills for work contem- plated by this and the laws governing cities of the second class shall be made out by the president of the board, and by him registered in his office in full, and certified and delivered to the comptroller, and his receipt taken therefor, and by him registered and countersigned and delivered to the party in whose favor it is issued for collection, and his receipt taken in full of all claims against the city on account of said work. Said tax bills shall be collected and paid as required by the laws governing cities of the second class. Whenever any special tax bill issued heretofore, or hereafter to be issued, shall 186 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. be paid, it shall be indorsed "satisfied" on the record in the comptroller's office ; and any bill that is not entered "satisfied" within two years after its date, unless proceedings in law shall have been commenced to collect the same within that time, and shall be still pending, the lien shall be destroyed and of no effect against the land charged therewith. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 20. Limitation of powers of common coun- cil. The common council shall have no power directly to con- tract for any public work of improvement, or repairs thereof, contemplated by this bill, nor to fix the price or rate therefor ; but the board of public works shall, in all cases, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, prepare and submit to the common council estimates of costs of any proposed work, and, under direction of the ordinance, shall advertise for bids, and let out said work by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, subject to the approval of the common council. Any other mode of letting out work shall be held as illegal and void. [Laws 1891, p. 62. SEC. 21. Board discontinued how. At any time that a majority of the voters voting at any general election shall vote for a discontinuance of the board of public works herein authorized, said board shall be dispensed with and the laws at the time governing cities of the second class shall take effect and be in force, and said board shall cease to exist ; but all contracts made by said board as herein provided shall con- tinue in force as though said board still existed. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 22. Laws not inconsistent to remain in force. All laws governing cities of the second class not expressly inconsistent with the provision herein shall be and remain in full force and effect. [Laws 1891, p. 52. SEC. 23. Board not to be created unless by a majority of votes. No board of public works shall be organized in any city to which the provisions of this act are applicable, until the proposition for the establishment thereof PUBLIC WORK BONDS OF CONTRACTORS. 187 shall be submitted to the voters of such city at a general elec- tion, and approved by a majority of the votes cast at such election. At the time of the submission thereof, the elective members of the board of public works provided for by this act shall be voted for, but in the event the proposition to establish a board of public works fails to receive the approval of a majority of the votes cast at such election, the election of such members shall go for naught. [Laws 1891, p. 52. ARTICLE XXIII. PUBLIC WORK BONDS OF CONTRACTORS FOR. SECTION SECTION 1. Contractors for public works re- 2. Who may sue on such bond, copy of quired to execute bonds. bond sufficient evidence of its execution. SECTION 1. Contractors for public works re- quired to execute bonds. All counties, cities, towns and school districts making contracts for public work of any kind to be done for such county, city, town or school district, shall require every contractor to execute a bond with good and suffi- cient securities, and such bond among other conditions shall be conditioned for the payment for all material used in such work, and all labor performed on such work, whether by sub- contract or otherwise. [Laws 1895, p. 240. SEC. 2. Who may sue on such bond copy of bond sufficient evidence of its execution. Every person furnishing material or performing labor for any con- tractor with any county, city, town or school district, where bond shall be executed as provided in section one, shall have the right to sue on such bond, in the name of such county, city, town or school district, for his use and benefit ; and in such suit it shall be sufficient to file a copy of such bond, cer- tified by the clerk or secretary of such county, city, town or school district, which copy shall, unless execution thereof be denied under oath, be sufficient evidence of execution and 188 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. delivery of the original : Provided, however, that this act shall not be taken to in any way make such county, city, town or school district liable to such sub-contractor, material- man or laborer to any greater extent than it is liable under the law as it now stands. [Laws 1895, p. 240. ARTICLE XXIY. FRANCHISES SALE OF. SECTION SECTION 1. Franchises to be sold at public 3. Purchaser to give approved bond. auction. 4. Authorities may reject bids. 2. Notice of sale to be published. SECTION 1. Franchises to be sold at public auc- tion. The public authorities of every county, city, village or other municipal or public corporation, to whom application may be made by any private company, copartnership, corpora- tion, individual or individuals, for consent to the construction, extension, maintenance, occupation or use of any electric lighting plant, or plant for the generating, transmission, sale or use of electricity; gas lighting plant; street railway, or rail- road for the transportation of either freight, passengers or mails; telephone or telegraph plant, or plant for supplying water, above, across, along, beneath or through any highway, road< avenue, alley, park, square, street or other public lands, must provide, as a condition precedent to the granting of such consent, that the franchise, privilege and right of such occupa- tion and use of any such public places for any such private purposes shall be sold at public auction to the responsible bidder who will give the largest percentage yearly of the gross receipts derived from such occupation and use, with adequate security, as hereinafter provided, for the payment thereof and for the prompt construction arid completion of the proposed plant : Provided, that such payment shall in no case be less than two per cent of the gross earnings during the first five years of such occupation and use, and thereafter, for each FRANCHISES SALE OF. 189 period of five years, such percentage shall be increased to correspond with the increase in value of the land thus occu- pied and used. [La^vs 1895, p. 53. SEC. 2. Notice of sale to be published. Prior to any such sale, notice of the time, place, manner, conditions and terms thereof, with a description of the lands to be thus occupied and used, the duration of such occupation and use, and of the time within which such plant must be constructed, completed and put in operation, shall be published at least once a week for at least four weeks, in two newspapers to be designated by the public authorities whose consent is thus applied for and sought. [Laws 1895, p. 53. SEC. 3. Purchaser to give approved bond. The security required by this act shall be a bond in such amount, condition, form and sureties as the public authorities, whose consent is thus applied for and sought, shall require and approve : Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to take away or impair the right of such public authorities to impose any other reasonable conditions and terms, as a condi- tion to such occupation and use, in addition to the payment of such percentage ; but such conditions and terms shall be reasonably set forth in such notice, and such bond shall be conditioned, as well as for a compliance with such conditions and terms, as for the payment of such percentage ; and pro- vided further, that the relation existing between any such public corporation and all private companies, copartnerships, corporations, individual or individuals, who occupy or use any of its lands, as aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to be, and shall be, that of landlord and tenant ; and such corporation shall have, under this act, a paramount lien on all the franchises and property of the party occupying and using such public lands, and shall have all other rights and remedies now by law given to landlords, either to recover delinquent rent or to recover possession of the rented lands. [Laws 1895, p. 53. 190 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 4. Authorities may reject bids. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the public authorities of such county, city, village or other municipal or public corpora- tion from rejecting any and all bids. [Laws 1895, p. 53. ARTICLE XXV. WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH PLANTS. SECTION SECTION 1. A system of waterworks may be 5. Telephone and telegraph corn- established, panics, privileges in constructing 2. Existing grant not to be interfered line. with. 6. Telephone and telegraph lines, mode . 3. May own and operate water, gas of construction may be directed, and electric light works. by whom. 4. Electric light companies, cities may authorize to set poles, etc. SECTION 1. Waterworks. The common council shall have the exclusive right to erect, maintain and operate water- works within the limits of the city, and to regulate the same ; to prescribe the rates at which water shall be charged to the inhabitants of such city when taken from said works, and acquire, by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable grounds, within or without the city, upon which to erect waterworks, and the right of way to and from said works, and also the right of way for laying water pipe within the limits of said city, all of which shall be done in such manner as prescribed by ordinance : Provided, that the mayor and council may, in their discretion, grant the right to any person or persons to erect waterworks and lay down pipes for the use of said city and its inhabitants upon such terms as the com- mon council may by ordinance prescribe : Provided, that such right shall not extend for a longer period than twenty years, and shall not be granted nor shall be renewed unless by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of said city, to be ascertained at an election held for such purpose. [J?. /& 1889, Sec. 1435. SEC. 2. Existing grant not to be interfered with. * * * In case the right to erect and operate WATER, GAS AND OTHER PLANTS. 191 waterworks has been or may be granted to any person or per- sons or corporation, no modifications of the terms and condi- tions of the original grant or contract therefor, nor any new contract, shall be made by which the obligations or liabilities of the grantee or grantees of such right shall be lessened or released, or the obligation or liabilities of the city be increased, unless the modification or new contract be approved by the qualified electors of the city, in the same mode and manner as was or may be necessary to the validity of the original grant. [J?. S. 1889, Sec. 1271. SEC. 3. May own and operate water, gas and electric light works. The city council of any city, town or village in this state shall have the power to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, or to acquire waterworks by pur- chase, and to operate and maintain the same, and to supply the inhabitants thereof with water ; to erect, maintain and operate gas and power plants, electric light plants, or any other kind of plant or device for lighting purposes, or to acquire and own the same by purchase, and to maintain and operate such plants, and to supply the inhabitants of such cities, towns and villages with light and power therefrom. [JS. 8. 1889, Sec. 1946a. Amended Laws 1891, p. 67, 1897, p. 56. SEC. 4. Electric light companies, cities may authorize to set poles, etc. Any city, town or village in this state m<)y, by ordinance, authorize any company organized for the purpose of supplying light or power by electricity, and incorporated under the laws of this state, to set its poles, piers, abutments, wires and other fixtures along, across or under any of the public roads, streets, alleys or public places within such city, town or village, subject to such rules, regu- lations and conditions as shall be expressed in said ordinance. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1764. SEC. 5. Telephone and telegraph companies, privileges in constructing line. Companies organized 192 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. under the provisions of this article, for the purpose of con- structing and maintaining telephone or magnetic telegraph lines, are authorized to set their poles, piers, abutments, wires and other fixtures along, across or under any ot the public roads, streets and waters of this state, in such manner as n@t to incommode the public in the use of such roads, streets and waters : Provided, any telegraph or telephone company desir- ing to place their wires and other fixtures under ground, in any city, they shall first obtain consent from said city through the municipal authorities thereof. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 6. Telephone and telegraph lines, mode of construction may be directed, by whom. The mayor and aldermen or board of common council of any city, and the trustees of any incorporated town, through which the lines of any telephone or telegraph company are to pass, may, by ordinance or otherwise, specify where the posts, piers or abutments shall be located, the kind of posts that shall be used, the height at which the wires shall be run ; and such company shall be governed by the regulations thus prescribed ; and after the erection of said telephone or telegraph lines, the said mayor and aldermen, or board of common council, and the trustees of any incorporated town, shall have power to direct any alteration in the location or erection of said posts, piers or abutments, and also in the height at which the wires shall run, having first given such company or its agents opportunity to be heard in regard to such alteration. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 2730. STKEET RAILWAYS. 193 ARTICLE XXVI. STREET RAILWAYS. SECTION SECTION 1. Street railways, how constructed. 7. Statement by officer of street rail- 2. May change motive power. way company of length of line to 3. Limitation of powers, etc. state auditor. 4. Right of way.how and when granted 8. Subject to assessment and taxation 5. Measure of damages. as other railroad property. 6. Act applies to all street railways. 9. Inconsistent acts repealed. SECTION 1. Ordinances for railways in streets. The city may, by ordinance, direct and control the laying and construction of street railways or horse railroads in the streets, avenues, highways and alleys of the city, and require such railways or railroads, and all parts thereof, to be so constructed, laid and kept in repairs, to interfere as little as possible with ordinary travel and use of the streets, avenues, highways and alleys, and require the space between the rails, and eighteen inches on the outside thereof, to be macadmized or paved as the roadway beyond such limits may be paved, and be kept in repairs by the persons or corporations operating the same or owning same this section to apply to railroads or railways constructed, or those hereafter to be constructed ; but this section shall not be construed to authorize the city council to amend or in any manner interfere with the franchises heretofore granted to any street or horse railroad company in said city, nor shall said city council grant the right of way over or along any street in said city to any street or horse railroad company for the construction of horse railroads, without the consent of the property owners owning a majority in front feet of the property fronting on such street where such road is proposed to be constructed, nor shall any street railway hereafter be constructed or laid down without such consent. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1270. SEC. 2. Street railroads may change motive power. Every street railroad company in any city of this 194 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. state, which, by its charter or articles of association, is or may be only authorized to use horse power for its operation, is hereby empowered to also use such other motive power for that purpose as it has been or may be permitted by the ordi- nances of such city to use. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 2807. SEC. 3. Limitation of municipal authority. The legislative authority of no incorporated town or city of this state shall have the power to grant to any person or corpora- tion the right to construct and operate on, over or under any street or alley of any incorporated town or city, any elevated, underground or other street railroad without compliance with the conditions hereinafter named. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 182 J^. SEC. 4. Street railroads, damages, proceedings to ascertain. Before granting any franchise for constructing and operating any elevated, underground or other street rail- road on, over or under any street or alley of any incorporated town or city, the authorities of such town or city shall, by ordinance duly enacted, establish the route and clearly define the terms and conditions of such franchise, and locate all depots, stations, turnouts and switches of such railroad. The party to which said franchise may be granted shall be an incorporated company, organized under the laws of this state, to construct, maintain and operate a street railroad in the town or city by which such franchise is granted. Before taking or damaging any property in the construction of a railroad under such franchise, the said corporation shall cause to be ascertained and determined the damages that will be done by the building and operation of such railroad, to the real and personal property situated on the route fixed by the ordinance defining said franchise, and shall pay to the owner or owners of the real and personal property so affect- ed, or into court for them, the amount of their respective damages. In case the said corporation fails to agree with the owners thereof for the proper compensation for the damages done or likely to be done or sustained by reason of the con- STREET RAILWAYS. 195 struction and operation of said railroad, or if, by reason of the legal incapacity of any such owner, no compensation can be agreed upon, the circuit court having jurisdiction over the town or city granting such franchise, or any judge thereof in vacation, on application of said corporation, shall appoint three disinter- ested freeholders of such town or city, who shall give personal notice to all owners or their agents of property affected, if they can be found, as well as ten days' notice by advertisement in the newspapers doing the printing of such town or city, of their time and place of meeting; and the said commissioners, having been first duly sworn to perform their duties justly and impartially and a true report to make, shall fully examine into the construction and operation of said railroad and its effects upon the real and personal property damaged thereby, making just allowances for the advantages which may have resulted or which may result to the owner or owners of property for which damages may be claimed or allowed, and after such comparison, shall estimate and determine how much damages, if any, such property may have sustained or seems likely to sustain by reason thereof, and make report of the same at the existing or following term of court, and if no exceptions be filed within ten days thereafter, or in the event exceptions are filed and overruled, the court shall confirm the report and enter judgment thereon, including five dollars per day to each com- missioner ; from which judgment either or any party shall be entitled to an appeal or writ of error, as in other cases. If the proceeding seek to affect the property of persons under guardian- ship, the guardians must be made parties, and if the property of married women, their husbands must be made parties. The petition shall set forth the general nature of the franchise granted, the nature of railroad to be constructed and operated, causing or likely to cause damage to private property for public use, together with all facts necessary to give the court jurisdiction in the premises, the names of owners of the several parcels of land and personal property to be affected thereby, if known, or, if unknown, a correct description of the property 196 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. or interests whose owners are unknown. The petition may be presented to the circuit court when in session, or to any judge thereof in vacation. Upon filing the petition, a summons shall be issued giving the defendants at least ten days' notice of the time when said petition will be heard, which summons shall be served in the same manner as writs of summons are or may be by law required to be served. If the name or residence of any defendant be unknown, or if any defendant does not reside within this state, notice of the time of hearing the petition, reciting the substance of the petition and the day fixed for the hearing thereof, shall be given by publication for four consecu- tive weeks prior to the hearing of the petition, in the paper doing the town or city printing, and the court or judge thereof, being satisfied that due notice of the pending of the petition has been given, shall make the appointment of said commis- sioners. The report of the commissioners to the circuit court shall be in writing and under oath, and filed with the clerk thereof, and the damages allowed to each owner of property affected shall be separately stated. The report of the com- missioners may be reviewed by the circuit court on written exceptions filed by any party in the clerk's office within ten days after filing of such report, and the court shall make such order therein as right and justice may require, and may order a new appraisement on good cause shown, but the hearing of such exceptions shall be summary, and the court shall fix a day therefor without delay. The costs of the proceedings up to and including the fijing of the commissioners' report shall be paid by the said corporation, but all costs caused by any sub- sequent litigation shall be paid by the losing party. All damages found by said commissioners shall, within thirty days after filing of their report, be paid to the owners of the prop- erty damaged, or into court for them, by the said corporation, and if the same is not so paid as aforesaid, said railroad shall not be constructed. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 1825. SEC. 5. Damages defined.- Damages in this article are hereby defined to be the depreciation in the value of the prop- STREET RAILWAYS. 197 erty that may result from the construction and operation of the proposed railroad. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1826. SEC. 6. Article to apply to pending application. This article shall apply to all applications for franchises from towns or cities to construct and operate any elevated, under- ground or street railroad made under or in pursuance of any existing law, whether such application is hereafter made, or may have heretofore been made, but not at the passage of this article, finally acted upon by the municipal authorities. [jR. 8. 1889, Sec. 1827. SEC. 7. Chief officer of street railroad company required to make statement to the auditor of length of line of railroad used. On or before the first day of January in each year, the president or other chief offi- cer of every street railroad company in every city of this state whose line is now or shall hereafter become so far completed and in operation as to run horse cars, electric cars, cable cars or cars propelled by any other device for the transportation of passengers, shall furnish to the state auditor a statement, duly subscribed and sworn to by said president or other chief offi- cer, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, setting out in detail the full length of the line, so far as completed, including branch or leased lines, the entire length in this state, the length of double or side tracks, the length of such line located upon real estate to which such company may have title as right of way, the length of such line located upon the pub- lic streets or thoroughfares of any city, together with all cars, motors, grip cars, live-stock, electric trolley wires, cables, cable conduits, power houses, stables and all other property, real, personal or mixed, owned, used or leased on the first day of June, which may be used in or incident to the operation of such street railroad, the length of such line in each county, municipal township and city through or in which it is located, and the cash value of the several items embraced in the state- ment. [Laws 1897, p. 198 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 8. Property so returned subject to assess- ment and taxation as other railroad property. The said property returned to the state auditor, as by the first sec- tion of this act required, shall be subject to taxation for state, county, municipal and other purposes to the same extent as the real and personal property of private persons, and the same shall be assessed, apportioned, certified and the taxes thereon levied and collected at the time and in the manner which is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the assessment and taxation of other railroad property. [Laws 1897, p. 215. SEC. 9. Inconsistent acts repealed. It being the purposes of this act to make the property of street railroads in cities assessable and taxable in the same manner which is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the assessment and taxation of other railroad property, all acts and parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. [Laws 1897, p. 215. ARTICLE XXVII. BURIAL GROUND. SECTION SECTION 1. City may hold and protect burial 2. Cemetery lots conveyed by deed, by grounds. whom signed. SECTION 1. City council may protect cemeteries outside city limits. Any town, city or village in the state of Missouri may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or outside such city, town or village for the burial of the dead, and may lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the same. And the council of said cities, towns and villages may make rules and pass ordinances imposing penalties and fines not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting and governing cemeteries outside of said cities, towns and villages, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereto, and punishing trespassers thereon, to the extent as though such cemeteries were inside the corporate limits of such cities, towns and BOKIAL GROUND DAMAGE BY RIOT. 199 villages; and the officers of said cities, towns and villages shall have as full jurisdiction and power in the enforcing of said rules and ordinances as though they related to such city, town or village itself. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 942. SEC. 2. Cemetery lots, conveyed by deed, etc. The cemetery lots owned by such city, town or village shall be conveyed by deed signed by the mayor of said city, town or village, duly attested by the city clerk, and shall vest in the purchaser, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot for the sole purpose of interment under the regu- lations of the council. [R. S. 1889, Sec. ARTICLE XXVIII. RIOT DAMAGE BY. SECTION SECTION 1. Rioter liable for damages. 3. City not liable, when. 2. City liable for acts of rioters. 4. City may recover from rioter. SECTION 1. Liability for connection with riotous assemblage. Any person or persons forming part of an unlawful or riotous assemblage, shall be liable for. any damage to person or property caused by the acts of such assemblage, or of any person or persons unlawfully connected therewith. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1766. SEC. 2. Certain cities liable for damage by riots. Any city of the first class or of the second class in which such acts shall be committed, shall be liable to the person or persons whose property shall be destroyed or injured thereby, for the value of the property so destroyed, or the damage thereto, and the same may be recovered by suit at law, without joining any person or persons with said city or town as defendants in said suit. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1767. SEC. 3. Construction of this article. This article shall not be so construed as to make any city or town liable for the destruction of, or for any damage to, any property 200 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. occupied or used with the consent or knowledge, or by the culpable negligence of the owner, in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by the laws of the state or of the United States, or in violation of the ordinances of such city or town, nor for the destruction of, or any damage to, any property belonging to a person engaged in or unlawfully connected with any such assemblage. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 1768. SEC. 4. Damages paid by city, recoverable from those engaged in riot. Any city or town paying the value of property so destroyed or such damages thereto, may, by suit at law, recover the same, with ten per cent added, and interest and costs, of any person or persons engaged unlaw- fully in such assemblage, or having aided or abetted the same. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1769. ARTICLE XXIX. DAM AGES -ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. SECTION SECTION 1. Suits for damages against cities of 2. Notice to be given in suits for per- second class who shall be parties sonal injuries, thereto judgments, of whom collected. SECTION 1. Suits for damages against cities of second class who shall be parties thereto judg- ments, of whom collected. Whenever any city of the second class shall be made liable to an action for damages by reason of the wrongful act, negligence, carelessness or unskill- fulness of any person or corporation, and such person or cor- poration shall also be liable to an action on account thereof by the party so injured, the injured party, if he sues such city for damages, shall also join such other person or persons or cor- porations so liable if residing in this state, and no judgment shall be rendered against such city unless judgment be rendered against such other person or corporation so liable to be sued as aforesaid ; and if any action be brought against the city alone, and it is made to appear that any person or corpor- DAMAGES PERSONAL INJURIES. 201 ation ought to be joined as a defendant in the suit, according to the provisions of this act, then the plaintiff shall be non- suited ; but no person shall be liable under this act to be sued jointly with the city, who would not be liable to be sued sep- arately irrespective of its provisions. When a judgment shall be obtained against the city and the other party liable as aforesaid, execution shall issue against all the defendants in the ordinary form, but shall be first enforced and collected of the other defendants, and shall not be collected of the city unless the other defendants are so insolvent that the same can not be made out of them, and in that case such city shall pay only so much of the judgment as cannot be made out of the other defendants, and upon payment of the whole or any part of the judgment, the city shall thereupon become the owner of such judgment to the extent of such payment, and may en- force the payment thereof by execution against the other defendant or defendants. [Laws 1895, p. 57. SEC. 2. Notice to be given in suits for personal injuries. No action shall be maintained against any city of the second class on account of any injuries growing out of any defect in the condition of any bridge, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare in said city, unless notice shall first have been given in writing, verified by affidavit, to the mayor of said city, within sixty days of the occurrence for which such dam- age is claimed, stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and the character and circumstances of the injury, and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from such city. [Laws 1895, p. 57. 202 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XXX. REGISTRATION. SECTION SECTION 1. Registration in cities of 25,000 and 13. less than 100,000 inhabitants. 2. Who may be registered. 14. 3. County clerk to provide registration 15. book ; oath ; form of book. 4. Appointment of registrar ; his pow- 16. ers; election of registrar; his qualifications ; vacancies. 17. 5. Qualifications of voters; challen- 18. ges; rejected ballots. 19. 6. County clerks to deliver registra- tion books to registering officers. 20. 7. Days of, places for, and notice of 21. registration. 22. 8. Deputy registrars. 9. Board of revision; change of resi- dence. 23. 10. Hours of registration. 11. County clerk to deliver original 24. registration book and copy. 12. Duties of clerks of election ; return 25. of books. Pay of registration officers; ex- penses. Elections, how conducted. Additional lists to be furnished by county clerk. Circuit courts to have supervisory control of registration. Special registration, day of. Additional registration, etc. Voting precincts ; duty of common council. Registrar not to be candidate. Restrictions on registration. Corrupt registration ; refusal to register qualified voters, penalty on registrar. Challenge by registrar, proceed- ings. Destroying, or taking by violence, registration book, penalty. Justice of county court failing of duty, penalty. SECTION 1. Registration in cities of twenty-five thousand and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants. There shall be a registration of all the qualified voters in cities having a population of twenty-five thousand inhabitants and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, Tvhether organized under general law or special charter, which registration shall be had under the provisions of this article. [^. S. 1889, Sec. 1790. SEC. 2. Who may be registered. Every male citizen of the United States, and every person of foreign birth who may have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States according to law not less than one year nor more than five years before he offers to vote, who is over the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in this state one year next preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and during the last sixty days of that time shall have resided in the city, and during the last ten days of that time in the ward at which he offers to vote, who has not been convicted of bribery, REGISTRATION. 203 perjury or other infamous crime, nor directly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of the election, nor serving at the time in the regular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at such election for all offices, state or municipal, made elective by the people, or at any other election held in pursuance of the laws of this state ; but he shall not vote elsewhere than in the election precinct where his name is registered and whereof he is registered as a resident. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 1791. SEC. 3. County clerk to provide registration book oath form of book. The clerk of the county court for general or special election, in cities of twenty-five thousand and less than thirty thousand inhabitants in this state, shall provide a suitable registration book for each elec- tion district in their several cities, which shall have written or printed therein the following oath: "We, the undersigned, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that we will support the consti- tution of the United States and of the state of Missouri ; and we do further swear (or affirm) that we have not registered in any other election district, that we and each of us have given our true names and place of residence as hereto subscribed." The registration books and the registration lists of poll books, as hereinafter provided to be delivered to the judges of election, shall be in the following form : NAME. RESIDENCE. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 1792. 204 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. SEC. 4. Appointment of registrar his powers election of registrar his qualifications vacan- cies. On or before the thirty-first day of March, 1890, the county courts of all counties in this state containing cities of twenty-five thousand and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants shall appoint some competent person who is a real estate owner, and who is at the time of appointment a qualified voter of the election district for which he is appointed, to act as registrar in each election district in said cities, who shall hold his office until the general election, 1890, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Said registrar shall have authority to administer all oaths which may be necessary in the registration of voters ; and if there should be no regular term of the county court of any such counties in this state held on or before the tenth day of March, 1890, then a special term of such court shall be held on that day of which no notice shall be necessary, for the purpose of making the appointment herein provided for. At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem- ber, 1890, and every two years thereafter, the qualified voters of each election district in said cities of this state shall elect one registrar, who shall have the qualifications of an elector in his election district, and be an owner of real estate in this state, and who shall hold his office for two years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. All vacancies in the office of registrar shall be filled by the respective county courts, and should any county court in this state fail to make the appointments of registrars as hereinbefore required, on or before the tenth day of March, 1890, there shall be a vacancy therein within the meaning of this article. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 1793. SEC. 5. Qualifications of voters challenges- rejected ballots. Any person having the qualification of a voter as prescribed in this article, and who shall take and subscribe the oath required of voters by this article, and who applies for registration at the time and in the manner pre- REGISTRATION. 205 scribed by law, and an} 7 naturalized citizen who shall subscribe to a written statement under oath before the registrar, that he is naturalized according to the laws of the United States and of this article, and that his naturalization papers, or evidence of his citizenship, have been lost or destroyed, or that the same are not accessible to him, and shall state where he was natur- alized, shall be accepted by the registering officer, and duly registered as a qualified voter: Provided, any person registered according to the provisions of this article, when he offers to vote, may be challenged as disqualified by any person who is an elector of this state ; and it shall be the duty of the judges of election to try and determine, in a summary manner, before the close of the polls, the qualifications of any person chal- lenged as aforesaid, and upon proof that the person so chal- lenged is not a qualified voter, the judges of election shall reject his vote, and they shall state, opposite the name of the person on the registered list of voters whose vote is rejected, the nature of his disqualification and the names of the witnesses upon whose testimony his vote was rejected, but the vote of no person who may be challenged shall be rejected except upon the testimony of two creditable witnesses : And pro- vided farther ', that the party challenging the right of any per- son to vote shall swear, before the judges of election at the time of so challenging the vote, that to the best of his knowl- edge and belief the party (naming him) is not a qualified voter under the laws of this state, and he shall also swear to the reasons which disqualify him from voting: And provided further, that the ballot of such person so rejected shall be pre- served and returned with the books and other ballots in a separate envelope marked "rejected ballots," and the clerk of the county shall preserve the same in his office. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1794. SEC. 6. County clerks to deliver registration books to registering officers. The clerk of the county court shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the registration 206 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. books required by section 1792 of this article, to the various registering officers of his county, at least three days before the time set for any registration, and they shall be returned by such officers to the county clerk, together with a copy thereof, alphabetically arranged, all and each of which duly certified under their hands, within three days after the close of each registration, and be kept by the clerk, subject to public inspec- tion. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1795. SEC. 7. Days and places for, and notice of regis- tration. The county court of each county containing cities of twenty-five thousand and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall appoint days of registration, not to exceed five in each election district of said cities, which shall be within forty days next preceding the tenth day prior to every biennial election ; the county court of each of said counties shall also appoint, at least ten days before any special or municipal elec- tion held in their county, days of registration, not exceeding three, in each election district of said cities for the purposes of such special or municipal election, at which time those who have become entitled to register at the last general registration, but who having for any cause failed or neglected to do so, may register upon compliance with the provisions of this article. All registration of voters under this article shall be held at the place of voting established by the county courts in each election district ; and the county court shall give notice of such regis- tration and the places where the same is to be held, by publi- cation thereof in a daily newspaper published in said city for ten days next preceding such registration. [_R. S. 1889, See. 1796. SEC. 8. Deputy registrars. Wherever there shall be more than one precinct in any election district in which registration is required to be made under this article, the registrars shall appoint one deputy registrar for each additional precinct, who shall be vested with all the powers and duties of the registrar of the district. Each deputy so appointed shall REGISTRATION. 207 reside in the precinct for which he is appointed ; shall have the qualifications of an elector therein, and be an owner of real estate in the state. [/?. S. 1889, Sec. 1797. SEC. 9. Board of revision change of residence. On the Friday and Saturday preceding the seventh day before each general election, the registrars of each district shall meet at the court house in said city as a board of revision. They shall pass upon the claims of all persons asking to be registered and who shall not have been registered, and also upon all objections to parties who have been registered as qualified voters. They shall add to the list in each precinct the names of such persons as are legally entitled to registration therein, and shall strike therefrom such as have been improperly registered ; but the name of no person shall be stricken from the list unless he shall have had at least two days' notice in writing of the time and place his case will be heard : Provided, if objections shall be made at the time the person is registered, no notice shall be necessary, but such objection and the name of the objector shall be noted at the time of registration by the registering officer. If any person who has been duly regis- tered removes his residence from the election district in which he is registered to another election district in the same city, not less than ten days previous to the next election following, the registration officer of the district whence he removed shall grant him a certificate of registration, and write the word " removed " opposite his name on the registration book of that district ; upon the presentation of his certificate to the board of revision, he shall be entered as a registered voter in the district to which he has removed, on or before the day of election, and be entitled to vote in such district. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1798. SEC. 10. Hours of registration. The registration officers shall, in the discharge of their duties, attend at the places of registration in their respective districts on the days appointed by the county court and by this article, from the 208 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon until nine o'clock p. ra. of each day, and shall, without delay, register all persons as voters who, having the qualifications prescribed by law, pre- sent themselves therefor and take the oath required by this article. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1799. SEC. 11. County clerk to deliver original regis- tration book and copy. The county clerk of each county containing cities in which registration may be had under and by virtue of this article shall, on the day before the election for which any such registration was made, deliver to the judges of election appointed under and by virtue of the general law of elections, the original registration book of their respec- tive precincts, together with a copy thereof, heretofore required to be made, and shall take the receipt of one of the judges therefor. [. S. 1889, Sec. 1800. SEC. 12. Duties of clerks of election return of books. The clerks of the election shall, at the time any person votes or offers to vote, enter the words " voted" or " rejected," as the case may be, opposite the voter's name, on the registration books or lists furnished them, in the appro- priate column ; and at the close of the polls the registration book or lists shall be signed by the judges and attested by the clerks, and the names therein marked " voted " shall be counted and the number set down at the foot of the registra- tion book or list, and any variance between that and the number of ballots counted, noted on said books; and the names therein marked " rejected," or otherwise disposed of, shall be counted and the number set down at the foot of the registration book or list, and any variance between that and the number of rejected ballots noted in like manner. The registration books shall then be returned to the county clerk in the manner now provided by law for the return of poll books. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1801. SEC. 13. Pay of registration officers expenses. Each registration officer, including deputies, shall receive for REGISTRATION. 209 his services, under this article, three dollars per day for each day necessarily occupied in the discharge of his duties, and all other officers shall receive the like fees as now allowed by law for similar services. All expenses incurred under this article shall be paid out of the respective county treasuries. [./?. S. 1889, Sec. 1802. SEC. 14. Elections, how conducted. All elections in such city shall be conducted in all respects as provided in this article, and subject to all the provisions of the Revised Statutes, entitled "of elections," so far as the same do not conflict with this article. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1803. SEC. 15. Additional lists to be furnished by county clerk. In case any such city shall desire one or more certified lists of the registered voters resident within their corporate limits, to be used by the judges of the election at any corporate election, the clerk of the county court is directed, on demand of the lawful authorities of such city, to make out and certify such lists, but all expenses thereof shall be paid by the said city. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1804. SEC. 16. Circuit courts to have supervisory con- trol of registration. The circuit court of the several coun- ties shall have a supervisory control over the registration officers appointed or elected by virtue of this article, and the clerks of the county courts, touching all matters appertaining to the registration of voters. [#. 5. 1889, Sec. 1805. SEC. 17. Special registration, day of. There shall be a special registration held according to the provisions of this article, commencing on the 31st day of March, 1890, in all the counties of this state containing cities of twenty-five thous- and and less than thirty thousand inhabitants, for said cities. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1806. SEC. 18. Additional Registration, etc. Addi- tional registration shall be made for special elections, except elections for school purposes, but after the special registration 14 210 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. provided for in the next preceding section shall have been made, no special election shall be invalidated because of a failure to make such registration. \_B. 8. 1889, Sec. 1807. SEC. 19. Voting precincts duty of common council. The common council of every city in which regis- tration of voters may be had under and by virtue of any special charter, or under the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance, provide for two or more voting precincts in each ward of such city, and such common council, may, by ordi- nance, make such provisions as to judges and clerks of elec- tions and additional copies of registration lists and the use of such copies at such voting precincts, as may be necessary in the premises. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1808. SEC. 20. Registrar not to be candidate. No registrar shall be a candidate for any office under the laws of this state at the general or special election for which regis- tration has been made by him. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 1809. SEC. 21. Restrictions illegal registration pen- alty. No person shall register in any election district other than the one in which he resides at the time of registra- tion. Any person registering under an assumed name, or name other than his own, or who shall register in more than one election district at any registration, or shall wilfully and illegally procure his name to be placed upon the registration lists of voters, when not entitled thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [B. 8. 1889, Sec. 1810. SEC. 22. Corrupt registration refusal to regis- ter qualified voters penalty on registrar. Any registrar who shall knowingly and corruptly register any person as a voter who is not entitled so to be registered, and any REGISTRATION. 211 registrar who shall wilfully and maliciously or corruptly refuse to register any person entitled to be registered as a voter, shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year ; and shall for ten years thereafter be dis- qualified from voting at any election held in this state, or from holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the laws of this state. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 1811. SEC. 23. Challenge by registrar proceedings. If the right of any person to register as a qualified voter be challenged, or if the registrar doubts the qualifications of any person applying for registration, such person shall file with the registrar his second written statement as to his qualifications as a voter, as prescribed by the provisions of this article, which statement shall be conclusive of the facts therein contained, and shall be returned by the registrar, with his books, to the county clerk of the county, and filed and preserved by him. [7?. 8. 1889, Sec. 1812. SEC. 24. Destroying or taking by violence reg- istration book, penalty. Whoever shall wilfully and maliciously destroy, mutilate or deface, or take by violence from any registrar, judge of election, county clerk or other proper custodian, or steal, take and carry away from its proper custodian, any book of registration or list of voters required by this article to be made or kept, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than twelve months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by bath such fine and imprisonment. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 1813. SEC. 25. Justice of county court failing of duty, penalty. Any justice of the county court, or any other officer who shall be charged with the performance of any duties appertaining to the registration of voters, who shall wil- fully and corruptly fail or refuse to perform the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office. [72. S. 1889, Sec. 1814. 212 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. ARTICLE XXXI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. Persons charged with collection of money shall pay same over to city treasurer. 2. Improvements to be let to lowest bidder. 3. Ordinances and proceedings, how proved. 4. Repeal of acts, how construed. 5. Warrants to issue for violation of ordinances. 6. Who to be conservators of the peace. SECTION 7. Title of City Recorder changed to Judge of the Police Court. 8. Duties of City Recorder not affected. 9. Justice of the Peace may act at Judge of the Police Court. 10. Officers to hold until successors are qualified. 11. City to give bond on taking appeal. 12. Cannot sanction or license bawdy house or gambling. SECTION 1. Payments to the treasurer. All per- sons charged with the collection of money under the charter and ordinances of the city shall promptly pay the same over to the city treasurer, under such penalty as may be pre- scribed by ordinance, and the treasurer shall issue duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be handed by the person receiving the same forthwith to the auditor, and the other shall be countersigned by the auditor before it shall be valid for any purpose in favor of such persons receiving the same. \_R. 8. 1889, Sec. 1316. SEC. 2. Work to be let by contract. All city improvements of whatever kind or character, including the erection of all public buildings made or to be erected at the expense of said city, shall be let by contract to the lowest and best bidder, and shall be prescribed by ordinance : Provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the repair, by day's work, of streets, sewers, culverts, build- ings or other city property, so far as may be necessary for their preservation, under the direction of the city engineer or other proper officer, when such repairs shall have been ordered to be made by a vote of the common council. [E, S. 1889, Sec. 1436. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 213 SEC. 3. Ordinances, authentication of. All ordi- nances, resolutions and proceedings of the city may be approved by the seal of the corporation, attested by the officer having charge thereof, and when printed and published by authority of the corporation, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 1437. SEC. 4. Effect of this article on accrued rights, etc. The repeal of any act by the provisions of this article shall not in anywise be so construed as to effect any right or liability acquired or accrued there under, by or on the part of the city or any person or body corporate. \_R. 8. 1889, Sec. 14,38. SEC. 5. Warrant to issue, when. A warrant shall issue in all cases in favor of such city for a violation of any ordinance, by-law or other regulations, when any person shall make oath or affirmation that such violation has been com- mitted, or upon information by the city attorney. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1439. SEC. 6. Certain officers conservators of the peace. The mayor, aldermen, chief of police, and all police officers, shall be conservators of the peace, and all officers of the city created conservators of the peace under this article, or authorized by any ordinance, shall have power to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who shall break the peace, or be found violating any ordinance of the city or laws of the state, commit for examination, and, if necessary, detain such person over night, or on the Sabbath, in the city prison, or any other safe place, or until they can be brought before the city recorder [judge of the police court,] or other proper officer, and shall have and exercise such other powers as conservators of the peace as the common council may prescribe. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1440. SEC. 7. Changing title of city recorder. The name of the " city recorder" in all cities of the second class 214: ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. in this state be and the same is hereby changed to "judge of the police court." {Laws 1891, p. 50. SEC. 8. Duties not to be affected. Nothing in this act shall be construed to in any manner affect the duties or powers of said city recorder, but the same shall be performed and be retained by said judge of the police court. [Laws 1891, p. 50. SEC. 9. When justice may act. In case of the sick- ness or absence from the city of the city recorder [judge of the police court,] some justice of the peace, resident within the city, to be designated by said recorder [judge of the police court,] or upon his failure to designate, then by the mayor, shall perform the duties of recorder [judge of the police court,] and judgments rendered by such justice, so acting, shall have the same force and effect as the judgments of the recorder [judge of the police court.] [R. S. 1889, Sec. 1441. SEC. 10. Tenure of present incumbents. All persons now in office in said city shall hold their offices until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified, as herein provided. [R. .S. 1889, Sec. SEC. 11. City to give bond on appeal. Such city, in taking an appeal or prosecuting a writ of error in any judicial proceeding, shall give bonds, as required by law ; but it is hereby released from the obligations of law to furnish security therefor. All such bonds shall be executed by the mayor, and shall be taken in all courts of this state as a full compliance with the law in such cases, and all acts and parts of acts incon- sistent with this provision are hereby repealed. In all actions brought by or against such city, the inhabitants of the city may be jurors or witnesses, if otherwise competent and qualified. [jR. S. 1889, Sec. H43. SEC. 12. Gambling and bawdy houses prohibited penalty. Every person who shall set up or keep a common gaming house, or bawdy house or brothel or house of assigna- REFERENCES TO GENERAL LAWS. 215 tion, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine not less than two hundred nor exceeding one thousand dollars ; and it shall not be lawful for any county, township, city or town in this state, directly or indirectly, to license, regulate or place under the sanction of law gambling or gaming houses, bawdy houses or brothels, or houses of ill fame or assignation, under any pretenses what- ever. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 3811. ARTICLE XXXII. . REFERENCE TO LAWS AFFECTING CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS, BUT NOT CONTAINED IN THE GENERAL LAW GOVERNING SUCH CITIES. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. SECTION 15. Statement of expenditure by candi- dates for municipal office to be filed when. 16. Road and street crossings and sign board to be maintained by rail- road. 17. Board of health infectious dis- SECTION 1. Revenue derived from railroad property. 2. President or chief officer to furnish statement. 3. Board to make apportionment. 4. State auditor must certify assess- ment. Local property, how assessed. Officer must furnish statement. Local assessment and rate returned to county court. County court to levy tax. Clerk to extend taxes. Taxes are due, when. Back tax book. 12. Erroneously reporting lands delin- quent. 13. Appellate jurisdiction in what court 14. Coal oil inspector. SECTION 1. Revenue derived from railroad prop- erty. All railroads and all other property, real, personal or mixed, owned, hired or leased by any railroad or corporation in this state, is subject to taxation for state, county or other municipal or local purposes, and taxes levid thereon shall be levied in the manner hereinafter set forth. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 7717. SEC. 2. President or chief officer to furnish statement. It is the duty of the president or rather chief 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Dead bodies, how disposed of. Workhouse instead of jail. Reform school for boys. Industrial school for girls. Police may form relief association. Fire department may form relief association. Inspection of factories, etc. Foreign insurance tax, apportion- ment of, etc. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. officer of a railroad company to furnish, on or before the first day of January in each year, to the state auditor, a statement setting out in detail the total length of the road so far as com- pleted, and the length of double or side tracks, with depots, water tanks and turn tables, the length of such road, double or side tracks, in each county, municipal township, incorpor- ated city, town or village through or in which it is located ; the total number of engines and cars of every kind and descrip- tion, including all palace or sleeping cars, passenger and freight cars, and all other movable property owned, used or leased by them, on the first day of June in each year, and all actual cash value thereof. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 7718. SEC. 3. Board to make apportionment. The board of equalization is required to apportion the aggregate value of all property hereinbefore specified, to each county, municipal township, city or incorporated town in which such road is located, according to the ratio which the number of miles of such road completed in such county, municipal town- ship, city or incorporated town bears to the whole length of such road in the state ; and in case the road shall be consoli- dated with another road which is exempt from taxation, that portion of the road which is liable to taxation shall be assessed, etc. \R. 8. 1889, Sec. 7725. SEC. 4. State auditor must certify assessment. It is the duty of state auditor to certify to the county court the assessment of all such railroad property as adjusted, equalized, assessed and apportioned, to the county, city, town, village and municipal township ; which certificate is prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, etc. [B. S. 1889, Sec. 7727. SEC. 5. Local property, how assessed. All prop- erty, real, personal, or mixed, including lands, machine and workshops, round houses, warehouses and other buildings, goods, chattels and office furniture of whatever kind, owned or controlled bj' any railroad company or corporation in this REFERENCES TO GENERAL LAWS. 217 state not hereinbefore specified, shall be assessed by the proper assessors in the several counties, cities, incorporated towns and villages wherein such property is located, under the gen- eral revenue laws of the state, and the municipal laws regulat- ing the assessments of other local property in such counties, cities, incorporated towns and villages respectively ; but the taxes on the property so assessed shall be levied and collected according to the provisions of this article. [R. S. 1889, Art. 8, Sec. 7728. SEC. 6. Officer must furnish statement. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the preceding sec- tion, the president or other chief officer is required to furnish to the county clerk a separate statement under oath for the benefit of county and other local assessors, specifically describing the property of the company which is not included in the returns to the state auditor and county clerks, etc. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7729. SEC. 7. Local assessments and rate returned to county court. It shall be the duty of each city or town council, board of aldermen or board of trustees, as the case may be, of every city or incorporated town or village, wherein any railroad property is located, on or before the tenth day of August of each year, to certify to the county courts of their respective counties a statement of the assessments made in pursuance of section 7728, and also the rate per cent levied by such city or incorporated town or village on all property therein for municipal purposes for that year. [7?. S. 1889, Sec. 77* JO. Amended Laws 1891, p. 194. SEC. 8. County court to levy the tax. It is the duty of the county court to ascertain and levy the taxes for state, county, municipal township, city, incorporated town and village and school purposes, etc., on the railroad property at the same rate as may be levied on other property, and also for omitted years, etc., at the rate that was levied upon other 218 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. property for such years, but the levy cannot exceed the con- stitutional limit. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7731. SEC. 9. Clerk to extend taxes. Within ten days after the county court has levied the taxes on railroad prop- erty, the county clerk must extend the same on a separate tax book, to be known as the railroad tax book, stating the amount of state, county, municipal, city, town or village school taxes, etc., separately. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7733. SEC. 10. Taxes are due, when. And all taxes due to the county or state, and all taxes due cities, incorporated towns, villages, municipal townships and school districts, are due and payable to the county collector on the first day of September of the year for which the same were levied. [R. 8. 1889, Sec. 7736. Amended Laws 1891, p. 194. SEC. 11. Back tax book. Within thirty days after the settlement of the collector of the county, etc., in cities, the register, city clerk or other proper officer, must make in a u back tax book," a correct list, in numerical order of all town lots on which back taxes shall be due such city, etc., etc. When completed it must be delivered to the proper collector, who must give a receipt therefor. In cities the back tax book must be made out in alphabetical order, etc. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7679. SEC. 12. Reporting lands delinquent. Any col- lector who shall fail to make true return of all real estate on which taxes have been paid is liable for all damages, etc., including attorney's fees, etc. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7646. SEC. 13. Appellate jurisdiction. The criminal court in Buchanan county has exclusive appellate jurisdiction in all cases instituted for the violation of the municipal ordinances of any city or town in said county. [R. S. 1889, p. 2209, Sec. 7. SEC. 14. Coal oil inspector. The governor must appoint for the city of St. Joseph an inspector of .petroleum REFERENCES TO GENERAL LAWS. 219 oils, kerosene, gasoline, or any product of petroleum, whose duty it is to inspect, test, gauge and brand the same within the city, to report monthly to the mayor of the city the number of packages inspected, etc., in the manner required by the statute. [7?. S. 1889, Chap. 87, Art. 1. SEC. 15. Statement of expenditures by candi- dates for municipal office to be filed when. Every person who shall be a candidate before any caucus or conven- tion, or at any primary election, or at any election for state or municipal office, shall, within thirty days after such election make out and tile with the officer empowered by law to issue the certificate of election to such office, and a duplicate thereof with the recorder of deeds for the county in which such candi- date resides, sworn statements in writing setting forth all sums of money expended by him in connection with the said elec- tion, etc. No officer authorized by law to issue commissions or certificates of election shall issue commissions or certificates of election to any such person until such statement shall have been so made, verified and filed with said officer, etc. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of the foregoing law is liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, etc. No person shall enter upon the duties of any elective office until he shall have filed the statement, etc., required by the law. [Laws 1893, p. 160. Amended Laws 1895, p. 173. SEC. 16. Road and street crossings to be main- tained. It is the duty of every railroad company to con- struct and maintain good and sufficient crossings where its railroad crosses public roads or town streets, of the materials and in the manner particularly described by the statutes. And also place and constantly maintain at all crossings of public roads or streets, a sign in large letters painted on boards, "railroad crossing." If the railroad company fails to maintain said crossing or to put up said sign board, the city authorities must notify the company in writing of the neces- sity of such construction or erection by delivering a copy of 220 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. such notice to the agent of the company most convenient to the crossing, and if the company fails to construct said cross- ing or put up said board within thirty days the city may do it at the cost of the company. The company would be liable in damages to any person injured, etc. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 7925. SEC. 17. Board of health infectious diseases. A state board of health is created which has general super- vision over the health and sanitary affairs of the citizens of the state, and may recommend to the city authorities for adoption such rules as may be deemed expedient, and it may establish quarantine regulations against any city or district infected with malignant or contagious diseases, etc. [R. S. 1889, Chap. 79. Amended Laws 1893, p. 177. SEC. 18. Dead bodies. City undertakers and town and city officers having custody of any dead body required to be buried at public expense, and not claimed by any relative or friend for burial, may dispose of same for the advancement of medical science, etc. [R. S. 1889, Sec. 6884. SEC. 19. Workhouse instead of jail. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony for which he may be committed to the county jail, may, at the discretion of the court, be confined in the city workhouse ; provided, the county court has agreed with the city for the custody, etc., of such convicts, etc. [R. /S. 1889, Sec. 4266. SEC. 20. Reform school. In all counties in which is located a city of over fifty thousand inhabitants, provision is made for establishing a reform school for the punishment, reform and education of juvenile offenders. [JR. S. 1889, Sec. 5772.] A reform school for boys is also provided for, to which any offender under eighteen years of age may be com- mitted upon conviction of any misdemeanor or felony. [Laws of 1895, p. 190. Amended Laws 1897, p. 123. SEC. 21. Industrial school for girls. Every girl over the age of seven years and under the age of seventeen REFERENCES TO GENERAL LAWS. 221 years, who shall be convicted of being a vagrant, or of any offense not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, may, except in cases deemed incorrigible, be sentenced to said industrial home until she shall reach the age of twenty-one years, if the court or magistrate before whom such conviction shall be had shall deem the girl so convicted a fit subject to be committed to said home such sentence to be approved by the circuit or probate judge before committal, and the age of the girl so committed to be indorsed on the commitment. Any female child may be bound as apprentice to said industrial home for girls as to any other master, and subject to the same pro- visions of law as are now or may hereafter be in force. \_R. S. 1889, Sec. 5760. Amended Laws 1891, p. 164. SEC. 22. Police force may form relief associa- tions. Any police force organized or existing by authority of the laws of this state in any city having a population of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, and in any city of the second class, is hereby authorized and empowered to form a relief association under the general incorporation laws of this state, and to create a fund for the purpose of affording relief to such members of their organization as may become sick or disabled while in the discharge of their duties, or who may become incapacitated by long years of service, and for aiding the families of police officers who may die while in the service of the police department, and for such other similar purposes as may be set forth in their articles of incorporation. The details of procedure and management will be found in the law. [E. S. 1889, Sec. 8885. Amended Laws, 1891, p. 84. SEC. 23. Fire department may form relief asso- ciation. Any fire department existing by authority of the laws of this state, or any municipal authority thereof, in any city or county in this state having a population of fifty thou. sand inhabitants or over, is hereby authorized and empowered to form a pension fund and relief association under the gen- eral incorporation laws of this state in relation to benevolent associations and to create a fund for the purpose of pensioning 222 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. retired firemen, and affording relief to members of such fire department when sick, etc. For details see the law. \_R. 8. 1889, Sec. 2887. SEC. 24. Inspection of factories, etc. It is made the duty of the public authorities of each city in this state, with a population of five thousand inhabitants or more, to appoint an inspector, with deputies, where the same are neces- sary, to be paid by the cities such reasonable compensation as may be prescribed by ordinance, whose duty it shall be to make frequent inspection of all factories employing exceeding ten persons, and eaid inspectors may perform such duties as may be prescribed by ordinance, and shall make semi-annual reports to the state labor commissioner, and shall also cause any violation of the provisions of this act to be brought to the attention of the grand juries of their respective counties. The duties by this section devolved upon an inspector may, under such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, be per- formed by any city officer designated by ordinance of such city for the purpose. Other details concerning regulations, etc., will be found in the laws. [Laws 1891, p. 159. SEC. 25. Foreign insurance tax apportionment of, etc. Every insurance company not organized under the state laws shall, as provided in the law, annually pay a tax of two per cent upon the premiums received in this state, or on account of business done in this state, which shall be in lieu of all other taxes, etc. The state treasurer shall place one-half of said tax to the credit of a fund to be known as the county foreign insurance tax fund, etc. On or before the first day of October of each year, the state auditor shall apportion to the counties, on the basis of the number of school children in each, all of the moneys to the credit of such tax fund, etc. When the money has been received by the treasurers of the counties, it shall be the duty of the county court of each county to apportion said money among the incorporated cities and towns in said county and to the general revenue fund of the county in the manner prescribed in the law. [Laws 1895, p. 198. GENERAL ORDINANCES. GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SAINT JOSEPH. CHAPTER I. ABSTRACTER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES. SECTION I. Abstractor, license for. SECTION 1. Abstracter. No person, firm or corpora- tion shall engage in or carry on the business of an abstracter of titles without a license therefor from said city, and the charge therefor shall be twenty dollars per year. [General Ordinance No. 441, Sec. 11. Amended G. O. No. 496. [For penalty for violating this Chapter see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled "licenses."] CHAPTER II. ACCIDENTS EVIDENCE OF TO BE PRESERVED. SECTION SECTIOIC 1. Policeman to notify chief of acci- 4. Effort to obtain settlement for in- dent, jury. 2. Duties of city officers on receipt of 5. Blank forms to be prepared. notice. 6. Counselor may require services of 3. Engineer to diagram location, etc. detective. SECTION 1. Policeman to notify chief of accident. It shall hereafter be the duty of any policeman in the city of St. Joseph to notify the chief of police of any accident or injury to persons or property occurring at any time within the 15 226 GENERAL ORDINANCES. bounds of the beat of such policeman, and the notification of such policeman shall be in writing stating the nature of the accident, the name of the person or the kind of property injured, and the time and place at which the accident occurred. [Revised Ordinances 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Duties of city officers on receipt of notice. Immediately upon receiving the information men- tioned in section one, the chief of police shall transmit a copy thereof to the city detective, and in case of personal injuries it shall be the duty of such detective to proceed at once to the place of such accident, and ascertain from aJl available wit- nesses, the manner in which the accident occurred and the cause thereof, if possible, and reduce to writing the names and places of residence of such witnesses ; and it shall be also the duty of the city physician and detective to visit the person injured, and ascertain the nature and extent of the injury received, and obtain from such person a statement of the manner and cause of the accident, and if in the opinion of the city physician or city detective it be deemed proper, he or they shall offer to attend to the injuries of such person free of charge. All infor- mation received by the city physician or city detective shall be reduced to writing, and immediately transmitted to the city counselor, who shall preserve the same for reference in case of suit being brought against the city for any such injury or accident. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Engineer to diagram location, etc. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to notify the city engineer in writing of the time and location of such accident, and immediately thereupon the city engineer shall cause the the spot or location of said accident to be diagramed or photo- graphed, and obtain the names and statements of witnesses as tp the nature and condition of the street, alley or sidewalk where such accident occurred, and upon reducing the same to writing, shall transmit the same to the city counselor, who shall preserve such information in such manner and for the ACCIDENTS. 227 same purpose as required in section two. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Effort to obtain settlement for injury. In case of injuries arising from defects or obstructions in streets, alleys or sidewalks, it shall be the duty of the city physician and city detective, upon visiting the person injured and ascertaining the nature and extent of such injuries, to recommend, by and with the approval of the city counselor, to the claims committee of the common council, a basis of settle- ment for such injuries, stating therein the nature and extent of the injuries received by such person, an amount which in the opinion of the city physician and city detective would be a proper and just allowance for such injuries, and upon such recommendation, if the claims committee or a majority thereof shall approve the same, then the city counselor shall have the authority to settle with such person for such sum, provided that such person so injured shall sign an agreement to the effect that upon payment of said amount the city of St. Joseph shall be released from all further liability on account of such injury, but no such settlement or agreement shall be binding upon the city until an ordinance appropriating the money to pay the same shall have been passed by the common council and approved by the mayor. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Blank forms to be prepared. The city clerk and city counselor are hereby instructed to prepare blank forms for the reports of the different officers mentioned herein, and to so prepare them as to carry into effect all the terms of this ordinance. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Counselor may require services of de- tective. The city counselor shall have the right to call upon the city detective at any time he may deem proper, to assist in investigating any case or suit against the city, or in any case where suit may, in his opinion, be brought ; and it shall be the duty of such city detective to at once investigate such 228 GENERAL ORDINANCES. case, in such manner as he shall, by the city counselor, be directed to, and make report from time to time to the city counselor. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 1, Sec. 6. CHAPTER III. AMUSEMENTS-SHOWS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Public entertainments, amuse- 7. ments, etc., license therefor. 2. Ten pin alley, license therefor. 8. 3. Pistol or shooting gallery, baby 9. rack, cane rack, knife board, license for. 10. 4. Horoscopic or stereoscopic views, 11. license for. 5. Magnifying glass, telescope, lung 12. tester, muscle developer, weigh- 13. ing machine, license for. 6. Merry-go-round, riding gallery, re- volving swing, license for. Selling or renting automatic phon- ographs, license for. Fairs, license for. License for theaters and opera houses, how paid. Same, license forfeited when. Place of public amusement, regu- lating doors thereof. Same, penalty. Places of amusement, chairs not to be kept in passage way. SECTION 1. Public entertainments amusements, etc., license for. No person shall give a public entertain- ment for gain or profit without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be as follows: First. Menagerie and circus combined three hundred dollars per day ; which license shall include the privilege of a street parade, and no street parade shall be permitted unless a license as aforesaid has been obtained, unless a license for such street parade shall first be obtained, and the charge for such license, for such street parade shall be three hundred dollars for each parade. Second. Menagerie fifty dollars per day ; circus or equestrian exhibition two hundred and fifty dollars per day, which license shall include the privilege of a street parade ; and no street parade shall be permitted unless a license as aforesaid has been obtained, unless a license therefor shall first be obtained, and the charge for such license for such street parade shall be fifty dollars for a menagerie, and two AMUSEMENTS SHOWS. 229 hundred and fifty dollars for a circus or equestrian exhibition for each parade. Third. Any show, side show, street exhibition or amuse- ment, ten dollars per day or thirty dollars per week. Fourth. For museum and theatrical entertainment com- bined, five dollars per day or fifty dollars per year, but no license shall be issued for less than one year except at daily rates. Fifth. For theater, opera, lecture, concert, minstrel per- formance, public ball, public masquerade, public pedestrian or wrestling exhibition, five dollars per day. Sixth. For each opera house or theater, one hundred and fifty dollars per year ; the license shall be issued for one year, and shall permit the giving of all the above enumerated enter- tainments (excepting circuses, menageries and equestrian exhibitions) in the places licensed without additional license. Seventh. Any public entertainment not previously men- tioned, five dollars per day or twenty-five dollars per month. Eighth. No license shall be required for any entertain- ment given by the citizens of this city when the same shall be for charitable, benevolent or religious purposes only. Ninth. Open air concert or theatrical entertainment, five dollars per day or twenty-five dollars per month. Any concert or theatrical entertainment given from a stage before an audience in the open air, shall be deemed an open air concert or theatrical entertainment. [G. 0. No. 441> &ec. 2. SEC. 2. Ten pin alley. No person shall keep or take part in keeping any ten pin alley, for gain or profit, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge therefor shall be fifteen dollars per annum. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 3. SEC. 3. Pistol or shooting gallery, baby rack, cane rack, knife board. No person shall carry on, or take part in carrying on, for gain or profit, any pistol gallery 230 GENERAL ORDINANCES. or shooting gallery, knife board, baby rack or cane rack, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be as follows : Shooting gallery or pistol gallery, five dollars per month or fifteen dollars per year ; baby rack, cane rack or knife board, ten dollars per mouth or twenty-five dollars per year. [ G. O. No. 441? Sec. 4- SEC. 4. Horoscopic or stereoscopic views. No person shall keep horoscopic or stereoscopic views for gain or profit without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be ten dollars per annum. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 5. SEC. 5. Magnifying glass, telescope, lung tester, muscle developer, weighing machine. No person shall, for gain or profit, keep for use by others, any magnifying glass or glasses, telescope, lung tester, muscle developer or weighing machine, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be ten dollars per month. [#. 0. No. 441, Sec. 6. SEC. 6. Merry-go-round, riding gallery, revolv- ing swing. No person shall keep, for gain or profit, for use by others, any merry-go-round, riding gallery, or revolving swing, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be twenty-five dollars per month. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 7. SEC. 7. Selling or renting automatic phono- graphs. No person shall engage in selling or renting auto- matic phonographs for business purposes or amusement with- out first having obtained a license from said city, and the charge for such license shall be five dollars per year for each instrument. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 8. SEC. 8. Fairs license for. It is hereby declared to be illegal for any person, company, or corporation to give a fair within this city without a license therefor, and the charge for such license shall be five dollars per week, which AMUSEMENTS SHOWS. 231 license shall include privileges of all kinds within the grounds. Any person, company or corporation failing or refusing to comply with the provisions herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars for each offense, and each day shall constitute a separate offense. [G. O. No. ^95, Sec. 1. SEC. 9. License for theaters and opera houses how paid. The license fees required of theaters and opera houses in the city of St. Joseph for each year, may be paid as follows: On taking out the license for one year, the applicant shall pay one-third of the yearly license fee in advance, and he shall, at the expiration of four months from the date of said license, pay another one-third thereof, and at the expiration of four months from the latter date, he shall pay the remaining one-third of such license, and the applicant shall, upon procur- ing his yearly license, and at the time it is issued, execute and file a bond with the city auditor, in the sum of at least three hundred dollars, with two or more good securities, residents of the city of St. Joseph, conditioned that he will pay the deferred installments of such license fee as they respectively become due. In case of a failure to pay any such installment when it becomes due, then the whole of such installments shall become due and said bond may be sued upon and the amount of such installment or installments recovered with all costs and expenses incident to such suit, whether all such installments are then due or not. The security in said bond shall be approved by the comptroller. \_G. 0. No. 483, Sec. 1. SEC. 10. Same license forfeited, when. Incase the person taking out such license shall fail to pay any install- ment when due, then his license shall at once become forfeited, and shall be no protection to him whatever, but this shall in no way prevent a recovery by the city upon the bond aforesaid as hereinbefore provided, and upon a recovery upon such bond, and payment of the amount thereby recovered, the license shall again become operative. [G. O. No. 483, Sec. . 232 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 11. Places of public amusement, regulat- ing doors thereof. In every place of public amusement within the city of St. Joseph, all outside doors or doors leading into any auditorium shall open outwardly, and over each egress opening shall be placed the word, "exit," in letters at least eight inches high, and all of said doors shall be kept unlocked for and during any performance or entertainment, and remain unlocked until the entire audience shall have left the building. [G. O.No. 291, Sec. 1. SEC. 12. Same penalty. Any person who shall violate or permit the violation of any provision of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction thereof before the judge of the police court, be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense, one-half of the recovery in each case to be paid to the party making the complaint. [#. 0. No. 291, Sec. 2. SEC. 13. Places of amusement chairs not to be kept in passage way. It shall be unlawful to place or keep any chairs or movable seats of any kind in the aisles or passage ways of any place of public amusement, in this city, during a performance or exhibition therein, and any person having the management, charge or control of such place, or any one in the employ of such person, who shall be convicted of so doing in the police court of this city shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars for each and every offense ; one half of any such fine so collected to be paid to the person giving information of the offense and so causing the conviction of the person so offending. [G. 0. No. 368, Sec. 1. [Penalty for violating sections one to seven inclusive of this Chap, prescribed in Sec. 20, Chap, entitled " licenses."] ASSESSOR. 233 CHAPTER IV. ASSESSOR, SECTION. SECTION. 1. May appoint deputies. 4. Personal property, how assessed. 2. All property to be assessed at cash 5. Bank stock, etc., how assessed. value. 6. Full names to be signed ; penalty. 3. Real property, how assessed. SECTION 1. May appoint deputies. The city asses- sor shall have the power to appoint one or more deputies for each ward of the city, as provided by, and who shall be sub- ject to all the conditions and provisions of, section one thous- and three hundred and nineteen, of chapter thirty, article three, Revised Statutes of Missouri. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. To be assessed at its cash value. All property whatsoever, shall be assessed at its cash value. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Real property, how assessed. In assess- ing real property, no lot, tract or parcel of land shall have a higher valuation placed on it than the valuation placed thereon at the last assessment made for county and state purposes ; but to such valuation there shall be added by the assessor, the value of all improvements made on each lot, tract or parcel of ground since the date of last assessment made for state and county purposes ; which added valuation shall be by the asses- sor placed in a separate column on the city land tax book. And to determine the value of such improvement, the assessor may examine, under oath, the owner thereof, and such other competent persons as he may deem proper. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Personal property, how assessed. In assessing personal property, the assessor or a deputy shall, as far as possible, visit the residence or place of business of each 234 GENERAL ORDINANCES. person owning personal property, and require such person to list all personal property owned by, or in possession of, or under the control of such person, separating and placing each kind of property in the space designated on such list, first administering an oath to answer all questions touching the personal property or its value. When the list is complete, he shall require such person to sign and verify the affidavit thereto. If any person refuse to take said oath, or shall refuse to sign and verify such affidavit, he shall note such refusal on said list, and report in writing, at once, such person to the city comptroller for prosecution, as the law directs ; and he shall assess such person according to the best information he can get, as provided by law ; and to do so he may enter upon the premises of such person and value such property according to his judgment, noting these facts, in writing, on such lists. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Bank stock, etc., how assessed. The assessor shall, before the fifth day of January of each year, in person, deliver a written or printed notice, with list attached thereto, to each bank in the city of St. Joseph, notifying the president or other chief officer of such bank, to, under oath, deliver, duly signed, at his office, a list of all shares of stock held in such bank, and names of the persons holding the same, on the first day of January, together with a list of all real estate belonging to such bank, lying within said city, and also the cash value of such stock, within five days after service of such notice ; and he shall preserve in his office, in writing, date of service and upon whom. If any bank president or other officer thereof, fail, refuse or neglect to deliver such list signed and sworn to, within the time and in the manner pro- vided by law, then he shall, in writing, report such president or other chief officer of such bank to the city comptroller for prosecution, and then assess the stock of such bank as pro- vided by law. [J?. O. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Full name to be signed ; penalty. In all cases the assessor shall sign his full name to each list, the CITY ATTORNEY. 235 writing and signatures, to be written with ink, and the first Christian name of each person written in full ; and the asses- sor shall, in copying the lists into the city tax books, make a full and correct copy thereof ; and any assessor who shall fail or neglect to comply with any of the requirements or provi- sions of this ordinance, or of the laws of this state pertaining to or relating to his duties as assessor, shall forfeit to the city the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the city, in any court of competent jurisdiction. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 3, Sec. 6. CHAPTER Y. ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY. SECTION 1. Duties of city attorney. SECTION 1 . Duties of city attorney. It shall be the duty of the city attorney, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of Missouri : First. To prepare all charges and complaints against parties for violations of city ordinances, and appear daily before the judge of the police court to prosecute all offenders, against the laws and ordinances of the city. Second. To defend all actions before the judge of the police court, brought against any officer, servant or agent of the city, on account of his official acts. Third. To appear and prosecute in the criminal court of Buchanan county, in all cases by appeal from the judge of the police court. Fourth. To give personal attention to all such matters, affecting the interests of the city, or any of its officers, as may be referred to him by the common council, and such as may be required of him by the city counselor, whose assistant he shall be. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 4, Sec. 1. 236 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER VI. AUCTIONEERS. SECTION SECTION 1. Auction sales to be by auctioneer ; 2. License to be granted ; bond re- license for. quired. 3. May ring bell. SECTION 1. Auction sales to be by auctioneer license. All sales of goods, chattels or personal property at public auction, within the city of St. Joseph, except such as are exempt from auction duty under the laws of this state, shall be made by an auctioneer, who shall have first obtained a license from this city, the charge for which shall be twenty-five dollars per annum for each person acting as an auctioneer : Provided, that a licensed auction house shall pay but one license. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 12. SEC. 2. License, how granted bond required. The city auditor is hereby authorized to grant a license as an auctioneer to a'ny person who shall apply therefor, upon the applicant executing to the city of St. Joseph a bond, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the comptroller, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that the person so licensed, will, during his continuance in the business as an auctioneer, faithfully discharge his duties as such ; that he will pay over the proceeds of all property sold by him to the person entitled to receive the same; and that he will not make any misrepresentations, false or fraudulent statements, or fraud- ulently conceal any fact in relation to the quantity, title to, or ownership of any property offered by him or any of his employes for sale ; and shall also produce to the auditor the receipt of the treasurer for the amount of such license. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 13. SEC. 3. May ring bell. Licensed auctioneers are hereby authorized to ring or cause to have rung a bell at each AUDITOR OF CITY. 237 sale for a period not to exceed fifteen minutes. [ Sec. It- [For penalty for violating this Chap, see Sec. 20. Chap entitled " licenses."] CHAPTER X. BILLIARD AND OTHER TABLES. SECTION SECTION 1. Billiard- tables, etc., license for. 3. License to be exposed. 2. Permitting minor to play, penalty. SECTION 1. Billiard and other tables license. No person shall keep, for gain or profit, any billiard table, pool table, bagatelle table, pigeon hole table or shovel board, for use by others, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be as follows : For each billiard table, ten dollars per year ; for each and every other table or board, ten dollars per year. [ G. 0. No. 441? Sec. 18. SEC. 2. Penalty for permitting minor to play. No licensee or his employe, or other person in charge of any billiard table, pool table, bagatelle table, pigeon hole table or shovel board, shall at any time, with or without gain or profit, permit or allow any such table or board to be used by any minor for any' purpose whatever. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation 16 242 GENERAL ORDINANCES. or requirement of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars ; and, in addition thereto, the court in which such conviction is had, shall adjudge and declare such license forfeited to the city of St. Joseph, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for said licensee, or any other person, to do business under such forfeited license. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 19. SEC. 3, License plate to be exposed. The city auditor shall keep a book wherein he shall register the number of all such tables and boards that are licensed. Upon licensing a table or board, said auditor shall deliver to the licensee a metallic plate with the word " licensed " and number thereon. Upon receiving said plate, the licensee shall securely fasten the same in some conspicuous place upon such licensed table or board, and keep the same so fastened during the time such license is in force ; and upon the expiration or forfeiture of such license, said licensee shall return said metallic plate to said auditor. [. O. No. 441, Sec. W. [For penalty for violating this Chap, see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled " licenses."] CHAPTER XL BILL POSTING BILL BOARDS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Bill poster, license for 6. Posters not to be affixed to side- 2. Bill poster defined. walks, etc., without consent, etc. -3. Shall register location of bill 7. Destroying posters, etc. boards, etc. 8. Penalty, 4. Bill boards how constructed, to be .9. Building inspector to inspect bill kept in repair. boards, etc. 5. Bill boards, etc., to be kept free from loose paper. SECTION 1. Bill poster, license. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person, association or corporation to exercise, <;arry on, or engage in the occupation of a bill poster in the city of St. Joseph without first having obtained a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall BILL POSTING BILL BOARDS. 243 be fifty dollars per year and no such license shall be issued for a less period than one year : Provided, that no license shall be required for the posting of legal notices, or distributing bills or posters for any charitable^ religious, or political pur- poses. Any person or persons engaging in such occupation without first having obtained a license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 499, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Bill poster defined. Any person, associa- tion, corporation, or any manager, agent or proprietor of a theater or other place of public amusement, who shall post up or affix in any manner, or paint, print or write, or cause to be painted, or written a notice or advertisement upon any bulle- tin board, wall, fence, building or other place, is hereby declared to be a bill poster. [G. O. No. 499, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Shall register location of bill boards, etc. Before any person, association or corporation shall be entitled to receive a license as a bill poster, he shall file with the street commissioner a complete list of all bill boards, walls or other places used for posting bills, owned or controlled by him, and shall keep said list corrected from day to day as to any and all additions or withdrawals. [G. O. No. 1$9, $ec. 3. SEC. 4. Bill boards, how constructed, to be kept in repair. All bill boards now or hereafter to be erected., shall be constructed and kept in such repair that the same shall afe all times be safe and secure in wind storms, firmly braced in all directions, and should any bill board become in any manner unsafe, the same shall be forthwith put in proper repair and condition by the owner or lessee thereof. Any person viola- ting the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 499, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Bill boards, etc., to be kept free from loose paper. It is hereby made the duty of every licensed bill poster to keep the bill boards, walls and fences used, 244 GENERAL ORDINANCES. owned or controlled by him free from loose or flopping paper, and to keep the ground clean around and contiguous to such bill boards, walls and fences, from loose paper falling from said bill boards, walls and fences, and any person failing to so do shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 499, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Posters not to be affixed to sidewalks, etc., without consent, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons without the consent of the mayor to post up, or affix in any manner, or paint, print or write, or cause to be painted, printed or written, a notice, advertisement or bill upon a bridge, hydrant, curbstone, sidewalk, tree, pole or post in a street or public place, or upon a walk, fence or build- ing belonging to the city ; and any person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 499, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Destroying posters, etc. It shall be un- lawful for any person in this city to wilfully tear, pull, or cut down, destroy, mutilate or deface any poster, hand bill, card or other advertisement posted upon any bill board, wall or other place by a licensed bill poster, and any person so offend- ing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 499, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Penalty. Any person being found guilty of any misdemeanor under any of the provisions of this ordi- nance, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 499, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Building inspector to inspect bill boards etc. It shall be the duty of the building inspector to make frequent inspection of all bill boards in the city, and to see that the same are kept in proper repair. [G. 0. No. Sec. 9. INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS. 245 CHAPTER XII. BOILERS STEAM BOILERS ; INSPECTOR OF, ETC. SECTION 1. Inspector of steam boilers to be appointed board of engineers. 2. Duties of the inspector; to test boilers, etc. 3. Duties of board of engineers ; to issue engineers' certificates. 4. Owner of boiler may appeal from inspector. 5. Owner must have permit; two en- gineers required. 6. Boilers, etc., to be tested once a year ; penalty for violations of, etc 7. Owner must employ licensed en- gineer. SECTION 8. Certificates of inspection to be is- sued ; returns by inspector, etc. 9. Inspector to make semi-annual re- ports. 10. Salaries; bonds; compensation of board, etc. 11. Penalty for inspector or deputy failing of duty. 12. What engineers, engines and boilers excepted. 13. Expenses, etc., to be audited. 14. Proceedings to obtain license. 15. Not applicable to private resi- dences, except when. SECTION 1. Inspector of steam boilers ; board of engineers. The mayor shall appoint, by and with the con- sent of the common council, a boiler inspector, who shall be a practical boiler maker, and competent to test and inspect steam boilers and all steam generating apparatus underpressure. Said boiler inspector is authorized to appoint, by and with the con- sent of the mayor, one deputy inspector, who shall possess the same qualifications as the boiler inspector, and perform the same duties in case of temporary absence from the city, sick- ness or other disability of the boiler inspector. The boiler inspector shall hold his office for the term of two years from the third Monday in April after the annual election, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The said deputy inspector shall serve without compensation from the city, and hold his office until removed by the mayor. The mayor shall also designate and appoint, by and with the consent of the council, for the same time as the boiler inspector is appointed, two persons, both of whom shall be practical and mechanical engineers, having had at least five years' experience in the business, who, in connection with the boiler inspector, shall constitute a board of engineers. [G. O. No. %1$, Sec. 1. 246 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. Duties of inspector ; to test boilers. The boiler inspector shall devote his time and attention to the duties of his office, and also perform the duties of secretary of the board of engineers. He shall carefully inspect and test every stationary boiler and steam generating apparatus under pres- sure, used for manufacturing, heating and mechanical purposes as provided by this ordinance, including all attachments and connections, located within the city of St. Joseph, at least once annually. He shall keep a complete and accurate record of the names of all owners or users of steam boilers, giving a full description of the boilers inspected by him, and the amount of pressure allowed the date when last tested. He shall notify all owners or users of boilers of the time when a reinspection and test will be made, at least ten days before the expiration of each certificate of inspection, and appoint a day upon which he will make a reinspection. The manner of inspection shall be substantially as follows : The boiler owner or user shall have the option of taking the hammer test or the hydrostatic test. If the hammer test be used, the examination shall be thorough and searching upon every part of the boiler, both internally and externally, including all fittings and attachments. If the hydrostatic test be used, each boiler shall be tested by hydraulic pressure one-fourth greater than the ordinary working pressure used, and the certificate of inspection herein provided, shall state the maximum pressure at which any boiler may be worked. In case a defect shall be discovered in any boiler or attachment thereto, the boiler inspector shall report the same to the owner or user of said boiler or boilers, and state the facts of the case in writing, giving a description of the particular locality in which each defect may be found, and whether of a dangerous character and necessitating immediate repair. If the boiler inspector shall at any time find a boiler which, in his judgment, is unsafe, after inspecting the same, he shall condemn its further use. All boilers to be tested by hydrostatic pressure shall be filled with water by the owners or users, and they shall furnish the necessary labor required to work and INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS. 247 handle the pumps in applying the test. When leaks occur which prevent a successful test, the boiler inspector shall make a second test, upon receiving notice that all leaks. have been repaired. If, upon making the second test, the boiler or boilers are still defective, he shall, for each subsequent test, collect an additional inspection fee, but in no case shall he give a certifi- cate until fully satisfied of the safety of the boiler or boilers. All certificates of inspection shall be for one year and no longer. [G. O. No. n, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Duties of board of engineers engi- neers' certificate. The boiler inspector and board of engineers shall be provided with all needed blanks and sta- tionery needful for their official duties. Said board shall pro- vide for regular sessions, and the boiler inspector shall act as secretary and keep minutes of the proceedings. Said board shall convene for business twice in each month to examine into qualifications of applicants for engineers' licenses. The boiler inspector shall have power to call a special session of the board if deemed necessary. A majority of the members of the said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The secretary shall keep a register of the names of all applicants, designate those found qualified and those not qualified. Said board shall grant licenses, charging therefor each applicant the sum of five dollars for the first license, two> dollars to be deposited with the clerk of the board, each appli- cant to be allowed three trials. If he then fails to pass a satisfactory examination, the applicant shall then forfeit the money deposited with the clerk of the board ; but if the appli- cant has the capacity, skill, experience and habits of sobriety requisite to perform the duties of an engineer, and shall pass examination successfully, the board shall grant him a license for the term of one year, upon the payment of an additional three dollars ; and any person thus qualified shall not be refused a license. The regular meetings of the board of examiners shall take place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Said board of engineers shall vise all engineers' licenses presented 248 GENERAL ORDINANCES. by the owner thereof, granted him by the United States laws, which shall have the same effect as licenses granted by the board, and the engineers whose licenses are vised by the board, shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance. Ail licenses granted shall be signed by not less than two, and may be signed by all members of the board. Any person taking charge of a steam boiler or steam boilers for heating purposes only, shall be examined by the said board of engi- neers and if found qualified, the said board shall grant him a certificate to that effect upon the payment of two dollars. Said board of engineers shall have power to grant special license in special cases if it dees not conflict with this ordinance. Said board of engineers may adopt such rules and regulations as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with this ordinance .and the general law. A full board of engineers, by a unani- mous vote, shall have power to revoke an engineer's license for inebriety, dishonesty or neglect of his duties when in charge of an engine or boiler in use, and may order the re-in- spection of any boiler whenever they shall deem it necessary for the public safety ; but no license shall be permanently revoked for cause, without first giving the accused party an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. [G. O. No. 242, &ec. 3. SEC. 4. Owner may appeal from inspector. Any owner or user of a steam boiler feeling aggrieved on account of any decision of the boiler inspector, may appeal to the board of engineers, and upon a thorough and careful inves- tigation of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority of the board shall decide the question ; but in case said board fail to agree, then the mayor shall appoint some competent person who shall sit with the board, which decision shall be Unal in all cases. But the boiler inspector shall not have a voice in any matter in which there is an appeal from his decision. [G. 0. No. 242, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Owner must have permit two engi- neers required. In case the user or owner of any boiler INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS. 249 shall, for any cause, be deprived of the services of a licensed engineer, he must notify the boiler inspector at once, and may procure an experienced and careful person in charge for a time not exceeding six days. Where boilers are used and engines run night and day, the owner or user of steam power must employ two licensed engineers who may stand watch alter- nately. Any person or persons intending to put a boiler or boilers into their establishment or building, must apply to the boiler inspector for a permit before setting up any boiler ; and any one failing or refusing to comply with the same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. [. O. No. 248, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Boilers to be tested once a year penal- ties. All owners or users of any stationary boilers or steam generating apparatus under pressure, shall have the same inspected and tested as herein provided, before and while being used, and at least once a year thereafter ; and for every neglect or refusal to have such inspection and test, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. If owners or users of steam boilers, or engineers in charge of the same, shall carry a greater pressure than is allowed in the certificate of inspection granted by the boiler inspector, they, or either of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars ; and in case of an engineer, his license shall be revoked ; or if such owners or users shall use any boiler which has been condemned as unsafe by the boiler inspector, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hun-dred dollars. [G. 0. No. 84&, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Owner must employ licensed engineer. Every owner or user of steam boiler or boilers, or steam 250 GENERAL ORDINANCES. generating apparatus of over five horse power, when the boiler or boilers are in use, must employ a competent engineer having a license from the board of engineers, and every owner or user, as aforesaid who shall neglect or refuse to employ a licensed engineer as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for every day so doing. And any person acting as engineer having in charge either engine or boiler, in use within the corporate limits of the city of St. Joseph, not holding a license as above provided and required, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for every day so doing. And any person taking charge of more than one steam boiler or steam generating apparatus under pressure, when not in one building or on the premises of one industry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a tine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for every day so doing. Every licensed engineer shall devote at least eight hours out of every twenty- four to the duties of the plant where he is employed as engineer. [G. O. No. 24%, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Certificate of inspection returns by inspector The auditor shall issue to the comptroller certifi- cates of inspection of steam boilers, regularly numbered and duly signed by each of said officers, in denominations proper to meet the requirements of this ordinance, but blank as to the owner's or user's names, date, pressure, locality and number of boiler. The comptroller shall issue such certificates of inspec- tion to the boiler inspector and charge them to him. The inspector shall collect from all owners or users of boilers the following inspection fees and no more : For every high pres- sure boiler of a capacity above forty-five square feet of heating surface, five dollars whether set single or in sets. Where sets of boilers are built one above another, only those immediately over the fire shall be counted. And for every low pressure INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS. 251 boiler for heating purposes only, and high pressure boilers of a capacity of not above forty-five square feet of heating surface two and a half dollars. The boiler inspector, upon the receipt of the money for the inspection fee, shall promptly deliver to every owner or user of any boiler, certificates of inspection of the boilers inspected by him or by his assistant. Every such certificate of inspection shall be properly filled up as herein provided, and signed by said boiler inspector. Said certificate of inspection shall be displayed in some prominent place near where the boilers are used. The boiler inspector shall make monthly returns to the city comptroller of all moneys collected, giving the names of the steam users from whom collected, and shall pay the moneys collected into the city treasury at least once in each month. \_G. O. No. %1$, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Inspector to make semi-annual report. The boiler inspector shall make a semi-annual report to the comptroller, reporting the full number of boilers in the city, the number in use, the number inspected and the number con- demned as unsafe. He shall report the date, name of the owner and the locality of every boiler accident, whether it be from a rupture or collapse of flue or explosion of the shell of the boiler, stating his belief as to the cause thereof. He shall further report the number and names of applicants for engi- neers' licenses, the number of rejected and the number granted licenses. Such report shall be signed by the full board of engineers, and open to the inspection of all persons interested. [G. 0. No. 242, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Salaries bonds compensation of board. The boiler inspector shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum, subject always to the further pro- visions of this ordinance, which shall be in full for all services rendered by him. He shall give bond to the city of St. Joseph in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, with two or more securities, to be approved by the comptroller, conditioned for the faithful, skillful and impartial performance of the duties 252 GENERAL ORDINANCES. of his office, and that he will fully account for and pay into the city treasury all moneys received by him, as herein pro- vided. The deputy inspector appointed under this ordinance shall give a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with the same conditions as required of the boiler inspector, and subject to the approval of the comptroller. The mem- bers of the board of engineers, except the boiler inspector, shall each receive seventy-five dollars per year. They shall each give bond in like manner as the boiler inspector, with same conditions, and in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, said bond to be approved by the comptroller. [G. 0. No. Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Penalty for inspector or deputy failing of duty. If the boiler inspector or his deputy shall neglect or fail to discharge his or their duty, by reason of inebriety, or by neglecting to perform the duties of inspector, or to pay over moneys received for inspection, as provided in this ordi- nance, or in any manner use their position for corrupt or dis- honest purposes, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and forfeit his or their office. [G. 0. No. 2J2, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. What engineers, engines and boilers excepted. All engineers, engines and boilers of the fire department of St. Joseph, and the locomotive boilers used on railroads, and steam boilers supplied with water automatically, when used only for heating dwelling houses and not carrying under pressure of over ten pounds of steam per square inch, are exempt from the provisions of this ordinance. [G. O. No. 24^, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Expenses to be audited. All expendi- tures for the inspection of boilers shall be charged and paid as expenses of the office of boiler inspector and board of engi- neers, and all bills before being paid shall be audited and INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS. 253 approved, subject to the provisions of this ordinance and the laws governing cities of the second class. [G. 0. No. %1$, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Proceedings to obtain license. Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the examination of the board, is required to wait two weeks before again making application for a license, and the board shall then give him another examination ; any applicant failing to pass the examination after the third trial, shall not be permitted to again appear before said board for six months. Every engineer licensed by the board, and every engineer whose license is vised by the board, is required to notify the boiler inspector when he accepts employment, and within three days there- after, the name of his employer and the location of the boiler or boilers in his charge ; and every engineer who shall neglect or refuse to comply with this rule, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars. Ever} 7 engineer licensed by the board, or whose license is vised by the board, shall semi-annually report to the boiler inspector during the first three days of the months of January and July, the condition of the boilers, pumps and connections under his charge ; and any licensed engineer who shall fail or neglect to comply with this rule, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars. An application for a renewal of a license shall be made not later than the first regular meeting of the board next following the expiration of the license, and unless the above provision is complied with, the board may, at its discretion, order a new examination. Any steam user failing to place or put in a conspicuous place in engine room or boiler house, the boiler inspector's certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 254 GENERAL ORDINANCES. demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, when no other fine or punishment is fixed in this ordinance, be fined in the sum of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. The citj comptroller shall immediately after the passage of this ordinance, procure five hundred copies to be printed for gratuitous distribution among steam users and engineers. [R. 0. No. 242, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. Not applicable to private residences, except \vhen. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as applicable to private residences except where several houses shall be constructed and used as flats or tenements, and all heated by one steam plant. [G. 0. No. %!$, Sec. 15. CHAPTEK XIII. BONDS OF CITY OFFICERS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Bonds of city officers. 3. Bond of public impounder. 2. Bond of city comptroller. SECTION 1. Bonds of city officers. The city officers hereinafter named shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, give bond to the city of St. Joseph, with two or more securities, residents of the city, to be approved by the comptroller, conditioned for the faithful dis- charge of their duties, in the following sums respectively: City auditor $30 000 City attorney 5 000 City clerk 5 000 City engineer 10 000 City physician 5 000 City assessor 10 000 City counselor -. 5 000 Chief of fire department 5 000 Superintendent of buildings 5 000 [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 10, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Bond of city comptroller. The city comp- troller shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, give BONDS OF CITY OFFICERS MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. 255 bond to the city of St. Joseph in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with two or more securities, residents of the city, to be approved by the mayor, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 10, Sec. < 2. SEC. 3. Bond of public impounder. Before enter- ing upon the discharge of his duties, the public impounder of the city of St. Joseph, shall give bond in the sum of two hun- dred and fifty dollars, conditioned upon the faithful perform- ance of the duties of his office, and that he will take proper care of the animals coming into his charge. [E. 0. 1888., Chap. 10, Sec. 3. CHAPTER XIV. BOUNDARIES MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. ARTICLE .1. CORPORATE LIMITS EXTENSION OF. II. WARD BOUNDARIES. III. SUBDIVISION OF WARDS. ARTICLE I. CORPORATE LIMITS-EXTENSION OF. SECTION 1. Corporate limits, extended and denned. SECTION 1. Corporate limits extended and de- nned. The corporate limits of the city of St. Joseph, Mo., be and are hereby extended to the lines hereinafter defined, and shall comprise all that section of country situated in the county of Buchanan, and state of Missouri, and contained within the following boundaries, to wit : Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river, where the west line of section twenty (20), of township fifty-seven (57), of range thirty-five (35), strikes the same, thence south along the west line of said section twenty (20), to the south- west corner of said section ; thence east along the south line of sections twenty (20) and twenty-one (21), of said township and range to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of said section twenty-one (21); thence north along the line passing through the center of said section twenty-one (21), to the center 256 GENERAL ORDINANCES. of said section ; thence east along the center line of said section twenty-one (21), to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of said section ; thence north along the east line of sections twenty-one (21), sixteen (16), nine (9), and four (4), of said township and range, to the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of said section four (4), thence west on the line passing through the center of said section four (4), to the center of said section, thence north on the center line of said section to the north line of said section ; thence west on the north line of sections four (4), and five (5), of said township and range to the northwest corner of the east half of the northwest quarter of said section five (5), thence south along the west line of said east half of the northwest quarter of said section five (5), to the north line of the southwest quarter of said section five (5); thence west along the north line of said southwest quarter of said section five (5), to the west line of said section five (5); thence south along said west line to the northeast corner of section seven (7), of said township and range ; thence west along the north line of said section seven (7), to a point where the west line of an alley lying and being between Elwood and Belmont streets intersects the said north line of section seven (7), thence south on the said west line of said alley to where the same strikes the Missouri river, thence down the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river to the place of begin- ning, all being in township fifty-seven, and range thirty-five. [G. 0. No. 222, Sec. 1. ARTICLE II. WARD BOUNDARIES. SECTION 1. Boundaries of wards. SECTION 1. Boundaries of wards. The territory embraced within the corporate limits of the city of St. Joseph, shall be divided into eight wards, the boundary lines of which shall be as follows : WARD BOUNDARIES. . 257 FIRST WARD. The first ward shall embrace all the territory lying north of the center of Poulin and Corby streets and west of the center of Tenth street and of the west line of the northwest quarter of section four. SECOND WARD. The second ward shall embrace all the territory lying north of the center of Corby street, of the south line of Mt. Mora cemetary grounds, and of the center of Colhoun street, and east of the center line of Tenth street and of the west line of the northwest quarter of section four. THIRD WARD. The third ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Poulin and Corby streets to the center of Felix street, and west of the center line of Twelfth street. FOURTH WARD. The fourth ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Corby street, the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery grounds and the center of Colhoun street to the center of Felix street and east of the center of Twelfth street. FIFTH WARD. The fifth ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Felix street to the center of Mitchell avenue, and west of the center of Fifteenth street. SIXTH WARD. The sixth ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Felix street to the center of Mitchell avenue, and east of the center of Fifteenth street. SEVENTH WARD. The seventh ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Mitchell avenue, and west of the center of Twelfth street. 17 '258 GENERAL ORDINANCES. EIGHTH WARD. The eighth ward shall embrace all the territory lying south of the center of Mitchell avenue, and east of the center of Twelfth street. [#. O. No. 2J0, Sec. 1. ARTICLE III. SUBDIVISION OF WARDS. SECTION 1. Precinct boundaries ; location of polling places. SECTION 1. Precinct boundaries ; polling places. The several wards of the city are hereby subdivided into precincts for voting purposes, to be designated by letters, and the location of the polling place in each precinct is hereby designated as follows: FIRST WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying north of the center of section five, with voting place located at St. Joseph avenue and Hamburg street. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of the center line of section five, and. north of Market and Richardson streets, with voting places located at corner of Washington avenue and Jefferson street. Precinct C. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of Market street and west of Third street, with voting places located at Second and Rosine streets. Precinct D. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of Richardson street and east of Third street, with voting place located at Sixth and Lincoln streets. SECOND WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Seventeenth street and of the west line of the east half of northwest quarter of section four, with voting place located at Thirteenth and Highly streets. SUBDIVISION OF WAKDS. 259 Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of Seventeenth street and of the west line of the east half of the northwest quarter of section four, with voting place located at Frederick avenue and Twenty-third street. THIRD WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Third street, with voting place located at the corner of Main and Antoine streets. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of Third street and west of Eighth street from Felix to Hall streets and west of Ninth street from Hall to Corby streets, with voting place located at Fifth and Faraon streets. Precinct C. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward Ling east of Eighth street from Felix to Hall streets, and east of Ninth street from Hall to Corby streets with voting place located at Ninth and Faraon streets. FOURTH WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Seventeenth street, from the southeast corner of Mt. Mora cemetery to Frederick avenue, west of Kemper and Eighteenth streets from Frederick avenue to Felix street, with voting place located at Sixteenth street and Buchanan avenue. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying, east of Seventeenth street from Colhoun street to Fred- erick avenue and east of Kemper and Eighteenth streets from Frederick avenue to Felix street, with voting place located at Twenty-second and Faraon streets. FIFTH WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Ninth street and north of Messanie street, with voting place located at Fifth and Sylvanie streets. 260 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of Ninth street and north of Locust street, with voting place located at Tenth and Charles streets. Precinct C. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Ninth street and south of Messanie street, with voting place located at Seventh and Patee streets. Precinct D. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of Ninth street and south of Locust street, with voting place located at Tenth and Olive streets. SIXTH WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of Nineteenth street and north of Olive street, with voting place located at Seventeenth and Messanie streets. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of Nineteenth street and north of Olive street and the , B. & Q. R. R. right of way, with voting place located at Twenty-second and Messanie streets. Precinct C. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of Olive street and the C., B. & Q. R. R. right of way, with voting place located at Twenty-second and Lafayette streets. SEVENTH WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying west of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, Atchison route, and Eighth street, with voting place located at Sixth and Scott streets. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying east of the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, Atchison route, and Eighth street, with voting place located at north- east corner Tenth street and Doaiphan avenue. BUILDINGS. 261 EIGHTH WARD. Precinct A. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying north of Jackson street, with voting place located at Seventeenth and Sacramento streets. Precinct B. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of Jackson street and north of Atchison street, and a line produced eastward from Atchison street, with voting place located at Thirteenth and Pacific streets. Precinct C. Shall comprise all that portion of the ward lying south of Atchison street and a line produced eastward from Atchison street, with voting place located at Eighteenth (or State) and Commercial streets. [G. O. No. 482, Sec. 1; G. O. No. 547. CHAPTER XV. BUILDINGS. ARTICLE I. BUILDINGS ; SURVEY AND INSPECTION OF. II. PERMITS BY SUPERINTENDENT OP BUILDINGS. III. UNSAFE BUILDINGS. IV. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. V. REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS. VI. NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS. ARTICLE I. BUILDINGS; SURVEY AND INSPECTION OF. SECTION SECTION 1. Executive department for inspec- 4. Qualification of superintendent. tion of buildings. 5. Duties of superintendent. 2. Superintendent of buildings. 6. Powers of superintendent. 3. Members of the department. 7. Records of executive department. SECTION 1. Executive department for inspection of buildings. There is hereby created in the city of St. Joseph, an executive department to be known and designated as the department for the survey and inspection of buildings, which shall have charge of the enforcing of all ordinances in force or which may be hereafter passed, pertaining to the erection, construction, alteration, repair or removal of build- 262 GENERAL ORDINANCES. ings, or the storage of combustibles, and the arrangement of heating appliances. Said department shall also perform the duties pertaining to the investigations as to the cause and origin of fires, arid such other duties as may be imposed upon it by ordinance. [G. O. No. 83, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Superintendent of buildings. The chief officer of the said department shall be called the superintendent of buildings. He shall be appointed at the same time and in the same manner as the other appointed officers of the city, or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall hold his office for the term of two years, . the first officer to. hold two years from third Monday in April, 1886, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed. \_G. O. No. 88, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Members of the department. The city engineer, the chief of police and the chief engineer of the fire department shall be the other members of the department ex-officio. [G. 0. No. 88, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Qualifications of superintendent. The superintendent of buildings shall be an able and experienced architect, builder or mechanic, competent to perform all the duties of the office to which he is appointed, and shall not, during his term of office, be employed or engaged in any other vocation, or be interested in any contract or contracts for building or for furnishing materials. \_G. O. No. 88, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Duties of superintendent. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of buildings to issue all permits for the erection of buildings or the making of repairs ; to keep a record of all the transactions of said department, to report all violations of this ordinance to the city attorney, that the offenders may be prosecuted ; to enter upon the premises wherein any fire has occurred, if necessary, in order to inves- tigate the origin of such fire; and, further, to perform such other duties as are herein required of him. He shall examine BUILDINGS. 263 all buildings in the course of erection, alteration or repair throughout the city, as often as practicable, and see that all the requirements of the ordinances in relation thereto are complied with. He shall inspect all public school buildings, public halls, churches and theaters, and all buildings used for manufacturing or commercial purposes, hotels and lodging houses, at least once each year, for the purpose of determining the safety of such buildings, the facilities for egress in case of fire, the overloading of floors, the storage of combustibles or other dangerous sub- stances, and shall apply such remedies as he may be empowered to apply. In the performance of his duties, the said superin- tendent shall have the right to enter any building or premises in the city of St. Joseph. [G. 0. No. 88, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Powers of. The superintendent of buildings shall have full discretionary power of declaring to be public nuisances, all such buildings and structures, or parts or walls thereof, as are evidently or palpably unsafe and dangerous as to fire, or have become unsafe and dangerous from fire, decay or other cause, and institute such steps as may be necessary for the immediate abatement of any and all such nuisances. He shall have power to stop the construction of any building or the making of any repair, where the same is being done in violation of the ordinances of the city. \_G. O. No. 88, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Records of executive department. The records of the department shall contain, besides a register of its transactions, a report of all violations of this chapter, in the improper construction, alteration or repair of buildings, or in the unsafe condition of any building, either from improper construction or from other causes, with the location, names of owners, lessees, occupants, master mechanic, contractor and architect interested in the construction of such building or its occupancy, and in case of fires, a record of the probable origin thereof. Such records shall be open for inspection and infor- mation to any official of this city. [G. O. No. 88, Sec. 7. 264: GENERAL ORDINANCES. ARTICLE II. PERMITS BY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS. SECTION SECTION 1. Building permit to be issued, when. \ Penalty for continuing in street, etc. 2. Same ; plans to be examined, etc. 6. Permits to be issued on application, 3. Additions, repairs, etc., subject to, when. etc. 7. Record of permits to be kept. 4. Street or sidewalk not to be occu- 8. Superintendent's fees, how dis- pied, etc. posed of. SECTION 1. Building permit to be issued. No person or corporation shall erect a building or structure of any kind, or add to, enlarge or extend any building or structure already erected, or which may hereafter be erected within this city, without first obtaining a permit from the superintendent of buildings. The application for such permit shall state the exact site to be occupied, the material, dimensions and estimated cost of the proposed building or structure, and the probable time to be occupied in building. The superintendent of build- ings shall thereupon, after an inspection of the premises, or without inspection, as he may see fit, if he approve the appli- cation, issue a building permit to the applicant, giving him permission to erect a building or structure at the place, and of the materials and dimensions mentioned in the application, and authorizing the use and occupation of not more than one- half of the roadway, and all of the sidewalk in front of said premises, and limiting the time for which said permit shall continue. The superintendent of buildings may, if he sees fit, require that plans of the proposed erection, alteration or addition shall be submitted for inspection before issuing his permit. The gutter or water-way of any street, avenue or alley shall not, at any time, be obstructed by any building or other material, so as to prevent the free passage of water in and along the same ; but the superintendent of buildings may, in proper cases, to be determined by him, authorize the removal of a part or the whole of the sidewalk in front of the premises where the building is to be done : Provided, a good temporary PERMITS FOR BUILDING. 265 plank sidewalk shall be constructed over the gutter, not less than four feet wide, and be kept and maintained free and clear of obstructions, and to the satisfaction of the said superinten- dent of buildings. [G. 0. No. 100, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Same plans to be examined. The super- intendent of buildings shall not issue a permit for the erection of any building to be used for public assemblies, until he has carefully inspected the plans and specifications thereof, and ascertained that the building has sufficient strength, and that the means of ingress and egress are sufficient ; and a copy of said specifications shall be deposited in the office of said super- intendent. [G. O. No. 100, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Additions or repairs, etc. Any work of alteration, addition or repair made or done for any purpose, in, to or upon any building or structure, except that of neces- sary repairs not affecting the construction of the external or party walls, chimneys or stairways of a building, shall, to the extent of such work of alteration, addition or repair, be sub- ject to the regulations of this ordinance. [G. 0. No. 100, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Street or sidewalk not to be occupied with material. No person, except merchants in the tran- saction of their daily business, shall deposit, place or leave any material, article, substance or thing on any street, alley, curb, gutter, sidewalk or public place of this city, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the superintendent of build- ings. The said superintendent may, in his discretion, author- ize the use of a portion of any street, alley or sidewalk for a reasonable time and to such extent as he may deem necessary. [G. O. No. 100, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Penalty for continuing, etc. A conviction under any provision of this ordinance, shall work a forfeiture of such permit, if the same shall have been issued, and the party convicted shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars 266 GENERAL ORDINANCES. nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every day he shall continue such building, or occupy any portion of a street, alley, gutter, curb, sidewalk or public place, or leave either unrepaired after such conviction. \_G. O. No. 100, Sec, 7. SEC. 6. Permits to be issued on application, when. Permits provided for in this ordinance shall only be issued upon the application of the owners or authorized agents of the owners of the property to be built upon. Every appli- cation shall contain an agreement to save the city harmless from all costs and damages which may accrue by reason of such use or occupancy. \_G. 0. No. 100, Sec. 8. SEC. 7. Record of permits, etc., to be kept. The superintendent of buildings shall keep a record of all per- mits issued, which shall be regularly numbered in the order of their issue, and he shall also file and preserve in his office, the applications upon which permits are issued. He shall also keep a record of the number, description and size of every building erected in the city during his term of office, of what materials constructed, with the aggregates of the number, kind and cost of all buildings. \_G. O. No. 100, Sec. 9. SEC. 8. Superintendent's fees how disposed of. The applicant or applicants for such building permits shall pay to the superintendent of buildings the sum of one dollar, if the estimated cost of said building or alteration thereof, shall be less than one thousand dollars ; two dollars if the same shall be more than one thousand dollars or less than five thousand dollars ; and for every additional one thousand dollars over five thousand dollars, the further sum of fifty cents. In all cases the fees allowed for issuing per- mits must be paid before the same are issued. All moneys received by the superintendent of buildings shall be paid by him into the city treasury at least once a month, at which time he shall make a statement of the amount so received, giving the date when, and the name of the person from whom UNSAFE BUILDINGS. 267 received, and shall take triplicate receipts therefor, one to be filed with the comptroller, one with the auditor and the other retained. [G. O. No. 100, Sec. 10. ARTICLE III. UNSAFE BUILDINGS. SECTION SECTION 1. Owner to be notified of condition of 4. Owner to be reported for keeping a building. nuisance. 2. Must be removed or protected. 5. Penalty for violating this article. 3. Proceedings to condemn building. 6. Duty of superintendent as to dan- gerous buildings. SECTION 1. Owner to be notified of condition of building. If any building or part of a building, staging or other structure, or anything attached to or connected with any building or other structure, in the city of St. Joseph, shall, by reason of its construction or use, or from fire, decay, or other cause, be reported dangerous or unsafe, so as to endanger life or limb, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of build- ings to inspect such structure, and, if in his opinion the same be dangerous, he shall immediately notify the owner, agent, occupant or other party having an interest in said structure, to cause the same to be made safe and secure, or removed, as may be necessary. [G. 0. No. 101, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Must be removed or protected. The person or persons so notified shall be allowed until twelve o'clock, noon, of the day following the service of such notice, in which to commence the securing or removal of the same ; and he or they shall employ sufficient labor to remove or secure the same as expeditiously as can be done : Provided, however, that in cases where the public safety requires immediate action, the superintendent of buildings may enter upon the premises, with such workmen and assistants as may be necessary, and cause the said unsafe structure to be shored up, taken down or otherwise secured without delay, and a proper fence or board- ing to be put up for the protection of passers-by. \_G. O. No. 101, Sec. 2. 268 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 3. Proceedings to condemn buildings. If the owner, agent, occupant or other party interested in said unsafe structure, having been notified, shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of said notice, as provided by the last preceding section, within the time therein limited, then a careful survey of the premises named in said notice shall be made at once by three disinterested persons, one to be appointed by the superintendent of buildings, one by the owner, occupant or other interested party, and the third chosen by these two ; and the report of such survey shall be reduced to writing, and a copy served upon the owner, occu- pant or other interested party, and if said owner, occupant or other interested party refuse or neglect to appoint a member of said board of survey when thereunto required, then the survey and report shall be made by the city engineer and the chief engineer of the fire department, and in case of disagreement they shall choose a third person. [Cr. O. No. 101, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Owner to be reported for keeping a nuisance. Whenever the report of any such survey had as aforesaid, shall declare the structure to be unsafe or danger- ous to life or limb, the superintendent of buildings shall, upon the continued refusal or neglect of the owner, occupant or other interested party, report such owner, occupant or other interested party to the city attorney for immediate prosecution for keeping and maintaining a nuisance. [Cr. O. No. 101, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Penalty for violating, etc. Any person who shall permit any building of which he is the owner or agent, to remain in an unsafe or dangerous condition after notice from the superintendent of buildings, as hereinbefore provided, shall, for every day he shall so permit the same to remain in such condition be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for- feit and pay to the city of St. Joseph, a sum which shall not exceed one hundred dollars, to be recovered in the police court of said city, and he may also be punished in addition UNSAFE BUILDINGS. thereto by imprisonment in the city prison or workhouse for a term not exceeding three months. Upon such trial and con- viction the judgment in addition to the punishment hereinbe- fore provided for, shall be that the structure complained of shall be abated as a nuisance, and that the same shall be by the chief of police either taken down or properly secured, and a writ shall issue upon such judgment directed to the chief of police of said city of St. Joseph, directing him forthwith to proceed to abate, take down or otherwise secure such structure so as to make it safe and secure. All expenses incurred in the execution of such writ of abatement of any nuisance on any private property within the city of St. Joseph, shall be by said chief of police duly itemized, stated and returned with said writ of abatement to the city engineer, who shall thereupon assess the same as a special tax against the lot or lots, or par- cels of ground upon which such nuisance was located, describing the property and the owner thereof, and shall issue a special tax bill therefor against such property in the same manner and with the same effect as special tax bills are issued for paving. [G. O. No. 101, Sec. 5. Amended G. 0. No. 333. SEC. 6. Duty of Superintendent as to danger- ous building. If any building in the city of St. Joseph shall appear, upon examination by the superintendent of build- ings, to be especially dangerous to life and limb by reason of insufficient thickness of walls, overloaded floors, defective con- struction or other causes, such building shall be held and taken to be dangerous, within the meaning of and subject to all of the provisions of this ordinance ; and the superintendent of buildings, besides proceeding as hereinbefore provided, may affix a notice of the dangerous character of the structure to a conspicuous place on the exterior wall of said building. Any person or persons removing such notice so affixed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every offense. [G. O. No. 101, Sec. 6. 270 GENERAL ORDINANCES. ARTICLE IY. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. SECTION 1. Wall, structure and building, etc. 2. Foundation to be of masonry. 3. Walls to be anchored. 4. Buildings outside of fire limits. 5. Walls within the fire limits, how constructed. 6. Roofs to be of tin or slate. 7. Chimneys and flues, how built. 8. Buildings, to be of incombustible materials. 9. Walls to be protected, how. 10. Wooden buildings authorized by superintendent. 11. Frame buildings ; basement walls. 12. Superintendent to inspect buildings being erected. SECTION 13. Height of stories on given thick- ness of walls. 14. Thickness of walls for business buildings. 15. Existing party walls may be used, when. 16. The term " business building " de- nned. 17. The term "wholesale stores" de- nned. 18. The " basement story " defined. 19. The height of buildings taken from what point. 20. Red light at obstruction ; passway. 21. Penalty. SECTION 1. Wall, structure and building, etc. No wall, structure, building, part or parts thereof, shall here- after be built, constructed, altered or repaired, except in con- formity with the provisions of this ordinance. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Foundations to Ibe of masonry. Proper foundations of masonry shall be prepared for the support of buildings. Business buildings fronting streets having sewers, shall have their foundations sunk at least twelve inches below the drainage, and no foundation shall be less than three feet below the exposed surface of the ground. The breadths of foundation of the several parts of any building, shall be pro- portioned so that the pressure shall, as nearly as practicable, be equal on each square of the foundation. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Walls to be anchored. In brick walls every seventh course shall be headers. Walls shall be securely anchored at the top of each story. All floor-beams, joists and headers shall be kept at least two inches clear of any wall enclosing afire flue or chimney breast. [G-. 0. No. 103, Sec. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. 271 SEC. 4. Buildings outside of fire limits. All buildings erected outside of the fire limits shall be constructed of materials suitable for the purpose, and in a safe and work- manlike manner. \_G. 0. No. 103, Sec. 4~ SEC. 5. Walls within the fire limits, how con- structed. No building or structure of any kind or descrip- tion, except as hereinafter provided, shall be erected or constructed within the fire limits, unless both the outside and party walls thereof shall be composed of brick, stone, iron or other incombustible material ; and all buildings which shall, or may hereafter be erected or constructed within said fire limits, shall have outside walls of not less than thirteen inches in thickness ; and if any building shall be more than two stories in height above the basement, the outside walls of the basement shall not be less than eighteen inches in thickness ; the outside walls of the first story shall not be less than thirteen inches in thickness, and the walls of the stories above shall not be less than thirteen inches in thickness : Provided, that buildings erected and used as dwellings only, may be constructed with walls four and one-half inches less in thickness than is hereby above specified ; and provided further, that any build- ing, cottage or barn one story in height, may be built with walls not less than nine inches thick. \G. O. No. 103, Sec. 5. i SEC. 6. Roofs to be of tin or slate. All roofs of buildings erected or constructed for business purposes within the fire limits, shall be of tin, slate or some other non-combus- tible material. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Chimneys and flues how built. All chimneys shall be built of brick, stone or other fire-proof, non- conducting material. All brick flues shall be smoothly plastered inside with mortar, from top to bottom, and all flues shall be not less than nine inches square on the inside. Brick flues not starting from the foundation walls, shall be securely built into the brick work of the walls to which they are hung. In 272 GENERAL ORDINANCES. no case shall chimneys rest upon any flooring without a footing of masonry or iron, supported by iron beams having a secure bearing on masonry or iron at either end. All flues shall be topped out at least three and one-half feet above the building to which they belong. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Buildings to be of incombustible mar terial. In any buildings more than two stories in height hereafter to be erected as a tenement house or lodging house, in which the lower part is intended to be used for business or manufacturing purposes of any kind, the hall partitions from the cellar to the second floor shall be built of brick or stone, or other incombustible material. \_O. 0. No. 103, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Walls to be protected. All walls of build- ings hereafter to be erected on the line of lots between different owners, not extending down below the curb level upon the streets where said buildings are erected, to the depth of nine feet to the bottom of footings, for business houses, shall be underpinned, sustained and protected at the entire charge and cost of the owner or owners thereof : Provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the adjoining owner or owners wishing to sink their cellars or walls to a greater depth than those adjoining, to give timely written notice to the owner or owners of prior erected buildings of their intention to do so, and shall also permit the occupancy of their ground to so protect and underpin the said walls, building or buildings ; but in all cases where the former walls have been down the depth as above specified, and then in that case parties building upon the adjoining lots and excavating their cellars to a greater depth than above named, shall at their own cost and expense, use all proper care to underpin, sustain and protect the former erected walls or buildings. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Wooden buildings, etc., authorized by superintendent. No frame or wooden building, shed, exterior stairway, stoop, balcony, piazza, platform or other CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. 273 structure in whole or in part of wood, inside the fire limits, shall be erected, except the same be open on one or more sides, and the same be authorized by the superintendent of buildings, under his certificate, to be first obtained therefor. [6r. O. J\o. 103, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Frame building basement walls. - Any frame building may be raised for the purpose of construct- ing a basement story under such building. The principal floor of such building shall not be elevated more than eight feet above the grade of the sidewalk. The walls enclosing basement shall be of brick or stonework ; if of brick, if the superstructure is only one story high, the walls shall not be less than nine inches thick ; if two stories high, the walls shall be thirteen inches thick. If the building to be raised is a church or other hall or assembly room, the thickness of the basement walls shall be proportioned to its length and other conditions, to be approved by the superintendent of buildings. [G. 0. No. 103, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Superintendent to inspect buildings being erected. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of buildings to visit and inspect each and any building or buildings which may be in the course of erection, construction or alteration within the limits of the city, and to see that such house or houses, or building or buildings are being erected or altered according to the provisions of this ordinance. His visits and inspections shall be repeated from time to time dur- ing the erection, construction or alteration of such house or houses, building or buildings, until the same is enclosed, when his duties shall terminate. [G. 0. No. 103, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Height of stories on given thickness of walls. The height of stories for all given thickness of walls must not exceed eleven feet in the clear for basement, eighteen feet in the clear for first story, fifteen feet in the clear for second story, thirteen feet in the clear for third story, twelve feet in the clear for fourth story and fourteen feet in 18 274 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the clear average height of upper story. If any story exceeds these heights respectively, the walls of such story and of all the stories below the same, bhall be increased four inches in thickness additional to the thickness already mentioned. [G. O. No. 103, Sec. 14. Amended G. 0. No. 125. SEC. 14. Thickness of walls for business build- ings. In accordance with the foregoing provisions, all walls for business buildings shall be of the thickness designated in the following table: x Basement. Inches. co S3 B 1 9q Second story. Inches. cc . 49- [For penalty for violating this Article see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled "licenses."] ARTICLE VI. NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS. SECTION SECTION 1. Superintendent of buildings to give 2. Plan for numbering buildings, house numbers. SECTION 1. Duty of superintendent to give house numbers. It is hereby made the duty of the superintendent of buildings, upon application from any person within the city limits, to give the correct number for any house or building 278 GENERAL ORDINANCES. located on any lot, the exact location of which is given. Said officer shall use due care and diligence in the giving of said numbers, but shall not be held responsible for any errors which may occur. [G. 0. No. 1$7 , Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Plan for numbering buildings. Felix street is the dividing line east and west, and the numbers are called north or south from that street, depending on the location of the building, whether north or south of that street. First street, commonly known as Main street, is the divid- ing line north and south, and the numbers are called east or west from that street, depending on whether the building is east or west from that street. All buildings fronting on the east side of streets running north and south have odd numbers, and all buildings on the west side of such streets have even numbers. All buildings on the north side of streets running east and west have odd numbers, and all buildings on the south side of such streets have even numbers. Each twenty feet, beginning at the corner of Felix, and any street running north and south, is entitled to a number if the lots are divisible by twenty ; if divisible by twenty-five, each twenty-five feet is entitled to a number. There can be no number less than one hundred, and in starting from Felix street either north or south, on the west side of the streets running north and south, the first twenty feet fronting on the west side of such streets must have the number one hundred and two ; the next twenty feet one hun- dred and four ; the next one hundred and six, and so on north and south from Felix. The same plan must be carried out on the east side of such streets, except that the first twenty feet must have the number one hundred and one, the next one hundred and three, and so on north and south from Felix through the first block north or south of Felix. NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS CHIMNEY SWEEP. 279 The second block, either north or south from Felix street, on the west side, must begin with two hundred and two for the first twenty feet, two hundred and four for the second twenty feet, and so on ; on the east side with two hundred and one for the first twenty feet, two hundred and three for the second twenty feet, and so on, increasing one hundred at the beginning of each block on to the city limits. The same general plan must be carried out on buildings east or west from Felix street, the north and south dividing line. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 70, Sec. 11. CHAPTER XYI. CHIMNEY SWEEP. SECTION SECTION 1. Office created. 4. Defective flue to be repaired. 2. Appointment ; term ; bond. 5. Chimneys to be cleaned. 3. Duties ; compensation. SECTION 1. Office of chimney sweep created. There is hereby created the office of chimney sweep. [jR. O. 1888, Chap. 13, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Appointment term of office bond. At the first stated session of the common council every two years, it shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the common council, some suitable person to fill the office of chimney sweep, who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Said chimney sweep shall, before entering upon his duties as such officer, execute a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with surety to be approved by the comp- troller, in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as prescribed in this ordinance, or as may hereafter be defined by ordinance. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 13, Sec. 2. Amended ~hy G. 0. No. 399. SEC. 3. Duties compensation. It shall be the duty of the chimney sweep to sweep and clean in a faithful manner, once in each year, all chimneys within the limits of the city which have been in use at least six months prior to 280 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the date of such cleaning, and he shall be allowed to his own use for said cleaning and removing from the premises the soot, dirt or other matter taken out of said chimneys, the following rates, to be paid by the owner of the building, viz: For clean- ing each chimney as aforesaid, in a one story house, the sum of twenty-five cents ; for cleaning each chimney, as aforesaid, in a two story house, the sum of fifty cents ; for cleaning each chimney, as aforesaid, in a three story house, the sum of sev- enty-five cents ; for cleaning each chimney, as aforesaid, in a four story house, the sum of one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each additional story. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 13, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Defective flues to be repaired. It shall be the duty of the chimney sweep, wherever he shall have knowledge of a defective flue in any building in this city, to report the same, without delay to the superintendent of build- ings ; and the said superintendent of buildings is hereby authorized and required to notify, in writing, the owner of .such building of the existence of such flue, and to have the same repaired or remedied without delay ; and if such owner fail or neglect to repair or remedy such defect within twenty-four hours after receiving such notice, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and to a like fine for each and every day the same shall remain unrepaired. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 13, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Chimneys to be cleaned. It is hereby made the duty of the owner or occupant of any building within the limits of the city, to have the chimneys and flues of any such building swept, cleaned and the soot, dirt and other matter taken out of said chimneys and flues, and removed from the premises by the chimney sweep at least once in each year ; any owner or occupant of a building who shall refuse or fail to have the chimneys and flues of such building cleaned by the chimney sweep, as required of him in section two of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars, [E. O. 1888, Chap. 13, Sec. 5. CITY CLERK. 281 CHAPTER XVII. CLERK CITY CLERK. SECTION SECTION 1. General duties. 6. To be custodian of laws and ordin- 2. To keep a record of proceedings. ances. 3. Copies of papers to be furnished, 7. Shall deliver laws and ordinances fees for. to whom. 4. Shall endorse papers filed. 8. Clerk may sell copies, proceeds to 5. May appoint deputy. be deposited with treasurer. SECTION 1. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of Missouri : First. To permit no records, public papers or other documents of the city, kept and preserved in his office, to be taken therefrom, except by such ^officers of the city as may be entitled to the use thereof, and then only upon their leaving a receipt therefor. Second. To attest all ordinances and all signatures of the mayor when necessary, affix the seal of the city to all documents requiring the same, and to sign all resolutions adopted by the common council. Third. To prepare all commissions of officers which the mayor is required to sign, and to countersign the same and affix the seal of the city thereto. Fourth. To keep a complete record of all commissions issued, and of the official oaths and bonds of all city officers. Fifth. To cause the ordinances and an abstract of all council proceedings to be published, as required by the general laws of the state of Missouri, or ordered by the common council, and to examine and correct the proof thereof. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 14, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. To keep a record of proceedings. The city clerk shall record all resolutions and ordinances passed by the common council which shall become laws, and all petitions 282 GENERAL ORDINANCES. under which the common council shall order public work to be done at the expense of the property fronting thereon. Such records of resolutions, ordinances, petitions, and the record of the proceedings of the common council, shall be properly indexed by the clerk. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 1^ Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Copies of papers to be furnished fees for. The city clerk shall not be obliged to furnish written copies of ordinances or other papers for the use of any city officer or other person ; bnt upon request of any city officer he shall, without charge, attest any copy of any paper, document or record presented to him, and affix the seal of the city thereto. He shall be entitled to receive fifty cents for every certificate, with seal affixed, made for individual use, and shall be allowed to charge at the rate of ten cents per hundred words for copying all ordinances, papers, records or council proceedings desired for individual use, to be paid by the party ordering the same. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. U, Sec. 3. SEC. .4. Shall endorse papers filed. On every paper or document filed in the office of the city clerk, he shall endorse the date of such filing, together with an abstract of the contents of such paper or document. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. U, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. May appoint a deputy. The city clerk may, by an instrument in writing, under his hand appoint a deputy, who shall have and exercise under the supervision of the city clerk, all the powers and perform any of the duties of the city clerk, and may remove such deputy at his pleasure. The city clerk and his securities shall be responsible on his official bond for all acts done or omitted by such deputy, in the same manner as for his own acts or omissions. [6r. O. No. 321, Sec. 1. SEC. 6. To be custodian of laws and ordinances. The city clerk shall be the custodian and responsible person for the safe keeping of all bound and printed copies of the laws and ordinances of the city of St. Joseph, and whenever CITY CLERK. 283 the delivery thereof shall be made to him by the printer, binder or other person, he shall forthwith furnish to the comp- troller a statement showing the nature and number of such delivery. [G. 0. No. 5^5, Sec. 1. SEC. 7. Clerk shall deliver laws and ordinances to whom. Upon receiving a receipt therefor, in a proper book prepared for that purpose, the city clerk shall deliver such laws and ordinances to the following named officers of the city arid other officials, to wit: One each to the counselor, comptroller, engineer, chief of police, assessor, inspector of licenses, street commissioner, health officer, superintendent of buildings, electrician, market master, weight master, superin- tendent of workhouse, boiler inspector, live stock inspector, clerk of police court, board of police commissioners, board of park commissioners, board of library directors, board of health, board of public works, board of charities, public library, state library, police station, each hose house, and each elective offi- cer of the city, to the mayor of other metropolitan cities when applied for or in exchange for like favors, and to such other persons or officers, without payment therefor, as may be from time to time authorized by resolution of the common council. [G. 0. No. 546, Sec. 2. SEC. 8. Clerk may sell copies proceeds to be deposited with treasurer. Upon application therefor, the city clerk may sell and deliver to any attorney or other citizen of St. Joseph, a copy of such laws and ordinances for a price not less than the actual cost of compilation, printing and binding. The city clerk shall deposit with the treasurer all moneys received from books so sold ; he shall keep a rec- ord of every copy delivered, or sold, and shall report to the comptroller every such delivery or sale. [G. O. No. Sec. 3. 284 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER XVIII. COMMITTEES. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Standing committees, 4. Legislation. 2. Judiciary committee. 5. Street lightning. 3. Duty of committee on ordinances. SECTION i. Standing committees. At the annual meeting of the common council in each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, it shall be the duty of the president of the council to appoint the following standing committees, sub- ject to the approval of the council, which shall consist of three members each: Committee on rules. Committee on water and gas. Committee on finance. Committee on workhouse. Committee on auditing. Committee on public buildings Committee on public improvements and grounds. Committee on ordinances. Committee on streets and alleys. Committee on fire department. Committee on claims. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 15, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Judiciary committee. There shall be a committee on judiciary, composed of the mayor, the city coun- selor, the president of the council, the city comptroller and the alderman who is chairman of the finance committee, which shall have control of all legal matters. [G. O. No. J$%, Sec. 1. SEC. 3. Duty of committee on ordinances. - The said committee on ordinances shall examine all ordinances and other subjects referred to them by the common council, report such alterations and amendments as they may deem necessary together with amendments, alterations and correc- tions in regard to the existing ordinances of the city. [jR. O. 1888, Ckap. 15, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Legislation. There is hereby created a regu- lar standing committee to be known and designated as the COMMITTEES COMMON COUNCIL. 285 xmnnittee on legislation. Said committee shall consist of ;hree members of the common council ; one of which shall be ;he president of the council ; two members who shall be ippointed by the president, and the counselor, comptroller, 3ity clerk, auditor, assessor, treasurer and city engineer m-officio members, who shall be appointed at the same time as )ther standing committees are appointed. Said committee jhall examine and consider all matters of legislation which nay be referred to it by the common council, and shall con- sider, prepare and present to the council from time to time iuch amendments to the charter of the city as the members hereof may consider expedient. [#. 0. No. SEC. 5. Street lighting. There is hereby created a standing committee to be known as committee on street ighting. Said committee shall consist of three members of he council and be appointed as other committees are appointed. G. O. No. 4,54, Sec. 1. CHAPTER XIX. COMMON COUNCIL. IECTION SECTION 1. Resignation of alderman. 4 - Attachment may be issued for ab- 2. Chief of police to attend council se nt member. meetings. 5 - Matters to be referred to commit- 3. Alderman may be fined for absence. tees - Report may be deferred. 6. Vote, how to be rescinded. SECTION 1. Resignation of alderman. The resig- mtion of any member shall be addressed to the presiding )fficer of the common council. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Chief of police to attend council meet- ngs. The chief of police shall attend the sessions of the iommon council, and execute all orders of the council to him lirected. \lt. O. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 8. SEC. 3. Aklerman may be fined for absence. iny alderman absenting himself from any meeting of the board vithout reasonable excuse, shall be liable to a fine of not less 286 GENERAL ORDINANCES. than one dollar nor more than five dollars, to be imposed by the council. Sickness or absence from the city shall be a valid excuse. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Attachment may issue for absent mem- ber. At the request of any member of the common council, the president shall issue an attachment to compel the attend- ance of any member of the council, which may be executed by any policeman. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Matters to be referred to committees- report may be deferred. All ordinances, petitions and communications to the common council shall, unless by consent, be referred to appropriate committees, and only acted on by the council on the report of the committee having the same in charge ; any report of a committee of the council may be deferred to the next session of the same, whether it be an adjourned, special or regular session, by request of any two members of the council present. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 5. Amended G. O. No, 453. SEC. 6. Vote how to be rescinded. No vote of the common council shall be reconsidered or rescinded at a special meeting, unless at such special meeting there be present as large a number of aldermen as were present when such vote was taken. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 16, Sec. 6. CHAPTER XX. COMPTROLLER. SECTION SECTION 1. General duties. 7. Countersign licenses. 2. Duty in case of defaulting officer. 8. To attend sale and bid on real estate. 3. Shall deposit proceeds of bonds. 9. To be at office during council meet- 4. Duty as to property of the city. ings. 5. Report to council, shall state what. 10. To furnish stationery. 6. To certify amount of money to be 11. Comptroller may appoint deputy. raised by taxation. 12. Appointment may be canceled. SECTION 1. General duties. It shall be the duty of the city comptroller, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of Missouri, to exercise a COMPTROLLER. 287 general supervision over all the officers of the city regarding the proper management of the fiscal concerns of their respective offices. He shall examine the books of each department from time to time, and see that they are kept in proper form. He shall see that all necessary reports are made to him by the various officers of the city, that officers receiving money pay the same into the city treasury, when thereto required, and report all delinquents to the mayor. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Same in case of defaulting officer. When any officer of the city shall become a defaulter, it shall be the duty of the comptroller to direct the city counselor to take immediate legal measures for the recovery of the amount for which such officer may be in default. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Shall deposit proceeds of bonds. The city comptroller shall deposit the proceeds of all sales of bonds with the city treasurer, immediately after he shall receive the same ; and until such deposit, he shall be responsible for the amount thereof. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Duty as to property of city. He shall also attend to the letting, sale or other disposition of property belonging to the city, and to the collection of all accounts, rents and other moneys due the city, except when otherwise provided by law or ordinance. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Report of, shall state what. In the semi- annual report to the common council required of the comptroller by the general laws of the state of Missouri, on the financial condition of the city, he shall give a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures of money by the city during the preceding half year, and of all the liabilities of the city, the condition of all appropriations, the amount of money on hand belonging to each of the different funds or departments of the city, the contracts unfulfilled, the balance of money in 288 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the city treasury and the sum due and outstanding, the names of all persons who have become defaulters to the city, and the amounts in their hands unaccounted For, and a statement of all other matters necessary to a complete exhibit of the city's financial condition. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Shall certify amount of money to be raised by taxation. He shall also, at the first meeting of the common council in each fiscal year, certify the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the payment of bonds and coupons maturing during that year, as required by the general laws of the state of Missouri, and an estimate of the amount necessary to defray the expenses of the various departments of the city government during the year, stating separately the amount required for each department. He shall, with said estimate, also submit a statement of all contracts made or authorized by the common council, and not performed or com- pleted during the years preceding, and upon which any money remains unpaid and the amount so unpaid on each. To this end, he shall require from the city engineer and other city officers and heads of departments, such information as he shall need to enable him to fulfill the duty imposed upon him herein. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Countersign licenses. The city comp- troller shall countersign all licenses issued by the city auditor, and keep a complete record thereof in his office. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. To attend sales and bid on real estate, etc. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to be present at all sales of real estate sold under execution upon judgment for city taxes, and in behalf of the city, bid the amount of the judgment, interest and costs upon each lot or parcel of real estate exposed for sale, and in case no higher bid is made, to have the same struck off and sold tothe city. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 8. COMPTROLLER. 289 SEC. 9. To be at office during council meetings. The city comptroller shall be in his office during the regu- lar monthly meetings of the common council, and during special meetings when thereto required by the mayor or coun- cil, to perform such duties of his office as may become neces- sary during such meetings. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. To furnish stationery. It is hereby made the duty of the city comptroller to keep on hand at all times a sufficient quantity of general office stationery and office sup- plies for the transaction of the business of the city, and to issue the same to the different departments, on requisition from the officers thereof. In case supplies are needed which, for any reason, are not kept on hand, it shall be the duty of the comptroller to issue an order to the head of the depart- ment applying for the same, for its purchase, such order to be attached to the bill for the goods purchased thereunder, and no bill for such goods shall be paid without such order being attached thereto : Provided, that the order herein required shall not be issued by the comptroller unless there be sufficient funds to the credit of the department named, not otherwise appropriated. In securing such stock of supplies and in replenishing same, the comptroller shall receive bids from all firms dealing therein and award the contract to the lowest and best bidder. \_G. O. No. 458, Sec. 1. SEC. 11. Comptroller may appoint deputy. - The comptroller is hereby authorized to appoint a deputy comptroller, who shall be a practical bookkeeper at a salary not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, who shall perform the work of a bookkeeper and clerk in his said office, and who may act as deputy comptroller. [7?. 0. '1888, Chap. 17, Sec. 11. Amended G. O. No. 345. SEC. 12. Appointment of deputy may be can- celed. The appointment of a deputy by the comptroller may be canceled at any time at the will of the comptroller, and the 19 290 GENERAL ORDINANCES. person appointed shall hold such appointment at the will of the comptroller, and may be suspended or removed at any time by the comptroller. Such deputy before entering upon the duties of his appointment shall execute a bond to the said comptroller to be approved by the comptroller, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties of his appointment, which bond shall be. deposited with the comptroller. [j. 0. 1888, Chap. 17. Amended G. O. No. 345. CHAPTEK XXI. CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, ETC. SECTION SECTION 1. City engineer to furnish plat. 4. Tax bills, how collected. 2. Duties of clerk after action of court. 5. Suits to be begun, when. 3. Tax bills to be recorded, etc. 6. Compensation of commissioners. SECTION 1. Plats to be furnished to city coun- selor. Whenever the common council shall provide by ordi- nance for establishing, opening, widening or altering any street, avenue, alley, market place or public square, or route for a sewer, or to condemn private property for other or different public uses than those already specified in this section, and it is necessary to take private property for the same, the city engineer, shall, upon request of the city counselor, furnish all necessary plats, showing the property affected by the proposed improvement, and the metes and bounds and the names of the owners thereof. [G. 0. No. 517, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. City clerk shall make out certificate of awards. After final action is taken by the circuit court on the report of the commissioners in any street or alley opening proceeding, and said report has been duly received and recorded by the city clerk in his office, and the common council have made an appropriation for the payment out of the city treasury of the damages awarded, and value of property taken, it shall be the duty of tb city glerk to wake out certificates of awards, CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, ETC. 291 in accordance with the report of the commissioners for the damages awarded, and he shall also issue special tax bills in accordance with said report against all parties and pieces and parcels of property charged with benefits, in which shall be included costs pro rata as adjudged by the court, if any have accrued since said report was filed. \_G. 0. No. 517, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Tax bills to be recorded and delivered to treasurer. The city clerk shall deliver said special tax bills to the city engineer, taking triplicate receipts therefor, one to be filed with the auditor, one with the comptroller and the third to be filed in his own office. The city engineer, upon receipt of such tax bills, shall proceed forthwith to record the same in a book to be provided for that purpose, showing the name of the present owner as given in or upon each bill, the property assessed and the date and amount of the bill. As soon as said tax bills are recorded, and within five days from the date of their receipt by him, the city engineer shall deliver said tax bills to the city treasurer, taking triplicate receipts therefor, one to be filed with the auditor, one with the comp- troller and the third retained. [6f. O. No. 517, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Tax bills how collected. The city treas- urer shall, upon receipt of such tax bills, forthwith send by mail, to each of the parties interested by name, a written or printed notice that said special tax bills are in his hands for collection, and will remain there for a period of thirty days from the date of their receipt by him, naming such date. [G. 0. No. 517, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Suits to be begun, when. Upon the expiration of the thirty days provided in the last section, all bills unpaid shall be delivered by the city treasurer to the city counselor, who shall thereupon proceed to collect the same by suits instituted in the name of the city of St. Joseph for that purpose. [G. 0. No. 517, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Compensation of commissioners. In all proceedings to establish, open, widen, or alter any street, 292 GENERAL ORDINANCES. avenue, alley, market place or public square, or route for a sewer, the commissioners appointed by the circuit court shall be entitled to have and receive from the city treasury for their services as such the sum of three dollars each for each day's services in the case. \_G. O. No. 517, Sec. 6. CHAPTER XXII. CONTRACTS AWARDS FOR PUBLIC WORK. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Public work to be advertised and 4. Performance to be secured. bids received. 5. Contract to be approved by coun- 2. Contracts to be let to lowest bid- selor. der. 6. Statement of awards to include 3. Contract let ; terms thereof. what information. SECTION 1. Public work engineer shall adver- tise for proposals. Whenever any public improvement shall be ordered by an ordinance of the common council, the city engineer shall advertise for proposals for doing said work; a plan or profile of the work to be done, accompanied with specifications for doing the same, being first placed on file in the office of said engineer ; which said plan, profile and speci- fications shall at all reasonable times be open for public inspec- tion ; said advertisement shall be inserted in the official paper of the city and continued for at least ten days, (unless required by the common council, in any specific case, to change the time), and shall state the work to be done. The bids for the doing of such work shall be sealed bids directed to said engi- neer, and shall be accompanied with a certified check for such an amount, as may be required in the advertisement not to exceed two per cent of the estimated cost of the public improve- ment, but in no case for a less amount than one hundred dol- lars ; said check to be drawn upon some solvent banking insti- tution in the city of St. Joseph, and in favor of the city comp- troller for the use of the city and signed by the bidder, condi- tioned that in case the contract shall be awarded to him, that he will within ten days thereafter, enter into contract with said CONTRACTS AWARDS FOR PUBLIC WORK. 293 city for the performance of the work for the price mentioned in his bid, and according to the plans and specifications ; and in case of detault on his part to enter into such contract within the time specified, said certified check and the amount named therein shall at once forfeit to and become payable to said comptroller for the use of the city and be at once, by him, paid over to the city treasurer, who shall receipt for the same. All amounts so forfeited to the city and deposited with the treasurer by the comptroller shall be made a part of the fund for city printing. Said bids shall be opened at the hour and place mentioned in said notice by the comptroller in conjunc- tion with the city engineer. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. W, Sec. 1. Amended G. O. No. 350. SEC. 2. Contract to be let to lowest bidder, when. All contracts shall be awarded by the city engineer to the lowest reliable and responsible bidder or bidders, who shall have complied with the foregoing requisitions, and who will sufficiently guarantee, to the satisfaction of the comp- troller, the performance of said work under the superintend- ence and to the satisfaction of the city engineer: Provided, that the contract price does not exceed the estimate or such other sum as shall be satisfactory to the mayor and common council. In case the mayor and common council should, for any reason, reject all the bids offered, the city engineer shall proceed to advertise such work again, at the option of the common council, and proceed as provided in section one of this ordinance, [fi. O. 1888, Chap. W, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Contract let terms thereof. Upon any contract being awarded as aforesaid, the city engineer shall enter into contract with said bidder for the faithful perform- ance of the work awarded to him in accordance with the con- ditions, requirements and specifications thereof ; and every contract entered into as aforesaid, shall contain a clause that the same is entered into subject to existing ordinances of the city and the approval of the common council, and the city 294 GENERAL ORDINANCES. engineer shall reserve the right to finally decide all questions arising as to the proper performance of the said work, and in case of improper construction, to suspend said work at any time and relet the same, or to order the entire reconstruction of said work, if improperly done, but that such suspension shall not affect the right of the city to recover all damages and penalties claimable by her on account of the contractor's fail- ure. Any person taking any contract with the city, and who agrees to be paid from special assessments, shall have no claim or lien upon the city in any event, and no work to be paid for by special assessment shall be let except to a contractor or contractors who will so agree. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 20, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Performance to be secured. The per- formance of all contracts let out as aforesaid, shall be secured by at least two sufficient securities, to be approved by the comptroller, in double the contract price of the work, except in cases when the estimated costs exceed one thousand dollars, in which case the amount of security shall be determined by the comptroller and city engineer. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 20, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. To be approved by counselor. All con- tracts shall be drawn by or submitted to the city counselor for approval of the form thereof, which approval shall be endorsed thereon, and upon being finally executed shall be filed and recorded in the office of the city comptroller. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 20, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Statement of awards to include what information. The city engineer is hereby required, in sub- mitting to the council the statement of awards for public work ordered under any special ordinance of the city to be paid foi by the issue of special tax bills, to include the following infoi mation : For district sewers, the cost per square foot, an< total number of square feet in the district ; for paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering and sidewalks, or either, COUNSELOR. 295 the cost per lineal foot front to property, and total number of lineal feet of property to be assessed ; for grading, number of yards to be paid for, with total cost of grading. [G. 0. No. 486, Sec. 1. . CHAPTER XXIII. COUNSELOR. SECTION 1. Duties defined. SECTION 1. Duties defined. I r shall be the duty of the city counselor, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of .Missouri : First. To advise the common council or its committees, or any city officer, when thereto requested, upon all legal ques- tions arising in the conduct of the business of the city. Second. To revise all ordinances submitted to him by any committee of the common council before being passed. Third. To give his opinion in writing, when thereto requested, upon any matter or question submitted to him by the common council or any of its committees, or any city officer. Fourth. To attend all regular meetings of the common council, and all special meetings when thereto requested by the mayor or council. Fifth. To manage and conduct in behalf of the city, all condemnation proceedings before the mayor of the city and upon appeal. Sixth. To collect all delinquent taxes, and all special taxes for opening of streets and alleys or for repairs of side- walks, keeping a complete record thereof and rendering proper accounts therefor ; for which he shall receive the fees as pro- vided by law. Seventh. To keep a complete record of all suits brought against the city, giving the names of the parties, the court 296 GENERAL ORDINANCES. where brought, the nature of the action, the disposition of the case and the briefs of counsel, and to deliver such record to his successor in office. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 21, Sec. 1. CHAPTER XXI Y. DOGS. SECTION 11. Clerk shall keep a record of dogs put to death. 12. Country dog excepted. 13. Registered dog not to be impound- ed. 14. Dog not to be killed, until when. 15. Dog to be released on presenting certificate. 16. Harboring dog, what is. 17. Fees allowed to public impounder. 18. Penalty. SECTION 1. Dogs to be registered and wear a collar. 2. Fee for registering; clerk to fur- nish a tag. 3. Clerk to keep record, etc- 4. Dog must wear collar with tag. 5. Collar not to be removed. 6. Vicious dog must not be kept. 7. Dogs to be muzzled, when. 8. Barking dog must not be kept. 9. Female not to be at large, when. 10. Public impounder to take up dogs. SECTION 1. Dog to be registered and wear col- lar. It shall be the duty of every person owning, keeping or harboring in this city any dog or bitch more than six months old, to register the same with the city clerk, and to put and to keep on the neck of such dog or bitch, a collar of leather or metal, to which shall be attached the tag received from the city clerk. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 00, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Fee for registering clerk to furnish tag. To enable the owner or keeper of any dog or bitch to have the same registered, such owner or keeper shall pay into the city treasury for each dog one dollar, and for each bitch two dollars, taking the treasurer's receipt therefor, and upon the presentation of such receipt to the city clerk, together with a clerk's fee of twenty-five cents, said clerk shall deliver to the owner or keeper of such dog or bitch, a certificate in writing, stating that such person has registered said dog or bitch, and the number by which it is registered, and shall also give to such person a metal check or tag, upon which shall be stamped or engraved the year issued, the words "St. Joseph, Mo." and a number corresponding with the number of the certificate of OF THE UNIVERSITY or 297 registration, which check or tag shall be attached to the collar worn by the dog licensed. On the first day of every month the city clerk shall certify to the city auditor the number of dogs and bitches registered, and said auditor shall immediately charge the city treasurer with the amount received by such treasurer for such licenses. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Clerk to keep a record, etc. Such cer- tificate of registry shall entitle such person to keep said dog or bitch until the first day of June then next following, but no longer ; and said clerk shall keep a record giving the name of the owner or keeper of such dog or bitch, and the number of the certificate of registry, together with a general description of such dog or bitch. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Dog must wear collar with tag. No owner or keeper of any dog or bitch shall allow or permit any such dog or bitch to be at any place in this city, at any time, without a collar having attached thereto the check or tag here- inbefore required ; nor shall any owner or keeper of any dog or bitch permit or allow such dog or bitch to wear any other check or tag than the identical one issued by the city clerk for such dog or bitch. In case of loss, a duplicate check or tag shall be issued by the city clerk, at the expense of the person making application therefor. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. No person shall remove the collar. No person shall remove or cause to be removed the collar, check or tag from any registered dog or bitch, without the consent of the owner or keeper thereof. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. No vicious dog must be kept. No per- son shall own, keep or harbor any dog or bitch which is noto- riously vicious or dangerous. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Dogs to be muzzled, when. It shall be the duty of the mayor, whenever in his opinion the danger to the public safety from rabid dogs is great and imminent, to 298 GENERAL ORDINANCES. publish his proclamation ordering and requiring all persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog or bitch to muzzle the same, or to confine the same for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days from the date of such proclamation, by good and sufficient means, to the house, stable, outhouse or yard wherein such person may reside ; and upon the issuing of such proclamation by the mayor, it shall be the duty of all persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog or bitch, during the time specified in such proclamation, to confine the same by good and sufficient means, within the yard, house, stable or outhouse, or have the same properly and securely muzzled. It is hereby made the duty of the police to kill any dog found running at large without being properly muzzled as required by any proclamation of the mayor, issued under this ordinance. [JR. O. 1888, Chap, m, Sec. 7. Amended G. O. No. 263. SEC. 8, Barking dog must not be kept. No per- son shall own, keep or harbor any dog or bitch which by loud and frequent or habitual barking, howling or yelling, shall annoy or disturb any neighborhood. [R. O. 1888 ', Chap. 22, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Female must not be at large when in heat. No owner, keeper or person harboring any bitch shall permit or suffer her to run at large within this city while she is in heat, whether she have the collar and check or tag on her or not ; and every such bitch found running at large is hereby deemed and declared to be a nuisance. [12. O. 1883, Chap. %%, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Public impounder to take up dogs. It is hereby declared the duty of the public impounder to take up all dogs and bitches found within the city limits without license tags, and confine them in the public pound. Any dog or bitch may be released from the pound by any person prov- ing ownership and producing city clerk's certificate stating that such dog or bitch has been registered, and paying one dollar to the public impounder. All dogs and bitches which shall DOGS. 299 have remained in the pound forty-eight hours without being claimed and released, shall be put to death by drowning or by asphyxiation by fumes of burning charcoal and sulphur, or if the animal is worthy and valuable, it shall be sold in the man- ner directed and required in section two, article two, chapter thirty-eight, and the proceeds of said sale to be turned into the city treasury to the credit of the general fund. [R. 0. 1888, Chap 88, Sec. 10. Amended G. 0. No. 469. SEC. 11. Clerk to keep a record of dogs put to death. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to keep a record of all dogs and bitches put to death, and make and certify to a copy of the same when required so to do by any city officer. To this end the public impounder shall notify said clerk when and where any dog or bitch will be killed, that said clerk or some one authorized by him as his representative, may attend such killing. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 88, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Country dog excepted. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any dog or bitch which may fol- low any countryman coming into or passing through the city, which shall remain near to its master, owner or keeper, or his wagon, animals or other effects. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Registered dog must not be impounded. It shall be unlawful for the public impounder to place, have or confine in the pound any dog or bitch which has been registered, or to kill or cause or allow to be killed any dog or bitch in any manner other than as provided in this chapter, or to skin or cause or allow to be skinned any dog or bitch until it is actually dead. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Dog not to be killed, until when. It shall be unlawful for the public impounder to kill or cause or allow to be killed any dog or bitch until the expiration of the forty-eight hours he is herein required to keep it in the pound. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. U. 300 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 15. Dog to be released on presenting cer- tificate. Whenever any person shall produce to the public irnpounder, or the person in charge of the pound, a certificate of registration in force and bearing date prior to the time any dog or bitch may have been impounded, such dog or bitch shall be forthwith released without charge. [R. O. 1888, Chap 22, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Harboring dog, what is. Any person who shall allow any dog or bi ch to habitually remain or be lodged or fed within his house, store, yard, enclosure or place, shall be deemed and considered as keeping and harboring the same, within the meaning of this ordinance. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Fees allowed to public imponnder. The public impounder shall be entitled to the following fees for impounding dogs and bitches, which shall include all the expense of taking and keeping such dogs and bitches : For each dog or bitch redeemed or sold, one dollar, to be paid by the person redeeming or to whom sold ; for each dog or bitch slain, fifty cents, to be paid by the city : Provided, that the amount paid for dogs and bitches killed shall not, at any time, exceed the amount received by the city treasurer for registra- tion of dogs and bitches. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 00, Sec. 17. Amended G. 0. No. 258. SEC. 18. Penalty. Any person violating, failing, neg- lecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than two hundred dollars. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 22, Sec. 18. Amended O. O. No. 515. DRAM SHOPS. 301 CHAPTER XXV. DRAM SHOPS. ECTION 1. Dramshops, license required for. 2. Dramshop keeper defined. 3. Intoxicating liquors defined. 4. License for ; amount required. 5. Auditor to grant license ; bond re- quired. 6. Business at one place only ; license how transferred. 7. License issued for three months. 8. Application for license to be made in writing; to state what; peti- tion required, etc. 9. Certificate of assessor required. 10. Certificates to be furnished upon application. 11. To be kept at place designated in license ; provision for removal. 12. License to be framed and posted. 13. Selling liquor to minor prohibited ; penalty. SECTION 14. Keeping open on Sunday, election day, etc., prohibited; penalty. 15. Conditions under which license is granted; penalty. 16. Performing on musical instru- ments, sparring, boxing, wrest- ling, gaming tables, etc., prohib- ited; penalty. 17. Employment of lewd women pro- hibited. 18. Dramshop not to be licensed in house of ill-fame. 19. Sale of intoxicating liquors in the- aters prohibited. 20. Penalty. 21. Auditor and treasurer to report to county monthly. 22. License may be revoked. SECTION 1. Dramshop license required. No per- :0n, or copartnership of persons, or corporation, shall in this :ity, directly or indirectly, in person or by another, sell, barter >r deliver, for or on his or their account, any intoxicating iquors in less quantities than one gallon, without a license first >btained therefor as a keeper of a dramshop, according to the )rovisions herein contained. \_G. O. No. 44-1, Sec. 22. SEC. 2. Dramshop keeper defined. Any person, ^partnership of persons or corporation, being licensed accord- ng to the provisions of this ordinance to sell intoxicating iquors in any quantity less than one gallon, is hereby declared o be a dramshop keeper. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 23. SEC. 3. Intoxicating liquors defined. The term 'intoxicating liquors," as used in this ordinance, shall be con- itrued to mean fermented, vinous and spirituous liquors, or any composition of which fermented, vinous or spirituous liquors s a part. [& O. No. 441, Sec. 84. 302 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 4. License amount required. No person shall act as a dramshop keeper without a license therefor from the city of St. Joseph, and the charge for such license shall be one thousand dollars per year, forty-seven per centum of which shall be for city purposes, and fifty-three per centum for state and county purposes. [G. O. No. 441> Sec. 25. SEC. 5. Auditor to grant license bond required. The city auditor is hereby authorized to grant a license as a dramshop keeper to any person having complied with the pro- visions herein contained who shall apply therefor to him, upon said applicant executing a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the comptroller, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that the person obtaining such license will, during the term for which he is licensed, keep an orderly house, and that he will in all things observe and conform to the provisions herein contained. After the comptroller shall have approved of the bond of said appli- cant, said applicant shall present the same to the city auditor, and pay to the city collector the amount of license fee due as herein provided, taking his receipt therefor, and on presentation of said receipt to the city auditor, together with the proper petition as required herein, the said auditor shall issue to said applicant a license as a dramshop keeper. [6r. 0. No. 44^1 Sec. 26. SEC. 6. Business at one place only license how transferred. Any license issued under the provisions herein contained shall authorize the business therein designated to be carried on at one place only, and shall not be transferable or assignable except by bona fide sale of fixtures and business, and the filing of a new petition by the purchaser in his own name, to be subject to the same conditions as a petition for beginning business as a dramshop keeper, and the making and filing of a new bond as required in the preceding section. [6r. O. No. 441, Sec. 27. DRAM SHOPS. 303 SEC. 7. License issued for three months. License as a dramshop keeper shall be issued for a period of three months at a time, and shall date from the first of the month in which issued, on payment of one quarter the yearly license tax. The proper officers will issue licenses in conformity with the provisions of this section. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 28. Amended G. O. No. 524. SEC. 8. Application for license, how made peti- tion required, etc. Application for a license as a dram- shop keeper shall be made in writing to the city auditor, and shall state specifically where the dramshop is to be kept ; and if the said city auditor shall be of the opinion that the appli- cant is a person of good moral character he may grant the license : Provided, that no license to keep a dramshop in any block or square in the city of St. Joseph shall be granted until a majority of the assessed tax paying citizens and guardians of minors, resident in the city and owning property in the block or square, shall sign a petition asking for such license to keep a dramshop therein, which said petition shall be filed in the office of the city auditor, and said petition shall be good for one year, and in default of renewing said petition, said city auditor shall have no power to issue thereafter such license until the same is renewed. \_G. 0. No. 441? Sec. 29. SEC. 9. Certificate of assessor required. Before any person shall be entitled to receive a license as a dramshop keeper he shall present to the city auditor the certificate of the city assessor showing the owners of the property, the written consent of a majority of whom he is required to obtain, as provided and required herein. [G. O. No. 441> 8 ec - $0. SEC. 10. Certificate to be furnished upon appli- cation. The city assessor shall furnish the certificate required in the preceding section upon application therefor by any per- son desiring a license as dramshop keeper, and shall keep in his office a permanent record of all such certificates so issued by him. [G. 0. ffo, 441, Sea. 31. 304 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 11. To be kept at place designated in license provision for removal No person shall under such license keep a dramshop at any place other than the one designated in such license : Provided, that he may remove the carrying on of such business, during the continuation of such license, from the tenement designated therein to any other tenement in the city, by obtaining the written consent of a majority of such assessed owners in the block or square in which the tenement to be occupied is situated, as are residents of the city, as in the first instance, but such removal and the date thereof shall be endorsed by the city auditor on such license, and it shall be the duty of any dramshop keeper so removing, to present his license to the city auditor for endorse- ment before such removal. '[#. 0. No. 441, Sec. 32. SEC. 12. License to be framed and posted. Each dramshop keeper licensed under the provisions herein, shall immediately cause such license to be framed, and to be and remain posted upon some conspicuous part of the room or bar kept or used as a dramshop. \_G. O. No. 441, S ec - $$ SEC. 13. Selling liquor to minors prohibited penalty. Every dramshop keeper who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done about his premises, any intoxicating liquors in any quantity to any minor without the permission of the parent, master or guardian of such minor first had and obtained, or who shall have in his employ about his dramshop, or who shall permit any person under the age of twenty-one years to frequent or remain about such dramshop, or who shall permit any bawd, lewd woman or prostitute to frequent such dramshop, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 34. SEC. 14. Keeping open on Sunday, election day, etc., prohibited penalty. Any person who shall have a license as a dramshop keeper, who shall keep open such dram- DKAM SHOPS. 305 shop, or who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done upon or about his premises, any intoxicating liquors, in any quantity, on the first day o| the week, commonly called Sunday, or on any election day for the choice of presidential electors, state, county or city officers, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by fine as follows : For the first oftense not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars ; for the second offense not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars ; for the third offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hun- dred dollars ; and in addition to the fine in the third offense, such judge of the police court or other court before whom such person is tried, shall declare such license forfeited to the city of St. Joseph, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for such licensee or any other person to do business under such forfeited license ; and the person to whom such license was issued shall not be permitted to receive another as dramshop keeper for a period of six months, [G. O. No. 441* Sec. 35. SEC. 15. Conditions under which license is granted penalty. Every license as a dramshop keeper shall be granted upon condition that the holder thereof shall close his place of business whenever the mayor by proclama- tion shall so order, and for such length of time as he may order, not exceeding forty-eight hours at any one time. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 36. SEC. 16. Performing on musical instruments, sparring, boxing, wrestling, gaming tables, etc., prohibited penalty. A dramshop keeper shall not keep, exhibit, use or suffer to be used in his dramshop, any piano, organ or other musical instrument whatever, for the purpose of performing upon or having the same performed upon in such 306 GENERAL ORDINANCES. dramshop ; nor shall he permit any sparring, boxing, wrestling, or other exhibition or contest or cock fight, in his dramshop ; and it shall be unlawful for any dramshop keeper to set up, keep, use or permit to be kept or used, in or about the prem- ises of his dramshop, by any other person, or run or to be run in connection with such dramshop, in any manner or form whatever, any gaming tables, bowling or ten pin alley, cards, dice or other device for gaming or playing any game of chance, excepting billiard tables and pool tables ; and the keeper of such dramshop shall not permit any person in or about his dramshop to play upon any such table or alley or with cards, dice or any gambling device of any kind. Every person vio- lating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. l Sec. 37. SEC. 17. Employment of lewd women prohib- ited. No dramshop keeper shall employ or allow any lewd woman or woman having the reputation of being a prostitute, as a carrier of beer, liquors, cigars or any other article, or to sing or dance in such house or place, or to allow any such woman to act as bar tender in any such house or place, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 38. SEC. 18. Dramshop not to be licensed in house of ill fame. No dramshop shall be licensed or permitted to be kept or maintained in any house or building used for the purpose of prostitution, or as a house of assignation or ill fame. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 39. SEC. 19. Sale of intoxicating liquors in theaters prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, solicit, barter or give away any intoxicating liquor on the floor, in the boxes or among the audience of any theater or variety show or minstrel performance in the city of St. Joseph. \G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 40. DRAM SHOPS. 307 SEC. 20. Penalty. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions hereof as relating to dramshop keepers, where no special penalty is provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. JVo. 441, Sec. 41. SEC. 21. Auditor and treasurer to report to county monthly. It shall be the duty of the city auditor to report to the collector of Buchanan county monthly the number of dramshop licenses issued during the month, together with a list of the persons procuring such license, and the amount due the state and county on the same, said report to be made not later than the second day of the month next suc- ceeding that in which the licenses were issued ; and it is hereby made the duty of the city collector to pay over to said county collector the amount due said state and county as shown by said city auditor's report, on or before the fourth day of the month next succeeding that in which such license fees were collected, and to take said county collector's receipt therefor. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 42. SEC. 22. License may be revoked. Whenever it shall be shown to the mayor, upon the written statement of three or more reputable property owners, subscribed and sworn to, that any dramshop keeper has not kept at all times an orderly house, the mayor shall at once notify such dramshop keeper to appear before him, and he shall investigate the charges preferred. If satisfied of the truth of -the statement *made, he shall revoke the license of such dramshop keeper, and if requested by such dramshop keeper he shall forthwith place the papers in the hands of the city attorney with instruc- tions to institute proceedings in the police court against such dramshop keeper, and if on the trial of such case the dramshop keeper shall be acquitted, the revocation of such license by the mayor shall be null and void ; provided, that the city auditor shall not grant a license to any person whose license has been 308 GENERAL ORDINANCES. re\ 7 oked, or who has been convicted more than one time during the year preceding his application for a dramshop license for violation of any ordinance relating to dramshops, or has had in his employ in his business of dramshop keeping any person whose license has been revoked. \_G. 0. No. 544, $ ec - 1- CHAPTER XXVI. ELECTIONS. SECTION. 1. Elections, where held, how gov- erned, etc. Proclamation for, how published. Judges, appointment of, form of oath. When voters may elect judges. Clerks, appointment of, how sworn. City clerk to notify judges ; furnish ballot boxes, poll books, etc. Manner of conducting elections. Ballots, ballot boxes, etc., to be returned to city clerk. Rejected ballots to be preserved and returned. City clerk and justices to cast up result, etc. Certificate of election to be issued. 10. SECTION. 12. Judge or clerk quitting service, penalty. 13. Judge or clerk sick, another to be selected. 14. Ballots not to be examined. 15. Judges to preserve order and com- mand arrests. 16. Compensation of judges and clerks. 17. Chief of police to provide officers, etc. 18. Penalty for seizing ballot box. 19. Judges to have copy of this chapter. 20. Tie vote, how settled by lot. 21. Same laws govern special election. 22. Vacancies, how filled. 23. Special election to be called . 11. SECTION 1. Elections governed, by what laws. All elections held for city officers or city purposes in the city of St. Joseph, shall be held at such place or places in each ward as the mayor and common council may by ordinance direct, and according to the regulations prescribed by the laws of the state governing registration and elections, and the pro- visions of this^ordi nance. \_G. 0. No. 534, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Notice, how given. The mayor shall, by* proclamation, give seven days public notice of the time and place of holding any general or special election, by publication in at least two of the daily papers of the city, one of which shall be the official paper of the city, if there be one. [ G. 0. No. 534, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Judges, appointment of form of oath. The common council shall, at least seven days before ELECTIONS. 309 the day set for holding an election, appoint six judges of elec- tion for each place of voting in the several wards ; three of the judges shall be taken from the political party that polled the largest number of votes at the last preceding general elec- tion, and three of the judges from the party that polled the next largest vote. Said judges shall, before entering upon their duties, take the following oath : "I do solemnly swear that 1 will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of judge of the present election, according to law, and that I will not disclose how any voter shall have voted, unless I am required to do so as a witness in the proper judicial proceeding, and that I will not allow any person to vote whose name is not duly registered according to law, so help me God;" which oath may be administered by some officer authorized to admin- ister oaths, or by one of their own body who in turn may be sworn by one of the other judges. \_G. 0. No. 534,, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Voters may elect judges, when. If any person appointed to act as a judge fail to be present at the place of election at the time of opening the polls, or being present, declines serving, the voters then and there present to the number of ten or more may elect a qualified person to act as judge of that election. [G. O. No. 53^ Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Clerks, appointment of how sworn. The judges of any election shall, before opening the polls, appoint four suitable persons, qualified voters of the ward, to act as clerks of the election, who shall take an oath or affirma- tion, to be administered by one of the judges of the election, that they will faithfully record the names of all the voters, and also take the oath above prescribed for the judges ; but no officer of the city, or candidate for any city office, shall be judge or clerk of any city election. \_G. O. No. 53^ Sec. 5. SEC. 6. City clerk to notify judges, deliver bal- lot boxes and poll books, etc. The city clerk shall, at least three days before the day set for holding an election, 310 GENERAL ORDINANCES. cause notice of their appointment to be given to the judges, to one of whom he shall deliver, one day before the election, two ballot boxes, to be designated as number one and number two, and blank poll books with the necessary certificates written or printed in blank therein, together with a list of registered voters resident within the voting precinct and entitled to vote therein at said election duly certified by the clerk of the county court, to be used by the judges of the election, which cer- tified lists of registered voters the city clerk shall obtain of the county clerk at the expense of the city for that purpose. [#. 0. No. 63h Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Manner of conducting elections. The judges and clerks of any election shall proceed to conduct the election and perform their respective duties as provided by the general laws of the state and ordinances of this city. [G. O. No. 63h Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Ballots, ballot boxes, etc., return of to city clerk. The ballots shall, at the close of the count be replaced in the ballot box, which shall be locked and safely sealed up and not reopened by them or with their consent thereafter ; and the judges shall, by one of their body, at ten o'clock of the day next following the election, deliver the ballot box and registration lists and poll books, with certifi- cates, to the city clerk at his office. \_G. O. No. 534, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Rejected ballots to be preserved and returned. All rejected ballots shall be preserved and returned with the books and other ballots in a separate envelope marked "rejected ballots," and the city clerk shall preserve the same for twelve months in his office. \_G. O. No. 534, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. City clerk and justices to cast up re- sult, etc. On the day succeeding that on which any general or special election shall be held, or as soon as the returns of any such election shall be made to him by the judges thereof, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to call in two justices of ELECTIONS. 311 the peace, and shall, in connection with such justices of the peace, proceed to can'vass and verify the returns of the judges and clerks of any such election, and shall certify the result to the common council at the next succeeding session thereof, stating the name of each person voted for, the office for which he is voted for and the aggregate number of votes given to each person, and who are elected, which certificate shall be signed by them. Said justices of the peace shall be entitled to have and receive out of the city treasury the sum of five dollars each for their services. [G. O. No. 53^, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Certificate of election to be issued. The city clerk shall, on the next day after making the certificate aforesaid, make out and deliver a certificate of election, under the seal of the city, which certificate shall be signed by the mayor and attested by him, to each person elected, setting forth the office to which he is elected. \_G. 0. No. 53^ Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Judge or clerk quitting service pen- alty. Any judge or clerk of election who shall have com- menced serving as such, and shall fail to perform any of the duties enjoined on him by law or ordinance, except as herein- after provided, shall forfeit arid pay a sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 53^ Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Judge or clerk sick, another to be selected. If any judge or clerk of election, after entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall, by sickness or other personal disability, be rendered unable to continue to act, another may be appointed in his place ; if a judge, by the qualified voters to the number of ten or more present ; if a clerk, by the judges. In such case the person substituted shall make oath as hereinbefore required, and the fact of substitution and the time when it took place shall be noted in the poll book by the clerks. [#. 0. No. 53^ Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Ballots not to be examined. No judge or clerk of election shall examine or suffer any one to examine 312 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the ballot of any voter handed in to be deposited in the ballot box, before placing the same therein, or permit any one but the voter handing the same in, or one of the judges, to handle the same, or allow any person but one of the judges to handle a ballot box, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 53^ Sec. 1%.. SEC. 15. Judges to preserve order and com- mand arrests. The judges shall have power to preserve order at the polls, and to command the officer in attendance to arrest and take before the judge of the police court any person who shall, by violent and turbulent conduct, or in any other manner interfere with, hinder, obstruct, disturb or delay the judges or clerks in the discharge of their duties, or any voter exercising the privilege of voting ; and for any such offense the offender shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [G. 0. No. 53^ Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Compensation of judges and clerks. Each judge and clerk of election shall be entitled to receive the sum of three dollars for each day he may be employed in holding an election, counting the ballots and certifying the vote, and no judge or clerk shall be allowed more than one day's service, except the judge who shall return to the clerk's office the ward or precinct ballot box of said election, who shall be allowed an extra half day's service, the total compen- sation of said returning judges to be in all four dollars and fifty cents, and the city clerk shall certify to the auditor the amount due to each judge and clerk, whereupon the auditor shall draw a warrant on the treasurer in favor of each person for the amount due him. \_G. 0. No. 53J+, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Chief of police to provide officers, etc. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to station suitable and a sufficient number of police officers at each place of hold- ing an election, for the purpose of preserving order and deco- rum, and to enforce the lawful commands of the judges of election. [#. O. 534,, Sec. 17. ELECTIONS. 313 SEC. 18. Seizing ballot box penalty. Whoever shall, at any election, seize or attempt to seize a ballot box or poll book, with the purpose of carrying off the same by force, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, [(r. O. No. 53^ Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Judges to have a copy of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to deliver a copy of this ordinance to at least one of the judges of election in the several wards of this city at least one day previous to any election. [#. 0. No. 634, Sec. 19. SEC. 20. Tie vote, how determined by lot. When two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the office of mayor, or for any other elective office, the city clerk and justices after canvassing the returns shall certify the same to the common council, who shall proceed to determine the same by lot in the following manner : They shall cause twelve separate ballots or slips of paper to be prepared, equal in size and similar in appearance, the name of each candidate to be written upon an equal number, and neatly folded with the name upon the inside, and being so prepared, shall be put in a box and well mixed ; eleven of which ballots or slips being prepared as aforesaid, shall be then drawn out by the city clerk and counted as votes, and the person whose name is upon a majority of the ballots so drawn shall be declared elected. But if the tie be in the election of an alderman, the parties named in such certificates shall immediately, in the presence of the common council, determine by lot their respec- tive rights ; but upon failure from any cause to do so, the same shall be determined as in this section provided for determining other cases. [G. 0. No. 53^ Sec. W. SEC. 21. Same laws govern special election. The provisions of all laws and ordinances in regard to general elections shall, as far as practicable, govern special elections. As many vacancies as exist at any one time shall be filled at 314 GENERAL ORDINANCES. one election and under one proclamation. The registration lists of the general election next preceding any special election shall be furnished to the judges at such special election to be used as in case of a general election. \_G. O. No. 534-, Sec. 21. SEC. 22. Vacancies how filled. When a vacancy occurs in any elective office, except that of mayor, within one hundred days next preceding a general city election, the office shall be filled by appointment of the mayor; but when any such vacancy occurs more than one hundred days next before a general election, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor more than one hundred days next before such general election, a special election shall be had to fill such vacancy. [G. 0. No. 534, Sec. m. SEC. 23. Special election, proclamation for. Within a reasonable time after notice of a vacancy, the mayor, or if the vacancy be in the mayor's office, the president of the council shall issue his proclamation for a special election, fix- ing a day therefor, which shall be published in the official newspaper of the city and one other daily paper in the city, for at least seven days next preceding the day so fixed, and shall specify the office or offices to be filled. [ G. O. No. 534., Sec. 23. CHAPTER XXVII. ELECTRICIAN CITY ELECTRICIAN. SECTION. 1. Electrician, appointment and re- moval of. 2. Shall attend to duties, qualifica- tions, etc. 3. Shall superintend electric light plant, hire and discharge em- ployes, etc. 4. Shall require electrical wires, poles, etc., upon public highways to be placed, how. 5. Shall keep a record of expenses. 6. Inspection of electrical wires, etc. SECTION. 7. Rules for electrical wiring. 8. Altering apparatus or wires, elec" trician must be notified. 9. Term "electric" or "electrical wires" defined. 10. Electrician to keep record of in- spections and issue permits. 11. Appeal from decision of electrician to be arbitrated. 12. Certificates of inspection, record of. 13. Penalty. SECTION 1 Office of city electrician created term of bond, etc. There is hereby created, in and for the city of St. Joseph, the office of city electrician. The CITY ELECTRICIAN. 315 mayor by and with the consent of the common council, shall appoint some suitable person to fill such position. The city electrician shall hold his position until removed for cause ; such removal to be effected in the manner provided by law for the removal of other appointed officers of the city. In case of a vacancy in said office, it shall be filled by appointment as herein provided. The city electrician shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties. He shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dol- lars per annum, payable monthly. \_G. 0. No. 351, Sec. 1. Amended G. 0. No. 552. SEC. 2. Qualifications of duties, etc. The city electrician shall be an experienced and practical electrician, and shall devote his time and personal attention to the duties of his office as defined by ordinance now or hereafter to be passed. He shall not be the agent or employe or interested with any person or persons dealing in, or erecting electrical work of any kind. [G. 0. No. 351, Sec. 2. Amended G. O. No. 523. SEC. 3. Shall superintend electric light plant- appointment of employes, etc. It shall be the duty of said city electrician to personally superintend the operation of the city electric light plant, and under, the direction of the council or committees acting therefor, shall purchase such supplies, make such changes, improvements, extensions or other work as may be ordered or provided for by ordinance, shall meet with the committees when required, and shall approve all correct bills created on account of said department. He shall have the power to appoint all employes at the street lighting plant. Any employe may be removed by the city electrician for neglect of duty or other cause deemed good and sufficient by him. [G. O. No. 351, Sec. 3. Amended G. O. No. 552. SEC. 4. Shall supervise erection of poles, wires, etc., for electrical purposes upon highways. It shall also be the duty of said city electrician to require that all elec- 316 GENERAL ORDINANCES. trical wires, poles and appliances of all kinds for electrical purposes, now or hereafter to be erected upon the streets, alleys or public highways, shall be placed or erected as required by ordinance. \_G. O. No. 351, Sec 4. SEC. 5. Record of expenditures. Said city elec- trician shall keep a set of books showing in detail all expend- itures on account of the street lighting plant, and shall make such reports as may be called for. [G. 0. No. 351, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Inspection of electrical wires, etc. - It is hereby made the duty of the city electrician, in addition to the duties now required of him by the ordinances of the city, to have charge of the enforcement of all ordinances now in force or which may hereafter be passed pertaining to the inspection and installation of electrical apparatus and wires; to see that no electrical current is turned on or installed in any new work until after inspection : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as applying to old work already installed, unless the electrician is called upon by the owner or tenant for such inspection, when the same inspection shall be made as is required of new work. \_G. O. No. 492, Sec. 1. SEC. 7. Rules for electrical wiring. All electrical wires shall be so placed and arranged that they would still be practically insulated in the event of their insulating covering getting worn away or removed, and rules and requirements of the National Electrical Light Association shall be strictly adhered to. [G. 0. No. 492, Sec. 2. SEC. 8. Altering apparatus or wires electrician must be notified. No alteration, change or addition shall be made in such electrical apparatus or wires without first notifying the city electrician and subjecting the same to inspec- tion, subject to the provisions of this ordinance. All wires to be hidden from view must be inspected before concealment ; and the parties installing such wires must notify the city CITY ELECTRICIAN. 317 electrician, giving him ample time to make such inspection. [G. 0. No. 492, Sec. 3. SEC. 9. Term " electric," or " electrical wires," defined. The term "electric" or " electrical wires," as used in this ordinance, shall be construed to mean wires that are arranged or placed in or on any building or support and designed to be used as conductors of electricity for any purpose, but especially for producing light, heat or power, or designed to be used for convenience or protection against tire, in con- nection with such generators, electric motors, electric wires, lamps, switches, cut-outs, rheostats and other devices. [6r. 0. No. 492, Sec. 4. SEC. 10. Electrician to keep record of inspec- tionshall issue permits. The city electrician shall make and keep a record of all such inspections herein men- tioned, giving location, date, name of party installing electrical apparatus or wires, for whom installed, and giving a general description of such inspection ; and when this ordinance shall have been strictly complied with, he shall make and deliver to the party for whom the inspection was made a certificate of inspection, giving location, date, name of party installing electrical apparatus or wires, and for whom installed. The city electrician shall decide all questions not provided for in this ordinance pertaining to the installing of electrical apparatus or wires. [#. 0. No. l&Z, Sec. 5. SEC. 11. Appeal from decision of electrician- arbitrators. Appeal may be had from an order or decision of the city electrician to a board of electricians to be selected as follows : One to be selected by the inspector, one to be selected by the appellant, these two to agree on and select the third arbitrator previous to considering the appeal, said third arbitrator to be called upon on failure of the two arbitrators to agree, the loser of the appeal to pay the costs of the board of appeals. [G. 0. No. 498, Sec. 6. 318 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 12. Certificates of inspection -record of inspection. Certificates of inspection shall be properly made or tilled out by the city electrician in duplicate, one to be delivered to the party for whom made and the other to be filed with the comptroller. A complete record of all inspections shall be kept by the electrician in a book to be provided by the city. [0. O. No. 492, Sec. 7. SEC. 13. Penalty. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and to a like penalty for each day during which he shall continue such violation. \_G. O. No. J$%, Sec. 8. CHAPTER XXV1I1. ENGINEER CITY ENGINEER. SECTION SECTION 1. Qualifications of city engineer. 5. Repairs, materials therefor, regu- 2. General duties. lations concerning. 3. Shall keep record of all transac- 6. Engineer shall certify to and pub- tions, etc. lish petitions for grading and 4. Engineer may make repairs, how. paving. SECTION 1. Qualifications of city engineer. The city engineer shall be a pers'on well skilled in the science of engineering and building and the practical application thereof. He shall, in addition to the oath prescribed for city officers, take an oath that he is not and will not be, during his continu- ance in office, directly or indirectly interested in any contract with the city for any public work. [G. 0. No. 414> > ec > 1- SEO. 2. General duties. It shall be the duty of the city engineer, in addition to the duties imposed on him by the general laws of the state of Missouri : First. To examine the condition of all streets, sewers, alleys, sidewalks and other public places, and keep the same in good repair. CITY ENGINEER. 319 Second. To cause to be carried into effect all ordinances of the city concerning streets and public places, to superintend and construct the opening and improving thereof, and to pre- vent and remove all obstructions therein. Third. To prepare plans, specifications and estimates of the cost of all public or district sewers ordered by the common council to be built, and to have control of their construction. Fourth. To preserve in his office all maps, plats, profiles and surveys of the city, together with the books, papers and letters relating thereto. Fifth. To furnish the common council from time to time such reports as they may require, and to make plans, specifica- tions and estimates of all work done by or on account of the city. Sixth. To report to the common council all violations of any contract, and to suspend the execution thereof when the contractor fails to comply with the terms thereof, or with the direction of the city engineer in relation thereto. Seventh. To sign all contracts on behalf of the city for all public improvements done under the provision of any ordi- nance, and to personally superintend the execution thereof. Eighth. To keep a record of all special tax bills issued for condemnation of streets, avenues or other public places, for grading streets and sidewalks, for curbing and guttering, for the construction of sewers, and such other records as may be needed in connection with the business of his office. Ninth. To repair all bridges, have all inlets kept open, and also to have all railroads keep their crossings in good repair. [G. O. No. 414, Sec. %. SEC. 3. Shall keep record of all transactions, etc. The city engineer shall keep a record of all transactions carried on under his direction, in a book to be provided by the city, and which record shall show in detail the number of men 320 GENERAL ORDINANCES. and teams employed, the number of days each were employed and the place where employed. The record so kept shall be the property of the city, and at all times subject to the inspection of the proper officers. He shall make a report to the comptroller on the first of every month, which report shall be a true copy of the record kept in his office, and which report shall be certified to as correct by the city engineer. He shall, with the consent of the common council, employ such assistants as may be necessary to do the work in his depart- ment. [G. 0. No. 4J4, See. 3. SEC. 4. Engineer may make repairs appro- priations. All necessary repairs to streets, sewers, bridges or culverts may be made by day's work or by contract as in the judgment of the city engineer shall be for the best interests of the city ; and all necessary material therefor may be purchased by the city engineer on behalf of the city from time to time as needed, and all such repairs and the working force employed in making the same, shall be under the direction and control of the city engineer. The city council shall, in the general monthly appropriation ordinance make a general appropriation for the necessary repair of streets, sewers, bridges and culverts during the next ensuing month, and the city engineer is authorized to expend the amount so appropriated for the pur- poses specified during the month for which the appropriation is made. [G. 0. No. 455, Sec. 1. SEC. 5. Repairs, materials therefor, regulation concerning". The city engineer shall not in any month incur any liability on the part of the city for any greater amount than the sum which has been appropriated for repairs in the manner specified in the first section of this ordinance, and he shall, at the close of each fiscal month, make out a pay roll showing the names of all persons employed by him, the time which each worked and the amount due therefor, and shall also certify to the appropriate committee all claims for material purchased by him during the month, and in no case INSPECTION OF FACTORIES. 321 shall the city comptroller advertise for any bids for the making of such repairs or for the material necessary therefor. [G. O. No. 455, Sec. *& SEC. 6. Engineer shall certify and publish peti- tions for grading and paving. It is hereby made the duty of the city engineer to examine all petitions for the grading and paving of streets, avenues and alleys of the city of St. Joseph before the printing thereof, and if said petitions so examined shall be found to have a majority of the resident property owners on such streets legally attached thereto, he shall certify to such fact, and shall thereupon order said peti- tion, with certificate attached, published for five days succes- sively in the newspaper at the time doing the city printing, the cost of said printing to be paid for by the city at the same rate as paid for other city printing. [G. O. No. 215, Sec. 1. CHAPTER XXIX. FACTORIES, INSPECTION OF. SECTION 1. Inspection of factories, etc. SECTION 1 Chief of fire department to inspect. In addition to the duties now imposed upon the chief of the fire department, under the laws and the ordinances of the city, he shall perform, without additional compensation, the duty of inspector of factories, and shall make frequent inspection of all manufacturing and mechanical establishments within the city employing more than ten persons, and shall perform all duties imposed by law or which may be imposed by ordinance upon such inspector. [G. O. No. 1^18, Sec. 1. 322 GENERAL ORDINANCES. ARTICLE I. II. III. IV. V. CHAPTER XXX. FIRE DEPARTMENT, ETC. DEPARTMENT AND REGULATIONS. FIRE LIMITS. FIRE ESCAPES. PREVENTION OP FIRES. STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLES. ARTICLE I. DEPARTMENT AND REGULATIONS. SECTION 1. Fire department consists of what officers. 2. Chief engineer and assistant to be appointed. 3. Tenure of office. 4. Foremen and members, how ap- pointed. 5. Qualifications of members. 6. Rules and regulations, how made. 7. Pay roll to be made out monthly. 8. Leave of absence and substitute. 9. Same ; limit on leave of absence. 10. Duties of chief. SECTION 11. Duty of foreman of company. 12. Firemen not to peddle election tickets. 13. To wear uniform and obey orders. 14. Cause for discharge. 15. Association of firemen prohibited. 16. Loitering around engine house for- bidden. 17. Right of way must not be ob- structed. 18. Record to be kept by chief. 19. Property of, when and how sold. 20. Nuisances to be reported to board of health. SECTION 1. Fire department consists of. The fire department of the city of St. Joseph shall consist of one chief engineer, one assistant chief engineer and one foreman for each steam fire engine, hose and hook and ladder company, and as many men for each steam fire engine company not exceeding five, and for each hose company not exceeding five, and for each hook and ladder company not exceeding eight, as the chief engineer shall from time to time deem necessary, by and with the approval of the committee on fire department. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Chief engineer and assistants. The mayor and common council shall appoint a chief engineer and two assistant chief engineers of the tire department. No person shall be appointed either chief engineer or assistant chief FIRE DEPARTMENT. 323 engineer unless he has had at least two years' experience in some fire department, and can read and write and speak the English language, and possesses all the other qualifications which are required by law or ordinance before entering upon duty. They shall take the oath of office required by law, and give bond in such amount as the mayor and common council may require. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1. Amended G. 0. No. 363. SEC. 3. Tenure of office. The chief engineer and assistant chief engineer shall hold their office until removed for cause ; such removal to be effected in the manner provided by law for the removal of other appointed officers of the city. In case of a vacancy in said office, it shall be filled by appoint- ment in the manner provided by section two. [/?. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Foreman and members, how appointed. The foreman and other members of the department shall be appointed by the chief engineer, by and with the consent of the mayor and common council. They may be removed by the chief engineer for neglect of duty or other cause deemed good and sufficient by him, and shall report the same at the first session of the council. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Qualifications of members. No person shall be appointed or employed as a member of the fire depart- ment, who is not over twenty-one and under forty years of age, a citizen of the United States and a legal voter of the city. And all officers and members of the fire department shall not engage in any other occupation or business while officers or members of the department. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Kules and regulations, how made. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer of the fire department to make rules aud regulations for the proper government and discipline of the members of the department as he may deem 324: GENERAL ORDINANCES. necessary, from time to time, and enforce reasonable penalties upon such members for any violation of the same ; but no such rules and regulations shall take effect until the same shall be approved by the mayor and common council, [ft. O. 1888, Chap. %6, Art. 1, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Pay roll to be made out monthly. The chief engineer of the fire department shall make out and pre- sent to the city auditor a monthly pay roll of the members of the fire department, showing the name of each member, the number of days of service performed by him or his legally appointed substitute, and the amount of compensation due therefor. Said pay roll shall be certified to by the chief engi- neer of the fire department, and shall have attached thereto his affidavit of the correctness thereof, and shall be the voucher upon which to issue warrants upon the treasurer to pay the members of said department. In case any member of the fire department is unable to perform duty for a period not exceed- ing ninety days in consequence of any injury received in the performance of his duties as a member of the department, the chief engineer shall report such fact on his pay roll, and when accompanied with the certificate of the city physician, that the member or members thereof is or are unable to perform their duties in consequence of the said injuries, the auditor shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer for service for a period not exceeding ninety days. [ft. 0. 1888, Chap. %6, Art. 1, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Leave of absence and substitute. No member of the fire department shall be granted a longer leave of absence than three days from the city at any one time, except in case of accident, sickness or death, without first procuring a substitute in his place, who shall receive the same pay as the member whose place he fills. Every appointment of a substi- tute must be approved by the chief engineer before leave of absence is granted any member. The time served by any sub- stitute legally appointed, shall be set forth on the pay roll, and the auditor shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer for the FIRE DEPARTMENT. 325 amount due him, which shall be deducted from the monthly pay of the absent member. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art 1, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Same limit on leave of absence. Each member of the department may be granted during each year, six days leave of absence from the city, not exceeding three days at any one time : Provided, that not more than two members shall be granted such leave of absence at the same time ; said leave of absence to be granted by the chief engi- neer, and no deduction shall be made from the monthly pay of the member or members granted such leave of absence. [7?. 0. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Duties of chief. The chief engineer shall be responsible for the discipline, good order and proper con- duct of the whole fire department, the enforcement of all laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining thereto, and for the care and condition of the houses, engines, hose carriages and all other property of the fire department. He shall have the superintending control and command of all the officers and men belonging to the department, of all the engine houses and other houses used for the purpose thereof, and of all the engines and other fire apparatus belonging to the city. He shall likewise have control of all persons present at fires, and to that end act as ex-officio chief of police and exercise all the powers of the chief of police thereat. He shall wear a proper badge of office, and shall, when a fire breaks out, take imme- diate and proper measures for its extinquishment. He shall have power, if need be, to summon any or all persons present to aid in extinguishing any fire, or in removing any personal property from any building on fire or in danger thereof, and in guarding the same ; and any person refusing to obey such summons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The chief of the fire department shall also have the power to order the cutting down and removing of any building, erection, fence or other things if he shall deem it necessary for the purpose of 326 GENERAL ORDINANCES. checking the progress of any fire. In case of the absence of the chief engineer from any fire, the assistant chief of the department shall for the time have the powers and perform the duties of such chief. The chief engineer of the tire department, or the assistant chief in command, may prescribe limits in the vicinity of any fire within which no person excepting those who reside therein, or members of the fire and police departments, and those admitted by order of the officers of the fire department or police, shall be permitted to come. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Duty of foreman of company. It shall be the duty of the foreman of each company to see that the engme, fire apparatus and other property belonging to the department and committed to his care, and the building or buildings in which the same are located, are kept neat and clean and in good condition for immediate use. He shall pre- serve order and discipline at all times in his company, and enforce the strict observance of the ordinances pertaining to the department and the rules and regulations thereof. All such foremen shall keep such books and records as the chief engineer may require. Any foreman or other member of the department who shall refuse or neglect to obey the orders of the ichief engineer shall be discharged from the service. In the absence of the foreman of any company, the chief engineer shall appoint some member of the department to fill his place and perform his duties during his absence. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Not to peddle tickets or electioneer. No member of the fire department shall take part in any elec- tion by peddling tickets or electioneering in any manner. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. *1, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. To wear uniform and obey orders. All members of the fire department shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the chief or assistant chief engineer, or the foreman of their respective companies, and FIRE DEPARTMENT. 327 shall wear such uniforms, caps, badges and other insignia as the chief engineer and committee on fire department may direct. [B. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Causes for discharging, etc. Any officer or member of the fire department neglecting or refusing to pay a just debt contracted during his connection with the department, shall be discharged from the service ; but no offi- cer or member shall be discharged on account of his religious or political principles. [B. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. U. SEC. 15. Association of firemen prohibited. No association, club or organized society of firemen as such, shall be permitted to exist except for benevolent purposes. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Loitering around engine house for- bidden. Persons not members of the fire department are forbidden to meet or loiter around the engine houses or other houses used by the department. Men on duty at such houses who allow the same shall be subject to dismissal. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Right of way must not be obstructed. All fire apparatus shall have the right of way upon any street, avenue or highway when going to any alarm of fire. Any person, owner, driver, conductor or engineer of any buggy, wagon, carriage, street railroad car, steam railroad car or other vehicles propelled by hand, horse or steam power, who shall carelessly, wantonly, maliciously or otherwise obstruct or inter- cept the right of way of the fire department while going to a fire, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- viction, be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Records to be kept by chief. The chief engineer shall keep or cause to be kept in suitable books, a record of the names, ages and residences of all the members of the fire department, the time of their admission and discharge 328 GENERAL ORDINANCES. and an inventory of all property belonging to the department. He shall also keep a record of every fire that may occur, showing what property was destroyed, giving its description, name of owner and occupant, where situated, its value, the amount of loss and insurance. He shall also keep a record of false alarms of fires, of the expense connected with the depart- ment and each company thereof, and of such facts as he may deem of value to be preserved at the close of each year. He shall report to the comptroller a summary of the record kept during the year, and also submit an estimate of the supplies necessary for the next fiscal year. \_H. 0. 1888, Chap. 86, Art. 1, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Property of, when and how sold. No property of the city provided for the fire department shall be sold, except by order of the mayor and common council. The proceeds of all sales of any such property shall be deposited immediately in the treasury by the person making such sale, taking triplicate receipts therefor, one to be deposited with the comptroller, one with the auditor and the other retained. Each receipt must recite on what account the money was received and to what fund credited. The treasurer shall place all moneys so deposited to the credit of the expense fund of the fire department ; and all moneys so deposited shall not be appropriated to any other purpose or transferred to any other fund. \R. 0. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 19. SEC. 20. Members to report nuisances. The members of the department shall report all nuisances which may come to their knowledge to the clerk of the board of health ; and report all defective sidewalks, curbing and gutter- ing to the city engineer. All such reports must be made in writing, and must be signed by the person making the report. [B. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 1, Sec. 19. FIRE LIMITS. 329 ARTICLE II. FIRE LIMITS. SECTION SECTION 1. Fire limits of first class. 5. Raising and removal of wooden 2. Buildings within: how to be con- buildings. structed. 6. Penalty for violation of ordinance. 3. Second class; boundaries of de- 7. Superintendent of buildings to or- fined. der removal of wooden buildings. 4. Buildings within ; how constructed. 8. Lumber yards excluded from fire limits ; penalty. SECTION 1. Fire limits of first class. All that part of the city of St. Joseph embraced within the following boun- daries shall be known as the fire limits of the first class : Commencing at a point where Levee street intersects the Mis- souri river, thence north along the center of Levee street to Jules street, thence east along the center of Jules street to the center of Main street, thence north along the center of Main street to the center of Faraon street, thence east along the center of Faraon street to the center of Fifth street, thence north along the center of Fifth street to the center of Antoine street, thence east along the center of Antoine street to the center of Sixth street, thence north along the center of Sixth street to the center of Hall street, thence east along the center of Hall street to the center of Ninth street, thence south along the center of Ninth street to the center of Robidoux street, thence east along the center of Robidoux street to the center of Tenth street, thence south along the center of Tenth street to the center of Messanie street, thence west along the center of Messanie street to the Missouri river, thence along the river in a northerly direction to the point of beginning. \_G. O. No. 390, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Buildings within how constructed. - No building shall be erected within the fire limits of the first class unless the same shall be constructed in conformity with the general ordinances of the city, and the following provisions: All outside and party walls shall be made of stone, brick or 330 GENERAL ORDINANCES. other fire proof materials; said walls shall not be less than eight inches in thickness. [G. O. JVo. 390, See. 2. SEC. 3. Second class boundaries of defined. All that portion of the city of St. Joseph, lying outside of the boundaries of the tire limits of the first-class and within the boundaries in this section defined, shall be known as the tire limits of the second-class; commencing at a point where Levee street intersects the Missouri river, thence north along the center of Levee street to the center of Jules street, thence east along the center of Jules street to the center of Main street, thence north along the center of Main street to the center of Louis street, thence east along the center of Louis street to the center of Sixth street, thence north along the center of Sixth street to the south line of lot 18, Ege's addition, thence east- erly along the said south line to the south line of lot 31, same addition, to the south line of lot 3, block 3, County's addition, and the south line of St. Joseph Improvement addition to the alley between said Improvement addition and Rogers' addi- tion, thence south along said alley to the north line of Henry street, thence east along the said north line of Henry street to the north line of Thomas Henry's addition and the north line of Avenue addition to Mt. Mora road, thence north along the center of Mt. Mora road to the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence east along the south line of Mt. Mora ceme- tery to the center of Seventeenth street, thence south on the center of Seventeenth street to the alley in block 2, Oliver, Glass and Wilson's addition, thence east on said alley to the center of Eighteenth street, thence north on the center of Eighteenth street to the center of Colhoun street, thence east on the center of Colhoun street to the center of Nineteenth street, thence north on the center of Nineteenth street to the alley in block 6, Highley's addition, thence east on said alley to the center of Twentieth street, thence north on the center of Twentieth street to the north line of the alley in block 2, Highley's addition, thence east on the north line of said alley and said line produced east to Twenty-second street, thence FIRE LIMITS. 331 south on the center of Twenty-second street to the center of Colhoun street, thence west on the center of Colhoun street to the center of Twentieth street, thence south on the center of Twentieth street to the alley in block 5, Kemper's addition, thence west on said alley to the center of Nineteenth street, thence south on the center of Nineteenth street to the center of Union street, thence west on the center of Union street to the west line of lot 1, block 3, Kemper's addition, thence south on the west line of lots 1 and 12, block 3, and lots 5 and 16, block 2, and lot 2, block 1, all in Kemper's addition, to the center of Eighteenth street, thence south on the center of Eighteenth street to the center of Edmond street, thence west on the center of Edmond street to the center of Fifteenth street, thence south on the center of Fifteenth street to the center of Messanie street, thence west on the center of Messanie street to the center of Eleventh street, thence south on the center of Eleventh street to the center of Mitchell avenue, thence west on the center of Mitchell avenue to the Missouri river, thence northerly along the river to the point of begin- ning. [#. O. No. 390. Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Buildings within how constructed. No buildings shall be erected within the tire limits of the second-class unless the same shall be constructed in conformity with the following provisions: All outside and party walls shall be made of stone, brick or other fire proof materials; said walls shall not be less than eight inches in thickness: Provided, that the superintendent of buildings may issue a permit for the construction of buildings within the fire limits of the second-class, said buildings to be of wood, iron or other material, to be erected according to the ordinances of the city, upon petition of three-fourths of the resident property owners owning property in the platted block in which said building is to be located. [ G. O. No. 390, Sec. 4. Amended G. 0. No. 445. SEC. 5. Raising and removal of wooden build- ings. Permission is given to all owners and occupants of 332 GENERAL ORDINANCES. buildings in the fire limits to raise wooden buildings to the established grade, and to build basements or cellars of brick or stone under the building so raised ; but otherwise, no wooden building or part of building within the fire limits shall be raised or enlarged, nor shall the same be removed to any other lot within the same ; nor shall any such building be removed into the fire limits : Provided, that when the sidewalks may be ra sed above the threshold of any building, said building may be so far raised as to keep the first floor a reasonable distance, not to exceed eight inches, above the sidewalk, without brick or stone foundation. [Gr. O. No. 390, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Penalty for violation of ordinance. Any owner, builder or other person who shall own, build or aid in the erection of any building or part of building within the said limits, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall raise or enlarge or assist in raising or enlarging any wooden building in said limits, or who shall own, remove or assist in removing any wooden building within said fire limits of the first class from one lot to another therein, or who shall own, remove or assist in removing any such building from without said limits into the same, contrary in either case to any foregoing provision of this ordinance, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the police judge, for the first offense, and to a like fine for every forty-eight hours such person shall fail to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, or continue in the violation thereof. [6f. O. No. 390, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Superintendent of buildings to order removal of wooden buildings. Whenever any wooden building shall be erected, enlarged or removed, or in process of erection, enlargement or removal contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, upon information, it shall be the duty of the superintendent of buildings to issue an order to the owner, occupant, person in charge or builder thereof, to have such building taken down or removed to some place outside the fire FIRE ESCAPES. 333 limits forthwith ; and upon the refusal or neglect of such person to comply with the requirements of such order within forty-eight hours after having received the same, the superin- tendent of buildings shall cause said buildings to be removed, and the expense thereof may be recovered of the owner of such building by suit. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Lumber yard excluded. No person or persons shall keep a lumber yard for the sale of lumber upon any premises within the fire limits of either class which are not now legally occupied for that purpose, under a penalty upon the person or persons keeping the same, of fifty dollars for every offense, and a like penalty for every week the same shall be allowed to remain. [G. O. No. 390, Sec. 9. ARTICLE III. FIRE ESCAPES. SECTION SECTION 1. What buildings must be provided 5. Rope or ladder to be provided in with fire escapes. hotel. 2. Duty of owner to provide escapes. 6. Balcony, etc., to be provided in cer- 3. Of what and how constructed. tain cases. 4. Penalty for failing to provide es- 7. Notice of, to be posted in room. capes. 8. Penalty for violating ordinance. SECTION 1. What buildings must be provided with fire escapes. All buildings within the corporate limits of the city of St Joseph three stories high or over, wherein ten or more persons are employed or are accustomed to remain for a period of two hours or more during the day or night, and all tenement houses three stories high or over occupied by five families or more, or lodging or boarding houses three stories high or over, occupied by ten or more lodgers or boarders, and all drug houses, liquor stores, distilleries, breweries, chemical works and buildings where combustible materials are kept and stored temporarily or permanently, three stories high or over, and all manufactories three stories high or over wherein ten or more persons are employed to work, and all opera houses, 334 GENERAL ORDINANCES. theaters, hotels, public halls, lodge rooms, museums, lecture rooms, public libraries and buildings used for places of amuse- ment of any kind, or buildings wherein crowds of people are invited to assemble for any purpose, and all buildings three stories high or over occupied for office purposes, and all hos- pitals or convents, and all buildings three stories high or over where persons are employed to labor in any capacity to the number of ten or more, shall be provided with tire escapes as described in this ordinance. \_B. 0. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Duty of owner to provide, etc. It shall be the duty of the owner or any person in charge of any house or building mentioned in the next preceding section, upon the passage of this ordinance and within thirty days after he shall have been notified in writing so to do by the superintendent of buildings of the city of St. Joseph, to erect or cause to be erected at least two fire escapes upon such buildings as herein provided. \B. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Construction of fire escapes. The fire escapes shall be a permanent iron or metal ladder securely attached to the building, at least eighteen inches wide and set at least six inches away from the wall, and at each story to be provided with a balcony or landing at least three feet square, so as to be accessible from the window or door thereof ; such ladder shall be long enough and so placed as to begin three feet above the top of the building and extend downward to within fourteen feet of the ground. The fire escape shall be placed on the front or two opposite sides, or near the end of the building where the greatest number of openings are, and so as to be accessible from such openings. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Penalty for failing to provide escape. Any person owning any such building as described in this ordinance, or any person in -charge thereof as agent or other- wise, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this FIRE ESCAPES. 335 ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty- five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Rope or ladder to be provided in hotel. It is hereby made the duty of every keeper or proprietor of every hotel or lodging house in this city of over two stories in height, to provide and securely fasten in every lodging room above the second story which has an outside window and is used for the accommodation of guests or employes, a rope or rope ladder for the escape of the lodgers therein in case of fire, of at least one inch in diameter, which shall be securely fastened within such room, as near a window as practicable, and of sufficient length to reach therefrom to the ground on the outside of such hotel or lodging house, and made of strong material and as secure against becoming inflamed as practicable. Such rope or rope ladder shall be kept in good repair and condition. In lieu of a rope or rope ladder there may be substituted any other appliance that may be deemed of equal or greater utility by the chief engineer of the fire department ; but such appli- ance shall in all cases be so constructed as to be under the control and management of any lodger in such room. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Balcony, etc., to be provided in certain cases. Every hotel or lodging house in this city over two stories in height, shall be provided, without delay, with permanent iron balconies with iron stairs leading from one balcony to the other, to be placed at the end of each hall above the second story, in case such hotel is over one hundred and fifty feet in length, and in other cases such number as may be directed by the chief engineer of the fire department. Such balconies and iron stairs shall be constructed at the expense of the owner of such hotel or lodging house. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 6. 336 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 7. Notice of, to be posted in room. It shall be the duty of every such proprietor or keeper of any hotel or lodging house, to post notices in every such room of such hotel or lodging house, calling attention to the fact that this ordinance has been complied with, and the part of such room where such coil of rope or rope ladder is fastened ; also the location of the iron balconies and stairs. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 6, Art. 3, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Penalty for violating ordinance. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 8. AKTICLE IY. PREVENTION OF FIRES. SECTION SECTION 1. Power of chief of fire department. 9. Spark arrester in blacksmith 2. Stoves ; how erected. shops. 3. Regulation of stove pipes. 10. Fires in shops to be extinguished. 4. Ignition of combustibles in street. 11. Shavings, regulations concerning. 5. Lighted lamps and candles. 12. Nitro-glycerine not to be kept. 6. Stacking of combustible sub- 13. Discharging firearms, etc., permit stances. for. 7. Fire carried through streets. 14. Penalty. 8. Stove or furnace to be on platform. SECTION 1. Power of chief of fire department. The chief of the fire department shall have power to require all persons to correct, remove or abate any state of things done, caused, suffered or permitted by them in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, and upon their failure to com- ply with such requirements, to correct, remove or abate the same themselves, calling if necessary the assistance of the police ; and all costs attending their action in such case shall be recovered against the parties offending. [G. 0. No. 5%0, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Stoves how erected. No person shall in this city set up or use a stove the top or any side of which shall PREVENTION OF FIRES. 337 be within two feet of any part of the wood work of the wall or partition of any building, without protecting such woodwork with a metallic covering, so as to effectually prevent the same from taking tire from such stove. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Regulation of stove pipes. In all cases in this city where a stove pipe projects or passes through the woodwork of a building, the pipe shall be separated from such roof or woodwork at least six inches by sheet iron or other incombustible material, and shall project above or beyond the roof or wall of a wooden building, as the case may be, at least four feet. [#. 0. No. 520, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Ignition of combustibles in streets. No nay, straw, shavings or other combustible matter shall be set tire to or burned in any street, alley or other thoroughfare or public place in this city nearer than sixty feet to any house, barn, shed or other building, unless by the direct permission in writing or superintendence of the chief of the. fire department. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Lighted lamps and candles. No lighted candle or lamp shall be used in any stable or other place or building in this city where hay, straw or other combustible material shall be kept, unless the same shall be well secured in a lantern. [. 0. No. 520, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Stacking of combustible substances. No person or persons shall deposit or stack any hay, straw or other combustible substance within sixty feet of any dwelling house, stable, out house or building of any description in this city, without first having obtained written permission from the chief of the fire department. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Fire carried through streets. No person shall carry fire in or through any street or alley or other thor- oughfare in this city, except the same be placed or covered in some close or secure pan or other vessel. \_G. O. No. 520, Sec. 7. 22 338 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 8. Stove or furnace to be on platform. Any person setting up any stove or furnace in any building in this city, shall place the same on a platform of brick, sheet iron or other fire proof material, extending at least six inches in every direction beyond the part of the lower plate which fronts the door of the stove or furnace. [ G. 0. No. 520, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Blacksmith shops shall have spark ar- rester. The chimneys or flues of every blacksmith shop or forge in this city shall have a fire-spark arrester of woven wire placed on the top or within said chimneys or flues, as may be directed by the chief of the fire department, and such part of all such shops shall be plastered as said chief may, in his discretion, deem necessary to guard against fire. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Fires in shops to be extinguished. No person shall, in this city, leave fire after working hours in any shop, unless the same be well secured, so that no building or other property may be endangered thereby. \_G. O. No. 520, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Shavings regulations concerning. Every person keeping or occupying a shop or other building in this city, wherein shavings or other combustible materials are made, accumulate or may be contained, shall clear or remove the same out of such building and the yards belonging thereto at least once in each week, and at any other time when directed by the chief of the fire department so to do: Provided, such shop or other building is situated within one hundred feet of any other building. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Nitro-glycerine not to be kept. No per- son shall manufacture, bring or keep in this city, any nitro- glycerine in any quantity whatever, under a penalty of not less than fifty dollars for every such offense, and a like penalty for every hour the same shall be kept in violation of this section. [G. 0. No. 520, Sec. 12. STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLES. 339 SET. 13. Discharging fire arms permit for. No person shall, in this city, tire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or fire arm of any description, or fire, explode or set off any squib, cracker or other thing containing powder or other combustible or explosive material, without permission from the common council, or written permission from the mayor, which permission shall limit the time of such firing, and shall be subject to be revoked by the mayor or com- mon council at any time after it has been granted. \_G. O. No. 520, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Penalty. Any person who shall fail or neglect to comply with any or either of the foregoing requirements of this ordinance, or who shall violate any section, clause or pro- vision of any of the preceding sections thereof, where no pen- alty is specially imposed, shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [6r. O. No. 520, Sec. 14. ARTICLE V. STORAGE OF COMBUSTIBLES. SECTION SECTION 1. Storage of phosphorus, coal oil, etc. 4. Lighter fluids, storage of. 2. May be stored where. 5. Night watch to be kept, when. 3. Oil must be confined, when. 6. Penalty. SECTION 1. Phosphorus, coal oil, etc., storage of. No person, company or corporation shall keep or store in or about any premises owned or occupied by them, within the limits of this city, except as hereinafter provided, for retail, jobbing or other purposes, any of the following articles in greater quantities than are herein specified ; ten pounds of phosphorus, five barrels of coal oil, two barrels of naptha, one barrel of benzoine, gasoline or any other oil or fluid of what- ever name, that is in whole or part the product of petroleum ; and such oil or fluid must be of the approved state standard, duly inspected and stamped by the proper officer. \_G. O. Xo. 513, Sec. 1. 340 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. May be stored, where. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be so construed as to exclude any person, company or corporation from storing coal oil of the approved state standard in lots not to exceed three hundred barrels, outside of the fire limits of the first and second class, in houses that are located at least one hundred and fifty feet from any building of any kind whatever, except railroad depots located one hundred and fifty feet from other buildings. [G. O. No. 513, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Oil must be confined, when. The ground surrounding any building in which coal oil is stored, as provided in section two of this ordinance, shall be so arranged that in case of fire or other accident, the oil therein contained shall be confined within a radius of fifty fee4; from the center of the building or tank containing such coal oil. [G. O. No. 513, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Lighter fluids to be kept, how. Oils and fluids lighter than the state standard that have not been inspected aijd stamped, shall not be stored in quantities to exceed seventy-five barrels, and then only in strictly fire proof buildings outside of the fire limits of the first and second class and located at least one hundred and fifty feet from any other building, and the ground surrounding it must be prepared in all respects as provided for in reference to coal oil in the next preceding section. \_G. 0. No. 513, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Night watch to be kept, when. Any person, company or corporation storing coal oil within the city, as permitted by section two of this ordinance, is hereby required to keep a night watchman or guard from sunset until sunrise of the following day, on each and every night such oil may be so stored, stationed at or about the place of storage, whose duty it shall be to guard said oil and give alarm of danger therefrom in case of fire. [G. O. No. 513, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Penalty. Any person, company or corpora- tion violating any of the provisions of the preceding sections GARBAGE. of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed two hundred dollars. \_G. 0. No. 513, Sec. 6. CHAPTER XXXI. GARBAGE. SECTION SECTION 1. Garbage mover shall register, etc. 4. Occupants of buildings must pro- 2. Not required to register, when ; vide receptacle , etc. charges regulated. 5. Penalty for throwing garbage in 3. Suitable cart and receptacle re- street. quired ; must bear label ; inspec- 6. May dispose of garbage, how. tion of, etc. 7. Penalty. SECTION 1. Garbage mover shall register, etc. No person, association or corporation shall engage in removing or collecting garbage, dead animals, offal, manure, ashes and other refuse, offensive and filthy matter, or shall be allowed to remove, transport or haul the same through the streets of the city of St. Joseph without first having registered with the clerk of the board of health his residence, description of cart, vehi- cle or other receptacle used to remove garbage, and the district or locality said cart, vehicle or other receptacle is to be used in ; and each person or corporation so engaged shall be subject to the rules, conditions and restrictions hereinafter contained. [G. 0. No. 480, Sec. 1. Amended G. 0. No. 493. SEC. 2. Not required to register, when charges regulated. Any person, association or corporation hauling their own barbage with their own teams, and parties hauling ashes from tenement or business blocks, or parties hauling manure from barns or stables, and parties hauling refuse mat- ter solely in connection with the building or improvement of property, shall not be required to register as provided in sec- tion one of this ordinance. No person, corporation or associa- tion shall charge to exceed fifty cents per month for removing garbage from a five room residence nor more than one dollar 342 GENERAL ORDINANCES. per month for removing garbage from a residence containing over five rooms. [G. O. No. 4$0, Sec. 2. Amended G. O. No. 493. SEC. 3. Suitable cart and receptacle required- inspection of. All garbage, offal and refuse, offensive and filthy matter shall be removed in a suitable cart or vehicle with tight covered boxes, tanks or receptacles, constructed and arranged so as to prevent leaking, dropping or scattering of the contents, and so as to prevent as far as possible the escape of odors and effluvia therefrom. Each vehicle or cart or tank thereon shall bear on both sides thereof a prominent sign or label, ; 'City Garbage." In removing dead animals they shall be placed on drays or carts, covered from sight, and shall not be dragged on the ground. All carts, vehicles, boxes, tanks or other receptacles shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the health officer, and if in his judgment any cart, vehicle or other receptacle should prove defective, he shall have the power to prohibit the use of the same until put in proper repair. [G. O. No. 480, Sec. 3. Amended G. 0. No. 493. SEC. 4. Occupants must provide receptacle and and remove garbage. It shall be the duty of each and every occupant of any dwelling house, shop, store room, office or other room or building in which fire is or may be kept, or in and about which any kitchen garbage, offal or other refuse matter of an} kind may accumulate, to place such offal, garbage, ashes or other refuse, offensive or filthy matter in a close, tight and proper box, barrel, basket or other movable and suitable receptacle, to be provided by such occupant for such purpose, and place the same in the rear of the premises of such occu- pant or at such other place as not to cause offense or annoy- ance and so as to be reasonably accessible for the purpose of removal, and it is hereby made the duty of such occupant to remove or cause to be removed all such garbage, ashes, offal, refuse or filthy material not less than twice each week during the months of May, June, July, August and September, and GARBAGE. 343 during the remainder of the year once each week, and upon failure or refusal of any such occupant to remove or cause to be removed such garbage or refuse material according to the provisions hereof, said occupant or occupants shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every such offense. [G. 0. No. 480, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Penalty for throwing garbage in street. It is hereby made unlawful for any person or persons to throw or cause, permit or authorize to be thrown or deposited in or upon any street or alley in the city of St. Joseph, any garbage, manure or ashes, offal, night soil, refuse, offensive, filthy or putrid matter of any kind whatever, or to cause, to allow or permit to be thrown, accumulate or remain upon his or her premises any such garbage or refuse matter so as to cause a stench or any nuisance therefrom, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar and not more than twenty dollars for each and every offense. [G. 0. No. JfiO, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Persons may dispose of garbage, how. Any person, association or corporation having complied with the provisions of this ordinance shall be entitled to use or dispose of any garbage, dead animals or other refuse material collected by him or it for his or its own benefit and profit, pro- vided that it shall be so disposed of by him or it as not to cause a nuisance. [G. O. No. JfiO, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Penalty. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to engage in col- lecting, removing or transporting along the streets in St. Joseph any garbage, offal, manure, ashes, dead animals or refuse, offensive, filthy or putrid matter of any kind whatever without having first complied with all the rules, restrictions and con- ditions contained in this ordinance, and any person, associa 344 GENERAL ORDINANCES. tion or corporation so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on being convicted of such offense shall be fined in the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each offense. [G. O. No. 480, Sec. 7. CHAPTER XXXII. GUNPOWDER. SECTION SECTION 1. Storage of gunpowder regulated. 5. Penalty for unlawfully concealing. 2. Sign to be kept at door ; sold when. 6. Search warrant to issue. 3. Must be secured when carried. 7. Police to report violations. 4. Same ; in vehicles. SECTION 1. Storage of gunpowder regulated. JSot exceeding three pounds of gunpowder shall be kept or stored by any person in any store, dwelling, building or other place within this city, except that retailers or venders of gun- powder, in small quantities, may, for that purpose, keep any quantity not exceeding thirty pounds : Provided, that the same be kept in air tight tin or metal canisters, or stone jars, with good and closely fitted and well secured covers thereon ; and, provided further, that such quantities of gunpowder as may be required for the supply of wholesale dealers, making up bills for the country trade, may be brought into the city and kept therein from powder magazines or depots outside the city, between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening, but during no other hours, and the same shall be kept in air tight tin or metal canisters or stone jars, as above provided, and placed in some building or zinc covered box separated from or outside the regular place of business. Any person violating, neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 476, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Must keep sign at door not to be sold, when. Every merchant keeping gunpowder for sale shall keep a sign at the front door of his place of business, with the GUNPOWDER. 345 words "powder for sale," painted or printed thereon in letters at least three inches in height ; and no person shall sell or weigh any gunpowder after the lighting of lamps in the evening, unless in sealed canisters or cases, under a penalty of ten dollars for every such offense. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Must be secured when carried. No person shall convey or carry any gunpowder (exceeding two pounds in quantity), through any street, alley or other thoroughfare in this city, in any cart, carriage, wagon, dray, wheelbarrow or otherwise, unless the said gunpowder be secured in tight cases, canisters or kegs well headed and hooped, sufficient to prevent such gunpowder from being spilled or scattered, under a penalty of twenty dollars for every such offense. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Same; in vehicles. Any person having charge of any vehicle carrying more than twenty-five pounds of gunpowder, and shall have such vehicle with the gunpowder thereon within the limits of this city for a longer time tljan one hour, and any person who shall suffer more than one keg of twenty-five pounds of gunpowder in his charge to be upon any street, alley or sidewalk longer than thirty minutes shall, in either case, forfeit and pay a sum of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Penalty for unlawfully concealing. - Whoever shall knowingly bring within the limits of this city any quantity of gunpowder concealed in a box, barrel, parcel, package or other thing, marked and purporting to be other than gunpowder, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, and the gunpowder so concealed shall be forfeited and seized, and sold by the chief of police, and the proceeds, after paying the expenses of said sale, shall be paid into the city treasury. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Search warrant to issue. If any affidavit be presented to the judge of the police court showing probable cause to believe any person keeps, has, possesses or conceals 346 GENERAL ORDINANCES. any gunpowder in violation of this chapter, he shall issue to the chief of police a search warrant, commanding him to search any place therein designated in quest of such gunpowder ; which warrant shall be forthwith rigidly executed. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Officers to report violations. It shall be the duty of the officers of the police and n're departments to report all violations of this chapter which may come to their knowledge, to the city attorney for prosecution. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 28, Sec. 7. CHAPTER XXXIII. HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ARTICLE I. BOARD OF HEALTH. II. HEALTH OFFICER. III. CLERK OF BOARD OF HEALTH. IV. CITY HOSPITAL. V. CITY DISPENSARY. VI. MORTUARY RECORDS. VII. VITAL STATISTICS. VIII. QUARANTINE. ARTICLE I. BOARD OF HEALTH. SECTION 1. Board of health created, appoint- ment of ; assistant health officer, clerk, etc. 2. Headquarters of board. 3. Sanitary superintendent, duties of. 4. Assistant sanitary superintendent, oath, term of office, etc. 5. Same, duties of. 6. Same, powers of, shall report, etc. 7. Clerk of board of health, salary, duties, bond, etc. 8. Board of health, meetings of, quo- rum, etc. 9. Additional duties of superinten- dent and assistant. 10. Entering premises to examine con- dition, etc. SECTION. 11. Nuisance shall be reported to clerk 12. Complaints of nuisances. 13. Clerk shall keep account of ex- penses. 14. Accounts, approved and audited by whom. 15. Board may quarantine, may order destruction of articles. 16. Proceedure to discontinue business detrimental to public health. 17. Trial and judgment in such pro- ceedure. 18. Same, penalty. 19. Clerk to pay money to treasurer. 20. Board shall visit hospital and workhouse. SECTION 1. Board of Health assistant health officer clerk, etc. There is hereby created in and for the city of St. Joseph a board of health, which board shall be com- HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 347 posed of three members of the common council who shall be appointed each year by the president of the council, and the following persons who shall be ex-officio members of said board: The chief of police, health officer, who shall be sanitary super- intendent, and an assistant health officer who shall be assistant sanitary superintendent and who shall be appointed by the board of health, and the clerk of said board who shall be a registered pharmacist and who shall be appointed by said board. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Headquarters of board. A suitable office shall be provided by the city for the board of health and its members. Such office shall be the headquarters of the clerk of said board and all the sanitary officers of the city. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Sanitary superintendent duties of. It shall be the duty of the sanitary superintendent to take notice of all ordinances relating to the sanitary condition of the city and rigidly enforce the same. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 3. SEC 4. Assistant sanitary superintendent term of office, etc. The assistant sanitary superintendent shall hold his office for the term of one year, unless sooner removed for cause, and until his successor is duly appointed and quali fied. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe an oath, before some officer authorized to administer the same, that he will faithfully support the laws of the state of Missouri relating to cities of the second class and ordinances of the city of St. Joseph, and discharge his duties to the best of his ability, and for his services shall receive the sum of nine hundred dollars per year, payable monthly. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Same; duties of. It shall be the duty of the assistant superintendent to obey all orders of the board of health, all orders and directions of the sanitary superintendent, and to see that all health ordinances and sanitary regulations 348 GENERAL ORDINANCES. of the city are rigidly enforced. He shall devote his whole time and attention to the discharge of his official duties, and, as often as possible, shall inspect every portion of the city. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Same ; powers of shall report. He shall have full power to compel the abatement and removal of all nuisances, after notice is given, as in this ordinance speci- fied. If any one fails to comply, it shall be the duty of said assistant sanitary superintendent to cause his immediate arrest and prosecution, before the police court. He shall see that all complaints entered at his office are promptly attended to, see that the city scavengers conform to existing ordinances and regulations in the removal of matters offensive, and shall, at all times, be in readiness to make such special inspections as the board of health may direct. He shall make weekly reports to said boar.d of his official actions, with such suggestions for their consideration as his experience may dictate. [G. O. No. Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Clerk of board of health duties - salary. The clerk of said board shall attend all its meetings, record its proceedings in suitable books, sign all notices, attest all copies of papers and proceedings, keep a strict account of all moneys and effects that may come into the possession of said board, and do and perform all such other duties as may be required of him by said board. For such services, he shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars per year, payable monthly, and before entering upon such duties, he shall give a good and sufficient bond to the city of St. Joseph, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned as the bonds of other city officers, which bond shall be approved by the comptroller. [G. O. No. 304, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Board of health, meetings of quorum. A majority of said board of health shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Said board shall meet at least HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 349 once a week, or at any time on call of their president. \_G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Superintendent and assistant, additional duties of. The further duties of the sanitary superintendent and assistant sanitary superintendent shall be : First. To exercise a strict supervision over the sanitary condition of the city, report to said board all nuisances, the prevalence or spread of any epidemic, contagious or infectious diseases, or other matter, which, in their opinion, would prove detrimental to the general health of the city. Second. Upon receiving directly or indirectly, informa- tion that any infectious or contagious disease is introduced into the city by steamboat, railroad or other mode of transportation, they or either of them shall, forthwith proceed to carefully investigate and examine the same, and make report to said board. Ihird. Each shall promptly report to said board, all charges and complaints against any agent or employe of the same, together with the names and residences of the com- plainant, and such facts, relating thereto, as may be necessary for a proper understanding thereof by said bo'ard, and shall report all matters of sanitary interest for the information of the board, and shall do and perform all such other duties as may be required of them by the board, [dr. O. No. 30^ Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Shall enter premises to examine. It shall be the duty of such sanitary superintendent or his assist- ant, whenever either shall deem it necessary to secure the pub- lic health, to enter in the daytime into the house or upon the premises of any person within this city, to ascertain the exist- ence of any nuisance therein or thereon, to examine into the condition and number of persons in such house, or upon such premises to inspect the vaults, cellars, privies, cesspools and drains of such houses or premises, and to cause the immediate dispersion cr removal of families or persons from buildings or 350 GENERAL ORDINANCES. apartments so crowded as in the opinion of said sanitary super- intendent to render the same dangerous to the health of such families or persons or to the public. \G. O. No. 304, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Nuisance shall be reported to clerk. The assistant sanitary superintendent or any sanitary sergeant hereafter provided for, is required to report each and every case of nuisance to the clerk of the board of health within twenty-four hours of the time when such nuisance is noted by him or brought to his notice. [G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Nuisance complaint of prosecution for. Said board shall keep at its office a book in which any person may enter complaint of any nuisance. Said boaid shall immediately investigate such charge, and if- found to be true shall offici lly declare the object or tilth complained of to be a nuisance ; whereupon the name of the person committing or maintaining the same, together with the names and resi- dences of all the witnesses, shall be forthwith reported by said clerk to the city attorney for immediate prosecution before the police court. [G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Clerk shall keep account of expenses. Said clerk shall keep a book in which he shall enter full and accurate accounts of all expenses incurred by authority of said board, specifying the amounts, why, when and how incurred, and for what purpose applied. [G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Accounts approval of auditing of. Before any money is paid out, the account therefor shall be examined and approved by a majority of said board, signed by the president and attested by the clerk ; and such account, when so signed, approved and certified, shall be audited by the auditing committee of the common council in the same way as other accounts are audited and allowed. [G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. Board may quarantine may order destruction of articles. Said board shall cause any ave- nue, street, alley or other passageway whatever to be fenced HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 351 up or otherwise enclosed, if they shall think the public safety requires it, and shall adopt all suitable measures for preventing any person from going to or coming from any part of the city so enclosed ; and shall direct any bedding, clothing, putrid or unsound meat, beef, pork, fish, hides or skins of any kind, or any other article or thing found within said city, which in their opinion may be dangerous to the public health, to be destroyed in such manner as it shall direct ; in which event said board shall order the removal or destruction of such articles or things; and any person who shall in any manner resist, hinder or obstruct any officer or person in the execution of such order, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G-. O. No. 30^ Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Procedure to discontinue business det- rimental to public health. On complaint being made to it, or whenever it shall deem any business, trade or profes- sion, carried on or engaged in by any person or corporation, in the ciry of St. Joseph, detrimental to the public health, said board shall notify such person or corporation to show cause before said board, at a time and place to be specified in such notice, why the same should not be discontinued or removed. Said notice shall be served by some officer authorized to serve the same, at least five days before the time specified therein, (except in case of an epidemic or pestilence, when said board may direct a shorter time not less than twenty-four hours), by reading the same to such person, or to an officer of any cor- poration, or by leaving a copy of the same at the usual place of business or abode of the party or corporation named therein, with some person over fifteen years of age. All such notices shall, as near as may be, conform to that of an ordinary writ of summons, issued by a justice of the peace in civil actions, and the return of service thereof shall be signed and sworn to by the person or officer making the same. [G. 0. No. 304, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Trial and judgment in such procedure. Upon the appearance before said board, by such party or 352 GENERAL ORDINANCES. corporation, at the time and place specified in such notice, cause may be shown by such party or corporation, either in person or by attorney, why said business, trade or profession should not be discontinued or removed, and such hearing may, for good cause shown, be continued from day to day ; and if, in the opinion of said board, no good and sufficient reason or cause be shown why the same should not be discontinued or removed, said board shall order the parties to remove or discontinue the same within such time as such board shall deem reasonable. If such party or corporation, being summoned as aforesaid, fail, neglect or refuse to attend such hearing, then said board shall inquire into such matter, and shall make such order as it shall deem just and proper. If, upon such hearing or examination, good and sufficient cause be shown why such order of removal or discontinuance should not be made, then said board shall dismiss such cause. [G. O. No. 30^, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Same ; penalty. Any person or managing officer of such corporation, failing, refusing or neglecting to obey or comply with such order of removal or discontinuance, within such time as said board shall require, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ; and such person or managing officer of such corporation shall be subject to a like fine for each and every day such business, trade or profession shall be continued or carried on by him, after the expiration of the time specified in such order for the removal or discon- tinuance thereof. \_G. O. No. 30 h Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Clerk shall pay moneys to treasurer. All moneys coming into the hands of the clerk of said board, shall be paid by him into the city treasury at least once a month, taking triplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall file with the comptroller, one with the auditor, the other to be retained by himself. \_G. O. No. 304, Sec. 19. SEC. 20. Board shall visit hospital and work- house. The board of health shall visit the city hospital and HEALTH OFFICER. 353 ciry workhouse at least as often as once each month and inspect said buildings thoroughly, and see that they are kept in a clean and healthy condition. [G. 0. No. 30^ Sec. 20. ARTICLE II. HEALTH OFFICER. SECTION SECTION 1. Health officer, appointment of. 8. Shall visit hospital and workhouse 2. Shall supervise sanitary condition. 9. Record of deaths at hospital. 8. To superintend city hospital. 10. Physicians shall report contagious 4. Supervision of city during epidemic disease. 5. Duty when notified of smallpox. 11. Penalty for failing to do so. 6. Shall vaccinate the poor. 12. To attend indigent sick ; mayor 7. May quarantine, etc. may employ physician, when. SECTION 1. Health officer, appointment of. The mayor and common council shall at the beginning of the fiscal year appoint a competent physician as health officer, who shall hold his office for the period of two years or until his successor is appointed and qualified. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. To look after the sanitary condition. It shall be the duty of the health officer to exercise a general supervision over the sanitary condition of the city and to order the removal of all nuisances that are dangerous to the health of the community. {R. O. 1888, Chap. 29. Art. 1, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. To superintend city hospital, etc. The health officer shall superintend the city hospital and shall give good medical attention to the inmates, and also see that they are properly provided and cared for by the steward and matron. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 4. SEC. 4. Supervision of city during epidemic. He shall exercise general supervision over the city during the existence of any epidemic or the prevalence of any dangerous contagious disease, particularly small-pox. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 29, Art 1, Sec. 5. 23 354 GENERAL ORDINANCE^. SEC. 5. Duty when notified of sin all-pox. He shall require every practicing physician in the city to report to him any case of small-pox that may be under his or her care or observation immediately after such is known to be the case ; and he shall immediately after receiving such notice (which must be in writing) quarantine the house and place a card marked " Small pox" on the front of the house, so as to warn the public against entering the premises. [R. O. 1883, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 6. SEC. 6. Shall vaccinate the poor. He shall keep a supply of pure vaccine matter constantly on hand, and shall vaccinate such of the indigent poor as have not been vacci- nated, for which service he shall receive no extra compensa- tion. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 7. SEC. 7. May quarantine, etc. He shall remove any case of small-pox, to a secluded house known as a pest house whenever it can be judiciously and safely done; but when in his judgment it cannot be safely done, or when the patients will not be removed from their own house, he shall quarantine and mark the house, and take such other precautionary measures as will secure the safety of both the family and public, [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 8. SEC. 8. Shall visit hospital and workhouse. He shall visit the hospital and city workhouse as often as his services may be required, and shall see that they are kept in a clean and healthy condition, and that the inmates are properly cared for and rendered as comfortable as possible. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 9. SEC. 9. Record of deaths at hospital. He shall keep a record of all deaths at the hospital, the name, age, sex, nationality, etc. \_R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 10. SEC. 10. Physicians must notify health officer of contagious disease. Every practicing physician who shall treat or examine any person whom he may find suffering CLERK OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 355 with cholera, small-pox, measles, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other contagious or infectious disease shall immediately upon the discovery of the same, report the facts to the health officer. Said report shall be in writing. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 11. Amended G. O. No. 398. SEC. 11. Penalty for failing to report. Any physician who shall fail to make such report as required by this ordinance, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty- five nor more than one hundred dollars. \_R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 1, Sec. 12. SEC. 12. To attend indigent sick mayor may employ physician, when. It is hereby made the duty of the city physician, or health officer, to attend any and all cases of indigent sick, within the city limits whenever called upon, without compensation. In urgent cases, and when the city physician or health officer for any reason cannot attend, the mayor is authorized and empowered to employ another physician for immediate attendance at the expense of the city: Bills for expense thus incurred to be approved by the mayor and forwarded to the board of health for payment as other bills are paid by said board. [G. 0. No. 4-31, Sec. 1. ARTICLE III. CLERK OF BOARD OF HEALTH. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Qualifications of clerk. 4. Clerk may inspect on his own mo- 2. Shall report annually to council. tion. 3. Records kept at office of board of 5. City chemist held to mean clerk of health. board of health. SECTION 1. Qualifications of clerk. The clerk of the board of health shall be a person skilled and an expert in the science of analytical and synthetical chemistry. Any per- son who may be appointed clerk of the board of health who shall not possess such skill and knowledge, or for any other good and sufficient cause, may be removed from office by the mayor. [G. 0. No. 405, Sec. 1. 356 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. Shall report annually to council. In addition to the duties as required of him by the ordinances of the city, he shall keep such records as are provided for by ordi- nance, and such other records as may be necessary for recording all his official acts, and shall report to the common council annually of all matters pertaining to his office. In such reports he shall correctly state the number of samples of ice. milk, cream and all other articles of food and drink submitted to him for examination and analysis, naming the officer or person submitting the same, and the result of such examination and analysis. He shall promptly and accurately inspect, examine and analyze all samples of any and every article of food or drink submitted to him by any officer of the city and report the result of such inspection, examination and analysis with all possible haste to the officer submitting such sample. He shall endeavor in every way to have enforced strictly and rigidly all ordinances relating to the adulteration of food, milk, etc. [G. O. No. 4,05, Sec. 0. SEC. 3. Records kept at office of the board of health. The several records required to be kept by the clerk of the board of health shall be kept always at the office of the board of health in charge of such clerk. Such records shall always be open for the inspecrion of any city officer or other person. \_G. O. No. 4-05, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Clerk may inspect on his own motion. The clerk of the board of health shall have power to inspect all articles of food and drink wherever located, that may be sold or offered for sale, and to analyze samples on his own mo- tion. [O. O. No. 405, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. City chemist held to mean clerk of the board of health. Wherever in any ordinance city chemist is named, it shall be taken and held to mean the clerk of the board of health. [G. O. No. 405, Sec. 5. CITY HOSPITAL. 357 ARTICLE IV. CITY HOSPITAL. SECTION. SECTION. 1. City hospital established. 5. Duties of steward. 2. For benefit of poor and sick. 6. Same ; to keep a record. 3. Under control of health officer. 7, Duties of matron. 4 . Steward and matron, appointment of. SECTION 1. City hospital established. There is hereby established a city hospital in the city of St. Joseph. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. For the benefit of the poor and sick. The city hospital shall be maintained at public expanse, and it shall be for the purpose of receiving and caring for such of the indigent poor and sick as should properly be cared for by the city. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 2. SEC 3. Under control of health officer. The city hospital shall be under the direct control and supervision of the health officer, who shall see that the inmates are properly cared for in every particular. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Steward and matron to be appointed. The board of health shall at its first regular meeting in May every two years, appoint a competent steward and matron of the hospital, who shall hold their positions for two years. [22. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 4. Amended G. O. No. 514. SEC. 5. Duties of steward. The steward shall be under the direction of the health officer and shall obey his instructions. He shall reside at the hospital and shall exercise a general care over the hospital and inmates. He shall keep the premises in a clean and healthy condition, and do all in his power to contribute to the care and comfort of the inmates. He shall provide the inmates with proper food and clothing, and see that they are properly nursed and cared for, and that the directions of the health officer are complied with. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 5. Amended G. O. No. 514. 358 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 6. Same ; shall keep record. The steward shall keep a record of the inmates of the hospital, their name, age, sex, nativity, etc.; also a record of deaths, and shall report the same to the board of health at its regular meeting in each month. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 6. Amended G. O. No. SEC, 7. Duties of matron. The matron shall live at the hospital and shall discharge all the duties required of her by the health officer, and shall give proper care and attention to the inmates under her care. She shall be under the direc- tion of the health officer. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 29, Art. 2, Sec. 7. Amended G. 0. No. 614. ARTICLE V. CITY DISPENSARY. SECTION 1. Dispensary established. SECTION 1. Dispensary established how con- ducted. There is hereby established in and for the city of St. Joseph a free dispensary, located in the city hall, to be owned and operated by the city, for the purpose of supplying the indigent, under the care of the city health officer, with medicines. The clerk of the board of health shall have charge of said dispensary, and on prescription or order of the health officers, shall issue such medicines as may be directed. The goods shall be purchased of some good and reliable wholesale drug firm at wholesale prices. The cle k, when desiring to replenish his stock, will get an order from the city health officer for what he considers necessary for present use. \_G. O. No. 331, Sec. 1. MOKTUAKY KECOKD. 359 ARTICLE VI. MORTUARY RECORDS. SECTION SECTION 1. Burial permit must be procured. 5. Health officer shall give certificate, 2. Body not to be interred without when. permit. 6. Clerk shall report neglect of sexton 3. Reports to be made by sextons, etc. or physician. 4. Physicians to make death certifl- 7. Sexton to keep record. cates. 8. Penalty. SECTION 1. Burial permit must be procured. All undertakers, tLeir agents, employes or other persons hav- ing in charge a body for interment, shall before burying said body procure a burial permit, signed by the clerk of the board of health, and shall deliver the same to the sexton, superin- tendent or person in charge of the cemetery or burial place of said body. Such permit shall state the name, age, sex, color, nativity and place of death, together with the name of the dis- ease of which such person died. \_G. O. No. 311, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Body not to be interred without permit. No sexton, superintendent or other person in charge of any cemetery or burial place in, adjoining or within two miles of the city of St. Joseph, shall without such burial permit allow or suffer any body to be interred in such cemetery or burial place. [G. O. No. 311, Seo. 2. SEC. 3. Reports to be made by sextons, etc. Every sexton, superintendent or other person in charge of any such cemetery or burial place shall on Saturday of each week, and before the hour of four o'clock p. m., report to said board all interments for that week, and at the same time shall return to the clerk of said board all burial permits for such week. [G. O. No. 311, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Physicians to make death certificate. The coroner and every physician practicing medicine in this city, when a patient dies under his care, shall make a certificate stating the name, age, sex, color arid nationality, together with 300 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the disease of which person died, and deliver the same to the person having the body in charge for interment ; and if the coroner or any physician shall neglect or refuse to make such certificate and deliver the same to the person in charge of the body for burial, he shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 311, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Health officer shall give certificate, when. In the event of there having been no physician at- tending the person sought to be interred, it shall be tile duty of the family or friends of the deceased to apply to the health officer, who is required upon satisfactory evidence to furnish a certificate showing the cause of death, together with the name, age, sex, color and nationality, which shall be delivered to the person having tiie body in charge for interment. [ G. O. No. 311, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Clerk shall report neglect of sexton or physician. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of health to report to the city attorney all sextons, overseers or persons in charge or having control of any cemetery, and phy- sicians who shall fail or neglect to comply with the provisions of the five next preceding sections. [G. 0. No. 311, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Sexton to keep record. The clerk of the board of health shall furnish each sexton, overseer or person in charge or having control of any cemetery, as aforesaid, with a blank book, with appropriate columns to enter the facts re- quired to be recorded, and blanks whereon to make reports. [G. O. No. 311, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Penalty. Any 'person violating, failing, neg- lecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement relating to the next preceding seven sections, upon conviction before the judge of the police court, shall be fined not to exceed fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 311, Sec. 8. VITAL STATISTICS. 361 ARTICLE VII. VITAL STATISTICS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Record of marriages, births and 2. Births shall be reported, deaths. 3. Deaths shall be reported. SECTION 1. Record of marriages, births and deaths. The board of health by its clerk shall keep a record of all marriages, births and deaths in the city, as provided and required by ordinance. [G. O. 304, Sec. <2%. SEC. 2. Births shall be reported penalty. Every physician and midwife shall report within ten days to the board of health, in accordance with blanks to be furnished by said board, every child born within this city ; and in case no physician or midwife attended the birth of such child, then the father or mother shall make such report. Any person vio- lating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any pro- vision, regulation or requirement of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 309. \ SEC. 3. Deaths shall be reported penalty. The coroner of Buchanan county and every physician shall, when a patient dies under his care within this city, immediately make out and deliver to the clerk of the board of health a certificate stating the name, age, sex, color, nativity and place of death, together with the name of the disease of which said person died. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 310. 362 GrENEKAL ORDINANCES. ARTICLE VIII. QUARANTINE. SECTION SECTION 1. General regulations, boundaries, 5. Physicians at; pay of the agents, etc. nurses, etc.. at; expenses; pro- 2. Police at quarantine. viso. 3. Power to stop at. 6. Kegulations to be obeyed. 4. Power to make rules and regula- 7. Quarantine fund. tions governing. 8. Penalty for violation of rules and regulations. SECTION 1. General quarantine regulations. The board of health, by and with the approval of the mayor and common council, may select, purchase, lease and establish such sites, places and boundaries for quarantine stations and pur- poses, and, with the approval of said mayor and council, may erect from time to time such buildings and hospitals, upon such sites and places, and so keep the same in repair as in their judgment shall be deemed necessary ; and the said board, when- ever and at such times as by them it shall be deemed necessary, may by proclamation, the approval of the mayor and common council being first had and obtained, require all boats, vessels, railroad cars or other conveyances bound for this city, before the same shall land or stop at any wharf, depot or landing or stopping place therein, to touch or stop at either of the sites, places or boundaries so selected and established for quarantine purposes, and leave all such emigrants, travelers or persons recently from seaboard, and all such sick, diseased or unclean persons, with their stores and baggage, as in the opinion of the officers stationed at such quarantine sites, places or bound- aries, shall be deemed proper, on account of the existence or general report of cholera, ship fever or any contagious disease, or disease apprehended to endanger the health of the city ; and whenever it shall be deemed necessary to issue the said procla- mation, it shall be the duty of the said board to send the same, together with the substance of the regulations for quarantine, and the period for which the same shall be in force, unless sooner revoked, to such cities and places as by them shall be QUARANTINE. 363 deemed proper ; and shall also cause to be stationed at such quarantine sites, places and boundaries, as said board may deem advisable, one or more physicians or health officers, whose duty it shall be to go on board and examine all boats, vessels, cars or other public conveyance required to touch or stop at said quarantines respectively, and then and there determine what emigrants, passengers or persons, if any, shall be permitted to come to the city, and what emigrants, passengers or persons, if any, shall stop at such quarantine ; and it shall be the duty of all persons conducting or in charge of any such vessel, boat, car or public conveyance, to aid and assist any physician or health officer, so as aforesaid stationed, in the exercise of his duties ; and the said physicians or health officers shall attend to all the sick persons who may be landed or placed in quaran- tine, and provide medicines and necessaries for their use, and shall have general supervision of such quarantines and compel persons therein to purify their bodies, clothes and baggage, and do all such acts and things as shall be proper in the premises, keeping correct accounts of all expenditures and wages, which shall be allowed and paid by order of said board ; and when- ever the physician or official in charge of any quarantine station or place, as aforesaid, shall upon examination be satisfied that there is no longer occasion for the detention of any boat, vessel, car or conveyance at such quarantine or place and such boat, vessel, car or conreyance shall have been thoroughly cleansed and such persons, as aforesaid, landed and placed in the care of such physician or officer, such physician or officer shall give such vessel, boat, car or conveyance a permit, signed by him, to enter the city, which shall be ample authority for the entry of said boat, vessel, car or conveyance, and the said officers, respectively, shall discharge all persons in quarantine, by their certificate for that purpose, whenever they are satisfied that such persons are free of disease, and their baggage and effects properly purified : Provided, however, that the board in their discretion, by proclamation for that purpose, may, during the prevalence of cholera, ship fever or other contagious or fatal 364 GENERAL ORDINANCES. disease, forbid the admission of emigrants or others peculiarly liable thereto, into any or all of said quarantines or stations until in their opinion the health of the city will justify the same. [. 0. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Duty of police to arrest persons dis- obeying. It shall be the duty of said board whenever by them it shall be deemed necessary, to keep at the quarantine station or stations a sufficient police force, whose duty it shall be to enforce all regulations by this article required, or by said board to be established, and to arrest all persons violating said regulations or committing any breaches of the peace, and bring such persons before the judge of the police court of the city for trial, and to arrest and commit for trial all persons disobeying, interfering with or resisting any physician, health officer or other person in authority at such quarantine site, place or station. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Obedience to orders may be enforced. In case any boat, vessel, car or public conveyance shall leave any quarantine station, place or boundary without a permit as aforesaid, or shall fail to stop at the same when so, as afore- said, required by the issuing of the said proclamation, or when- ever the person in charge thereof, or any person under his command, shall fail or refuse to obey any regulation or com- mand of said board, health officer, physician or person in charge of any quarantine station or place, or any provision or requirement of this article, the said board shall have power, and it is hereby made their duty, if in their opinion the health of the city requires it, to send sufficient police force to such boat, vessel, car or public conveyance, and cause the same, with the crew and passengers on board, to be landed or stop- ped, or conveyed to the quarantine station or place, and there to remain until properly discharged by the permit, as aforesaid; and the owner, master or the person in charge of such boat, vessel, car or public conveyance shall be liable to the city for all expenses and costs incurred by reason thereof ; and if any QUARANTINE. 365 emigrant, traveler or person so placed in quarantine as afore- said, shall leave the same without permission /as aforesaid, he may be arrested and taken back to said quarantine, and there retained until such permission shall be given. [12. 0. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 3: SEC. 4. Regulations may be enforced. The said board shall make such rules and regulations for the government of the quarantine or health of the city as from time to time they shall deem necessary ; and the physicians or health officers in charge of any quarantine station or place, shall have power to make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary for the proper conduct and management thereof ; and it shall be the duty of all persons in quarantine, and all agents, officers, policemen or others employed by the city in and about said quarantine stations or places, to carry out and obey the samo. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Board to employ proper agencies. The said board, by and with the approval of the mayor and common council, may appoint one or more competent physicians as quarantine physician, who shall be present at such quarantine stations as the said board shall designate, and at such times as said board shall direct, and attend to all the duties imposed by this article or by the regulations of said board, who shall receive each, for actual services rendered, and for such time as such services shall be actually required, not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars per day, to be allowed by the said board ; also, the said board may employ such agents, servants, nurses or temporary medical assistance, for the pur- pose of carrying into effect the objects and intents of this article, or of any regulation of the board, as in their judgment shall, from time to time, be necessary, or authorize the employ- ment thereof, by the physicians or health officers in charge of any quarantine or station. All the salaries, wages and expenses in this section contemplated are to be audited and allowed by the said board ; and when so allowed, are to be paid out of the 366 GENERAL ORDINANCES fund set apart for quarantine purposes, or, in case of necessity, out of the contingent fund of the city : Provided, that when practicable, the persons taken in such quarantine or stations, and receiving the aid and care afforded thereby, shall each pay a sum of money sufficient to meet all expenses, labor and care incurred in his behalf, which said amounts shall be faithfully kept, reported and accounted for by the physician, health officer or other person in charge of said quarantine or station, to the said board ; and all other expenses incurred or to be incurred by reason of this article or of any regulation of said board, shall be paid out of the fund set apart for quarantine purposes, or, when necessary, out of the contingent fund of the city. \R. 0. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Regulations to prevent spread of dis- ease. No person, master, captain or conductor in charge of any boat, vessel, railroad car or public conveyance, shall know- ingly bring into this city any person or persons diseased of cholera, small-pox, ship fever or contagious or communicable disease whatsoever ; and no vessel, boat, railroad car or public conveyance, at any time covered by the said proclamation, shall pass by any quarantine station or place without stopping, nor shall leave the same without the permit aforesaid ; and no person stopping in said quarantine, or so as aforesaid received therein, shall leave the same without first obtaining permission as aforesaid, nor shall any person aid or abet any master, con- ductor, or person in charge of any boat, vessel, railroad car or public conveyance, in violating, neglecting or evading any pro- vision or requirement of this article ; nor shall any person interfere with, resist, neglect or refuse to obey the orders of any physician, health officer, policeman or other person in authority at any quarantine station, or place of quarantine, so as afore- said established, nor do any act or thing in violation of or in disobedience to any of the provisions, clauses or sections of this article, nor shall commit any breach of the peace, or do any act calculated in any way to defeat or interfere with the QUARANTINE. 367 provisions or requirements of this article, or of any regulation of the said board, physician or officer in charge of any quar- antine. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Application of money. The moneys appro- priated to the quarantine fund shall be faithfully applied by the said board to the true objects and purposes of its appropria- tion, and the said board shall make reports of their doings and expenditures to the mayor and common council, whenever requested so to do. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Penalty for violating", etc. Any master of a vessel, conductor, captain or person whatsoever, who shall violate any clause, provision, requirement, duty or regulation of this article, or of any rule or regulation of the said board, or physician or health officer in charge of any quarantine, or who shall fail or neglect to comply with any such clause, pro- vision, requirement, duty or orders, or who shall interfere with or in any manner resist any officer or agent of the city in the discharge of his duty, as herein contemplated, or who shall commit any breach of the peace or be guilty of any act or thing calculated to defeat or interrupt the carrying into effect any part of this article, or any regulation of the said board, in cases where no other penalty is provided, on conviction shall pay a penalty of not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 59, Sec. 8. 368 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER XXXIV. HIGHWAYS. AKTICLE I. NAMES OP STREETS. II. GRADES OP STREETS. III. GRADING, IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR OP STREETS. IV. EXCAVATING IN STREETS. V. OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS, ETC. VI. CLASSIFICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OP SIDEWALKS. VII. REPAIR OF SIDEWALKS. ARTICLE I. NAMES OF STREETS. SECTION SECTION 1. Streets described and named shall 3-141. Streets, avpnues and roads des- be known by names herein desig- ignated by names, alphabeti- nated in all records, acts or pro- cally arranged. ceedings of the city. 142-168. Streets designated by numbers, 2. Manner of describing boundaries of numerically arranged. streets and avenues. 169-174. Avenues designated by numbers, numerically arranged. SECTION. 1. Streets and avenues to be known by names herein designated. That the following described streets and avenues, in the city of St. Joseph, Buchanan county, Missouri, be and the same are hereby designated by the names and numbers respectively given thereto as hereinafter set forth: Said streets and avenues, from and after the passage and approval of this ordinance, shall be known by such names and numbers, respectively, in all records, acts or proceedings of the mayor and common council of said city and of all of said city's officers and agents. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Manner of describing boundaries of street. When bounding the streets or avenues in the descriptions set forth in this ordinance, by blocks, or by lots or blocks, for brevity's sake, only the numbers of the blocks, or of the lots or blocks, at the ends of the street or at the boundaries of the addition through or along which the street runs, are given, the numbers of the blocks in the same row, NAMES OF STREETS. 369 tier or series, and intervening between those named, are omitted. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 2. STREETS DESIGNATED BY NAMES. SEC. 3. Agency road. The street commencing on the north line of south one-half of southeast quarter of south- east quarter of section 16, township 57, range 35, at a point 1,125 feet west of east line of said section, thence running southeast and south to the southeast corner of northeast quarter of northeast quarter of section 21, township 57, range 35, shall be called the Agency road. The same extends from Jackson street, near Twenty-sixth street, southeast to Walnut street at the east city limits. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Albemarle street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 62 and 69 St. Joseph Extension addition, and extending from Third street east to Ninth street, shall be called Albemarle street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Alder street. The street bounded on the west by block 46 Eastern Extension addition, and extending from Mulberry street north to Clay street, shall be called Alder street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Angelique street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 37 and 57 Original Town, by block 2 and west one-half of block 59 Smith's addition, by blocks 31 and 28 Carter's addition, by blocks 32 and 29 Harris' addition, and by blocks 5 and 23 Villarosa addition, and extending from Third street east to city limits, except from alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets to east line of Smith's addition, shall be called Angelique street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Antoine street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 15 Bellevue addition and by blocks 15 and 21 Robidoux addition, and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, shall be called Antoine street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 7. 24 370 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 8. Ashland avenue. The street bounded on the northwest by blocks 1 and 5 Saxton Heights addition, thence bounded on the southeast by block 1 Linden Heights addition, and extending from Frederick avenue northeast to the east city limits, shall be called Ashland avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Atchison street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 174 and 168 South St. Joseph addition, by block 1 Noble Tract, by Kiley's addition, by lot 5, block 2 Noble Tract, and extending from Eleventh street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by Sunny- side addition, by Horn Heights addition, and extending from Twelfth street east to Nineteenth street; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 7 and 8 Gladstone Heights addition, and extending from Twenty-second street east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Atchison street. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Anguste street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 7 arid 21 Bellevue addition, by blocks 47 and 65 Robidoux addition, and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, shall be called Auguste street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Bartlett street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 169 and 86 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 23 and 12 Bartlett and Russell's addition, by block 2 Corby's addition, by block 2 Ege's Second addition, and extending from Atchison street north to the north line of Ege's Second addi- tion, shall be called Bartlett street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Beattie street. The street bounded on the north by lot 16, block 2 Smith and Lewis' (1st) addition, by blocks 16 and 21 Highley's addition, by blocks 5 and 6 Car- bry's addition, and extending from Thirteenth street east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Beattie street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Belle street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 12 and 4 South Park addition, by blocks 5 and 6 NAMES OF STREETS. 371 Seymour's addition, by blocks 1 and 3 Thomas' addition, and extending from Sixteenth street east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Belle street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Bellevue street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 3 and 5 Wells' addition, by blocks 1 and 7 Bellevue addition, by blocks 1 and 4= Western addition, and extending from Missouri river north to city limits, shall be called Bellevue street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. Bond street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 South Park addition, and extending from Sixteenth street east to Eighteenth street, shall be called Bond street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Boyd street. The street bounded on the north by lots 17 and 24, block 2, and by lot 10, block 1, North St. Joseph (1st) addition, by blocks 16 and 21 North St. Joseph second addition, by blocks 5 and 6 Oakland Park addition, and extending from Twelfth street east to Twenty- second street, shall be called Boyd street. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Broadway. The street bounded on the south by blocks 2 and 22, Walkers (1st) addition and extending from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Broadway. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Buchanan avenue. The street bounded on the north by Landis and Hull's addition and produced thence southwest across block 1, Harris (2nd) addition and block 66 Smith's addition, and extending from a point on Thirteenth street 70 feet north of Faraon street, northeast to Kemper street near Clay street, shall be called Buchanan avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Catawba street. The street bounded on the west by block 2, Dr. S. McDonald's addition, by blocks 4 and 6 McCool's addition, by blocks 16 and 14 Walker's (1st) 372 GENERAL ORDINANCES. addition, and extending from Shady avenue north to Broad- way, shall be called Catawba street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 19. SEC. 20. Cedar street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 164 and 167 South St. Joseph addition, and extending from Third street east to Sixth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 26 Horn Heights addi- tion, and extending from Fourteenth street east to Ninteenth street, shall be called Cedar street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 20. SEC. 21. Center street. The street bounded on the north by block 6 South Park addition, and extending from Linwood avenue east to Eighteenth street, shall be called Center street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 21. SEC. 22. Charles street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 19 and 59 Original Town, by blocks 4 and 42 Smith's addition, by blocks 6 and 4 Wilson's addition, by blocks 23 and 20 Carter's addition, by blocks 24 and 39 Har- ris' addition, by blocks 3 and 21 Villarosa addition and ex- tending from the Missouri river east to city limits, shall be called Charles street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 22. SEC. 23. Cherry street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 5 and 8 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Water street east to Third street, shall be called Cherry street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 23. SEC. 24. Chestnut street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 13 and 16 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Water street to Third street, shall be called Chestnut street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 24. SEC. 25. Church street. The street bounded on the south by lot 2, block 2 Ohio's addition, by lot 8, block 1 and lot 9, block 2 Rogers' (1st) addition, by blocks 32 and 30 St. Joseph Improvement addition and extending from Ninth street east to Thirteenth street, shall be called Church street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 25. NAMES OF STREETS. 373 SEC. 26. Clay street. The street bounded on the south by blocks 2 and 7 Kemper's addition, by Hedenberg's (1st) addition, by blocks 20 and 17 St. Joseph Eastern JExten- sion addition, by blocks 43 and 47 Eastern Extension addi- tion and extending from Kemper street east to Twenty-eighth street or east city limits, shall be called Clay street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 26. SEC. 27. Colhoun street. The street bounded on the north by blocks. 3 and 8, Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition and extending from Seventeenth street east to Frederick avenue; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 13 and 14 Kemper's addition, by blocks 5 and 8 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition and extending from Frederick avenue east to the alley east of Twenty-fifth street, shall be called Colhoun street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 27. SEC. 28. Commercial street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 7 and 5 South Park addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Seymour's addition, by blocks 6 and 4 Thomas' addi- tion and extending from Sixteenth street and Garfield avenue east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Commercial street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 28. SEC. 29. Concord Street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 12 McCool's addition and extending from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Concord street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 29. SEC. 30. Corby street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 12 and 16 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Rogers' (2d) addition, and extending from Sixth street east to the alley east of Thirteenth street, shall be called Corby street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 30. SEC. 31. Cudmore street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 6 Cudmore addition and extending from the alley west of Seventeenth street east to Nineteenth street, shall be called Cudmore street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 31. 374 GENERAL ORDINANCES SEC. 32. Dearborn street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 7 and 6 Walker's (1st) addition and ex- tending from St. Joseph avenue north to Broadway, shall be called Dearborn street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 32. SEC. 33. "Delaware street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 5 Saxton Heights addition and extending from Twenty-sixth street east to Ashland avenue, shall be called Delaware street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 33. SEC. 34. Diana street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 6 and 3 Dr. S. McDonald's addition, by blocks 7 and 9 McCool's addition, by blocks 17 and 19 Walker's (1st) addition and extending from the south line of Dr. S. Mc- Donald's addition north to Broadway, shall be called Diana street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 35. SEC. 35. Dolman street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 28 and 33 St. Joseph Extension addition, and extending from Water street east to Washington avenue, shall be called Dolman street. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 35. SEC. 36. Doniphan avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 69 and 71 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 11 and 12 Bartlett and Russell's addition, and extend- ing from the Missouri river east to Sixth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 50 and 37 South St. Joseph addition, block 2 Goodlive's addition, and extending from the west line of said block 50 east to Fourteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by block 1 Donnell Park addi- tion, and extending from the west line of east one-half of northwest quarter of southeast quarter of southwest quarter, section 16, township 57, range 35, thence east to Twentieth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 3 Donnell and Saxton's addition, and extending from Twenty- second street east to east line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 4 Grandview addition, NAMES OF STREETS. 375 and extending from Twenty-seventh street east to Twenty- eighth street, shall be called Doniphan avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 36. SEC. 37. Douglass street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 4 Finger's addition, by blocks 9 and 12 North St. Joseph (1st) addition, by blocks 6 and 9 North St. Joseph (2nd) addition, and extending from the west line of Finger's addition east to Eighteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 9 and 10, Oakland Park addi- tion, and extending from the west line of said addition east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Douglass street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 37. SEC. 38. Dughill road. The street extending from Auguste street at the alley between Water and Bellevue streets northwest to the west city limits at the northwest corner of lot 7, block 23 Bellevue addition, shall be called Dughill road. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 38. SEC. 39. Duncan street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 66 and 67 South St. Joseph addition, and extending from the Missouri river east to Fourth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 49 and 36 South St. Joseph addition, and extending from the west line of said block 49 east to Thirteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 54 and 48 Patee's addition, thence bounded on the south by Donnell and Saxton's addition, and extending from fourteenth street to the east line of Donnell and Saxton's addition; also the street bounded on the south by blocks 1 and 4 Grandview addition, and extending from Twenty-seventh street east to Twenty-eighth street, shall be called Duncan street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 39. SEC. 40. Edmond street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 20 and 60 Original Town, by blocks 5 and 41 Smith's addition, by blocks 1 and 9 Wilson's addition, by blocks 17 and 19 Carter's addition, by blocks 17 and 38 376 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Harris' addition, by blocks 2 and 11 Yillarosa addition, by blocks 67 and 70 Eastern Extension addition, and extending from the Missouri river east to the city limits, shall be called Edmond street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 40. SEC. 41. Elwood street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 9 and 16 Bellevue addition, and extending from the Missouri river north to Rosine street at Dughill road, shall be called Elwood street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 41. SEC. 42. Elm street. The street lying between lots 1 and 2, block 5 Patee's addition, and extending from Eleventh street east to Vine street, shall be called Elm street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 1$. SEC. 43. Evalene street. The street bounded on the north by block 2 Davis' addition and extending from St. Joseph avenue east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Evalene street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 1$. SEC. 44. Faraon street. The street bounded on the north by block 3 Wells' addition by blocks 4 and 64 Original Town, by blocks 15 and 66 Smith's addition, by Nunning Place addition, by blocks 1 and 4 Carter's addition, by blocks 1 and 4 Harris' addition, by block 1 McDonald Place addition, by blocks 25 and 54 Eastern Extension addition and extend- ing from the Missouri river east to city limits, except where vacated from Main to Levee streets, shall be called Faraon street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 44. SEC. 45. Felix street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 10 and 61 Original Town, by blocks 6 and 69 Smith's addition, by blocks 13 and 16 Carter's addition, by blocks 16 and 37 Harris' addition, by blocks 1 and 12 Yilla- rosa addition, by blocks 63 and 66 Eastern Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river east to city limits, shall be called Felix street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. Jfi. SEC. 46. Fillmore street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 43 and 45 St. Joseph Extension addi- NAMES OF STREETS. 377 tion and extending^ from Washington avenue southeast to the to the east line of said addition, shall be called Fillmore street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 46. SEC. 47. Folsom street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 6 Saxton Heights addition and extend- ing from Twenty-sixth street east to Ashland avenue, shall be called Folsom street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 47. SEC. 48. Francis street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 62 Original Town, by blocks 13 and 68 Smith's addition, by blocks 9 and 12 Carters addition, by blocks 9 and 12 Hairis' addition, by block 3 McDonald Place addition, by blocks 29 and 62 Eastern Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river east to city limits, shall be called Francis street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 48. SEC. 49. Franklin street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 5 and 19 Bellevue addition, by blocks 36 and 42 Robidoux addition and extending from Sixth street west to the city limits, shall be called Franklin street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 49. SEC. 50. Frederick avenue. The street bounded on the northwest by lots 1 and 4, block 22, and by lots 1 and 4, block 34, and by lots 1 and 4, block 38 Smith's addition, by Taylor's sub-division of lot 1, block 50 Smith's addition, by Fink's addition and further bounded on the southeast by Harris' (2d) addition, by Landis and Hull's addition, and further bounded on the northwest by Oliver Glass and Wilson's addi- tion, by Highly's addition, by lots 1 and 6, block 5, and by lots 16 and 20 and lots 6 and 10, block 3, and by lots 1 and 4, block 2, St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, thence running east along the line between Sections 4 and 9, township 57, range 35, and extending from Eighth and Felix streets northeast to Twenty-fifth and Highly streets and thence ex- tending east to Twenty-eighth street, shall be called Frederick avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 50. 25 378 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 51. Garfield avenue. The street bounded on the Northeast by lot 6 Noble's addition, by Calvary cemetery, by South Park addition, by Factory Ground addition, by Boesl's addition, by Connett Place addition and extending from Eleventh street north of Atchison street, southeast to Twenty-second street at a point 260 feet north of the south city limits, shall be called Garfield avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 51. SEC. 52. Grand avenue.- The street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 5 Pinger's addition, by blocks 5 and 8 North St. Joseph (1st) addition, by blocks 10 and 15 North St. Joseph (2d) addition, by blocks 7 and 8 Oakland Park addition and extending from the west line of Pinger's addi- tion at Fillmore street, east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Grand avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 52. SEC. 53. Grape street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 5 and 4 Dr. S. McDonald's addition, by blocks 10 and 12 McCool's addition, by blocks 24 and 22 Walker's (1st) addition, and extending from the alley south south of Shady avenue north to Broadway, shall be called Grape street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 53. SEC. 54. Hall street. The street bounded on the north by Ege's (1st) addition, by block 3 County addition, and extending from Sixth street east to Ninth street, shall be called Hall street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. . SEC. 55. Hallack street. The street bounded on the east by block 2 McCord's sub-division in block 3 Kemper's addition, and extending from Clay street north to Union street, shall be called Hallack street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 55. SEC. 56. Hamburg avenue. The street bounded on on the north by blocks 2 and 11 McCool's addition, and ex- tending from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Hamburg avenue. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 56. NAMES OF STREETS. 379 SEC. 57. Helena street. The street bounded on the north by block 3 Davis' addition, and extending from St. Joseph avenue east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Helena street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 57. SEC. 58. Henry street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 22 and 24 St. Joseph Improvement addition, and extending from Thirteenth street west to the alley west of Eleventh street, shall be called Henry street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 58. SEC. 59. Hermann avenue. The street bounded on the south by blocks 1 and 2 Hall's 3rd addition, by block 5 Hermann's addition, and extending from Twenty-second street, north of Olive street, northeast to Twenty-fourth and Mary streets, shall be called Hermann avenue. [G. 0. No. 555 ', Sec. 59. SEC. 60. Heuschele avenue. The street extending from Twelfth street, at northwest corner of lot 8, block 1 Smith and Lewis' (2nd) addition, southeast to Thirteenth street at the southeast corner of lot 9 of the same block ; also the street extending from Thirteenth street, at the northwest cor- ner of lot 11 block 1 Smith and Jones' addition, southeast to Fifteenth street at a point 20 feet north of the southeast corner of lot 1 block 27 Highly's addition ; also the street bounded on the south by lot 4 block 26 Highly's addition, shall be called Heuschele avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 60. " SEC. 61. Hickory street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 115 and 129 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 5 and 29 Horn Heights' addition and extending from the Missouri river east to Nineteenth street, shall be called Hickory street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 61. SEC. 62. Highland avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 34 and 42 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Water street east to the east line of said addition ; also, the street bounded on the south bv blocks 9 380 GENEKAL ORDINANCES. and 12 North St. Joseph (1st) addition, by blocks 6 and 9 North St. Joseph Second addition and extending from Tenth street east to Eighteenth street ; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 11 and 12 Oakland Park addition and ex- tending from Twenty-second street west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Highland avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 62. SEC. 63. Highly street. The street bounded on the north by Duncan Place addition, by Jackson's addition, by blocks 10 and 15 Highly's addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Car- bry's addition and thence bounded on the south by lots 1 and 4 block 2 and by blocks 3 and 4 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition and extending from Eleventh street east to Frederick avenue near Twenty-fifth street, shall be called Highly street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 63. SEC. 64. Holman street. The street bounded on the north by lot 2, block 2 Smith and Lewis' (1st) addition, by blocks 22 and 27 Highly's addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Oak- land Park addition and extending from Thirteenth street east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Holman street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 64. SEC. 65. Howard street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 7 Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition, by blocks 2 and 8 Highly's addition and extending from Seventeenth street east to Frederick avenue, shall be called Howard street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 65. SEC. 66. Isabelle street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 9 and 22 Bellevue addition, by blocks 53 and 58 Robidoux addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Central addition and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, except from Water street to Bellevue street, shall be called Isabelle street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 66. SEC. 67. Isadore street. The street bounded on the north bv blocks 1 and 16 Bellevue addition, by blocks 8 and NAMES OF STREETS. 381 14 Kobidoux addition, and extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by fractional lot 1, block 2 Rogers' (1st) addition, by blocks 30 and 32 St. Joseph Improvement addition and extending from Tenth street east to Thirteenth street, shall be called Isadore street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 67. SEC. 68. Jackson street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 78 and 76 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 21 and 22 Bartlett and Russell's addition and extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 51 and 43 South St. Joseph addition and extending from the west line of said block 51 east to Four- teenth street ; also the street bounded on the south by block 2 R. W. DonnelPs addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Tapee's addi- tion, by blocks 3 and 4 Maddinger's addition, thence bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 4 Donnell and Saxton's addition, by blocks 2 and 3 Grand view addition and extending from Sixteenth street east to city limits, shall be called Jackson street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 68. SEC. 69. James street. The street bounded on the north by block's 3 and 4 Oakland Park addition and extend- ing from Twenty-second street west to the west line of said addition, shall be called James street. [G. O. No. 555, &ec. 69. SEC. 70. Jefferson street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 46 and 48, St. Joseph Extension addi- tion and extending from Washington avenue southeast to the alley east of St. Joseph avenue; also the street bounded on the north by block 65, St. Joseph Extension addition and ex- tending from Eighth street east to Tenth street, shall be called Jefferson street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 70. SEC. 71. Jones street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 5 and 6 Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition, by blocks 3 and 9 Highly's addition, by block 2 Carbry's addition, by blocks 1 and 4 St. Joseph Eastern Extension 382 GENERAL ORDINANCES. addition and extending from Seventeenth street east to the alley east of Twenty-fifth street, shall be called Jones street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 71. SEC. 72. Jules Street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 63 original town, by blocks 14 and 67 Smith's addition, by blocks 5 and 8 Carter's addition, by blocks 5 and 8 Harris' addition, by block 2 McDonald Place addition, by blocks 28 and 55 Eastern Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river east to city limits, shall be called Jules street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 72. SEC. 73. Kemper street. The street bounded on the west by block 5 Landis' addition, by block 3 Landis and Hull's addition and on the east by Kemper's addition, and extend- ing from Seventeenth and Frederick avenue southeast to Eighteenth street at the alley north of Faraon street, shall be called Kemper street. [ G. O. No. 555, Sec. 73. SEC. 74. King Hill avenvie. The street extending from a point on north and south quarter section line of section 20, township 57, range 35, 650 feet north of the south line of the section, thence southwest to a point on south line of said section or south city limits, thence 400 feet west of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 20, township 58, range 35, shall be called King Hill avenue, and extends from Sixth street southwest to Lake Boulevard. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 74. SEC. 75. Lafayette street. The street bounded on the north by block 6 St. Joseph's Garden addition and by blocks 1 and 3 Mitchell's addition, extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 44 and 23 Patee's addition, by blocks 85 and 92 Patee's addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Hall's third addition, by block 1 Hermann's addition, by blocks 9 and 10 Wyatt Park addition and extending from Eighth street east to the city limits, except from Thirteenth street to Fourteenth street, shall be called Lafayette street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 75. NAMES OF STREETS. 383 SEC. 76. Lake Boulevard. The street lying along the south line of section 20, township 57, range 35, from the southwest corner of said section east to a point 550 feet east of the southwest coiner of the southeast quarter of said sec- tion, except from King Hill avenue to Sixth street ; also, the street bounded on the north by Alphonso Place and Cudmore's addition and extending from Sixteenth street east to Nine- teenth street, shall be called Lake Boulevard. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 76. SEC. 77. Levee street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 10 and 6 Original Town, by blocks 6 and 60 Robidoux addition, by blocks 2 and 35 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river at Francis street north to city limits, shall be called Levee street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 77. SEC. 78. Lincoln street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 6 and 1 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 7 and 8 Roger's Second addition and extending from Sixth street east to the alley east of Thirteenth street, shall be called Lincoln street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 78. SEC. 79. Linden avenue. The street bounded on the south by lots 1 and 2, block 2 Linden Heights addition and extending from Ashland avenue east to the city limits, shall be called Linden avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 79. SEC. 80. Linn street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 9 and 12 St. Joseph Extension addition, and extending from Water street east to Third and Middleton street, shall be called Linn street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 80. SEC. 81. Linwood avenue. The street bounded on the west by block 2 Springdale addition, and extending from Seymour street north to Spring street and Southside avenue ; also the street bounded on the west by block 7 South Park addition, and extending from Commercial street north to Belle street, shall be called Linwood avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 81. 384 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 82. Locust street. The street bounded on the north by block 9 O'Donoghue's addition, by block 16 and lots 13 and 16, block 17 Mayer's (1st) addition, and extending from the east line of said lot 13 west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by Hughes and Middleton's addi- tion, by blocks 1 and 4 and lot 1, block 5 Fatee's addition, and extending from Sixth street east to Yine street; also the street bound on the north by blocks 1 and 6 Stewart's addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Mayer's 3rd addition, and extending from Fourteenth street east to Eighteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Hartwig and Niebel's addition, by block 6 Hermann's addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Wyatt Fark addition, 'and extending from Twenty-second street east to city limits, except across the right-of-way of the C., B. & Q. R. R. between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth street, shall be called Locust street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 82. SEC, 83. Louis street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 17 Bellevue addition, by blocks 22 and 28 Robidoux addition, and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, except where vacated from Third street to the alley east, shall be called Louis street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 83. SEC. 84. Lover's lane. The street bounded on the northwest by block 4 North St. Joseph Second addition and thence running northeast and north across the east half of northwest quarter of section 4, township 57, range 35 to the east line of said quarter section, at a point 750 feet south of its northeast corner, and extending from Seventeenth street and Highland avenue northeasterly to Twenty-second street, shall be called Lover's lane. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 84. SEC. 85. Madison street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 22 Walker's (1st) addition and ex- tending from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Madison street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 85. NAMES OF STREETS. 385 SEC. 86. Main street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 155 and 162 South St. Joseph addition and ex- tending from Cedar street north to the Missouri river ; also, the street bounded on the east by blocks 19 and 25 Original Town, by blocks 5 and 61 Robidoux addition, by blocks 3 and 36 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river north to city limits, shall be called Main street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 86. SEC. 87. Maple street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 92 and 88 South St. Joseph addition and ex- tending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river, shall be called Maple street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 87. SEC. 88. Market street. The street bounded on the north by blocks IT and 21 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Water street east to Washington avenue at Fourth street, shall be called Market street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 88. SEC. 89. Mary street. The street bounded on the north by block 10 and west half of block 18 O'Donoghue ad- dition and extending from the alley between Fourth and Fifth streets west to the Missouri river ; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 15 and 21 Patee's addition and extending from Sixth street east to Ninth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 5 Hall's Second addition, by block 4 Hartwig and Neible's addition, by block 4 Hermann's addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Wyatt Park addition and extend- ing from Eighteenth street east to city limits, except across the right-of-way of the C., B. & Q. R. R. between Twenty- second and Twenty-fourth streets, shall be called Mary street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 89. SEC. 90. Messanie street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 35 and 56 Original Town, by blocks 1 and 12 Smith's addition, by blocks 1 and 3 Nixon's addition, by blocks 28 and 46 Smith's addition, by blocks 32 and 35 Car- 26 386 GENERAL ORDINANCES. ter's addition, by blocks 33 and 36 Harris' addition, by blocks 6 and 24 Villarosa addition and extending from the Missouri river east to city limits, shall be called Messanie street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 90. SEC. 91. Michel street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 18 Bellevue addition, by blocks 29 and 35 Robidoux addition and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, except where vacated between Fourth street and the alley west, shall be called Michel street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 91. SEC. 92. Middleton street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 58 and 60 and lot 1 block 71 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Third and Linn streets southeast to Sixth and Albemarle streets, shall be called Mid- dleton street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 92. SEC. 93. Mitchell avenue. The street bounded on the north by block 2 St. Joseph's Garden addition and by Dur- fee and Bartlett's sub-division therein, by blocks 41 and 63 Patee's addition, by Evergreen addition, by blocks 1 and 4 Hall's (1st) addition, by blocks 15 and 16 Wyatt Park addi- tion and extending from the Missouri river east to city limits, except from Sixth to Eighth streets, shall be called Mitchell avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 93. SEC. 94. Monroe street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 7 and 23 Walker's (1st) addition and extend- ing from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addi- tion, shall be called Monroe street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 94. t SEC. 95. Monterey street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 63 and 64 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 1 and 3 Corby's addition, by blocks 59 and 35 South St. Joseph addition, by block 1, Goodlive's addition and extending from Fourteenth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 52 and 49 Patee's addition and extending from Seventeenth street east NAMES OF STREETS. 387 to Twenty-second street; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 10 and 12 Hall's (1st) addition and extending from the west line of said block 10 east to east line of said addi- tion, shall be called Monterey street. \_G. O. No. 555 ', Sec. 95. SEC. 96. Moss street. The street bounded on the north by block 1 Hardin Place addition and extending from Seventh street west to the west line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the south by block 64 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Seventh street east to St Joseph avenue; also the street bounded on the south by block 13 North St. Joseph (1st) addition and block 3 North St. Joseph (2nd) addition and extending from Seventeenth street west to the west line of said first addition ; also the street bounded on the south by blocks 11 and 12 Oakland Park addition and extending from Twenty-second street west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Moss street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 96. SEC. 97. Mount Mora road. The street bounded on the west by Avenue addition, by Sherman's addition and extending from Frederick avenue north to Mount Mora ceme- tery, shall be called Mount Mora road. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 97. SEC. 98. Mulberry street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 7 Kemper's addition, by Heden- berg's (1st) addition, by blocks 20 and 17 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, by blocks 43 and 47 Eastern Extension addition and extending from Kemper street east to city limits, shall be called Mulberry street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 98. SEC. 99. Oak street. The street bounded on the north by Blocks 150 and 155 South St. Joseph addition and extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 27 Horn Heights addition and extending from Fourteenth street east to Nineteenth street; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 4 Gladstone Heights addition and extending from GENERAL ORDINANCES. Twenty-second street east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Oak street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 99. SEC. 100. Olive street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 13 and 20 O'Douoghue's addition, by block 21 Mayer's (2d) addition and Snyder's sub-division therein, by blocks 19 and 6 Patee's addition and Patton's sub-division in said block 6, by blocks 3 and 4 Stewart's addition, by blocks 5 and 6 Mayer's (3d) addition, by blocks 10 and 6 Hall's (2d) addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Hall's (3d) addition, by block 2 Hermann's addition, by blocks 7 and 8 Wyatt Park addition and extending from the Missouri river east "to city limits, ex- cept where vacated from Fourth street to the alley east, shall be called Olive street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 100. SEC 101. Osage street. The street bounded on the south by blocks 4 and 5 Saxton Heights addition and extend- ing from Twenty-sixth street east to Ashland avenue, shall be called Osage street. [G. O. No 555, Sec. 101. SEC. 102. Pacific street. The street bounded on the north by block 54 South St. Joseph addition, and extending from Sixth street east to Seventh street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 8 and 41 South St. Joseph addition, by R. W. Donnell's addition, by Tapee's addition, by Maddinger's addition, thence running east along the south line of section 16, township 57, range 35, and extending from Eighth street east to the Agency road, shall be called Pacific street. [G. O. .No'. 555, Sec.' 102. SEC. 103. Park street. The street bounded on the north by block 1 Davis' addition, and extending from St. Joseph avenue east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Park street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 103. SEC. 104. Patee street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 11 and 19 O'Donoghue's addition, by block 22 Mayer's 2nd addition, arid Snyder's sub-division therein, by blocks 7 and 20 Patee's addition, and extending from Thir- NAMES OF STREETS. 389 teenth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 2 and 5 Stewart's addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Mayer's 3rd addition, and extending from Fourteenth east to Eighteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by block 3 Hermann's addition, by blocks 5 and 6 Wyatt Park addition, and extending from Twenty-fourth street east to city limits, shall be called Patee street. [G. 0, No. 555, Sec. 104. SEC. 105. Patee avenue. The street bounded on the northwest by lots 1 and 2, block 72 and lots 1 and 2, block 90 Patee's addition, by lot 10, block 7 and by lots 6 and 18, block 6 Hall's 2nd addition, and extending from Seventeenth and Penn streets northeast to Twenty-second street south of Mary street, shall be called Patee Avenue. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 105. SEC. 106. Pear street. The street bounded on the north by block 4 Connett Place addition and extending from Twenty-first street east to city limits, shall be called Pear street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 106. SEC. 107. Pendleton street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 55 and 57 St. Joseph Extension addi- tion and extending from Washington avenue southeast to the east line of said block 55 ; also the street bounded on the south by blocks 69 and 71 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from the west line of said block 71 east to Tenth street, shall be called Pendleton street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 107. SEC. 108. Penn street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 42 and 76 Patee's addition, thence bounded on the south by blocks 1 and 4 Hall's (1st) addition, thence bounded on the north by blocks 13 and 14 Wyatt Park addi- tion and extending from eighth street east to the city limits, shall be called Penn street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 108. SEC. 109. Pine street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Connett Place addition and extending 390 GENERAL ORDINANCES. from the alley west to Twenty-first street, east to the city limits, shall be called Pine street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 109. SEC. 110. Plum street. The street bounded on the west by block 44 Eastern Extension addition and extending from Mulberry street north to Clay street, shall be called Plum street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 110. SEC. 111. Poplar street. The street bounded on the west by block 54 Patee's addition and extending from Duncan street north to Sacramento street, shall be called Poplar street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 111. SEC. 112. Poulin street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 6 and 20 Bellevue addition, by blocks 43 and 46 Robidoux addition, by blocks 1 and 3 Richardson's addi- tion and extending from Sixth street west to city limits, except where vacated from Fourth street to the alley west, shall be called Poulin street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 112. SEC. 113. Powell street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 7 and 11 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 5 and 6 Rogers' 2nd addition, and extending from Sixth street east to the alley east of Thirteenth street, shall be called Powell street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 113. SEC. 114. Renick street. The street bounded on the north by block 60 South St. Joseph addition, and extending from Fourth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the south by Durfee and Bartlett's addition, and extending from Sixth street west to the west line of said addi- tion ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 45 and 46 South St. Joseph addition, arid extending from Fourteenth street west to the west line of said block 46, shall be called Renick street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 114. SEC. 115. Richardson street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 52 and 54 St. Joseph Extension addition, and extending from Washington avenue and Market street southeast to the east line of lot 21 in said block 54; also NAMES OF STREETS. 391 bounded on the south by blocks 72 and 68 St. Joseph Exten- sion addition, and extending from the west line of lot 22 in said block 72 east to Tenth street, shall be called Richardson street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 115. SEC. 116. Ridenbaugh street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 17 and 20 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by block 2 Rogers' 2nd addition, and extending from Thirteenth street west to the west line of St. Joseph Improve- ment addition ; also the street bounded on the north by block 2 Sherman's addition, and extending from from Mt. Mora road west to the alley east of Thirteenth street, shall be called Ridenbaugh street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 116. SEC. 117. Robidoux street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 5 Wells' addition, by blocks 5 and 65 Original Town, by Young's addition, by Bush's addition, by Langan's addition, by Snyder's addition, and extending from Tenth street west to the Missouri river, except where where vacated between Levee and Main streets, shall be called Robidoux street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 117. SEC. 118. Rosine street. The street bounded on the south by lot 7, block 22 Bellevue addition and extending from Elwood street and Dug Hill road west to city limits; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Western addi- tion, by blocks 59 and 64 Robidoux addition and extending from the alley between Elwood and Bellevue streets east to Short street, shall be called Rosine street. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 118. SEC. 119. Sacramento street. The street bounded on the north by block 61 South St. Joseph addition and ex- tending from Fourth street west to the Missouri river ; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 47 and 44 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 53 and 61 Tatee's addition, by blocks 5 and 8 Hall's (1st) addition and extending from the 392 GENERAL ORDINANCES. west line of block 47 South St. Joseph addition east to the east line of Hall's addition, shall be called Sacramento street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 119. SEC 120. Savannah avenue. The street bounded on the southeast by blocks 62 and 44 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Third and Albemarle streets northeast to Highland avenue at Seventh street, shall be called Savannah avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 120. SEC. 121. Scott street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 83 and 87 South St. Joseph addition and ex- tending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river ; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 7 and 42 South St. Joseph addition and extending from Eighth Street east to Fourteenth street ; also, the street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 4 Tapee's addition, by blocks 3 and 4 Mad- dinger's addition and extending from Eighteenth street east to Twenty-second street, shall be called Scott street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 121. SEC. 122. Seneca street. The street bounded on the north by block 3 St. Joseph's Garden addition, and extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 43 and 25 Patee's addition, and extending from Eighth street east to Thirteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 84 and 77 Patee's addition, by Rost's addition, and extending from Four- teenth street east to Twenty-third street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 11 and 12 Wyatt Park addi- tion, and extending from Twenty-sixth street east to city limits, shall be called Seneca street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 122. SEC. 123. Seymour street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Springdale addition, and extend- ing from Fourteenth street east to Linwood avenue, shall be called Seymour street. [ G. O. No. 555, Sec. 123. SEC. 124. Shady avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 4 Dr. S. McDonald's addition, and NAMES OF STKEETS. 393 extending from St. Joseph avenue west to the west line of said addition, shall be called Shady avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. W+. SEC. 125. Short street. The street bounded on the east by block 1 Central addition, and extending from Isabelle street north to Albemarle street, shall be called Short street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec, 125. SEC. 126. Southside avenue. The street bounded on the southwest by Cudmore's Addition, and extending from Linwood avenue at Spring street southeast to Nineteenth street, shall be called Southside avenue. [G. 0. No 555, Sec. 126. SEC. 127. Spring street. The street bounded on the south by blocks 1 and 2 Springdale addition, thence running west along the south line of northeast quarter of southeast quarter section 20, township 57, range 35, and extending from Eleventh street east to Linwood avenue ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 9 and 10 Thomas' addition, and extending from the alley west of Twenty-first street east to city limits, shall be called Spring street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. SEC. 128. Spruce street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 10 and 11 Walkers' (1st) addition and extend- ing from Monroe street north to Broadway, shall be called "Spruce street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 128. SEC. 129. State street. The street bounded on the north by block 2 Saxton Heights addition and extending from Twenty-sixth street east to Ashland avenue, shall be called State street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 129. SEC. 130. St. Joseph avenue. The street bounded on the southeast by blocks 61 and 43 St. Joseph Extension addition, on the east by block 42 St. Joseph Extension addi- tion, by Wey's place addition, by Davis' addition, thence bounded on the northwest by McCool's addition, by Walkers' 27 394 GENERAL OKDINANCES. (1st) addition and extending from Fourth and Albemarle streets northeast to the north city limits at Broadway, shall be called St. Joseph avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 130. SEC. 131. St. Paul street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 22 and 27 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Water street east to Washington avenue, shall be called St. Paul street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 131. SEC. 132. Sycamore street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 101 and 107 South St. Joseph addition and extending from the Missouri river east to the east line of said block 107; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 109 and 114 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 6 and 19 Horn Heights addition and extending from Eighth street east to Eighteenth street, shall be called Sycamore street. [G. O. No. '555, Sec. 132. SEC. 133. Sylvanie street. The street bounded on the north by the east one-half of block 33 and by block 58 Original Town, by blocks 3 and 43 Smith's addition, by block 1 Inslee and Allen's addition, by blocks 55 and 71 Smith's addition, by blocks 24 and 27 Carter's addition, by blocks 25 and 40 Harris' addition, by blocks 4 and 22 Villarosa addition and extending from the alley between Second and Third streets east to city limits, shall be called Sylvanie street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 133. SEC. 134. Union street. The street bounded on the north by block 2 Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition, by blocks 4 and 12 Kernper's addition, by blocks 9 and 12 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition and extending from Seventeenth street to the alley east of Twenty-fifth street, shall be called Union street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 134. SEC. 135. Vine street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 26 and 22 and by the west half of blocks 8 and 5 Fatee's addition and extending from Seneca street north to NAMES OF STREETS. 395 Messanie street, shall be called Vine street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 135. SEC. 136. Walker street. The street bounded on the west by block 18 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from Fourth avenue south to the south line of said addition, shall be called Walker street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 136. SEC. 137. Walnut street. The street bounded on the north by blocks 136 and 141 South St. Joseph addition and extending from Sixth street west to the Missouri river ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 4 and 28 Horn Heights addition and extending from Fourteenth street east to Nineteenth street ; also the street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Gladstone Heights addition and continuing thence east across the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21, township 57, range 35, and extending from Twenty-second street to east city limits, shall be called Walnut street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 137. SEC. 138. Warsaw avenue. The street bounded on the west by blocks 9 and 2 Hall's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from Olive street north to Messanie street, shall be called Warsaw avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 138. SEC. 139. Washington avenue. The street bounded on the southeast by blocks 58 and 45 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Third street near Linn and Mid- dleton streets northeast to Highland avenue at Sixth street, shall be called Washington avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 139. SEC. 140. Water street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 3 and 5 Original Town, by blocks 7 and 59 Robidoux addition, by blocks 1 and 34 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from the Missouri river north to city limits, shall be called Water street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 140. SEC. 141. Woodson street. The street bounded on the northeast by blocks 51 and 49 St. Joseph Extension addi- tion and on the north by block 2 Likens Slingluff' s addition, 396 GENERAL ORDINANCES. by block 66 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Washington avenue southeast to the east line of said block 49, thence extending east to Tenth street ; also, the street bounded on the north by lot 12 Gilkerson Place addition and continu- ing east along the line between lots 8 and 9, block 2 Fair Ground addition and extending from Tenth street east to Eleventh street, shall be called Woodson street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 141. STREETS DESIGNATED BY NUMBERS. SEC. 142. Second street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 33 and 26 Original. Town, by blocks 4 and 62 Robidoux addition, by blocks 4 and 37 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Sylvanie street at the Missouri river north to city limits ; also, the street bounded on the east by blocks 128 and 163 South St. Joseph addition and extend- ing from* the Missouri river at Sycamore street south to Cedar street ; also, the street running south from the southeast cor- ner of block 173 South St. Joseph addition across the south- west quarter of section 20, township 57, range 35 and extending from Atchison street to Lake boulevard or south city limits, shall be called Second street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 11$. SEC. 143. Third street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 171 and 61 South St. Joseph addition and ex- tending from Atchison street north to Missouri river at Renick street ; also, the street bounded on the east by blocks 13 and 15 O'Donoghue addition, by block 16 Mayer's (1st) addition, by blocks 36 and 45 Original Town, by blocks 3 and 63 Robidoux addition, by blocks 63 and 38 St. Joseph Extension addition arid extending from the Missouri river at Olive street north to the north line of St. Joseph Extension addition, shall be called Third street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 143. SEC. 144. Fourth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 171 and 60 South St. Joseph addition, by the west 105 feet of lots 2 and 9 of blocks 2, 3 and 6 St. Joseph's NAMES OF STREETS. 397 Garden addition, by blocks 13 and 15 O'Donoghue's addition, by block 16 Mayer's (1st) addition, by blocks 36 and 45 Original Town, by blocks 3 and 63 Robidoux addition and ex- tending from Atchison street north to Albemarle street ; also, the street bounded on the west by blocks 21 and 38 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Fourth street and Washington avenue north to the north line of said addition, shall be called Fourth street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 144. SEC. 145. Fifth street. The street boundecT on the west by blocks 170 and 65 South St. Joseph addition, by block 3 Corby's addition, by block 3 Ege's Second addition and ex- tending from Atchison street north to the north line of Ege's Second addition ; also, the street bounded on the west by block 2 Durfee and Bartlett's addition and extending from Renick street south to the south line of said addition ; also, the street bounded on the west by blocks 2 and 3 Mitchell's addition, by blocks 20 and 18 O'Donoghue's addition, by block 17 Mayer's (1st) addition, by blocks 55 and 46 Original Town, by blocks 2 and 52 Robidoux addition, by block 2 Richardson's addition, by block 1 Central addition and extend- ing from Lafayette street north to Albermarle street ; also, the street bounded on the west by block 39 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Highland avenue north to the north line of said addition, shall be called Fifth street. [. 0. No. 555, Sec. 145. SEC. 146 Sixth street. The street located along the north and south quarter section line of section 20, township 57, range 35 and extending from south city limits north to Atchi- son street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 168 and 87 South St. Joseph addition, by Bartlett and Russell's addition, by Corby's addition, by Ege's Second addition, by St. Joseph's Garden addition, by Mitchell's addition, by Mayer's Second addition, by West's addition, by Original Town, by Robidoux addition, by Richardson's addition, by block 2 Cen- tral addition and extending from Lake Boulevard to Albemarle 398 GENERAL ORDINANCES. street ; also the street bounded on the west by block 40 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Highland avenue north to the north line of said addition, shall be called Sixth street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 146. SEC. 147. Seventh street. The street bounded on the west by block 1, Ferguson's addition and extending from the south line to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by block 1 Hedenberg's Second addition, "by blocks 123 and 106 South St. Joseph addition and extending from the south line of Hedenberg's Second addition north to Pacific street ; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 18 and 1 Patee's addition, by blocks 12 and 16 Smith's addition, by Bush's addition, by Henry's addition, by block 3 County addition, by blocks 17 and 5 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 70 and 73 St. Joseph Extension addition and extends from Olive street north to Richardson street ; also by the street bounded on the west by block 41 St. Joseph Extension addition and by Hardin Place addition and extending from Highland avenue north to north line of the last named addition, shall be called Seventh street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 147. SEC. 148. Eighth street. The street bounded on the east by Kiley's addition, by lots 1 and 2, block 2 Noble tract, by blocks 144 and 1 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 41 and 2 Patee's addition, by block 2, Nixon's addition, by blocks 27 and 19 Smith's addition, and thence bounded on the west by Bush's addition, by lots 20 and 11 Henry's addition and extending from Atchison street north to Hall street ; also the street bounded on the east by block 4 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 69 and 65 St. Joseph Extension addition and extending from Lincoln street north to the north line of St. Joseph Extension addition, shall be called Eighth street. [G. 0. No. 555, No. 148. SEC. 149. Ninth street. The street bounded on the west by block 1 Riley's addition and extending from Atchison NAMES OF STREETS. 399 street north to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 144 and 1 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 41 and 2 Patee's addition, by block 2 Nixon's addition, by blocks 27 and 19 Smith's addition, by Langan's addition, by IN ye's addition, by block 1 Ghio's addi- tion, by blocks 26 and 4 St. Joseph Improvement addition and extending from the south line of South St. Joseph addi- tion north to Albemarle street ; also the street bounded on the east by block 2 and by lot 20 block 3 Finger's addition and extending from Grand avenue north to the alley north of Douglass street, shall be called Ninth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 149. SEC. 150. Tenth street. The street bounded on the east by block 1 Turner and Kirkpatrick's addition, by the east 300 feet of lots 1, 2 and 3 block 3 Noble tract, by blocks 146 and 17 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 33 and 4 Patee's addition, by blocks 45 and 37 Smith's addition, thence bounded on the west by Snyder's addition, by block 1 Roger's (1st) addition, by blocks 25 and 3 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by St. Joseph Extension addition, by Finger's addition and extending from the north line of block 2 Noble tract north to Highland avenue, shall be called Tenth street. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 150. SEC. 151. Eleventh Street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 7 and 8 Walker's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from the north line of said addition south to Fifth avenue ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 12 and 5 North St. Joseph (1st) addition, by block 2 Fairground addition, by blocks 2 and 32 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks 39 and 45 Smith's addition, by blocks 1 and 2 Inslee and Allen'& addition, by blocks 4 and 33 Patee's addition, by blocks 17 and 146 South St. Joseph addition, by block 3 Noble tract, by Turner and Kirkpatrick's addition, by block 2 Noble tract and thence produced south across the southeast quarter of section 20, township 57, range 35 and extending from Highland 400 GENERAL ORDINANCES avenue south to city limits, shall be called Eleventh street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 151. SEC. 152. Twelfth street The street bounded on the west by the west 300 ft'et of lots 6 and 5 Noble's addition, by the west 300 feet of lot 4, block 4 Noble tract, by block 1 Zimmerman's addition, by block 1 Fairview addition, by block 1 Lee and Hardman's addition, by the west 300 feet of the north half of lot 1, t)lock 4 Noble tract, by blocks 147 and 32 South St. Joseph addition, by block 32 and west half of blocks 28 and 23 Patee's addition and extending from Atchison street north to Olive street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 57 and 51 Smith's addition, by blocks 6 and 1 Wilson's addition, by block 1 Thompson's addition, by Nunning Place, by Fink's addition, by blocks 31 and 1 St. Joseph Improve- ment addition, by Duncan Place, by block 1 Fairground addi- tion, by blocks 3 and 13 North St. Joseph (1st) addition and extending from Messanie street north to Moss street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 9 and 6 Walker's (2d) addition and extending from Fifth avenue north to the north line of said addition, shall be called Twelfth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 152. SEC. 153. Thirteenth street. The street bounded on the west by block 1 Sunnyside addition, by block 2 Zim- merman's addition, by block 2 Fairview addition, by block 2 Lee and Hardman's addition and extending from Atchison street north to the north line of Lee and Hardman's addition; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 148 and 33 South St. Joseph addition, by blocks 31 and 5 Patee's addi- tion and extending from the south line of South St. Joseph addition north to Messanie street; also bounded on the west by blocks 59 and 65 Smith's addition, by blocks 5 and 2 Wilson's addition, by block 2 Thompson's addition and extending from Angelique street north to the north line of Smith's addition; also the street bounded on the east by Thomas Henry's addi- tion, by block 21 St. Joseph Improvement addition, by blocks NAMES OF STREETS. 401 1 and 7 Roger's (2d) addition, by block 1 Jackson addition, by block 2 Smith and Lewis' (1st) addition, by block 1 Smith and Jones addition, by block 2 Smith and Lewis' (2d) addi- tion, by blocks 1 and 15 north St. Joseph (1st) addition and extending from Frederick avenue north to Moss street, shall be called Thirteenth street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 153. SEC. 154. Fourteenth street. The street bounded on the east by block 1 Springdale addition and extending from Seymour street north to Spring street ; also the street bounded on ihe east by northwest quarter of northwest quarter .of south- west quarter section 21, township 57, range 35, by blocks 1 and 6 Horn Heights addition, by block 1 R. W. Donnell's addition, by blocks 54 and 85 Patee's addition, by blocks 4 and 6 Stewart's addition and extending from Garfield avenue north to Messanie street ; also, the street bounded on the east by block 23 Carter's addition, by blocks 7 and 8 Wilson's addi- tion and extending from Charles street north to Felix street ; also the street bounded on the east by lots 16 and 3, block 2 Avenue addition and extending from Frederick avenue north to the north line of said lot 3 ; shall be called Fourteenth street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 154. SEC. 155. Fifteenth street. The street bounded on the west by block 3, Carder's addition and extending from south city limits north to Seymour street ; also, the street bounded on the west by block 1 Springdale addition and extending from Seymour street north to Spring street ; also, the street bounded on the west by blocks 1 and 6 Horn Heights addi- tion and extending from Atchison street north to Pacific street ; also, the street bounded on the west by blocks 53 and 85 Patee's addition, by blocks 4 and 6 Stewart's addition, by blocks 32 and 1 Carter's addition, by blocks 7 and 8 Wilson's addition, by lot 1 block 3 Landis' addition and extending from Sacramento street north to the alley south of Buchanan avenue ; also, the street bounded on the southwest by block 1 Landis and Hull's addition and extending from Buchanan avenue 28 402 GENERAL ORDINANCES. northwest to Frederick avenue; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 15 and 27 Highly's addition, by blocks 22 and 1 North St. Joseph Second addition and extending from Highly street north to Moss street ; also, the street bounded on the east by blocks 20 and 4= Walker's Second addition and extending from the south line of said addition north to Seventh avenue ; shall be called Fifteenth street. [G. O. No. 555 , Sec. 155. SEC. 156. Sixteenth street. The street bounded on the west by block 2 Carders addition and extending from south city limits north to Seymour street; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 7 and 1 South Park addition, by blocks 13 and 18 Horn Heights addition, thence bounded on the west by block 1 R. W. Donnell's addition and extend- ing from Garfield avenue north to Duncan street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 56 and 86 Patee's addi- tion, by blocks 3 and 1 Stewart's addition, by blocks 33 and 2 Carter's addition, by block 3 Landis' addition and extending from Sacramento street north to Buchanan avenue; also the street bounded on the southwest by block 2 Landis and Hull's addition and extending from Buchanan avenue northwest to Frederick avenue; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 14 and 26 Highly's addition, by blocks 23 and 2 North St. Joseph (2nd) addition and extending from Highly street north to Moss street, shall be called Sixteenth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 156. SEC. 157. Seventeenth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 3 and 4 Cudrnore's addition and extend- ing from south city limits north to Southside avenue; also the street bounded on the west by block 9 south Park addition and extending from Garfield avenue north to Commercial street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 12 and 1 South Park addition, by blocks 13 and 18 Horn Heights addi tion, by the west 300 feet of block 2 R. W. Donnell's addi- tion, by blocks 55 and 87 Patee's addition, by blocks 5 and 1 NAMES OF STREETS. 403 Mayer's (3rd) addition, by blocks 34 and 3 Carter's addition, by block 4 Landis' addition and extending from Belle street north to Buchanan avenue ; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 1 and 5 Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition, by blocks 12 and 24 Highly's addition, by blocks 25 and 4 North St. Joseph (2nd) addition and extending from Frederick avenue north to Moss street; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 18 and 1 Walker's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from the south line to the north line of said addition, shall be called Seventeenth street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 157. SEC. 158. Eighteenth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 2 and 5 Cudmore's addition and extend- ing from south city limits north to Southside avenue; also the street bounded on the west by block 13 Factory Ground addi- tion, by blocks 10 and 2 South Park addition, by blocks 24 and 19 Horn Heights addition, by block 2 R. W. Donnell's addition and extending from Garfield avenue north to Jackson street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 45 and 88 Fatee's addition, by blocks 6 and 2 Mayer's (3rd) addition, by blocks 35 and 4 Carter's addition and extending from Duncan street north to the alley north of Faraon street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 2 and 5 Oliver Glass and Wilson's addition, by blocks 12 and 24 Highly's addition, by blocks 25 and 5 North St. Joseph's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from Frederick avenue north to Lover's lane; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 19 and 1 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from the north line to the south line of said addi- tion, shall be called Eighteenth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 158. SEC. 159. Nineteenth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 1 and 6 Cudmore's addition and extend- ing from the south city limits north to Southside avenue ; also the street bounded on the west by block 1 Boesl's addition, by blocks 1 and 5 Seymour's addition, by blocks 25 and 29 Horn Heights addition and extending from Garfield avenue north to Sycamore street ; also the street bounded on tiie west by 404: GENERAL ORDINANCES. blocks 1 and 4 Tapee's addition, and extending from Pacific street to Jackson street ; also the stieet bounded on the west by blocks 46 and 89 Patee's addition, by blocks 10 and 1 Hall's Second addition, by blocks 33 and 1 Harris' addition, thence bounded on the east by blocks 8 and 5 Kemper's addition, by blocks 6 and 22 Highly's addition and extending from Duncan street north to the north line of Highly's addition ; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 27 and 15 North St. Joseph Second addition and extending from the south line to north line of said addition, shall be called Nineteenth street. [G. 0. No. 555, No. 159. SEC. 160. Twentieth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 7 and 1 Thomas' addition and extending from the south line to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 1 and 4 Madinger's addi- tion, by Donnell Park addition, by blocks 47 and 90 Patee's addition, by blocks 8 and 3 Hall's Second addition, by blocks 34 and 2 Harris' addition and extending from Pacific street north to the alley north of Faraon street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 8 and 14 Kemper's addition, by blocks 6 and 4 Highly's addition, by blocks 4 and 5 Larbry's addition, by blocks 1 and 12 Oakland Park addition, by lots 1 and 5 Benton Place and extending from the alley south of Mulberry street north to Moss street, shall be called Twentieth street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 160. SEC. 161. Twenty-first street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 3 and 2 Connett's Place, by block 9 Thomas' addition and extending from Garfield avenue north to the alley north of Spring street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 5 and 2 Thomas' addition and extending from Commercial street north to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 75 and 91 Patee's addition, by blocks 7 and 4 Hall's Second addition, by blocks 35 and 3 Harris addition, by block 1 Marney Place and extend- NAMES OF STREETS. 405 ing from Perm street north to Mulberry street, shall be called Twenty-first street. [#. 0. No. 555, Sec. 161. SEC. 162. Twenty-second street.- The street located along the north and south quarter section line of section 21. township 57, range 35, from the south city limits north to Garfield avenue, thence bounded on the west by blocks 5 and 1 Connett PJace, by blocks 10 and 3 Thomas' addition, thence bounded on the east by blocks 9 and 2 Gladstone Heights addi- tion, thence located along said quarter section line north to Pacific street, thence bounded on the west by Madinger's addition, thence bounded on the east by Donnell and Saxton's addition, thence bounded on the west by blocks 48 and 92 Patee's addi- tion, by Evergreen addition, by blocks 6 and 5 Hall's (2d) addition, by blocks 36 and 4 Harris' addition, thence bounded on the east by St Joseph Eastern Extension addition, thence bounded on the west by Carbry's addition, by Oakland Park addition, thence located north along the quarter section line of section 4, township 57, range 35, and extending from south city limits north to Lover's Lane, shall be called Twenty-second street. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 162. SEC. 163. Twenty-third street. The street bounded on the west by block 9 Gladstone Heights addition and extend- ing from the south line of said addition north to Atchison street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 9 and 1 Hall's (1st) addition, by Tolin tract, by Rest's addition, by blocks 3 and 1 Hall's (3d) addition and extending from the south line of Hall's (1st) addition north to Hermann avenue; also the street bounded on the west by lots 13 and 40 of both blocks 6 and 5 Villarosa addition and extending from Messanie street north to Sylvanie street; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 21 and 4 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition and extending from the alley south of Mulberry street north to Highly street, shall be called Twenty-third street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 163. 406 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 164. Twenty-fourth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 10 and 2 Gladstone Heights addition, and extending from the south line to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 1 and 2 Donnell and Saxton's addition, by blocks 15 and 2 Hall's (1st) addition, and extending from Jackson street north to Penn street ; also the street bounded on the east by Frederick's addition, by blocks 1 and 4 Hermann's addition, by blocks 3 and 2 Hartwig and NeibePs addition, by blocks 7 and 12 Viilarosa addition, by blocks 30 and 26 Eastern Extension addition, by blocks 23 and 2 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, and extending from the alley south of Lafayette street north to Highly street, shall be called Twenty-fourth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 164. SEC. 165. Twenty-fifth street. The street bounded on the west by block 11 Gladstone Heights addition, and extending from the south line of said addition north to Atchison street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 14 and 3 Hall's (1st) addition and extending from Duncan street north to Penn street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 7 and 10 Viilarosa addition, by blocks 74 and 51 Eastern Extension addition, by blocks 23 and 2 St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, and extending from Messanie street north to Fred- erick avenue, shall be called Twenty-fifth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 165. SEC. 166. Twenty-sixth street. The street bounded on the west by lots 1 and 3 block 12 Gladstone Heights addi- tion, and extending from the south line of said lot 3 north to Atchison street ; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 15 and 6 Wyatt Park addition, thence bounded on the west by blocks 4 and 6 Hermann's addition, by block 2 Hartwig and Neibel's addition, and extending from Mitchell avenue north to Messanie street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 16 and 13 Yillarosa addition, by blocks 73 and 50 Eastern Extension addition, and extending from Messanie street north to Mulberry street ; also the street bounded on the west NAMES OF STREETS. 407 by block 43 Eastern Extension addition, and extending from Clay street north to Mulberry street ; also the street bounded on the east by blocks 1 and 4 Saxton Heights addition, and extending from Frederick avenue north to O^age street, shall be called Twenty-sixth street. [G. O. No. 555, /Sec. 166. SEC. 167. Twenty-seventh street. The street bounded on the east by blocks 1 and 2 Grandview addition and extending from Jackson street north to Duncan s reet ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 15 and 2 Wyatt Park addition and extending from Mitchell avenue north to the north line of said addition ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 17 and 20 Yillarosa addition, by blocks 72 and 45 Eastern Extension addition, and extending from Messanie street north to Clay street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 3 and 4 Saxton Heights addition and extend- ing from Folsom street north to Osage street, shall be called Twenty- seventh street. \_G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 167. SEC. 168. Twenty-eighth street. The street bounded on the west by blocks 3 and 4 Grandview addition and extend- ing from Jackson street to Duncan street ; also the street bounded on the west by blocks 16 and 1 Wyatt Park addition, by Villarosa addition, by Eastern Extension addition, thence located north along the line between sections 9 and 10, town- ship 67, range 35 and extending from Mitchell avenue north to Frederick avenue, shall be called Twenty-eighth street. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 168. AVENUES DESIGNATED BY NUMBERS. SEC. 169. Third avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 16 and 17 Walker's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from Seventeenth street west to the west line of said addi- tion, shall be called Third avenue. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 169. SEC. 170. Fourth avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 13 and 15 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from Eighteenth street west to the west line of said 408 GENERAL ORDINANCES. addition, shall be called Fourth avenue. \_G. O. No. 555, Sec. 170. SEC. 171. Fifth avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 8 and 12 Walker's (2nd) addition and extend- ing from St. Joseph avenue east to the east line of said addi- tion, shall be called Fifth avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 171. SEC. 172. Sixth avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 3 and 7 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from St. Joseph avenue east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Sixth avenue. [G. 0. No. 555, Sec. 172. SEC. 173. Seventh avenue. The street bounded on the north by blocks 1 and 2 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from Fifteenth street east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Seventh avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 173. SEC. 174. Eighth avenue. The street bounded on the south by block 1 Walker's (2nd) addition and extending from Seventeenth street east to the east line of said addition, shall be called Eighth avenue. [G. O. No. 555, Sec. 174. GRADKS. 409 ARTICLE II. GRADES OF STREETS, AVENUES AND ALLEYS. SECTION. 1. Grades, how established. SECTION. 2. At what elevation. SECTION 1. Grades, how established. All grades imirked on grade maps and profiles of the city of St. Joseph, or named in any ordinance thereof, as the grades of the inter- sections of two streets, shall have direct reference to and shall designate the relative height of the point where the center line or axis of said two streets intersect. \_G. 0. No. 54@, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. At what lowing streets, avenues the elevations given here the Missouri river, taken bridge : Elwood Street. Feet North City Limits 170.00 Rosine . 175.00 Isabelle . 182.00 Auguste . 189.00 Poulin 186.00 Bellevue Street. City Limits . 186.00 Rosine . 180.00 Isabelle . 150.00 Augn ste . 154.00 Poulin . 150.00 Franklin . 140.00 Michel . 120.00 Louis . 130.00 Antoine . 100.00 Isadore . 70.00 Water Street. Highland avenue . 126.00 Dolman . 156.00 St. Paul . 180.00 29 elevation. The grades of the fol- and alleys are hereby established at in, in feet above high water mark in from the pivot pier of the St. Joseph Feet Market.. 166.00 Chestnut 145.00 Linn 182 . 00 Cherry 174.00 Section Line 171.00 Rosine 152.00 Isabelle 135.00 Auguste 114.00 Poulin 108.00 Franklin 123.00 Michel 148.00 Louis 143.00 Antoine 136.00 Isadore 116 . 00 Robidoux 75.00 Faraon 35.00 Levee Street, City Limits 170 . 00 Highland avenue 158.00 Dolman 160.00 St. Paul 146.00 Market .. . 156.00 410 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Chestnut Linn Cherry Section Line, 165 feet north of north line Kosine 80 feet north of north line Rosine Rosine Isabelle Half way between Isabelle and Aug-uste Auguste Poulin Franklin Michel Half way between Michel and Louis Louis Antoine. Isadore Robidoux Faraon Jules Francis Main Street. City Limits 210.00 Highland avenue ' 190.00 Dolman 180 . 00 St. Paul 154.00 Market 125.00 Chestnut 130.00 Linn 142.00 Cherry 130.00 Rosine 136.00 Isabelle 122.00 'Aug-uste 108.00 Poulin 104.00 North line of Franklin . ... 69.00 Franklin 66.00 Michel 50 .00 Louis 40.00 Antoine 33.00 Isadore 26.50 Robidoux 26.00 Faraon 29 . 00 Jules.. 31.50 Feet 170.00 178.00 165.00 173.00 178.50 176.50 163.00 155.00 140.00 100.00 76.00 80.00 83.00 68.00 64.00 55.00 38.00 25.00 13.00 3.00 Feet Francis 24.50 Felix 18.00 Second Street. City limits 205.00 Highland avenue 188.00 Dolman 170.00 St. Paul 152.00 Market 1-2.50 Chestnut 100.00 Linn 98.00 Cherry 110.00 Rosine 77.00 Isabelle 70.00 Auguste 62.00 Poulin 54.00 Franklin 46.00 Michel 39.00 Louis 32.50 Antoine 28.00 Isadore 31 .50 Robidoux 40.00 Faraon 48.50 Jules 45.50 Francis 30.00 Felix 22.00 Edmond 19.00 Charles 15.50 Oak 6.00 Cedar 5.00 Atchison 4.00 Third Street. North line of St. Joseph Ex- tension addition 166.00 Alley north of Hig-hland ave- nue 160 . 00 Highland avenue 168.00 Alley between Dolman street and Highland avenue 170.00 Dolman 167.00 St. Paul 140.00 Market 113.00 Chestnut 95.00 Linn 74.00 Cherry 69.00 Savannah avenue 64 . 30 GRADES. 411 Feet Albemarle 63.50 Rosine 57.00 Isabelle 43.00 Auguste 38 . 00 Poulin 39.00 Franklin 40.50 Michel .\ 37 . 50 Louis ." 34.50 Antoine 44 . 50 Isadore 54.50 Robidoux 64 . 00 Faraon 71.00 Jules 60.00 Francis 46 . 00 Felix 30.50 Felix, northeast corner 30.50 Felix, sou theast corner 29 . 83 Felix, northwest corner 30.00 Felix southwest corner 29.25 Edmond 23.00 Charles 20.00 Sylvanie 16.00 Angelique 13 . 00 Messanie 10 . 00 Locust 9.00 Mary 7 . 40 Patee 5 . 00 Oak 8.00 Cedar 6 . 50 Atchisou 5.00 Fourth Street. North line of St. Joseph Ex- tension addition 146.00 First alley north of High- land avenue 140 . 00 .Highland avenue 128.00 Alley between Dolman street and Highland avenue 133.00 Dolman 140.00 120 feet nor tli of north line of St. Paul 138.00 North line St. Paul 130.00 South line St. Paul 129.00 120 feet nortli of Washington avenue 120 . 00 Albemarle 46.00 Feet Rosine 42 . 00 Half way between Rosine and Isabelle 38.00 Isabelle 36.00 Half way between Isabelle and Auguste 35.00 Auguste 36.00 Poulin 38 . 00 Franklin 40 . 00 Michel 42.00 Louis 56.00 Antoine 78.00 Isadore 94.00 Robidoux 97.00 Faraon 92.00 Jules 78.00 Francis 61 . 00 Felix 40.00 Edmond 30 . 00 Charles 24.00 Sylvanie 19 . 00 Angelique 15 . 50 Messanie 12.00 Locust 11.50 Mary 10.30 Patee 9.50 Olive 7 . 50 Lafayette 8.50 Seneca 10.00 Mitchell avenue 11.00 Renick 12.00 Sacramento 12 . 75 150 feet south of Sacramento 13.00 Monterey 8.50 Duncan 7.00 Doniphan avenue 7 .75 Jackson 8 . 50 Oak 10.00 Cedar 8 . 50 Atchison 7.00 Fifth Street. North line of St. Joseph Ex- tension additiDn 124.00 First alley north of Highland avenue 121 . 00 Highland avenue 110.00 412 - GENERAL ORDINANCES. Albemarle Feet 42.00 38.00 43 00 Franklin Feet 111.00 114.00 120.QO 120.00 130.00 116.00 102.00 88.00 76 50 120 feet north of Isabelle . . . Isabelle Michel Hall Ausruste 63.00 88.00 100.50 88.00 72.00 90.00 128.00 141.50 139.00 127.00 106.50 85.00 63.00 48.00 36.00 28.00 23 . 00 18.00 15.00 15.00 13.50 9.00 8-50 9.00 8.50 8.00 7.50 8.00 9 50 Louis Poulin Antoine Half way between Poulin and. Franklin Isadore E/obidoux Franklin ... .... Faraon . Michel . Jules Louis . ... Francis 68 . 00 58.00 44 . 00 31 50 Antoine Felix Half way between Antoine and Isadore Isadore Edmond Charles Sylvanie 26.50 22.00 18.50 16.00 15 00 Robidoux An"elic(ue Faraon Messanie . . . Jules Locust Francis Marv Felix Patee r> 50 Edmond Olive 12.00 10.00 11.00 14.25 14.25 14.25 12 . 40 12 . 00 11.50 10.60 10.25 9.50 Charles Lafayette Sylvanie Seneca Ang^elique 350 feet north of Mitchell avenue Messanie Mitchell avenue Mitchell avenue ... . 500 feet south of south line of Mitchell avenue Bartlett Street. 400 feet south of Mitchell avenue 175 feet north of Monterey, east . . . Monterey, west Duncan Doniphan avenue Jackson Scott Scott 1>opi flp Pacific 9.00 9.80 11.00 12.25 13.75 15.50 15.00 14.0 204.00 212.00 Maple Sycamore 10.75 11.50 12.50 12.00 42.00 53.00 64.00 87.50 Hickory Walnut Walnut Oak Oak PfH n v Cedar Sixth Street, Albemarle Atchison Grape Street. Broadway Isabelle Ausfuste Alley between Madison and Broadwav . Poulin . . GRADES. 413 Feet Madison 195.00 Monroe 162.00 Concord avenue 138.00 Hamburg ave iue 140.00 Shady avenue 124.00 Diana Street. Broadway 200.00 Madison 165.00 Monroe 135.00 Concord avenue 110 . 00 Hamburg 1 avenue 106.00 Alley between Shady and Hamburg' avenues 108.00 Shady aven ue 102 . 00 Seventh Street. North line of Hardin Place addition 92.00 Moss street or north line of St. Joseph Extension addi- tion 80.00 Richardson 62.00 Half way between Richard- son and Pendleton 80.00 Pendleton 83.00 Alley between Pendleton and Albemarle 81.00 Albemarle 87 . 00 Lincoln 92 . 00 Powell 94.00 Alley between Corby and Powell 90.00 Corby 92.50 Hall 148.00 550 feet north of north line of Robidoux 127.00 Robidoux, east 94.00 Robidoux, west 93.00 Faraon 90 . 00 Jules 93.00 Francis 77.50 Felix 58.00 Edmond 43.00 Charles 36 .00 Sylvanie 28.00 Ang-elique 24.00 Feet Messanie 21.00 Locust 16.00 Mary 14.50 Patee 13.00 Olive 11.00 Catawba Street. Broadway 164.00 Madison 134.00 Monroe 105.00 Concord avenue 85.00 Hamburg- avenue 80.00 Shady avenue 76.00 Eighth Street. Jefferson 63.00 Woodson 70.00 Richardson 82.00 Peudleton 100.00 Albemarle Ill .00 Lincoln 115.00 Hall 158.00 Alley between Hall and Rob- idoux 127.50 164 feet north of north line Robidoux 104.00 Robidoux 98.00 Faraon *110.00 Jules 89.00 Francis 66.00 Felix 48.00 Frederick avenue 48.00 Edmond 50.50 Charles. 53.50 Sylvanie 43. CO Angelique 32.00 Messanie 23 . 00 Locust 18.00 Mary 15.00 Patee 13.00 Olive 14.00 Lafayette 16.00 Seneca 17.00 Penn 18.00 Mitchell avenue 19.00 Renick 22.50 Sacramento.. 19.00 414 GENERAL ORDINANCES. / Feet Monterey 16.50 Duncan 15.00 Doniphan avenue 14.00 Jackson 13 . 25 Scott 12.50 Pacific 12.00 Sycamore 13 .00 Hickory 14.00 Ninth Street, Albemarle 135.00 Lincoln 137.00 Powell 150.00 Corby 151.00 Ridenbaugh 155.00 Hall 143.00 Church 131.50 Northwest corner Snyder tract 114.00 160 feet north of Robidonx. 106.40 Robidoux 115.00 Faraon 98.00 Jules 70.00 Alley between Jules and Francis 60.50 Francis 56.00 Frederick avenue 56.00 Felix* 59.00 Edmom! 74 .00 120 feet north of north line Charles 82.00 Charles 85.00 Sylvanie 71.00 Angelique 55.50 150 feet north of north line Messanie 43.00 Messanie 37.00 116 feet south of south line Messanie 32.50 Locust 26.00 Mary 20.75 Patee 18.00 Olive 15.50 Lafayette 16.50 Seneca 18 . 00 Penn 19.00 Mitchell avenue . . 21.00 Feet Renick 24.00 Sacramento 21 .00 Monterey 18 . 50 Duncan 17.50 Doniphan avenue 16.00 Jackson 14 . 50 Scott 13.50 Pacific 13.00 Sycamore 14.00 Hickory 15.00 Spruce Street Broadway 128.00 Madison 103.00 Monroe 81 . 00 Dearborn Street. Broadway 94.00 Madison 78.00 Tenth Street. Highland avenue 60 . 00 Doug-lass 56.00 Grand avenue 52.00 800 feet south of Grand ave- nue 132.00 Albemarle 166.00 Lincoln 170.00 Powell 162.00 Corby 148.00 Ridenbaug-h 135.00 Opposite center of Henry. . . 124.00 Church 127.00 Isadore 130.00 250 feet north of north line Robidoux , 128 .00 140 feet north of north line Robidoux 123.00 Robidoux 109. IK) Faraon f 83.00 Jules 65.00 Frederick avenue 64.00 Francis 62.50 Felix 81.00 Edmond 102.00 Charles 113.00 Sylvanie 99.00 GRADES. 415 Angelique Messanie Locust * Patee . . Feet 83.00 63.00 43.00 30.00 Olive 25.00 Lafayette 22 . 00 Seneca 20.00 Penn 22.00 Mitchell avenue 24.00 Renick 26.00 Sacramento 24.50 Monterey 21.50 Duncan 19.50 Doniphan avenue 17.50 Jackson 16.50 Scott 18.00 Pacific 19.50 Sycamore 18.00 Hickory 21.00 Clark Street. Broadway 76.00 Eleventh Street. Highland avenue 93.00 Doug-lass 71 . 00 Grand avenue 55 . 00 200 feet south Grand avenue 57.00 600 feet south Grand avenue 70.00 Highly (section line) 120.00 Lincoln 137. uO Half way between Lincoln and Powell 146 . 00 Powell 153.00 Corby 144.00 Ridenbaugh 153 . 00 Henry 156 . 00 Church 159 . 00 Alley between Church and Isadore 158 . 00 Isadore 143 . 30 Faraon and Frederick avenue 80.00 Jules 68.00 Francis 73.50 Felix 128.00 Edmond 153.00 Half way between Edmond Charles... . 154.00 Charles Sylvanie Angelique Messanie Locust Patee Olive.: Lafayette Seneca Penn Mitchell avenue Renick Sacramento Monterey Duncan Doniphan avenue Jackson Scott Pacific Sycamore Hickory 2600 feet north of Atchison 2000 feet north of Atchison 1350 feet north of Atchison, 1000 feet north of Atchison 500 feet north of Atchison. Atchison . Vine Street. Locust. . . . Patee Olive Lafayette. Seneca . . Twelfth Street. Alley north of Highland avenue Highland avenue Douglass Alley north of Grand avenue Grand avenue Boyd 300 feet south of Boyd Opposite center line of Hoi- man Opposite center line of Beat- tie .. Feet 150.00 131.00 125.00 97.00 77.50 57.00 47.50 36.00 28.00 24.00 26.60 28.00 26.00 23.25 22.00 20.50 19.00 21.00 23.50 28 50 27.50 26 . 50 28.50 26.50 28 .'50 32.00 28 50 102.00 91.00 68.50 f>6.00 48.00 125.00 112.00 85.00 72.00 65.00 63.00 66.00 80.00 106.00 416 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Feet Highly 134.00 Lincoln 169.00 Alley between Lincoln and Powell 171.00 Powell 108.00 Corby 161.00 Ridenbaugh 177 00 Alley between Ridenbaugh and Henry 178 .00 Henry 169.00 Church 146.00 Isadore 122 .00 300 feet north of north line Frederick avenue 123.00 Frederick avenue 93.00 Faraoii 76 . 00 75 feet south of south line Faraon 72 . 00 Half way between Faraon and Jules 73.00 Jules 74.20 Half way between Jules and Francis 76.00 Francis 81 .50 Felix 100.00 Edmond 126.00 Charles 151.00 Sylvanie 162.00 Angelique 168.00 Half way between Ang-elique and Messanie 160 . 00 Messanie 139.00 Olive 87.00 Lafayette 79.00 Seneca 63.00 Penn 47.00 100 feet son tli of Penn 42.50 Mitchell avenue 33.00 Renick 29.00 Sacramento 30.00 Monterey 28 . 70 Duncan '.35 Doniphan avenue 26.00 Jackson 27.35 Scott 28.70 Pacific 30.00 Sycamore 36.00 Feet Hickory 42.00 South line of South St. Joseph addition 50.50 Opposite south line of lot 9, block 1, Lee & Hardman's addition 57 ()0 50 feet south of south line of Zimmerman's addition. ... 65 00 Atchison 42 00 Thirteenth Street. Grand avenue 76 00 Boyd 72 00 320 feet south of Boyd 67 00 Opposite Hoi man 96.00 Beattie 130.00 Highly 154.00 Lincoln 175.00 Alley between Lincoln and Powell 177.00 Powell 174.00 Corby 171.00 Ridenbaugh 175.00 Henry, north side 161.00 Henry 163.50 Henry, south side 160.00 North line of Church 137.00 South line of Church 134.00 275 feet north of Frederick avenue 113 . 00 Frederick avenue 100.00 Buchanan avenue 78.00 Faraon 80.00 Jules 96.00 Francis 102.00 Felix 107.00 Edmond 117.75 Half way between Edmond and Charles 122.50 Charles 132.50 Sylvanie 160.00 Messanie 156.00 Locust 157.00 600 feet north of center of Patee 162.00 200 feet north of center of Patee 158.00 GRADES. Feet Patee 141.00 Olive 107.00 Lafayette 105.00 Seneca 85.00 Perm 51.00 Mitchell avenue 35 .50 Renick 36.0( Sacramento 32.50 Monterey 32.00 Duncan 36.00 Doniphan avenue 34.00 Jackson 36 . 00 Scott 34.00 Pacific 36.00 Half way between Pacific and Sycamore 44.00 Sycamore 47.00 Hickory 70.00 Fourteenth Street. Felix 131.00 Charles 136.00 Messanie 152 . 00 160 feet south of Messanie. . 156.00 Locust 148.00 Patee 125.00 Olive 122.00 Lafayette 108.00 Seneca 88.00 Penn 53.00 Mitchell avenue 37.00 Sacramento 35.00 Pacific . . , 62 . 00 Poplar Street. Duncan 105.00 Fifteenth Street. Grand avenue 90.00 Boyd 78.00 185 feet north of Hoi man ... 72.00 Holman 83 . 50 Beattie 122 . 00 Highly 146.00' Section line 180 feet north of Faraon 92.00 Faraon 98.00 30 Feet Jules 131.00 Francis 152.00 Felix 163.00 Edmond 166.00 Charles 163.00 Sylvanie 165 . 00 Half way between Sylvanie and Angelique 166.00 Angelique 159.00 Messanie 137.00 Locust 138.50 120 feet south of Locust 135.00 Patee 108.00 Olive 90.00 Lafayette 88 . 00 Seneca 70.00 Penn 48.00 Mitchell avenue 37.50 Sacramento 43.00 Pacific 76.00 Mt. Mora Road. Entrance to Cemetery 134.50 600 feet north of Frederick avenue 127.50 Frederick avenue 99.00 Landis Street. Alley between Buchanan and Frederick avenues. ... 85.00 Buchanan avenue 86.00 Sixteenth Street. Grand avenue 110.00 Boyd 105.00 250 feet north of Holman. . . 88.00 Holman 85.00 Beattie 110.00 Highly 132.00 Frederick avenue at Mt. Mora road 99.00 Section line, 180 feet iiortli of Faraon 120 . 00 Faraon 118.00 Jules* 117.75 Francis 133.75 Felix.. . 158.00 418 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Feet Edmond 177.50 Charles 162.00 Sylvanie 146 . 00 Angelique.. 140.00 Messanie 124.00 Locust 115.00 Patee 95.00 Olive 64.00 Lafayette 61 . 00 Seneca 50.00 Penn 43.00 Mitchell avenue 46.00 Sacramento 54.00 Duncan 127.50 400 feet south of Duncan 157.50 600 feet south of Duncan 152.50 800 feet south of Duncan 140.00 Pacific 80.50 Garfield avenue 43.00 Hull Street. Alley between Buchanan and Frederick avenues 91.00 Buchanan avenue 94.00 Park Avenue. Center 52.00 Commercial 43.50 Seventeenth Street. Grand avenue 136.00 Boyd 112.00 320 feet north of Hoi man ... 90.00 Holman 87.50 Alley between Beattie and Holman 92.00 Beattie 106.00 Highly.... ..' 129.00 Jones 148.00 Alley between Jones and Howard 143.00 Howard 133.00 Colhoun 110.00 Union 100 . 00 Frederick avenue 96 . 00 Section line 147.50 Faraon.. . 149.00 Feet Jules 139.00 Francis 148.00 Felix 153.00 Edmond 163.00 Charles 167.00 Sylvanie 160 .00 Angelique 137.00 Messanie 107 . 50 Locust 102 . 50 Patee 78.00 Olive 61.00 Lafayette 51.00 Seneca 46.00 Penn 43.00 Mitchell avenue 65.00 Sacramento 74.00 Monterey 84.00 Duncan 132. SO Pacific 86.00 Eighteenth Street. Grand avenue 144.00 Boyd 114.00 200 feet south of Boyd 94.00 320 feet north of Holman. . . 92.00 Holman 90.00 Beattie 110.00 Alley between Highly and Beattie 118.50 Highly 131.00 Jones 145.00 Alley between Jones and Howard 144.00 Howard 137.00 Alley between Howard and Colhoun 115.00 Colhoun 106.00 Frederick avenue 105.00 Mulberry 124.00 Section line 180 feet north of north line of Faraon 149.00 Faraon 166.00 120 feet of north north line of Jules f 168.00 Jules ' 165.00 120 feet north of north line Francis 167.50 GRADES. 419 Feet Francis 166.50 Felix 148.00 Edrnond 134.00 Charles 132.00 Sylvanie 135.00 Angelique 132.50 1 Messanie 99.00 160 feet south of south line Messanie 83.00 Locust 77.00 Patee 61.00 Olive 54.00 Lafayette 48.00 Seneca 44 . 50 Penn 48.00 Mitchell avenue 84.00 Sacramento 104.00 Monterey 106.00 Duncan 144.00 Pacific, west 103.00 Pacific, east 109.00 Belle 61.00 Center 52.00 Garfield avenue, east 39.50 Commercial 46.80 Hallack Street. East Center line and alley between Clay and Union. . 150.00 120 feet north of Clay 153.00 Margaret Street. Pacific 117.00 Nineteenth Street. Beattie 125.00 Highly 159.00 Alley between Highly and Jones 163.00 Jones 154.00 Howard 126.00 Alley between Howard and Frederick avenue 116 00 Frederick avenue 112.00 Union 132.00 Alley between Union and Clay 160.00 Feet 110 feet north of north line of Clay 163.00 Clay 158.00 Mulberry 127.50 Alley between Mulberry and Faraon 137.50 Faraon 142.50 Jules 163.00 Francis 169.00 Felix 164.00 Edrnond 142 . 00 Charles 123 . 00 Sylvanie 107.00 Angelique 104.00 Messanie 86 . 00 Alley 160 feet south of Mes- sanie 76.00 Mary 62.00 Olive 52.00 Lafayette 47 . 00 Seneca 74.00 Penn 76.00 Mitchell avenue 88 . 00 Sacramento 134.00 Monterey 124 . 00 Duncan 158.00 Belle 67.00 175 feet north of Commercial 62.00 Commercial 48.00 Garfield avenue, east 40.50 Bonton Street. 200 feet north of north line of Clay 160.00 Warsaw Avenue. Mary. 72 . 00 Twentieth Street. Highland avenue 135.00 Douglass 120.00 Grand avenue 105 00 Boyd 100 00 James 115 . 00 Holman 120.00 Alley between Holman and Beattie . 134.00 420 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Alley between Beattie and Highly Highly Alley between Highly and Jones Jones Howard Frederick avenue, west Frederick avenue, east Colhoun Union Clay Mulberry Twentieth (south) at section line north of Faraon Twentieth (north) at section line north of Faraon Faraon Jules Francis Felix Edmond Charles Sylvanie Angelique Messanie Mary Olive Lafayette Seneca Penn Mitchell avenue Sacramento Monterey . Duncan Doniphan avenue Jackson Scott Pacific Feet 140.00 144.00 155.00 157.00 143.00 120.00 117.00 121.00 122.00 155.00 172.00 162.50 161.00 175.00 158.00 160.75 163.00 148.00 150.00 148.00 134.00 118.00 96.00 70.00 48.00 53.00 70.00 98.00 110.00 153.00 164.00 178.00 180.00 174.00 162.00 134.00 90.00 Twenty-first Street. Mulberry 170.00 Alley north of Faraon 172.50 Faraon 167.00 Jules 146.00 Feet Francis 137.00 Felix 120.00 Edmond 118.00 Charles 117.00 Sylvanie 314.00 Angelique 100.00 Messanie 74 . 00 Mary 56.00 C. B. & Q. R. R. crossing- 50.50 Olive 52.00 Lafayette 57 .00 Seneca 64.00 Penn 84.00 Belle 74.00 Garfield avenue. . , 54.00 Twenty-second Street. Highland avenue Douglass Grand avenue James Holman Beattie Highly Jones Frederick avenue Colhoun Union Clay Mulberry Section line at alley north of Faraon Faraon Francis Felix Edmond Charles Sylvanie Angelique Messanie Locust Mary C. B. & Q. R. R. crossing. Olive Lafayette 127.00 114.00 120.00 135.00 148.00 158.00 150.00 142. CO 132.00 139.00 140.00 153.00 172.00 162.50 164.00 165.00 152.00 134.00 130.00 120.00 108.00 97.00 80.00 70.00 62.00 58.00 54.50 56.00 62.00 GRADES. Feet Seneca 70.00 Perm 74.00 Mitchell avenue 105.00 Duncan 173 .00 Jackson 145 . 00 120 feet south of Jackson. . . 136.00 Scott 134.00 Pacific 129.00 410 feet south of Pacific ... 184.00 610 feet south of Pacific ... 128.00 830 feet south of Pacific . . . 141.00 1010 feet south of Pacific ... 151.00 1430 feet south of Pacific ... 138.00 1990 feet south of Pacific... 150.00 2070 feet south of Pacific . . . 147.00 2380 leet south of Pacific . . . 124.00 Belle street or south line of Grattan road 71.00 200 feet south of Belle 61.00 Commercial 52 .00 C. R. I. & P. R. R 51.00 380 feet south of C. R. I. & P. R. R 58.00 Pine 80 . 00 50 feet south of Pine 82.00 Garfield avenue 52.00 180 feet north of soutli City Limits 49.50 90 feet north of south City Limits 47.00 South City Limits 46.50 Twenty-third Street. Jones and Frederick avenue 155.00 Colhoun 148.00 Union 176.00 Clay 165.00 Mulberry 144.00 Olive 62.00 Lafayette 68.00 Seneca 82.00 Penn 86.00 Mitchell avenue 108.50 Twenty-fourth Street. Frederick avenue 168.00 Jones 180.00 Feet Colhoun 164.00 Union 184.00 Clay 175.00 Mulberry 156.00 Faraon 124.00 Jules 118.00 Francis 114.00 Felix 110.00 Edmond 108.00 Charles 94.00 Sylvanie 82.00 Angelique 76.00 Messanie 65.00 Patee 68.00 Olive 80.00 Lafayette 76.00 Seneca 78.00 Penn 90.00 Mitchell avenue 125.00 Duncan, west 162.00 Duncan, east 161 .00 Doniphan avenue 174.00 Jackson 176 . 00 Twenty-fifth Street. Frederick avenue 174.00 Jones 180 . 00 Colhoun 174.00 Union 170.00 Clay 150.00 Mulberry 160.00 Faraon 140.00 Jules . 126.00 Francis 120.00 Felix 104.00 Edmond 96.00 Charles 84.00 Sylvanie 76.00 Angelique 68.00 Messanie 62.00 Mitchell avenue 107.50 Duncan 178.00 Twenty-sixth Street. Delaware 196 . 00 Frederick aven ue 176 . 00 Jones 162 . 00 4:22 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Feet Colhoun 144.00 Union , 140.00 Clay 124.00 Mulberry, west 134.00 Faraon 126.00 Francis 144.00 Felix 130.00 Edmond 120.00 Charles 100.00 Sylvanie 94.00 Angelique 72.00 Messanie, west 60.00 Messanie, east 61 . 50 Patee 72.00 Olive 84.00 Lafayette 98.00 Seneca : . 106. OC Penn 100.00 Mitchell avenue 106.00 Roberts Avenue. Delaware 180.00 Twenty-seventh Street. Faraon 94.00 Francis 112.00 Felix 98.00 Edmond 90.00 Charles 78.00 Sylvanie 68 . 00 Angrelique 66.00 Messanie, west 63.00 Messanie, east 64.00 Patee 100.50 Olive 103.00 Lafayette 114 . 00 Seneca 120.00 Penn 126.00 Mitchell avenue 143.00 Jackson 167.00 Pacific '. 183.00 Twenty-eighth Street. Frederick avenue 178.00 Faraon 90.00 Jules 82.00 Francis... 80.00 Feet Felix 78.00 Edmond 76.00 Charles 74.00 Sylvanie 72.00 Ang-elique 70.00 Messanie 68 . 00 Patee 128.00 Olive 140.00 Alley between Olive and Lafayette 144.50 Lafayette 136 . 00 Seneca 154.00 Penn 158.00 Mitchell avenue 162.00 Doniphan avenue 171.00 Alley between Doniphan avenue and Jackson 177.00 Jackson 176.00 Twenty-ninth Street- Faraon 84 . 00 Jules 88 . 00 Francis 96.00 Felix 90.00 Edmond 96.00 Charles 108 . 00 Sylvanie 114.00 Ang-eliq u e 106 . 00 Messanie 84.00 Lafayette 110 . 00 Seneca 120.00 Penn 130.00 Mitchell avenue 146.00 Thirtieth Street. Faraon 94.00 Jules 114.00 Francis 130.00 Felix 122.00 Edmond . 114.00 Charles 138.00 Sylvanie 144.00 Angelique 122.00 Messanie (west) 106 . 00 Lafayette 126 .00 Seneca : 150.00 Penn 164.00 Mitchell avenue . . .168.00 GRADES. 423 Broadway. Feet Alley between Diana and Grape 210.00 St. Paul Street. Alley between Second and Third 138.00 Fillmore Street. Alley east of St. Joseph avenue 47.00 Woodson Street. 200 feet west of Eighth 50.00 Delaware Street. Alley east of Twenty-sixth . 199.00 130 feet west of Roberts' avenue 184.00 140 feet east of Roberts avenue 194.00 Alley west of Ashland av- enue 196.00 Linn Street. Alley between Levee and Water 190.00 Cherry Street. Alley betweeen Water and Levee 184 . 00 Pendleton Street. 235 feet west of Seventh 58.00 Half way between Seventh and Eighth 96.00 Beattie Street. 120 feet west of west line of Twentieth 128.00 160 feet west of Twenty- second 160 . 00 Rosine Street. Alley between Water and Levee 168 . 00 Alley between Second and Third , 69.00 Highly Street. Feet 100 feet west of Nineteenth. 162.00 Halfway bet ween Twentieth and Twenty-second 160.00 Isabelle Street. Alley between Water and Levee 150 . 00 Alley between Second and Third 51.00 Jones Street. 150 feet east of Eighteenth. 151.00 Half way between Nine- teenth and Twentieth 155.00 Alley between Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth. . 188.00 Alley east of Twenty-fifth .. 160.00 Auguste Street. Alley between Second and Third 43.00 Powell Street. Alley between Sixth and Seventh 74.00 160 feet west of Tenth 16S.OO Corby Street. 350 feet west of Ninth 106.00 100 feet east of Ninth 158 . 00 125 feet east of Ninth 160.00 Colhoun Street. Alley between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth 152 . 00 Alley between Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth. . 176.00 Alley east of Twenty-fifth.. 150.00 Ridenbaugh Street. 1 20 feet east of Tenth 137 . 00 Union Street. 225 feet east of west line of Nineteenth ,. 137.00 Alley between Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth. . 180.00 Alley east of Twenty-fifth . . 154.00 424 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Henry Street. 168 feet west of Twelfth. . . . Hall Street. Opposite southeast corner of Hogan's lot 216 feet west of Ninth. . , Feet 167.00 156.00 160.00 Robidoux Street. Feet Church Street, Alley between Tenth and Eleventh 142.00 West alley in block 31, Im- provement addition 167.00 East alley in block 31, Im- provement addition 162.00 Antoine Street. Alley between Second and Third 31.00 Alley between Fifth and Sixth 136 . 00 Clay Street. West line of Kemper's addi- tion 107.00 450 feet east of west line of Kemper's addition 152.00 Half way between Twentieth and Twenty-second 176.00 Alley between Twenty-sec- ond and Twenty-third 160.00 Alley between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth 134.00 Isadore Street. Alley between Main and Second 28.00 Intersection of east alley in block 31, St. Joseph Im- provement addition 138.00 Mulberry Street. Alley between Twenty-sec- ond and Twenty third 148.00 Alley between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth 152.00 Alley between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth 146.00 Alley between Main and Second 31.00 Alley between Fourth and Fifth 115.00 Alley between Sixth and Seventh 95.00 Alley between Ninth and Tenth 120.00 Faraon Street. Alley between Eighth and Ninth 109.00 Section line east of Thir- teenth 87.00 Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth 103.00 Half way betweenT wentieth and Twenty-first 166.00 265 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 136.00 405 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 130.00 Jules Street. Alley between Fourth and Fifth 86.50 Alley between Seventh and Eighth 98.00 Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth 83.00 Section Line, 140 feet east of Thirteenth 108.50 Alley between Eighteenth and Ninteenth 169.00 150 feet east of Ninteenth. . . 151.50 270 feet east of Twenty-fifth. 140.00 480 feet east of Twenty-fifth . 130 . 00 990 feet east of Twenty-fifth . 102 . 00 1210 feet east of Twenty-fifth . 90 . 00 Francis Street. Alley between Seventh and Eighth 70.00 Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth 88.00 Section line east of Thir- teenth .. 123.00 GRADES. 425 Feet Alley between Eighteenth and Nineteenth 170.00 200 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 140.00 280 feet east of Twenty-sec ond 138 . 00 270 feet east of Twenty-fifth 140.00 160 feet east of Twenty-sixth 138.00 250 feet east of Twenty- seventh 86.00 300 feet east of Twenty- eighth 82.00 Felix Street. Alley between Sixth and Seventh Alley between Ninth and Tenth Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth Alley between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Half way between Nine- teenth and Twentieth 180 feet east of Twenty- second 260 feet second 320 feet second 270 feet east of Twenty- fifth 250 feet east of Twenty- seventh . . east of Twenty- east of Twenty- 61.00 67.00 95.50 167.00 146.00 158.00 163.00 140.00 142.00 140.00 124.00 82.00 Edmond Street. Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth 116.00 130 feet east of Fifteenth. . . 178.00 Half way between Nine- teenth and Twentieth 151.00 280 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 132.00 380 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 134.00 31 Feet 250 feet east of Twenty- seventh 80.00 300 feet east of Twenty- eighth 80.00 Charles Street. 100 feet east of Eleventh 153.00 150 feet east of Eleventh 153.00 Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth 168.00 Alley between Eighteenth and Nineteenth 122.00 350 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 116.00 160 feet east of Twenty-sixth 97 . 00 300 feet east of Twenty- eighth 84.00 320 feet east of Twenty-ninth 134.00 Sylvanie Street. Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth 168.00 Section line 140 feet east of Thirteenth , 153.50 148 feet east of Thirteenth.. 153.50 Alley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth 152.00 Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth 161 .00 350 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 102.00 210 feet east of Twenty-fifth 80.00 300 feet east of Twenty- eighth 90.00 300 feet east of Twenty-ninth 140 . 00 Angelique Street. Alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth 183.00 Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth 155.00 Alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth 128.00 150 feet west of west line of Twenty-fourth 84.00 Messanie Street. Alley between Ninth and Tenth , 46.00 426 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Feet 260 feet east of Twelfth 161.00 Alley between Seventeenth and Eighteenth 102.00 Patee Street. Alley between Ninth and Tenth 22.00 Alley between Tenth and Eleventh 37.50 200 feet east of Twenty-sixth 79.00 180 feet west of Twenty- eighth 133.00 120 feet west of Twenty- eighth 136.00 60 feet west of Twenty- eighth 134.00 Olive Street. Alley between Tenth and Eleventh 33 . 50 160 feet east of Thirteenth. 124.00 280 feet east of Twenty- fourth 88.00 250 feet east of Twenty-sixth 88.00 Lafayette Street. Alley between Tenth and Eleventh 27.00 140 feet east of Thirteenth . . 118 .00 300 feet east of Twenty-sixth 102.00 140 feet west of west line of Twenty-eighth 135.00 50 feet west of west line of Twenty-eighth 137.50 Seneca Street. Alley 100 feet east of Thir- teenth 98. uO- 300 feet east of Twenty- seventh 144 .00 300 feet east of Twenty- eighth 124.00 Penn Street- Alley between Eleventh and Twelfth 32.00 140 feet east of Thirteenth. 54.50 Feet Half way between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth. .. 5(5.00 330 feet east of Twenty- eighth 134.00 260 feet east of Twenty - ninth 154.00 Mitchell Avenue. Half way between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth... 39.00 Half way between Four- teenth and Fif tee nth 38 . 50 Alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth 39.00 Alley between Twenty-sec- ond and Twenty-third 98.50 330 feet east of Twenty- eighth 150.00 Duncan Street. 150 feet east of Twentieth. . 181.00 210 feet east of Twenty- second 169.00 Opposite Twenty-third from the north 167.00 East line of Hall's addition. 163.00 130 feet west of west line of block 1, Grandview addi- tion 134.00 30 feet west of west line of block 1, Grandview addi- tion 130 . 00 25 feet east of east line of block 4, Grandview addi- tion 143.00 East city limits 150.00 Jackson Street. 220 feet east of Twenty- fourth 183.00 400 feet east of Twenty- fourth 180.00 960 feet east of Twenty- fourth 164.00 1105 feet east of Twenty- fourth 160.00 250 feet east of Twenty- seventh 177 . 00 East city limits 153.00 GRADES. 427 Pacific Street, Feet 30- foot street between Tapee and Madinger's addition. . 126.00 400 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 149.00 1.350 feet east of Twenty-sec- ond 151.00 Frazier's Lane 152.00 300 feet east of Frazier's Lane 169.00 Belle Street, Alley between Eighteenth and Nineteenth 63.00 Commercial Street. Alley between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, 47.40 Center Street, Alley between Park avenue and Eighteenth 55.00 Washington Avenue, Highland avenue 95.00 Fillmore 93.00 Jefferson 103.00 Woodson 112.00 Richardson 98 . 00 Pendleton 88.00 Middle ton and Third. . 74.00 Savannah Avenue. Highland avenue. Fillmore Jefferson Woodson Richardson Pendleton Middleton Third.. St, Joseph Avenue. Broadway Madison Monroe , Concord Sixth avenue . 72.00 75.00 78.00 72.50 67.00 72.00 61.20 64.30 72.00 70.50 69.00 67.20 66.80 Feet Hamburg avenue 66.00 Fifth avenue 65.50 Shady avenue 64.60 Street between blocks 2 and 3, Davis' addition 64.00 Street between blocks 1 and 2, Davis' addition * 62 . 40 Park 60.80 North line of St. Joseph Ex- tension addition 60.00 Highland avenue 52.00 Fillmore 57.00 Half way between Fillmore and Jefferson 58.50 Jefferson 55 .50 Woodson 48.75 Richardson 50.50 Pendleton 53.00 Middletou 49 . 50 Albemarle 46.00 Buchanan Avenue. Landis 86.00 Hull 94.00 200 east of Hull 99.00 East line of Landis and Hull's addition 104.00 Ashland Avenue. East city limits 196.00 Osage 190.00 Delaware 198.00 Folsom 208.00 State 198.00 Frederick avenue 191 .00 Garfield Avenue. 900 feet southeast of Elev- enth street 42.00 1140 feet southeast of Elev- enth street 49.00 1400 feet southeast of Elev- enth street 48 . 00 Sixteenth 43.00 Commercial 42 . 50 South line of right of way of C. R. I. & P. R. R . 38.00 428 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Feet 160 feet west of Eighteenth street, north 38.75 West line of Connett Place. . 54.00 80 feet west of Twenty-first. 54.50 Alleys. Between Third and Fourth streets, block 38, St. Joseph Extension addition, north line St. Joseph Extension addition 156.00 Between Third and Fourth streets, block 42, Original Town, 90 feet north of Francis 57.50 Between Fourth and Fifth streets, block 49, Original Town, 88 feet south of Jules 72.50 110 feet south of Jules 72 . 00 Between Fourth and Fifth streets, block 47, Original Town, 100 feet north of Faraon 111.00 Between Sixth and Seventh streets,block 16, St. Joseph Improvement addition, in- tersection of alleys in said block 79.00 Between Sixth and Seventh streets, Ege's addition, north line of lot 21 141 .50 Between Eighth and Ninth streets, block 19, Smith's addition, 120 feet north of Faraon 110 . 00 Between Eighth and Ninth streets, block 21, Smith's addition, intersection of alleys 66.00 Between Ninth and Tentli streets, Snyder's tract, 186 feet north of Robidoux. . . 119.00 Feet 140 feet north of Robidoux. 120.00 70 feet north of Robidoux . . 121.75 Between Ninth and Tenth streets, block 33, Smith's addition, half way be- tween Felix and Francis. 62.50 Between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, Fink's ad- dition, intersection of al- leys in said block 106 . 00 Between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, block 57, Smith's addition, 180 feet south of Angelique 140.00 Between Lafayette and Sen- eca streets, block 11, Wyatt Park addition, 175 feet west of Twenty- seventh 110.00 Between Lafayette and Sen- eca streets, block 1 2 , Wyatt Park addition, 300 feet west of Twenty- eighth 138.00 Between Olive and Lafay- ette streets, block 9, Wyatt Park addition, 375 feet east of Twenty-seventh or 225 feet west of Twenty- eighth :... 129.00 100 feet west of Twenty- eighth 142.50 Between Penn street and Mitchell avenue, block 15, Wyatt Park addition, 175 feet west of Twenty-sev- enth 131.00 Between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, 195 feet south of Penn 69.00 [G. O. No. 546, Sec. 2. GRADING, IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR OF STREETS. 429 ARTICLE III. GRADING, IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR OF STREETS. SECTION SECTION 1. Grading, how performed. 6. Crossgutters, how and of what to 2. Curbing, shall consist of what. be made. 3. Guttering, to be done in what man- 7. Crosswalks shall conform to speci- ner. flcations. 4. City engineer to contract for costs, 8. Crosswalk, how and what to bo how paid. made of. 5. Macadamizing, to be done in what 9. First-class crossings, how let. manner. 10. Repair of streets. SECTION 1. Grading, how performed. Whenever the mayor and common council shall, by ordinance, direct any street, avenue or alley to be prepared for the macadamizing, curbing and guttering, those portions above grade shall be excavated, and those below grade shall be tilled up, under the direction and supervision of the city engineer, until the desired grade is obtained. All excess of material in any street shall be deposited in such places as the cicy engineer may direct. The roadway shall be so shaped and rounded, and the side- walks brought to such grade and width, as will be indicated by the stakes set and the instructions given by the city engineer for that purpose. The grading of each block shall b Sec. 53. CHAPTER XLT. INTELLIGENCE OFFICES. SECTION SECTION 1. Intelligence office, license for. 3. Penalty for fraud or deception, 2. License, how obtained. SECTION 1. Intelligence offices license. No per- son shall establish or keep any intelligence office within the city of St. Joseph, for the purpose of obtaining places or em- ployment for male or female family domestic servants or other laborers, or for procuring or giving information concerning such places for or to such domestics, servants or laborers, or for procuring or giving information concerning such domestics, servants or laborers, for or to employers, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be twenty-five dollars per year. [ G. O. No. 441? Sec. 5%.. JUNK DEALERS. 473 SEC. 2. License how obtained. The application for such license shall be in writing, and shall state where the proposed intelligence office shall be kept, and shall be endorsed by a police commissioner or the chief of police, to the effect that the applicant is a person of good moral character. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 55. SEC. 3. Penalty for "fraud or deception. Any person keeping an intelligence office, as aforesaid, who shall, directly or indirectly, make use of any improper device, deceit, false representation, false pretense, or any imposition what- soever, for any improper purpose, or for the purpose of obtain- ing a fee, money, gratuity or other thing of value, from any customer, person or persons, or who shall ask, demand or re- ceive any unusual or exorbitant fee for any service rendered, shall on conviction be fined in a sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and the license of such person shall thereby become forfeited and he shall be incompe- tent thereafter to receive a license as keeper of an intelligence office. [#. O. No. 441, Sec. 56. [Penalty for violating Sec. 1 of this Chap, prescribed in Sec. 20, Chap, entitled u Licenses."] CHAPTER XLII. JUNK DEALERS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Junk shop, license for. 3. Shall keep record of purchases. 2. Junk dealer, license for. * 4. Penalty. SECTION 1. Junk shop, license. No person shall keep or carry on or take part in keeping or carrying on, any junk shop without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be twenty -five dollars per year. Any stand, stall, store, room or place used or occupied for the purpose of buying, selling, offering for sale, trading or deal- ing in old iron, lead, brass, steel, copper or other metal, rags or paper, shall be deemed a junk shop. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 57. 474 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. Junk dealer, license. Any person who shall be engaged as a regular business in going from house to house, and place to place in said city, and buying old iron, lead, brass, steel, copper or other metals, rags or paper, shall be deemed a junk dealer, and no person shall engage in such bus- iness without first having obtained a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be five dollars per year. [#. 0. No. 441, Sec. 58. SEC. 3. Shall keep record of purchases. Every person, keeping or carrying on, or taking any part in keeping or carrying on, any junk shop shall keep a register, in which he shall, at the time of purchase or receipt, enter the names and residence of all persons from whom he shall purchase or receive any old iron, lead, brass, steel, copper or other metals, rags or paper ; and he shall keep such register open, at all times, to the examination or inspection of any person asking or demanding the same. He shall, also, at all times, permit and allow any person demanding the same, to examine and in- spect all old iron, lead, brass, steel, copper or other metals, rags or paper, or any other article or thing whatsoever, kept or stored in or around such junk shop. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 59. SEC. 4. Penalty. Any person violating, failing, neg- lecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of the next three preceding sections, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 60. LICENSES. 475 CHAPTER XLIIi. LICENSES. SECTION SECTION 1. License required, for what. 7. 2. Agents, solicitors, etc. 8. 3. Brokers, dealers in stocks, etc. 9. 4. Commission merchant, live stock 10. commission merchant, corn doc- 11. tor, manicure, coal dealer or coal agent, costumer. clairvoyant or 12. fortune teller. 13. 5. Ball park, grain dealer, horse or 14. cattle dealer, private venereal 15. hospital, hawker, laundry, dealer in opera tickets, ordinary or res- 16. taurant, ice cream parlor or 17. dealer or oyster parlor, photog- rapher, sale stable, feed or board- 1^ ing stable, second hand dealer, 19 wagon yard, commercial agency, wood dealer or agent. 20. 6. Loaning money on chattels, etc. Itinerant vendor of drugs, etc. The word "person" defined. Term of license, etc. All licenses to be posted. Inspector of licenses shall keep a record, etc. License must be paid for. Treasurer shall give receipt. License to be signed by auditor. Auditor to keep register of all licenses. Auditor shall preserve receipt. May be issued to two or more jointly. Will protect employe, when. Shall specify location ; how trans- ferable. Penalty for violating, etc. SECTION 1. License required for what. All the various objects, subjects, persons, trades, vocations and occu- pations within the city of St. Joseph shall be licensed, taxed and regulated as in this ordinance provided. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Agents, license required for. No person shall engage in or carry on the business of agent for any of the occupations hereinafter mentioned without a license from said city, and the charge for such license shall be as follows: Insurance agent. Ten dollars per year. An insurance agent shall be held to mean every person, firm or corporation acting as an agent for any kind of an insurance company, and keeping an account with said insurance company for money collected or money remitted. Claim and collection agent. Twenty-five dollars per year. A claim and collection agent shall be held to mean any person who exercises the business of collecting for others, for hire, claims against the government, or against corpora- 476 GENERAL ORDINANCES. tions or private individuals; provided, that this section shall not apply to collections made by attorneys at law in the ordinary prosecution of the business of their profession. Brewer's agent. One hundred dollars per year. Manufacturer's agent. Twenty-five dollars per year. Any person, firm or corporation who stores and distributes goods for the manufacturer, and who does not purchase the same, shall be held to be a manufacturer's agent. Commercial agent. One hundred dollars per year. Any person, firm or corporation having a place of business in this city where orders for the sale and delivery of goods are taken, and where a stock of goods is not kept regularly on hand for for sale, is hereby declared to be a commercial agent. Financial agent or broker. One hundred and fifty dollars per year. Every person, firm or corporation, other than licensed banks or persons loaning money on chattels or chattel mortgages, or pawnbrokers, who, for a commission or other compensation, negotiates, obtains or effects loans of money on real estate security, or on collateral security or personal guar- antees, or who effects or negotiates for the sale or purchase of stocks, bonds, bills of exchange, bullion, coined money or other money or currency, promissory notes or other securities, for others, is hereby declared to be a financial agent or broker. Sewing machine agent or dealer. Fifty dollars per year. Any person who maintains a ' place of business for the sale or exchange of sewing machines belonging to any other person or corporation and on the sale of which he is to receive a commission, is hereby declared to be a sewing machine agent or dealer. Sewing machine solicitor. Ten dollars per year. Any person who, at any place *in the city other than his regu- lar place of business, solicits for the sale or exchange of sew- ing machines, is hereby declared to be a sewing machine solicitor. LICENSES. 477 House and real estate agent and real estate broker. Ten dollars per year. Every person, or firm composed of one or more persons, who shall act as agent for any party in the leas- ing, renting or selling of houses or real estate at private or public sale, or who shall receive or collect rents for another for a commission or other compensation, or who shall adver- tise or hang out any sign or device which shall designate him as an agent for the renting, collecting rents, leasing or selling of houses or real estate, shall be considered as house and real estate agents. A real estate broker or agent is one who, for compensation or commission, is engaged in the buying or selling for others, or who negotiates sales of real estate belong- ing to others. [ G. O. No. 441, Sec. 10. SEC. 3. Broker. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or carry on the business of a broker in this city without a license therefor, and the charge for such license shall be as follows: Money broker, money changer, or dealer in stocks or bonds. One hundred and fifty dollars per year. Insurance 'broker. Fifty dollars per year. Any person who shall, in favor of any person, firm or corporation, for commission or compensation, effect or place, or cause to be effected or placed, or shall negotiate for or obtain authority to effect or place any insurance or insurance risks in any insur- ance company of which he is not an accredited agent, is hereby declared to be an insurance broker. \_G. 0. No. 441, 8# G - 15. SEC. 4. Commission merchant, live stock com- mission merchant, corn doctor, manicure, coal dealer or coal agent, costumer, clairvoyant or for- tune teller. No person or persons shall engage in or carry on the occupation of commission merchant, live stock com- mission merchant, corn doctor or manicure, coal dealer or coal agent, costumer, clairvoyant or fortune teller, without first having obtained a license therefor from said city and the charge for such license shall be as follows: 478 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Commission merchant. -- Twenty-five dollars per year. Any person, firm or corporation, who shall receive consign- ments of goods, wares, merchandise or produce to be sold for or on account of consignor for a commission or other compen- sation, or who receives consignments of goods, wares, mer- chandise or produce not purchased or ordered by him previous to shipment, but left with, or shipped to him to be sold at the market price, or who advertises as a commission merchant through any newspaper or by his office stationery, shall be held to be a commission merchant. Livestock commission merchant. Twenty-five dollars per year. Corn doctor or manicure. Ten dollars per year. Coal dealer or coal agent. Twenty-five dollars per year. Costumer. Ten dollars per year. Clairvoyant or fortune teller. Fifty dollars per year. [#. O. No. 441, Sec. 21. SEC. 5. Keeper of base ball park, grain dealer, horse or cattle dealer, keeper of private venereal hospital, hawker, keeper of laundry, dealer in opera tickets, ordinary or restaurant, ice cream parlor or dealer or oyster parlor, photographer, sale stable, feed or boarding stable, second hand dealer, wagon yard proprietor, commercial agency, wood dealer or agent. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or carry on, in this city, any of the following trades, occupations or vocations, to wit: Keeper of base ball park, grain dealer, horse or cattle dealer, keeper of private venereal hospital, hawker, keeper of laundry, opera ticket dealer, keeper of ordinary or restaurant, ice cream parlor or dealer, oyster parlor, photographer, keeper of sale, feed or boarding stable, dealer in second hand goods, wagon yard pro- prietor, commercial agency, or wood dealer or agent, without a license from said city and the charge for such license shall be respectively as follows: LICENSES. 479 Keeper of base ball park. Twenty-five dollars per year. Grain dealer. Twenty-five dollars per year. Any per- son, firm or corporation who maintains a place of business for the purpose of buying or selling grain, whether such grain is within the city or not, is hereby declared to be a grain dealer. Horse or cattle dealer. Twenty-five dollars per year. Private venereal hospital. Fifty dollars per year. Hawker. Ten dollars per month or fifty dollars per year. Any person who engages in the selling of goods, wares or merchandise, or books, by crying aloud on any street or side- walk, vacant lot or other public place, is hereby declared to be a hawker. Keeper of a laundry. Twenty-five dollars per year. Dealer in opera tickets. Fifty dollars per week. Any person not in the employ of the persons or corporations owning or operating places of public amusement in this city, who shall sell, offer or keep for sale, or hawk for sale, tickets of admission for places of public amusement, is hereby declared to be a dealer in opera tickets : Provided, that this shall not include any person who may sell tickets to charitable, benevo- lent or religious entertainments, or for charitable, benevolent or religious purposes. Keeper of ordinary or restaurant. Ten dollars per year. A keeper of an ordinary is one who sells or offers for sale, in house, cellar, booth, shed or stand, any article of meat, fruit or other food to be used, eaten or consumed in or at the place of sale. i Ice cream parlor or dealer , or oyster parlor , or both. Ten dollars per year. Photographer. Fifteen dollars per year. Keeper of sale, feed or boarding stable (or other place where stock is sold or kept for sale within the city.) Fifteen dollars per year. Second hand' dealer. Fifteen dollars per year. 480 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Wagon yard proprietor. Ten dollars per year. Commercial agency. One hundred dollars per year. Wood dealer or Agent Five dollars per year. Any per- son, firm or corporation who shall engage in selling or offering for sale, either from a yard, car, wagon or other place within the city, or for future delivery, wood which is not the product of his or their own land, is hereby declared to be a wood dealer or wood agent. [G. O. No. 441? Sec. J+3. SEC. 6. Loaning money on chattels. No person, persons, company or corporation shall engage in the business of loaning money on chattels or chattel mortgages without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be fifty dollars per year. The loaning of money on chat- tels or chattel mortgages by any person, persons, company or corporation within the meaning of this section, shall be taken and defined to mean all persons who carry on the business of loaning to, procuring for or causing to be loaned to, or pro- cured for, another person or corporation, any money on chat- tels or chattel mortgages, as security for the payment of such loan or money, or who carry on the business of endorsing notes or other instruments, or who cause to be endorsed, notes or other instruments to be delivered to a third person or cor- poration for the purpose of procuring a loan for any borrower who shall give a chattel security or mortgage for such loan or money. Any person, persons, company or corporation violat- ing any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars for each offense. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 67. Amended G. 0. No. 459, Sec. 1. SEC. 7. Itinerant vendor of drugs, etc. Any itinerant vendor of any drugs, nostrum, ointment, or appli- ance of any kind, intended for the treatment of disease or injury, or who shall, by writing or printing, or any other method, publicly profess to cure or treat diseases, injuries or deformities, by any drug, nostrum, manipulation or other LICENSES. 481 expedient, shall pay to the city a license fee of one hundred, dollars per month, to be collected as other licenses are col- lected, and any person engaging in such occupation without first having obtained a license therefor, shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and each day of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 106. SEC. 8. The word "person" defined. The word ''person, " wherever used herein, shall include the plural num- ber and corporation in all cases where the words, corporation or corporations are not used. \_G. O. No. 441, S ec - 107. SEC. 9. Term of license, etc. All licenses issued by this city shall terminate and expire one year from the time such business was commenced, or in case of a renewal, one year from the expiration of the former license, except when it is especially provided for a shorter period than one year. The date of expiration, together with the date of issue and the name and address of the licensee, shall be plainly written in the license, and no license shall be issued for a less sum than two and one-half dollars. Any license issued contrary to the provisions herein contained shall be deemed void. \_G. 0. No. 44*1 Sec. 108. SEC. 10. All licenses to be posted. It is hereby made the duty of all persons, companies or corporations doing business in this city, and required under the ordinances of the city to take out a license therefor, to post such license in a conspicuous place at their place of business. Provided, that any person engaged in any calling not requiring a settled place of business shall carry his license with him while engaged in the transaction of such business, or have it readily accessible when called upon to show it by any police or other officer of the city. Any person, company or corporation who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars. [G. 0. No. 441. Sec. 109. 35 482 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 11. Inspector of licenses must keep a rec- ord, etc. The inspector of licenses, weights and measures shall keep a book containing a complete and perfect record of all licenses issued, showing the nature of the license, its date, expiration and to whom issued. In order that said record shall be complete and perfect, the city auditor shall furnish said inspector, at the end of every week, a complete list of all licenses issued during each week, showing the nature of the license, its date, expiration and to whom issued. At the end of each month both said auditor and said inspector shall fur- nish the city attorney a list of all persons delinquent in license dues. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 110. SEC. 12. License must be paid for. The city aaditor shall not furnish any license until the party applying for the same shall have paid into the city treasury the sum of money charged therefor by ordinance. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 111. SEC. 13, Treasurer must give receipt. The city treasurer shall, upon payment to him of the charge for any license, give a receipt, stating the amount paid, the nature of the license desired, for what time and to whom to be issued. The receipt shall be delivered to the city auditor, who shall at once issue to the proper party the license desired. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 112. SEC. 14. License to be signed by auditor. All licenses shall be signed by the city auditor and countersigned by the city comptroller, and shall be invalid for all purposes until so signed and countersigned. The comptroller shall pre- scribe the form of all licenses. \_G. 0. No. 441 1 Sec. 113. SEC. 15. Auditor to keep record of licenses. The auditor shall keep a register of all licenses, showing their nature, date, expiration and to whom issued. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 114. SEC. 16. Auditor shall preserve receipts. The auditor shall preserve the receipts given by the treasurer for LICENSES. 483 charges paid for licenses, and shall immediately charge the treasurer with the amount of such receipts. [G. O. No. 441? Sec. 115. SEC. 17. May be issued to two or more jointly. A license may be issued to any corporation, association or partnership, or to two or more persons engaged in any joint enterprise, the same as to a single person and for the same charge. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 116. SEC. 18. Will protect employe, when. Licenses in favor of employers shall protect the employe of the person, partnership, association or corporation, including officers of corporations, engaged by the licensee or licensees in conducting or carrying on the business, trade or vocation licensed, at the placed named in the license, except where such employe receives compensation other than a regular salary. \_G. 0. No. W, Sec. 117. SEC. 19. Shall specify location how transfer- able. All licenses hereafter issued under any ordinance of this city, shall state the street and street number or locality where business is authorized to be carried on under such licenses, and the same can only be used by the party or parties to whom issued : Provided, that whenever a party to whom such license may be issued shall sell his stock and business in good faith, he may, with the approval of the license inspector, transfer the license to the purchaser, who can use such assigned license only at the stand or place mentioned therein ; the license inspector shall report all such transfers to the auditor and comptroller, who shall keep a record of all transfers. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 118. SEC. 20. Penalty for violating, etc. Any person who shall violate, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement herein contained, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, in case the defendant is prosecuted for having failed to take out and have a license authorizing such person to conduct 484 GENERAL ORDINANCES. such business or avocation, be fined in a sum not less than the smallest amount herein required, to be paid to procure such license, except where otherwise specifically provided, and in any other case where no special penalty is provided, a sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars : Provided, that whenever any person shall be brought before the judge of the police court cnarged with carrying on any business or avocation herein specified without having a license therefor, and such person shall after his arrest procure the license required, and shall enter a plea of guilty to such charge, said judge shall in addition to costs enter a fine against said person of not to exceed twenty-five dollars. [G. O. No. 44-1, Sec. 119. CHAPTER XLIV. LIVERY STABLES. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Livery stables, license, etc. * 2. Penalty. SECTION 1. Livery stables, license, etc. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to carry on or conduct the business of a livery stable in this city without a license therefor, and the charge for such license shall be twenty-five dollars per year, and no license shall be issued for a less period than one year. Such license shall permit the do- ing of a regular livery business, including the boarding of horses, but shall not be held to permit the running thereunder of a regular street hack, hackney carriage or omnibus. [ G. O. No. 442, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Penalty. Any person violating, failing, neg- lecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of the preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. [G. O. No. W. Amended G. O. No. 498. MARKETS. 485 CHAPTER XLV. MARKETS. ARTICLE I MARKETS; REGULATIONS FOR. II MARKET MASTER. ARTICLE I. MARKETS REGULATIONS FOR. 10. SECTION. 11. Killing and dressing animals, throwing of offal, etc. 12. No "gut fat," heads or shanks permitted at, etc. 13. Lesees only to sell fresh meat, etc. Stalls to be painted and white- washed. Vegetable stands. Vehicle to stand as directed ; price for each attendance. Hay market. Same ; vehicles to stand as directed fees, etc. Penalty. 14. 1."). 16. 17. 18. 111. SECTION. 1. Designation and location of mar- kets. 2. Market master to keep plat of premises. 3. Public buildings committee to fix rental of stalls, etc. Market stalls, etc., time of letting. Market spaces limited. Market stalls, cleanliness of to be enforced. Lease adjudged forfeited, when. Penalty for occupying forfeited stall. Market, open when. Unwholesome meats, sale of pro- hibited. SECTION 1. Markets designation and location of. The west half of block number thirty-one, in the original town, now city, of St. Joseph, designated as the market square on the plat of said town, together with the buildings thereon, are constituted and established as the central market ; the east half of block number thirty-seven, in Patee's addition, desig- nated as market place on the plat of said addition, together with the buildings thereon, are constituted and established as the Patee market. [G. 0. No. 516, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Market master shall keep plat. The market master shall keep a plat of the city central market premises, designating on said plat the space to be occupied by wagons severally, and stands and stalls outside and within. [G> O. No. 516, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Public buildings committee to fix rental of stalls, etc. The committee on public buildings before the 486 GENERAL ORDINANCES. first Monday in June of each year shall meet and fix the rental of each space, stand or stall designated on the plat of said premises and furnish the market master and comptroller, each a schedule of such rentals. \_G. O. No. 516, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Market stalls, etc. when offered for lease. At ten o'clock, A. M. on the third Monday in June of each year the market master shall offer for lease, publicly, on the premises at such prices as may be fixed in the schedule furnished by the committee on public buildings, the several spaces, stands or stalls designated on the market master's plat. Every person leasing any space, stall or stand shall, in all cases, be required to pay their rent monthly in advance. No lease shall be construed to authorize any other person except the lessee to occupy such stall or stand, nor shall the same be transferable. [G. 0. No. 516, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Market spaces limited. The use of more than three feet of space next to the building by occupants of stalls in the market house, and of more than four feet of space of sidewalk next to the curbing by renters of wagon stalls adjoining, for the display of produce, goods, wares or mer- chandise of any kind is hereby prohibited. \_G. O. No. 516, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Market stalls cleanliness of to be en- forced. It is hereby made the duty of all occupants of stalls in the market building to keep the same in a clean and sani- tary condition, and the market master is required to enforce the provisions of this section. Any failure on the part of the occupants of stalls to comply with the orders of the market master in pursuance of this ordinance, shall be subject to eject- ment from the building. [G. O. No. 516, Sec. 6. , SEC. 7. Lease adjudged forfeited, when. If the lessee of any stall or stand shall be twice convicted of violat- ing any ordinance or any lawful rule or regulation of fehe market master, in relation to markets, his lease shall be adjudged forfeited; and it shall be the duty of the market MARKETS. 487 master to take possession of the same in behalf of the city, and to lease the same for the unexpired term. \G. O. No. 516, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Occupying forfeited stall penalty. If any lessee of any stand or stall, whose lease shall have been forfeited, or any other person without a lease or permission as herein provided, shall hold, use or occupy any stall or stand in any market in said city, he shall be subject to a tine of not less than five dollars for each and every day he shall use or occupy such stall or stand. \_G. O. No. 516 ', Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Market kept open, when. Each market shall be kept open from the dawn of the day until ten o'clock A. M. during the months of April, May, June, July, August arid September; and until eleven o'clock A. M. during the months of October, November, December, January, February arid March, of each day in the week, except Sunday, and may be open from four o'clock till eight o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday; and the market master shall announce, by the ringing of a bell, the closing of the market house, at least ten minutes before the time of closing. [G. 0. No. 516 ', Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Unwholesome meats, sale of prohib- ited. No person shall expose for sale, in any market or elsewhere, in said city, any emaciated, tainted or putrid meat, or the flesh of any diseased animal, or provisions which, from these or other causes, may be deemed unwholesome, under a penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; and the unwholesome meat or other pro- visions so exposed for sale shall, without delay, upon view of the market master, be seized and destroyed. [G. O. No. 516, Sec. 10. SEC: 11. Killing and dressing" animals, throw- ing of offal, etc. No person shall kill or dress any animal in any market, or throw or permit any bones, filth, slop, offal, water or other liquid, or other substance, to be thrown out of 488 GENERAL ORDINANCES. the doors or windows or around any market (except in places which may be provided for the purpose), or sweep or deposit any dirt or filth of any description in or upon any passage-way in any market, or in or upon the streets adjacent thereto. [G. O. No. 516, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. No "gut fat," heads or shanks per- mitted at, etc. No person shall, between the first day of May and first day of November in any year, bring into or place, or suffer or permit to be brought into or placed, in any market, any untried fat, commonly called gut fat, nor at any time or season the heads, shanks or feet of any animal, unless the same be skinned or properly cleansed, nor any hides or skins of any kind, except the hides of calves (these shall be removed from the market as soon as taken from the veal), under a penalty of not less than five dollars for each offense. [G. O. No. 516, Sec. 18. SEC. 13. Lessees only to sell fresh meat, etc. No person other than lessees of butchers' btalls shall sell or offer for sale in market any fresh meat, except venison, in less quantities than one quarter. \_G. O. No. 516, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Stalls to be painted and whitewashed. The lessees of the butchers' stalls shall each cause his stall to be painted, and the walls thereof to be whitewashed, at least once in each year. \_G. O. No 516, Sec. 14- SEC. 15. Vegetable stands. Every occupant of a vegetable or other stand shall, within thirty minutes after the ringing of the bell for the close of market, cause all articles exposed for sale at such stand to be removed therefrom and all offal and rubbish to be removed from the market, and all butchers shall cause their tables and meat blocks to be thor- oughly scraped and cleaned, and no vehicle shall be permitted to remain on the market after the close of market hours, except by permission of the market master. [ G. O. No. 516, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Vehicles to stand as directed price for each attendance. All vehicles in which articles are brought MARKETS. 489 to market and exposed for sale, shall stand in such order and manner as the market master may direct. Every person at- tending the central market with a wagon or other vehicle, occu- pying space on said market, or who shall occupy parts of tables and stands under the direction of the market master, for the purpose of selling fruits, vegetables, game, poultry, fish, eggs, butter, lard or other provisions, or farm or garden products, shall each pay to said market master, for the use of the city, the sum of ten cents for each market attendance. [6r. 0. No. 516, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Hay market location of. The north half of Lafayette street, between Tenth street and the alle^ dividing block 37, Patee's addition, and the west half of Tenth street for a distance of one hundred and thirty-five feet north of La- fayette street, is hereby designated as a hay market. [6r. O. No. 516, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Same vehicles to stand as directed fees, etc. All vehicles in which hay, grain, feed or country produce of any kind are brought to Patee market and exposed for sale, shall stand in t-uch order and manner as the weigh- master shall direct, and unless said vehicle with its contents is weighed on the city scales on said market, the owner or driver or other person in charge thereof, shall pay to said weighmas- ter, for the use of the city, the sum of ten cents for each attendance at the market. Any driver, owner or person in charge of any such vehicle, failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars. *[G. 0. No. 516, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Penalty. Any person who shall fail or neglect to comply with any or either of the foregoing require- ments of this ordinance, or who shall violate any section, clause or provision of any of the preceding sections thereof, 490 GENERAL ORDINANCES. where no penalty is especially imposed, shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 516, Sec. 19. ARTICLE II. MARKET MASTER. SECTION SECTION 1. Appointment ; term of office ; bond. 4. To weigh articles ; exposed for 2. General duties of. sale. 3. Market master must report. 5. Police powers of. SECTION 1. Market master, appointment of. At the first stated session of the common council in each year, it shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint, by and with the consent of the common council, some competent person as market master of the central market, who shall hold his office for a term of one year and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified; and who shall receive such compensa- tion for his services as may by ordinance be prescribed, and who shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city of St. Joseph, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said office. [G. O. No. 522, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. General duties of, etc. It shall be the duty of said market master to attend, either in person or by deputy, at the market every day during market hours; to exercise a general supervision over the market, and to enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations that may from time to time be established for the government thereof; to enforce order and decide all disputes which may arise between buyer and seller touching the weight and measure of any article; to superintend the cleaning of the market and cause the same to be sprinkled with water, whenever it shall be necessary to prevent and lay the dust; to examine the weight of all articles exposed for sale, and seize all which are of less weight than represented by the seller, and upon such seizure, to expose the MAYOR. 491 same for sale at public outcry in the market, and pay the proceeds of said sale into the city treasury; to collect all rents for stalls, stands and tables, and to pay all moneys received by him on account of the city into the city treasury on the first day of each month. [G. O. No. 588, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Market master shall report monthly. The market master shall, on the first day of each month, make a report to the city comptroller of the business of his office during the month preceding, showing the total amount of fees collected by him, together with such other facts as the comp- troller may require. \_G. 0. No. 522, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Shall weigh articles, when. The market master shall keep suitable scales, to be duly sealed by the inspector of weights and measures, and, whenever requested, shall weigh any article exposed for sale in market; and he shall collect, for the use of the city, five cents for weighing each article, to be paid by the person requesting the same to be weighed. [G. O. No. 5%%, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. May arrest for disorderly conduct. The market master, while on duty as such, is hereby clothed with all the powers of policemen, and it is his special duty to arrest and take before the judge of the police court, any person who is guilty of any violent, turbulent or disorderly conduct in, or who shall be guilty of a violation of any ordinance, rule or regulation for the government, conduct and management of the market. [G. 0. No. 522, Sec. 5. CHAPTER XLYI. MAYOR. SECTION SECTION 1. Mayor, installation of. 5. Vacancy in office of mayor, how 2. General power of supervision. filled. 3. Powers in case of riot. 6. Mayor may grant leave of absence. 4. Powers in case of paupers, insane or idiots. SECTION 1. Mayor installation of. The mayor shall take the oath of office, to be administered by the city 492 GENERAL ORDINANCES. clerk or other officer authorized to administer oaths, in the presence of the common council and so many citizens as may desire to be present, on the second .Monday after the day of election, at the hour of twelve o'clock, noon. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 41, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. General power of supervision. It shall be the duty of the mayor, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of Missouri, to exercise a general supervision over all the departments of the city government, and see that the duties appertaining to the various city offices are properly performed. He may call upon any officer for information in relation to the business of his office, and shall report to the common council all neglect of duty on the part of any city officer. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 41, Sec. 0. SEC. 3. Powers in cases of riot. In case of any riot, rout or unlawful assembly, the mayor shall have power to direct the action of the police force of the city, to call to his aid all citizens in suppressing the same, and in case of urgent necessity to employ special police. He shall have power to make arrests in cases where he shall have good reason to believe that offenses have been or are about to be committed, and to summons citizens to his aid in making such arrests. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 41, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. In case of paupers, insane or idiots. The mayor shall have authority to direct and aid in the removal of paupers from the city, and in case of extreme necessity to provide for their temporary support. He shall have power to make provision for the temporary keeping and protection of idiots and insane persons, when unaccompanied by proper guardians, and shall take immediate steps to have them trans- ferred to the proper authorities. All expenses incurred by the mayor, in performing the duties imposed by this section, shall be reported to the common council. [R. O. 1888, Chap. Sec. 4. MEAT SHOPS. 493 SEC. 5, Vacancy in office of mayor, how filled. Whenever any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor, by death or any other cause, the president of the common council, who shall exercise the duties of the mayor for the time, shall, within the time and under the regulations prescribed by ordinance, issue his proclamation, directing a special elec- . tion to be held to fill said vacancy. \_fi. O. 1888, Chap. 1+1, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. May grant leave of absence. The mayor may, in his discretion, grant temporary leave of absence to any officer, upon good cause shown, and no officer shall leave the city for any cause without such leave of absence from the mayor, under the penalty of forfeiture of his office. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 41, Sec. 6. CHAPTER XL VII. MEAT SHOPS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Meat shop, license for. 4. License shall designate location. 2. Shop must be kept clean. 5. Penalty. 3. Under control of board of health. 6. Wholesale dealer, license required SECTION 1. Meat shop or stand, license for. No person or persons or copartnership of persons shall open or keep a meat shop or stand in the city of St. Joseph, without having obtained a license therefor, as follows : Any person, persons or copartnership of persons doing business as retail meat shop keeper or keepers, within the limits of the city of St. Joseph, shall pay an annual license of twenty-five dollars, in advance, which respective license shall authorize and em- power such person, persons or copartnership of persons, to sell in their shops or stands for which they have procured a license, all kinds of fresh and salt meats, fresh and salt fish, sausage and sausage meats, whether made by them or not, ana also all kinds of fowl and game in their proper season, that is not prohibited being sold or offered for sale by any ordinance of this city or law of this state ; all kinds of vegetables and 404 GENERAL ORDINANCES. fruit in large or small quantities, for one year from the date of such license : Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to include licensed grocers and merchants who sell smoked, cured meats, fresh and salt fish and smoked sau- sage. [G. 0, No. 441, Sec. 61. SEC. 2. Cleanliness requirements. Every per- son who is duly licensed as herein required, shall keep his meat shop or stand properly cleaned and free from all foul smells and nuisances of every description, and on failure thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 62. SEC. 3. Board of health, control of. All meat shops shall be under the control of the board of health, which shall have power, by a majority of the board, to declare any one of the same a nuisance, for good and sufficient cause, which finding, when recorded in their proceedings and a copy thereof served upon the party licensed, shall operate as a canceling of his license and a prohibition of all sales thereunder. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 63. SEC. 4. License shall designate location, etc. Every license shall contain the name of the person in whose name it is issued, and shall designate the location of the meat shop or stand, and shall be and remain during its continuance posted in same conspicuous place in the meat shop or stand. [G. 0. No. Ul, Sec. 64. SEC. 5. Penalty. Any person who shall keep in this city any meat shop or stand without having obtained a license therefor, or who shall violate any of the provisions in relation thereto herein contained, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 65. SEC. 6. Wholesaler, license. No person shall en. gage in the business of selling or offering for sale any fresh MERCHANT'S LICENSE. 495 meats at wholesale in the city of St. Joseph, either from a house, store, shed, car, wagon or other place, without first having a license from said city as a wholesale meat dealer, and the charge for such license shall be one hundred dollars per year. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 66. [For penalty for violating Sec. 6 see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled "Licenses."] CHAPTEK XLVIIL MERCHANT'S LICENSE. SECTION SECTION 1. Merchant defined. 8. Auditor to make statement. 2. Penalty for selling without license. 9. Duty of assessor to make list, etc. 3. Annual license to be taken out 10. Taxes to be extended. when. 11. License, how obtained after Janu- 4. Statement of cash value of goods ary. to be filed. 12. Taxes extended and collected. 5. Duty of assessor receiving state- 13. License, etc., after first of August. ment. 14. License good after dissolution of 6. Proceedings to obtain license form partnership. of bond. 15. No intoxicating liquors to be sold. 7. Form of license. 16. Penalty for violating, etc. SECTION 1. Merchant denned. Every person, co partnership or corporation, who shall engage in the selling of any goods, wares or merchandise, at any store, stand or place occupied for that purpose, within the limits of the city of St. Joseph, is hereby declared a merchant. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 44, SM. 1- SEC. 2. Penalty for selling merchandise with- out license. No person, copartnership or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any goods, wares or merchandise within said city, without first having obtained a merchant's license, in compliance with the provisions of the general law govern- ing cities of the second class, and the ordinances of said city; every merchant violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each day he or they do business without such license. \_E. O. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 2. 496 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 3. Annual license to be taken out when. Merchants shall take out their annual licenses between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of February in each year. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 3. SEC 4. Must file statement of cash value of goods, etc. Before any merchant shall be entitled to receive a merchant's license under the provisions of this ordinance, such merchant shall file with the city assessor a sworn statement showing the actual cash value of the highest amount of goods, wares and merchandise owned by him for sale, at any time within three months before the first day of January of such year for which license is required. Such statement shall include all goods, wares and merchandise, which he may have in his possession or under his control, owned by him, and shall be signed and verified by the affidavit of such merchant or some creditable person authorized to sign and verify such statement. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 44? Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Duty of assessor receiving statement. The city assessor shall, upon such statement being filed in his office, properly signed and verified, make out and deliver to the city auditor a certificate stating that such person, naming him, has filed the statement required by the ordinances of the city, also, giving the cash value of his goods, wares and mer- chandise returned, and the location of his store, stand or place of business. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Proceedings to obtain license form of bond. The city auditor shall, upon the receipt of such cer- tificate from the assessor, issue a license to the person named in such certificate, which license shall be countersigned by the city comptroller: Provided, that such person named in the cer- tificate of the assessor executes a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with at least two resident householders, of such city, as securities, to be approved by the city auditor, who shall endorse his approval thereon; the applicant for license must deliver his bond to the city auditor before the license is issued MERCHANT'S LICENSE. 497 and delivered to him. The city auditor shall return said bond to the comptroller, who shall file the same in his office. Said bond shall be in the following form: Know all men by these presents, that we, as principal, and as securities, are held and firmly bound unto the city of St. Joseph in the penal sum of dollars, for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and adminis- trators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this day of , A. D. 18 The condition of the foregoing obligation is such that whereas ha.. ..this day received a license to do business in said city as merchant.... for the year ending Decem- ber 31st, 18 ; now if the said shall, on or before the 1st day of September, 18 , pay to the collector of said city all taxes which may be due upon such license for the year ending on the last above mentioned date, then this bond to be void; otherwise to remain in full force. [SEAL.] '. [SEAL.] ! [SEAL.] Approved this day of A. D. 18 Auditor. The penalty of which said bond shall be, when the valu- ation as shown by the statement required in this ordinance does not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, the sum of one hundred dollars ; and when the valuation exceeds twenty-five hundred dollars, an additional sum of one hundred dollars for each twenty-five hundred dollars or fractional part thereof. Upon such bond being approved by the auditor, he shall grant a merchants' license to the applicant, in form as hereinafter pro- vided. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Form of license. All licenses issued under this chapter shall expire on the thirty-first day of December next after the time of such issuing, and shall be in the follow- ing form: The City of St. Joseph to all who may see these presents, greeting: Know ye, that having filed statement, and on the day of.. A. D. 18., given bond as required of him, for the payment of all lawful taxes which may be due upon this license, therefore the said is hereby authorized to do 498 GENERAL ORDINANCES. business as. ...merchant. ..at any one place within said city for months, ending the thirty-first day of December next. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the city to be affixed, this day of A. D. 18.... Granted this day of A. D. 18.... Auditor. Countersigned: Comptroller. [. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Auditor to make statement. The city auditor shall, at the end of each month, make a statement in detail of all merchants' licenses issued by him during said month, showing the name of the person or persons to whom granted, the place of business and the date thereof ; also, the cash value of the highest amount returned to the assessor by each person, which said statement shall be filed in the office of the city comptroller, and by him laid before the common coun- cil at its first stated meeting thereafter. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Duty of assessor to make list. The city assessor shall make a complete list of all merchants who have filed their statements showing the cash value of the highest amount of goods, wares and merchandise owned and kept on hand by them for sale at any time within three months before the first day of January of such year, for which the assessment is made, and deliver the same to the common council at the same time he is required to deliver the assessment books. [R. 0, 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Taxes to be extended. The city auditor shall extend the taxes for general and special purposes in the same manner that he does on other property subject to taxa- tion. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. License how obtained after January, etc. It shall be the duty of every person, copartnership or corporation intending to commence business as merchants in the city of St. Joseph at any time after the first day of January OF THE UNIVERSITY or MEKCHArt i3C fclC l ENSE. 499 in any one year, or at any time during the fiscal year, to. fur- nish the city assessor a sworn statement of the value of his or their goods, wares or merchandise ; and the city assessor shall thereupon ascertain the value of such goods, wares and mer- chandise, and return the same with the other lists to the common council : Provided, the statements are filed with him before the fifteenth day of March, each year. If the state- ments are filed with him after the fifteenth day of March, he shall ascertain the value of such goods, wares and merchandise and return an assessment thereof to the city auditor. If such person, copartnership or corporation is dissatisfied with such assessment, he or they may appeal to the common council, at its first stated meeting thereafter, and the common council shall then ascertain and fix the value of said goods, wares, and mer- chandise, by resolution, which value, so determined, shall be certified to the city auditor by the city clerk. \R. 0. 1888. Chap. 44, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Taxes extended and collected. When such assessment is completed, the city auditor shall issue a license to such person in form and manner heretofore prescribed; and the auditor shall thereupon extend the tax for each year, for general and special purposes, and deliver a certified copy to the city treasurer. The tax so extended shall bear the same proportion to the amount of the annual levy for general and special purposes for each year, as the time to the end of the fiscal year is to one year : Provided, that*in making such pro rata reduction no fractional part of any month shall be com- puted, but the time shall in all cases be estimated as from the first day of the month in which such statement is filed. On delivery of the certified copy of the tax extended, the treasurer shall file the same and give duplicate receipts therefor, stating the amount levied and the name of the person therein named, one of which shall be tiled with the auditor and the other with the comptroller, which amounts are to be collected and paid in the same manner as other taxes. [7?. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 1*2. 500 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 13. How obtained after the first of August. When any person, copartnership or corporation shall file their statements on or after the first day of August, and the assess- ment is completed, a statement thereof shall be tiled with the city auditor, who shall thereupon make out and deliver to the city treasurer a certificate' stating the amount for such license. On delivery of the certificate to '"the city treasurer he shall file the same, and on payment of the amount thereof, the city treasurer shall make and sign duplicate receipts therefor, one shall be filed with the city auditor, the other with the city comptroller. Upon filing said receipt, the city auditor shall sign and issue a license for the remainder of such year, which license shall be countersigned by the city comptroller. Said license shall state the amount of taxes so paid, which amount shall be charged to the city treasurer. [72. O 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. License good after dissolution of partr nership. If any copartnership shall be dissolved by opera- tion of law, by limitation or by mutual consent, then the person or persons having the stock in charge, as successors, may con- tinue the business for the remainder of the year without any other additional license. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 14- SEC. 15. No intoxicating liquors to be sold. No license granted under this chapter shall authorize any merchant to sell vinous, fermented or spirituous liquors in any quantities to be drunk at his store, stand or place of business. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Penalty for violating, etc. Any person, copartnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 44, Sec. 16. MILK. 501 CHAPTER XLIX. MILK. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Impure milk or cream, sale of pro- 8. Informer shall receive part of fine hibited. imposed. 2. Hotel, etc., shall not offer to guests. 9. Duties and powers, on what offi- 3. Milk or cream dealer, license for. cers imposed. 4. Conditions of license. 10. Complaints, to whom made. 5. Milk dealer shall obtain license, 11. Record kept at office of board of register, etc. health. 6. Cows, stable s, etc., inspection of. 12. City attorney shall- report result of 7. Adulterations, manufacture of pro- prosecution. hibited. 13. Penalty. SECTION 1. Impure milk or cream, sale of pro- hibited. Special and constant attention shall be given to the inspection, examination, and analysis of milk and cream sold or ottered for sale within the city. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any skimmed milk without informing the purchaser that it is skimmed milk or any cream or milk having therein and containing any foreign substance whatever, or any adulteration or preservative, whether for the purpose of arti- ficially increasing the quantity of the milk or cream or for pre- serving the sweetness and condition thereof, or for any other purpose whatever, or any diluted milk or cream, or any milk containing less than twelve per cent of total solids, except skimmed milk, three of which shall be of fat, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprison- ment in the city jail or workhouse not more than six months ; or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person who shall be convicted the second time for having violated any of the provisions of this section shall, for such second offense, be punished as already provided herein, and in addition thereto his milk and cream license shall be revoked. [Gr. 0. No. 408, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Same hotel, etc., shall not offer to guests. Any hotel, boarding house or restaurant keeper, 502 GENERAL ORDINANCES. owner, manager or steward who shall set before or offer to any boarder, guest or customer thereof any diluted milk or any cream or milk having and containing therein any adulteration or preservative or any foreign substance whatever, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty, dollars. [ G. 0. jVo. 408, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Milk or cream dealer, license for. No person shall sell any milk or cream nor shall any person engage in or carry on the business of milk or cream dealer without first obtaining from the city a license therefor, the charge for which shall be fifteen dollars per year ; provided, that persons desiring to peddle their surplus milk from one cow only shall obtain license for which a charge shall be make of two and one half dollars per year ; provided, further, that nothing in this ordinance shall be construed into requiring a license fee from any person or persons selling the entire pro- duct of their dairy or dairies to regularly licensed milk dealers. Any person who shall fail or neglect to comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, [G. 0. No. 43%, Sec. 1. SEC. 4. Conditions of license. Every such license shall be issued on the express condition that the licensee shall at all times permit officers or representatives of the city to visit, examine and inspect all cows, feed therefor, stables, pas- tures and lots where the cow or cows of such licensee are kept, and secure such permission for such inspection and exam- ination from all persons from whom he obtains milk and cream to be sold or offered for sale ; and an analysis or examination shall be made of milk or cream obtained by the proper officer from such licensee ; and it shall be the duty of such licensee at all times when demanded to furnish free of charge such small quantities of milk and cream as shall be necessary for such examination or analysis. Failing or refusing to comply with MILK. 503 such conditions and requirements shall be cause for revoking such license. [G. O. No. 408, Sec. 6. Amended G. O. No. 421. SEC. 5. Milk dealer shall obtain license, regis- ter, etc. Every person who may be selling or offering for sale milk or cream at the time of the approval or final passage of this ordinance shall, within twenty days after the appoint- ment of the clerk of the board of health, obtain the license herein provided for, and register his name on a record to be kept for such purpose by the clerk of the board of health, together with the names and post office addresses of all per- sons from whom he obtains his milk or cream, and also the location of the stables or pastures where the cows from which such milk was obtained are kept. And every person who may hereafter enter into and engage in the milk or cream business shall also register as in this section provided. All changes in the location of any milk and cream dealer's dairy or the dairies of those from whom he obtains milk and cream, or the location of the stables and pastures of either shall be promptly reported to the clerk of the board of health and noted on such record. Every person neglecting or refusing to comply with the pro- visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each and every day of such refusal or neglect. [ G. O. No. 408, Sec. 7. SEC. 6. Cows, stables, etc., inspection of. It shall be the duty of the sanitary sergeant and assistant health officer at least once every two months, and as much oftener as they may think necessary and proper, to inspect and examine all stables, lots and pastures where cows are kept and fed, whose milk or cream therefrom is sold in the city ; and also the feed, health and condition of such cows, and make report thereof to the board of health. If in their opinion any such cows are not fed on good and wholesome food, or are kept in an unhealthy or bad condition, or such stables and pastures are not properly cleaned and kept so, then they shall 504 GENERAL ORDINANCES. notify in writing the owner or keeper of such cows, stables and pastures, and also the persons who sell or offer for sale the milk or cream therefrom in the city, and if any such owner, keeper or person shall not at once cease to milk any cow which is in an unhealthy and bad condition, or shall refuse or neglect to at once proceed to clean such stables and pastures, the milk therefrom shall not be sold or offered for sale in the city until every objection thereto is abated and removed and kept so. E^ery person violating any provision in this section contained shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 8. SEC. 7. Adulterations, manufacture of prohib- ited. Any person who shall manufacture, compound, use, sell or offer to sell any milk or cream adulteration or preserva- tive, or any compound or substance whatever for the purpose of artificially preserving the sweetness or increasing the quan- tity of milk or cream, or for any other purpose, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail or workhouse not exceeding six months, or by both such fine a*nd imprisonment. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 9. SEC. 8. Informer shall receive part of fine im- posed. Any person who shall first give any information to any member of the board of health or the sanitary sergeant or police officer that shall be the cause and means of the arrest and conviction of any person for violating the provisions of the next preceding sections, shall be entitled to and receive one-third of the fine imposed and collected. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 10. SEC. 9. Duties and powers on what officers imposed. Whenever in this ordinance a duty is imposed or a power given to the sanitary sergeant, health officer or police- MILK. 505 man, such duty or power shall be imposed on or granted to either one of such officers or all of them. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 11. SEC. 10. Complaints to whom made. All com- plaints which any person may desire to make against any one for the violation of any provision in this ordinance contained, shall be made to the clerk of the board of health or any mem- ber thereof, whose duty it shall be to at once bring such com- plaint to the notice of the sanitary sergeant, health officer or policeman, who shall inquire and examine into the same. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 12. SEC. 11. Record kept at office of board of health. The several records required to be kept by the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be kept always at the office of the board of health in charge of the clerk thereof. Such rec- ords shall always be open for the inspection of any person. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. 13. SEC. 12. City attorney shall report result of prosecutions. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to keep a record of every arrest and prosecution under the pro- visions of this ordinance and the result thereof ; and he shall semi-annually report the same to the common council. [G. 0. No. 408, Sec. U. SEC. 13. Penalty. Any person who shall in any man- ner interfere with or prevent or attempt to prevent the enforce- ment of any provision of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 408, Sec. 15. 506 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER L. MISDEMEANORS. ARTICLE I MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. II PENALTIES. ARTICLE I. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. SECTION 1. Unlawful assembly. 2. Disturbing and provoking a breach of the peace. 3. Disturbing religious or other as- sembly. 4. Loitering prohibited, where. 5. Giving false alarms of fire, etc. 6. Drunkenness or intoxication. 7. Carrying concealed weapons. 8. Throwing missiles, having device for. 9. Sale of fire arms, etc., to minors. 10. Cigarettes, sale of to minors. 11. Certain minor persons not to be on street, when. 12. Parent or guardian shall not allow child upon street, when. 13. Police may arrest and detain vio- lator of section eleven. 14. Sport and exercises on streets and alleys. 15. Jumping upon cars in motion. 16. Injuring lamp post, telegraph poles, wires, etc. 17. Climbing on electric light poles. 18. Injury of public or private prop- erty. 19. Injuring bridges and city improve" ments. 20. Hitching animals to shade trees, hydrants, etc. 21. Driving over fire hose. 22. Fast riding or driving over bridges. 23. Vehicles not to be driven over side- walk. 24. Fast driving; leaving animal un- fastened. 25. Regulations governing passing of vehicles. 26. Cruelty to animals. 27. Slaughtering of animals. 28. Veterinary hospital not allowed. 29. Prohibiting certain modes of Ad- vertising. SECTION 30. Circulars and handbills not to be thrown on streets. 31. Unauthorized posting of cards or handbills. 32. Distribution of samples of mer- chandise, handbills, etc., with- out license. 33. Distribution of samples of medi- cines, etc. 34. Private use of water in public cis- terns. 35. Removing guard from dangerous place. 36. Throwing bricks and rubbish on streets. 37. Barbed wire fences prohibited. 38. Business house not to open on the Sabbath. 39. Bathing and swimming restricted. 40. Escaping from custody or break- ing prison. 41. Falsely representing an officer. 42. Games and gaming. 43. Indecent exhibition of horses, bulls, etc. 44. Indecent exposure of person. 45. Prostitutes not to ply vocation. 46. Bawdy and assignation houses. 47. Lodging in bawdy or assignation house. 48. Frequenting bawdy or assignation houses . 49. Same; character of house to be established. 50. Permitting weeds to remain on lot. 51. Pools, ponds, etc., not allowed on vacant lot. 52. Throwing of fruit or vegetable substance upon sidewalk, 53. Interfering with water pipes or 54. Injuring books, etc., of public li- brary. MISDEMEANORS. 507 SECTION 1. Unlawful assembly. Any three or more persons who shall in this city assemble together, or being as- sembled shall act in concert to do any unlawful act with force or violence against the property of this city, or the person or property of another, or against the peace or to the terror of others, and shall make any movement or preparation therefor, and every person present at such meeting or assembly who shall not endeavor to prevent the commission or perpetration of such unlawful act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Disturbances of the peace. Any person who shall in this city disturb the peace of others by loud or unusual noise, offensive or indecent conversation, or by unseemly, profane, obscene or offensive language calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, or by threatening, challenging, striking or fighting another ; or any person who in this city shall permit any such conduct in or upon any house or prem- ises owned or occupied by him or under his management or control, so that others in the vicinity are disturbed thereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, [ff. O. No. 529, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Disturbing religious or other assembly. Any person who shall in this city disturb or disquiet any congregation or assembly met for religious worship, by making a noise or by rude or indecent behavior or profane discourses within their place of worship, or so near the same as to disturb the order or solemnity of the meeting, or shall disturb any lawful assemblage of people by rude or indecent behavior or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Loitering prohibited where. Any person who shall in this city loiter at the corners of streets, or in or upon any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk, or in the vicinity of any place of amusement, public hall, place of worship, hotel, re&taurant, eating house, dramshop or thoroughfare and 508 GENERAL ORDINANCES. refuse to disperse or vacate such' place when requested to do so by any police officer, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Giving false alarm of fir e collection of persons on streets. Any person who shall in this city intentionally give or make a false alarm of fire, or shall employ any device, noise or performance tending in either case to the collection of persons on the streets, sidewalks or other public place to the obstruction of the same, for any purpose whatso- ever, without permission of the mayor in writing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 5*29, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Drunkenness an offense, when. Any person who shall in this city be drunk or shall be in a state of intoxication in any highway, thoroughfare or other public place, or in any private house or place, to the annoyance of any person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [ G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 6- SEC. 7. Concealed weapons carrying of Any person who shall in this city wear under his clothes or carry concealed upon or about his person, or be found having upon or about his person concealed, any pistol or revolver, colt, billy, slung shot, cross knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, dirk, dagger, razor, bowie knife, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Throwing missiles having device for, Any person who shall in this city have in his possession an; air pipe, blow pipe, air gun, pop gun, spring gun, bow gun, cross bow, crotch, rubber sling or nigger shooter, or othei device or contrivance for ejecting, discharging or otherwij throwing any missile, pellet, stone, bolt, metal or other sul stance capable of causing injury to any one, or shall projec by means of any such device or contrivance, or fling, cast 01 throw by hand or foot any stone, pebble, ice or snow ball, 01 MISDEMEANORS. 509 other hard or hurtful substance or thing in or upon any street, alley, park or other public ground, or from out of any yard, lot or building into any street, alley, park or other public ground, or whoever shall throw any stone or other missile at or against any public or private building, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Cartridges, pistols, etc., sale of to minors prohibited. Any person who shall in this city sell to any person under the age of sixteen years, any cartridge of fixed ammunition of which any fulminate is a component part, or any gun, pistol or other mechanical contrivance arranged for the explosion of such cartridge, or of any fulminate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [6r. 0. No. 529, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Cigarettes sale of to minors. Any per- son who shall in this city sell to any minor any cigarettes or cigarette wrappers, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Persons under certain age not to be on streets, etc., when. It shall be unlawful for any person under fifteen years of age to be or remain in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in this city at night after the hour of nine o'clock p. M. from March 1st to August 31st, in- clusive, of each year ; and from September 1st to the last day of February, inclusive, of each year, after the hour of eight o'clock P. M., unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person having the legal custody of such minor person, or is in the performance of an errand or duty directed by such parent, guardian or other person having the care and custody of such minor person, or whose employment makes it necessary to be upon such streets, alleys or public places during the night time after said specified hours: Pro- vided, this exception shall not apply when the person under such age shall be playing or unnecessarily loitering in or upon any such street, alley or public place, whether alone or accom- panied by a parent, guardian or any person or persons whom- 510 GENERAL ORDINANCES. soever. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [6r. O. No. 529, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Parent or guardian shall not allow child to go upon street, etc., when. It shall be unlaw- ful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any person under fifteen years of age, to allow or permit any such child, ward or other person under such age, while in snch legal custody, to go or be in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in this city within the time prohibited in section eleven of this ordinance, unless a reasonable necessity exists therefor. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Police may arrest and detain violator of section eleven, etc. The police are hereby authorized to arrest, without warrant, any person willfully violating the provisions of section eleven of this ordinance, and detain such person for a reasonable time, in which complaint can be made and a warrant issued and served. No child or minor person arrested under the provisions of this ordinance shall be placed in confinement until the parents or guardian of such person shall have been notified of such arrest and shall have refused to be held responsible for the observance of the provisions of section eleven of this ordinance by said minor person. [#. 0. No. 529, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Playing in street, etc. Any person who shall in this city ride, coast or slide down any sidewalk upon any wagon, sled, sleigh or board, or who shall in any highway or thoroughfare play at any game of amusement or engage in any sport or exercise likely to scare horses, injure passengers or embarrass the passage of vehicles or pedestrians, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. O. JVo. 529, Sec. 14- SEC. 15. Climbing on moving car, etc. Any per- son who shall in this city jump or climb upon or leave, or at- MISDEMEANORS. 511 tempt to jump or climb upon or leave, any street car, locomo- tive engine or train of cars thereto attached, while in motion, unless in doing so he acts in compliance with law or by per- mission under lawful rules and regulations of the corporation then managing such street car or railway line, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Disturbing or destroying lamp post, fire alarm, telegraph poles, etc. Any person who shall in this city willfully or negligently injure, cut, break, disturb, dislocate, remove, destroy or interfere with any lamp post, bracket or gas lamp, or fire alarm box, or telegraph, telephone, electric light, district messenger or fire alarm pole or post, or the wires suspended thereon or attached thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Climbing on electric light poles. Any person who shall in this city climb or attempt to climb upon any of the electric light poles or towers of the city of St. Joseph, except employes of the city or persons duly authorized and permitted by proper authorities, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No 529, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Injuring building, post, shade trees, etc. Any person who shall in this city deface or injure any building, fence, gate, sign, tree box, ornamental or shade tree, shrubbery, lamp post, street fountain, awning post, telegraph pole, or any other property of any kind, belonging to the city or to any person, by cutting, breaking, daubing with paint, filth, offal or any other substance, hitching of horses or other animals, throwing of stones or other missiles, or in any other way or manner deface, injure or tear down the same, or com- mit any other dirty or filthy act by throwing, placing, daubing or depositing any filth, the contents of any privy, refuse, ma- nure, animal or vegetable matter in, upon or about any such property or premises, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 18. 512 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 19. Not to tear up bridge or change creek. Any person who shall in this city destroy, tear up or injure any bridge, culvert or other improvement made or constructed by or uncfer the authority of this city, or who shall change the channel of any water coarse so as to cause the same to liow against or upon any such improvement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. O. No. 529, Sec. 19. SEC. 20. Not to hitch to fence, post, shade tree or hydrant. Any person who shall in this city hitch or fas- ten any animal to any railing, fence, ornamental or shade tree or awning post or lamp post not belonging to him or his em- ployer, or to any street hydrant or fire plug, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 20. SEC. 21. Fire hose penalty for driving over. Whenever any hose of the fire department is laid upon any street, alley, avenue, public place or vacant lot for the purpose of being used by said department, it shall not be lawful for any wagon, carriage or vehicle of any kind, street railway car, locomotive or railroad car to pass over the same. Any owner, driver or other person in charge of any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, street railway car, locomotive or railroad car who shall knowingly drive or run over, or cause the same to be driven or run over such hose, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 21. SEO. 22. Not to drive on bridge faster than a walk. Any person who shall in this city ride or drive any animal on any wooden bridge faster than a walk, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [ G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 22. SEC. 23. Vehicles not to be driven on sidewalk, etc. Any person who shall in this city lead, drive or ride any horse or other beast of burden, or shall lead or drive any team attached to a wagon or other vehicle, or shall draw, push or place any such wagon or other vehicle upon or across any side- walk of any class or any curbing, or shall tear up or otherwise MISDEMEANORS. injure any pavement or sidewalk or curbing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.' [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 23. SEC. 24. Fast driving leaving animal unfas- tened. Any person who shall in this city ride or drive any animal on any street, avenue, alley or other public place in a violent or furious manner, or shall ride or drive any such ani- mal so as to cause such animal or any vehicle thereto attached to come in collision with or strike any other object or any per- son, or shall leave any such animal standing in any street, ave- nue, alley or public place without being fastened or so guarded as to prevent its running away, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529. Sec. 24. SEC. 25. Vehicles to keep to the right. In all cases of persons meeting each other in vehicles in any highway or thoroughfare in this city, each person so meeting shall in all cases go to the right side, so as to enable such vehicles to pass each other without accident. Any person who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 5*29, Sec. 25. SEC. 26. Cruelty to Animals. Any person who shall in this city over-drive, over-load, drive when over- loaded, torture, torment or unnecessarily or cruelly beat, or needlessly mutilate or kill any dumb animal, or expose any calves or sheep upon any street, sidewalk or market with their legs tied, or shall cause or procure to be over driven, over- loaded, driven when overloaded, ill treated, tortured, tor- mented or unnecessarily or cruelly beaten, or needlessly muti- lated or killed, as aforesaid any dumb animal, or shall cause or procure any calves or sheep upon any street, sidewalk or market, to be exposed with their legs tied as aforesaid, shall for every such offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529. Sec. 26. SEC. 27. Slaughtering of Animals. Any person who shall in this city kill or slaughter beeves, sheep, hogs, or 37 I 5 14: GENERAL ORDINANCES. other animals, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; pro- vided, that this shall not apply to regularly established beef and pork packing houses, or slaughter houses. \_G. O. No. 529, Sec. 27. SEC. 28. Operating veterinary hospital. Any person who shall in this city maintain, engage in or assist in operating any veterinary hospital, stable or place of business in which horses or other diseased animals are treated for their diseases, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day any person shall violate the provisions of this section, after being once convicted, shall be deemed a separate offense. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 28. SEC. 29. Prohibiting certain modes of advertis- ing. Any person who shall in this city in or upon any street, avenue, sidewalk, alley, public square or public park, carry, bear, support or place, or cause to be carried, borne, supported or placed, any banner, sign, transparency, frame work, device or emblem intended, or purporting to be used, as an advertisement or publication of any trade, profession or business, place of business, office, store or occupation what- ever, without a written permit from the mayor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not ba construed so as to prevent or prohibit any person or corpor- ation from advertising their business or calling, on any wagon or frame of a wagon, provided such advertisement is done in a manner not calculated to frighten mules or horses, or obstruct or interfere with the passage of vehicles or pedestrians. [ G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 29. SEC. 30. Posting hand bill, notice, etc. No per- son shall in this city paste, tack, nail, post, paint, stamp or print any poster, hand bill, card, advertisement or notice of any kind whatever, upon any wall, fence, house, door post, either private or public, without first having obtained permis- sion, in writing, from the owner or agent of the property in MISDEMEANORS. 515 which the same is situated, and every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 30. SEC. 31. Circulars and hand bills not to be thrown on streets. Any person who shall in this city distribute hand bills, circulars, cards or advertising device of any kind by giving them to any person passing along any sidewalk or thoroughfare, or by throwing them upon the side- walks, gutters, streets or public thoroughfares, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, [G'. 0. No. 5*29, Sec. 31. SEC. 32. Distributing samples of merchandise, hand bills, etc., without license penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, in this city, samples of merchandise, hand bills or other advertising matter without first having obtained a license so to do, and the charge for such license shall be fifteen dollars per year, or five dollars per week. Any person who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars ; provided, that this section is not intended to prevent any resident merchant from distributing his own samples or adver- tisements except as in the next preceding section is prohibited. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 3%. SEC. 33. Distribution of samples of medicines, etc. Any person who shall in this city distribute samples of medicines, foods or other proprietary preparations, by hand- ing them to persons on the s-treets or thoroughfares, or by leaving any of said samples in the yards or upon the premises of any private residence or school, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 33. SEC. 34. Drawing water from public cistern. Any person who shall take or draw water from any of the public cisterns of this city for private use or waste, or shall remove the cover from the opening of any such cisterns, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 34. 516 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 35. Removing guard from dangerous place. Any person who shall knowingly or wilfully remove, destroy, of interfere with any barrier, guard or light placed before or at any dangerous place in or near the streets or thoroughfares of this city, for the purpose of warning or pro- tecting travelers or other persons who may be exposed to injury from such dangerous places, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529 ', Sec. 35. SEC. 36. Leaving rubbish on street or side- walk penalty. Any person or persons who shall have sidewalks paved, or any improvements done on their lots, who shall remove broken brick, rock, earth or rubbish of any kind from said sidewalk, or from any portion of their lot or lots, and leave the same on any street or alley, or shall leave any material on any street or alley longer than is actually necessary to make such improvements, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed fifty dollars for every such offense, and a like sum for every day he shall allow the same to remain after the first conviction. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 36. SEC. 37. Barb wire fences prohibited penalty. The erection or maintenance of any fence composed wholly or in part of barbed wire, upon, along or about any lot or par- cel of ground fronting upon or adjoining any street, alley, avenue, public common or public thoroughfare in this city is hereby prohibited. All suoh fences now existing or that may be hereafter erected, are declared to be nuisances, and every owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of ground, who shall maintain or erect any such fence shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars. Every day that such offense shall be maintained after conviction thereof, shall constitute a separate and additional offense. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 37. MISDEMEANORS. 517 SEC. 38. Business houses not to be kept open on Sunday. Any person who shall in this city play, on Sunday, at billiards, ten pins or other game of amusement, or shall on that day, keep his store, shop or other place of busi- ness open or sell or offer to sell any goods, wares or mer- chandise, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 38. - SEC. 39. Swimming restricted. Any person who shall bathe or swim in the Missouri river or in any other water course, pond or pool in this city, between one hour of sun rise and one hour after sun set, without being sufficiently clothed to prevent improper exposure of his person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 39. SEC. 40. Escaping from custody. Every person lawfully imprisoned in the city workhouse, police station, or other place of confinement, or held in custody of any officer, for any cause whatever, who shall escape or attempt by force or violence to any person, to effect his escape from such cus- tody, although no escape be effected, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, See. 40. SEC. 41. Falsely representing an officer. Who- ever shall falsely represent himself to be an officer of this city or of the United States or of any state, county or city within the United States, or shall, without being duly authorized, exercise or attempt to exercise any of the duties or functions of any such officer, or shall hinder, obstruct or otherwise inter- fere with any city officer in the discharge of his official duties, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 41. SEC. 42. Keeping gambling device, etc. gamb- ling. Whoever shall in this city set up or keep any gaming table or gambling device, at which any game of chance shall be played for money or property, or anything representing money or property, or shall, at any such table or device, or at 518 GENERAL ORDINANCES. any game of chance, bet, win or lose any money or property , or anything representing the same, or shall suffer any such table or device at which any game of chance is played, to be set up or used in any tenement in his possession or under his control, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and it shall be the duty of the judge of the police court, on receiving satis- factory information of any such table or device being so set up and used, to issue his warrant to the chief of police, command- ing him to destroy the same, which warrant shall be immedi- ately executed. \G. O. No. 529, Sec. 1$. SEC. 43. Exposing stallion. No person shall in- decently exhibit any stud horse, jackass or bull, or let any such horse or jackass to any mare, or any bull to any cow, within the limits of this city, unless in some inclosed place out of public view ; and every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. o%9, Sec. 43. SEC. 44. Public indecency obscene books, etc. Any person who shall in this city appear in any public place in a state of nudity, or in any indecent or lewd dress, or shall make indecent exposure of his or her person, or be guilty of any lewd or indecent act or behavior, or shall exhibit, sell or offer to sell any indecent or lewd book, picture or other thing, or shall exhibit or perform any indecent, immoral or lewd play or other representation, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 44. SEC. 45. Licentious conduct forbidden. No pros- titute, courtesan or lewd woman shall, within the limits of this city, by word, sign or action, ply her vocation on any street, alley or avenue of the city, or in any other public place, or at any door or open window of the house or room she may occupy ; and any such prostitute, courtesan or lewd woman who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. \_G. O. No. 5%9, Sec. Ifi. SEC. 46. Keeping bawdy house. Any person who shall in this city keep or maintain a bawdy house, house of il] MISDEMEANORS. 519 fame or assignation house or place for the practice of fornica- tion, or who shall be interested in any such house as proprietor or landlord, or any person who shall use, occupy or knowingly permit any house, building or tenement owned by him or her, or under his or her control, to be used or occupied as a bawdy house, house of ill fame, assignation house or for the purposes of fornication, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 46. SEC. 47. Inmate or boarder in bawdy house. Any person, male or female, who shall in this city be the in- mate of or boarder or lodger in, or who shall in any way con- tribute to the support of any bawdy house, house of ill fame, assignation house or other place kept or maintained for the practice of fornication, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 47. i SEC. 48. Frequenting bawdy house. Any person, male or female, who shall at any time in this city be found in or frequenting or loitering about any bawdy house, house of ill fame, assignation house or other place kept or maintained for the practice of fornication, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor : Provided, the provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to apply to any person or persons showing by competent proof that they visited such place on lawful busi- ness. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 48. SEC. 49. Same reputation of house in evi- dence. In order to convict any person for a violation of any of the provisions of the last three preceding sections, the char- acter of such house or place may be established by proof that the same is generally reputed to be a bawdy house; house of ill fame, assignation house or a place for the practice of forni- cation. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 49. SEC. 50. Permitting weeds to remain on lot malty. It shall be unlawful for any owner or other person in charge of or having the control or management of any lot 520 GENERAL ORDINANCES. or parcel of ground in this city, to permit weeds to grow, or remain when grown or to remain in a decaying condition after being cut on any such lot or parcel of ground and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be lined not less than one nor more than twenty-five dollars for such offense; and each day any such person shall violate the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 50. SEC. 51. Pools, ponds and filth not allowed on vacant property penalty. It shall be unlawful for any owner or other person in charge of or having the control or management of any lot or parcel of ground within this city, between the first day of June and the last day of September of each year, to keep or permit any pond or pool of water upon any such premises, or to permit or keep any rubbish or filth of any kind whatever upon any such premises, and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for such offense ; and each day such person shall violate the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. [G. O. No. 529, Sec. 51. SEC. 52. Throwing fruit or vegetable substance on sidewalk. Any person who shall in this city throw or place upon any sidewalk or crosswalk any part of fruit or veg- etable or other substance which, when stepped upon by any person, is liable to cause him or her to slip or fall, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 529, Sec. 52. SEC. 53. Interfering with water pipes or valves penalty. If any person shall interfere with any water pipe of the St. Joseph Water company without the consent of the said company first had and obtained, by tapping the same or by making any connection therewith, or shall, without such permission, interfere with any valve or connection made with PENALTIES. 521 such water pipe so as to let the water into any service pipe or turn it off from the same, such person shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 443, Sec. 1. SEC. 54. Injuring books, etc., of public library penalty. Any person who shall carry away without authority, wilfully or maliciously cut, write upon, injure, deface, tear or destroy any book, periodical, map, newspaper, plate, engraving or other property belonging to the city of St. Joseph, and constituting part of the property devoted to the use of the free public library, shall be subject to a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and the cost of prosecution. [G. 0. No. 553, Sec. 1. ARTICLE II. PENALTIES. SECTION SECTION 1. Misdemeanor defined. 3. Penalty when no other is pre- 2. Punishment for misdemeanor where scribed. no specific penalty is prescribed. SECTION 1. Misdemeanor defined. Whenever the term "misdemeanor" is used in any ordinance of the city of St. Joseph, it shall be construed to mean and to stand in lieu of "violation of ordinance." \G. 0. No. 530, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Punishment for misdemeanor where no specific penalty is prescribed. Any person who shall be convicted of any misdemeanor under the provisions of any ordinance of the city of St. Joseph, in case where no penalty is otherwise provided or prescribed, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for every offense. \_G. O. No. 530, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Penalty when no other is prescribed. Whenever in any ordinance, the doing of any act, or the omission to do any act or duty, is declared to be a breach 522 GENERAL ORDINANCES. thereof, and there shall be no fine or penalty prescribed for such breach, any person who shall be convicted of any such breach shall be adjudged to pay a fine not exceeding two hun- dred dollars. [G. 0. No. 530, Sec. 3. CHAPTER LI. NUISANCES. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. SECTION 13. Nuisance on property of non-resi- dents, how abated. Sewers, sewer inlets, vaults and privies ; rubbish not to be thrown into. Removal of house dirt, etc., license for. Throwing rubbish, etc., in street permit necessary. Same : persons offending liable. Rubbish to be removed, how. Penalty. Health officer to cause city to be examined. Certain matters declared nuisances. May be abated by city, costs taxed against property, when. Preceding sections, how construed. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. SECTION 1. Privies ; penalty for neglecting to provide. 2. Same ; location and manner of building. Time for emptying privy vaults. Removal of dead animals. Storage of green or salted hides. Cattle and swine yards; when of- fensive. Deposit of offal, filth, etc. Removal of putrid and offensive matter. Rendering of tainted or damaged substance. Nauseous and offensive establish- ments. Offensive grounds and premises. Foul and offensive privies, cellars, vaults. SECTION 1. Privies penalty for neglect to pro- vide. The owner, agent or occupant having the charge of any tenement used as a dwelling, or for lodging purposes, within the city of St. Joseph, shall furnish the same with a suitable privy, sufficient for the accommodation of all who may use it. Any person or persons neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars for failing to comply with the same within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty daysj after notice from the health officer of said city, and a fine of five dollars for every day's neglect and failure thereafter to comply with the provisions of this section. \E. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Same ; location and manner of build- ing. If any person shall erect or continue any privy within twenty feet from any street, or the dwelling, shop or well of NUISANCES. 523 any other person, in said city, unless the same be furnished with a substantial vault at least six feet deep, and made tight, so that the contents cannot escape therefrom, and sufficiently secured and enclosed, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars, and a like fine for every week he shall con- tinue the same after the first conviction. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec 0. SEC. 3. Time when privy vault may be emptied; No privy vault shall be emptied between the fifteenth day of June and the fifteenth day of September, unless, on inspection, the health officer shall be satisfied that the same is necessary for the health and comfort of the inhabitants ; and in such case no more of the contents of such vault shall be taken away than shall be necessary for present safety and relief, and with such precautions relative to the prevention of any offensive effluvia as the health officer shall direct : Provided, no privy vault within this city shall be opened, nor the contents thereof disturbed or removed, between the hours of three o'clock A. M. and ten o'clock P. M., of any day. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for every offense. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Removal of dead animals. The owner or possessor of any dumb animal which may die within the city shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, cause the carcass to be removed beyond the limits of the city. Any person violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Seo. 4. SEC. 5. Storing green or salted hides. No per- son shall place or store any green or salted hides in any store, warehouse or other building or place within the limits of this city, so that odor arising from said hides shall annoy or dis- turb the occupants of any tenement in the vicinity, under a 524: GENERAL ORDINANCES. penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than one hun- dred dollars, and a like penalty for every day the same shall be continued after the first conviction, [fi. O. 1888 , Chap. 48, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Offensive pens for cattle or hogs. Any person or persons who shall own, keep or use any yard, pen, place or premises, in or upon which any number of cattle or swine shall be so kept as to be offensive to those residing in the vicinity, or an annoyance to the public, shall be deemed the author of a nuisance, and on conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and to a like fine for every day he or they shall neg- lect or refuse to abate such nuisance after a conviction for the first offense. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Offal, rubbish, filth, slops, etc. Any dis- tiller, tanner, brewer, butcher, pork and beef packer, soap boiler, tallow chandler, dyer, livery stable keeper, or other person whatsoever, who shall cause or suffer any offal, manure, rubbish, tilth, still si ops, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter, or any foul or nauseous liquor to be discharged out ot\ or flow from any premises owned or occupied by him, or be thrown into, deposited or left in any stream of water within the limits of this city, the Missouri river excepted, or in or upon any street, alley, avenue, public square, vacant lot, wharf or river bank 'in said city, shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for every offense. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Offensive matter to be removed. No person shall permit or suffer any substance of the nature men- tioned in the preceding section, which is liable to become putrid or offensive or injurious to the public health, to remain on any premises owned or occupied by him in this city for a longer period than twenty-four hours at any one time, from the first day of March to the first day of November in any year, or exceeding forty-eight hours during any other part of the year, but NUISANCES. 525 the same shall be removed or buried within the time above designated. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dol- lars nor more than one hundred dollars for every offense, and to a like fine for every day the same shall be allowed to remain after a conviction for the first offense. \_E. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Offensive smells from rendering, etc. No person shall steam or boil or in any way render any offal, tainted or damaged lard or tallow, or steam or render any ani- mal substance in such a manner as to occasion any offensive smell, or which will, by undergoing such process, so taint the air as to render it unwholesome or offensive to the smell, with- in the limits of this city. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Foul or offensive establishments. Any owner or occupant of any tallow chandler's shop, soap factory, tannery, distillery, livery stable, cattle yard or shed, barn, packing house, slaughter house or rendering establishment within this city, who shall suffer the same to become nauseous, foul or offensive, shall be fined in a sum of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars in every case. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Offensive grounds. If any person shall own, occupy or keep any grounds or other premises within this city in such condition as to be offensive and a nuisance to the neighborhood, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and to a like fine for every day such nuisance shall continue after the first con- viction. [JR. O. 1888, Chap, 48, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Sinks, sewers and vaults, etc. If any person shall suffer or permit any cellar, vault, private drain, 526 GENERAL ORDINANCES. pool, privy, sewer or sink upon any premises belonging to or occupied by him, within this city, to become nauseous, foul, offensive or injurious to the public health, he shall be subject to a tine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hun- dred dollars in every case, and to a like fine for every day the same shall continue after the first conviction. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Nuisance on property of non-resident. Whenever any non-resident owning any real estate or other property within the corporate limits of the city, shall permit a public nuisance to exist thereon, it shall be the duty of the street commissioner to abate said nuisance, and the property shall be held liable for the full amount of the cost of abating said nuisance. [G. 0. 1880, Chap. 46, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Refuse matter not to be thrown into sewer, etc. No person shall, in this city, deposit or throw into any sewer, sewer inlet or privy vault which has a sewer connection, any animal or vegetable substance, or any straw, hay, ashes, soot or any article or substance whatever. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than five hun- dred dollars for every such offense. \_JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. License to remove house dirt, etc. conditions of. No person shall, in this city, carry in a public street, any house dirt or house offal, either animal or vegetable, or grease or bones or other refuse substances, unless he has complied with the provisions of the laws and ordinances regulating the removal of garbage or has been expressly licensed therefor, by the board of health, upon such terms and conditions as said board may deem that the health and interests of the city require. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 15. Amended G. 0. No. NUISANCES. 527 SEC. 16. Throwing rubbish in street, etc. per- mit for. No person shall, without permission from the board of health, throw into or leave in or upon a street, wharf, pub- lic enclosure, vacant lot or pond, or other body of water within the city, any dead animal, sweepings, waste, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter what- ever. [!/2. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 16. Amended G. 0. No. 526. SEC. 17. Same persons offending liable. If any of the substances mentioned in the next preceding section are thrown or carried from a house, warehouse, shop, cellar, yard or other place, the persons who actually threw, carried or left the same, or who caused the same to be thrown, carried or left, shall severally be held liable for a violation of the said section ; and all substances .so thrown or carried or left, shall within two hours after personal notice in writing to that effect given by the board of health, be removed by such owners, occupants or other person from the place where they have been so thrown or left as aforesaid; or such removal shall be made under the direction of said board and the expense thereof borne by such owners or occupants. [12. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 17. Amended G. 0. No. 526. SEC. 18. Rubbish to be removed, how. All dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shavings, hair, shreds, manure, waste, water and all animal or vegetable substances, rubbish or filth of any kind in a house, warehouse or other building, cellar, yard, unoccupied street, alley-way or other place where the same shall be found, shall be removed within twenty-four hours, or such other time as the said board may deem reasonable, after notice in writing to that effect served personally upon the owner or occupant, or upon his authorized agent, by the street commissioner or such other person as the board of health may direct, or left at the owner's, occupant's or agent's last and usual place of abode, if the same is known and is within the state ; or such removal shall be 528 GENERAL ORDINANCES. made under the direction of the board of health, and the ex- pense thereof borne by the owner or occupant. No person removing any of the substances named in this section shall suffer it to leak, escape or drop from any vehicle by him owned or driven into or upon the street, court, square, lane, alley, wharf or vacant lot within the limits of this city. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 18. Amended G. O. No. 526. SEC. 19. Penalty. Any personwho shall fail or neglect to comply with any or either of the foregoing requirements of this chapter, or who shall violate any section, clause or pro- vision of any of the preceding sections thereof, where no pen- alty is specially imposed, shall on conviction pay a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [7?, O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 19. Amended G. 0. No. 526. SEC. 20. Police shall examine city and report vio- lations when. For the purpose of carrying the foregoing provisions into effect, it shall be the duty of the chief of police, whenever required by the board of health, to detail a sufficient number of the police force, to be under the control of the health officer, to make from time to time, and as often as may be required, a thorough and systematic examination of the city, and to ascertain and report to the proper authority, for prosecution, all violations of this chapter ; and for this purpose they shall be permitted at all times to visit and enter into or upon any building, lot or grounds within the limits of this city and make examinations thereof. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 20. Amended G. O. No. 526. SEC. 21. Certain matters declared nuisances. Among other things and acts which make and constitute a nuisance in the city, the following shall be deemed and de- clared to be nuisances and injurious to the public health when existing within the city limits which may be abated by the city in the manner and form prescribed by section 22 of this chap- ter ; allowing dead or decaying animals, fowls, fish or flesh of any kind to be and remain upon any premises for a longer NUISANCES. 529 period than twenty-tour hours ; the storing of green or salted hides in any warehouse or other building sp that the odor aris- ing therefrom shall annoy or disturb the occupants of any ten- ement in the vicinity ; the keeping or using of any yard, pen, place or premises in or upon which any swine, cattle or fowls shall be kept so as to be offensive to those residing in the vicinity or an annoyance to the public; the permitting or allow- ing upon any premises for more than twenty-four hours, or the depositing or discharging into or upon any street, or alley, or into any ravine, creek or river, except the Missouri river, any offal, manure, rubbish, filth, still slops, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter, or any foul or nauseous liquor from any lot, private house, hotel, barn, stable or building of any kind, distillery, tannery, brewery, meat shop, pork or beef packing house, soap factory, dyeing establishment, livery stable, cow shed, cattle yard, tallow chandler shop, slaughter house or ren- dering establishment ; the steaming, boiling or in any way ren- dering of any offal, tainted or damaged lard or tallow or any animal substance in such a manner as to cause an offensive odor or taint the air and render it unwholesome ; permitting or causing any cellar, vault, privy, private drain, sewer or sink, on any premises to be nauseous, foul and offensive ; permitting or allowing any pond or pool of water to be or remain upon any premises between the first day of June and the last day of September ; permitting or allowing weeds to grow, or remain after being cut, when grown upon any lot or parcel of ground, and the permitting or allowing upon any premises any and all other substance whether vegetable or animal being in a decay- ing condition which emit foul, nauseous, poisonous, unwhole- some or disagreeable gases, odors or effluvia. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. m. Amended G. O. No. 494. SEC. 22. May be abated by city costs taxed against property, when. If any nuisance shall be caused or permitted to remain or be maintained upon any private property by the occupant or owner of the premises, or his or 530 GENERAL ORDINANCES. their agents, then in addition to the fines and penalties other- wise prescribed by. ordinance against the person, owner or occupant who may cause, permit or maintain such nuisance, it shall be the duty of such owner or occupant to abate such nui- sance or cause the same to be abated within twenty-four hours after written notice being served by the street commissioner or any health officer on such owner, occupant or his or their agent so to do, and if such person shall fail or neglect to abate such nuisance or cause the same to be abated within such time, then such nuisance may be removed or abated in a summary manner by the city of St. Joseph and the costs or expenses incurred by the city in removing or abating such nuisance within the city limits shall be assessed against the owner or occupant, if caused or permitted by them or either of them or their agent, and the same shall be assessed as a special tax bill against the property upon which such nuisance may be, which shall be a special lien against such property in the same manner and with the same effect as special tax bills are for paving. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. <23. Amended O. 0. No. 494. SEC. 23. Preceding sections, how construed. Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall b6 con- strued to relieve any person from any fine, penalty, burden, duty or punishment otherwise prescribed by ordinance for the commission of any misdemeanor or for the permitting, causing or maintaining any nuisance within the city. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 24- Amended G. 0. No. 494- CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES. 531 CHAPTER LIL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES, CITY. SECTION 1. City officer not accepted on bond. 2. Officer not to be absent without 10. Books, papers and furniture to be delivered to successor. Books and papers subject to in- spection. Officer must not deal in city war- rants, etc. Cannot retain city's money for wages or salary. Term of office two years unless otherwise provided. Suspended officer to be investigated by a committee. Copy of charges to be served on accused. Council to hear evidence. SECTION 11. Decision; effect thereof . 12. Proceedings to be entered on journal. 13. Witnesses may be subpoenaed. 14. Defaulting witness may be pun- ished. 15. Depositions may be read at the trial. 16. Case to be represented by counsel. 17. Fees of witnesses to be paid. 18. Officers may appoint deputies, etc. 19. City employe must be a citizen, etc. 20. Eight hours declared a legal day's work. 21. Officer shall place money deposits in city depository, etc. 22. Same; penalty. SECTION 1. City officer not accepted on bond. No member of the common council or other officer of said city shall be accepted as security on any official bond, and no such bond shall be approved by the comptroller unless the form thereof shall have been first approved by the city coun- selor, attested by his endorsement thereon. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Officer not to be absent without leave. Any officer desiring to be temporarily absent from the city shall apply to the mayor for leave of absence, which may, in the discretion of the mayor, be granted, in writing, for any term not exceeding thirty days, and when granted shall be filed with the clerk ; and if any officer shall be absent from the city more than ten days without such written permission, the mayor may declare his office vacant. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Books, etc., to be delivered to suc- cessor. Every officer shall, upon going out of office, deliver to his successor all books, papers, furniture and other things appertaining to his office. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 3. 532 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 4. Books may be inspected. Every officer shall, at all times when required, submit the books and papers of his office to the inspection of the mayor, city counselor or any member of the common council. \_jR. 0. 1883, Chap. 1$, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Officer must not deal in city ' warrants, etc. No officer of this city, nor any deputy, clerk or em- ploye of any such officer, nor any servant or agent of this city, shall directly or indirectly, himself or by another, for his own or another's benefit, deal in the purchase of city warrants, bonds or other obligations of this city. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Cannot retain city money for wages or salary. No city officer collecting money on account of the city of St. Joseph shall retain the same, or any part thereof, to satisfy any claims for wages or salary which he may have against the city. \R. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Term of office two years unless, etc. All officers of this city, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified, and their terms of office, when not otherwise directed, shall commence on the third Monday in April. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Suspended officer to be investigated. Whenever any officer shall be suspended by the mayor, or shall be charged with willfull violation of any of his official obligations, or with culpable official negligence or dereliction of duty, or with conduct inconsistent with his official character and duty, or official incompetency, the common council shall appoint a committee of three members to inquire into the truth of such charge, who, if they deem the same well founded, shall frame and report to the common council charges and specifica- tions against such officer, and the council shall appoint a day for hearing and determining the same. [R. O. 1888, Chap, 49, Sec. 8. CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES. 533 SEC. 9. Copy of charges to be served on accused. A copy of such charges and specifications, with a notice of the day set for hearing the game, shall be served on the accused at least five days before the day of hearing. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Council to hear evidence. Upon the day so set the common council shall meet in session to hear the evidence against and for the accused, adjourning from time to time, as may be necessary, until the evidence shall have been given. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Decision effect thereof. Within three days after the evidence shall have been taken, the common council shall vote upon each charge separately. The question shall be : Is the accused guilty or not guilty ? If two-thirds of the whole number elect of the common council vote guilty on either of the charges, they may resolve that he be removed from office ; and if they so resolve, they shall notify the mayor thereof, who shall thereupon declare the office of said accused to be vacant. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Proceedings to be entered on journal. The proceedings of the common council shall be entered at large on their journal. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Witnesses may be subpoenaed. Sub- poenas for witnesses to testify on any city trial had as aforesaid, shall be issued by the president of the common council, and shall be served by the city police. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Defaulting witness may be punished. Any witness who shall neglect to obey said subpoena, or appear- ing shall refuse to testify, may be punished by imprisonment or fine, or both. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. Depositions maybe read at trial. Depo- sitions of witnesses beyond the jurisdiction of the common council, or disabled by sickness or other cause from attend- 534: GENERAL ORDINANCES. ance, may be read on the trial, if taken in conformity with the laws of the state. The notice of t e taking thereof, when taken on behalf of the accused, shall be served on the city counselor or the mayor. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Case to be represented by counsel.- Upon any trial had, as aforesaid, the accused shall be entitled to be heard by himself and counsel, in his defense ; and the city counselor shall attend the trial and prosecute on behalf of the city, unless he be the accused, in which event the common council shall appoint some competent person to prosecute. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Fees of witnesses to be paid. Witnesses upon such trial shall be entitled to the same fees as for attend- ance on the police court. The president of the common council shall certify the amount of costs and the names of the persons to whom the same is due, to the city auditor, who shall draw his warrant on the treasurer in favor of each person for the amount due. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Officers may appoint deputies, etc. The clerk, treasurer, auditor, assessor, inspector of weights and meas- ures, city weighmaster and marketmaster may, with the con- sent of the mayor and common council, appoint one or more deputies; which appointment shall be in writing and filed with the clerk. Any such deputy shall take an oath similar to that required of the principal, and is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and perform any duty or function required to be performed by the principal, in like time and manner as the principal, and the principal shall be liable upon his official bond for any misconduct or malfeasance or misfeas- ance of such deputy in office, in like manner as if he were himself guilty of such act. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. City employe must be a citizen. It shall be unlawful for any officer or person in the employ of the city of St. Joseph, to hire or employ, in any capacity what- CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES. 535 ever, any person at the expense of the city, who is not a citi- zen of the United States, or who has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who is not a resident of the city of St. Joseph. Any officer or other per- son violating any provision of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offense. [G. 0. No. 347, Sec. 1. SEC. 20. Eight hours declared a legal day's work. Eight hours labor shall be declared a legal day's work for all persons employed by the city within its limits, police and members of the fire department excepted. [j?. O. 1888, Chap. 36, Sec. 1. SEC. 21. Officer shall place money deposits in city depository, etc. It is hereby made the duty of any officer of the city of St. Joseph, with whom any money may be deposited by any person, firm, company or corporation, or who may have the custody or control of any money so paid or deposited under any law or ordinance of said city, to at once deposit and place said money in the city depository, where the city money is deposited, as a separate account or accounts at the same rate of interest as is paid on the city deposits, and such officer or officers shall, unless otherwise provided by ordi- nance, report all interest so received or paid on such deposits at the times and in the manner as is required on the regular city accounts, and such interest shall be accounted for by such officer or officers and shall be credited to the general city fund. [G. 0. No. 497, Sec. 1. SEC. 22. Same ; Penalty. Any officer who shall fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of the preceding section shall forfeit his right to hold such office, and shall also forfeit and pay to the city of St. Joseph for each day he shall so fail or refuse to comply with the terms of the preceding section one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 497, Sec. %, 536 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LIIL, ORDINANCES. SECTION SECTION 1. Ordinances shall be recorded, etc. 8. To be numbered and classed. 2. Effect of repeal or modification. 9. Deposit required for publishing 3. When the same act violates two ordinance granting franchise, ordinances. etc. 4. General construction provided for. 10. Deposit disposed of, how. 5. Damages may be recovered, when. 11. Copies of certain ordinances to be 6. Veto, effect of ; passing over veto. filed with clerk. 7. Failure to return ordinance, effect of. SECTION 1. Ordinances shall be recorded, etc. All ordinances passed by the common council shall be re. corded by the city clerk, and shall take eftect from and after their passage unless therein otherwise expressly provided. The originals shall be filed in the clerk's office, and due proof of the publication of all ordinances by the affidavit of the printer or publisher shall be procured by the clerk and attached there- to, or written and attested upon the face of the record of such ordinances. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Effect of repeal or modification. When- ever an ordinance or part of an ordinance shall be repealed or modified by a subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the due publication of the ordinance repealing or modi- fying the same, unless therein otherwise expressly provided; but no suit, proceeding, right, fine or penalty instituted, created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal shall in any way be affected, released or discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully as if such ordinance had continued in force, unless it shall be there- in expressly provided otherwise. \_R. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. When the same act violates two ordi- nances. In all cases where the same offense may be made punishable, or shall be created by different clauses or sections ORDINANCES. 537 of the ordinances of the city, the prosecuting officer may elect under which to proceed; but not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person for the same offense. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. General construction provided for. Whenever any words in any ordinance, importing the plural number, shall be used in describing or referring to any matters parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be deemed to be included although distributive words may not be used ; and when any subject matter, party or person shall be referred to in any ordinance by words importing the singular number only, or the masculine gender, several matters, parties or persons, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate, shall be deemed to be included : Provided, that these rules of construction shall not be applied to any ordinance which shall contain any express provision excluding such construc- tion, or where the subject matter or context of such ordinance may be repugnant thereto. [It. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Damages may be recovered, when. Whenever, in any ordinance, the doing of any act, or the omission to do any act or duty, is declared to be a breach thereof, and damage, loss, expense or injury to the city, or to any person, is a result or consequence of such doing or omission? compensation for such damage, loss, expense or injury may be recovered from the offender by the party aggrieved. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec 5. SEC. 6. Veto-effect of passing over veto. When an ordinance that has passed the common council shall be presented to the mayor for his approval, and shall be re- turned with his objection thereto, and if, upon reconsideration, it shall pass the common conncil by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected, as provided and required by the law, such ordinance shall be authenticated as having become a law, by a certificate endorsed thereon, as follows ; 538 GENERAL ORDINANCES. This ordinance having been returned by the mayor with his objections thereto, and, after reconsideration, having passed the common council by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected, as provided and required by law, has become a law this day of A. D. 18.... Which, after being signed by the president of the common council, shall be a sufficient authentication thereof ; and such ordinance, after being signed, as aforesaid, shall be trans- mitted to the clerk, who shall record, file and publish the same. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Failure to return ordinance ; effect of. Any ordinance which shall have been passed by the common council, and delivered to the mayor for his approval, and shall not be returned by him to the city clerk or council within five days after such delivery, thereby becoming a law, shall be authenticated by the clerk's certificate, endorsed thereon as follows : The foregoing ordinance having been delivered to the mayor for his approval, on the day of 18 , and not having been returned by him to the common council or clerk within five days thereafter, the same became a law on the day of 18 Which ordinance, thus certified, shall be filed, recorded and published, as in other cases. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. To be numbered and classed. All gen- eral ordinances hereafter passed shall be numbered in the order of their passage, and shall be designated as general ordinance number ; and all special ordinances shall, in like manner, be numbered and designated. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 51, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Deposit required for publishing certain ordinances. The beneficiaries or persons, partnerships or corporations seeking, asking or soliciting the passage of any ordinance or ordinances, granting any rights, privileges or franchises, shall before or at the time such ordinance is intro- duced, deposit with the city clerk a sum sufficient to pay for the publication of such ordinance or ordinances, and the city clerk shall thereupon endorse upon such ordinance the fact of PARKS. 539 such deposit and the amount thereof, and no such ordinance shall be passed until such deposit is so made and certified. [G. O. No. 359, Sec. 1. SEC. 10. Deposit disposed of , how. The city clerk shall pay all sums of money so deposited under the preceding section into the city treasury to the credit of the fund for city printing. [G. 0. No. 359, Sec. 2. SEC. 11. Copies of certain ordinance to be filed with clerk. All applicants to the common council for franchises of any kind, or amendments to existing franchises, shall on presentation of the original to the city clerk for intro- duction before the council, file with said clerk twenty-five printed copies thereof, one of which shall be delivered to each member of the council, one each to the mayor, counselor, engineer and each daily newspaper published in the city. Said ordinances shall be printed upon paper to correspond in size with the filing blanks of the city clerk, the type used to be of the size known as u long primer," set in columns twenty-four picas wide, with at least a pica space between each line. [G. 0. No. 477, Sec. 1. CHAPTER LIV. PARKS. ARTICLE I. PUBLIC PARKS. II. PARK COMMISSIONERS. ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC PARKS. SECTION SECTION 1. Description of parks. 8. Not to walk on grass or throw 2. Krug park ; acceptance of deed for. litter. 3. Playing in prohibited. 9. General ordinances shall govern 4. Not to injure grass. parks. 5. Penalty. 10. Dogs running at large in parks 6. Police to arrest. prohibited. 7. Injuring property in public parks. 11. Owner of dog shall be fined, when. SECTION 1. Description of parks. The public parks >r squares of the city of St. Joseph hereinafter described, shall 54:0 GENERAL ORDINANCES. be called respectively as follows : Patee park, bounded on the north by Seneca street ; south, by Penn street ; east, by Tenth street, and west by Ninth street. South St. Joseph park, bounded on the north by Duncan street, on the north by Doniphan avenue, on the east by Eleventh street, and on the west by Tenth street. Smith's park, bounded on the north by Jules street, on the east by Twelfth street, on the west by Eleventh street, and on the south by Francis street. North St. Joseph park, bounded on the north by Market street, on the east by Washington avenue, on the south by Chestnut street, and on the west by Third street. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Krug park, acceptance of deed for. The deed executed by Henry Krug and Louise Krug and William Krug, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1890, conveying to the city of St. Joseph the pleasure grounds, or park, known and called u Krug Park," be and the same is hereby accepted, subject to all conditions and limitations in said deed named. [8. 0. No. 858, Sec. 1. ' SEC. 3. Playing in, prohibited. No person shall play at ball, quoits, cricket, or any other game, sport or play whatsoever, in any of said public parks or squares, nor throw stones, wrestle, nor run foot races in, over or upon the same. [72 O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Not to injure grass. No person shall walk, stand or lie down upon any part of any of said public parks or squares, which is laid out and appropriated for grass and shrubbery. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Penalty. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean- or, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed twenty dollars for every such offense. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 5- PARKS. 541 SEC. 6. Police to arrest. The chief of police is hereby required to arrest or cause to be arrested all persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter and report them to the city attorney, who is required and directed to prosecute them before the judge of the police court and recover the fine herein imposed. [B. 0. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Injuring property in public parks pen- alty. Any person who shall willfully break, mutilate, deface, destroy, or in any manner injure the fences, fountains, seats, lamps, posts, trees, shrubbery or any other object belonging to or placed in the public parks of this city, or the grounds belong- ing to said parks, for use or ornament, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 126, Sec. 1. SEC. 8. Not to walk on grass or throw litter. No person shall be allowed to walk over the grass or to throw stones, gravel or litter over the grounds, or to remove the benches. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than ten dollars. [B.. 0. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. General ordinances to govern parks. All the general ordinances now in force in the city of St. Jos- eph, shall also, as far as the same may be applicable, govern and apply to all parks belonging to the city, whether within or without the limits of said city. \_G. O. No. %77, Sec. 1. SEC. 10. Dogs not allowed at large in park. Dogs are hereby prohibited from running at large in any pub- lic park. Any dog found in a public park, not being under the immediate control of its owner, and not being restrained by a rope, chain or other thing from running around therein is hereby declared a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated >y killing the dog, or by the removal of the dog from the irk without killing, and it shall be the duty of the park 542 GENERAL ORDINANCES. keeper, also, of policemen to abate such nuisance. [G. O. No. 430, Sec. 1. SEC. 11. Owner of dog shall be fined. The owner or any other person in charge of a dog, who shall suffer or per- mit such dog to trespass upon the grounds in said park or to run at large therein, or to otherwise violate the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for the first offense and for any sub- sequent offense not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars. [G. O. No. 490, Sec. 2. AETICLE II. PARK COMMISSIONERS. SECTION SECTION 1. Park commissioners, appointment 2. Authority of commissioners, of. 3. No compensation. SECTION 1. Park commissioners, appointment of. The mayor of the city of St. Joseph is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the council, three persons who shall constitute a board of park commissioners ; no two of said commissioners shall reside in the same ward. Of the first board so appointed, one shall hold office for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, to be deter- mined between the persons composing the first board by lot, so that hereafter in each year but one commissioner shall be ap- pointed and his term shall be for a period of three years. Any vacancy occuring may be filled by appointment as above pro- vided. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Authority of commissioners. Said board of park commissioners shall have the full and exclusive control and management of the parks of the city of St. Joseph. They shall improve and beautify the same with such funds as may be provided by the council from time to time, or from any other source. [B. 0. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 2. PASSENGER DEPOTS, 543 SEC. 3. No Compensation. The board of park com- missioners shall receive no compensation for their services. \E. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 3. CHAPTER LV. PASSENGER DEPOTS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Passengers, solicitation of at depot. .3. Carriages for passengers, regula- 2. Hotel runners, etc. .shall not solicit tions governing. in depot. 4. Penalty. SECTION 1. Passengers solicitation of at depots. No expressman, hackman, or omnibus driver shall go upon the platform of, or into any railroad passenger depot in this city for the purpose of soliciting either passengers or baggage; provided, however, they may stand upon the platform of any railroad passenger depot, if they remain within three feet from the edge thereof, and within three feet of their respective vehicles. Provided, further, that this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit any person, company or partnership engaged in omnibus, carriage or baggage transfer business, from keeping and maintaining an office in such Union Depot or railroad station, by and with the consent of the owners of such Union Depot or railroad station. [G. 0. No. 500, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Hotel runners, etc., shall not solicit in depot. No hotel runner, drummer or porter shall be per- mitted or allowed to go upon the platform of, or into any rail- road passenger depot in this city for the purpose of soliciting any passenger, passengers or baggage. \_G. 0. No. 500, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Carriages for passengers regulations governing. No owner, driver or conductor in charge of any hack, cab, carriage, omnibus, buggy, wagon or other vehicle, public or private, shall stand his vehicle on the east side of Sixth street west of the Union Depot, immediately opposite the canopy of said Union Depot extending over the 544 GENERAL ORDINANCES. sidewalk in said street, for any longer time than is necessary for the prompt discharge or receipt of passengers to and from such vehicle. And no owner, driver or conductor of any hack, cab or carriage engaged in the business of carrying passengers and persons to and from said Union Depot, shall stand his vehicle in Sixth street opposite said Union Depot near or adjoining the sidewalk south of the Union Depot canopy over the sidewalk, while waiting for passengers or soliciting patron- age for such vehicle ; and no owner, driver or conductor of any omnibus or baggage wagon shall stand his vehicle in Sixth street opposite the Union Depot near or adjoin- ing the sidewalk north of said Union Depot canopy while waiting for passengers or soliciting patronage for such vehicle. It being the intention of this ordinance that the space in Sixth street immediately opposite the canopy aforesaid, shall be kept clear and unobstructed so far as possible for the prompt ingress and egress of conveyances having passengers to discharge or receive at said Union Depot, and the west main entrance thereof under said canopy ; and that the space north of said canopy shall be for the sole use of standing car- riages, hacks, cabs and other vehicles other than omnibuses and baggage wagons, while soliciting patronage or waiting for passengers, and the space south of said canopy shall be for the sole use of standing omnibuses and baggage wagons while soliciting patronage or waiting for passengers. [G. O. No. 500, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than two dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each violation. [#. O. No. 500, Sec. 4. PAWNBROKERS. 545 CHAPTER LVI. PAWNBROKERS. SECTION SECTION 1. Pawnbroker, license for. 6. Dealing with minor, etc. 2. Pawnbroker defined. 7. Fees of pawnbroker. 3. Application for license. 8. Time of redemption, failure to 4. Pawnbroker to keep books, etc. redeem. 5. Books open to inspection. 9. Penalty. SECTION 1. Pawnbroker, license for. No person or persons shall carry on or conduct the business or calling of a pawnbroker within the city of St. Joseph without having first obtained a license so to do, under a penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each ofiense, and the charge for such license shall be one hun- dred dollars per year. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 68. SEC. 2. Pawnbroker defined. Any person who loans money on deposit or pledge of any personal property, bonds, notes or other securities, whether a chattel mortgage is given by the person so borrowing to the person so lending, in addition to such deposit or pledge, or not, or who deals- in the purchasing of personal property or choses in action, on con- dition of selling the same back at a stipulated price, is hereby defined and declared to be a pawnbroker. [G. O. No. 441> Sec. 69. SEC. 3. Application for license. Every application for such license shall be made in writing, and shall state where the business is to be carried on and be endorsed by a police commissioner or the chief of police to the effect that the appli- cant is a person of good moral character. [G. 0. No. 441 ', Sec. 70. SEC. 4. Pawnbroker to keep books daily re- port. Every person so licensed as aforesaid, shall keep at Is place of business a substantial, well bound book in which i shall enter, in writing, a minute description of all personal operty, bonds, notes or other securities received on deposit 546 GENERAL ORDINANCES. or purchase, as aforesaid, the time when they were so received and particularly mentioning any prominent or descriptive marks that may be on such property, bonds, notes or other securities, together with the name, residence and detailed description of the person or persons by whom they were left, the amount of purchase money, the amount loaned, the interest charged, and the time when the loan falls due; which said book shall be kept clean and legible, and no entry therein shall be defaced, erased or obliterated, and all the entries therein shall be make with ink. He shall give to the person leaving the property in pawn a plainly written or printed ticket or receipt showing the transaction. The chief of police shall, upon the request of any pawnbroker furnish the blanks necessary for making daily reports, and it shall be the duty of every such pawnbroker to make out and deliver to the chief of police every day, before the hour of 12 M., a legible and correct copy, from said book, of all personal property or other valua- ble things received or deposited or purchased during the pre- ceding day, together with the time received or purchased, and a description of the person or persons by whom, left in pledge, or from whom the same were purchased: Provided, that no person shall be required to furnish such description of any property purchased from manufacturers or wholesale dealers having an established place of business, or any goods purchased at open sale from any bankrupt stock or from any other per- son doing business and having an established place of busi- ness in the city. But such goods must be accompanied by a bill of sale or other evidence of open and legitimate purchase, and must be shown to the mayor, any alderman or any mem- ber of the police department when demanded. No personal property received on deposit or purchased by such pawnbroker shall be sold or permitted to be redeemed from the place of business of such person for the space of twenty-four hours after the copy -and statement herein required to be delivered to the chief of police shall have been delivered. The time between 12 o'clock on Saturday night and 12 o'clock on Sunday 547 night shall not be considered in the enforcement of this ordi- nance, nor shall any property be received as a pledge or pur- chased by any pawnbroker or dealer between these hours. Every such licensed person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 71. Amended G. 0. No. 535. SEC. 5. Books open to inspection. Every person so licensed as a pawnbroker shall, during the ordinary hours of business, when requested by the mayor or any police officer of the city, submit and exhibit such book, in the next preced- ing section provided for, to the inspection of such mayor or any police officer, and shall also exhibit any goods, personal property, bonds, notes or other securities that may be so left with the licensed person, to the inspection of the mayor or police officer ; and every such person who shall refuse to submit such books, goods, personal property, bonds, notes or other securi- ties, as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 72. SEC. 6. Dealing with minor not to receive pawns, when. No person licensed as aforesaid shall take or receive in pawn or pledge, for money loaned, or shall take, receive or purchase, within the line of business of such pawn- broker, any article, property or thing of and from any minor or any article, property or thing of and from any person, the ownership of which article, property or thing is in or claimed t)y any minor, the said pawnbroker knowing such article, >roperty or thing to be owned or claimed by such minor, nor :rorn any person between the hours of eight o'clock p. M. and >even o'clock A. M. Any person violating any or either of the >rovisions of this section shall, on conviction, be fined in a iurn not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred iollars. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 73. 548 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 7. Fees of pawnbroker. It shall be unlawful for any pawnbroker to charge or receive more than two per cent per month for any loan made by him. \_G. O. No. 441? Sec. 74. SEC. 8. Time of redemption failure to redeem. In case the person obtaining the loan fails to pay the interest when due, the pawnbroker shall not sell the article or articles so pawned as security with him for such loan till after the expiration of sixty days from the date of such failure ; and the person so failing may at any time within the said sixty days, redeem said article or articles : Provided, that he pay the full amount of principal and interest due, according to the terms of the contract, at the date of redeeming ; but if the person obtaining the loan fails to redeem said article or articles within the said sixty days, as above provided, he shall thereby forfeit all his right, title and interest in and to such articles to the pawnbroker, who shall thereby acquire and possess an absolute right in them, and to hold and dispose of them as his own property : Provided, further, that if the borrower shall lose his pawn ticket he shall not thereby forfeit his right to redeem, but may make affidavit of such loss, describing the property pawned, which affidavit shall take the place of said pawn ticket. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 75. SEC. 9. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of the next two preceding sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. J&1, Sec. 76. PEDDLERS. 549 CHAPTER LVIL PEDDLERS. SECTION 1. Peddler defined. 2. Licensed required. SECTION 3. Amounts charged therefor. 4. Peddling of fresh meats prohibited, when. SECTION 1. Peddler defined. Every person who shall sell or offer any goods, wares, merchandise or other things or articles of value for sale, barter or exchange, at any place in, upon, along or through the streets, avenues or alleys, by going from place to place to sell or dispose of the same, shall be deemed a peddler. [G. 0. No. 441* Sec. 77. SEC. 2. License required. It shall not be lawful for any peddler to exercise his calling within the limits of the city of St. Joseph, without a license therefor from said city. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten dollars for each offense, and each sale or attempt to sell shall constitute a separate offense. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 78. SEC. 3. Amounts charged therefor. The charge for a peddler's license shall be as follows : First Peddler of merchandise, fifty dollars per year, or five dollars for one month, or twenty-five dollars for six months. The word, "merchandise," shall be construed to mean any article to be found in any branch of the mercantile business, or any article that may be classed as goods, wares or mer- chandise. Second Peddlers of ice cream, lunches or popcorn, ten dollars per annum, payable semi-annually. Third -Peddler of fish, fifty dollars per year. Fourth Peddler of lightning rods, one hundred dollars per year. Fifth Peddler of horseradish or hominy or both, two and one-half dollars per year. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 79. 550 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 4. Peddling of fresh meats prohibited, when. The peddling of fresh meats is hereby prohibited except in the months of November, December, January and February of each year, and the charge for a license for such period of four months shall be twenty-five dollars. No license for the peddling of fresh meats shall be issued for a less sum than twenty-five dollars: Provided, that this section shall not prevent the sale by farmers or persons living in the country who bring and sell their own meat slaughtered by themselves, and sell it from the wagon in the city. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 80. [ For penalty for violating Sec. 4 see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled ' ' Licenses. " ] CHAPTER LVIII. PICTURES OR PHOTOGRAPHS, ENLARGING OF. SECTION 1. Enlarging pictures or photographs, license for. SECTION 1. Enlarging pictures or photographs- license. No person shall in this city carry on or engage in the occupation of enlarging pictures or photographs, or solicit- ing orders for enlarging pictures or photgraphs, to be done by himself or others, without a license therefor, and the charge for such license shall be fifteen dollars per year. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 9. [ For penalty for violating this Chap, see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled u Licenses."] POLICE COUKT. 551 CHAPTER LIX. POLICE COURT. ARTICLE I. POLICE COURT. II. SECRETARY OF POLICE COURT. III. CONTEMPT. ARTICLE I. POLICE COURT. SECTION 1. Statement to be filed with police judge, 'form of. 2. . Police officers to inform city at- torney, etc. 3. Summons or warrant to be issued. 4. Warrant unnecessary, whren. 5. Summary hearing of cause. 6. Accused may give bond for appear- ance. 7. Forfeiture of bond adjudged. 8. Forfeiture may be set aside. 9. Prisoner to be committed to police station or workhouse. 10. Judgment by default. 11. Judgment by default may be set aside. 12. Defective statement may be amended. 13. Dilatory motions to be disposed of, when. 14. Adjournment by police judge. 15. Judgment against informant for costs. SECTION 16. Notices to be served on city at torney. 17. City attorney may make affidavits. 18. City attorney may appeal. 19. Execution to be issued ; form of. 20. In default of property, defendant to be committed. 21. Officers must attend as witnesses. 22. Depositions may be read. 23. Fees of witnesses and interpreter. 24. Attachment for witnesses. 25. Witness attached may give bond. 26. In default of bond, to be committed. 27. Delinquent witness may be fined. 28. Witness may be recognized. 29. Limitation of prosecutions, etc. 30. Practice before justice of the peace applicable. 31. Police judge may appoint attorney. 32. Chief of police to keep record of witnesses. 33. Fines, etc., to be paid into city treasury. SECTION 1. Statement to be filed with police judge, form of. All fines and penalties for violation of any ordinance of the city of St. Joseph shall be recoverable by suit, in the nature of an action of debt, before the judge of the police court ; and no suit shall be commenced or judgment rendered in any case until a statement shall be filed with the judge of the police court, signed by the city attorney or the person acting in his stead ; which statement shall be in form substantially as follows : 552 GENERAL ORDINANCES. The City of St. Joseph, Plaintiff, versus Defendant. Before the judge of the police court of the city of St Joseph. Plaintiff complains of defendant, John Smith, and for cause of action alleges that said defendant, on the day of A. D. 18 did violate an ordinance of said city, by (here insert the particulars) to the damage of plaintiff in the sum of dollars. A. B., City Attorney. Such statement may be founded either upon the personal knowledge of the city attorney, the official report made to him in writing by some officer or policeman of the city, the affidavit of some qualified person charging another with violation of some ordinance, or the voluntary appearance of a person guilty of such violation. \_G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 1. Amended G. 0. No. 556. SEC. 2. Police officers to inform city attorney, etc. It shall be the duty of each and every police officer of the city of St. Joseph to inform the city attorney, as soon as practicable, of all violations of the ordinances of said city. Whenever any such violation shall come to his knowledge, such information shall be filed in writing, signed by the officer making the same, and shall be accompanied with the names of witnesses to such violation, and if the officer making the report shall have good reason to believe that the person reported has no fixed place of residence, or is a non-resident, or is about to leave the limits of the city, such report or infor- mation shall be made upon oath or affirmation ; thereupon it shall be the duty of the city attorney whenever, in his opinion, an action can be maintained, against the person or persons so complained of, to institute proceedings before the judge of the police court, by filing such report as provided for in section one of this ordinance. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Summons or warrant to be issued. Upon the statement being filed by the city attorney, or the person acting in his stead, the judge of the police court shall POLICE COURT. 553 issue a summons returnable forthwith ; and in all cases where such statement is based upon or accompanied with, a com- plaint, or information on oath, the judge of the police court shall issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person or persons charged with the commission of an offense against the ordinance of the city. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 3. Amended G. O. No. 556. SEC. 4. Warrant unnecessary, when. No war- rant shall be issued against a person who shall have been law- fully arrested and brought before the judge of the police court without a warrant, but in every such case a trial shall be had upon the statement of the city attorney, or the person acting in his stead, based upon a written report made to him by the officer who made the arrest, or the chief of police or deputy chief of police or keeper of the city workhouse, and in such cases no affidavit shall be required. \_G. 0. No. 533^ Sec. 4- Amended G. O. No. 556. SEC. 5. Summary hearing of cause. In all trials for violation of ordinances of the city the cause shall be heard and determined in a summary manner unless for good cause shown the judge of the police court shall postpone the same. [G. O. .No. 533, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Accused may give bond for appearance. A person arrested for a violation of any ordinance may be held to bail by executing a bond to the city, with sufficient security, to be approved by the judge of the police court or chief of police, or such police officer as may be designated by said chief of police, in double the amount of the highest pen- alty provided by ordinance for the violation alleged, condi- tioned that the prisoner will appear upon the day named therein, before the judge of the police court, to answer for the violation of which said prisoner is accused, and there to await trial of the charge pending or to be preferred against said prisoner. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 6. 554 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 7. Forfeiture of bond adjudged. Such bond, when approved, shall be filed with the secretary of the police court, and if the principal therein shall fail to appear, according to the conditions of his said bond, or having ap- peared, shall depart the court without leave, the judge of the police court shall adjudge such bond to be forfeited, and ren- der judgment against the principal and sureties therein for the amount of the penalty in said bond mentioned, together with costs, and shall issue execution therefor. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Forfeiture may be set aside. If the princi- pal in any bond which shall have been forfeited and judgment rendered thereon, as provided in the preceding section, Rhall personally appear before the judge of the police court within five days after the rendition of such judgment, and make his application, supported by affidavit, showing good cause there- for, the judge of the police court may, on the payment of all accrued costs, set such judgment aside. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Prisoner to be committed to police sta- tion or workhouse. Persons in custody who cannot be tried because of the absence of witnesses?, or other cause, shall, in default of bail for appearance, be committed to the police station or the workhouse until a trial be had. In such cases the judge of the police court shall deliver to the chief of police a commitment, stating therein the cause of detention. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. 9. Amended, G. 0. No. 556. SEC. 10. Judgment by default. When a defendant duly summoned fails to appear at the time the suit is set for trial, the judge of the police court shall hear and examine the testimony offered on the part of the city and shall render judg- ment by default for such amount, under the ordinances, as he may deem justice to require, together with all the costs accrued therein. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Judgment by default may be set aside. Judgment by default rendered under the preceding section POLICE COURT. 555 may be set aside by the judge of the police court, and a new trial granted within ten days of the rendition thereof : provided, the defendant shall personally appear and make applica- tion, supported by affidavit, showing good cause therefor, and pay all accrued costs. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Defective statement may be amended. No suit shall be dismissed on account of any defect or im- perfection in the statement or report, but such statement or re- port may be amended at any time before judgment is rendered. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 12. SEC. 13. Dilatory motions to be disposed of, when.- All motions in relation to matters which do not neces- sarily arise during the progress of a trial, and all special and dilatory pleas must be made in writing, and argued when the case is called up for trial, and at no other time. \_G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 13. SEC. 14. Adjournment by police judge. The judge of the police court may. for good cause shown, adjourn my case pending before him to another specified day, and if in such case the defendant is under arrest, he may be dis- charged on his executing a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with sufficient security, to be approved by the judge of the police >urt in double the amount of the highest penalty for the >ffense with which he is charged, conditioned for his appear- ince before the judge of the police court on the day fixed for lis trial to answer the charge pending against him, and not lepart the court without leave, which bond shall be filed and lay be forfeited in the manner prescribed in section seven >f this ordinance. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. H. SEC. 15. Judgment against informant for costs. -When upon trial of any person charged with a violation of any >rdinance of this city, the judge of the police court shall be satisfied from the evidence that the information upon which mch violation is based was made vexatiously, maliciously and r ithout probable cause, he shall acquit the defendant and 556 GENERAL ORDINANCES. render judgment against the informant for all the costs of the proceedings had therein ; and such judgment shall have like effect and may be enforced in the same manner as if judgment had been rendered against such informant for violation of an ordinance. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Notices to be served on city attorney. All process and notices which it may be necessary in any suit before the judge of the police court, to serve on the city, shall be served on the city attorney, or the person acting in his stead. [#. O. No. 533, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. City attorney may make affidavits. When any affidavit on the part of the city shall be required in any cause which has originated in the police court, it shall be made by the city attorney or by some officer or person to whom the facts are known. No affidavit shall be required of the city attorney in support of an application for a continuance, but his official statement of the facts relied upon shall be taken as true. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. City attorney may appeal. The city attorney or person prosecuting in his stead may, if in his judg- ment, the interest of the city require it, take an appeal on behalf of the city, from any judgment of the judge of the police court. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Execution to be issued, form of. Upon the rendition of a judgment against a defendant, which shall be for the fine assessed and all costs accrued in the case, the judge of the police court shall issue an execution in the follow- ing form as near as may be : The State of Missouri To the Chief of Police of the City of St. Joseph, Greeting : WHEKEAS, the city of St. Joseph hath this day obtained a judgment before undersigned judge of the police court of the city of St. Joseph, against for a violation of an ordinance of said city for the sum of dollars, together with the costs on this behalf: These are, therefore, to command you to levy said debt and costs of the property of said within the city of St. Joseph and expose the same to sale POLICE COURT. 557 agreeably to law; and for want of sufficient property whereon to levy the said debt and costs, you are hereby commanded to take the body of the said into your custody and convey him to the workhouse of the city of St. Joseph; the keeper thereof is hereby commanded to receive him, and him safely keep until the said debt shall have been paid by his labor according to the laws of the state of Missouri, and the ordinances of the city of St. Joseph, or until he shall otherwise be discharged by due course ol law; and you are also commanded to make return of this execution within thirty days from the date thereof, with your return thereon, ttating how you have executed the same. Given under my hand, at the police court, in the city of St. Joseph this day of A. D 18.... Judge of the police court. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 19. Amended G. O. No. 556. SEC. 20. In default of property, defendant to be committed. If sufficient property of the defendant be not found to satisfy the execution and costs, the chief of police shall take the body of the defendant into custody, and convey in a covered conveyance, said defendant without delay, to the city workhouse, and deliver him to the superintendent or keeper thereof, taking his receipt therefor to be endorsed upon said execution. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 20. SEC. 21. Officers must attend as witnesses. Officers shall attend as witnesses against persons whom they have arrested without being summoned, nor shall the judge of the police court issue any subpoena for them ; but if they fail to appear at the time of trial they may be attached and pun- ished as witnesses summoned for contempt. [6r. O. No 533, Sec. 21. Amended G. O. No. 556. SEC. 22. Depositions may be read. Depositions taken in conformity to the laws of this state may be read before the judge of the police court on any trial where the witness is dead, or by reason of sickness, old age or 'bodily infirmity, or absence from the city without collusion of the party offering the deposition, or is unable to or cannot safely attend the trial, or when both parties agree in any case to the reading thereof. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 23. 558 GENERAL ORDINANCES SEC. 23. Fees of witnesses and interpreter. Witnesses duly summoned in any suit before the judge of the police court and attending at the trial, shall be entitled to fifty cents for each day's attendance; but such fees shall be taxed and collected only when demanded or claimed by the witness at the time of the trial ; and no witness shall be allowed more than one fee for any one day's attendance, nor shall any wit- ness fee be taxed in any case in favor of any member of the police force. Any person sworn as an interpreter in any case shall be entitled to one dollar for each day's attendance in such case. [. 0. No. 533, Sec. 23. SEC. 24. Attachment for witnesses. The judge of the police court may issue attachment to compel the attend- ance of witnesses who shall have been duly summoned, which attachment may be in the following form: The State of Missouri To the Chief of Police of the City of St. Joseph, Greeting : having been duly summoned as a witness in a case pending before the judge of the police court, and failed to attend, you arc commanded to take his body and him, safely to keep, so that you have him before the said judge of the police court at his office in said city on the day of A. D. 18 , to answer for such contempt and give testimony as specified in said summons. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 24. SEC. 25. Witness attached may give bond. When such attachment shall have been executed by the arrest of the person against whom the same shall have been issued, the chief of police may discharge such person on his entering into a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with sufficient security, to be approved by the chief of police, in the sum of one hun- dred dollars, conditioned for the appearance and due attend- ance of such person to answer such attachment on the day therein specified, which bond shall be filed with the judge of the police court ; and upon the failure of such person to attend in accordance with the conditions of such bond, the same may be forfeited in the same manner and with like efiect as pro- POLICE COURT. 559 vided in section seven of this ordinance. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 25. Amended G. O. No. 556. SEC. 26. In default of bond, to be committed, When a person against whom an attachment shall have been issued shall be under arrest, and shall fail to give bend for his appearance, as provided in the preceding section, he shall be committed to the police station or city workhouse and there safely kept until the time fixed for answering such attachment ; and such attachment shall be sufficient warrant and authority to the chief of police for such committal and detention. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 26. SEC. 27. Delinquent witness may be fined. On the appearance of a party in answer to an attachment, the judge of the police court, unless good cause be shown for non- attendance in obedience to the command of the summons with r hich he shall have been served, shall assess against such per- >n a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and the judgment indered -thereon shall have the same effect, and may be enforced in the same manner as if rendered against such per- >n for a violation of city ordinances. \_G. O. No. 533, Sec. 27. SEC. 28. Witness may be recognized. When any luse is adjourned by the judge of the police court, the wit- lesses in attendance may be recognized in the sum of fifty lollars each, in the manner prescribed by the criminal law of the state. Such recognizance shall be filed by the secretary >f the police court, and may be forfeited in the manner pre- scribed in section seven of this ordinance. \_G. 0. No. 533, 'lee. 28. SEC. 29. Limitation of prosecutions. No prose- mtion for violation of any city ordinance shall be commenced after the lapse of twelve months after the date of such viola- tion: Provided, that if any person charged with such viola- tion shall conceal or absent himself so that a process cannot be served upon him, or shall absent himself from the city for the 560 GENERAL ORDINANCES. purpose of avoiding such prosecution, the time of such absence or concealment shall not be computed. [G. O. No. 533 ', Sec. 29. SEC. 30. Practice before justice of the peace applicable. The judge of the police court on all matters pertaining to practice in the police court concerning which there are no specific provisions by ordinance, shall be governed by the laws of the state of Missouri regulating proceedings in justices' courts in civil cases, and the duties of the justices of the peace, so far as the same may be applicable. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 30. SEC. 31. Police judge may appoint attorney. In the absence of the city attorney or other person prosecuting in his stead, when any case is about to be tried, the judge of the police court may appoint some competent attorney to prosecute on behalf of the city, who shall, during the time he is so acting, possess all the powers vested in the city attorney. [G. O. No. 533, Sec. 31. SEC. 32. Chief of police to keep record of wit- nesses. The chief of police shall enter in a suitable book the names of all witnesses on whose account he shall have re- ceived fees, and shall pay the same over to the person entitled thereto, if called for within six months, otherwise the same shall be paid by him into the city treasury. [G. 0. No. 533, Sec. 32. SEC. 33. Fines, etc., to be paid into city treasury. The proceeds of all fines and forfeitures accruing to the city of St. Joseph, for violation of city ordinances, shall be paid into the city treasury. [ G. O. No. 533, Sec. 33. SECRETARY OF POLICE COURT. 561 ARTICLE II. SECRETARY OF POLICE COURT. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Office created, appointment, etc. 3. May administer oaths, etc. 2. General duties of. 4. Shall examine cost bills. SECTION 1. Office created appointment, etc. There is hereby created the office of secretary of the police court. The board of police commissioners are hereby author- ized to appoint the secretary of the board of police commission- ers to act as ex-officio secretary of the police court and perform the duties of such office. The secretary of the board of police commissioners shall receive no compensation for his services as ex-offitio secretary of the police court. \_G. 0. No. 551, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. General duties of. It shall be the duty of said secretary of the police court to attend at each session of the police court ; to have the care and custody of all books, records and dockets of the court ; to keep a true record of all proceedings which may be had in the police court ; to file and preserve all papers which pertain to any suit or other proceed- ing had therein, and whenever an appeal is taken from the judgment rendered in said court, he shall at once prepare a transcript of his record and submit the same to the judge of said court for his signature, and when the same is duly signed by the judge of the police court, he shall file such transcript, together with all the original papers in such case, with the clerk of the criminal court within the time prescribed by law for tiling transcripts by justices of the peace in civil cases ; and shall keep a record provided for that purpose, in which he shall enter the names of all persons tried before the judge of the police court, the date of trial, the number of the case, the violation or offense charged, and the judgment rendered. \_G. 0. No. 551, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Power to administer oaths, etc. The sec- retary of the police court shall have power to administer oaths. 40 62 GENERAL OKDINANCES. He shall so far as is consistent with the duties of his office, assist the city attorney in receiving complaints and making out the necessary papers therefor. [G. 0. No. 551, Sec. 3. Amended G. O. No. 559. SEC. 4. Shall examine cost bills. Whenever any person shall be fined by the judge of the police court for vio- lation of any ordinance of the city and shall not pay the costs assessed against him, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the police court to examine the items of costs in the execution issued by him, and if such items are correct to certify the same as being correct ; and if any of said items of costs are not cor- rect they shall be corrected as near as may be, and certified as above directed. No costs shall be allowed and paid in any case until said certificate shall have been endorsed upon the execution as herein required. [G. O. No. 551, Sec. 4- ARTICLE III. CONTEMPT. SECTION SECTION 1. What conduct constitutes contempt 3. When committed in view of the 2. How punished. judge of the police court. 4. Particulars to be stated. SECTION 1. What conduct constitutes contempt. The judge of the police court shall have power to punish persons guilty of any of the following acts : First. Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed during the sitting of the police court, in immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its pro- ceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority. Second. The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a witness, or when so sworn, the like refusal to answer any legal and proper interrogatory. Third. Any breach of the peace, noise or other dis- obedience directly tending to interrupt the proceedings of the court. CONTEMPT. 563 Fourth. Willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued or made by the judge of the police court. Fifth. Resistance willfully offered by any person to the lawful order or process of the judge of the police court. [G. O. No. 532, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. How punished. Punishment for contemptu- ous acts mentioned in the next preceding section may be by tine or imprisonment in the city workhouse, or both, in the discretion of the judge of the police court ; but in no case shall the fine be less than three dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, nor shall the imprisonment exceed ten days ; and when any person shall be committed to the city workhouse for the non-payment of the fine and costs, he shall not be commit- ted for a longer period than thirty days. [G. O. No. 532, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. When committed in view of the judge of the police court. Any contempt committed in the immediate view and presence of the judge of the police court, shall be punished summarily ; in other cases the party charged shall be arrested upon a warrant issued out of the police court and have a reasonable time to make his defense. \_G. O. No. 532, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Particulars to be stated. Whenever any person shall be committed for any contemptuous conduct, the particular circumstances of his offense shall be set forth in the order or warrant of commitment. \_G. O. No. 532, Sec. 4. 564: GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LX. PRINTING CITY PRINTING. SECTION SECTION 1. Comptroller to advertise for pro- 4. Job printing to be let to lowest posals. bidder. 2. Contract to be let to the lowest 5. Copies of papers to be furnished bidder. city officers. 3. Contract made, bond to be given. SECTION 1. Comptroller to advertise for pro- posals. The city comptroller shall, ten days before the first meeting of the common council in each year, advertise for proposals for publishing in some newspaper published in the English language in the city of St. Joseph, a correct abstract of the proceedings of the council, the substance of all petitions, memorials, remonstrances, motions, propositions, bills, resolu- tions and orders, so as to show their nature and import, and also a brief and accurate statement of all proceedings of the council in relation thereto, and the communications of the mayor and other city officers when the council shall so direct ; also the ordinances and all advertisements on account of the city for one year. Such advertisement shall be inserted in the official paper of the city and continued for ten days. The bids for such printing shall be sealed bids, directed to the city comptroller : Provided, that the same matter shall not be twice published. [It. 0. 1888, Chap. 58, Sec. 1. Amended G. O. No. 456, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Contract to be let to the lowest bidder. The city comptroller shall open all the bids received by him, in the presence of the common council while in session, and , the contract for doing said printing shall be awarded by them to the lowest and best bidder ; and if all bids are rejected, the comptroller shall again advertise for proposals. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 58, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Contract made, bond to be given. After said contract has been awarded, the city comptroller shall CITY PKINTING. 565 enter into a written contract with the person or company to whom the same has been awarded, in accordance with the terms of his bid for doing said printing, and shall also cause said party to execute a bond to the city in the sum of two thousand dollars, or any other sum fixed by the mayor and council, with sufficient security, for the faithful performance of the terms and conditions of said contract. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 58, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Job printing to be let to lowest bidder. It shall be the duty of the city comptroller, whenever any job printing is required by the city, or any of the city depart- ments, such as blanks, blank books, bill or letter heads, con- tracts, bonds for licenses, receipts, assessment lists or job printing of any kind, to furnish a copy or statement of the work required to be done, to each job printing office in the city, and receive bids therefor, open the same and award the contract to the lowest and best bidder for such work. [72. O. 1888, Chap. 58, Sec. 5. SEC. 5. Copies of papers to be furnished city officers. In all contracts for citv printing it shall be stipu- lated that copies of the paper publishing the city printing shall be regularly left at the office of the mayor, city clerk, city comptroller, city engineer, city treasurer, city auditor and city assessor, as ordinarily distributed to regular subscribers. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 58, Sec. 6. 566 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LXL RAILWAYS STEAM RAILWAYS. SECTION SECTION 1. Speed of locomotives, etc., limited. 9. Penalty for violation of ordinance. 2. Detention at street crossings. 10. Watchman to be stationed at cross- 3. Obstructions of streets and cross- ing, etc. ings. 11. Drop bars to be placed at cross- 4. Headlights for locomotives required ings, etc. 5. Depositing lumber in street, etc. 12. Same ; shall be provided, when. 6. Ringing bells of locomotives. 13. Same; penalty. 7. Erection of sign boards. 14. Steam whistles regulated sound- 8. Engineers and conductors to be fur- ing of. nished with copies of ordinance. SECTION. 1. Rate of speed. No locomotive engine, railroad passenger car or freight car shall be driven, propelled or run upon or along any railroad track within said city at a greater speed than the rate of five miles per hour. [12. O. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec: 1. SEC. 2. Stopping at street crossings. No rail- road company, railroad engineer, train conductor or other person shall cause or allow any locomotive engine, car or cars, or train of cars to stop in or remain upon any street and rail- road crossing within said city, for a longer period than five minutes at any one time. [JR. 0. 1888, C/iap. 60, Sec. %. SEC. 3. Obstruction of street not allowed. - Should any street and railroad crossing in said city be and remain occupied and obstructed in whole or in part, by any train of railroad cars for and during the period of five minutes, it shall be the duty of each and every railroad company upon whose line of road such obstruction may occur, their agents or employes, on or before the expiration of said five minutes, when from any cause the entire train cannot be propelled or removed to any one side of any street occupied and obstructed as aforesaid, to cause such cars as iray be on or near said crossing to be uncoupled, and some one division of the train, as thus made, removed from off the aforesaid street and rail- road crossing, in such manner as to leave said street entirely STEAM RAILWAYS. 567 free and unobstructed, and said train, when again coupled, shall be removed forthwith from off any such crossing as afore- said. [R. 0. 1888, C/iap. 60, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Light on car or engine. Every locomotive engine, railroad car or train of cars running in the night time on any railroad track in said city, shall have and keep, while so running, a brilliant and conspicuous light on the forward end of such locomotive engine, car or train of cars. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Lumber, etc., not to be deposited in street. No company, corporation or person shall be allowed to deposit or place in the street, any lumber or other material, nor shall they load any car from the street with any material deposited there, nor erect or maintain any switch house or other building upon any street, highway or alley within the city limits. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Bell to be rung. The bell of each locomo- tive engine shall be rung continually while running within said city. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Sign board at entrance of city. Each railroad company running on any railroad within said city, shall erect at the entrance of such railroad within the city, a sign board having thereon the words u stop speed," "ring the bell," legibly painted thereon. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Copy of this chapter to be furnished engineer, etc. Each superintendent of any railroad shall furnish each engineer and train conductor of any railroad run- ning within this city, a certified or printed copy of this chap- ter ; and shall, moreover, furnish to any officer of said city applying therefor, the name of any person in the employment of said railroad company who shall have been charged with having violated any of the provisions of this chapter. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 8. 568 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 9. Penalty for violating this ordinance. Any railroad company or railroad corporation who shall, by themselves, their agents, or employes, violate or fail to ob- serve any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter, or any agent or employe of any railroad company, or railroad corpor- ation, or other person who shall violate or fail to observe the same, shall, for each violation or failure to observe the same, be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. \_R. 0. 1888, Chap. 60, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Watchman to be stationed at crossing. Every railroad company, corporation or person owning or using any railway track in this city, upon which may be run locomotives and trains of cars, and which may cross any of the public streets of said city, shall, at every such street crossing, whenever required so to do by the street commissioner of said city, station a watchman or flagman, who shall notify and warn all persons traveling such street, of the approach of locomo- tives or trains of cars to such crossing, and to guard against collisions between persons traveling the street and the machin- ery operated upon said railroad tracks. The street commis- sioner shall require such watchman or flagman to be so sta- tioned, by notice in writing to the company, corporation or person owning or using such tracks, or to their agents or ser- vants in charge thereof ; and any such railroad company, cor- poration or person, or the agents or servants of the same, failing, upon such request, to comply with and observe the provisions of this section, shall be subject to the fine imposed by section nine of this chapter. [G. O. 1880, Chap. 60, Sec. 10. Amended G. 0. No. 151. Approved April 2S, 1882. SEC. 11. Drop bars to be placed at crossing, etc. Whenever the common council shall deem it necessary to require the precaution for the safety of travel on the public streets and avenues of said city where the same are crossed by any railway within the limits of the city of St. Joseph, to have and maintain gates or drop bars on each side of such crossings, STEAM RAILWAYS. 569 with a gate keeper or watchman to operate such gates or drop bars, it may by resolution declare that it is necessary to have and maintain gates or drop bars, with a gate keeper or watch- man to operate such gates or drop bars, at the crossing or crossings designated in such resolution, and therein request the railway company whose duty is or may be to furnish and main- tain such drop bars or gates, with gate keepers or watchman to operate such drop bars or gates: Provided, that automatic drop bars or gates of approved design, not requiring the atten- tion of a watchman or gate keeper may be used, at the option of such railway company. It shall be the duty of the city en- gineer to at once notify such railway company, by serving u.pon the officer or representative of such company a copy of such resolution. [G. 0. No. 239, Sec 1. SEC. 12. Same ; shall be provided when main- tained jointly, when. It shall be the duty of such railway company within thirty days after a copy of such resolution is served upon it or its officers or representatives in the city of St. Joseph, as provided in the preceding section, to place drop bars or gates with a gate keeper or watchman at the crossing or crossings designated -in such resolution, and maintain them thereon until relieved therefrom by order of the common council : Provided, that in all cases where the lines of several railroad companies shall cross a street at the same place, then said companies shall be allowed to build and maintain one or more gates at their joint expense, the same to be under super- vision of the city engineer. [G. O. No. $39, Sec. 2. SEC. 13. Same ; penalty. If any railway company shall neglect, or refuse to furnish, place and maintain drop bars or gates, with gate keeper or watchman to operate the same, at such railway crossing after notice and request, as hereinbefore provided, it shall, upon conviction in the proper court, for such neglect or refusal be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars 570 GENERAL ORDINANCES. for each and every day of such neglect or refusal. [G. O. No. 239, Sec. 3. SEC. 14. Steam whistles sounding of regu- lated. The blowing or sounding of steam whistles on rail- road locomotives within the city limits except in cases of immediate danger is hereby prohibited. Any violation by any railroad company of this ordinance, shall be considered a misdemeanor, and subject to a tine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [G. 0. No. 262. CHAPTER LXII. RAILWAYS-STREET RAILWAYS. ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR STREET RAILWAYS. II. RECONSTRUCTION AND PAVING OF STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. III. PLANK CROSSINGS FOR STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR STREET RAILWAYS. SECTION SECTION 1. Operators of street railway subject 8. Fenders required on cars penalty. to this ordinance. 9. Regulation of speed. 2. Shall keep track in proper con- 10. Cars to be provided with gongs, dition. % sounded when. 3. Rules and regulations for running 11. Cars to stop at railroad crossing, cars. gong to be sounded. 4. Not to interfere with fire depart- 12. Car to be numbered and licensed. ment. 13. Penalty for failure to pay license. 5. Use of steam prohibited, cannot 14. To remove tracks and restore increase fare. streets when abandoned. 6. Cannot build tracks without per- 15. Same; penalty. mission. 16. Notice to restore street, how served. 7. Penalty for violation of preceding sections. SECTION 1. Operators of street railways subject to this ordinance. Every person, corporation, company or copartnership owning or operating any street railway, or engaged in the business of transporting passengers from any one point to any other point within this city for hire, on street railways, shall be subject to all the conditions, stipulations and requirements of this ordinance. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 1, STREET RAILWAYS. 571 SEC. 2. Shall keep track in proper condition. Every horse or street railroad company having its railway located in and along any street or streets within the city of St. Joseph, shall keep the track of its road in such condition that such track shall not at any time be elevated above the surface of the street on which it is laid, so that vehicles can easily and freely, at all times, cross said track at all points, in any direction, without obstruction, and shall also keep in good repair such portions of the street as it has agreed with the said city so to do, or as required by the ordinances of the city. And if any company shall fail or neglect to comply with the provisions of this section, the city engineer shall cause notice to be served on the president or superintendent of such com- pany, requiring the company to put its road and track in the condition required by this section, within five days after the service of such notice, and if such company shall fail or neglect to comply with the requirements of such notice within the time prescribed, such company shall forfeit and pay to the city of St. Joseph not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars for every day such neglect or failure shall continue after the expiration of said five days' notice, which may be recovered by suit before any court having jurisdiction of the amount sued for. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Rules and regulations for running cars. The following rules and regulations concerning the running of street railways shall be binding upon every person, corpora- tion, company or copartnership operating any such railway in the city of St. Joseph : First No car, when not in actual use for passenger travel, shall be kept standing in any street or other public thoroughfare. 7 hird. While any car is turning the corner from one street to another the horses or mules shall not be driven faster than a walk. Fourth. Cars driven in the same direction shall not approach each other within a distance of three hundred feet, 572 GENERAL ORDINANCES. except in case of accident or when it may be necessary to con- nect two cars together, or at stations ; and upon the approach of any car to a distance of fifty feet or less from any vehicle, the conductor or driver of such car shall notify the driver or person in charge of said vehicle to vacate the track, and if, after a sufficient time has elapsed to enable the driver or per- son in charge of said vehicle aforesaid to comply with such notification, he fails to do so, it shall be the duty of the con- ductor of said car to forthwith ascertain the cause of such detention, and if the delay shall be the result of any accident to said vehicle or horses attached thereto, the conductor or driver aforesaid shall render such aid as may be necessary for the removal of the cause of such detention ; but in no event shall this ordinance or any part thereof be so construed as to sanction or allow a willful or wanton collision with any pri- vate vehicle on the track of any such railway lines ; and any person, corporation, company or copartnership so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Fifth. No car shall be allowed to stop on a crosswalk nor in front of any intersecting street, except to avoid collision or to prevent danger to persons in the street. This section shall not be so construed as to prevent any car from stopping upon any switch that may be at the intersection of streets. Sixth. When any car shall be required to stop at the intersection of streets to receive or leave passengers, it shall be stopped so as to leave the rear platform partly over the crossing. Seventh. The conductor or driver of each car shall keep a vigilant watch for all vehicles and persons on foot, especially children, either on the track or moving towards it, and on the first appearance of danger to such persons or vehicles, the car shall be stopped in the shortest time and space possible. Eighth. Conductors shall not allow ladies or children to leave or enter the cars while the same are in motion. STREET RAILWAYS. 573 Ninth. Conductors shall announce to passengers the names of streets, or the place where the cars connect with or intersect any railway track. Tenth. The cars after sunset shall be provided with sig- nal lights. Eleventh. The cars shall be entitled to the track, and any vehicle upon the track shall turn out when any car comes up, so as to leave the track unobstructed ; and the driver of any vehicle refusing to do so, when requested by the driver of any car, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, that persons moving any article from or to any vehicle, shall be al- lowed a reasonable and sufficient time to load or unload the same. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Not to interfere with fire department. No privilege or authority hereby granted shall be so construed as in any manner to interfere with the operations of the fire department of the city ; but in all instances in case of fire, the use of the streets where railroad tracks are laid shall be sub- servient to the necessities of the fire department. Vehicles driving in the direction of the cars upon any street railway shall be entitled to the track used by the cars running in that direction, but not so as to hinder or delay any car running thereon. \R. O. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Use of steam prohibited cannot in- crease fare. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed to authorize an increase of fare as now established, nor to allow the transportation of freight over street railroads, nor to allow the use of the ordinary dummy or box car engine, or of locomotives of the kind now used upon steam railroads in this state. [/?. O. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 7. SEC. 6. Cannot build tracks without permission. Every person, company or copartnership who shall change the location of any railway track, or shall build or attempt to build or construct any street railway or part thereof, in any 574 GENERAL ORDINANCES. street of this city without having first obtained the right of way or permission from the mayor and common council to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [JR. 0. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 8. SEC. 7. Penalty for violating preceding sections. Any person, corporation or copartnership, or the president, superintendent or manager thereof, violating or failing to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- tion thereof, shall be fined, if no otner or different punishment be prescribed therefor, not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 61, Sec. 9. SEC. 8. Fenders required on cars penalty. There shall be placed and maintained on every car used on any street railway, including trail cars or cars attached to motor or power cars, in this city, a fender, which shall be placed not more than five inches from the ground or surface of the track. Such fender shall extend in front of the wheels of the car, and shall be so constructed as to afford the best possi- ble protection to persons with whom such car might come in contact. Any person or corporation violating this section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 447. SEC. 9. Kates of speed. It shall be unlawful for any company or corporation, or employe thereof, to run any street car within the territory bounded by Missouri river, Francis, Ninth and Messanie streets at a greater rate of speed than eight miles per hour, and outside of said limits at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour. Any company or cor- poration or any employe thereof violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. [G. 0. No. 44$, Sec. 1. SEC. 10. Cars to be fitted with gong to be sounded, when penalty. Every person or corporation STREET RAILWAYS. 575 owning or operating any street railway in this city, running cars, propelled by electricity or other power, shall cause every car or vehicle owned or operated by them to be fitted with a gong. It shall be the duty of such person or corporation to cause the gong on such car or vehicle to be struck or rung in quick succession on approaching any team, carriage or person, and upon approaching any street crossing within the city. Any driver, motorman or other person having charge of any such car or vehicle, and failing to strike such gong as herein pro- vided, shall be fined for each such offense not less than five more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 543, Sec. 1. SEC. 11. Car to stop at railroad crossing gong to be sounded penalty. It shall be the duty of any driver, motorman or other person having charge of any street car, in this city, before crossing the track of any steam rail- road with such car, to cause the same to come to a standstill at least ten feet from such track, and to strike or ring the gong of said car, and if no danger is imminent, the car so stopped may proceed to cross such track. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. \_G. O. No. 543, Sec. 2. SEC. 12. Each car to be numbered and licensed. Every person, copartnership, association, corporation or company, operating any street railway, or engaged in the business of transporting passengers from one point to another within the city of St. Joseph, for hire, on any street railway, shall pay to the city, in advance, an annual license fee of in fifteen dollars for each and every car generally used by them transporting passengers for hire, within the city, or to or from any place within the city. Each car shall be numbered and have its number painted in a conspicuous place on the car, and on the payment of the license required herein the city auditor shall issue for each and every car so licensed a metallic plate inscribed as follows: "Licensed," with the year in which 576 GENERAL ORDINANCES. such license was issued, which plate shall be placed and kept on the outside of said car in a conspicuous place so that it may be readily seen from the sidewalk, and the said license shall be framed and exposed in the car bearing the number corres- ponding with that in said license: Provided, that when any car shall be laid off for repairs another car may be substituted and used and shall have the same number during such time, and on extraordinary occasions additional cars may be used. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 81. SEC. 13 Penalty for failing to pay license. On the first day of May, of each year, the license inspector shall notify all persons embraced in the next preceding section, transporting passengers on any street railway in the city of St. Joseph, or the superintendent or manager of such railway, to pay the license herein provided, and if any car shall be placed upon and run or used upon any such railway after the said first day of May, the license fee shall be at the same rate for the remainder of the year, and in case any of them refuse, fail or neglect to pay said license within ten days after having received said notice, they shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof, sha.ll be fined in a sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dol- lars for each unlicensed car used by them in transporting passengers within the city of St. Joseph for hire. [6r. O. No. 441, Sec. 82. SEC. 14. Shall remove tracks and restore street, when. Whenever any street railway company to which the right has been granted by the common council of this city to construct and operate its track over, along and upon any street or avenue of this city shall have, or shall hereafter, abandon any such street or avenue, or any part thereof, and shall have, or shall hereafter, remove its tracks from any such street or avenue, or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of such street railway company to remove all cross-ties and stringers thereto- fore placed in said street, avenue or part thereof, and to RECONSTRUCTION otf STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. restore such street or avenue or part thereof, to as perfect a condition for travel as though such ties and stringers had never been laid therein, and to put the same in thorough repair. [G. 0. No. 362, Sec. 1. SEC. 15. Same penalty. Any street railway com- pany which shall fail to remove its ties and stringers and to so restore and put in perfect condition any street or avenue, or part thereof, from which it has removed its tracks, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day that it shall fail so to do from and after the tenth day follow- ing next after the city engineer shall have notified the general manager, superintendent, or other officer found in charge thereof, of said street railway company so to do. [G. 0. No. 362, Sec. 2. SEC. 16. Notice to restore street how served. It is hereby made the duty of the city engineer to notify the general manager or superintendent or any local managing agent or officer of any street railway company which has or shall have so removed its track to remove its ties and stringers and to so restore and put in such perfect condition such street or avenue or part thereof, by a notice in writing under his hand as city engineer ; and he shall also furnish the city attorney with a copy of such notice, certifying the day and manner of its service. [ G. O. No. 362, /Sec. 3. ARTICLE 11. RECONSTRUCTION AND PAVING OF STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Street improvements, removal of 4. Notices, how served penalty for tracks for. violating ordinance. 2. Track replaced, when. 5. Rights of city not relinquished. 3. Reconstruction of tracks. SECTION 1. Street improvements, removal of tracks for. When any street, avenue or highway in this city, any portion of which is, or may be occupied by the track 578 GENERAL ORDINANCES. or tracks of any street railway company, is, by ordinance ordered to be macadamized or paved, such street railway com- pany shall, upon receiving written notice from the city engi- neer so to do, within forty-eight hours from the receipt of such notice, remove all its tracks, stringers, cross-ties and all other parts or appurtenances of said track or tracks from such por- tion of said street, avenue or highway as the city engineer may direct in the notice aforesaid, not to exceed a distance of five hundred feet at one time ; provided , however, that no one line of street railway shall be required to move its track or tracks for any distance at more than one place at any one given time for the purpose named in this ordinance. u A line of street railway " is hereby defined as a system of tracks serving a sep- arate portion or district of the city whether originally laid and constructed under one or more grants or franchises. [6r. O. No. 349, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Shall replace track, when. Said railway company or any officer or employe thereof shall not replace said track or tracks, stringers rails, cross-ties or any part or appurtenances of said track or tracks or any portion thereof until the road bed of said street, avenue or highway shall have been graded to the proper sub-grade and rolled and otherwise prepared to receive the macadam or paving material. When, upon the portion of said street, avenue or highway from which the said railway track or tracks and all parts and appurtenances thereof, have been removed by said railway company in pursuance of the notice herein required to be given, the sub- grade has been properly formed, prepared and rolled, the city engineer shall notify said railway company to replace said rail- way track or tracks and the necessary parts and all appurten- ances thereof for the entire distance from which they have been removed, said laying and reconstruction to be completed with- in forty-eight hours from the service of said notice and in accordance with the provisions of the following section of this ordinance. [#. O. No. 31$, Sec. 2. RECONSTRUCTION OF STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. 570 SEC. 3. Tracks, how reconstructed. When the tracks of any street railway company are to be laid, relaid or reconstructed on any street, avenue 'or highway which is paved or ordered paved with granite blocks, wooden blocks, bricks or other material which is usually laid in accordance with a similar or like system, said track or tracks shall be so laid as to conform to the finished grade of said paving and so constructed that the tops of the cross-ties shall be at least eleven inches below the finished surface of the pavement : Provided, however, that upon streets upon which it is ordered or permitted to pave between the rails and a limited distance outside thereof with brick on edge laid in sand upon a broken stone base, the tops of the cross-ties shall be not less than nine inches below the finished surface of the pavement ; and each of said cross-ties shall be supported upon a layer of stone broken to pass through an inch and one-half ring ; said layer to be not less than four inches thick and twelve inches wide and carried up on the sides of the cross-ties to the sub-grade prepared for the paving and thoroughly rammed under and about the cross-ties : Provided, however, that upon streets along and across which the tracks of any street railway have already been laid with "T" rails and which streets are now macadamized or shall be ordered macadamized, said tracks may be relaid or reconstructed with said U T" rail, so that the tops of the same shall conform to the finished surface of the street and the cross-ties supported each upon a layer of stone broken to pass through an inch and one-half ring, said layer to be not less than four inches thick and twelve inches wide and thoroughly rammed in place. All cross-ties, stringers, blocks or other parts or appurtenances, consisting of wood used in the laying, relaying, repairing or reconstructing any railway track or tracks or parts thereof, shall consist of sound white or burr oak timber ; said cross-ties shall be sawed or hewed upon the upper and lower surfaces, to be not less than five inches thick and six inches wide at said upper and lower surfaces, and laid not more than thirty inches apart from 580 GENERAL ORDINANCES. center to center of cross-tie. All brace chairs or brace blocks used in the laying, relaying, reconstruction or repairing of any street railway shall be of iron. All street railway tracks laid or relaid with U T" rails upon any paved street shall have the cavity included between the head and flange of the rail, and on the outside of each rail, filled with hydraulic cement mortar mixed in proportions of one part cement and one part of sand, and in the same manner the like cavity on the inside of the rail shall be filled to a height reached by the flange of the street car wheel, and from which height the paving between the inside of the rails shall rise to a crown in the middle of each track corresponding with the surface of the tops of the rails. The stringers, chairs or other appliances for supporting the rails to be so constructed and placed as not to interfere with the proper laying of the paving. All of the above work to be done under the directions of and according to the reasonable orders and instructions and completed to the satisfaction of the city engineer. Any street railway track or tracks, parts or appurtenances thereof laid, relaid, reconstructed or repaired in violation of any provisions of this ordinance and in conflict with the reasonable orders and directions of the city engineer, shall be ordered removed from any street, avenue or highway in a written notice from the city engineer to the company owning or operating the track or tracks, parts or appurten- ances, which have been laid, relaid, reconstructed or repaired in violation of the provisions of this ordinance; said removal to be made within forty-eight hours from the service of said notice. [G. O. No. 349, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Notices, how served penalty for violat- ing ordinance. All notices mentioned in this ordinance shall "be in writing and delivered in person to the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, general manager or super- intendent of the said railway company, as may be most con- venient and expeditious and said service upon any one of the above mentioned officers or persons shall be deemed a suf- ficient notice to the railway company and any of the above men- PLANK CROSSINGS FOR STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. 581 tioned officers or persons neglecting, refusing or failing to com- ply with said notices or any officer or employe of said railway company violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined, upon conviction, in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. And each day said officer or person above mentioned shall fail, neglect or re- fuse to comply with the terms of any notice mentioned in this ordinance, shall be deemed a separate offense. \_G. O. No. 349, .Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Rights of city not relinquished. Provid- ed that nothing contained in the foregoing sections of this ordinance shall be construed in any manner or form as relin- quishing or in anywise impairing the right of the city of St. Joseph to compel any street railway to pave and keep in repair the spaces between its rails and eighteen inches on the out- sides thereof. \_G. O. No. 349, Sec. 5. ARTICLE III. PLANK CROSSINGS FOR STREET RAILWAY TRACKS. SECTION SECTION. 1. Shall construct plank crossings, 2. Same, notice how served, penalty, when. SECTION 1. Shall construct plank crossings, when. It is hereby made the duty of all street railway com- panies within the city of St. Joseph, within ten days after being notified so to do by the city engineer, to construct at the intersection of the tracks of said company by any unpaved street, avenue or alley, a plank crossing extending across and between the tracks and not less than ten inches outside the rails thereof. Said crossing to be made of white or burr oak plank not less than three inches in thickness and not less than sixteen feet long ; and if in the judgment of said city engineer the amount and importance of the travel on said street, alley or avenue justifies the same, it shall be the further duty of said street railway company to make said crossing of a length equal 582 GENERAL ORDINANCES. to the width of the roadway of said intersecting street, alley or avenue ; and the city engineer shall so notify said company. Upon tracks which are laid with the "T" rails, exceeding three inches in height, the thickness of the crossing planks shall in all cases equal the height of the rail and the plank shall be shaped to fit closely to the web and flange of said "T" rail and be properly beveled away from the head of the rail to allow the passage of the flange of the car wheels. [<7. O. No. 336, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Same; notice, how served, penalty. The notice, mentioned in section one of this ordinance, shall be in writing and delivered in person to either the president, vice- president, secretary, treasurer, general manager, general super- intendent, superintendent or assistant superintendent, as may be most convenient and expeditious and such delivery of notice in writing shall be held as sufficient notice to said com- pany ; and any officer or person as herein enumerated, refusing or neglecting to comply with the terms and conditions of this ordinance, after being notified by said city engineer to put in a crossing or crossings, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 336, /Sec. 2. CHAPTER LXII1. REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Officers to pay over money. 5. Disposition of canceled indebted- 2. Judge of the police court, report of. ness. 3. Superintendent of workhouse, re- 6. Failure to report, a misdemeanor. port of. 7. Street lightning department, ac- 4. Other officers to report, when. counts of. 8. Same inventory of supplies, etc. SECTION 1. Officers to pay over money. All city officers, who shall, in the discharge of their duties, receive money belonging to the city, shall, on the first business day of each calendar month, pay into the city treasury such sums as they have collected during the preceding month, taking tripli- REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS. 583 cate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the city- auditor, one with the city comptroller and the third retained. The last two receipts, before they shall be valid for any pur- pose, shall be countersigned by the auditor. [G. O. No. 5*25, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Judge of the police court report of. The judge of the police court shall, on the first day of each month, make a report to the city comptroller of the business of his office during the month preceding, allowing the total amount of fines imposed by him during the month, together with such other facts as the comptroller may require. \_G. O. No. 525, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Superintendent of workhouse, report of. The superintendent of the workhouse shall, on the first day of each month, make a report to the city comptroller of the business of his office during the month preceding, giving the number of prisoners received and discharged during the month, money received, together with such other facts as the comptroller may require. [G. 0. No. 525, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Other officers to report, when. All other officers of the city shall make report to the city comptroller of the business of their respective offices whenever thereto required by him. \_G. 0. No. 525, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Disposition of canceled indebtedness. All canceled indebtedness and vouchers shall, after final ex- amination by the finance committee, be deposited with the city comptroller and in that office preserved. [G. O. No. 525, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Failure to report, a misdemeanor. Any officer failing or refusing to make report as required by ordi- nance, or whenever thereto required by the city comptroller, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and such failure or refusal shall be considered good cause for removal from office. [G. 0. No. 525, Sec. Q. 584 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 7. Accounts of street lighting department. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to cause the accounts of the street lighting department to be classified as follows : First. Operation and maintenance expense account, which shall include all expenditures for supplies, fuel and tools to repair and maintain the present service. Second. Improvement and extension account, which shall include all expenditures made in increasing the number of lights. [#. 0. No. 548, Sec. 1. SEC. 8. Same ; inventory of supplies unpaid bills. At the close of each fiscal year the superintendent of the electric light plant shall file with the comptroller an item- ized inventory of supplies on hand. He shall also report all supplies contracted for and all bills unpaid at that date. [G. O. No. 5J^8, Sec. 2. CHAPTER LXIY. REVENUE UNREDEEMED PROPERTY. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Compensation for collecting delin- 2. Certificates of publication as to un- quent taxes. redeemed real estate. SECTION 1. Compensation for collecting delin- quent taxes. The compensation for collecting delinquent taxes by the city collector and his deputies under the provisions of section one thousand, three hundred and forty-two, Revised Statutes, 1889, shall be five per cent of all such taxes actually col- lected, which amount he shall collect from the delinquent tax payer, together with the whole amount of delinquent taxes, interest, penalty and costs, [fi. 0. 1888, Chap 64, Sec. 1 SEC. 2. Certificate of publication as to unre- deemed real estate. The certificate of publication of the advertisement of unredeemed real property required to be made by section one thousand three hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes 1889, of the State of Missouri, may be in form substantially as follows, to wit; RUNNERS. 585 STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF BUCHANAN. f SSt , manager of the a newspaper printed and published in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, being duly sworn, upon his oath, says: that the city collector's advertisement of unredeemed real property, of which the annexed is a true and correct copy, was printed and published in said newspaper once a week for three successive weeks from the day of until the day of , both inclusive. Manager of the Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned, a within and for the county and state aforesaid, this day of [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 64, Sec. 2. CHAPTER LXY. RUNNERS. SECTION SECTION 1. Runner, license for. 4. Must not disturb other persons. 2. License to state what ; transferable. 5. Bond required. 3. Runner shall wear badge. SECTION 1. Runner, license for. No person shall act or serve as a runner in this city without securing a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license per year shall be as follows : Runner for clothing; dry goods, furnishings or any other store, fifty dollars ; runner for rail- road, hotel, restaurant or boarding house, twenty-five dollars ; runner for any other trade, business or avocation mentioned in this section, twenty-five dollars. The term "runner," as used herein, shall mean any person who shall in any manner solicit customers for, or secure or attempt to secure, the stop- ping or business of any passengers or any person at any hotel, inn, boarding house, restaurant, railroad ticket broker or other public place, or any clothing, dry goods, furnishing or any other store or any other trade, business or vocation what- ever, on any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley of said city, or in or about any railroad depot or other public place ; or any person who shall in any manner solicit passengers for any steamboat or railroad, or shall in any way solicit passengers or baggage to be carried or conveyed to any place in said city, 586 GENERAL ORDINANCES. in any hack, carriage, omnibus, wagon or other vehicle : Pro- vided^ that no person licensed as a runner for any restaurant or store of any kind, shall solicit trade or customers, at any place on the sidewalk, either immediately in front of or within fifty feet on each side of any store, shop, stand, booth or other place devoted to a business similar in kind to that for which he is a runner, and which is owned or operated by any person or persons other than his employer. \_G. O+ No. 441? Sec. 83. SEC. 2. License to state what transferable. The license issued to runners shall specify the name of such hotel, inn, boarding house, ticket broker's office or other public house, or other trade, business or vocation whatever for which the licensee desires to act as runner, and shall authorize the licensee to run for the house, business or office so specified, and no other. If the licensee desires to quit running for the house, business or office named in such license, and to run for another, it shall be the duty of the city auditor, on request of the licensee, to erase the name of the house, business or office mentioned in said license, and insert the name of the one for which such licensee desires to run. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 84. SEC. 3. Runner shall wear badge. Every person obtaining a runner's license shall be furnished by the city auditor, at the expense of the city, with a metal badge, with the word "runner" thereon ; and such person shall, while engaged in the business for which his license was granted, wear such badge on the front part of his hat or cap in such a manner as to be at all times plainly visible. No person not licensed as a runner shall wear any such badge. \_G. O. No. Sec. 85. SEC. 4. Must not disturb other persons. No run- ner, while engaged in his business, shall, at any place in this city, cry out in a loud, unusual or boisterous manner, or use or utter any profane, obscene or unseemly language, or push, take hold of, jostle or otherwise annoy, vex, harass, disturb or SCALES AND WEIGHERS. 587 interfere with passengers or any other persons. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 86. SEC. 5. Bond required. Every person applying for a license to engage in or carry on the business of a runner shall at the time such license is issued to him, enter into bond to the city of St. Joseph, with two or more good and sufficient securities, residents of the city, to be approved by the comp- troller and filed with the auditor, in the penal sum of five hun- dred dollars, conditioned that said applicant will strictly and faithfully observe all ordinances and regulations of the city in relation to runners or their business, and will pay all costs, fines and penalties incurred on account of his failure or neglect in that behalf. [#, O. No. 441, Sec. 87. [For penalty for violating this Chap, see Sec. 20 of Chap, entitled u Licenses."] CHAPTER LXVI. SCALES AND WEIGHERS. ARTICLE I. PUBLIC SCALES. II. CITY WEIGHMASTER. ARTICLE I. PUBLIC SCALES. SECTION. SECTION. 1. License to keep public scales. 4. Fees allowed for weighing. 2. Articles for sale to be weighed. 5. Not to designate as city scales. 3. Weigher to give ticket. SECTION 1. License to keep public scales. JS"o person shall keep or use any public scale, without a license therefor from said city, and the charge for such license shall be ten dollars per year. All platform scales, except railroad track scales and elevator scales, which are or may be used for weighing stock, hay, lime, stonecoal, charcoal or any kind of coal, grain, or any other article or thing, for any person other than the owner of such scales, shall be deemed public scales, [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 88. 588 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. ' Articles for sale to be weighed. All hay coal, stonecoal, charcoal lime, grain ( unless measured by the bushel ) , and live stock, which are offered or exposed for sale shall, before being sold, be weighed at one of the public scales, and any person who shall sell any of said articles or things, without first having the same weighed as prescribed in this sec- tion, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 89. SEC. 3. Weigher to give ticket. Whenever the owner, keeper, manager or person in charge of such scales shall weigh any such article of thing for another, he shall give to such person a certificate, legibly written in ink, without erasure or interlineation, which certificate shall state the num- ber of packages of each draught, the weight of each draught, separately, and the description of any animal weighed thereon, if any, and shall sign his name thereto as weighmaster ; and such certificate shall not be considered as proof of pounds in any draught for a longer period than one day from and after the date thereof. Any weighmaster, owner, keeper, manager or person in charge of such public scales, who shall give or cause to be given a false or incorrect certificate of weight, or who shall violate, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision, regulation, or requirement of this section, or any person, who shall erase any portion of any such certificate or in any way change the same, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 90. SEC. 4. Fees for weighing. Any owner, keeper or manager of any public scales shall be entitled to and may recover and collect the following fees, to wit : For each draught of hay, grain, corn, lirne, coal, stonecoal or charcoal, twenty cents ; for each head of hogs or sheep, three cents ; and for each head of cattle ten cents. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 91. SEC. 5. Not to designate as city scales. No per son other than a regularly appointed city weigher shall erect, display or maintain on or about any public scale under his con- CITY WEIGHMASTER. trol, any sign designating such scale as a city scale. Any per- don violating the provisions of this section shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars. [6r. 0. No. 441, Sec. 92. [For penalty for violating this Article see Sec. 20, Chap, entitled u Licenses."] ARTICLE II. CITY WEIGHMASTER. SECTION. SECTION. . 1. Appointment of city weighmaster. 7. Shall keep a record and report 2. Duty of weighmaster. monthly. 3. Manner of weighing loads, etc. 8. Private persons prohibited from 4. Diminishing weights ; penalty for. weighing. 5. Fees for weighing. 9. Public scales and weighmaster 6. Weighmaster to pay over receipts shall charge, what fees. monthly. 10. Penalty. SECTION 1. Appointment of city weighmaster. At the first stated session of the common council in each year, it shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint, by and with the consent of the common council, some competent person as city weighmaster, who shall hold his office for a term of one year and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, and who shall receive such compensation for his services as may by ordinance be prescribed, and who shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city of St. Joseph, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties. [ G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Duty of weighmaster. It shall be the duty of the city weighmaster to attend at the city scales, and to test the accuracy of said scales at least once in every three months, and to weigh all articles which may be required to be weighed, and to give the person requiring the same a certificate of the net weight thereof, after deducting in cases of wet and mud. [G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Manner of weighing loads, etc. When any vehicle and load shall be weighed together, the city weigh- master's certificate shall state the gross weight thereof, and 590 GENERAL ORDINANCES. upon the sale or delivery of said load, the vehicle shall again be weighed, without charge, by the city weighmaster, and thus the net weight of the load ascertained ; and in no case shall the city weighmaster state in his said certificate the weight of any vehicle which may have been weighed with any load, until said city weighmaster shall have ascertained the weight of such vehicle by actually weighing the same ; and on the request of the purchaser of any articles which may have been weighed by the city weighmaster, and a certificate therefor given, the same shall be reweighed, and the expense of reweighing shall be paid by the purchaser, if the weight be found correct ; but if found incorrect, the expense of reweighing shall be paid by the seller. [#. O. No. 519, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Diminishing weights penalty. Any person who shall have had any article weighed, as aforesaid, and received a certificate therefor, who shall, before selling the same, diminish the weight, or shall sell a part thereof and afterwards sell or offer for sale the remainder as for the quan- tity stated in said certificate, or who shall change, alter or in any manner falsify the certificate of the city weighmaster, or who shall suffer or permit the same to be done, shall be sub- ject to a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for every such offense. [ G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Fees for weighing. The city weighmaster is hereby authorized and required to collect, for the use of the city, the following fees for weighing and giving a certificate therefor: For each draught of hay, grain, corn, lime, coal, stonecoal, or charcoal, twenty cents ; for each head of hogs or sheep three cents ; and for each head of cattle, horses or mules, ten cents ; and for each hundred pounds or fractional part thereof, of any merchandise or other article, not loaded in a vehicle, two cents. [ G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Weighmaster to pay over receipts monthly. The city weighmaster shall pay to the city treas- CITY WEIGHM ASTER. 591 urer, on the first day of each month, all moneys received for weighing or for market fees during the preceding month, tak- ing triplicate receipts therefor, one to be filed with the auditor, one with the comptroller and the third retained. \G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 6. SEC. 7, Shall keep a record and report monthly. The city weighmaster shall keep a record, and shall enter therein the amount of each load and the name of each person for whom and the date when the same was weighed or allowed to attend at the hay market, together with the fees received therefor. The city weighmaster shall make a report to the comptroller on the first of each month, which report shall be a true copy of the record kept in his office. [G. 0. No. 519, Sec. 7. SEC. 8, Private persons prohibited from weigh- ing. All persons owning or having charge of any scales in the city, other than those licensed as public scales or owned or managed by the city, are prohibited from weighing or permit- ting to be weighed on said scales, any hay, coal, stonecoal, charcoal, lime, grain (except in less quantities than ten bush- els), or live stock; provided, that nothing in this ordinance, or any other ordinance of the city, shall be so construed as a prohibition against any person owning or having charge of any scales, weighing any article that he may at the time own, or that he may weigh for the purpose of purchasing. [G. O. No. 519, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Fees of public scales and weighmaster. The city weighmaster and all persons, owning, keeping or managing any public scales shall charge the fees authorized by ordinance neither more nor less. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 519, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance where no penalty is specially imposed shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 1 592 GENERAL ORDINANCES. conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars. [#. O. No. 519, Sec. 10. CHAPTEK LXYII. SCAVENGERS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Privy or cesspool to be cleaned. 9. Owner must have written permis- 2. Scavengers defined. sion of health officer. 3. License for ; bond. 10. Health officer to notify owner to 4. Privy and cesspool, how cleaned. clean, etc. 5. Same ; air-tight tank to be used. 11. Scavenger to report to health offi- 6. By licensed scavengers. cer the work done. 7. Penalty for doing scavenger work. 12. Penalty for violating this ordi. 8. Equipment for scavenger work. nance. SECTION 1. Privy or cesspool to be cleaned by direction of health officer. No person, company or cor- poration within the fire limits of the city of St. Joseph shall empty, clean, cover or remove the contents of any privy vault or cesspool except in the manner provided in this ordinance and in pursuance of the directions, regulations and require- ments of the health officer. \R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Scavenger defined. Any person, company or corporation who shall engage in the business of emptying, cleaning, covering or removing the contents of any privy vault or cesspool, shall be deemed a scavenger within the meaning of this ordinance. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. <2. SEC. 3. License bond. No person, company or corporation shall exercise the business of scavenger in the city of St. Joseph, without first having obtained a license therefor. Each scavenger shall pay for the use of the city the sum of ten dollars per year for each wagon operated by him or them, and no other fees. Such license shall date from the first day of May in each year, and no license shall be issued for a less period than one year: Provided, that in starting as a scav- enger, license may be written expiring May first following the date of such license at proportionate rates. Provided, how- ever, that no license shall be issued for a sum less than five SCAVENGERS. 593 dollars; licenses shall be issued upon application to any per- son, company or corporation desiring to do scavenger work, upon the execution of a bond to the city by such scavenger in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, with two sureties, conditioned that said scavenger shall comply with the provi- sions of this and any ordinance which may be hereafter passed by the common council, touching their said employment, and shall also comply with, and obey the directions and regulations of the board of health of the city made in pursuance of law. \R. 0. 1888, Chap. 67. Amended G. O. No. 386. SEC. 4. Privy and cesspool, how cleaned. The cleaning, emptying and removing of the contents of privy vaults or cesspools shall be done in an inoffensive manner, and any such scavenger having begun such scavenger work, shall without any interruption or delay finish the same, and shall, in every instance, leave the privy vault or cesspool in as good condition upon the vault or cesspool as when the work was undertaken. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Same ; air-tight tank to be used. The contents of privy vaults or cesspools so removed by any scav- enger, shall be conveyed to some place designated by the health officer in air-tight tanks or vessels, and shall be disposed of in such manner as to cause no offense ; and all tanks shall be kept clean and inoffensive when not in actual use. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. By licensed scavengers. No privy vault or cesspool shall be cleaned, emptied, covered or removed except by a licensed scavenger. The health officer may pre- scribe such details for the doing of such scavenger work as the proper enforcement of this ordinance shall require. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Penalty for doing scavenger work. Any person who shall be guilty of doing any scavenger work in the city of St. Joseph without first having obtained a license 42 1 594 GENERAL ORDINANCES. therefor, as provided for in this ordinance, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. [JS. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Equipment for scavenger work. Scaven- gers who engage in the business of removing the contents of privy vaults or cesspools, shall cause to be painted on the tank or wagon box of their wagons, in large letters and figures, his name, number of license and letter of wagon, and carry on each wagon so employed at night, a lighted lamp with plain glass front and sides, with the number of the license and the letter of the wagon painted with black paint on the sides and front of each of said lamps, in distinct and legible figures at least two inches in size, and so placed that said lamps may be distinctly seen and said numbers and letters easily read. The scavenger shall also carry the permit for work in each instance for inspection of the police. It shall be the right and duty of such night scavenger so licensed, when requested by any owner, agent or occupant of any privy vault or cesspool within the city, to clean and remove the contents thereof, and to remove and deposit the same at such place or places as shall or may be designated by the health officer of the city of St. Joseph, [j?. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Owner must have written permission of health officer. Owners, occupants or agents of privy vaults within the city, desiring to clean and remove the contents thereof themselves without the aid of night scavengers, shall not be allowed to do so except upon the written permission of the health officer, and then only in such manner as said per- mit shall direct. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Health officer to notify owner to clean, etc. Whenever in the opinion of the health officer any privy vault or cesspool shall be offensive and need cleaning, it shall be his duty to notify the owner, agent or occupant to clean the same within a period named in said notice ; also to serve a printed copy of this ordinance. Such person, owner, agent or SCAVENGERS. 595 occupant so notified, and failing to comply with said notice within the time mentioned shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. In case no owner or agent can be found in the city, the health officer shall cause such offensive vault or cesspool to be cleaned, the expense to be collected as in other cases of the removal or abatement of nuisances. [It. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Scavenger to report to health officer the work done. Scavengers shall make a return of such permit to the health officer, certifying to the number of yards which they have removed from the vault or cesspool therein described, also where the same was deposited, within two days after the work shall have been performed. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Penalty for violating ordinance. Any scavenger who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, or shall fail to comply with any order, direction or regulation lawfully made by the health officer, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense, and shall be subject to a revocation of license in the discretion of the mayor. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 12. 596 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LXVIII. SEAL. SECTION 1. Description of, establishment of. SECTION 1. Description of seal. The seal heretofore 'provided and used by and for the city of St. Joseph (the impression on which is a representation of the Goddess of Liberty, with the inscription, Seal of the City of St. Joseph, around the outer edge of said seal, which seal, represented as aforesaid, is hereunto annexed), shall be and is hereby estab lished and declared to have been and now to be the seal of the city of St. Joseph. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 68. CHAPTER LXIX. SECOND-HAND DEALERS. SECTION 1. Second-hand dealers to keep record, etc. SECTION 1. Second-hand dealers to keep record of goods bought. Every second-hand dealer doing busi- ness in this city, shall keep a register in which he shall, at the time of purchase or receipt, enter the name and residence of all persons from whom he shall purchase or receive any second-hand goods of any description whatever, together with a minute description of all second-hand goods so purchased or received, and particularly mentioning any prominent or SEWERS. 597 descriptive marks that may be on such second-hand goods ; and he shall keep such register open at all times to the exam- ination or inspection of an} 7 person asking or demanding the same. Said register shall be kept clean and legible and no entry therein shall be defaced, erased or obliterated, and all the entries therein shall be made with ink. He shall also, at all times during ordinary business hours permit or allow any person asking or demanding the same, to examine and inspect any second-hand goods kept or stored in or about his place of business. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refus- ing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty- five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. Sec. 44^ CHAPTER LXX. SEWERS. SECTION. 1. Main and lateral sewers ; construc- tion of. 2. Sewer connections, how made. 3. No sewer connection to be without consent. 4. Private drains and connecting pipes, how used. 5. No person to uncover or excavate under sewer. 6. Drains to be constructed how. 7. Same ; by permit from engineer. 8. Person working under permit to give bond. 9. Notice to engineer before beginning work. 10. Materials and connections to be approved by engineer. 11. City may connect with private sewer. 12. Penalty for violating the foregoing sections. SECTION. 13. How connected with buildings 14. Plan of, to be deposited with engi- neer. 15. Engineer may ascertain whether drain is properly built. 16. Penalty for violating three preced- ing sections. 17. Owners considered as petitioners, when. 18. Litter, rubbish, etc., not to be thrown into sewer. 19. Obstructions or discharges into, etc., forbidden. 20. Person violating, etc., to be noti- fied when ; penalty. 21. Condition to building permit, 22. Tax bills for district sewers ; infor- mation thereon. 23-82. Boundaries of sewer districts numbered from one to sixty, ar- ranged numerically. SECTION 1. Main or lateral sewers, how con- lected. Whenever the construction of any main or lateral $wer in the city of St. Joseph shall have been authorized by ordinance, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to adver- 598 GENERAL ORDINANCES. tise for bids and let out the contract for the work of con- struction in the same manner as other city work is let out, and to prepare the plans, specifications, and a contract for the same, which shall be reported by him to the common council for their approval ; after the same shall have been approved, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to super- intend the work, and cause such sewer to be constructed in accordance with the terms of the contract and the plans and specifications, [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Sewer connections, how made. All con- nections with main or lateral sewers shall be made in the most substantial manner, according to the directions and under the superintendence of the city engineer, and under such other regulations as may be provided by ordinance. [12. O. Chap. 69, Sec. 0. SEC. 3. Connection with, to be by permission. Any person who shall make or attempt to make a connection with any main or lateral sewer, without permission from the common council, or in violation of the instructions of the city engineer, or any person who shall make or cause to be made a defective private sewer under any street or public highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Penalty for construction without per- mission. It shall be the duty of any person or persons con- structing or using any private drain, sewer or pipe connecting with or emptying into any lateral or main sewer within this city, to construct and use the same strictly in conformity with the orders and directions of the city engineer, which orders and directions shall be given in writing for such purpose ; and any person who shall construct or use, or cause to be constructed or used, any such drain, sewer or pipe in a different manner from that so ordered and directed by said engineer, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one SEWERS. 599 hundred dollars for every such offense, and a like fine for every day such violation shall continue, after notice from the city engineer to remove or reconstruct the same. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 4- SEC. 5. Penalty for working around sewer, etc. Any person who shall uncover or excavate under or around any sewer in this city, for any purpose whatever, without the written consent of the city engineer, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; the person or persons by whom the work is done, and their employes, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this section. [. 0. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Drains to be constructed, how. All sewers or drains which connect with or discharge into any public or district sewer, or which lie wholly or in part upon any public street, alley or highway, shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and in con- formity with the regulations of the city engineer, who shall have general supervision of all such work. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 1. SEC. 7. Same ; by permit from engineer. No person shall excavate around or under any public or district sewer, nor connect any private sewer therewith, nor construct any private sewer on any public street, alley or highway, except in pursuance of a permit so to do, issued by the city engineer, which permit must be at all times on the ground whilst the work is in progress, and be exhibited to any police- man or other person who may ask to see it. Permits for the construction of private sewers will be issued only to such per- sons as have given bond as hereinafter provided, upon the application of the owner of the property to be drained, or his duly authorized agent. All applications for permits must be in writing, and must give a clear description of the property to be drained, and of the sewer and sewers which it is desired to construct, with a list of the water closets, sinks, down 600 GENERAL ORDINANCES. spouts, and other fixtures to be connected therewith. If the city engineer shall deem it necessary for such description, he may require a plan and profile of the proposed sewers, and all such plans, profiles and descriptions, or copies thereof, shall be left on file in the office of said engineer. If the proposed sewers are in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, and t e plans thereof are approved by the city engineer, he shall issue a permit for their construction, which permit shall contain or be accompanied by the regulations and conditions under which the work is to be done: Provided* however, that if the length of the proposed sewers shall exceed one hundred feet, that an amount of money be paid into the city treasury sufficient, in the opinion of said engineer, to pay for the cost of inspection, which sum shall be a special fund out of which the wages of an inspector, appointed by the city engineer to see that the work is properly done, shall be paid, and the remainder, if any, returned to the party by whom the fund was created: And provided further, that if the property to be drained by the proposed sewer has ever been assessed for the construction of district sewers, no permit for the construction of said private sewer, or its connection with any public or dis- trict sewer, shall be issued until such assessment has been paid, nor during the construction of any district sewer prior to the assessment of the cost thereof. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 2. SEC. 8. Person working under permit to give bond. Any person desiring to work under permits from the city engineer shall first file with the said engineer a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two securities, to be approved by the comptroller; said bond to be conditioned that he will, in all work of constructing private sewers and connect- ing the same with public and district sewers, faithfully com- ply with all regulations and instructions of the city engineer, or his duly authorized agents, in reference to such work and all the requirements of this ordinance, and will enforce the same upon his employes and hold himself responsible for all their acts. And in case any work under a permit shall be SEWERS. 601 improperly done and in violation of the foregoing conditions, or in case of any damage to any public or district sewer, caused by such violation, either on the part of the person to whom the permit is issued, or his employe, the city engineer shall have the right to reconstruct such defective work and repair such damage, and the whole cost thereof, together with the costs of suit, shall be recovered by the city of St. Joseph by suit on such bond. If any one who has given bond, as hereinbefore provided, shall violate any of the conditions of said bond, the city engineer may refuse to grant any further permits until all improper, defective work done by him shall have been repaired, and all expense which may have been caused to the city by such work shall have been paid into the city treasury. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 3. SEC. 9. Notice to engineer before beginning work. The city engineer may require that before work under a permit from him is begun, twenty-four hours' notice thereof shall be given at his office, so that an inspector may be on the ground to see that the work is properly done, and also that when the drain layer is prevented from going to work at the time set, he shall report the fact to said engineer and appoint another time for doing the same; and any work done without notice to the city engineer, as aforesaid, or without inspection by some one duly authorized by him, shall be treated as defective work, and may be uncovered, and if need be, reconstructed by said engineer at the expense of the drain layer to whom the permit was issued. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 4. SEC. 10. Materials and connections to be ap- approved by the engineer. No materials shall be used in constructing sewers to be connected with public or district sewers, or lying wholly or in part on a public street, alley or highway, except such as are approved by the city engineer or his duly authorized agents. In connecting a private sewer with a public or district sewer, the junction pieces which have 602 GENERAL ORDINANCES. been built into the sewer must be used for such connection, unless a special permission to cut the sewer be first granted by the city engineer; but if no junction pieces have been set in building the sewer, a connection may be made by inserting into the sewer a junction piece of the size specified in the per- mit, which junction piece shall lie at an. angle with the sewer, not exceeding forty-five degrees, and be cut slant in the process of manufacture, and not by clipping afterwards. In connect- ing pipe with pipe a Y junction must be used. The inside of every sewer or drain connecting with a public or district sewer must, after it is laid, be left perfectly smooth and clean throughout its whole length, and the ends of all sewers not to be immediately used, must be securely guarded against the introduction of sand or earth, by brick or cement or other water-tight and imperishable materials. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 5. SEC. 11. City may connect with private sewers, when. The city shall have the right at all times, through the city engineer or any proper officer, to connect with and use any private sewer built upon any public street, alley or highway for draining the streets, or for any public purpose, and also to reconstruct, or to close up or, disconnect from any public or district sewer, or any private sewer, constructed in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, or which may, from any cause, have become a nuisance. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 6. SEC. 12. Penalty for violating the foregoing sec- tions. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the next six preceding sections of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. \JR. 0.1888, Chap. 82, -Sec. 7. SEC. 13. How connected with buildings. It shall be unlawful hereafter to construct or extend any drain for the SEWERS. 603 reception of sewerage or waste water, under or into any hotel, tenement house or dwelling, or to connect the same with any public or district sewer, unless the said drain shall, in its plan and construction, conform to the following requirements : First, there shall be in said drain a trap so constructed as to bar the passage of air from beyond the trap into the house, by an obstacle equal to at least two inches in depth of water. Second, between said trap and the foot of the soil pipe, there shall be connected with the said drain an inlet pipe for the admission of fresh air, and the soil pipe within the house shall be continued above the roof and left open so that the whole drain may be thoroughly and constantly ventilated. \_R. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 8. SEC. 14. Plan of, to be deposited with engineer. Whenever any person desires to construct a house drain in- tended to be connected with, or discharged into, any public or district sewer, he shall, before beginning work upon the same, deposit with the city engineer a plan thereof, which plan shall show the whole course of the drain from its connection with the sewer to its terminus within the house, with the location of all branches, traps and fixtures to be connected therewith ; said plan, or a copy thereof, to be left on file in the office of said engineer. If, upon inspection of said plan, the city engi- neer shall find that the same does not conform to the require- ments of the preceding section, he shall not issue any permit for its construction or connection with any public or district sewer, and it shall be unlawful to construct said drain or to connect the same either directly or indirectly with any public or district sewer. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 9. SEC. 15. Engineer may ascertain whether drain is properly built. The city engineer, or his duly author- ized agents, shall have the right to enter upon the premises drained by any house drain, constructed and connected with any public or district sewer, at all reasonable hours, to ascer- tain whether the provisions of this ordinance or any ordinance 604 GENERAL ORDINANCES. in regard to house drains have been complied with, and if he shall find that &aid drain or its attachments do not conform to the provisions of law in regard thereto, he shall notify the owner of said premises or his agent of this fact. It shall, thereupon, be the duty of said owner or his agent to cause said drain or its attachments to be so altered, repaired or recon- structed as to make them conform to the requirements of law in regard thereto within fifteen days from the time of receiv- ing such notice. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 8%, Sec. 10. SEC. 16. Penalty for violating three preceding sections. Any person who shall violate any of the provi sions of the next three preceding sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 11. SEC. IT. Owners considered as petitioners, when. The owners or representatives of any property that is drained by a private sewer into a public or district sewer, when such property is not situated within the limits of a sewer district, shall be considered as petitioners for establishing a sewer district, whenever any other property holders within said proposed district shall petition the common council for the same. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 12. SEC. 18. Litter, rubbish, etc., not to be thrown into sewer. No person shall deposit or throw into any sewer or sewer inlet, or any private drain, or any street or gutter connecting with a public or district sewer, any straw, hay, shavings, tinner's scraps, manure, wire, tree or vine clip- pings, garbage, or any substance which may cause the sewer or sewer inlet to choke up, or which may create a nuisance ; nor shall any dam or obstruction of any kind be placed in any sewer unless permission so to do is expressly granted by the city engineer. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five SEWERS. 605 dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 13. SEC. 19. Obstructions or discharges, into, etc., forbidden. .No packing house, slaughterhouse, lard render- ing establishment, dairy, steam engine, steam boiler, gas works, hotel or boarding house, or any establishment by which, in the opinion of the city engineer, anything would be dis- charged into the sewers, tending to obstruct or injure the same, or to cause a nuisance, shall be connected with any public or district sewer, except through one or more catch basins as may be prescribed by said city engineer, and in case the matter dis- charged by any establishment can not, in the opinion of the board of health, be rendered harmless to the sewer, or to the public health, they shall be excluded from the sewer entirely. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 14. SEC. 20. Persons violating, etc., to be notified when penalty. In case any establishment shall discharge into any public or district sewer in violation of the provisions of the foregoing section, the city engineer shall, whenever ordered by the common council, notify the owner of such establishment to cease from such violation, and, if catch basins are needed, to build the said catch basins and a manhole eighteen inches in diameter over the same to the level of the street or alley, and with an iron cover fitted on the same, within thirty days from the date of said notice. If, at the expiration of said notice, the order so given shall not have been complied with, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for each and every ofiense. [J?. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 15. SEC. 21. Condition of building permit The chief of the fire department, or other officer, whose duty it is to issue building permits, is required to include in all permits, for the repairs or erection of buildings, to be hereafter issued by 606 GENERAL ORDINANCES. him. the following conditions: First, the applicant shall agree to make a connection with the sewer, if the sewer is already constructed, and if not constructed, he shall enter into a bond to make said connection whenever such sewer shall be con- structed. [R. 0. 1888, Chap. 82, Sec. 16. SEC. 22. Tax bills for district sewers, informa- tion thereon. In the issuing of special tax bills for the construction of district sewers, the city engineer is hereby required to have written, printed or stamped thereon, upon the upper third of the back of said bills, the following informa- tion: Number of sewer district ; number of special ordinance ordering the work, with date of approval ; name of contractor with date of approval of contract ; location of sewers laid ; number of feet of each size sewer laid ; cost per foot for each size ; number of inlets, where located, and cost of each ; num- ber of manholes, where located, and cost of each ; total num- ber of square feet in the district ; cost per square foot ; total cost for the district. [G. O. No. 487, Sec. 1. BOUNDARIES OF SEWER DISTRICTS. SEC. 23. Sewer district No. 1. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as district No. 1, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the center line of Eighth and Messanie streets, thence north on Eighth street to Charles street, thence east on Charles street to the center of Twelfth street, thence south on center line of Twelfth street to Messanie, thence east on Mes- sanie to the alley dividing block 7, Stewart's addition, thence south on said alley to the south line of lot 4 of said block 7 of Stewart's addition, thence west on the south line of lot 4 to Thirteenth street, thence west on the south line of lots 3 and 2, block 5, lots 8 and 3, block 4, lots 6 and 3, block 3, and lots 6 and 3, block 2, all in Patee's addition, to Eighth street, thence north on Eighth street to Messanie street. \_G. 0. No. 9. SEWERS. 607 SEC. 24. Sewer district No. 2. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 2, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at a point on Fourth street at the center of Franklin street, thence east on the center of Franklin street to east line of Sixth street, thence east on the north line of lot 6 in Eges' addition to the alley, thence south along said alley to the north line of lot 33, thence east along said north line to and across Seventh street to the north line of lot 3, block 3, County's addi- tion, thence east on said north line sixty feet, thence south across lots 3, 2 and 1, and parallel to the west line of said lots, to Hall street, thence west on Hall street to a point two hundred feet east of the east line of Sixth street, thence south and parallel to said west line of Sixth street across lots 7, 6 and 5 to the south line of lot 5 block 1 County's addition, thence west along the south line of lot 5 to Sixth street, thence west across Sixth street to and along Antoine street to the alley dividing block 14 Robidoux addition, thence south on said alley to the south line of lot 4 said block 14, thence west along the south line of said lot to Fifth street, thence north on Fifth street to Antoine street, thence west on Antoine street to Fourth street, thence north on Fourth street to Franklin street. [#. 0. No. 12. SEC. 25. Sewer district No. 3. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as district No. 3, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing on Francis street at the alley dividing block 49 Original Town, thence north on the center line of said alley between Fourth and Fifth streets to the center of block 13 Robidoux's addition, thence east on the south line of lots 9 and 4 blocks 13 and 14 Robidoux addition to the center of the alley dividing block 14 Robidoux addition, thence south on the center of said alley between Fifth and Sixth streets to Francis street, thence west on Francis street to the center of said alley dividing block 49 Original Town. [G. O. No. 7. 608 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 26. Sewer district No. 4. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as district No. 4, bounded as follows, to wit : Commenc- ing at the center line of Main and Jules streets, thence north on the center of Main street to Antoine street, thence east on Antoine street to Second street, thence north on Second street to Louis street, then east on Louis street to Fourth street, thence south on Fourth street to Antoine street, thence east on Antoine street to Fifth street, thence south on Fifth street to the south line of lot 9, block 13, Robidoux addition, thence west on the south line of said lot 9, to the alley dividing said block 13, between Fourth and Fifth streets, thence south on said alley dividing blocks 13 and 2, Robidoux addition and blocks 46 and 47, Original Town, to Faraon street, thence west on Faraon street to Third street, thence south on Third street to the south line of lots 10 and 3, block 28, Original Town, thence west on south line of said lots 10 and 3, block 28, Original Town, to Second street, thence south on Second street to Jules street, thence west on Jules street to the center of Jules and Main streets, or point of beginning. [6r. O f No. 75. SEC. 27. Sewer district No. 5. The boundary line of sewer district No. 5 is hereby changed to the following boundaries : Commencing at the center line of Fifteenth and Felix streets, thence north on Fifteenth street to Faraon street, thence east on Faraon street to the center of block 8, Harris' addition, thence south along the center line of blocks 8, 9 and 16, to the south line of lot 4, block 16, Harris' addition, thence west on the south line of said lot to Eighteenth street, thence south on Eighteenth street to the south line of lot 9, block 13, Harris' addition, thence west on the south line of lots 9 and 10 to the south-west corner of said lot 10, thence south along the west line of lot 7, in block 13, Carter's addi- tion to Felix street, thence west on Felix street to the center line of block 19, Carter's addition, thence south on the center of the aliey dividing block 19, to the south line of lot 4, in said SEWEKS. 609 block 19, thence west along the south line of said lot 4, to Seven- teenth street, thence south on Seventeenth street to the south line of lot 9, block 21, Carter's addition, thence west along the south line of lots 9 and 2, block 21, and lot 6, block 22, all in Carter's addition, thence north on the west line of blocks 22 and 17, to Felix street, thence west on Felix street to Fifteenth street. [G. O. No. %. SEC. 28. Sewer district No. 6. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 6, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing at the center line of Olive and Fifth streets, thence east on the center line of Olive street to west line of Seventh street, thence south on the west line of Seventh street to Sen- eca street, thence west on what would be Seneca alley if said alley was opened to Seventh street, to the west line of lot 4, block 3, St. Joseph's Garden addition, thence north on west line of lots 4 and 7, to center of Lafayette street, thence east on Lafayette street to Fifth street, thence north on Fifth street to center of Olive street, or point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 30. SEC. 29. Sewer district No. 7. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 7, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the center line of Sixth and Messanie streets, thence north on Sixth street to the center of Sylvanie street, thence west on Sylvanie street to the center of Fifth street, thence south on Fifth street to the center of Messanie street, thence east on Messanie street to point of beginning. \_G. O. No. Jfl. . SEC. 30. Sewer district No. 8. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 8, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the center line of Eighth and Messanie streets, thence north on Eighth street to the center of Charles and Eighth streets, thence west on Charles street to Seventh street, thence south on the center of Seventh street to the center of 610 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Messanie street, thence east on the center of Messanie street to point of beginning. \_G. O. No. 40. Sec. 31. Sewer district No. 9. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 9, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the Missouri river and center line of Olive street, thence east along the center line of Olive street to the center of block 6 Patee's addition, thence north along the center line of lot 10 and the east line of lots 9 and 11 of said block to the alley dividing Cunningham's addition, thence north along the center line of said alley and of the alley dividing Bela M. Hughes' addition, and block 7 Stewart's addition, to the south- east corner of district No. 1, thence westerly along the south line of district No. 1, to the center of Eighth street, thence north along the center of Eighth street to the center of Mes- sanie street, thence west along the center line of Messanie street to the Missouri river, thence southerly along the river line to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 62. SEC. 32. Sewer district No. 1C There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 10, bounded as follows to wit: Com- mencing on Fifth street at a point eighty feet south of the south line of Felix street, thence east on a line parallel to Felix street to the center of the alley dividing blocks 5 and 6 Smith's addition, thence north on the center line of said alley to the center of Francis street, thence west on the center line of Francis street to the center of Fifth street, thence south on the center line of Fifth street to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 59. SEC. 33. Sewer district No. 11. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 11, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing in the alley dividing block 5, Smith's addition, at a point eighty feet south of the south line of Felix street, thence east on said line and parallel to the south line of Felix street, SEWERS. 611 to the center of Eighth street, thence north on Eighth street to the center of Frederick avenue, thence northeast along the center line of Frederick avenue to the center of the alley dividing blocks 22 arid 21, Smith's addition, thence north on the center of said alley to the center of Jules street, thence west on the center of Jules street to the center of Seventh street, thence south on the center of Seventh street to the cen- ter of Francis street, thence west on the center of Francis street to the alley dividing block 6, Smith's addition, thence south on the center of said alley to point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 60. SEC. 34. Sewer district No. 12 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 12, bounded as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the center line of Third and Messanie streets, thence north on Third street to the center of Charles street, thence east on Charles street to the center of Fifth street, thence south on Fifth street to the center of Messanie street, thence west on Messanie street to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 65. SEC. 35. Sewer district No. 13. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 13, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing at the northwest corner of said district at the center of Eleventh and Francis streets, thence south on the center of Eleventh street to Charles street, thence east on the center of Charles street to Twelfth street, thence south on the center of Twelfth street to Angelique street, thence east on the center line of Angelique street to Fifteenth street, thence north on the center of Fifteenth street to Sylvanie street, thence east on the center of Sylvanie street to the alley dividing block 25, Carter's addition, thence north on the center of said alley and the west line of lots 3 and 4, Carter's addition, to the south- east corner of Wilson's addition, thence north on the east line of said addition to Felix street, thence west on the center of 612 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Felix street, to Fifteenth street, thence north on the center of Fifteenth street to Francis street, thence west on Francis street to point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 67. SEC. 36. Sewer district No. 14 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 14, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing at the center of Faraon and Twelfth streets, thence east on Faraon street to Thirteenth street, thence north on Thirteenth street to Buchanan avenue, thence east on Buchanan avenue to to Landis street, thence north on the center of Landis street to the center of the alley dividing block 2, Landis and Hull's addition, thence east on the center of said alley to Hull street, thence north on the center of Hull street to Frederick avenue, thence west on Frederick avenue to the center of Mt. Mora road, thence north on Mt. Mora road to the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence west on the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery to Thirteenth street, thence south on the center of Thirteenth street to the center of Ridenbaugh street, thence west on the center of Ridenbaugh street to Twelfth street, thence south on the center of Twelfth street to the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 71. SEC. 37. Sewer district No. 15. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 15, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Twelfth and Faraon streets, thence north on the center of Twelfth street to Henry street, thence west on the center of Henry street to a point one hun- dred and ninety-two feet west of the west line of Twelfth street, thence south on the line dividing lots 6 and 7 and lots 22 and 23, in block 28, St. Joseph Improvement addition to the cen- ter of Church street, thence west on the center of Church street to the center of Eleventh street, thence south on Eleventh street to the center of the alley dividing block 32, St. Joseph Improvement addition, thence west on the center of said alley to the line dividing lots 12 and 13, in said block 32, thence SEWERS. 613 south on said line to the center of Isadore street, thence west on the center of Isadore street to a point one hundred and six- ty-eight feet west of the west line of Eleventh street, thence south on said line to a point two hundred feet south of south line of Isadore street, thence west and parallel with the south line of Isadore street to the center of Tenth street, thence south on the center of Tenth street to the line dividing lots 2 and 3, block 39, Smith's addition, thence east on said line to the cen- ter of the alley running east and west through said block 39, and on the center of said alley to Eleventh street, thence north on the center of Eleventh street to the center of Jules street, thence east on the center of Jules street to center of Twelfth street, thence north on the center of Twelfth street to the point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 72. SEC. 38. Sewer district No. 16. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be Jsnown as district No. 16, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing on the east bank of the Missouri river at the center of Jules street, thence east on the center of Jules street to Sec- ond street, thence north on the center of Second street to the north line of lots 2 and 11, block 28, Original Town, thence east on the north line of said lots to Third street, thence north on the center of Third street to Faraon street, thence east on the center of Faraon street to Fourth street, thence south on the center of Fourth street to Jules street, thence west on the center of Jules street to Third street, thence south on the cen- ter of Third street to Francis street, thence west on Francis street to Second street, thence south on the center of Second street to Charles street, thence west on the center of Charles street to the Missouri river, thence northwesterly along the east bank of said river to point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 77. SEC. 39. Sewer district No. 17 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. IT, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Charles and Second streets, thence 614 GENERAL ORDINANCES. i north on the center of Second street to the center of Francis street, thence east on the center of Francis street to the center of Third street, thence north on the center of Third street to tho center of Jules street, thence. east on the center of Jules street_to the center of Fourth street, thence south on the cen- ter of Fourth street to the center of Charles street, thence west on the center of Charles street to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 92. SEC. 40. Sewer district No. 18. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 18, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the center of Fourth and Charles streets, thence north on Fourth street to the center of Faraon street, thence east on Faraon street to the center of block 48, Original Town, thence south on the center line of blocks 48 and 49, Original Town, to Francis street, thence east on Francis street to the center of Fifth street, thence south on Fifth street to the south line of districts No. 10 and 11, thence east on said line to Eighth street, thence south on Eighth street to Charles street, thence west on Charles street to point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 80. SEC. 41. Sewer district No. 19. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 19, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Fifth and Charles streets, thence east on the center of Charles street to Seventh street, thence south on the center of Seventh street to Messanie street, thence west on Messanie to Sixth street, thence north on Sixth street to Sylvanie street, thence west on Sylvanie street to Fifth street, thence north on Fifth street to point of beginning. [G. O. No. 108. SEC. 42. Sewer district No. 2O. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be know as district No. 20, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing at the center of Charles and Eighth streets, thence SEAVERS. 615 north on the center of Eighth to the south line of Felix street and Frederick avenue, thence northeasterly on the center of Frederick avenue to the east line of Ninth street, thence east on the center line of Francis street to center of Tenth street, thence north on the center of Tenth street to the north line of lot 2, block 39, Smith's addition, thence east along the north line of lot 2, block 39, Smith's addition and alley running east and west through a portion of said block 39 to the center of Eleventh street, thence south on the center of Eleventh street to the center of Charles street, thence west on the center of Charles street to the place of beginning. [G. 0. No. 109. SEC. 43. Sewer district No. 21. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as district No. 21, bounded as follows, to wit : Com- mencing on Frederick avenue at the alley dividing block 22, Smith's addition, thence north on the center line of said alley dividing blocks 22 and 21, Smith's addition, to the center of Jules street, thence west on the center line of Jules street to the alley dividing block IT, Smith's addition, thence north on the center of said alley to the center of block IT, Smith's addition, thence east on the north line of lot T. block 17, Smith's addition,, to the center of Eighth street, thence north on the center line of Eighth street to the center of Faraon street, thence east on the center line of Faraon street to the alley dividing block 19, Smith's addition, thence on the center line of said alley to the center of block 19, Smith's addition, thence east on the north line of lot 8, block 19, Smith's addition, to the center of Ninth street, thence north on center of Ninth street to the center of Robidoux street, thence east on the center of Robidoux street to the center of Tenth street, thence south on the center of Tenth street to the center of Francis street, thence west on the center of Francis street to the center of Frederick avenue, thence southwest on the center of Frederick avenue to the alley divid- ing block 22, Smith's addition, and point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 110. 616 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 44. Sewer district No. 22. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 22, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing on Francis street at the alley dividing block 62, Original Town, thence north on said alley to the center of An- toine street, thence east on Antoine street to the center of Sixth street, thence south on Sixth street to a point opposite the south line of lot 5, block 1, County's addition, thence east on said line to a point two hundred feet east of the east line of Sixth street, thence north on a line parallel to the east line of Sixth street to the center of Hall street, thence east on Hall street to a point sixty feet east of the east line of Seventh street, thence north on the east line of district No. 2, to the north line of lot 2, block 3 County's addition, thence east along the said line to the east line of block 3. County's addition, thence south on said line to the north line of Hall street, thence southwest to the northeast corner of Henry's addition, thence south on the east line of Henry's addition to the south line of the Am- mon's tract, thence east on said line to the west line of Ohio's ad- dition, thence south on said line and east line of Bush tract to Kobidoux street, thence east on Robidoux street to the cen- ter of Ninth street, thence south on Ninth street to the north line of lot 8, block 19, Smith's addition, thence west on said line to the alley dividing block 19, Smith's addition, thence s'outh on said alley to the center of Faraon street, thence west on Faraon to Eighth street, thence south on Eighth street to the north line of lot 7, block 17, Smith's addition, thence west on said north line of lot 7, block 17, Smith's addition, to the alley dividing block 17, Smith's addition, thence south on said alley to Jules street, thence west on Jules street to Seventh street, thence south on Seventh street to Francis street, thence west on Francis street to point of beginning. \_G. O. No. 117. SEC. 45. Sewer district No. 23. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 23, bounded as follows, to wit : SEWERS. 617 Commencing at Ninth and Robidoux streets, thence west on Robidoux street to the east line of Bush tract, thence north along said east line of the Bush tract and west line of Ghio's addition to the south line of the Arnmon's tract, thence west on said line to the east line of Henry's addition, thence north on the east line of Henry's addition to the south line of Hall street, thence northeast to the southeast corner of lot 1, block 3, County's addition, thence north on the east line of lots 1 and 2, block 3, County's addition to the north line of lot 2, block 3, County's addition, thence east on said line to the south- west corner of lot 8, block 26, St. Joseph Improvement addi- tion, thence north on the west line of lots 8, 7 and 6, block 26, Improvement addition to the center of alley dividing block 26, Improvement addition, thence east on said alley to the center of Ninth street, thence north on Ninth street to the center of Corby street, thence east on Corby street to a point one hun- dred and forty-four feet east of the east line of Ninth street, thence north on the line dividing lots 20 and 21 and 6 and 7, block 14. Improvement addition, to the center of Powell street, thence east on Powell street to the center of Tenth street, thence north on Tenth street to the alley dividing block 10, Improvement addition, thence east through the alley dividing blocks 10 and 11, Improvement addition, and block 6, Rogers' Second addition, to the west line of Thirteenth street, thence northeast to the line dividing lots 5 and 6, block 5, Rogers' Second addition, thence east on said line to the west line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence south on the west line of Mt. Mora cemetery to the south line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence west on the north line of district No. 14 to the center of Thirteenth street, thence south on Thirteenth street to the center of Ridenbaugh street, thence west on Ridenbaugh street to the center of Twelfth street, thence south on Twelfth street to the center of Henry street, thence west on Henry street to a point one hundred and sixty-two feet west of the west line of Twelfth street, thence south on the line dividing lots 6 and 7, 22 and 23, block 28, Improvement addition, to the center of 618 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Church street, thence west on Church street to the center of Eleventh street, thence south on Eleventh street to the center of the alley dividing block 32, Improvement addition, thence west on said alley to the line dividing lots 12 and 13. in said block 32, thence south on said line to the center of Isadore street, thence west on center of Isadore street to a point one hundred and sixty-eight feet west of the west line of Eleventh street, thence south on a line parallel with the west line of Eleventh street to a point two hundred feet south of the south line of Isadore street, thence west and parallel with the south line of Isadore street to the center of Tenth street, thence south on tenth street to the center of Robidoux street, thence west on Robidoux street to the center of Ninth street or point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 118. SEC. 46. Sewer district No. 24. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 24, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing on Francis and Fifteenth streets, thence north on the center of Fifteenth street to the center of Faraon street, thence east on Faraon street to the center of Sixteenth street, thence north on Sixteenth street to the center of Buchanan avenue, thence southwest on Buchanan avenue to the center of Thirteenth street, thence south on Thirteenth street to the cen- ter of Faraon street, thence west on Faraon street to the cen- ter of Twelfth street, thence south on Twelfth street to the cen- ter of Francis street, thence east on Francis street to the point of beginning. \_G-.O. No. 119. SEC. 47. Sewer district No. 25. There, is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 25, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the alley between Third and Fourth on Frank- lin street, thence north on said alley to Isabel!e street, thence east on Isabelle street to Sixth street, thence south on Sixth street to Lincoln street, thence east on Lincoln street to the alley running north and south through block 7, St. Joseph Im- SEWERS. 619 provement addition, thence south on said alley to the alley run- ning east and west in same block, thence east on said alley and the alley in block 8, in said addition to Ninth street, thence south on Ninth street to Powell street, thence east on Powell street to the line dividing lots 6 and 7, 20 and 21, in block 14, in said Improvement addition, thence south on said line to Corby street, thence west on Corby street to Ninth street, thence south on Ninth street to the alley in block 26, in said Improvement addition, thence west on said alley to the west line of lots 6, 7 and 8, in said block 26, thence south on said line to the north line of lot 2, block 3, County's addition, thence west on said line to a point sixty feet east of the east line of Seventh street, thence north and east on the northerly boundary of sewer dis- trict No. 2, to the intersection of Fourth and Franklin streets, thence west on Franklin street to point of beginning. \_G. O. No. 164. SEC. 48. Sewer district No. 26. The boundary line of sewer district No. 26 is hereby changed to the following boundaries : Commencing at tlie intersection of Frederick avenue and Mt Mora road, thence north on Mt. Mora road to south line of Mt. Mora cemetery, thence east on south line of cemetery to center of Seventeenth street, thence north on Seventeenth street to center of Jones street, thence east on Jones street to center of Eighteenth street, thence south on Eighteenth street to center of Frederick avenue, thence westerly on Frederick avenue to center of Seventeenth street, thence south on Seventeenth street to alley dividing block 3, Landis and Hull's addition, thence west on said alley to center of Hull street, thence north on Hull street to center of Fred- erick avenue, thence westerly on Frederick avenue to point of beginning. [G. O. No. 235. SEC. 49. Sewer district No. 27 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 27, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Sixteenth and Faraon streets, 620 GENERAL ORDINANCES. thence north on Sixteenth street to Buchanan avenue, thence southwest on Buchanan avenue to Landis street, thence north on Landis street to alley between Buchanan and Fred- erick avenues, thence northeasterly on said alley to Seventeenth street, thence south on Seventeenth street to Clay street, thence east on Clay street to the line dividing lots 5 and 6 in Heden- berg's first addition, thence south on said line, and on lines dividing lots 10 and 22, 11 and 21, 16 and 17, in said addition to Mulberry street, thence west on Mulberry street to Twenty- first street, thence south on Twenty-first street to Faraon street, thence west on Faraon street to Twentieth street, thence south on Twentieth street to Francis street, thence west on Francis street to the center line of block 9 in Harris' addition, thence north on center line of said block 9 and center line of block 8 in said addition to Faraon street, thence west on Faraon street to point of beginning. \_G. O. No. 197. SEC. 50. Sewer district No. 28. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 28, bounded as follows, *to wit : Commencing at the center of Eighth street and Mitchell ave- enue, thence north on Eighth street to Lafayette street, thence east on Lafayette street to Ninth street, thence south on Ninth street to Mitchell avenue, thence west on Mitchell avenue to point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 198. SEC. 51. Sewer district No. 29 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 29, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Eighth and Lafayette streets, thence north on Eighth street to Olive street, thence east on Olive street to the line dividing lots 1 and 2, block 24, Fatee's addition, thence south on the line between lots 1 and 2, 17 and 18, 19 and 20, and on said line produced across lot 3 to the north line of lot 4, all in said block 24, thence west on the north line of lot 4 to the center of Thirteenth street, thence north on Thirteenth street to the center of Lafayette street, SEWERS. 621 thence west on Lafayette street to Twelfth street, thence north on Twelfth street to the line dividing lots 2 and 3, block 23, Patee's addition, thence west on said line and the line dividing lots 2 and 3, block 22, Patee's addition, to Eleventh street, thence south on Eleventh street to Lafayette street, thence west on Lafayette street to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 199. SEC. 52. Sewer district No. 3O. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 30, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Frederick avenue and Seventeenth street, thence northeast on Frederick avenue to Twenty-second street, thence south on Twenty-second street to Clay street, thence west on Clay street to Seventeenth street, thence northerly on Seventeenth street to point of beginning. [6r. 0. No. WO. SEC. 53. Sewer district No. 31. There is 'hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 31, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning at the intersection of Frederick avenue and Twenty- second street, thence south on Twenty-second street to the south line of lot 26, block 13, St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, thence east along said line to the alley through said block, thence north on said alley to the south line of lot 6, in said block, thence east along south line of lot 6, to Twenty- third street, thence north on Twenty : third street to Union street, thence east on Union street to alley between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, thence north along said alley to Jones street, thence west on Jones street to Frederick avenue, thence southwest along Frederick avenue to point of beginning. [6r. O. No. 374. SEC. 54. Sewer district No. 32. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 32, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning at the intersection of Eighteenth street and Fred- 622 GENERAL ORDINANCES. erick avenue, thence north along Eighteenth street to Jones street, thence east along Jones street to we&t line of Highly's addition, thence northwesterly along said line to the alley through block 9, Highly's addition, thence east along said alley and the alley through block 4 of said addition, to west line of lot 10 of said block 4. thence north along said line to the cen- ter line of Highly street, thence east along the center line of Highly street to east line of lot 2, block 3, Highly's addition, thence south along said line and the east line of lot 27 in said block and the east line of lots 2 and 27, block 2, Highly's addi- tion to Howard street, thence west on Howard street to Twen- tieth street, thence south on Twentieth street to Frederick avenue, thence southwest along Frederick avenue to beginning. [G. 0. No. 376. SEC. 55. Sewer district No. 33. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 33, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the center of Sixth and Oak streets, thence west on the center line of Oak street to the bank of the Missouri river, thence northeasterly with said river bank to the center line of Hickory street, thence east on the center line of Hick- ory street to center line of Sixth street, thence south on center line of Sixth street to center line of Oak street to the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 292. SEC. 56. Sewer district No. 34. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No 34, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning at the intersection of Frederick avenue with Twen- tieth street from the north, thence northeasterly along the cen- ter line of Frederick avenue to the center line of Jones street, thence east along the center line of Jones street to the center line of Twenty-fifth street, thence north along the center line of Twenty-fifth street to the center line of the alley through block 1, St. Joseph Eastern Extension addition, thence east along the center line of said alley to the east line of said block SEWERS. 623 1, thence continuing east and parallel with Frederick avenue to a point due south from the intersection of Frederick avenue with Ashland avenue, thence north to the intersection of said avenues, thence northeasterly along the center line of Ashland avenue to the center line of Folsom street, thence northwest- erly along the center line of Folsom street to the center line of the first alley lying west of and parallel with Ashland avenue, thence west along the center line of Folsom street to the cen- ter line of Roberts avenue, thence north along the center line of Roberts avenue to the center line of the alley between Dela- ware and Folsom streets, thence west along the center line of said alley to the center line of the first alley east of and paral- lel with Twenty-sixth street, thence north along the center line of said alley to the center line of Delaware street, thence west along the center line of Delaware street to the east line of the west half of the southeast quarter of section 4, township 57, range 35, thence west and parallel with the south line of the west half of the southeast quarter of said section 4, a distance of five hundred and sixty feet, thence south and parallel with the east line of the west half of southeast quarter of said sec- tion 4, a distance of two hundred and seventy-six feet, thence west and parallel with the south line of the west half of south- east quarter of said section 4 to the center line of Twenty-sec- ond street, thence south along the center line of Twenty-second street to the center line of the alley through block 6, Carbry's addition, thence west along the center line of said alley to a point one hundred and sixty feet west of Twenty-second street, thence south and parallel with Twenty-second street to the cen- ter line of Beattie street, thence west along the center line of Beattie street to a point opposite the line separating lots 9 and 10, block 3, Carbry's addition, thence south along said line to the center line of the alley through block 3, Carbry's addition, thence west along the center line of said alley to a point oppo- site the line separating lots 28 and 29, block 3, Carbry's addi- Ion, thence south along said line to the center line of Highly reet, thence west along the center line of Highly street to the . 624 GENERAL ORDINANCES. line dividing lots 2 and 3, block 3, Highly's addition, thence south along said division line and the line dividing lots 26 and 27, of the same block, and the line dividing lots 2 and 3 and dividing lots 26 and 27, of block 2, Highly's addition, to the center line of Howard street, thence west along the center line of Howard street to the center line of Twentieth street, thence south along the center line of- Twentieth street to the point of beginning. [#. O. No. 430. SEC. 57. Sewer district No. 35. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 35, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Seneca street and the center line of the alley dividing blocks 81 and 88, Patee's addition, thence north on center line of said alley to center line of Olive street, thence west on the center line of Olive street to the center line of Seventeenth street north, thence north .on the center line of Seventeenth street to the center line of Messanie street, thence east on center line of Messanie street to center line of Eighteenth street south, thence south on center line of Eighteenth street to center line of east and west alley through block 1, Hall's Second addition, thence east on center line of said alley to center line of Nineteenth street, thence south on center line of Nineteenth street to cen- ter line of Olive street, thence east on center line of Olive street to center line of Patee avenue, thence southwest on center line of Patee avenue to center line of Seneca street, thence west on center line of Seneca street to center line of alley dividing blocks 81 and 88, Patee's addition, being' the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 323. SEO. 58. Sewer district No. 36. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 36, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Messanie street with the center line of Nineteenth street, thence south on the center line of Nineteenth street to the center line of SEWERS. 625 Olive street, thence east on the center line of Olive street to a point opposite the center line of block 8, Hall's Second addi- tion, thence north on the center line of said block 8 produced to the center of the north line of lot 14, block 3, Hall's Second addition, thence east on the north line of said lot 14 to the center of lot 13 in same block, thence north on the center line of lots 13, 12, 11 and 10 of same block, to the north line of said lot 10, thence west on the north line of said lot 10 to the east line of Warsaw avenue, thence north on the east line of Warsaw avenue produced to the center line of Messanie street, thence west on the center line of Messanie street to the center line of Nineteenth street, the 'point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 3^. SEC. 59. Sewer district No. 37. There is hereby established in the city of St.. Joseph, -a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 37, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Fifteenth street with the center line of Locust street, thence northwest to the southeast corner of lot 14, block 6, Stewart's addition, thence west on the south line of said lot 14 to its southwest corner, thence north on the east line of the alley in block 6, Stewart's addition, to a point opposite the south line of lot 7, in block 6, just aforesaid, thence west on the south line of said lot 7 to the center line of Fourteenth street, thence north to a point opposite the south line of lot 12, block 7, Stewart's addi- tion, thence west on the south line of said lot 12 to the center line of the alley in block 7, just aforesaid, thence north to the cen- ter line of Messanie street, thence west to the center line of Twelfth street, thence north to the center line of Angelique street, thence east to the center line of Fifteenth street, thence north to the center line of Sylvanie street, thence east to the center line of the alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, thence north to the center line of Charles street, thence west to a point opposite the west line of lot 3, block 22, Carter's addi- tion, thence north on the west line of lots 3, 4 and 5 of said ()ck 22, to the north line of lot 5, thence east along its north 626 GENERAL ORDINANCES. line and the north line of lots 3 and 8, block 21, Carter's addi- tion, to the center line of Seventeenth street, thence south to the center line of Sylvanie street, thence east to the center line of Nineteenth street, thence south to the center line of the alley first south of Messanie street, thence west to the center line of Eighteenth street, thence north to the center line of of Messanie street, thence west to the center line of Seven- teenth street south, thence southwest to the southwest corner of Seventeenth street, thence west along the south line of Messanie street to the alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, thence northwest to the intersection of the center line of said alley with the center line of Messanie street, thence southwest to the southwest corner of said alley, thence west along the south line of Messanie street to Sixteenth street, thence north- west to the intersection of the center lines of Sixteenth and Messanie streets, thence southwest to the southwest corner of Sixteenth street, thence west on the south line of Messanie street to the alley between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, thence northwest to the intersection of the center line of said alley with the center line of Messanie street, thence southwest to the southwest corner of said alley, thence west on the south line of Messanie street to the east line of Fifteenth street, thence south to the north line of Locust street, thence south- west to the point of beginning. [6r. O. No. 46%- SEC. 60. Sewer district No. 38. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 38, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Nine- teenth street with the center line of Sylvanie street, thence west on the center line of Sylvanie street to a point opposite the center line of block 25 Harris' addition, thence north on the center line of blocks 25, 24, 17 and 16, Harris' addition, produced to the center line of Francis street, thence east on the center line of Francis street to a point opposite the center line of block 15 Harris' addition, thence south on the center line produced of blocks 15, 18 and 23, Harris' addition, to a SEWEKS. 627 point opposite the north line of lot 7 block 23, Harris' addition, thence east on the north line of said lot 7 produced to the cen- ter line of Twentieth street, thence south on the center line of Twentieth street to the center line of Messanie street, thence west on the center line of Messanie street to the center line of Nineteenth street, thence north on the center line of Nineteenth street to the center line of Sylvanie street, the point of begin- ning. [6r. 0. No. 326. SEC. 61. Sewer district No. 39. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 39, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Seven- teenth street with the center line of Sylvanie street, thence north on the center line of Seventeenth street to a point oppo- site the north line of lot 5 block 19, Carter's addition, thence east on the north line produced of said lot 5 to the center line of north and south alley through block 19, Carter's addition, thence north on center line of said alley to center line of Felix street, thence east on center line of Felix street to a point opposite the west line of lot 7 block 13. Carter's addition, thence north on the west line produced of said lot 7 to the north line of east and west alley in block 13, Carter's addition, thence east along the south line of said alley produced to cen- ter line of Eighteenth street, thence north on center line of Eighteenth street to a point opposite the north line of lot 3, block 16, Harris' addition, thence east on the north line pro- duced of said lot 3 to the center line of block 16, Harris' addi- tion, thence south on the center line of blocks 16, 17, 2 and 25, Harris' addition, produced to center line of Sylvanie street, thence west on center line of Sylvanie street to the center line of Seventeenth street, the point of beginning. [6r. 0. No. 327. SEC. 62. Sewer district No. 4O There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 40, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of the center line of Isabelle 628 GENERAL ORDINANCES. street with the center line of alley through block 55, Robidoux addition, thence west along the center line of Isabelle street to the center of Levee street, thence north along the center line of Levee street to the south line of St. Joseph Extension addi- tion, thence westerly along the south line of said addition to center line of alley through blocks 1 and 8, addition last afore- said, thence north along the center line of said alley to center line of Linn street, thence east along the center line of Linn street to the center line of Main street, thence south along the center line of Main street to the center line of Cherry street, thence east on the center line of Cherry street to the center line of the alley in block 4, St. Joseph Extension addition, and block 62, Robidoux addition, thence south along the center line of said alley to the center line of Isabelle street, the point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 318. SEC. 63. Sewer district No. 41 There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 41, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the center of Louis street on the center line of Second street, thence north on Second street to the center line of Franklin street, thence east on Franklin street to the center line of Fouith street, thence south on Fourth street to the cen- ter line of Louis street, thence west on Louis street to the cen- ter line of Second street, the point of beginning. [G. O. No. SEC. 64. Sewer district No. 42. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 42, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of the center lines of Main and Antoine streets, thence north on Main street to the center line of Franklin street, thence east on Franklin street to the center line of Second street, thence south on Second street to the center line of Antoine street, thence west on Antoine street to the center line of Main street, the point of beginning. \_G. O. No. SEWERS. 629 SEC. 65. Sewer district No. 43. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 43, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning at intersection of center lines of Short and Isabelle streets, thence north on center line of Short street to center line of Albemarle street, thence westerly on center line of Al- bemarle street to center line of Third street, thence north on center line of Third street to a point opposite the north line of lot 11, block 4, St. Joseph Extension addition, thence west on the north line of said lot 11 produced to center line of alley dividing said block 4, thence south on center line of said alley to north line of Kobidoux addition, thence westerly on north line of Robidoux addition to center line of alley running north and south through blocks 62 and 55, Robidoux addition, thence south on the center line of said alley to the center line of Isa- belle street, thence east on center line of Isabelle street to cen- ter line of Short street, the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 339. SEC. 66. Sewer district No. 44. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 44, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of the center lines of Third and Linn streets, thence north on the center line of Third street to the center line of Highland avenue, thence west on the center line of Highland avenue to the center line of Second street, thence south on the center line of Second street to the center line of Linn street, thence east on the center line of Linn street to the center line of Third street the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 340. SEC. 67. Sewer district NO. 45. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 45, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of the center lines of Third and Albemarle streets, thence north on center line of Third street to a point opposite the north line of lot 11, block 4, St. Joseph Extension addition, thence west on the north line of 630 GENERAL ORDINANCES. said lot 11, produced to the center line of the north and south alley dividing block 4, aforesaid, thence north on center line of said alley to center line of Cherry street, thence west on cen- ter line of Cherry street to center line of Main street, thence north on center line of Main street to center line of Linn street, thence east on center line of Linn street to center line of Mid- dleton street, thence southeast on center line of Middleton street to the center line of Albemarle street, thence westerly on the center line of Albemarle street to the center line of Third street, the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 31^1. SKC. 68. Sewer district No. 46. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 46, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning on the center line of Patee avenue opposite the dividing line between lots 3 and 4, block 90, Patee's addition, thence southeasterly with said dividing line to the center line of Lafayette street, thence east on Lafayette street to a point op- posite the east line of Kost's addition, thence south on the east line of Host's addition to the center of Seneca street, thence in a straight line to the intersection of the center lines of Twenty- sixth and Seneca streets, thence north on Twenty-sixth street to the center line of the alley between Olive and Lafayette streets, thence west on the center line of said alley to a point opposite the west line of lot 7, block 1, Hermann's addition, thence north on the west line of lot 7 produced to the center line of Olive street, thence west on the center line of Olive street to the center line of Twenty-fourth street, thence north on Twenty-fourth street to a point opposite the north line of lot 15, block 5, Hermann's addition, thence west on the north line of said lot 15 and the north line of lot 14, block 2, Hall's Third addition, produced to the center line of the north and south alley through block 2, of Hall's Third addition and block 5, Hermann's addition, thence along the center line of said alley to the north line of Hermann avenue, thence southwesterly along the north line of Hermann avenue to the center line of SEWERS. 631 Twenty-second street, thence north on the center line of Twen- ty-second street to the center line of Fatee avenue, thence southwest on the center line of Patee avenue to the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. SEC. 69. Sewer district No. 47. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 47, to be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Twenty-sixth street and the alley between Lafayette and Olive streets, thence south on Twenty-sixth street to the center line of the alley between Seneca and Fenn streets, thence east on said alley to the eastern limits of the city, thence north along said limits to the center line of the alley between Lafayette And Olive streets, thence west on said alley to the center line of Twenty-sixth street, the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 337. SEC. 70, Sewer district No. 48. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 48, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Short and Isabelle streets, thence north on the center line of Short street to the center line of Albemarle street, thence east on the cen- ter line of Albemarle street to the center line of Middleton street, thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of lot 2, block 71, St. Joseph Extension addition, thence easterly along the north line of Albemarle street to the east line of Ninth street and continuing easterly along the same line pro- duced to the east line of Tenth street, thence south on the east line of Tenth street to the south line of Lincoln street, thence west on the south line of Lincoln street to the east line of Ninth street, thence south on the east line of Ninth street to a point opposite the east and west alley through block 8, St. Joseph Improvement addition, thence west along said alley and the east and west alley block 7, addition just aforesaid, to the north and south alley through said block 7, thence north 632 GENERAL ORDINANCES. on said alley to Lincoln street, thence east on Lincoln street to Sixth street, thence north on Sixth street to Isabelle street, thence west on Isabelle street to Short street, the point of beginning. [#. 0. No. 366. SEC. 71. Sewer district No. 49. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 49, to be bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the east bank of the Missouri river on the center line of Jules street, thence east along the center line of Jules street to the east line of Levee street, thence north along the east line of Levee street to the south line of Isadore street, thence east along the south line of Isadore street to the center line of Main street, thence north along the center line of Main street to the center line of Franklin street, thence west long, the center line of Franklin street to the east line of Levee street, thence south along the east line of Levee street to the south line of lot 4, block 23, Robidoux addition, thence west and along the north line of lot 10, block 22, Robidoux addition, to th'e east line of the alley dividing said block 22, thence north along the east line of said alley to the center line of Michel street, thence west along the center line of Michel street to the center line of the alley between water and Belle- vue streets, thence south along the center line of said alley to the center line of Antoine street, thence east along the center line of Antoine street to the center line of Water street, thence south along the center line of Water street to the east bank of the Missouri river, thence southeasterly along the east bank of the Missouri river to the center line of Jules street, the point of beginning. [G. O. No. 364. SEC. 72. Sewer district No. 5O. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 50, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of Linn and Second streets, thence west along Linn street to the alley between Levee and Water streets, thence north along the alley between Water and SEWERS. 633 Levee streets to St. Paul street, thence east along St. Paul street to the alley between Levee and Main streets, thence south along the alley between Levee and Main streets to Market street, thence east along Market street to Second street, thence south along Second street to Linn street, the point of begin- ning. [G. 0. No. 384. SEC. 73. Sewer district No. 51. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 51, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing at the intersection of Third and Middleton streets, thence north along Third street to Dolman street, thence east along Dolman street to Fourth street, thence south along Fourth street to the south line of St. Paul street, thence east along the south line of St. Paul street to Washington avenue, thence southeast along Woodson street to the alley between Washington and Savannah avenues, thence northeast along said alley to Jefferson street, thence southeast along Jefferson street to Savannah avenue, thence northeast along Savannah avenue to a point half way between Jefferson and Fil'lmore streets, thence southeast along a line half way between Jefferson and Fillmore streets to Blacksnake creek, thence southerly along the meanderings of said creek to Middleton street, thence north- west along Middleton street to Third street, the point of begin- ning. \G. 0. No. 383. SEC. 74. Sewer district No. 52. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 52, bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at Blacksnake creek on the south line of block 1, Pinger's addition, thence east along said south line to the west line of lot 7, block 65, St. Joseph Extension addition, thence south along said line and the west line of lot 9 block 66 addition just aforesaid, to the middle of lot 9, thence east along the south line of the north half of lots 9 and 10, block last aforesaid, to the east line of lot 10, thence south along the east line of lot 10 to the center line of Woodson street, thence 634 GENEEAL ORDINANCES. east along the center line of Woodson street to the west line of lot 24, block 67, St. Joseph Extension addition, thence south along the west line of lot 24 to the alley through said block, thence east along said alley to the west line of lot 19 in the same block, thence south along the west line of said lot 19 and the west line of lots 23, and 20, block 68, addition last afore- said, to the center line of Pendleton street, thence east to the center line of Tenth street, thence south to the alley between Lincoln and Powell streets, thence east along said alley to the west line of Thirteenth street, thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of lot 6, block 5, Rogers' Second addition, thence east along the south line of said lot 6 to the east line of said addition, thence north along the east line of said addition to Highly street, thence west on Highly street to Thirteenth street, thence north on Thirteenth street to Heuschle avenue (or the east fork of Blacksnake creek), thence westerly on Heuschle avenue to Twelfth street, thence north on Twelfth street to Grand avenue, thence west along Grand avenue to Blacksnake creek, thence south along Blacksnake creek to the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 527. SEC. 75. Sewer district No. 53. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 53, to be bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning on the center line of Mitchell avenue at the east line of the alley between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, thence south on said alley to the center line of Monterey street, thence east on Monterey street to the west line of Thirteenth street, thence south along the west line of Thirteenth street to the line between lots 9 and 10, block 2, Goodlive's addition, thence east along said division line to the west line of Four- teenth street, thence south along Fourteenth street to the south line of lot 1, block 1, K. W. Donnell addition, thence east along said south line to the west line of lot 5 of same block and addition, thence south along the west line of said lot 5 to the south line of said' lot, thence east along said south line to the center line of Sixteenth street, thence north along Sixteenth SEWERS. 635 street to the north line of Duncan street, thence west along Duncan street to the east line of the north and south alley through block 55, Patee's addition, thence north along said alley to the center line of Sacramento street, thence east along Sacramento street to the center line of Sixteenth street, thence north along Sixteenth street to the center line of Mitchell avenue, thence west along Mitchell avenue to the alley between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, the point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 395. SEC. 76. Sewer district No. 54. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 54, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing on the south line of Mitchell avenue at the cen- ter line of Sixteenth street, thence east on the south line of Mitchell avenue to the west line of the alley between Sixteenth and Seventh streets, thence south on said west line to the line between lots IT and 18, block 57, Patee's addition, thence east on said division line and the line between lots 5 and 6 and be- tween lots 17 and 18, block 58, and between lots 5 and 6, block 59, Patee's addition, to the west line of the alley between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, thence south to the line between lots 19 and 20, of block 59, aforesaid, thence east on said division line to the west line of Nineteenth street, thence south on the west line of Nineteenth street to a point opposite the line dividing lots 1 and 2, of block 60, Patee's addition, thence east along said division line to the west line of the alley between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, thence south to the north line of Sacramento street, thence east to the west line of Twentieth street, thence south to the center line of Monterey street, thence east to a point one hundred and twenty feet east of Twentieth street, thence south and parallel with Twentieth street to the center line of Duncan street, thence west on Dun- can street to the center line of Twentieth street, thence south on Twentieth street to the center line of Doniphan avenue, thence west along the center line of Doniphan avenue to a point one hundred and seventy feet west of the west line of Donnell 636 GENERAL ORDINANCES. Park addition, thence north one hundred and sixty feet, thence west and parallel with Duncan street eight hundred and ten feet, thence south two hundred and sixty-five feet, thence west to the center line of Sixteenth street, thence north along Six- teenth street to the north line of Duncan street, thence west along Duncan street to the east line of the north and south alley through block 55, Patee's addition, thence north along said alley to the center line of Sicramento street, thence east along Sacrameuto street to the center line of Sixteenth street, thence north along Sixteenth street to the south line of Mitch- ell avenue, the point of beginning. [Gr. O. No. SEC. 77. Sewer district No. 55. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 55, bounded as follows, to wit : Commencing on the center line of Mitchell avenue at the west line of the alley through block 29, Patee's addition, thence north along the west line of said alley to the south line of Penn street, thence in a straight line to the southwest corner of lot 14, block 24, Patee's addition, thence north along the west line of lot 14 and of lots 9 and 8 of said block to the south line of lot 6, thence north on the center line of lots 6, 5, 4, 3, and the line between the lots 19 and 20 of said block 24, and farther north on the center line of lot 3 of Cowan's subdivision in said block 24 to the south line of Olive street, thence in a straight line across Olive street to the center of block 6, Patee's addition, thence along the center line of lot 10 of said block 6 to its north line, being the north line of lots 3, 2 and 1 of B. Patton's subdivision of said lot 10, thence east along said north line to the center line of Fourteenth street, thence in a straight line to the northwest corner of lot 9, block 4, Stewart's addition, thence east along the south line of the alley running east and west through said block 4 to the center line of Fif- teenth street, thence south to the center line of Olive street, thence east along the center line of Olive street to the center line of alley through blocks 88 and 81, Patee's addition, thence SEWERS. 637 south along the center line of said alley to the center line of Seneca street, thence east along the center line of Seneca street to the center line of Patee avenue, thence southwest along the center line of Patee avenue to the center line of Penn street, thence west along the center line of Penn street to the east line of alley between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, thence south along the east line of said alley to the south line of lot 5, block 66, Patee's addition, thence west along the south line of said lot 5 to the east line of Sixteenth street, thence south to the south line of lot 4 of said block 66, thence west to the west line of Sixteenth street, thence south twenty-two and one- half feet, thence southwest in a straight line to the southwest corner of lot 13, block 67, Patee's addition, thence west to the southeast corner of lot 2, block 67, Patee's addition, thence southwest in a straight line to the southwest corner of lot 1 in said block, thence southwest to the center line of Mitchell ave- nue, thence westerly along the center line of Mitchell avenue to the west line of the alley through block 29, patee's addition, being the place of beginning. [G. O. No. SEC. 78. Sewer district No. 56. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 56, to be bounded as follows : Commencing on the center line of Mitchell avenue at the west line of the alley through block 29, Patee's addition, thence north on said west line of alley to the south line of Penn street, thence in a straight line to the southeast corner of lot 13, block 24, Patee's addition, thence along east line of said lot 13 and along the east line of lots 10 and 7 to the south line of lot 6, thence north along the center line of lots 6, 5 and 4 to the north line of lot 4, all in block 24, Patee's addition, thence west along the north line of said lot 4 to the center of Thir- teenth street, thence north to center of Lafayette street, thence west on Lafayette street to Twelfth street, thence north on Twelfth street to the line dividing lots 2 and 3, block 23, Patee's addition, thence west on said line and the line dividing 638 GENERAL ORDINANCES. lots 2 and 3, block 22, Patee's addition to Eleventh street, tlience south on Eleventh street to Lafayette street, thence west on Lafayette street to the center line of Ninth street, thence south on Ninth street to center line of Mitchell avenue, thence west on Mitchell avenue to point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 412. SEC. 79. Sewer district No. 57. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 57, to be bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing on the center line of Franklin street at the center line of the alley between Third and Fourth streets, thence north on the center line of said alley to the center line of Isabelle street, thence west along the center line of Isa- belle street to the center line of Levee street, thence south on the center line of Levee street to the center line of Franklin street, thence east on the center line of Franklin street to the center line of alley between Third and Fourth streets, the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. 1$0. SEC. 80. Sewer district No. 58. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 58, bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning on the center line of Twenty-sixth street at the center line of the alley between Olive and Lafayette streets, thence west along the center line of said alley to a point oppo- site the west line of lot 7, block 1, Hermann's addition, thence north on the west line of said lot 7 produced to the center line of Olive street, thence west on the center line of Olive street to the center of Twenty-fourth street, thence north along the center line of Twenty-fourth street to a point opposite the south line of lot 14, block 5, Hermann's addition, thence west on the south line of said lot 14 and the south line of lot 13, block 2 Hall's Third addition, to the center line of the alley through said block 2 and through block 5, Hermann's addition, thence north along the center line of said alley to the north line of Hermann avenue, thence southwest along the north line of said SEWERS. 639 avenue to the center line of Twenty-second street, thence north along the center line of Twenty-second street to the center line of Locust street, thence east along the center line of Locust street to the north line of the right-of-way of the St. Joseph and 1 Des Moines railroad (now known as the C., B. & Q. rail- road), thence northeasterly with the north line of said right-of- way to the west line of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 16, township 57, range 35, thence north along said line to the center line of Messanie street, thence east along the center line of Messanie street to the east line of section 16, township 57, range 35, thence south along the east line of said section to the center line of the alley between Olive and Lafayette streets, thence west along the center line of said alley to the center line of Twenty-sixth street, the point of begin- ning. [G. 0. No. 436. SEC. 81. Sewer district No. 59. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 59, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Fifteenth and Locust streets, thence northwest to the southeast corner of lot 14, block 6, Stewart's addition, thence west on the south line of said lot to its southwest corner, being the east line of the alley through said block 6, thence north on the east line of said alley to a point opposite the north line of lot 8 of said block 6, thence west along said north line of lot 8 to the cen- ter line of Fourteenth street, thence north to a point opposite the north line of lot 11, block 7, Stewart's addition, thence west along the south line of said lot 11 to the center line of the alley through block 7, Stewart's addition, thence south along the center line of said alley to the north line of lot 7, block 6, Patee's addition, thence in a straight line to the center of the south line of lot 9, block 6, Patee's addition, which is also the south line of lot 4, block 1, B. Patton's subdivision of said lot 9, thence east along the south line of lot 4, last aforesaid, to the center line of Fourteenth street, thence to the southeast corner of Fourteenth street and the east and west alley through block 640 GENERAL ORDINANCES. 4, Stewart's addition, thence east along the south line of said alley to the center line of Fifteenth street, thence south to the center line of Olive street, thence east to the center line of Seventeenth street north, thence north to the center line of . Messanie street, thence southwest to the northeast corner of lot 26, block 1, Mayer's Third addition, thence west along the north line of said lot 26 to its northwest corner, thence north- west to the intersection of the center line of Messanie srreet with the center line of the alley through block 1, last aforesaid, thence southwest to. the northeast corner of lot 1, block 1, Mayer's Third addition, thence west on the north line of said lot 1 to its northwest corner, thence northwe'st to the intersec- tion of th'e center lines of Sixteenth and Messanie streets, thence southwest to the northeast corner of lot 26, block 1, Stewart's addition, thence west along the north line of said lot 26 to its northwest corner, thence northwest to the intersection of the center line of Messanie street with the center line of the alley in block 1, Stewart's addition, thence southwest to the northeast corner of lot 1, block 1, Stewart's addition, thence west along the north line of said lot 1, to its northwest corner, being the west line of Fifteenth street, thence south to the north line of Locust street, thence southwest to the intersec- tion of the center line of Fifteenth street and Locust street^ the point of beginning. \_G. 0. No. 4,63. SEC. 82. Sewer district No. 6O. There is hereby established in the city of St. Joseph, a sewer district to be known as sewer district No. 60, to be bounded as follows, to wit : Beginning on the center line of Mitchell avenue opposite the east line of the alley between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, thence south along the east line of said alley to a point oppo- site the south line of lot 1, block 30, South St. Joseph addi- tion, thence west along the south line of said lot 1 and the south line of lots 14 and 1, block 19, lots 14 and 1, block 14, lots 14 and 1, block 3, and of lot 1, block 48, all in South St. Joseph addition, to the west line of block 48 of said addi- STORAGE HOUSES STREET COMMISSIONER. 641 tion, thence north on the west line of said block 48 and of blocks 47 and 46 in said addition to the center line of Mitch- ell avenue, thence easterly along center line of Mitchell avenue to the point of beginning. [G. 0. No. CHAPTER LXXI. STORAGE HOUSES. SECTION 1. Storage house ; license for. SECTION 1. Storage house license. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or carry on the business of keeping a storage house within this city, without first having obtained a license therefor, and the charge for such license shall be twenty-five dollars per year. Any person, firm or cor- poration who receives or advertises to receive goods, wares, merchandise, household goods or other personal property to be stored and kept for the owner or other person for pay or com- pensation, shall be deemed a keeper of a storage house. [@. O. No. 441, Sec. 93. [For penalty for violating this Chap., see Sec. 20, Chap. entitled "Licenses."] CHAPTEK LXXI1. STREET COMMISSIONER. SECTION SECTION 1. Street commissioner, appointment 3. May employ laborers, teams and of. carts. 2. General duties of. 4. Shall keep a record, report. SECTION 1. Street commissioner, appointment of. There shall be appointed in the city of St. Joseph by the mayor thereof, subject to confirmation by a majority of the common council, an officer to be styled street commissioner, who shall hold his office for a term of one year and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, and before entering upon his duties, he shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of said office. [G. 0. No. 509, Sec. 1. 45 642 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 2. General duties of. It shall be the duty of the street commissioner to superintend and direct the cleaning of all public streets, avenues and alleys ; to remove obstruc- tions from the same ; to have all dead animals removed from public highways ; to superintend and direct the sweeping of paved streets, and all street sprinkling, whether paid for by the city or by private subscription, shall be performed under his supervision. He shall carry into effect all orders of the common council relating to matters placed particularly under his charge. He shall have his force work three days of each year in each ward, under the direction of the respective alder- man. [. O. No. 509, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Power to employ laborers, teams and carts. The street commissioner shall have power to employ such teams, carts and day laborers as may be required for the efficient working of his department, whose pay or wages per day shall be as follows: Teams, per day, $2.75 ; carts, per day, $2.25 ; laborers, per day, $1.50. No teams, wagons or carts belonging in whole or in part, to the street commissioner, or to any officer in any of the departments, shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any work done or performed for or by the city. [#. O. No. 509, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Shall keep a record report. The street commissioner shall keep a record of all the transactions carried on under his direction in a book to be provided by the city, and which record shall show in detail the number of men and teams employed, the number of days each were so employed, and the places were employed. The record so kept shall be the property of the city, and at all times subject to the inspec- tion of the proper officers. He shall make a report to the comptroller on the first of every month, which report shall be a true copy of the record kept in his office, and which report shall be certified to as correct by the street commissioner. [G. 0. No. 509, Sec. 4- TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS COMPANIES TIME. 643 CHAPTER LXXIII. TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS COMPANIES. SECTION SECTION 1. Express or telegraph company must 2. Same ; license. have license. 3. Property to be taxed. SECTION 1. Express or telegraph company must have license. It shall not be lawful for any express or tel- egraph company, or its agency, to transact any express or telegraph business within the limits of the city of St. Joseph, without first having obtained a license therefor according to the provisions of this ordinance, under penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. [E. 0. 1888, Chap. 75, Sec. 3. SEC. 2. Same license. Every express and telegraph company, or its agency, doing an express or telegraph business in the city of St. Joseph, shall pay to the city collector for the use of said city, for a license to transact such express or tele- graph business, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum ; and every license issued under the terms of this chap- ter shall expire on the first day of January next following the date of its issue. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 75, Sec. 4. SEC. 3. Property of to be taxed. Each and every express and telegraph company, or agency therefor, transacting business in the city of St. Joseph, in addition to the license provided for in this chapter, shall be taxed upon the assessed value of all real and personal property owned by any such express or telegraph companies within the limits of said city. [E. O. 1888, Chap. 75, Sec. 5. CHAPTEK LXXIV. TIME. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Standard time established. 2. Tested by what clock. SECTION 1. Standard time established. The stand- ard time for the city of St. Joseph shall be what is known as 644 GENERAL ORDINANCES. central standard time, which is the time of the ninetieth merid- ian, to be adopted by the railroads of the state on the eigh- teenth day of November, A. D. 1883 ; and this shall be the standard established time for the city of St. Joseph, by which all business transactions shall be governed, when time shall, by any law, custom, usage or agreement, become an element in any such business transaction. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 76, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Tested by what clock. The clock in the council chamber, city hall, is hereby declared to be the time keeper of the city of St. Joseph. [G. O. No. 471, Sec. 1. CHAPTER LXXV. TREASURER, CITY. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Treasurer, general duties. 7. Checks to be countersigned. 2. Report to comptroller 8. Daily report of disbursement. 3. May employ clerk. 9. Tax book delivered to comptroller, 4. Bond of treasurer. when. 5. Tax receipts, how issued, etc. 10. Official dereliction, penalty. 6. Shall deposit receipts, how. SECTION 1. General duties. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer, in addition to the duties imposed upon him by the general laws of the state of Missouri : First. To keep, in proper books, by double entry, a full and accurate account of all moneys received and disbursed by him in behalf of the city, specifying the time of receipt and dis- bursement, from whom received, and to whom disbursed, and on what account received and disbursed, and how paid. Second. To cancel all bonds, coupons, warrants and other evidences of debt against the city, whenever paid by him, by writing or stamping across the face thereof, u Paid by the City Treasurer," with the date of payment written or stamped thereon. Third. To keep a separate account of each fund or ap- propriation, and the debts and credits belonging thereto. TREASURER, CITY. 645 Fourth. To deliver receipts, as city collector, for all moneys paid to him for licenses, specifying when and by whom paid and on what account. Fifth. To make settlements with the city auditor, at the close of each month, of the amounts received and paid out dur- ing the month. \R. O. 1888, Chap. 77, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Shall report monthly to comptroller. The city .treasurer, on the first Monday of each month, shall make a detailed report to the city comptroller of the business of his office during the month preceding, showing the balance on hand to the credit of the different funds at the time of his last report, the amounts received during the month, and on what account, together with such other items and facts as the comp- troller may require. \R. O, 1888, Chap. 77, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Treasurer may employ clerk. The city treasurer is hereby authorized to employ a clerk in his office, who shall be a practical bookkeeper and competent to perform the duties of the office in case of sickness of the treasurer, at a salary not to exceed one hundred dollars per month. [7?. O. 1888, Chap. 77, Sec. 4. SEC. 4. Bond of treasurer. The official bond of the city treasurer shall be fifty thousand dollars. \_G. 0. No. 371, Sec. 1. SEC. 5. Tax receipts, how issued, etc. The city treasurer shall have his tax receipts printed and bound with duplicate stubs attached thereto, numbered to correspond respectively with the corresponding tax receipt. Whenever a tax receipt is issued, one of such stubs shall be retained by the treasurer, the other shall be delivered at the close of such day's business to the city comptroller. Such stubs shall each con- tain the name of a tax payer, the assessed valuation, amount of the tax, rebate or penalty as the case may be, with the signature of the treasurer. The comptroller shall charge the treasurer with the amount received as indicated by such stub and file the same for reference. \_G. O. No. 371, Sec. 2. 64:6 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 6. Shall deposit receipts, how. The treas- urer shall deposit daily the whole amount received during such day with the city depository and shall take duplicate receipts for the same, one of which shall be delivered to the city audi- tor and the other to the city comptroller, daily. \_G. 0. No. 371, Sec. 3. SEC. 7. Checks to be countersigned. Money needed by the treasurer in disbursements on warrants, or requi- sitions shall be drawn out of the city depository on his checks, countersigned by the auditor and approved by the signature of the comptroller, and the city depository shall not honor or pay any check not so drawn, countersigned and approved. \_G. O. No. 371, Sec. 4- SEC. 8. Daily report of disbursements. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to make a daily report to the comptroller of the amount of his disbursements, which report shall be accompanied by the canceled indebtedness, which the comptroller shall turn over to the city auditor at the end of each month. [G. O. No. 371, Sec. 5. SEC. 9. Tax book delivered to the comptroller, when. On the closing of the tax collections of each fiscal year, the land tax book shall be turned over by the collector to the comptroller. [G. 0. No. 371, Sec. 6. SEC. 10. Official dereliction penalty. If the treasurer shall fail to perform each and every duty herein before imposed, or shall fail to pay over each and every day all moneys coming into his hands as treasurer to the city depositary, or if he shall draw or attempt to draw any money from the city depositary except upon his checks, countersigned and approved as hereinbefore provided, he shall forfeit his office and all the pay and emoluments thereof. \_G. 0. No. 371, Sec. 7. TREES, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL. 647 CHAPTER LXXYL TREES, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Trees, how planted. 3. Trees not allowed to obstruct lamps 2. City engineer may replant, etc. 4. Animal injuring tree, owner liable. SECTION 1. Trees how planted in streets. All shade and ornamental trees shall be planted one foot inside of the outer line of the sidewalk, as defined and established by the laws and ordinances relating to sidewalks ; and if any person shall plant trees on the sidewalks in the city in any other manner than as in this section provided, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 528, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. City engineer may replant, etc. If any trees shall have been planted within or without the line estab- lished in the first section, or shall hereafter be planted in viola- tion of this ordinance, the city engineer shall have power at his discretion to cause the same to be taken up and properly set out. Provided, that in no case shall such discretion be exercised unless such trees form a material obstruction to the street or sidewalk, nor unless the season shall be favorable for transplanting the same. [G. 0. No. 528, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Trees not allowed to obstruct lamps. If any trees shall be allowed by the owner or occupant of the premises to grow in such a manner as to obstruct the reflection of any public lamp, it shall be the duty of the street commis- sioner to notify the owner or occupant of the premises forth- with to trim the same in the manner to be specified in the notice ; and if any person so notified shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of such notice, it shall be the duty of the street commissioner to cause such trees to be trimmed, and the person so refusing or neglecting to comply with said notice shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. 0. No. 528, Sec. 3. 64:8 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 4. Animal injuring tree owner liable. Should any tree or trees be injured or damaged in any way by any person or persons, horses or cattle, the owner or owners of such horses or cattle shall be liable to the owner of such trees for all damages done thereto. Provided, in all cases, that said shade or ornamental trees shall be protected by ordinary board or slat boxes. [G. O. No. 528, Sec. 4. CHAPTER LXXVII. VAGRANTS. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Who are declared to be vagrants. 4. Evidence of reputation admissible. 2. Pigeon-dropping defined. 5. Disposal of vagrant penalty. 3. Two or more may be jointly tried. SECTION 1. Who are declared to be vagrants. Vagrants, under the meaning and provisions of the ordinances of the city of St. Joseph, shall be deemed to be : First. 'Any person who in this city lives idly, has no vis- ible means of support, and is found loitering, rambling, wan- dering or loafing about the streets, or thoroughfares of this city, or who shall be engaged in any unlawful calling what- ever ; or who in this city lives idly, arid is a frequenter of sa- loons, bar rooms, bawdy houses, gambling houses, or any disorderly houses, or who in this city lives idly and is a gam- bler or roper or capper for any gambling house or room or any gambling game ; or who lives idly and has the reputation of being a gambler or roper, steerer or capper for any gambling house or room, or any gambling game ; or who shall be found trespassing upon the private property of another, and cannot give a good account of himself ; or who shall be found begging, or going from door to door begging, or appearing in any street, thoroughfare or other public place begging or receiving alms, as a profession. Second. Any male or female person who shall be the keeper, proprietor or exhibitor of any gaming table or gam- VAGRANTS. 649 bling device, or who shall be an assistant or attendant at any such gaming table or gambling device, and gamblers. Third. Any person who, for the purpose of gaming or gambling, travels from place to place, or frequents steamboats or other vessels at the wharf of this city, or at passenger depots, or goes from place to place in this city for that purpose. Fourth. Any person upon whom shall be found any instrument or thing used for the commission of burglary, or for picking locks or pockets, and who shall fail to give a good account of their possession of the same. Fifth. Any person who shall be found engaged in pigeon-dropping as hereinafter defined. Sixth Any person who, having been once convicted of being a vagrant, or who has the reputation of being a vagrant shall be found in possession of any Mexican puzzle, patent safe-strop-thimble and balls, or any other instrument or device used for pigeon-dropping. Seventh. Any prostitute, courtezan, bawd or lewd woman, or any female inmate of any bawdy house or house of prostitu- tion, assignation, brothel, or house of bad repute, who shall be found wandering about the streets in the night time, or frequenting dram shops or beer houses, or any such female who shall be found employed as a beer-carrier, either in the day or night time, or who may be found employed singing or dancing in any such house or place. Eighth. Any procurer, pimp or other male person inhab- iting a bawdy house or house of prostitution or assignation, or in a way connected with the keeping of such house. Ninth. Any person, male or female, who knowingly associates with persons having the reputation of being thieves, burglars, pick-pockets, pigeon-droppers, bawds, prostitutes or lewd women or gamblers, or who lodges in or frequents houses or other places having the reputation of being the resort of thieves, burglars, pick-pockets, pigeon-droppers, bawds, pros- 650 GENERAL ORDINANCES. titutes or lewd women, or gambling houses, or places for the reception of stolen property. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 78, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Pigeon-dropping denned. Pigeon-drop- ping, under the meaning and intent of this chapter, shall be deemed the winning or obtaining, money or property, or things representing money or property, by its being bet or staked on any game, instrument, contrivance or device under the control of any person concerned in the game, bet or stake, or of any confederate of such person, and so contrived or constructed that the result of any game, bet or stake can be determined by either of such persons ; or the borrowing of money or prop- erty, or anything representing money or property, to be bet on any such game, instrument, contrivance or device ; or the inveigling, enticing or persuading any person to bet or lend money or property, or anything representing money or prop- erty, to be bet or staked on any such game, instrument, con- trivance or device ; or the borrowing money or property on petitions or worthless notes, checks or drafts, or having them in possession for a fraudulent purpose. [72. 0. 1888, Chap. 78, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Two or more may be tried jointly. Two or more persons found acting together or in concert for the purpose of pigeon-dropping, may be tried jointly. [7?. 0. 1888, Chap. 78, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Evidence as to reputation, etc. On the trial of any person charged with being a vagrant before the judge of the police court, it shall be lawful for the city to intro- duce testimony as to the character and reputation of the de- fendant touching any of the matters set forth in the first section of this chapter ; and the defendant may resort to testimony of a like nature for the purpose of disproving the same. [JR. O. 1888, Chap. 78, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Disposal of vagrant penalty. ^Any per- son who shall be guilty of being a vagrant under the provis- ions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, VAGRANTS. 651 and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, and the judge of the police court may, in addition to such fine, require the defendant to give a bond to the city of St. Joseph, with good and sufficient security, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned that said defendant shall for the period of six months next ensuing the execution of said bond, be of good behavior towards all citizens ; and in default thereof it shall be the duty of the judge of the police court to commit said defendant to the work- house until such security be given, not to exceed ninety days : Provided, however, that any defendant may, at his or her option, pay the fine and costs assessed against him or her, and give the bond required, if a bond be required by the judgment of the judge of the police court, or he or she may leave the city in such time as may be fixed by the judge of the police court, under a stipulation not to return to the city within one year ; and in all cases where the defendant elects to leave the city, as aforesaid, the chief of police shall hold the execution in his hands during the year, and if the defendant return to the city within the year, it shall be the duty of the chief of police to arrest or cause such defendant to be arrested forthwith under the execution, and proceed thereon as in other executions ; at the end of the year, if the defendant has not returned to the city, the execution shall be returned as follows : This execu- tion returned satisfied in full, the defendant having been out of the city one year, under order of judge of the police court. \_R. O. 1888, Chap. 78, Sec 5. 652 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LXXVIII. VEHICLES. ARTICLE I. VEHICLES RATES OF LICENSE AND REGULATIONS FOR. II. EXPRESS AND JOB WAGON STAND. III. BICYCLES, ETC. ARTICLE I. VEHICLES RATES OF LICENSE AND REGULATIONS FOR SECTION. SECTION. 1. Vehicles, license for. 8. Shall not refuse to carry ; or deceive 2. Registered number, how kept, etc. a passenger. 3. Rates for hauling passengers. 9. Rates of fare to be posted in vehicle. 4. Rates allowed for one horse wagon. 10. License of non-resident not trans- 5. Rates allowed for two horse wagon. ferable. 6. Hack or carriage driver to give 11. Falsely representing place of resi- bond. dence. 7. Driver intoxicated while on duty. 12. Penalty. penalty for. SECTION!. Vehicles license for. No person shall use, run or drive, or cause to be used, run or driven, any omnibus, hackney carriage, hack, carriage, cart drawn by horse or any other animal, dray, sprinkling wagon, ice wagon, or job wagon for hire, pay, profit or compensation, or any other vehicle of any kind not herein specified, driven, used or run in conveying or carrying any person or thing for hire, pay, profit or compensation, without a license therefor from said city. Any wagon used or kept for use, for hauling or transferring for hire, pay, profit or compensation, any goods, wares, mer- chandise or property of any kind, not owned by the owners of the wagon, shall be deemed a job wagon. The charges for such license per year payable semi-annually, shall be as fol- lows : For each four or more horse or mule omnibus, fifteen dollars ; for each two horse or mule omnibus, ten dollars ; for each hack, carriage or hackney carriage, ten dollars ; for each cart drawn by a horse or other animal, five dollars ; for each dray, five dollars ; for each job wagon, when drawn by two or more animals, ten dollars ; for each job wagon, when drawn by one animal, five dollars ; for each sprinkling wagon, ten dol- YEHIC 653 lars ; for each ice wagon, ten dollars ; all licenses issued under this section shall expire on the first day of February and August next succeeding the date of issue of such license, and shall be charged for proportionately from the date of issue to Febru- ary first or August first : Provided, that no license shall be issued for a less sum than two and one-half dollars : Provid- ed, further, that for each vehicle used exclusively for hauling dirt, rock, coal or sand, the license shall be two and one-half dollars per annum payable annually. [ G. O. No. 441, Sec. 84. SEC. 2. Registered number, how kept, etc. A book shall be kept by the city auditor, in which all vehicles licensed shall be registered, containing the number of vehicle, the name of the owner, and the time when the license was issued, together with its expiration. The auditor shall, at the expense of the city, deliver to the owner or driver of each vehicle a metallic plate, upon which shall be plainly marked the registered number of the vehicle licensed, and date of expiration. Upon receiving such metallic plate, the owner or driver shall fasten the same securely upon the vehicle licensed, in some conspicuous place thereon, and keep the same so fastened; and no person shall have, place or use such metallic plate, or any metallic plate resembling the same, upon any vehicle, unless such vehicle is duly licensed. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 95. SEC. 3. Rates for hauling passengers. Persons owning or driving any vehicle are allowed to charge as fol- lows: For each passenger, with usual baggage, carried from any point in the city limits to any other point within the limits of the city, fifty cents, and no more; for use of vehicle and driver for one day, ten dollars; for transporting passenger's trunk, fifty cents; for use of vehicle when engaged by the hour in going from place to place, or stopping, when required, or waiting, when required, at any place, two dollars for the first hour, and one dollar per hour for every succeeding hour after the first: Provided, that double these rates may be 654 GENERAL ORDINANCES. charged between twelve o'clock midnight and sunrise next morning. [#. O. No. 441, Sec. 96. SEC. 4. Kates allowed for one horse wagon. Persons owning or driving one horse or mule job wagons, carts or drays, are allowed to charge for carrying and unload- ing any load or baggage, goods, wares or merchandise a distance of ten blocks or lees, forty cents; and for any greater distance than ten blocks inside the city limits, seventy-five cents and no more. \_G. O. No. 441, Sec. 97. SEC. 5. Rates allowed for two horse wagon. Persons owning or driving two horse or mule job wagons, carts or drays, are allowed to charge for each load transported and unloaded in this city, one dollar ; or in lieu thereof the sum of four cents per hundred pounds on heavy goods, and five cents per hundred pounds on light goods, and no more. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 98. SEC. 6. Hack or carriage driver to give bond. Before any person shall act as driver of any licensed hack, carriage, omnibus, sleigh or other public vehicle used for car- rying passengers, he shall enter into a bond with the city of St. Joseph in a sum of five hundred dollars, with two or more good and sufficient securities, residents of the city, to be ap- proved by the comptroller, conditioned that said driver will at all times demean himself properly and observe all ordinances, rules and regulations of the city pertaining to such vehicles and drivers, and that they will pay all fines, costs and penal- ties imposed upon such driver for violation or failure to com- ply with such ordinance, rule or regulation. Said bond shall be filed with the city auditor. '[G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 99. SEC. 7. Driver intoxicated while on duty pen- alty. Any driver of any licensed hack, carriage, omnibus, sleigh or other public vehicle used for carrying passengers, who shall be found in a state of intoxication while on duty as such driver, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and VEHICLES. 655 upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifteen dol- lars nor more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 100. SEC. 8. Shall not refuse to carry, or deceive a passenger. Persons owning or driving vehicles used for carrying passengers, shall not refuse to carry any passenger to any place within the limits of this city, except such passenger refuse to pay the rate fixed by ordinance for such services. No owner or driver shall deceive any passenger who may ride in any such public vehicle, or who may desire to ride in any such vehicle, as to his destination, or the price authorized by ordinance to be charged for such services, or shall convey such passenger, or cause him to be conveyed, to a place other than as directed by him. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 101. SEC. 9 Rates of fare to be posted in vehicle. Persons owning or driving hacks, carriages, omnibuses or other public vehicles used in conveying passengers, shall at all times keep posted in a conspicuous place in such vehicle a card on which shall be printed in plain letters the amount fixed by ordinance for carrying passengers in the city of St. Joseph, and any owner or driver of any vehicle used in conveying pas- sengers, goods, wares or merchandise, who shall ask or charge or attempt to charge, or cause or allow to be asked or charged for such services a rate higher than the price fixed by ordinance, and any person who shall hire such public vehicle for the pur- pose of riding therein or transporting any goods, wares or merchandise, and shall refuse to pay the rate therefor as fixed by ordinance, or any owner or driver who shall refuse to post and keep posted a rate card as herein required, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 102. SEC. 10. License of non-resident not transfera- ble. No person who is a non-resident of said city having a license for the carriage or transportation of persons for hire, pay, profit or compensation, in any hack, hackney carriage, coach, wagon, omnibus or other vehicle, shall be permitted to 656 GENERAL ORDINANCES. tiansfer the same, and if such license shall be transferred it shall thereupon become void. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 103. SEC. 11. Falsely representing place of resi- dence. It is hereby made a misdemeanor for any person, who is a non-resident of the city -of St. Joseph, to represent himself to the city auditor of said city to be a resident of said city, for the purpose of transferring a license for the purpose named in the preceding section. \_G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 104. SEC. 12. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions herein contained relating to vehicles, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 105. ARTICLE II. EXPRESS AND JOB WAGON STAND. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Stand where located. 3. Penalty. 2. Stand designated, to be occupied. SECTION 1. Stand where located. No person or persons shall be permitted to use any part of the streets of the city of St. Joseph as a stand for job or express wagons except- ing Charles street from Fourth street to Sixth street, which is hereby designated as a stand for job and express wagons. [G. O. No. 382, Sec. 1. Amended G. 0. No. 392. SEC. 2. Stand designated, to be occupied. Any owner, driver or person in charge of any express or job wagon, who shall occupy any place in the streets of said city as a stand not designated as a stand, as defined in section one of this article, or any owner, driver or person in charge of any express or job wagon who shall occupy the stand herein designated, shall keep the vehicle so under his charge close up to the line of the curb and said vehicles shall be kept in a line in single file close up to each other, and such owners, drivers or persons in charge of such vehicles while waiting at such BICYCLES, ETC. 657 stand, shall not assemble in groups along the streets herein designated, but shall remain by the side of their respective vehicles while remaining at such stands. [G. O. No. 382, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars. [G. 0. No. 382, Sec. 3. ARTICLE III. BICYCLES, ETC. SECTION 1. Bicycles, etc., governed by what 2. Riders confined to right hand side of street. 3. Persons prohibited from riding upon sidewalks. SECTION 4. Speed limited, in what district. 5. Bicycles, etc., to be provided with alarm bells. 6. Coasting prohibited. 7. Penalty. SECTION 1 . Bicycles, etc., governed by what laws. Bicycles, tricycles or unicycles are hereby declared to be vehicles for the purpose of carrying one or more persons, and as such (while being ridden inside the corporate limits of the city of St. Joseph) shall be governed by all laws and ordinances relating to vehicles, now in force or embodied in this ordinance. [G. 0. No. 518, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Riders confined to right hand side of street. All riders of bicycles, tricycles, unicycles or any other vehicle while riding or driving inside the corporate limits of the city of St. Joseph, shall confine themselves to the right hand side of the center of any street they may be riding or driving upon, and upon meeting, or being liable to meet any other vehicle, whether said vehicle shall be propelled by pedals, electricity or steam, or shall be drawn by horses, mules or any animals, shall immediately turn off to the right hand, and any vehicle traveling in the opposite direction shall also turn off to the right. [G. O. No. 518, Sec. 2. 46 658 GENERAL ORDINANCES. SEC. 3. Persons prohibited from riding upon sidewalks. Any person upward of the age of twelve years is hereby prohibited from riding any bicycle, tricycle, unicycle or other vehicle propelled by pedals upon, along or over any sidewalk, by-way or path used as a public way for pedestrians in the city of St. Joseph. [#. 0. No. 518, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Speed limited, in what district. Any person is hereby prohibited from riding any bicycle, tricycle, unicycle or other vehicle propelled by pedals, upon or along any public street or avenue in the city of St. Joseph, within the following limits, b.eing a district bounded on the north by, and including Francis street, on the south by, and including Messanie street, on the east by, and including Tenth street, and on the west by, and including Second street, at a speed greater than ten miles per hour, nor over any crossing or crosswalk at a speed greater than eight miles per hour. [G. O. No. 518, No. 4. SEC. 5. Bicycles, etc., to be provided with alarm bells. Any person is hereby prohibited from riding any bicycle, tricycle, unicycle or other vehicle propelled by pedals over, upon or along any public street or avenue in the city of St. Joseph unless the same shall be provided with and have attached thereto an alarm bell or other suitable and proper warning signal, said bell to be sounded as a warning whenever necessary to avoid colliding with pedestrians. [G. 0. No. 518, No. 5. SEC. 6. "Coasting" prohibited. Any person is hereby prohibited from riding any bicycle, tricycle, unicycle or other vehicle propelled by pedals over, upon or along any public street or avenue in the city of St. Joseph in the manner commonly known as "coasting." [G. O. No. 518, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less WOOD. 659 than one dollar nor more than twenty dollars for each and every offense. [G. O. No. 518, Sec. 7. CHAPTEK LXXIX. WOOD. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Ticket, shall be delivered to pur- 2. Cord of wood defined, chaser, etc. 3. Penalty. SECTION 1. Purchaser entitled to ticket, etc. Every person keeping a wood yard and selling wood in small quantities, shall deliver to the purchaser thereof a ticket, set- ting forth the quantity so sold in cords and fractional cords, and shall deliver the quantity set forth in said ticket. [G. O. No. 437, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Cord of wood defined. A cord of wood shall consist of one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet. [G. 0. No. 437, Sec. %. SEC. 3. Penalty. Any person delivering a less quan- tity than set forth in said ticket, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. [G. 0. No. 437, Sec. 3. 660 GENERAL ORDINANCES. CHAPTER LXXX. WORKHOUSE. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Workhouse, establishment of. 13. Prisoners must obey orders. 2. Superintendent, power and duty of. 14. Penalty for obstructing, etc., 3. Superintendent, appointment of ; officers, etc. bond, etc. 15. Articles produced may be sold. 4. Duty of officers on commitment or 16. Supplies ; what furnished by city, release of prisoners. to be purchased. 5. Chief of police to keep a record, etc. 17. Committee to examine books. 6. Discharge of prisoners ; escape. 18. Punishment for refusing to work, etc. 7. Superintendent to keep a record 19. Prisoner credited at rate of one and report monthly. dollar per day. 8. Prisoners required to labor. 20. Sexes to bersapara ted. 9. Guards, empioymentof. 21. Records to be turned over to 10. Prisoners must be fed. successor. 11. Duty of health officer at workhouse. 22. Moneys received to be paid over. 12. Rules of discipline shall be enforced. 23. Inventory of property to be returned to comptroller. SECTION 1. Workhouse, establishment of. The building and enclosures erected and now standing, together with any addition that may be made thereto on lots numbered two, three, four, five and six, in block numbered thirty-one, in Kobidoux's addition to the Original Town, now city of St. Joseph, heretofore established as a workhouse for said city, is hereby declared to be the workhouse for the confinement of persons duly committed for any cause by the chief of police, under the authority of any execution or warrant of commit- ment issued by the judge of the police court of the city. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Superintendent, power and duty of. The superintendent of the workhouse is hereby declared to be the keeper of the same, and shall have superintendence and control of all persons detained therein, and furnish subsistence to the persons therein confined, and shall have the custody, rule, charge and the keeping of the same, and of all fixtures, tools and other property pertaining thereto ; and he shall superintend the labor, safe keeping and employment of the prisoners in and about the workhouse. [G-. O. No. 510, Sec. 2. WORKHOUSE. 661 SEC. 3. Superintendent, appointment of bond, etc. At the first stated session of the common council, every two years, it shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint by and with the consent of the common council, some competent person as superintendent of the workhouse. He shall perform such duties relating to his office as are and may be enjoined upon him by ordinance. He shall receive a stated annual- salary, payable in monthly installments, and shall also receive pay for the subsistence of the prisoners confined in said city workhouse, which pay for subsistence, at a stated rate per day, shall be fixed in the general appropriation ordinance for each year ; and he shall be entitled to no other fees or emoluments whatsoever. And before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the city of St. Joseph, in the penal sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful per- formance of the duties of the office, as herein provided. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Duty of officers on commitment or re- lease of prisoners. Whenever the chief of police shall commit any person to the workhouse, under the authority of any execution or warrant of commitment issued by the judge of the police court, he shall deliver to the superintendent thereof a copy of the execution or warrant of commitment under which such commitment is made, and he shall endorse thereon the amount of money or other property in his posses- sion belonging to the prisoner ; and the said superintendent shall endorse a receipt for the prisoner on the execution held by the chief of police, and no person shall be released from the workhouse by the superintendent thereof, except upon the certificate of the chief of police, as hereinafter provided, or by an order of the mayor ; and in no case, unless the fine and costs assessed against the prisoner are paid, or the same have been remitted by the common council, which facts must be stated in the certificate of the chief of police or order of the mayor releasing the prisoner. The superintendent shall return 662 GENERAL ORDINANCES. each certificate of the chief of police and order of the mayor releasing the prisoners to the comptroller at the same time he make his monthly report, hereinafter required. \_G. O. No. 510, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Chief of police to keep a record, etc. The chief of police shall, upon committing any person to the workhouse as aforesaid, in a book to be kept for that purpose, register the name, age, height, sex, color and nativity of such person, with the date of such commital and the amount of the fine and costs for which such person was committed ; and upon the payment to the chief of police the amount due on any such execution, or whenever any prisoner shall be otherwise legally entitled to a discharge, the chief of police shall certify that fact to the superintendent of the workhouse, who shall care- fully preserve said certificate, and thereupon discharge the prisoner named therein. \_G. O. No. 510, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Discharge of prisoners escape. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the workhouse, at the expiration of the term of imprisonment of each person confined in the city workhouse, to conduct each person to the office of the chief of police, and report to him the fact of such expira- tion, and receive from him a written discharge for such pris- oner ; and when any person confined in the city workhouse shall escape therefrom, the superintendent shall forthwith give the chief of police notice thereof. [G. O. No. 510, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Superintendent to keep a record and report monthly. The superintendent of the workhouse shall keep a record in which he shall enter the name of every person committed thereto, and shall also enter thereon the age, height, sex, color and nativity of each person committed, the date of such committal and the number of days labor which the prisoner must give to discharge the fine and costs; and shall, on the first day of each month, make a detailed statement, duly sworn to by him, of all persons who have been confined therein during the previous month, the number of days of their several WORKHOUSE. 663 confinements during said month, and the number of days' service performed, and the value and description of the work performed by them in detail, the sex and nativity of all the prisoners, together with the names of all persons descharged or released during said month, and by what authority, the number of days and parts of days each and every prisoner confined in the work- house has been furnished food, and the number of meals furnished each prisoner; which said report shall be filed in the ofiice of the city comptroller. [G. O. No. 510, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Prisoners required to labor. Upon the committal of any person to the workhouse, the superintendent thereof shall divest such person of all articles of value and all unnecessary wearing apparel, which shall be registered in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall be returned to the owner upon his being discharged. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the workhouse to cause all male prisoners confined therein to be kept at labor at least eight hours in each day (except Sunday), within the limits of the city work- house and grounds, at such public work for the city as the mayor and common council may from time to time direct. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Guards, employment of. The superinten- dent of the workhouse may with the consent of the workhouse committee and the approval of the common council, employ one or more guards as may be necessary for the control and safe keeping of the prisoners ; which said guards shall perform such duties as the superintendent may direct in and about the guarding, management, control and working of the prisoners. Said guards shall be paid such compensation for their services as the common council may from time to time prescribe. Any guard while on duty found in the state of intoxication or other- wise failing in the discharge of his duties, shall be forthwith discharged. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 9. tSEc. 10. Prisoners must be fed. The workhouse all at all times be kept clean, in good order and in a healthly 664 GENERAL ORDINANCES. condition ; and the superintendent shall furnish the prisoners confined therein with a sufficient supply of good and whole- some food, three times each day, for which he shall be allowed such price per diem, for each prisoner, as the common council may prescribe. \_G. O. No. 510, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Duty of health officer at workhouse. Whenever any prisoner is sick, the superintendent shall immed- iately notify the health officer of the fact, and he shall forth- with visit the sick prisoner and see that he is furnished with proper food, medicines and care ; the health officer may, if he deem it necessary, have any sick prisoner conveyed to the city hospital, and when any prisoner taken to the city hospital shall, in the opinion of the health officer, have sufficiently recovered to be able to work, he shall, if his term of sentence shall not have already expired, be recommitted to the workhouse, to work out the remainder of his fine and costs ; the health officer shall at least every two weeks, visit the dining room of the prisoners, during meal time, and if, in his opinion the food of the prisoners, is not sufficient or proper, he shall immediately report the fact to the common council ; and he shall also inspect the dormitories and water closets, and make such recommend- ations in relation to the food and sanitary condition of the dor- mitories and water closets as may be requisite for the health of the prisoners. \_G. O. No. 510, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Rules of discipline shall be inforced - The superintendent of the workhouse may adopt rules of dis- cipline to be approved by the workhouse committee ; he shall read said rules to each person committed, at the time of his or her reception, and shall also keep posted in conspicuous places in and about the workhouse, printed copies of such rules, and it shall be the duty of said superintendent to rigidly enforce said rules and to maintain toward persons under his charge a uniformly humane and dignified deportment. [#. O. No. 510, Sec. 12. WORKHOUSE. 665 SEC. 13. Prisoner must obey orders. Every pris- oner committed to the workhouse shall obey the superintendent thereof in all his lawful commands, and shall not molest or hinder him in the discharge of his duty, and shall nor escape or attempt to escape, or assist others to escape or attempt to escape therefrom, or destroy or injure any property appertain- ing to the workhouse, and shall not transgress or violate the rules of discipline or any of them. Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. \_G. 0. No 510, Sec. 13. SEC. 14, Penalty for obstructing, etc., officer, etc. The superintendent, any officer of the workhouse or any member of the police or fire departments, may arrest without warrant any person who shall have escaped from the work- house or any person found trespassing upon the workhouse grounds or premises, or attempting to rescue any prisoner, or assisting or attempting to assist any prisoner to escape, or hin- dering or obstructing, or attempting to hinder or obstruct the superintendent, guards or other officers of the workhouse in the lawful discharge of their duties ; and any person who shall molest or interfere with the said superintendent, guards or other officers of the workhouse, or prisoners in their custody or charge, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 14. SEC. 15. Articles produced may be sold. The superintendent may, with the consent of the comptroller and the committee on workhouse, sell or otherwise dispose of any article used, made or produced in or about the workhouse, and shall pay the proceeds into the city treasury, to be placed to the credit of the general fund. \_G. O. No. f 510, Sec. 15. SEC. 16. Supplies ; what furnished by city, to be purchased. The superintendent of the workhouse shall 47 666 GENERAL ORDINANCES. have the use of the kitchen and cooking utensi's of the city at the workhouse. He shall furnish everything necessary for the sustenance and comfort of the prisoners, which shall include fuel for cooking purposes and bedding for the dormitory. The city shall furnish fuel for heating purposes, light and water t-'or the city workhouse, and also medicines and necessary boots and shoes and clothing for the prisoners. Provided, that no pur- chases on account of the city shall be made without the written consent of the workhouse committee. [G. O No. 510, Sec. 16. SEC. 17. Workhouse committee to examine books and accounts. T he committee on workhouse shall, once in every month, inspect said workhouse and its manage- ment, examine the books and accounts of the superintendent, and report at once to the common council, in writing, any neglect or violation of the duties and obligations of the super- intendent, any officer or employe of the workhouse. [G. O. No. 510, Sec. 17. SEC. 18. Punishment for refusing to work, etc. Any person who shall i efuse to work, or who shall behave in a riotous or disorderly manner, or shall resist or attempt to escape from the workhouse, may be committed to close and solitary confinement, and may be fed on bread and water until he consents to perform his duty; and may, if necessary, be put in irons; but the workhouse committee shall have power to control , the superintendent in the extent and manner of punishment. [G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 18. SEC. 19. Prisoner credited at rate of one dollar per day. Any person committed to .said workhouse for the non-payment of any fine imposed by the judge of the police court, shall be credited at the rate of one dollar per day. If any person shall be sick and shall in the opinion of the health officer be unable to work, he shall be allowed his time as though he had worked. Prisoners who cannot work, by reason of the inclemency of the weather shall nevertheless, be WORKHOUSE. 667 allowed a credit as though they had worked. \_G. 0. No. 510, Sec. 19, SEC. 20. Sexes to be separated. The superintend- ent shall not permit male and female prisoners to occupy the same apartment. \_G. O. No. 510, Sec. W. SEC. 21. Records to be turned over to succes- sor. All records required to be kept by the superintendent shall be preserved and by him turned over to his successor. [G. 0. No. 310, Sec. %1. SEC. 22. Moneys received to be paid over. The superintendent shall pay all moneys received by him belonging to the city, into the city treasury on the last business day in each month, and shall take triplicate receipts therefor from the city treasurer, one of which he shall file with the city auditor, one with the comptroller and the other retain. \_G. 0. No. 510, Sec. m. SEC. 23. Inventory of property to be returned to comptroller. The superintendent shall, at the end of each year make and return to the city comptroller, duly veri- fied, a complete inventory of all personal property of the city, which was delivered to him by his predecessor in office, and all property delivered to him during the year, and remaining in his possession on the last day of the fiscal year, together with such other facts as the comptroller may require. [ G. O. No. 510, Sec. 23. Authentication of General Ordinances. STATE OF MISSOURI, ) COUNTY OF BUCHANAN, ( I, CHAS. S. SHEPHERD, City Clerk of the City of St. Joseph, County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that the foregoing compilation of laws applicable to the City of St. Joseph, and General Ordinances of the City of St. Joseph, was made under the provisions of Special Ordinance No. 1920, entitled "An ordinance authorizing CHAS S. SHEPHERD to draft, codify and revise all necessary ordinances for the City of St. Joseph, and also to codify all laws of the State which pertain to the gov- ernment of the city of St. Joseph, and to superintend the printing thereof," approved January 7th, 1896. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of St. Joseph, aforesaid. Done at the City Clerks' office in the City of St. Joseph, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1897. CHAS. S. SHEPHERD, City Clerk. INDEX TO LAWS GOVERNING THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH. 48 (669) INDEX TO LAWS GOVERNING THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH. ABATEMENT- SEC. PAGE of imisaiice, powers of common council 1 48 of tax, comptroller may cause 61 96 ABBREVIATIONS- ID description of property assessed 63 97 ABSENCE- of mayor, president of council may act 14 29 of police judge, justice of the peace may act 9 214 ACCOUNTS officers may be required to exhibit 10 32 to be settled by officers, when 11 42 ACTIONS to recover property sold under tax deed 56 95 to recover delinquent taxes 66 99 what taxes may be included in one suit 70 101 for damages for personal injuries, against city 1 200 not maintained unless notice is given 2 201 ACTS- repeal of, how construed 4 213 ADDITIONS to be part of the county seat 2 4 how laid out, to be platted 3 141 plat to be approved 2, 4 140-141 ADVERTISEMENTS for bids for deposit of city money 9 41 for purchase of bonds 13 61 by assessor for tax lists 4 63 of delinquent property 34 81 of unredeemed property 51 90 671 INDEX TO LAWS. AGENTS- SEC . PAGE of the city may be provided for 3, 1 33-56 ALDERMAN SEE COMMON COUNCIL. in new ward 8 25 to fill out term 9 26 election of and term of office 1 26 who eligible 2 27 oath of 3 27 vacancy, how filled 7 28 not to hold other office 8 28 compensation of 9 28 conservator of the peace 6 213 ALLEY SEE STREETS. condemnation of private property for 1 114 AMENDMENT of ordinance must not change original purpose 2 43 section shall be set forth in full 5 44 ANIMALS slaughtering of, power to regulate or suppress 1 48 fast driving or abuse of 1 53 may be impounded 1 53 intended for food, power to provide for inspection of . 2 57 APPEAL from judgment of police court 3 38 board of, on assessments 14 69 in proceedings to grade streets 11 123 city must give bond on 11 214 jurisdiction in cases for violation of ordinances 13 218 APPOINTMENTS SEE OFFICERS to fill vacancy 7 31 now confirmed 8 32 of officers by mayor 1, 2 32-33 officer cannot hold two, under city government 16 36 APPROPRIATION OF MONEY SEE MONEYS. for payment of debts, powers of council 1 47 for roads, powers of council 4 57 ordinances contemplating, must be indorsed by comp- troller 11 59 not to be in excess of revenue 11 59 limit on 12 60 for relief of outdoor poor, charity board shall dis- pense 1 162 INDEX TO LAWS. 673 ASSESSMENT SEE REVENUE. SEC. PAGE property how to be valued 11 7 estimate for limiting loan, obtained from what.... 1 47 when to be made 5 64 list, when to be delivered to assessor 6 64 of corporation 9 66 of corporation property 10 x 67 how returned 11 68 to be equalized by board of appeals 13-15 69-70 of property to be charged with cost of grading street . 3 128 for cleaning and sprinkling streets, alleys, etc 4 139 of street railroad property 7 197 to be taxed as other railroad property 8 198 of railroad property 2-7 215-217 ASSESSOR SEE REVENUE. to be appointed 2 33 may appoint deputies 3 63 to be at office 7 65 ASYLUMS for insane, power to purchase or rent 1 48 ATTORNEY- city attorney to be elected, term of office 3 33 duties of 5 38 fees for collecting taxes 74 103 AUDITING COMMITTEE how constituted, to pass on what claims 10 42 AUDITOR of city, to be elected 3 33 general duties of 6 39 must extend taxes and deliver books to collector. 17 72 must attend tax sales 38 82 penalty for failure to attend sale 41 84 penalty for failure to perform duty 64 99 of state, must certify assessment of railroad property 4 216 AVOCATIONS power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 not taxable when 9 59 BACK TAX BOOK how made out 11 218 BALLOT -SEE ELECTIONS. in voting for organization as a city of second class 4-5 19 all elections to be by 7 34 form of in election for bonds 3, 11 105-108 674 INDEX TO LAWS. BAWDY HOUSE SEC PAGE city may suppress 1 51 prohibited 12 214 BEGGARS may be restrained and punished 1 53 BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS city may receive in fee simple or trust 1 22 charity board may take or assume care of 1 162 BICYCLES license for, minimum amount to be charged 1 51 BILL-SEE ORDINANCES- when an ordinance 3 44 BIRTHS power to enforce registration of 1 51 BOARD OF APPEALS notice of sitting, of 13 69 who constitute 14 69 proceedings of 15 70 BOARD, CHARITY SEE CHARITIES. created in certain counties 1 162 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, STATE to make apportionment of railroad property 3 216 BOARD OF HEALTH how created, powers and duties 1 49 of state, quarantine powers 17 220 BOARD OF LIBRARY DIRECTORS SEE PUBLIC LIBRARY. appointment of 2 157 BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS SEE POLICE established 3 166 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SEE PUBLIC WORKS. shall prepare estimate of streets, etc., to be cleaned and sprinkled 4 139 city of second class authorized to establish 1 178 BOARD OF REVISION of registration 9 207 BONDS renewal bonds, right of city to issue 6 4 of city officers, council may prescribe amount, etc ... 13 35 payment of, comptroller shall certify amount to be raised for 8 39 warrant for, shall have mayor's approval, when. . 8 39 money to pay interest may be borrowed 8 39 for public contracts, comptroller to approve 8 39 INDEX TO LAWS. 675 BONDS Continued. SEC. PAGE bond of comptroller, approved by mayor 8 39 for deposit of city moneys, approved by council 9 41 may be issued in renewal of outstanding bonds, when 1 47 tax for payment of 1 47 tax for sinking fund, how levied and applied 13 61 assessor liable on, for acts of deputies 3 63 of various officers, forfeiture on. . . 64 99 to cover indebtedness may be issued, when 4 105 for improvements may be issued 7 106 ordinance for 8 106 notice of election for 10 107 sale of 15 110 taxes to pay interest and principal 16 111 to be numbered 17 112 bonded indebtedness, proceedings for funding 18 112 of contractors for improvements, conditions of 9 135 of custodian of firemen's pension fund 15 153 of treasurer of police commissioners 3 166 of chief of police 7 170 of board of public works 1 178 shall be required for all public works 1 187 who may sue on 2 187 purchaser of franchise, to give 3 189 on appeal, city shall give 11 214 BOOKS- land and personal tax books, how designated 17 72 to show what , 18 73 to be received in evidence 73 102 defined and explained 75 103 of registration, penalty for destroying 24 211 BOULEVARDS SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, &TC. what cities shall have power to establish 1 136 council may authorize construction of 2 136 BOUNDARIES of wards, how changed 3 24 of city, power to extend 1 56 BOYS- reform school for 20 220 BREAD power to regulate weight and quality 1 53 BRIDGES power to construct, repair and regulate 1 50 BUILDINGS municipal, power to erect, purchase or rent 1 48 676 INDEX TO LAWS. BUILDINGS Continued. SEC PAGE office, etc., power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 powers of council concerning construction of, etc. . . 1-2 146-147 BURIAL GROUND city may hold and protect 1 193 lots in, how conveyed 2 199 BUSINESS power to license, tax and regulate all kinds of 1 50 not taxable when 9 59 CARRIAGES power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 minimum amount to be charged 1 51 CARTAGE- power to fix rates of 1 50 CATTLE may be prohibited from running at large 1 53 CEMETERY-SEE BURIAL GROUND. exempt from taxation 6 6 CENSUS SEE ENUMERATION. class of city shall be determined by, what 2 13 may be taken when ! 5 14 CERTIFICATE of election or appointment, delivery of to city clerk. . 14 35 to be recorded by city clerk 15 36 of assessor to assessment 12 69 of purchase given by collector 43 86 to publication of list of unredeemed lauds 52 90 of circuit judge to bond ordinance 9 107 that bonds may be legally issued 12 108 of approval of plat by common council 2 140 of recorder on copies of plats 5 141 of registration on removal of voter 9 207 of election shall not be issued, when 15 219 CHARITIES- not to be taxed 6 6 charity board created, powers and duties 1 162 how constituted, terms of office 2 163 organization of, expenditures limited 3 163 treasurer of, duties, bond 4 164 record of proceedings to be kept, shall report. ... 5 164 duty of board as to applicants for relief 6 164 police commissioners and health officers to aid board 7 165 CHURCHES- exempt from taxation 6 6 I.XDKX TO LAWS. 677 CIGARETTES SEC. PAGE power to prohibit sale of to minors G 58 CITIES may be authorized to create firemen's pension fund. . 47 3 * subscription by, prohibited 6 4 organization and classification 7 5 liable for state taxes 9 7 taxes of, how assessed 10 7 indebtedness of, limited 12 8 of the second class defined 1 13 how incorporated 2 13 effect of change 3 14 shall not be organized, when 4 14 class of, how changed 5 14 CITY OF THE SECOND CLASS city of St. Joseph incorporated as a 1-9 18-22 corporate powers of 1 22 courts shall take judicial notice of 2 23 wards of, how changed 3-4 24 annexed territory to be organized into new ward .... 5 24 wards not to be changed, when 6 25 wards shall be of adjacent territory and numbered. . 7 25 election of alderman in new ward 8 25 alderman to fill out term for which elected 9 26 legislative functions of, vested in a common council. 1 26 general powers of mayor and common council 1 45 limit of indebtedness 1,6 104,106 not liable for work on special tax bills 1 125 streets may be graded at expense of city 3 128 shall pay for repairing streets, alleys, etc 6 132 power to construct boulevards 2 137 may establish general plan of streets, etc 1 140 may establish a board of public works 1 178 damage suits against, liability limited 1 200 action against, on account of injuries, notice required 2 201 shall give bond on appeal 11 214 CLAIMS- auditing committee shall pass upon, what 10 42 CLERK of city, appointment of 2 33 clerks of election, council may provide 10 35 of city, general duties of 1 37 shall act as clerk of board of appeals 15 70 shall be member of board of trustees of firemen's fund 5 149 of county court, to extend taxes. . 9 218 678 INDEX TO LAWS. COAL, ETC.- SEC . PAGE power to provide for inspection and weighing of. ... 1 53 COAL OIL factory, power to regulate or supress 1 48 inspector, shall report to mayor 14 218 COLLECTIONS to be paid over to city treasurer 1 212 COLLECTOR SEE TREASURER treasurer is ex-officio collector general duties 7 39 erroneously reporting lands delinquent, penalty for . . 12 218 COMBUSTIBLES- power to regulate or prohibit storage of 2 146 COMMISSIONERS SEE POLICE. to ascertain grade damages, appointment of 7 121 duties of 8 121 police, board of established 3 166 COMMITTEE chairman of, authorized to administer oaths 15 29 auditing, composed of whom duties 10 42 all ordinances must be reported upon by a 2 43 COMMON COUNCIL SEE ALDERMEN SEE PUBLIC WORKS. legislative functions vested in 1 26 may elect president judge of qualifications of mem- bers 5 27 vacancies in, how filled 7 28 meetings when held; mayor may call special 10 28 majority of, shall constitute a quorum 11 29 may determine its rules and punish or expel mem- bers 12 29 shall keep a journal yeas and nays to be entered therein 13 29 president of, shall exercise duties of mayor, when. . 14 29 may compel attendance of witnesses and production papers 15 29 may remove mayor or other elective officer, when . . 6 31 consent of, necessary in remitting fines, etc 7 31 may appoint person to fill office, when 7 31 majority of, necessary to confirm appointment. ..... 8 32 shall fix salaries of officers ; 4 33 city clerk shall record proceedings of 1 37 passage of ordinance over veto, vote required 6 44 proceedings of, to be published 8 45 general powers of 1 45 may cause inspection of animals intended for food ... 2 57 power to regulate milk dairies and sale of milk 3 57 may repair or construct roads leading into city 4-5 57 INDEX TO LAWS. 679 COMMON COUNCIL Continued. SEC. PAGE may prohibit sale of cigarettes, etc., to minors 6 58 may cause convicted prisoners to be put to work. ... 7 58 not authorized to tax professions 8 59 cannot tax business, when 9 59 cannot tax produce, when 10 59 shall apportion revenue, when 11 5^ limit on appropriations by 12 60 shall levy tax for sinking fund 13 61 to levy taxes at the first annual meeting 16 70 may fund bonded indebtedness 18 112 shall prescribe beneficiary limits for grading, when. 2 119 may cause streets to be graded , improved or repaired 1 125 may grade streets, etc., at expense of city 3 128 shall determine width of sidewalks 7 133 may cause construction of boulevards, when 2 136 may provide that tax bills for street improvements and sewers be payable in five installments 3 137 may order streets cleaned and sprinkled and assess portion of cost to abutting property 4 ^39 to establish general plan for location and grading of streets, etc 1 140 may approve plat of land 2 140 power to establish general sewer system 1 143 may cause district sewers to be constructed 2 143 may condemn private property for use of public sewers 4 145 may prohibit erection, or repair of wooden buildings within prescribed limits 1 146 power to provide against fires 2 146 power to appoint firemen 3 147 may purchase or condemn lands for parks, etc 1 155 may provide penalties for injuring property or fail- ure to return book of public library 8 159 not to interfere with police etc 1 165 shall sell franchise to highest bidder 1 188 may erect and maintain waterworks 1 190 may own and operate water, gas and electric works. 3 191 may authorize electric light company to set poles, wires, etc., in streets 4 191 telephone and telegraph wires, consent of, must be obtained to place under ground 5 196 may direct construction or alteration of telephone and telegraph line, when 6 192 may control construction of street railways, etc 1 193 may hold, regulate and protect burial ground 1 198 may provide for voting precincts, etc 19 210 680 INDEX TO LAWS. COMPENSATION SEE FEES. SEC . PAGE of officers not to be increased, when 8 10 COMPTROLLER, CITY to be appointed . 2 33 shall approve official bonds 14 35 warrants on treasurer must be countersigned by 7 39 shall make tAvo reports each year may appoint deputy 8 39 shall possess qualifications of mayor 8 39 to let city moneys to bank 9 41 indorsement of, necessary on apropriation ordinance 11 59 shall apply sinking fund, how 13 61 to be member of board of appeals 14 69 may abate tax, when 61 96 may order delinquent tax sale discontinued 65 99 shall control use of money and bonds for improve- ments 15 110 shall be member of board of trustees of firemen's fund 5 149 CONDEMNATION of private property for public use 1 114 commissioners to assess damages 3 115 duty of commissioners 4 116 dismissal of proceedings 8 117 condemnation for particular uses 11 118 for occupation or possession in construction and repair work of public sewers 4 145 for parks or pleasure grounds 1 155 proceedings for 2 156 power to condemn grounds for waterworks 1 190 CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE what officers are 6 213 CONSTITUTION OF STATE provisions affecting cities 3-10 CONTRACTS SEE PUBLIC WORKS alderman shall not be interested in, what 2 27 officer interested in city contract, penalty for 16 36 comptroller to keep record of and approve bonds .... 8 39 for deposit of city moneys 9 41 money must be first appropriated for 12 60 for city improvements to contain what 9 135 for public work, bond required for 1 187 for water, approved by electors, when 2 190 shall be let to lowest and best bdder 2 212 CORPORATIONS power to tax 2 6 INDEX TO LAWS. 681 CORPORATIONS Continued. SEC. PAGE railroad, subject to taxation 5 6 power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 power to cast vote, when city is stockholder in 1 56 how assessed 9-10 66-67 shares of stock, may be sold for taxes 29 78 street railroad, return of property for taxation 7 197 how assessed 8 198 railroad, taxes how levied 1 215 how assessed 2-8 215-217 COSTS of abating nuisance, how assessed and taxed 1 49 in condemnation proceedings, by whom paid 7 117 of grading and paving streets, how apportioned .... 2 126 of repairing streets and sidewalks 6 132 of cleaning and sprinkling streets, etc., how appor- tioned 4 139 COUNCIL-SEE COMMON COUNCIL-SEE ALDERMAN. COUNSELOR, CITY to be appointed 2 33 general duties of 4 38 city attorney shall be assistant of 5 38 shall collect delinquent taxes fees 30 79 to file petition in condemnation proceedings 1 114 shall be member of board of trustees of firemen's fund 5 149 COURT, POLICE judge, election of 3 33 jurisdiction of 3 38 city attorney to attend cases in .1 38 persons sentenced by, may be imprisoned where 1 55 may be put to work, etc 7 58 police to bring persons arrested, before judge of. ... 16 176 title of "recorder" changed to "judge" of 7 213 duties of judge of, not affected 8 214 justice may act as judge of, when 9 214 COURT, COUNTY shall appoint three members of charity board 2 163 president of shall be ex-officio member 2 163 shall appoint registrars 4 204 to levy city tax on railroad property 8 217 shall apportion foreign insurance tax 25 222 COURT, CIRCUIT to have supervisory control of registration 16 209 COURT, CRIMINAL has exclusive appellate jurisdiction in what cases.. 13 218 IKDEX TO LAWS. COURTS- SEC. PAGE shall take judicial notice of city and class 2 23 counselor shall appear for city in, what 4 38 shall take judicial notice of ordinance extending limits 1 56 jurisdiction of, in tax suits 67, 71 100, 101 sentence of girl to industrial school, approved by what 21 221 COW STABLES power to regulate, suppress or abate 1 48 CREDIT LOANING-PROHIB1TED- by municipalities 47, 6 3, 4 DAIRIES power to regulate, suppress or abate 1 48 power to license and regulate / . . . . 3 5? DAMAGES in condemnation proceedings, commissioners to assess 3 115 how assessed, to be a lien against property 4 116 appropriation to pay, when made 9 118 to be paid into court, when 10 118 caused by grading, notice of time for assessing 6 120 for right of way of street railroad proceedings 4 194 city liable for when caused by riot 2 199 paid by city, recoverable from rioter 4 200 suits for, against city, liability limited 1 200 action against city for, on account of injuries 2 201 DEAD BODIES how disposed of 18 200 DEATHS power to enforce registration of 1 51 DEED of property sold for taxes, when made 53 90 form of 54 91 what proof necessary to defeat 55 93 to be recorded 57 95 effect or recording ; 58 95 DELINQUENT TAXES SEE REVENUE. to be carried forward 20 74 how collected 25-26 76-77 when tax payer removes 28 77 suit may be brought for 66 99 DISEASES, CONTAGIOUS power to make regulations to prevent introduction of 1 49 DISORDERLY HOUSES power to suppress 1 51 IKDEX TO LAWS. 683 DOGS- SEC. PAGE dog fights, power to suppress 1 51 power to tax, regulate, restrain, etc 1 54 DRAM SHOPS power to restrain, regulate, license, tax or suppress. 1 52 EDUCATION funds not to be used for sectarian purposes 11 9 ELECTION SEE REGISTRATION. to change class of city, when held 2 13 to incorporate as city of second class, ordinance pro- viding for 1-6 18-19 proclamations of mayor for 7-8 19-20 proclamation declaring result of'. 9 21 of alderman, in new ward 8 25 of alderman 1 26 council to judge returns and determine contest. . 5 27 tie, how determined 6 28 to fill vacancy N 7 28 of mayor 1 30 tie, how determined 3 30 contest, common council shall determine 4 30 to fill vacancy 5 30 of police judge, attorney, auditor and treasurer 3 33 when held special elections to fill vacancies 5 33 to be held and conducted, how 6, 14 34, 209 opening and closing of polls 8 34 qualifications of voter 9, 5 34, 204 voting precincts and judges, council to provide 10 35 certificate of, to be recorded 15 36 judge or clerk of, not required to own real estate. . 17 37 of municipal officers power of council to regulate. ..1 56 to authorize increase of debt 2 104 to issue bonds, how conducted 11 108 to refund bonded indebtedness 18 113 to ratify provisions of firemen's pension act 4 148 for tax for library fund 1 15b to create library building fund 10 160 board of public works, of members 1 178 to discontinue board 21 186 to establish board 23 186 duties of election clerks 12 208 candidate to file statement of expense, when 15 219 certificate shall not be issued, when 15 219 ELECTRIC LIGHT plani, city may own and operate 3 191 companies, cities may authorize to set poles, wires, etc. in streets . . 4 191 684: INDEX TO LAWS. EMPLOYMENTS- SEC. PAGE city may regulate and license 1 50 ENGINES locomotive, power to regulate speed, etc 1 55 fire, common council may procure 3 147 ENGINEER, CITY how appointed 2 ' 33 duties of 2 38 may be empowered to require sidewalks, etc. repaired 6 132 shall utilize services of persons receiving aid from charity board, when G 164 ENGINEERS of steam boilers, power to license 1 52 ENUMERATION SEE CENSUS. of inhabitants of city, power to provide for 1 54 EXEMPTIONS of property from taxation 6 6 what laws void 7 7 property not exempt, etc 1 62 FACTORIES- inspector of, to be appointed 24 222 FARES power to fix rate for carriage of persons. 1 51 FAST DRIVING may be prohibited 1 53 FEES of public officers limited 13 5 not to be increased during term 8 10 of alderman 9 28 of officers, how fixed 4 33 to issuing licenses limited 1 52 of jurors, witnesses, etc., power to regulate 1 56 of attorney in tax suits 74 103 of agents and employes of charity board limited 3 163 of registrar 13 208 FERRIES power to license and regulate 1 51 FIGHTS- power to suppress various kinds of 1 51 FINES SEE PENALTIES. power to impose and recover 1 55 FIREARMS AND FIREWORKS- power to regulate or prohibit use of 2 147 INDEX TO LAWS. 685 FIRE DEPARTMENT SEC. PAGE power to establish and maintain 1 48 council may regulate character of buildings 1 146 power of council to provide against fires 2 145 may procure engines to appoint members, etc. . . 3 147 may form relief association 23 221 FIREMEN'S PENSION FUND general assembly may authorize cities to create. ... 47 3 city may set apart portion of revenue for 4 148 board of trustees of, of whom composed, how created 5 149 functions of board, assessments 6 149 rewards, etc., to be paid into fund gifts, etc ... 7 150 may invest pension fund 8 150 conditions of grant of pensions by 10 151 half pay allowed, when 13 152 act to apply to whom 14 152 treasurer to be custodian of fund and give bond 15 153 trustees to report annually conditions of 18 154 exempt from debt, execution, etc 19 154 relief associations, may unite with trustees of 20 154 benefits of, who entitled to 22 155 FISCAL YEAR shall commence, when 1 47 FORMS of tax deed 54 91 of judgment, in tax suit 69 101 of ballot, in bond election 3, 11 105, 108 of bond , 4, 13 105, 109 of registration book 3 203 FRANCHISES power to regulate and control use of not to be sur- rendered 1 47 power to regulate, for street railroads 1 56 to be sold at public auction 1 188 notice of sale to be published 2 189 purchaser to give approved bond 3 189 authorities may reject bids 4 190 for water works cannot grant or renew without con- sent of voters 1 190 existing, for waterworks not to be interfered with. . 2 190 may be granted to electric companies to set poles. . 4 191 for street railway, requirements of 1 193 limitation of municipal authority 3 194 proceedings to ascertain damages, before granting 4 194 FUNDING bonded indebtedness, proceedings for 18 112 686 INDEX TO LAWS. GAMBLING HOUSES- SEO PAGE power to suppress 1 51 penalty for keeping must not be license:! 12 214 GAS WORKS franchise for, to be sold at public auction 1 188 city may own and operate 3 191 GATES at railroad crossings, power to compel erection and maintenance of. ... 1 55 GIFTS AND DONATIONS city may receive, for charitable and other purposes. . 1 22 board of trustees of firemen's fund may take 7 150 charity board may take or care for 1 162 public library directors may hold 9 159 GIRLS industrial school, for 21 220 GRADING SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC. exclusive control to grade streets vested in council. . 1 49 power to grade highways leading to city 5 57 power to establish general plan for grading streets. . 1 140 GUNPOWDER, ETC- power to regulate storage of 2 147 HACKMEN power to license, tax, regulate and fix rates for. ... 1 51 HAY power to provide for inspection and weighing 1 53 HEALTH SEE BOARD OF HEALTH power to pass ordinance to secure health 1 48 officers, to aid charity board, when 7 165 police commissioners to guard public health 5 168 HIGHWAYS SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC. council has exclusive control over 1 49 leading into city, power to improve 5 57 HORSE RACING power to prohibit and suppress 1 53 HOSPITALS power to establish and regulate 1 50 private and venereal, power to regulate, tax or sup- press 1 51 HOUSES of correction, etc., council may purchase or rent. ... 1 48 of ill fame and assignation, power to suppress 1 51 HUMANE OFFICER board of police shall appoint, when 20 177 INDEX TO LAWS. 687 IMPROVEMENTS-SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC. SEC. PAGE must be let to lowest and best bidder 2 212 INCORPORATION of city of St. Joseph as city of the second class 18-22 INDEBTEDNESS of cities, limit of 12 8 cities allowed to incur, what 1 104 provisions of article applies to all cities 5 106 not to be incurred, when 6 106 bonded, proceedings for funding 18 112 of city, penalty for financial officer speculating in. . 12 60 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL for girls 21 220 INSANE ASYLUMS power to erect, purchase or rent 1 48 INSPECTION of meats, butter, vegetables, etc., power to regulate. 1 52 of weights and measures 1 52 of firewood, lumber, steam boilers, etc 1 52 of hay, lime, coal, etc 1 53 of various articles of food and manufactures .... 1 53 of animals intended for food 2 57 of dairies and milk 3 57 of petroleum oils, etc 14 219 of factories, etc 24 222 INSPECTORS AND GAUGERS power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 for different purposes, power to appoint and regulate 1 53 INSURANCE- CO mpanies and agents, power to license and tax. ... 1 50 companies, foreign, how taxed apportionment of tax 25 222 JUDGES SEE COURTS SEE ELECTIONS- JUDGMENT form of, in tax suits 69 101 for damages by grading, proceedings to enforce .... 10 123 for cost of street improvements 9 135 sentencing girl to industrial school, to be approved. . 21 221 JUDICIAL NOTICE courts to take, of reorganization and class of city .... 1-2 23 of ordinance extending limits 1 56 JURISDICTION of city not affected by reorganization 1 23 of judge of the police court 3 38 in tax suits, what courts have 71 101 appellate, criminal court has in what cases . . .13 218 688 INDEX TO LAWS. JUKORS- SEC. PAGE common council may regulate the fees of, what 1 56 inhabitants of city may be, in what cases 11 214 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE may act as judge of the police court, when 9 214 LABORERS pay of, to be guaranteed in contract for public work . 9 135 may sue for wages, when 9 135 LAWS ordinances to conform with state law 1 43 ordinances become, when 6-7 44 LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS of city of second class, vested in common council. ... 1 26 LEVY SEE REVENUE- LIBRARY SEE PUBLIC LIBRARY how established 1 156 LICENSE- how issued minimum amount to be charged 1 51 power to license various trades, avocations, etc 1 50 power to license milk dairies, etc 3 57 certain professions not liable for 8 59 city cannot impose license tax, when 9 59 tax not to be imposed on produce when 10 59 of private policemen and watchmen 19 177 not to issue to gaming houses, bawdy houses, etc ... 12 214 LIGHTING of streets, power to provide for 1 50 power to regulate quality and price of 1 50 railroad tracks in streets, power to require lighting of 1 55 plant for, city may own and operate. 3 191 electric, companies may be authorized to set poles, etc. in streets ' 4 191 LIMITATION on power of city to become indebted 12 8 of taxation 1 47 on appropriations 12 60 on power of city to grant right of way 3 194 LIMITS of city may be extended 1 56 courts shall take judicial notice of extension 1 5b LIQUORS- license for sale of, minimum amount to be charged. . 1 52 power to regulate inspection of 1 53 LIST SEE REVENUE of property for taxation, shall embrace what 6 64 of registered voters to be furnished by clerk 15 209 INDEX TO LAWS. 689 LOANS money arising from, not to be misapplied 20 9 temporary, may be obtained by city, when 1 4C LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES- power to regulate speed of 1 55 LUMBER power to provide for inspection of 1 52 MAPS AND PLATS SEE PLATS to be kept by assessor 2 63 MARKET PLACES power to regulate and license 1 50 MARRIAGES power to enforce registration of 1 51 MAYOR- may call special session of council 10, 9 29, 32 president of council shall exercise duties of, when. . 14 29 election of 1 30 qualifications of 2 30 tie in election for, how determined 3 30 contest in election of, how determined 4 30 vacancy in office of, how filled 5 30 removal of, from office 6 31 general duties and powers of 7 31 shall see that laws and ordinances are enforced, etc. 7 31 appointment, suspension or removal of officers, by. . 7 31 may fill vacancies in elective office 7 31 nominations by, to be made within what time ....... 7 . 31 appointments by, how confirmed by council 8 32 may require exhibit of accounts 10 32 officers appointed by 1-2 32-33 shall suspend officer interested in city contract 1G 36 comptroller must have approval of; to pay bonds when 8 40 to approve bond of comptroller 8 41 to approve ordinances 6 44 general powers of mayor and council 1 45 to be a member of board of appeals 14 6& shall appoint directors of public library 2 157 shall appoint three members of charity board; shall be ex-officio a member 2 163 shall appoint one member of the board of public works 1 179 notice to be given to, of claim for damages, when. . 2 201 shall be conservator of the peace 6 213 shall execute appeal bonds for city 11 214 690 INDEX TO LAWS. MEASURES- SEC. PAGE power to provide for inspection of 1 52 MEATS power to license and regulate meat shops 1 50 power to regulate the inspection and sale of 1 52 MEETINGS of council, when held 10 28 mayor may call special 10, 9 28, 32 public, power to regulate 1 50 MERCHANTS power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 tax upon 19 73 MILK dairies, power to suppress or abate 1 48 power to license, regulate and inspect dairies and sale of milk 3 57 MISDEMEANOR person may be confined in workhouse for 1 54 MONEYS public, speculation in prohibited 17 9 not to be misapplied 20 9 not to be used for sectarian purposes 11 9 duties of treasurer in receiving and disbursing 7 39 of city, to be let to highest bidder 9 41 power to borrow, on credit of city 1 46 ordinances appropriating, must be indorsed, etc 11 59 limit on appropriations of 12 60 sinking fund may be invested in bonds, when 13 61 all collections to be paid into treasury 1 212 apportionment of, in foreign insurance tax fund 25 222 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SEE CITIES- loaning credit by, prohibited 47, 6 3, 4 property exempt from taxes 6 6 private property cannot be sold to pay debts of . ... 13 9 NOTICE SEE ADVERTISEMENT REVENUE judicial, courts shall take of reorganization of city. . 1-2 22-23 of ordinance extending limits 1 56 of election to authorize issue of bonds 2, 10 104, 107 given defendants in condemnation proceedings, how served 2 115 of time for assessing damages in grading 6 120 of registration 7 206 to railroad company to fix crossing 16 NUISANCES power to define what shall be deemed abatement of, etc. . 1 48 INDEX TO LAWS. 691 NUISANCES Continued. SEC. PAGE power of board of health in reference to 1 48 duties of police in reference to 5 168 OATH all officers shall take and subscribe 6 10 president of council and chairman of committee may administer 15 29 city clerk authorized to administer 1 37 comptroller may administer 8 41 assessor and his deputies may administer 8 65 police commissioners may administer 5 169 OCCUPATIONS power to license, tax, regulate or suppress 1 50 OFFICERS must give time to duties 18 3 fees of, limited 13 5 municipal, extra no term to exceed four years 14 5 cannot hold two municipal offices 18, 16 5, 37 tenure of office 5, 10 10, 214 oath of 6, 14 10, 35 removal of, for misdemeanor 7, 6 10, 31 term of office cannot be extended 8 10 mayor to be chief executive officer of city 1 30 appointment, suspension and removal of, by mayor. . 7 31 council shall appoint officers when 7 32 appointment of, how confirmed by council 8 32 appointments shall be made by mayor 1 32 appointive officers and their terms 2 33 elective officers and their terms 3 33 salaries of, how fixed 4 33 shall enter upon duties, when 11 35 who eligible 12 35 must reside in city 13 35 bond, certificate of election or appointment, etc 14 36 not to be interested in contract with city 16 36 not required to be owner of real estate 17 3*i duties of various officers 1-11 37-43 imposing liability on city contrary to law, penalty. . 12 60 speculating in city indebtedness 12 60 police are officers of both city and state 18 176 what officers are conservators of the peace 6 213 ORDINANCES passage of, yeas and nays to be recorded 13 2y enforcement of, duty of mayor 7 31 must conform with state law, when 1 43 style of amendment not to change original purpose. . 2 43 692 INDEX TO LAWS. ORDINANCES Continued. SEC> PAGE shall contain what must be reported upon by com- mittee 2 43 how passed 3 44 how re-enacted 4 44 form of amendments to 5 44 approval of bill by mayor how passed over veto ... 6 44 not returned by mayor, becomes a law when 7 44 how proved to be received in evidence 9 45 contemplating payment of money must be indorsed, how 11 59 for issuing bonds to contain what 8 106 for grading, publication of . 3 119 authentication of 3 213 PARKS power to improve, regulate or sell 1 48 power to purchase or condemn lands for 1 155 lands for, how condemned , 2 156 PAVING-SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC.- PENALTIES- mayor may remit with consent of council, when .... 7 31 imposed by police court, failure to pay 1 54 shall not exceed, what 1 55 power to impose on firemen for violation of rules, etc. 3 148 council may provide, for public library, etc 8 159 PLATS streets to conform with general plan of city 1 140 shall not be recorded until approved by council 2 140 how made out 3 141 to be acknowledged and recorded, when 4 141 certified copies of, shall be in evidence 5 141 recording imperfect plat, penalty 7 142 POLICE commissioners shall aid charity board, when ... 7 165 powers of common council 1 165 board of commissioners established 3 16(5 appointment of term of office 4 168 general duties of 5 168 appointment of police by 6 169 officers of, titles designated 7 170 compensation of members of 8-9 171 vacancies, how filled rules and regulations 10 171 not to receive extra money 11 172 commissioners may appoint secretary 12 172 appropriations for 14 174 board to keep journal of proceedings 17 176 INDEX TO LAWS. 693 POLICE Continued. SEC. PAGE declared officers of both city and state 18 176 commissioners may license private watchmen 19 177 shall appoint humane officer,' when 20 177 shall be conservator of the peace 6 213 force may form relief associations 22 221 POLICE COURT SEE COURT- POLICE POWERS of common council 1,1 55, 165 POLLS opening and closing of 8 34 POLL TAX power to levy and collect 1 47 POOR charity board to care for temporarily 1 162 POWER PLANT power to erect and maintain 3 191 PRESIDENT SEE COMMON COUNCIL- PRISONERS may be put to work on streets,etc 7 58 county, may be confined in workhouse when 19 220 PROCLAMATION mayor shall issue, for election to incorporate 3 18 of mayor, for election to incorporate 7-8 19-20 declaring incorporation as city of the second class. . 9 21 mayor shall call special sessions of council by 9 32 PRODUCE city cannot collect license fees for sale of, when .... 10 59 PROFESSIONS various, power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 what, not to be taxed 8 59 PROPERTY SEE REVENUE to be taxed in proportion to its value 4 6 what exempt from taxation 6 6 private, cannot be sold for corporate debt 13 9 not to be exempted from taxes 1 62 sale of, for taxes by collector 32 80 how sold 35 81 redemption of, when sold for taxes 45-50 87-89 suit for recovery of 56 95 title does not fail when 60 96 condemnation of private property for public use 1 114 destruction of, by rioter, city liable 2 199 PROSTITUTES power to restrain and punish 1 53 INDEX TO LAWS. PROVISIONS- SEC . PAGE power to regulate the inspection of various i 52-53 PUBLICATION of annual statement of officers . 11 42 of council proceedings 8 45 PUBLIC LIBRARY, FREE election for establishment and maintenance of.... 1 156 directors, appointment of 2 157 term of office, removal of 3 157 vacancies compensation 4 158 organization and powers of 5 158 who may use library 6 158 annual report, what to contain 7 159 council may provide penalties 8 159 donations to 9 159 building fund, how created election for 10 160 plans, etc. contract 11 161 directors may sell or exchange lot 12 161 PUBLIC MONEY SEE MONEYS- PUBLIC WORKS SEE STREETS, ALLEYS,ETC.-~ city engineer shall superintend construction of all ... 2 38 engineer and comptroller shall open all bids for. . 8 41 board of, how established 1 178 duties of 2 179 shall have charge of all public work, etc 3 180 discontinued how 21 186 proposition to create, must be submitted to voters 23 180 contractors for, required to execute bonds 1 187 who may sue on such bond 2 187 to be let to lowest and best bidder 2 212 QUALIFICATIONS of alderman 2 27 council shall judge qualifications of its members. ... 5 27 of mayor 2 30 of voter 9, 5 34, 204 of city officers 12 35 property for office prohibited 17 37 QUARANTINE power to establish and enforce regulations of 1 49 by state board of health 17 220 QUORUM of common council, what shall be a 11 29 RAILROADS SEE STREET RAILWAY SEE REVENUE subscription by city to stock of, prohibited 6 4 how taxed. . 5 6 INDEX TO LAWS. 695 RAILROADS Continued. SEC. PAGE power to regulate in streets 1 54 depot grounds, power to control location of 1 54 viaducts, gates, etc., power to compel construction of, etc 1 55 property of, how assessed and taxed 1-9 215, 218 to construct and maintain crossings, etc. .4 16 219 REAL ESTATE city officer not required to own 17 37 agents and brokers, power to Iiceiis$e,etc 1 50 registrar must be owner of 4 204 deputy registrar must be owner of 8 207 REBATE allowed on taxes, when 22 75 RECEIPTS to be issued in triplicate by treasurer 7 39 for taxes, how made out 24, 44 75, 86 to be issued in duplicate by treasurer 1 212 RECORDER OF CITY title of, changed to "judge of the police court" 7 213 REDEMPTION SEE REVENUE of property sold for taxes 46 87 REFORM SCHOOL for boys 20 220 REGISTRATION SEE ELECTION lists, council may provide for copies of 10 35 provided for what cities 1 202 persons entitled to 2, 5 202, 204 all electors must be registered 3 203 appointment of registrars 4 204 of naturalized citizens when papers are lost 5 205 place and days of registration 7, 10 206, 207 appointment of deputy registrars 8 206 board of revision 9 207 registrar not to be candidate when 20 210 fraudulent registration 21-22 210 challenge by registrar 23 211 malicious injury to registration books 24 211 RELIEF temporary, of outdoor poor 1 162 association, police may form 22 221 fire department may form 23 221 REMOVAL from office, of mayor or other elective officer 6 31 power to provide for removing officers 1 56 696 INDEX TO LAWS. REPEAL SEC. PAGE of acts, how construed 4 213 REPORTS mayor may require reports from officers 10 32 auditor shall make reports required by council 6 39 of comptroller semi-annually 8 40 of fiscal officers* comptroller shall transmit to council 8 40 officers to render annually 11 42 of board, of trustees of firemen's fund 18 154 of directors of free public library 7 159 charity board shall render, what 5 164 of police commissioners 17 176 of coal oil inspector 14 219 ' of factory inspectors 24 222 RESIDENCE what required for voter 9 34 of officers , 13 35 RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS of council, substance of to be published 8 45 REVENUE AND TAXATION taxing power 1 6 taxation for public purposes shall be uniform 3 6 property taxed in proportion to value 4 tf taxation of railroads 5 6 exemptions 6 6 cities liable for state tax 9 7 taxes, how assessed 10 7 rate and valuation 11 7 city not to become indebted in excess of 12 8 power to levy and collect taxes 1 47 apportionment of revenue, when made 11 59 tax for sinking fund shall be levied 13 61 levy and collection of taxes 62-103 cannot be remitted or abated 1 62 assessment, when made 5 64 railroad, telegraph and bridge companies 10 67 upon merchants 19 73 delinquent 26 77 comptroller may abate, when 61 96 . suits for 66 99 who shall be made defendants 68 100 street railroad companies 7-8 197-198 from railroad property 1-9 215-218 RIGHT OF WAY for waterworks, how obtained by city 1 190 how obtained by street railroad company 4 194 LVDEX TO LAWS. 697 RIOT SEC. PAGE power to prevent and suppress 1 53 city liable for damages by 2 199 RIVERS power to improve, remove obstructions, etc 1 46 ROADS residents of city exempt from working, what 1 47 leading into city, power to improve 4 57 may grade or macadamize for what distance. . 5 57 petition for improvement of 8 134 SALARIES SEE FEES of officers to be fixed by ordinance 4 33 SALE SEE REVENUE of bonds 4, 15, 18 105, 110, 112 of franchises at public auction 1 188 SANITARY system, power to establish 1 48 affairs, state board of health has general supervision . 17 220 SCALES SEE WEIGHTS SEAL- power to have and use a common seal 1 23 city clerk to have custody of . 1 37 charity board shall have 1 162 police commissioners to have 12 172 SETTLEMENT annual, of city officers 11 42 SEWERS condemnation proceedings for 1 114 power to establish general system of 1 143 public, construction and repair of 1 143 district, construction of, etc 2 143 private, construction of 3 145 condemnation of property for 4 145 SIDEWALKS SEE STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC. mayor and council have control over 1 49 may prohibit certain practices on 1 54 may require owners or occupants to make repairs, remove snow, etc 5 132 cost of repairs of 6 132 council to prescribe width of 7 133 SINKING FUND SEE INDEBTEDNESS tax to constitute, shall be collected when 12 9 tax levy for money in fund applied how 13 61 SLAUGHTER HOUSES power to regulate, suppress or abate 1 48 power to regulate or suppress slaughtering of animals 1 48 698 INDEX TO LAWS. SNOW AND ICE- SEC , PAGE power to require removal of, from sidewalks 5 132 SOAP FACTORIES power to regulate, suppress or abate 1 48 SOCIETIES exempt from taxation, what 6 7 SPECIAL MEETINGS SEE COMMON COUNCIL of council confined to what business 10 29 SPECIAL POLICE recommended by humane societies to be appointed. . . 20 177 SPECIAL TAX BILLS- for cost of removing nuisances 1 49 for grading, paving, etc. how made out 2 12 5 shall be a lien on property manner of collecting. 4 129 for repairing sidewalks, etc 6 132 for grading, paving, sewers and sidewalks may be made payable in five installments 3 137 for cleaning and sprinkling streets 4 139 for construction of district sewers 2 143 when issued by board of public works 19 185 SPRINKLING STREETS- power of council to provide for 1 48 portion of cost may be paid by special assessment. . 4 139 one fourth of cost may be paid by city. 4 139 STABLES power to regulate, suppress or abate cow stables ... 1 48 power to license, and regulate livery and sale 1 50 STATEMENT annual, of officers, to be published, how 11 42 of expenditures by candidate to be filed, when 15 219 STEAM BOILERS power to inspect, and license engineers using 1 52 STOCK of corporations, city cannot subscribe to 6 4 power to prohibit running at large 1 53 STOCK YARDS- power to regulate, suppress or abate 1 48 power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 STORAGE business, may prohibit railroad company from doing. 1 55 of gun powder, etc., power of council to regulate. ... 2 147 STREET COMMISSIONER shall utilize services of persons receiving aid from charity board, when 6 164 INDEX TO LAWS. 69 9 STREETS, ALLEYS, ETC.- SEC. PAGE power to open, vacate, improve, sprinkle, light etc... 1 48 mayor and council to control 1 49 annoyances on, power to prohibit 1 54 railroads in 1 54 street railroads power to regulate 1 56 leading into city, power to improve and repair 4-5 57 condemnation of private property for 1 114 notice of filing of petition 2 115 commissioners to assess damages 3 115 duties of commissioners report 4-5 116 report reviewed by circuit court, when 6 117 cost of proceedings by whom paid 7 117 report to council, city may withdraw proceedings . 8 117 action of court reported to council 9 118 damages paid into court, when 10 118 condemnation for particular uses 11 118 grading to changed grade of, what netition necessary 1 119 ordinance to prescribe beneficiary limits 2 119 proceedings, by whom heard 5 120 notice of time for assessing damages, etc 6 120 appointment of commissioners 7 121 duties of commissioners verdict to contain what. 8 121 appeals when taken, etc 11 123 grading may be commenced, when 13 124 proceedings exclude other remedies, etc 14 124 ordinance may be repealed effect of 15 125 grading, paving, repairing, etc. power to cause 1 125 cost, how apportioned 2 126 property to be charged with costs 3 128 tax bill to be lien on property how collected .... 4 129 sidewalks, curbing and guttering, repairs and removal of snow 5 132 what costs paid out of revenue 6 132 council to prescribe width of sidewalks, etc 7 133 proceedings on peition for improvements 8 134 contractors to give bond 9 135 boulevards, authorizing construction and main- tenance of 2 136 special tax bills for grading, paving, sewers and side- walks may be made payable in five installments. 3 137 cleaning and sprinkling of, may be paid for by special assessment, etc 4 139 power of council to establish general plan of 1 140 plat of addition to show street, etc 3 141 title to, vested in city when 6 142 board of public works shall have charge of, when. . . 3 180 700 INDEX TO LAWS. v STREETS, ALLEYS, ElC Continued. SEC. PAGE applications for improvements first made to.... 4 180 shall superintend all work 9 182 estimate of cost of repairs and improvements... 10 182 shall issue special tax bills 13 183 ordinance for grading, paving, etc. cannot pass unless recommended by 14 183 ordinances for repairs, etc. cannot pass unless recommended by 17 185 franchises for use of, sold to highest bidder 1 188 electric light companies may set poles in, when 4 191 telephone and elegraph companies may set poles, etc. in 5 191 council may. direct mode of construction 6 192 street railroads in, city may control construction ... 1 193 limitation of municipal authority 3 194 proceedings to ascertain damages 4 194 suits for personal injuries from defect in condition of, notice to be given 2 201 work on, to be let by contract except when 2 212 crossings to be constructed by railroads 16 219 STREET RAILWAYS street cars, power to license 1 50 power to regulate 1 56 franchise for, to be sold at public auction 1 188 how constructed 1 193 may change motive power 2 193 limitation of municipal authority over 3 194 right of way for, how obtained 4 194 measure of damages for right of way of 5 196 taxation of .... 7-8 197-198 SUITS- f or taxes 66 99 against city for damages 1 200 SUPPLIES officer not to be interested in furnishing city 16 36 purchased by board of public works, when 7 182 TAX BILL SEE SPECIAL TAX BILLS- TAXES SEE REVENUE for public purposes to be uniform 3 6 what property exempt from 6 6 how assessed 10 7 rate and valuation 11,1 7, 47 power to levy and collect all general and special . ... 1 46 certain professions not to be taxed 8 59 business not taxable, when 9 59 INDEX TO LAWS. 701 TAXES Continued. SEC. PAGE produce cannot be taxed, when 10 59 tax for sinking fund 13 61 cannot be remitted or abated 1 62 on railroad property, how levied 10, 1 67, 215 payment of 21 74 when deemed delinquent 31 80 taxes paid may be recovered, when 59 96 error in books, etc., not to impair validity of 62 97 on street railroads how levied 8 198 TELEGRAPH companies, power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 taxation of property of 10 67 plant, franchise for to be sold at public auction 1 188 companies, may set poles, wires, etc, in streets 5 191 consent to place wires under-ground 5 192 line, council may direct construction, when 6 192 TELEPHONE plant, franchise for to be sold at public auction. ... 1 188 company, may set poles, wires, etc. in streets 5 191 consent of city to place wires under-ground 5 192 line, council may direct construction, when 6 192 TERMS OF OFFICE SEE OFFICES- TIE in election of alderman, how determined 6 28 in election of mayor, how determined 3 30 TIRES power to regulate w r idth of 1 51 TITLE EXAMINERS power to license, tax and regulate 1 50-51 TRADES various, power to license, regulate, tax or suppress . . 1 50 TREASURER, CITY is ex-offlcio collector general duties 7 39 tax books and licenses to be delivered to 17 73 may allow rebate of taxes 22 75 may receive taxes on parts of lots 23 75 must give receipts for taxes 24 75 shall seize personal property for taxes 25 76 may call assistance 27 77 may sell shares of stock for taxes 29 78 must furnish comptroller list of unpaid taxes 30 79 shall sell real estate for taxes 35 81 to give certificate of purchase 43 86 to execute tax deed 53 91 penalty for official dereliction 64 99 collections of public money to be paid over to 1 212 50 702 INDEX TO LAWS. UNDERTAKERS- SEC . PAGE power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 city undertaker may dispose of unclaimed body, how 18 220 VACANCY office of alderman deemed vacant, when 4 27 in council, how filled 7 28 in office of mayor, president of council shall act .... 14 2*9 in office of mayor, how filled 5 30 in elective office, mayor may fill 7 31 special election to fill, how held. .' 5 33 in office, declared upon failure to qualify, when. ... 14 35 VAGRANTS power to define who are, and punish 1 53 police shall enforce laws relating to 5 168 VALUATION of property for taxation must not exceed, what .... 11 7 of property not to be reduced, except when 1 G3 VAULTS under sidewalks, power to regulate building of 1 49 VEHICLES power to license, tax and regulate 1 50 may regulate width of tires 1 51 license for, minimum amount to be charged 1 51 VIADUCTS power to compel construction of at railroad crossings 1 55 VOTERS SEE REGISTRATION in new ward, qualifications of 5 25 qualifications of 8 34 registration of 1 202 qualifications of etc . . 5 204 VOTING PRECINCTS council may provide 10 35 WAGONAGE power to fix rates of. 1 51 WAREHOUSE business, power to prohibit railroad company from doing 1 55 WARDS AND BOUNDARIES not affected by reorganization of city 1 22 how changed 3-4 24 annexed territory organized into new ward 5 24 ward not to be changed when 6 25 to be of adjacent territory and numbered 7 25 power to extend city limits 1 56 INDEX TO LAWS. TO 3 WARRANTS SEC. PAGE for violation of ordinance 5 213 WATCHMEN, PRIVATE power of police commissioners to license 19 177 WATER COURSES power to alter and change channel of 1 50 WATER WORKS city may purchase and hold property for 1 23 power to establish 1 48 franchise for, to be sold at public auction 1 188 power to erect, maintain and operate 1,3 190, 191 grant of right for, consent of voters necessary 1 190 modification of existing grant 2 190 WEIGHERS power to appoint and regulate fees of 1 53 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-^ power to provide for inspection of 1 52 power to provide for measuring wood, etc 1 52 power to provide for weighing hay, coal, etc 1 53 WHARF power to erect, repair and reguate 1 46 WIRES electric, city may authorize in streets 4 191 telephone and telegraph, may be set in streets 5 191 consent of city to place under ground.- 5 192 council may direct, height to be run 6 192 WITNESSES- council may compel attendance of 15 29 power to regulate fees of 1 56 police commissioners may compel attendance of.... 5 169 WOOD- power to provide for inspection of 1 52 WORKHOUSE power to erect, purchase or rent, and regulate 1 54 persons committed to, may be required to work .... 1 54 imprisonment in, not to exceed six months 1 55 one dollar per day to be allowed for work 7 58 county prisoner confined in, instead of jail, when. . 19 220 YEAR, FISCAL shall commence, when 1 47 YEAS AND NAYS of members of council entered in journal, when .... 13 29 recorded on final passage of ordinance 13 29 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH. (705) INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH ABATEMENT SEE NUISANCES- SEC . PAGE of unsafe buildings, powers of superintendent 6 263 proceedings to condemn and abate 3-5 268 of nuisance, powers of assistant sanitary superin- tendent 6 348 costs taxed how, notice 22 529 ABSENCE alderman may be fined for 3 285 may be attached 4 286 leave of, mayor may grant 6 493 officer not to be absent without 2 531 of member of fire department 8-9 324-325 ABSTRACTORS license for 1 225 ABUSE of animals, penalty 26 513 ACCIDENTS evidence of to be preserved 225 duty of police in relation thereto 1 22~5 of city officers 2-6 226-228 duty of street car conductors in case of 3 572 ACCOUNTS SEE REPORTS to be kept by auditor 237 comptroller shall attend to collection of 4 287 clerk of board of health shall keep, what 7, 13 348, 358 board of health to approve 14 350 of street lighting department, how kept 7-8 584 (707) 708 INDEX TO GENEKAL Oi ADULTERATIONS SEC PAGE of food, clerk of board of health to enforce ordi- nances relating to 2 356 of milk prohibited, penalty 1 501 not to be offered guests of hotels, restaurants, etc . 2 501 manufacture of, for milk or cream prohibited 7 504 ADVERTISEMENT SEE PUBLICATION for contracts by city engineer 1 292 ADVERTISING SEE BILL POSTING certain modes of, prohibited 29-33 514-515 AFFIDAVIT required on assessment list 4 234 of chief of fire department to pay roll 7 324 of merchant on statement to assessor 4 496 of printer to publication of ordinances 1 536 required on report of workhouse superintendent .... 7 662 AGENTS license required of various 2 475-477 ALDERMAN SEE COMMON COUNCIL resignation of 1 285 may be fined for absence 2 2&5 attachment may issue for 4 286 ALLEYS-SEE HIGHWAYS- AMMUNITION sale of to certain persons prohibited 9 509 AMUSEMENTS license required for various 1-9 228-231 regulations for doors of places of 11 232 chairs not to kept in passage way of 13 232 loitering about place of, prohibited 4 507 not allowed in street 14 510 ANALYSIS of food and drink, city chemist to make 2, 4 356 of ice required 2, 3 463 of milk, special attention to be given to 1 501 milk dealer to furnish samples for 4 502 ANIMALS SEE IMPOUNDER dead, mover of to register at health office 1, 7 341, 343 removal of, regulations governing 3, 4 342, 523 street commissioner to cause removal of 2 642 not to run at large may be impounded and sold .... 1-2 466 must not be turned out to be impounded 6 467 not to be hitched to shade tree, awning, post, etc .... 20 512 not to be driven on bridge faster than a walk 22 512 must not be driven on sidewalk 23 512 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 709 ANIMALS Continued. SEC. PAGE fast driving leaving unfastened 24 513 cruelty to 26 513 not to be slaughtered in city 27 513 exposing male 43 518 offensive pens for 6 524 APPEAL from police court, city attorney to prosecute 1 235 city attorney may appeal from 18 556 from boiler inspector 4 248 from decision of city electrician 11 317 APPOINTMENTS SEE OFFICERS of commutes of common council 1 284 of judges of election 3 308 of clerks 5 309 by mayor to fill vacancies 22 314 of employes at electric light plant 3 315 of foremen and members of fire department 4 323 of deputies by officers 18 534 APPROPRIATIONS general, for repair of streets, sewers and bridges .... 4 320 engineer not to incur liability in excess of ....... 5 320 for quarantine, how applied 7 367 AREAS regulations for construction of 15-16 446-417 ASSEMBLY by sale of goods, etc., on sidewalks prohibited 9 444 unlawful, what is 1 507 disturbing religious 3 507 ASSESSMENT or real property improvements 3 233 of personal property affidavit to list 4 233 of bank stock assessor to deliver notice 5 234 lists, full name to be signed 6 234 of merchants, assessor to make list of 9 498 ASSESSOR may appoint deputies 1 233 general duties of 1-6 233-235 shall furnish certificate to applicants for dramshop license 10 303 duty of, upon receiving merchant's statement 5 496 to return list of, to council 9 498 ATTACHMENT I for absent alderman 4 286 for witness in police court 24 558 710 INDEX TO GKXEKAL ORDINANCES. ATTORNEY, CITY- SEC. PAGE general duties of . . . l 235 to report prosecutions under milk ordinance 12 505 suits in police court, notices to be served on 16 556 may make affidavits 17 556 may appeal 18 556 police judge may appoint, when 31 560 AUCTIONEER must have license 1 236 bond required 2 236 may ring bell, when 3 236 not to cry sale on sidewalk or street 9 444 AUDITING COMMITTEE shall pass upon what claims 1 238 AUDITOR general duties of to be general accountant 1 237 to draw warrants 2 239 indebtedness to city to be deducted 3 239 to strike monthly balance 4 239 to settle with finance committee 5 239 shall report to comptroller 6 239 to deliver canceled indebtedness to finance commit- tee 7 240 may appoint deputy 8 240 to grant dramshop license 5 302 to report number issued to county 21 307 shall not grant license, when 22 307 duties of, in issuing licenses 1-16 482 to make monthly statement of merchants' license. . 8 498 to keep record of licenses for vehicles 2 653 AVENUES designated by names and numbers 1 368 AVOCATIONS license required of various 475-481 AWARDS for public work, general provisions relating to 292-294 . statement of, to include what information 6 294 AWNING how erected 6 443 posts, must not be defaced or injured :, 18 511 animals not to be hitched to 20 512 BADGE to be worn by chief of fire department 10 325 by firemen 13 327 huckster shall wear auditor to furnish 2 462 runner shall wear . 3 586 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 711 BAGATELLE TABLE SEC. PAGE license, amount of 1 241 BAGGAGE solicitation of, at passenger depots. 1-2 543 wagons, stand for, at Union Depot designated 7 544 rates for carriage of 3-4 653-654 BAIL- prisoner to be committed in default of 9 554 BAKERIES license, amount of 1 240 BALL public, license required for I 1 229 baseball park, license required of keeper 5 478 playing, in street 14 510 in public parks or squares, forbidden 3 540 BALLOT-SEE ELECTIONS- BANK stock and real estate, assessment of 5 234 license, amount of 1 241 BANNER carrying, on street, permit required 29 514 BARBED WIRE fences, prohibited 37 516 BARRIERS removing from dangerous place 35 516 BATHING where restricted 39 517 BAWDY HOUSES SEE ILL-FAME BEER CARRIERS employment of lewd women as, prohibited 17 306 BEGGARS when vagrant 1 648 BELL SEE GONG auctioneer may ring, when 3 236 bicycles must be provided with, sounded when 5 658 of locomotives shall be rung, when 6 567 BENZOINS regulations for storage of 1 339 BIDS- for public work, provisions concerning 1-6 292-294 for city printing 1-5 564-565 BICYCLES-SEE VEHICLES regulations governing 1-7 657-658 712 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. BILL BOARDS- SEC. PAGE location of, to be registered 3 243 how constructed repair of 4 243 to be kept free from . loose paper 5 243 inspection of 9 244 BILL POSTING license required for 1 242 not required for posting legal notice, etc 1 243 bill poster defined : 2 243 posters not to be affixed to sidewalks, etc., Avithout consent 6 244 nor on walls, fences, etc., without permission... 30 514 destroying posters, etc 7 244 handbills, etc., not to be thrown upon streets 31 515 distributing without license, penalty 32 515 BILLIARD TABLES, ETC license for 1 ' 241 penalty for permitting minor to play 2 241 license plate to be exposed 3 242 BIRTHS record of to be kept shall be reported . . . i-2 361 BLACKSMITH SHOP chimneys or flues to have spark arrester 9 338 BOARDS SEE BOILERS SEE HEALTH SEE PARKS- BOARDING HOUSES license for 2 461 shall not offer guests impure milk 2 501 BOARDING STABLES- license for 5 479 BOILERS, STEAM inspector of, appointment, qualifications deputy. .. 1 245 duties of, to inspect boilers, etc 2 246 to make semi-annual report 9 251 failure of duty, penalty 11 252 board of engineers, who constitute appointment of. 1 245 duties of, shall issue engineers' certificates 3 247 certificates of inspection, issue of, etc 8 250 engineers license, proceedings to obtain 14 253 owner of boiler, may appeal from inspector 4 248 must employ licensed engineer 7 249 permit to set up boiler two engineers required, when 5 248 salaries and bonds of inspector and board 10 251 to be tested once a year 6 249 not applicable to private residence, except...... 15 254 what engineers, engines and boilers expected 12 252 INDEX TO GEXERAL ORDINANCES. 713 BONDS SEE VARIOUS OFFICES SEC. PAGE for payment of theater license 9 231 auctioneers to give 2 236 city officer not accepted on 1 531 city officers to give 1-3 254-255 city ptinting, contractor for, to give 3 564 comptroller to deposit proceeds from sale of 3 287 contractors to give 4 294 dealer in, license for 3 477 dramshop keeper to give 5 302 excavating in streets, to be given for 1-2 437 house mover to give 2 277 merchants to give for payment of license 6 496 police court, for appearance in 6 553 proceedings on forfeiture 7 554 on continuance of case 14 555 of witnesses 25 558 runners to give 5 587 scavengers to give 3 592 sewers, private, for construction of 8 600 vagrant to give for good behavior 5 650 vehicle, licensed, driver to give 6 654 BOOKS SEE RECORDS blank, to be let to lowest bidder 4 565 obscene, sale or exhibit of 44 518 BOUNDARIES corporate limits extended and defined 1 255 of wards 1 256 of voting precincts 1 258 of fire limits of first-class 1 329 of second class ' 3 330 of streets, avenues and roads 368 of sewer districts 606 BOXING EXHIBITIONS not allowed in dramshop 16 306 BREACH OF PEACE provoking a 2 507 BREWERS AGENT license for 2 476 BRIDGES engineer shall repair 2 319 fast riding or driving over 22 512 BROKERS real estate, money, or insurance, license for 477 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. BUILDINGS- SEC . PAGE department for inspection of 1 261 members of department 3 262 superintendent, to be appointed 2 262 qualifications, duties, powers, etc 4-6 262-263 bond of 1 254 to inspect bill boards 9 244 records, how kept 7 263 permit for erecting building, how issued 1 264 plans to be examined 2 265 for additions or repairs 3 265 occupying street with material 4 265 penalty for, etc 5 265 application for, to contain what 6 266 record of, to be kept 7 266 superintendants' fees how. disposed of 8 266 must require that sewer connection be made. ... 21 605 unsafe buildings, owner to be notified 1 267 must be removed or protected 2 267 proceedings to condemn 3 268 owner of, to be reported for keeping nuisance. . 4 268 penalty 5 268 duty of superintendant as to dangerous building. 6 269 construction of buildings, to conform to ordinance. . 1 270 foundations to be of masonry 2 270 walls to be anchored 3 270 outside of fire limits 4 271 walls within fire limits 5 271 roofs to be of tin or slate 6 271 chimneys and flues, how built 7 271 of incombustible material 8 272 walls to be protected 9 272 wooden buildings may be authorized 10 272 frame, basement walls of 11 273 to be inspected 12 273 height of stories 13 273 business buildings, thickness of walls 14 274 existing party walls may be used 15 275 certain terms defined 16-18 275 height taken from what 19 276 red light to be at obstruction 20 276 penalty 21 276 fire escapes, construction of 3 334 vaults under sidewalk, regulations for 15 446 removal of buildings, to be by house mover 1 276 shall give bond 2 277 permit required, by whom issued 3 277 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 715 BUILDINGS Continued. SEC PAGE numbering of buildings, superintendent to give num- bers . 1 plan for numbering 2 278 lire limits, buildings within how constructed 2,4 329,331 raising and removal of wooden buildings within. 5 331 penalty 6 332 superintendent to order removal, w^hen 7 332 fire escapes, what buildings to be provided with.... 333-33G superintendent of buildings may order erection of 2 334 prevention of fires in buildings 336-338 storage of combustibles in 339-340 placing buildings in street, prohibited 3 442 windows and cellar doors, regulations for 10 445 injuring buildings, posts, etc 18 511 drains, how connected with buildings 13 602 sewer connection must be made 21 605 BURIAL SEE DEATHS permit must be procured 1 359 body not to be interred without 2 359 sextons to report interments 3 359 penalty 8 360 BUSINESS license required for various kinds 475-480 CALVES cruelty to 26 513 CANNON permit necessary to discharge in city 13 339 CARRIAGES SEE VEHICLES for passengers, at Union Depot regulations govern- ing 3 543 license for 1 652 driver of licensed carriage to give bond 6 654 CARS SEE RAILWAYS climbing upon or leaving while in motion 15 510 not to pass over fire hose 21 512 CATTLE SEE ANIMALS dealer, license for 5 479 yards or pens deemed a nuisance, when 6,21 524-529 CELLAR door or window in sidewalk 10 445 must not be left open 14 446 CEMETERIES must have certificate for burial in 1 359 sextons must report interments , 3 359 716 I.XDKX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. CERTIFICATE- SEC . PAGE of election to be issued 11 311 of advertisement of unreemed real property, form of 2 584 CHEMIST, CITY held to mean clerk of board of health 5 356 CHILD- not to be on street during night time, when 11 509 parent or guardian responsible, when 12 510 police may arrest and detain, when 13 510 CHIMNEYSSEE FLUES building, of regulations for 7 271 to be cleaned 3, 5 279, 280 CHIMNEY SWEEP office of, created 1 270 appointment term bond 2 279 duties of , 3-5 279-280 CIGARETTES sale of, to minors prohibited 10 509 CIRCUS license for 1 228 CISTERNS, PUBLIC drawing water from, penalty 34 515 CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES-SEE OFFICERS provisions concerning 531-535 CITY PROPERTY comptroller shall attend to sale of , etc 4 287 CLAIM AGENT license for 2 -75 CLAIMS committee on, appointment of 1 284 auditor to examine and audit 1 238 CLAIRVOYANT- f ortune teller, license for 4 477 CLERK SEE ELECTIONS of city, general duties 1-4 281-282 may appoint deputy 5 282 custodian of printed copies of laws and ordinances 6 282 of election, appointment of 5 309 of board of health, appointment of 1 347 duties salary bond 7 348 qualifications additional duties 1-5 355-356 shall have charge of dispensary 1 358 treasurer may employ 3 645 COAL holes, in sidewalk constructed, how 15 446 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 717 COAL Continued. SEC. PAGE dealers, license for 4 477 must be weighed 2 588 COAL OIL storage of, provisions governing 1-4 339-340 night watch to be kept, when 5 340 COASTING on sidewalks with sleds, etc 14 510 on streets with bicycles, etc., prohibited <> 658 COLLECTOR SEE TREASURER COMBUSTIBLES SEE FIRE DEPARTMENT ignition of, in streets 4 3b T not to be stacked near house 6 337 shavings to be removed from shops, etc 11 338 nitro glycerine not to be kept 12 338 storage of phosphorus, coal oil, etc 1-6 339-340 COMMERCIAL AGENCY license for 5 480 COMMERCIAL AGENT license for 2 476 COMMISSIONERS SEE PARK SEE STREET compensation of, in condemnation proceedings 6 291 police, may appoint secretary of police court 1 561 COMMISSIONS of city officers, clerk shall prepare 1 281 made out and delivered, when 11 311 COMMISSION MERCHANTS license for 4 478 COMMITTES standing, appointment of 284-285 judiciary, of whom composed duties 2 284 ordinance, duties of 3 284 legislation, duties of 4 285 board of health, appointment of 1 347 COMMON COUNCIL alderman absent from meeting of, may be fined .... 3 285 attachment may issue for 4 286 chief of police to attend meetings 01 2 285 counselor to attend meeting of 1 295 matters to be referred to committees 5 286 report may be deferred 5 286 vote of how reconsidered or rescinded 6 286 COMPENSATION SEE FEES SEE SALARIES of commissioners in condemnation proceedings 6 291 of judges and clerks of election 16 312 51 718 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. COMPENSATION Continue,.. SK( .. PAGE for collecting delinquent taxes 1 584 of laborers and teams in street commissioners' de- partment 3 642 COMPTROLLER bond of 2 254 deputy may be appointed by 11 280 general duties of .1-9 28"6-289 report of, shall state what 5 287 to furnish stationery and supplies for offices 10 289 to certify amount to be raised by taxation 6 288 to be at office during council meetings 9 289 to open bids for public work 1 293 to countersign licenses 7 288 shall prescribe form of 14 482 to attend tax sales 8 288 to cause accounts of lighting department to be classified 7 584 CONCEALED WEAPONS carrying of, prohibited 7 508 CONCERTS SEE AMUSEMENTS license for 1 229 CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS in opening street, etc., plats to be furnished, when ... 1 290 certificate of award tax bills 2 290 tax bills to be recorded 3 291 counselor to begin suits, when 5 291 how collected by treasurer 4 291 compensation of commissioners, in 6 291 CONDUCTORS SEE RAILWAYS must not stop train on street crossing 2 566 duty of, on street car 3 572 CONDUITS laying in streets, regulations governing 1 436 COTAGIOUS DISEASES-SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT- duty of health officers ." 9, 5 349, 354 may be quarantined . . . 7 354 physicians must notify health officer of 10 354 veterinary hospital not allowed 28 514 CONTEMPT what is, how punished 1-4 562-563 CONTRACTS to be advertised by engineer 1 292 let to lowest bidder 2 293 to be entered into. . 3 293 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 719 CONTRACTS Continued. SEC. PAGE performance to be secured, by bond 4 294 to be approved by counselor 5 294 duties of engineer as to 2 319 for first-class crossings, how let 9 435 for constructing sidewalks 5 452 for repairing sidewalks 5, 8 457, 458 for city printing 1-5 564-565 for construction of sewers 1 59 1 CORN DOCTOR license for 4 478 CORPORATE LIMITS boundaries of 1 255 COSTS of paving 4 431 of repairing streets 10 435 of sidewalk repairs, how taxed 9 459 of abating nuisance, taxed against property, when . . 22 529 in police court, informer liable for, when 15 555 bill of, to be examined 4 562 of constructing sewer to be itemized on tax bill. ... 22 606 COSTUMER license for 4 478 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS SEE COMMON COUNCIL record of, to be kept 2 o repair of sidewalks 456-460 term "repairs" defined 1, 6 456, 458 duty of engineer 2 456 notice in isolated cases. . 3 456 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 735 HIGHWAYS Continued. SEC PAGE owner or agent guilty of misdemeanor, when. ... 4 4o< contract to be advertised, etc 5 457 to be made by day's work 7 458 general repairs, engineer may contract, for 8 458 costs; how taxed 9 459 tax bills, collection of 11-12 459-460 HITCHING animal to be securely fastened 24 513 where prohibited 18, 20 511, 512 posts, permit required for erecting 9 441 number limited how constructed 5 443 HOGS- not to be at large 1 446 slaughtering in city prohibited, except 27 513 pen to be kept clean 6 524 declared nuisances, when 21 529 HORSES SEE ANIMALS not to be hitched, where 18, 20 511, 512 driving on bridge 22 512 fast driving leaving unfastened 24 513 veterinary hospital not allowed 28 514 exposing stallion 43 518 HORSE OR CATTLE DEALER license for 5 479 HOSPITAL SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT city hospital, management of 357-358 board of health shall visit 20 352 duties of health officer at 353-354 private veneral, license for 5 479 veterinary, not to be operated in city 28 514 HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES must have fire escapes 333-336 license for 1-2 460-4bo. impure milk, not to offer guests 2 501 runners for, not to solicit in depots 2 543 license for provisions governing 1-5 585-587 HOUSE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT license for 2 477 HOUSES SEE BUILDINGS of ill-fame, provisions concerning 46-49 518-519 HUCKSTERS license for 1 461 to wear badge 2 462 736 TXDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. HYD RANTS- SEC. PAGE advertisements not to be affixed to 6 244 animals not to be hitched to 20 512 ICE permit, not to be cut or stored without 1 462 not to be granted, when 2 463 may be revoked samples of ice 3 4< >:> to be kept where 4 463 not to cover more than three acres 5 464 wagon, license for 1 653 ICE- CREAM DEALER license for 5 479 ICE AND SNOW to be cleaned off sidewalks 11 445 IDLE PERSONS deemed vagrants, when 1 648 ILL-FAME- house of, dramshop not to be licensed in 18 306 provisions concerning 46-49 518-519 inmate deemed a vagrant, when 1 649 IMMORAL CONDUCT SEE MISDEMEANORS- IMPEDING TRAVEL SEE OBSTRUCTIONS press of teams in street 4 442 collecting crowd on sidewalk or street 9 444 IMPOUNDER SEE DOGS appointment of duties 1 4t>4 bond to be given 3, 2 255, 465 to provide pound 3 465 to keep a record 4 465 may employ assistants 5 465 to take up dogs 10 298 fees allowed for '. IT 300 impounding live stock, what may be impounded .... 1 466 duties of impounder f ees 2 466 shall report to comptroller 5 467 city clerk to attend sales 7 467 IMPROVEMENTS SEE HIGHWAYS contract for, how let, etc 292-294 INDEBTEDNESS in favor of city to be deducted from warrants 3 239 canceled, to be turned over to auditor 8 646 auditor shall deliver to finance committee 7 246 disposition of 5 INDECENCY- in swimming 39 517 TXDKX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 737 INI>P:CENCY Continued. SEC. PAGE use of male animals 43 518 ! by exposure of person, picture, etc 44-45 518 INFECTIOUS DISEASES SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INFLAMABLE SUBSTANCES SEE FIRE DEPARTMENT- INJURY SEE ACCIDENTS SEE MISDEMEANORS to pavements, crosswalks, etc 1 441 to telegraph wires, etc 16 511 to buildings, posts, shade trees, etc 18 511 to bridges, etc 19 512 to books, etc., of free public library 54 521 to property in public parks 7 541 to tree, by animal, owner liable for 4 648 INMATE or boarder in bawdy house 47 519 deemed a vagrant, when 1 649 INSANE- mayor may provide for temporary keeping of 4 492 INSPECTION SEE BOILERS BUILDINGS ELECTRICIAN- ICE MILK of dairies, assistant health officer to make fc . 6 503 of factories, chief of fire department to make 1 321 of food, etc., to be made by clerk of board of health. . 2 356 of sanitary condition of premises, health officers may make 10 349 of city, to be made by health officer and police, when 20 528 INSPECTOR OF LICENSES, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES appointment of bond of 1 468 general duties of 2 468 fees and compensation 3, 8 469, 471 must use proper standard for testing 6 470 must require license to be taken out 7 471 shall keep a record of licenses 11 482 INSURANCE agent, license for 2 475 broker, license for 3 477 company, license for 1 471 INTELLIGENCE OFFICE license for 1 472 application for, to be endorsed by whom 2 473 penalty for fraud or deception 3 473 INTERMENTS permit for, must be procured 1 359 sextons to make report of 3 359 738 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. INTOXICATING LIQUORS SEE DRAMSHOPS SEC. PAGE term defined 3 301 not to be sold by the drink under merchant's license. 15 500 penalty for selling to minor 13 304 sale of, in theatres, prohibited 19 306 INTOXICATION- an offense, when . . . . 6 . 508 of licensed vehicle driver, penalty 7 654 JUDGES SEE ELECTIONS SEE POLICE JUDGE of election, how appointed 3 308 JUDICIARY COMMITTEE composition of to have control of legal matters 2 284 JUNK dealer, license for 2 474 shop, license for 1 ^ , o record of purchases to be kept 3 474 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE to canvass election returns 10 310 practice before, governs in police court, when 30 560 LABOR eight htmrs constitute a day's work 20 535 workhouse prisoners required to work 8 663 LAMPS AND LAMP POSTS upon street or sidewalk 5 442 disturbing, etc., provisions concerning 16-18 511 animals not to be hitched to 20 512 trees not allowed to obstruct public lamps 3 647 LAUNDRY KEEPER license for 5 479 LEASES of city property, comptroller to attend to 4 287 of market stalls, etc ' 4 486 adjudged forfeited, when 7 486 LECTURE license for 1 229 LEAVE OF ABSENCE of firemen 8-9 324-325 mayor may grant to officers 6 493 officer not to be absent, without 2 531 LEGISLATION composition of committee on, duties, etc 4 284 LEWD CONDUCT SEE MISDEMEANORS- LIBRARY, FREE PUBLIC injuring books, etc., of, penalty 54 521 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 739 LICENSES- SEC. PAGE inspector to require license 7 471 provisions concerning 1-20 475-484 "person" defined 8 481 term of license 9 481 license to be posted 10 481 inspector must keep a record 11 482 may be issued to two or more 17 483 will protect employe, when 18 483 shall specify location how transferred 19 483 penalty 20 483 occupations, denominated sundry, subject to tax.... 2-5 475-480 amusements, etc., sundry, subject to tax 1-9 228-231 abstractors 1 225 auctioneers 1 236 bakeries 1 240 banks 1 241 billiard and other tables 1 241 bill posters 1 242 boarding houses . . , 2 461 building or house movers 1 276 chattel loaners 6 480 distributing hand bills, etc 32 515 dramshops 1-22 301-307 drugs, itenerant vendor of 7 480 engineers 3 247 hotels 1 460 hucksters 1 461 insurance companies 1 471 intelligence offices 1 472 junk shops 1 473 junk dealers 2 474 livery stables 1 484 meat shops 1 493 meat dealer, wholesale 6 494 merchants 1-16 495-500 milk dealer 3 502 pawnbrokers 1-3 545 peddlers 1-4 549-550 pictures or photographs, enlarging of 1 550 street cars 12 575 runners 1-5 585-587 scales, public 1 587 scavengers 3 592 storage houses 1 641 telegraph and express companies. 1-3 643 vehicles . 1 652 740 LXDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. LIGHT PLANT SEE ELECTRIC LIGHTS SEC PAGE LIGHTS in stables prohibited, except 5 337 to be maintained at building obstruction 20 27(5 at excavations 7 449 removing from dangerous place, penalty 35 516 LIMITATIONS of prosecutions under ordinances 29 559 LIMITS SEE BOUNDARIES- LIVERY STABLES license for 1 484 manure from not to be deposited in street 7 524 offensive or foul, penalty for keeping 10 525 LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANT license for 4 478 LOAN agent, license for 2 476 loaning on chattels, license for 6 480 LOCOMOTIVES SEE RAILWAYS jumping upon while in motion f . . . 15 510 speed of, regulated 1 566 headlights required 4 567 bell to be rung 6 567 not allowed on street railway 5 573 LOITERING prohibited, where 4 507 around engine house, forbidden 16 327 LUMBER must not be put in_street 5 567 yard, excluded from fire limits 8 333 MACADAMIZING SEE HIGHWAYS to be contracted for by engineer 4 431 to be done in what manner .' 5 431 MAGNIFYING GLASS license for 5 230 MANUFACTURER'S AGENT license for 2 476 MAPS of ground where accident happened 3 226 in condemnation proceedings 1 290 MARKETS designation and location of 1 485 central market, plat of to be kept 2 485 rental to be fixed by public building committee. . . 3 485 stalls, etc., when offered for lease 4 48^ INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 741 MARKETS Cor tinned. SEC PAGE spaces limited i 5 486 lease forfeited for violation of rules 7 486 hours of 9 487 unwholesome meats, sale of prohibited 10 487 cleanliness to be enforced 6 486 dressing animals slops, etc 11 487 stalls to be whitewashed, etc 14 488 articles to be removed from stand, when 15 488 vehicles not to remain, except 15 488 to stand how price for each 16 488 hay market, location of 17 489 vehicles to stand as directed price 18 489 penalty 19 4o9 market master, appointment of 1 490 general duties 2 490 to report monthly 3 4s**. shall weigh articles, when 4 491 police, powers of 5 49i MARRIAGES record of, to be kept by board of health 1 361 MAYOR installation of 1 491 general power of supervision 2 492 power in case of riot, etc 3 492 in case of paupers, insane or idiots 4 492 vacancy in office of how filled 22, 5 314, 493 tie in election of, how determined 20 313 may grant leave of absence 6 493 to approve bond of comptroller 2 254 is a member of judiciary committee 2 284 to make proclamation as to dogs, when^ 7 297 may revoke dramshop license 22 307 to issue notice of elections 2 308 may issue permit to discharge fire arms, etc 13 339 may employ physician, when 12 355 permit from, required for certain modes of ad- vertising 6, 29 244, 514 MEASURES SEE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES to be inspected, sealed, etc 2 468 MEAT unwholesome, sale of prohibited 10 487 shop or stand, license for 1 493 to be kept clean 2 494 under control of board of health 3 494 wholesale dealer, license for. . 6 494 INDEX TO GENEIIAL ORDINANCES. MEAT-Coiitinned. SEC> peddler, license for 4 550 peddling prohibited, when 4 550 MEDICINES indigent under care of health officer supplied with. . 1 358 samples of, not to be distributed on streets, etc 33 515 MEETING disturbing religious, or other assembly 3 507 MENAGERIE license for 1 228 MERCHANDISE distributing samples of 32 515 MERCHANT'S LICENSE merchant defined 1 495 annual license required 3 496 statement of cash value of goods to be filed 4 496 duty of assessor 5 496 proceedings to obtain, form of bond . 6 496 form of license 7 497 auditor to make monthly statement of 8 498 to extend taxes ._.... 10 498 assessor to deliver list to council 9 498 how obtained after January 11 498 after first of August 13 500 taxes extended and collected 12 499 good after dissolution of partnership. 14 500 no intoxicating liquors to be sold 15 500 MERRY-GO-ROUND license for 6 230 MILK impure, sale of prohibited 1 501 hotel, etc., not to offer to agents, 2 501 dealer, license for conditions '. 3-5 502-503 inspection of cows, stables, etc 6 503 adulterations, manufacture of prohibited 7 504 complaints, to whom made 10 505 attorney to report result of prosecutions 12 505 clerk of board of health to examine 2 356 MINORS not permitted to play billiards 2 241 selling liquor to, prohibited 13 304 cartridges, pistols, etc 9 509 cigarettes 10 509 under certain age not allowed on street, when 11 509 duty of parent or guardian 12 510 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 743 MINORS Continued. SEC> PAGE police may arrest and detain 13 510 pawnbroker must not deal with 6 547 MINSTREL PERFORMANCE license for 1 229 MISDEMEANORS SEE SPECIFIC TITLES general definition of term 1 521 punishment where no specific penalty provided 2 521 advertisements, etc., carrying on street without permit 29 514 animals, cruelty to 26 513 assembly unlawful 1 507 disturbing religious or other 3 507 barbed wire fence, erection or maintenance of 37 516 bawdy house, keeping 46 518 inmate or boarder in 47 519 frequenting 48 519 cars, jumping or climbing upon 15 511 cartridges, pistols, etc., selling to minors 9 509 cigarettes, selling to minors 10 509 concealed weapons, carrying of 7 508 "curfew" regulations 11-13 509-510 distributing samples of merchandise, medicines, etc.32-33 515 disturbing the peace 2 507 driving, fast 24 513 on bridge faster than walk 22 512 on sidewalk 23 512 failure to keep to right 25 513 drunkenness in public place 6 508 electric light poles, cimbing upon 17 511 escaping from custody 40 517 filth, keeping on vacant property 51 520 filthy act, committing in building, etc 18 511 fire, giving false alarm of 5 508 alarm, breaking or disturbing 16 511 hose, driving over 21 512 fruit or vegetable substance, throwing on sidewalk. . 52 520 gambling keeping device for 42 517 guard, removing from dangerous place 35 516 hand bills, etc., throwing in streets 31 515 posting without permit 30 514 distributing without license 32 515 hitching to awning post, hydrant, shade tree, etc ... 20 512 leaving animal unfastened 24 513 indecency dress, exhibitions, exposure of person. ... 44 518 exposing male animal 43 518 bathing naked in river, etc 39 517 744 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. MISDEMEANORS Continued. SEC PAGK injuring building, post, shade trees, etc 18 511 poles, wires, alarm boxes, etc 16 511 sidewalk, curbing, etc 23 512 books, etc., of free public library 54 521 licentious conduct, by lewd women 45 518 loitering about certain places 4 507 minors, under certain age on streets at night, when . . 11 509 parent or guardian permitting same 12 510 not to be placed in confinement, except when .... 13 510 missiles throwing or having device for 8 508 officer, falsely personating 41 517 pools, filth, etc., keeping on vacant property 51 520 profane language, disturbing others by 2 507 rubbish, throwing or leaving on streets, etc 36 516 sidewalks, driving upon, tearing up or injuring 23 512 throwing fruit parings on 52 520 slaughtering of animals 27 513 streets, playing in 14 510 persons under age on at night, when 11 509 Sunday, keeping business house open on 38 517 veterinary hospital, operating 28 514 water, drawing from public cistern 34 515 pipes, etc., of St. Joseph Water Co. interfering with 53 520 weeds, permitting to remain on lot 50 519 MONEY broker, license for '. 3 477 loaner, license for 2 476 chattels, loaning on, license for 6 480 MONEYS collections of, comptroller to supervise 4 287 to be paid into city treasury 1 582 city, officers cannot retain -. - 6 532 deposited with officer to be placed where 21 535 MORTUARY RECORDS SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT- MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES extended and defined 1 255 MUSEUMS license for 1 229 NAPTHA storage of 1 339 NITRO-GLYCERINE not to be manufactured or kept 12 338 NUISANCES SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT general provisions defining, and prescribing penalty. 1-23 522-530 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. NUISANCES Continued. SEC. PAGE certain matters declared nuisances 21 528 assistant sanitary superintendent may compel abate- ment of 6 348 abatement of, costs taxed how 22 529 on property of non-resident 13 526 destruction of articles dangerous to health 15 350 of business detrimental to public health 16 351 dairies, unclean, etc 6 503 dead animals, to be removed 4 523 establishments, foul or offensive 10 525 fire department members shall report nuisances 20 328 garbage to be removed penalty 4 342 grounds, offensive 11 525 hides, green or salted, storage of 5 523 offal, rubbish, filth, slops, etc 7 524 not permitted on lots 51 520 to be removed 8 524 removal of, license 15 526 throwing in street, etc 16 527 to be removed, how 18 527 pens, offensive, for cattle and hogs 6 524 police to examine city, when 20 528 ponds and pools not allowed on vacant lots 51 520 privies, penalty for neglect to provide 1 522 location and manner of building 2 52- time and manner of emptying 3 523 by scavenger, provisions governing 1-12 592-595 rendering, etc., offensive smells from 9 525 sewers, permitting to become foul, etc 12 525 refuse matter not to be thrown into 14 526 rubbish not to be thrown into 18 604 NUMBERING of buildings 1 277 OATH of judges and clerks of election 3, 5 309 of city engineer 1 3io of deputies, same as principal 18 534 secretary of police court may administer 3 561 OBSCENE books, etc., selling or exhibiting 44 518 language to provoke breach of peace 2 507 OBSTRUCTIONS-SEE HIGHWAYS of streets and sidewalks, general provisions con- cerning 1 441 to be marked by red light 20 276 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. OBSTRUCTIONS Continued. SEC PAGE by material, etc 4 265 by house mover 3 277 by excavations 1 436 by leaving rubbish, material, etc., on 36 516 by railway engines, cars, etc 2-3 566 engineer to prevent and remove 2 319 street commissioner to remove 2 642 of street cars 572-573 of fire apparatus 17 327 sewers, throwing rubbish in, etc 18-19 604-605 trees must not obstruct lamps 3 647 OFFAL SEE NUISANCES how disposed of from houses 4 342 OFFICER falsely representing an 41 517 OFFICERS SEE REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS bond, not to be accepted on 1 531 bonds of various 1 254 absent, not to be, without leave 2 531 books, etc., to be delivered to successor 3 531 may be inspected 4 532 city election, cannot serve as judge or clerk of 5 309 city money, cannot retain for salary 6 532 city warrants, must not deal in 5 532 day's work, eight hours declared to be 20 535 defaulting, duty of comptroller . 2 287 deposits with, to be placed in depository 21 535 deputies, may appoint 18 534 employe of must be a citizen 19 534 moneys to be paid over to treasurer monthly 1 582 term, two years unless otherwise provided 7 532 suspended officer to be investigated 8 532 procedure 9-17 533-534 OILS AND FLUIDS storage of, provisions concerning 1-6 339-340 nitre-glycerine not to be kept 12 338 OMNIBUSES SEE VEHICLES license for 1 652 driver of, not to solicit in passenger depots 1 543 stand for, at Union Depot 3 543 OPERA HOUSES SEE AMUSEMENTS license for 1 229 may be paid in installments 9 231 forfeited, when 10 231 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 747 OPERA TICKET DEALER- SEC. PAGE license for 5 479 ORDINANCES to be recorded and published 1 536 repeal or modification 2 536 when same act violates, two 3 536 general construction of 4 537 damages may be recovered under 5 537 veto, passing over 6 537 failure of mayor to return, effect of 7 538 to be numbered and classed 8 538 publication of, deposit required for what 9 538 franchise, copies to be filed with clerk 11 539 penalty, when no other is provided 3 521 bound copies, clerk is custodian of 6 282 to be delivered to what officers 7 283 clerk may seil copies 8 283 committee on, duties of 3 284 report on, may be deferred 5 286 ORDINARY defined, license for 5 479 PARENTS not to allow children on streets, when 12 510 PARKS description of 1 539 Krug park, acceptance of deed 2 540 dogs not allowed at large in 10 541 playing in, prohibited 3 540 injuring property in, penalty 7 541 throwing litter on grounds 8 541 police to arrest violators 6 541 general ordinances to govern 9 541 commissioners, appointment of 1 542 authority of ( 2 542 receive no compensation 3 543 PASSENGER DEPOTS expressmen, hackmen, etc., not to solicit patronage in. 1 543 hotel runners, not to solicit in 2 543 carriages, baggage wagons, etc., at, provisions governing 3 543 PAUPERS mayor may aid,, etc 4 492 PAVEMENT- not to be taken up without permit 1 436 penalty for injuring 1 441 74: 8 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. PAVING-SEE HIGHWAYS- SEC. PAGE petitions for, to be certified and published 6 321 how done 4-5 431 PAWNBROKERS defined 2 545 license for 1 545 application for, how made 3 545 to keep register and report daily 4 545 register to be open to inspection 5 547 not deal with minor nor receive pawns, when 6 547 fees allowed 7 548 time of redemption 8 548 PEDDLERS defined 1 549 license required 2 549 amounts charged therefore 3 549 of fresh meats prohibited from peddling, when .... 4 550 PENALTIES for misdemeanor or where no special penalty is prescribed 2 521 where none is fixed 3 521 PETROLEUM AND COAL OIL storage of 1-6 339-340 PHONOGRAPHS license for selling or renting 7 230 PHOTOGRAPHER license for 5 479 PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES- enlarging, license for 1 550 PHYSICIANS SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT mayor may employ physician in urgent cases 12 355 to report contagious diseases 10 354 to make death certificates 4 359 to report births and deaths 2-3 361 PICKPOCKETS SEE VAGRANTS associates of, deemed vagrants 1 649 PIGEON DROPPING defined 2 650 PIPES must not discharge water on sidewalk 13 446 of St. Joseph Water Co., not to be interfered with ... 53 520 POLES AND POSTS permit required for setting 1 436 what may be erected 5 442 climbing on, injuring or disturbing 16-18 511 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 749 POLICE- SEC. PAGE chief of, to attend council meetings 2 285 to provide officers at polling places 17 312 is ex-ofticio member of board of health 1 346 to arrest violators of park ordinance 6 541 shall detail police to examine sanitary condition, when 20 528 to keep record of witnesses, etc 32 560 to keep record of commitments to workhouse. ... 5 662 officers may direct movement of teams, when 4. 442 force, mayor may direct action of, when 3 492 judge, to report to comptroller 2 583 POLICE COURT actions, manner of bringing 1 551 complaint, form of 1 5514 amendments permitted 12 555 affidavits to be made by city attorney 17 556 appeals, when city may take 18 556 bail, by whom to be taken 6 553 prisoner to be committed in default of 9 554 bond, forfeiture of 7 554 may be set aside 8 554 continuances, when granted 14 555 costs, judgement rendered against informant for, when 15 555 defaults, procedure on 10 554 judgement may be set aside 11 554 depositions, may be read, when 22 557 executions, when issued form of 19 556 how enforced 20 557 motions disposed of, when 13 555 notices to be served on city attorney 16 556 officers to inform city attorney of violations 2 552 practice before justice of peace applicable 30 560 prosecutions, limitation of 29 559 summons or warrant, when to be issued 3 552 trials, hearing to be summary 5 553 suits to be tried on statements by city attorney. . 4 553 judge may appoint attorney, when 31 560 witness, officers to attend as 21 557 fees, who entitled to 23 558 attachment for 24 558 may give bond 25 558 committed, when 26 559 delinquent may be fined 27 559 may be recognized 28 559 53 750 IXDKX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. POLICE COTTKT Continued. SEr< PuiK chief of police to keep record of 32 560 secretary of, how appointed 1 561 general duties of 2 5<;i may administer oaths 3 561 to examine cost bills 4 562 contempt, what constitutes 1 562 how punished 2 '>(*> when committed in view of judge 3 563 particulars to be stated 4 5(5: i POLLING PLACES SEE ELECTIONS location of 1 258 POOL TABLES license for 1 permitting minor to play on 2 241 POSTERS SEE BILL POSTING not to be affixed to walls, etc., without permission. . 30 514 nor on public property without consent of mayor. (5 244 not to be destroyed, when 7 244 POSTS what, may be erected in street 5 442 POUND SEE IMPOUNDER PRECINCTS boundaries of 1 238 PRINTING. CITY proposals for, comptroller to advertise 1 564 contract let to lowest bidder 2 564 bond to be given by contractor 3 564 papers to be furnished city officers 5 565 job printing let to lowest bidder 4 565 PRISONERS SEE WORKHOUSE required to labor 8 663 credit for 19 GOG PRIVIES penalty for neglect to provide 1 552 how constructed 2 552 time for emptying 3 523 cleaning of, by scavenger 1-12 592-595 PROCURERS or pimps are vagrants 1 649 PROPERTY assessment of 2-4 of city, comptroller to attend to sale of, etc . 4 287 condemnation of private, for public use 1-6 290-291 injuring public or private 18 511 L\I)EX TO (.rKNEKAL OjiDI . \AXCKS. 75l PROPOSALS SEE CONTRACTS SEr> PA( . K for office supplies .................................. 10 289 for public improvements ........................... 1 292 for city printing ..................... . ...... . ..... 1 564 for job printing ................................... 4 ";."> PROSTITUTES lewd conduct of ................................... 45 518 being inmate of bawdy house ...................... 47 519 deemed vagrants, when ............................ 1 649 not to be employed in dramshop .................... 17 306 PROSECUTIONS of suspended city officer .......................... 8-17 532-534 in police court .................................... 1-33 551-560 for violation of chap. XLIX, city attorney to report. . 12 505 PROVISIONS unwholesome or tainted, sale of prohibited .......... 10 487 PUBLICATION proposals for public work, advertisement for ........ 1 292 crossings, construction of ....................... 9 435 sidewalks, construction of ...................... 5 452 sidewalks, repair of ............................ 5, 8 457, 458 sewers, construction of ......................... 1 597 printing council proceeding, etc ................. 1 564 grading and paving, of petition for ................ 6 321 election, notice of ................................ 2, 23 308, 314 impounder's sale, notice of ........................ 2 466 ordinances, proof of ..... . ......................... 1 536 cost of publication paid by beneficiary, when .... 9 538 unredeemed property, form of certificate ........... 2 584 PUBLIC BUIDINGS committee, appointment of ......................... 1 284 to fix rental of market stalls, etc ............... 3 485 PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS license for ....................................... 1 228 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS- SEE HIGHWAYS committee on, apponitment of ...................... 1 284 engineer to superintend ........................... 2 319 PUBLIC LIBRARY injuring books or other property of ................. 54 521 PUBLIC SCALES SEE SCALES provisions concerning ..................... ........ 587-591 QUALIFICATIONS of city employe ....................... .19 534 752 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. QUARANTINE SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEC. PAGE general regulations for 1-8 362-367 RAILWAYS, STEAM speed, rate of 1 556 street crossings, cars not to remain on 2 566 street, obstruction of not allowed 3 566 lumber, etc., not to be deposited in 5 567 engines and cars, climbing on or off 15 510 light to be kept on car or engine 4 567 bell must be rung 6 567 sign board at entrance to city 7 567 ordinance, engineer and conductor to be furnished with copy of 8 567 watchman to be stationed at crossing, when 10 568 drop bars to be placed at crossing, when 11 568 may be maintained jointly 12 569 whistles, sounding of regulated 14 570 passenger depots, provisions concerning 1-3 543 RAILWAYS, STREET tracks to be kept in proper condition 2 571 not to be laid in street without permission 6 573 to be removed and street restored, when 4 567 removal of, for street improvement 1 577 replaced, when 2 578 how reconstructed 3 579 notices served, how 4 580 rights of city 5 581 rules and regulations for operation of 3 571 fire department, not to interfere with 4 573 cannot use steam nor haul freight . 5 573 fare cannot be increased 5 573 fenders required on cars 8 574 speed limits 9 574 gongs required on cars, to be sounded 10 574 railroad crossings, cars to stop at 11 575 license required for each car 12 575 plank crossings to be constructed, when 1 58i notice to construct, how served 2 582 cars, climbing on or off while in motion 15 510 REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKERS license for 2 477 RECONSIDERATION of vote by common council 6 of vetoed ordinance 6 537 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 753 RECORDS SEE BOOKS SEC PAGE chief of police to keep of prisoners committed 5 662 health department to keep of proceedings 7 348 inspector of licenses shall keep 11 482 junk dealer must keep 3 474 mortury records to be kept 359 officers shall deliver to successor 3 531 officers books may be inspected 4 532 pawnbroker to keep 4 545 may be inspected 5 547 police court, secretary to have custody of 2 561 second hand dealers to keep 1 r><)d vehicles, licensed, auditor to keep 2 653 RED LIGHTS at obstruction by building material, etc 20 276 at excavations in streets 7 440 removing from dangerous place 35 516 RENTS comptroller shall attend to collection of 4 287 market stalls, rental to be fixed, when 3 485 REPAIRS bill boards to be kept in repair 4 243 building inspector to require repairs 9 244 of buildings subject to ordinance regulating 3 265 of defective flues, building inspector to require .... 4 280 of streets, sewers, sidewalks, etc., duties of engineer. 2 318 costs, how assessed 10 435 may be made by day's work or contract. 4 320 pay roll and claims for material 5 320 of sidewalks, provisions regulating 1-12 456-460 of sewers, gas or water pipes, no charges for permit. 4 439 REPEAL of ordinances, effect of 2 53(5 REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS SEE VARIOUS OFFICERS accounts of street lighting department, how classified 7 584 inventory of supplies and unpaid bills 8 584 canceled indebtedness, disposition of 5 583 money, to be paid over monthly by officers 1 582 reports, failure to make, penalty 6 583 of Judge of Police Court 2 583 of superintendent of workhouse 3, 7 583, (5(52 other officers to report, when 4 583 REPUTATION evidence of. admissible in trial of vagrant 4 650 of bawdy house 49 519 754 INDEX TO ( JK .YKUAL ORDINANCES. RESTAURANTS- SEC. PAGE license for 5 479 not to offer guests impure milk 2 501 RESOLUTION of common council to be signed by clerk 1 281 REVENUE SEE ASSESSOR-SEE LICENSES compensation for collecting delinquent taxes 1 584 form of certificate of advertisement of property.... 2 584 RIDING SEE DRIVING SEE VEHICLES in streets, etc., provisions concerning 21-2.") 512-513 RIGHT OF WAY fire apparatus has, on streets IT .",27 of street cars 4 573 for constructing street railway track (' 573 RIOT powers of mayor in cases of 3 4!>2 RUBBISH leaving on street or sidewalk, penalty 3<; 5i., not allowed on vacant lots, when r>l 520 how disposed of 7, 18 524. 527 not to be thrown in sewer 18 004 RULES AND REGULATIONS committee on rules, appointment of 1 284 for fire department, how made 323 for quarantine. Board of Health may make 4 365 for running street cars 3 571 for workhouse, how made 12 664 RUNNERS defined, license required '. 1 585 license to state what; how transferred 2 58<; shall w r ear badge 3 586 must not disturb others 4 58(5 bond required 5 587 restricted at passenger depots 2 543 SALARIES- of boiler inspector and board of engineers 10 251 city electrician 1 315 assistant sanitary superintendent 4 347 clerk of board of health 7 348 city's money cannot be retained for 6 532 SALE STABLES license for "> 470 SALES by auction to be by auctioneer 1 of property for taxes, comptroller to attend, etc.... 8 INDEX TO GEXEKAL OKDIXAXCES. 755 SALES Continued. SEC p AGE of goods, streets not to be obstructed by 9 444 of impounded animals 2 460 SANITARY SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT regulations, assistant sanitary superintendent shall enforce 5 347 condition of city, health officer has supervision over. 2 353 SCALES AND WEIGHERS public scales, license for 1 587 articles must be weighed before sale 2 588 weigher to give ticket 3 588 fees for weighing 4, 9 588, 591 not to be designated as city scales 5 588 inspection of 2 468 fees for 3 469 false scales, penalty for using 5 470 city weighmaster, appointment of 1 589 duty of 1 589 manner of weighing loads 3 589 changing certificate of or diminishing weights. . 4 590 fees for weighing 5, 9 590, 591 to pay over receipts monthly 6 590 shall report monthly 7 591 no yard fee charged, when 18 489 private persons prohibited from weighing 8 591 market master to keep scales, etc 4 491 SCAVENGERS scavenger defined 2 592 license and bond of 3 592 equipment for work 8 594 privy and cesspool, how cleaned 4 593 under direction of health officer 1. 6 592, 593 air-tight tank to be used 5 593 owner of privy to have permit, when 9 594 health officer to notify OAvner to clean 10 59-^ time for emptying privy vaults 3 503 reports required of, to health officer 11 595 SEAL of city of St. Joseph, description of 1 596 SEARCH V\' ARRANT may issue for concealed .mm powder 6 345 SECOND HAND DEALERS license for 5 479 to keep a register of goods purchased 1 569 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. SETTLEMENTS, OFFICIAL SEC auditor to make with finance committee monthly. ... r> 239 treasurer to make with auditor inontnly 1 (545 SEWERS SEE HIGHWAYS main and lateral, how constructed 1 r>07 engineer to advertise and let contract 1 597 statement of award to include information. . 6 L )( .>4 connections with, how made 2 .11)7 to be by permission 3 598 must conform with engineer's orders 4 598 penalty for working around, without permit r> 599 litter, rubbish, etc. not to be thrown into 18 004 refuse matter not to be thrown into 14 520 offensive or foul sewers, drains, etc., not allowed. ... 12 525 obstructions, or discharges into, forbidden, when .... 19 605 persons violating to be notified 20 <;05 condition of building permit 21 605 private sewers or drains, how constructed < 599 permit from engineer required 7 5911 applicant for, to give bond 8 600 fees for 4 439 notice to engineer before beginning work 9 601 materials and connections to be approved 10 601 city may connect with, etc 11 602 how connected with buildings 13 602 plan of, to be deposited with engineer 14 603 engineer may inspect 15 603 owners considered as petitioners when 17 604 tax bills for district sewers, how issued 22 606 sewer districts, boundaries of 23-82 607-640 condemnation of private property for 1 290 repair of, duties of engineer. 2, 4 318, 320 SEWING MACHINE agent or dealer, license for 2 476 solicitor; license for 2 476 SEXTONS SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT duties of 359-360 SHAVINGS burning in street 4 337 to be removed from shops, etc 11 338 SHEDS or wooden buildings, how constructed 10 272 SHOOTING GALLERY license for. . 3 229 SHOWS SEE AMUSEMENTS license for. . 1 228 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 757 SIDEWALKS SEE HIGHWAYS SEC. PAGE classification and construction of 1-16 448-455 excavations in 1 436 obstructions and injury to .. . 1-16 441-447 repair of 1-12 456-460 occupation of, for building purposes, when permitted 4 265 passage way to be kept open 20 276 playing, riding or coasting on 14 510 driving on 23 512 leaving rubbish on 36 516 throwing fruit parings on 52 520 posters,' etc., not to \>e affixed to 6 244 shade trees, where to be planted in 1 647 SIGNAL LIGHTS to be placed at obstructions in streets 20 276 to be maintained at excavations 7 440 removing from dangerous place 35 516 locomotives and cars to have 4 567 street cars to be provided with 3 573 SIGNS AND SIGN POSTS sign posts not allowed on sidewalks, etc 5 442 sign board to be erected on railroad when 7 567 signs on street or sidewalk, how erected 7 443 injuring or defacing 18 511 not to be carried without permit 29 514 SLAUGHTER HOUSES slaughtering forbidden, except in 27 513 nuisances, when 21 529 foul or offiensive, penalty 10 525 sewer connections, through catch basins required... 19 605 SLOPS-SEE GARBAGE not to be thrown in street, etc 7 524 SMALLPOX physicians must notify health officer of 10 354 duty of health officer 5 354 SNOW sidewalks to be kept free from 11 445 SPECIAL TAX BILLS clerk to issue, wiien, in street opening cases 2 290 delivered to treasurer 3 291 collection of 4-5 291 counselor to collect 1 295 engineer to keep record of all 2 319 in cases of abatement of nuisances, issued when... 22 529 unsafe buildings 5 268 758 INDEX TO GENERAL OKDI.XAXCKS. SPECIAL TAX BILLS-Contiuued. SK( , PAGE for sewers, to have cost, etc.. written on 6 450 for repairing 9 4> - ) ( > SPRINKLING; STREET to be under supervision of street commissioner 2 (i42 license for sprinkling wagons 1 <;52 STABLES SEE LIVEKY STABLES lights in prohibited, except 5 337 depositing manure, etc., in streets 24 .12!) STANDING COMMITTEES appointment of \ 284 STANDS in market, letting of 4 486 for hay wagons, etc 18 48T) for vehicles at union depot, regulations governing.. . 3 .143 for express and job \vagous. . . . 1 <;5<; STATIONERY for city officers, comptroller to furnish 10 289 blank books, etc., to be let to lowest bidder 4 563 STEAM BOILERS SEE BOILERS- STEAM RAILROADS SEE RAILWAYS- STEWARD AND MATRON SEE HEALTH DEPARTMENT of city hospital, appointment of 4 3.17 STOCK not to run at large ; i 466 live stock commission merchant, license for 4 4T.S STORAGE HOUSES license for v 1 (j4i STOVES how set up, where near woodwork of Avail 2 33G pipes for, regulation of 3 337 to be on platform 8 338 STRAW not to be stacked where 6 337 throwing of into drains or sewers forbidden 18 604 STREET COMMISSIONER appointment of 1 641 general duties of 2 642 may employ laborers and teams 3 642 shall keep a record and report 4 642 location of bill boards to be registered with 3 24;; may require railroad to station watchmen at crossing 10 568 to cause trees obstructing lamps to be trimmed.... 3 647 may direct movement of teams obstructing street. . 4 442 I.XDKX TO ("iKXKRAL QlJDIXANCKS. 759 STREET LIGHTING SEE ELECTRIC LIGHT SKC. PAGE committee, appointment of 5 department, accounts to be classified 7 584 inventory of supplies and unpaid bills 8 584 record of expenditures 5 plant, city electrician shall superintend 3 STREET RAILROADS-SEE RAILWAYS- STREETSSEE HIGHWAYS cleaning and sprinkling of 2 committee on streets and alleys, appointment of. ... 1 numbering of buildings on 2 |2T8 offenses on; see misdemeanors 507-521 opening of, proceedings for. 1-6 290-291 SUBPOENA president of council may issue, when 13 533 SUITS affected, how, by repeal or modification of ordinances 2 536 against city, counselor to keep record of 1 295 statement in police court 1 to collect tax bills for opening street 5 291 for sidewalk repairs 12 4GO SUMMONS to be issued by judge of police court.... "> ">- SUNDAY business houses must be closed on 38 517 dramshops must be closed on 1-1 SU I ERI NTENDENTS of buildings; see buildings 261 of electric light plant; see electrician of sanitary affairs; see health department 346 of street cleaning; see street commissioner 641 of workhouse; see workhouse . . 660 SUPPLIES for offices, comptroller to let to lowest bidder 10 289 on hand at electric light plant, inventory of 8 584 for workhouse 1( > 665 SUSPENSION of city officer by mayor. 8 ~>: > >2 SWIMMING in Missouri river or ponds restricted 39 ->1 < TAXES SEE SPECIAL TAX BILLS receipts for, how issued, etc 5 645 land tax book delivered to comptroller, when 9 comptroller to certify amount to be raised by taxation 6 760 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. TAXES SEE SPECIAL TAX BILLS Continued. SEC. PAGE to attend sale of real estate for taxes, etc 8 288 on merchants to be extended and collected 10, 12 498, 499 compensation for collecting delinquent 1 584 on property of telegraph and express companies. . 3 (54:; TELEGRAPH COMPANIES license for 2 643 TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE poles, regulations for setting in street 1 436 poles and wires, injury to, etc 16 511 TEN PIN ALLEY license for 2 229 not allowed in connection with dramshop 16 606 ten pins not to be played on Sunday 38 517 THEATRES SEE AMUSEMENTS license for 1 229 how paid 9 231 intoxicating liquors not to be sold in 19 306 THIEVES SEE VAGRANTS- TIE VOTE how determined by lot 20 313 TIME established for city of St. Joseph 1 643 tested by what clock 2 644 TREASURER, CITY general duties of ' 1 644 to report monthly to comptroller 2 645 to make daily report of disbursements 8 646 may employ clerk , 3 (54.") bond of 4 645 tax receipts, how issued by 5 645 shall deposit receipts daily 6 646 checks of, to be countersigned 7 646 to deliver tax books to comptroller, when 9 646 penalty for official dereliction 10 646 to pay over dramshop money to county monthly .... 21 307 collection of tax bolls for opening street 4 291 for repairing sidewalks 11 459 compensation of, for collecting delinquent taxes .... 1 584 TREES, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL animal injuring, owner liable 4 648 hitching to, forbidden 20 512 injuring or daubing with filth 18 511 planted in streets how 1 647 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 761 TREES, SHADE AND ORNAMENT AT, Continued. SEC. PAGE permit must be obtained engineer may replant, when 2 must not obstruct lamps 3 647 TRIAL SEE POLICE COURT of suspended officer procedure 8-1.7 532-534 VXION DEPOT-SEE PASSENGER DEPOTS carriages and wagons, at, regulations governing.... "> UNLAWFULLY ASSEMBLY what is ! 507 UNWHOLESOME MEATS, ETC. sale of, prohibited 10 487 VACANCIES in elective office, how filled 22 314 VACCINATION indigent poor, duty of health officer in regard to.... 6 354 VAGRANTS denned 1. 648 pigeon dropping defined 2 650 trials of, may be of joint offenders 3 650 evidence of, reputation admissible 4 650 penalty upon conviction 5 650 VAULT CLEANERS SEE SCAVENGERS VAULTS SEE EXCAVATIONS under sidewalk, regulations for construction of.... 15 446 penalty 16 447 not to be left open 14 446 VEGETABLE stands in market, regulations governing 15 488 parings, etc., not to be thrown on sidewalk 52 520 VEHICLES bicycles, etc., governed by what laws 1 657 riders must keep to the right 2 657 not to ride upon sidewalk 3 658 speed limited, in what district 4 658 to be provided with alarm bells 5 658 coasting prohibited 6 658 penalty 7 658 driving, over hose 21 512 on sidewalk '. 23 512 must keep to the right 25 513 drivers of hacks, carriages, etc., to give bond 6 654 penalty for intoxication 7 654 not to refuse or deceive passenger 8 655 l.XDKX TO (i KM-: UAL ORDINANCES. VEHICLES Continued. bEc. PAGE license for ....................................... ! G52 registered numuer to be kept on ............ 2 053 of 11011 resident not traiisf errable ................ 10 055 falsely representing residence ............... 11 656 movement of, in crowded street .................... 4 442 obstructing, crosswalks ........................... 12 445 street car tracks ............................... 3-4 573 rates of fare, for carrying passenger or baggage ____ 3 053 to be posted in vehicle .......................... y 055 for job wagons .............................. 4-5 054 stands for express wagons, etc., location of ....... 1 050 regulations governing ........................ 2 057 penalty ..................................... 3 057 at union depot, regulations governing ........... 3 543 VETERINARY HOSPITAL not to be operated in city ......................... 28 514 VETO effect of, passing ordinance over .................. 537 VITAL STATISTICS to be kept by board of health ...................... 1 301 births and deaths to be reported .................. 2-3 301 VOTING PRECINCTS designation of ................................... 1 258 WAGONS SEE VEHICLES WAGON YARD- license for ................. ..................... 5 480 WARDS boundaries of ................................... 1 250 WARRANTS, (PROCESS) judge of police court shall issue ................... 3 552 unnecessary, when ............................. - 553 WARRANTS, (ORDERS) to be countersigned by comptroller ................ 2 239 indebtedness to city to be deducted from ........... 3 ::.>;) officer must not deal in ........................... 5 532 WATER AND GAS committee on, appointment of ...................... 1 284 WATER PIPES, ETC. excavations for, in streets, regulations governing... 1 430 of St. Joseph Water Co., not to be interfered with. 53 520 WEAPONS deadly or dangerous, carrying concealed . . ... 7 508 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. 763 WEIGHMASTER SEE SCALES SEC. PAGE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SEE INSPECTOR OF to be inspected, when '2 408 fees for testing and sealing 3 40u refusal to have measure, etc., inspected, penalty.... 4 470 proper standard to be used for testing 47u using false measure, etc., penalty ." 470 WIRES inspection of electrical 0-13 310-318 telegraph, telephone, etc., injuring or interfering with 10 511 WINDOWS on sidewalk regulated 10 445 WITNESSES SEE POLICE COURT in police court provisions relating to 21-28 557-555) chief of police to keep a record of 32 500 in trial of suspended officer, may be subpoenaed . . 13 535 defaulting witness may be punished 14 533 fees to be paid 17 .":', j WOOD dealer or agent, license for 5 480 certificate of measurement to be given to purchaser. 1 059 cord of, how computed 2 059 penalty for diminishing quantity :> 059 WOODEN BUILDINGS SEEBUILDINGS WORK eight hours to constitute a day's work 20 535 members of police and tire departments excepted. 20 535 WORKHOUSE establishment of. 1 000 superintendent, appointment of 3 001 powers and duties 2 000 to keep a record and report monthly 3, 7 583. (>r>2 articles produced may be sold 15 r05 commitment or release of prisoner, duty of officers. . 4 001 chief of police to keep a record, etc 5 002 committee, appointment of 1 284 to examine books and accounts 17 000 discharge or escape of prisoner 002 guards, employment of 9 003 health officer, visiting duties of 11 004 inventory of property, when returned 23 007 obstructing officer, penalty for 14 005 prisoners to be fed three times daily 10 003 required to labor 8 003 punishment for refusing 18 000 INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES. WORKHOUSE Continued. QEi . .r AGE amount credited for labor 19 QQQ rules of discipline shall be enforced 12 664 prisoner must obey orders 13 QQ separation of sexes 20 667 supplies, what furnished, how purchased 16 665 WRESTLING EXHIBITION, ETC. license for 1 229 not allowed in dramshop 16 3pr> YC 09665