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 THE 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF.SEDALIA, MISSOURI 
 
 1894. 
 
 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED 
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI 
 AFFECTING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.— 
 THE CHARTER OF THE CITY.— RULES 
 OF THE COUNCIL- — LIST OF OF- 
 FICERS, FRANCHISES, Etc. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION OF THE CITY OF SEDALIA. 
 
 REVISED AND COMPILED BY 
 OF THE SEDALIA BAR, 
 
 By Order of the Mayor and City Council. 
 
 SEDALIA MO: 
 
 THE SEDALIA PRINTING COMPANY, 
 1894.
 
 Printed copies of the ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders and by-laws 
 of any city or incorporated town, in this State purporting to be published 
 by authority of such city or incorporated town, and manuscript or printed 
 copies of such ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders and by-laws, certified 
 under the hand of the officer having the same in lawful custody, with the 
 seal of such city or town annexed, shall be received as evidence in all courts 
 and places in this State without further proof; and any printed pamphlet or 
 volume, purporting to be published by authority of and such town or city, 
 and to contain the ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders or by-laws of such 
 town or city, shall be evidence, in all courts and places within this State, of 
 such ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders or by-laws. (^ 4846 R. S. 1889).
 
 PROVISIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI 
 
 AFFECTING 
 
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 BILL OF RIGHTS. 
 
 Section i. (i8) That no person elected or appointed 
 to any office or employment 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. 
 
 Sec. 2. (19) That no person who is now, or may here- 
 after become a collector or receiver of public money, or assist- 
 ant or deputy of such collector or receiver, shall be eligible to 
 any office of trust or profit in the State of Missouri, under the 
 laws thereof, or of any municipality therein, until he shall have 
 accounted for and paid over all the public money for which he 
 may be accountable. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 limitation on legislative power. 
 
 Section 3. (45) The General Assembly shall have no 
 power to give or to lend, or to authorize the giving or lending 
 
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 4 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 of the credit of the State in aid of or to any person, associa- 
 tion or corporation, whether municipal or other, or to pledge 
 the credit of the State in any manner whatsoever, for the pay- 
 ment of the liabilities, present or prospective, of any individual, 
 association of individuals, municipal or other corporation what- 
 soever. 
 
 Sec. 4. (46) The General Assembly shall have no 
 power to make any grant, or to authorize the making of any 
 grant of public money or thing of value to any individual, as- 
 sociation of individuals, municipal or other corporation whatso- 
 ever ; Provided, that this shall not be so construed as to 
 prevent the grant of aid in a case of public calamity. 
 
 Sec. 5. (47) 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 ex- 
 isting, 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, association or corporation whatsoever, or to become 
 a stockholder in such corporation, association or company. 
 
 Sec. 6. (48) The General Assembly shall have no 
 power to grant, or to authorize any county or municipal au- 
 thority to grant, any extra compensation, fee or allowance to a 
 public ofificer, agent, servant or contractor, after service has 
 been rendered, or a contract has been entered into and per- 
 formed in whole or in part, nor pay or authorize the payment 
 of any claim hereafter created against the State, or any county 
 or municipality of the State, under any agreement or contract 
 made without express authority of law; and all such unauthor- 
 ized agreements or contracts shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. 7. (53) The General Assembly shall not pass any 
 local or special law : 
 
 Regulating the affairs of counties, cities, townships, wards 
 or school districts : 
 
 Changing the names of persons or places : 
 
 Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering or main- 
 taining roads, highways, streets or alleys:
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 5 
 
 Vacating roads, town plats, streets or alleys: 
 
 Relating to cemeteries, grave yards or public grounds not 
 of the State: 
 
 Incorporating cities, towns or villages, or changing their 
 charters : 
 
 For the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or 
 changing the places of voting: 
 
 Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and duties of 
 officers in counties, cities, townships, election or school dis- 
 tricts : 
 
 Regulating the fees or extending the powers and duties of 
 aldermen, justices of the peace, magistrates or constables. 
 
 Remitting fines, penalties and forfeitures, or refunding 
 moneys legally paid into the treasury : 
 
 Exempting property from taxation : 
 
 Creating corporations, or amending, renewing, extending 
 or explaining the charter thereof: 
 
 Granting to any corporation, association or individual any 
 special or exclusive right, privilege or immunity, or to any cor- 
 poration, association or individual, the right to lay down a rail- 
 road track : 
 
 Extending the time for the assessment or collection of 
 taxes, or otherwise relieving any assessor or collector of taxes 
 from the due performance of their official duties, or their secu- 
 rities from liability : 
 
 Legalizing the unauthorized or invalid acts of any officer 
 or agent of the State, or of any county or municipality thereof. 
 In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, 
 no local or special law shall be enacted ; and whether a general 
 law could have been applicable in any case, is hereby declared 
 a judicial question, and as such shall be judicially determined, 
 without regard to any legislative assertion on the subject : 
 
 Nor shall the General Assembly indirectly enact such 
 special or local law by the partial repeal of a general law; but 
 laws repealing local or special acts may be passed. 
 
 Sec. 8. (54) No local or special law shall be passed
 
 6 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been 
 published in the locality where the matter or thing to be 
 affected may be situated, which notice shall state the substance 
 of the contemplated law, and shall be published at least thirty 
 days prior to the introduction into the General Assembly of 
 such bill, and in the manner to be provided by law. The evi- 
 dence of such notice having been published, shall be exhibited 
 in the General Assembly before such act shall be passed, and 
 the notice shall be recited in the act according to its tenor. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 Section 9. (2) Every male citizen of the United 
 States, and every male 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, possessing the following qualifications, shall be en- 
 titled to vote at all elections by the people: 
 
 First — He shall have resided in the State one year imme- 
 diately preceeding the election at which he offers to vote. 
 
 Second — He shall have resided in the county, city or town 
 where he shall offer to vote, at least sixty days immediately 
 preceding the election. 
 
 Sec. 10. (3) All the elections by the people shall be 
 by ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered in the order in 
 which it shall be received, and the number recorded by the 
 election officers on the list ot voters, opposite the name of the 
 voter who presents the ballot. The election officers shall be 
 sworn or affirmed not to disclose how any voter shall have 
 voted, unless required to do so as witnesses in a judicial pro- 
 ceeding; Provided, that in all the cases of contested elections 
 the ballots cast may be counted, compared with the list of
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 7 
 
 voters, and examined under such safeguards and regulations as 
 may be prescribed by law. 
 
 Sec. II. (4) Voters shall in all cases, except treason, 
 felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during 
 their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning 
 therefrom. 
 
 Sec. 12. (6) All elections by persons in a representa- 
 tive capacity, shall be viva voce.. 
 
 Sec. 13. (7) For the purpose of voting, no person 
 shall be deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his 
 presence, or lost it by reason of his absence, while employed in 
 the service, either civil or military, of this State, or of the 
 United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the 
 waters of the State, or of the United States, or of the high seas, 
 nor while a student of any institution of learning, nor while kept 
 in a poor-house, or other asylum at public expense, nor while 
 confined in public prison. 
 
 Sec. 14. (8) No person, while kept at any poor-house, 
 or other asylum at public expense, nor while confined in any 
 public prison, shall be entitled to vote at any election under the 
 laws of this State. 
 
 Sec. 15. (9) The trial and determination of contested 
 elections of all public officers, whether State, judicial, municipal 
 or local, except Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, shall be by 
 the courts of law, or by one or more of the judges thereof. 
 The General Assembly shall, by general law, designate the 
 court or judges by whom the several classes of election contests 
 shall be tried, and regulate the manner of trial and all matters 
 incident thereto; but no such law, assigning jurisdiction or reg- 
 ulating its exercise, shall apply to any contest arising out of 
 any election held before s^id law shall take effect. 
 
 Sec. 16. (10) The General Assembly may enact laws 
 excluding from the right of voting all persons convicted of 
 felony or other infamous crimes or misdemeanors connected 
 with the exercise of the right of suffrage. 
 
 Sec. 17. (11) No officer, soldier or marine, in the reg-
 
 8 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION, 
 
 ular army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to 
 vote at any election in this State, 
 
 Sec. i8. (12) No person shall be elected or appointed 
 to any office in this State, civil or military, who is not a citizen 
 of the United States, and who shall not have resided in this 
 State one year next preceding his election or appointment. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 Section 19. (6) No county, township, city or other 
 municipality shall hereafter become a subscriber to the capital 
 stock of any railroad or other corporation or association, or 
 make appropriation or donation, or loan its credit 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 liquidation or payment of 
 such subscription, or of any existing indebtedness. 
 
 Sec. 20. (7) The General Assembly shall provide, by 
 general laws, for the organization and classification of cities and 
 towns. The number 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 restric- 
 tions. The General Assembly shall also make provisions, by 
 general law, whereby any city, town or village, existing by
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 9 
 
 virtue of any special or local law, may elect to become subject 
 to, and be governed by, the general laws relating to such cor- 
 porations. 
 
 Sec. 21. (13) The fees of no executive or ministerial 
 officer of any co inty 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 depu- 
 ties 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. 22. ( 14) Except as otherwise directed by this 
 Constitution, the General Assembly shall provide for the elec- 
 tion or appointment of such other county, township and munici- 
 pal 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. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 revenue and taxation. 
 
 Section 23 (i) 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. 24. (2) The power to tax corporations and cor- 
 porate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by act of 
 the General Assembly. 
 
 Sec. 25. (3) Taxes may be levied and collected for 
 public purposes only. They shall be uniform upon the same 
 class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority
 
 10 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 levying the tax, and all taxes shall be levied and collected by 
 general laws. 
 
 Sec. 26. (4) All property subject to taxation shall be 
 taxed in proportion to its value. 
 
 Sec. 27. (5) AH railroad corporations in this state, or 
 doing business therein, shall be subject for taxation for State, 
 county, school, municipal, and other purposes, on the real or 
 personal property owned or used by them, and on their gross 
 earnings, their net earnings, their franchises, and their capital 
 stock. 
 
 Sec. 28. (6) The property, real and personal, of the 
 State, counties and other municipal corporations, and ceme- 
 teries, shall be exempt from taxation. Lots in mcorporated 
 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 exclusively 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. 29. (7) All laws exempting property from taxa- 
 tion, other than the property above enumerated, shall be void. 
 
 Sec. 30. (9) No county, city, town or other municipal 
 corporation, nor the inhabitants thereof, nor the property 
 therein, shall be released or discharged from their or its propor- 
 tionate share of taxes to be levied for State purposes, nor shall 
 commutation for such taxes be authorized in any form whatso- 
 ever. 
 
 Sec. 31. (10) The General Assembly shall not impose 
 taxes upon counties, cities, towns or other municipal corpora- 
 tions, or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, 
 city, town or other municipal purposes; but miy, by general 
 laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof the power to assess 
 and collect taxes for such purposes.
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. II 
 
 Sec. 32. (11) 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 dis- 
 trict for State and county purposes. For county purposes the 
 annual rate on property, in counties having six million dollars 
 or less, shall not, in the aggregate, exceed fifty cents on the 
 hundred dollars valuation; in counties having six million dol- 
 lars and under ten million dollars, said rates shall not exceed 
 forty cents on the hundred dollars valuation ; in counties hav • 
 ing ten million dollars and under thirty million dollars, said rate 
 shall not exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars valuation ; 
 and in counties having thirty million dollars or more, said rate 
 shall not exceed thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars valua- 
 tion. 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 ; in cities and towns having less than 
 thirty thousand and over ten thousand inhabitants, said rate 
 shall not exceed sixty cents on the hundred dollars valvation ; 
 in cities and towns having less than ten thousand and more than 
 one thousand inhabitants, said rate shall not exceed fifty cents 
 on the hundred dollars valuation ; and in towns having one 
 thousand inhabitants or less, said rate shall not exceed twenty- 
 five cents on the hundred dollars valuation. For school pur- 
 poses in districts, the annual rate on property shall 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 valuation; and in other dis- 
 tricts to an amount not to exceed sixty-five cents on the hun- 
 dred dollars valuation, on the condition that a majority of the 
 voters who are tax-payers, voting at an election held to decide 
 the question, vote for said increase. F"or the purpose of erect- 
 ing public buildings in counties, cities or school districts, the 
 rates of taxation herein limited may be ii. creased when the rate
 
 12 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 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, vot- 
 ing at such election shall vote therefor. The rate herein 
 allowed to each county shall be ascertained 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 rate, 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. 33. (12) 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 purpose, to an amount exceeding in any year the in- 
 come and revenue provided for such year, v/ithout 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 
 indebtedness be allowed to be incurred to an amount, including 
 existing indebtedness, in the aggregate, exceeding five per 
 centum of the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascer- 
 tained by the assessment next before the last assessment for 
 State and county purposes, previous to the incurring of such 
 indebtedness; Provided, that, with such assent, any county may 
 be allowed to become indebted to a larger amount for the erec- 
 tion of a court house or jail ; and provided further, that any 
 county, city, town, township, school district, or other political 
 corporation or subdivision of the State, incurring any indebt- 
 edness, requiring the assent of the voters aforesaid, shall, before 
 or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of an an- 
 nual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it 
 falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment 
 of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of 
 contracting the same.
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 1 3 
 
 Sec. 34. (13) Private property shall not be taken or 
 sold for the payment of the corporate debt of a municipal cor- 
 poration. 
 
 Sec. 35. (17) The making of a profit of State, county, 
 city, town or school district money, or using the same for any 
 purpose not authorized by law, by any public ofificer, shall be 
 deemed a felony, and shall be punished as provided by law. 
 
 Sec. 36. (20) The money arising from any loan, debt 
 or liability, contracted by the State, or any county, city, town, 
 or other municipal corporation, shall be applied to the purpose 
 for which they were obtained, or to the repayment of such debt 
 or liability, and not otherwise. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 EDUCATION. 
 
 Section 37. (ii) Neither the General Assembly, nor 
 any county, city, town, vownship, school district or other muni- 
 cipal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation, or pay 
 from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any religious 
 creed, church, or sectarian purpose ; or to help to support or sus- 
 tain any private or public school, academy, seminary, college, 
 university or other institution of learning controlled by any relig- 
 ious creed, church or sectarian denomination whatever ; 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 muni- 
 cipal corporation, for any religious creed, church or sectarian 
 purpose whatever. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 CORPORATIONS. — RAILROADS. 
 
 Section 38. (16) The General Assembly shall pass no 
 law for the benefit of a railroad or other corporations, or any
 
 14 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 individual or association of individuals, retrospective in its oper- 
 ation, or which imposes on the people of any county or muni- 
 cipal subdivision of the State a new liability in respect to trans- 
 actions and considerations already past. 
 
 Sec. 39. (20) No law shall be passed by the General 
 Assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street 
 railroad within any city, town, village, or on any public high- 
 way, without first requiring the consent of the local authorities 
 having control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied 
 by such street railroad ; and the franchise so granted shall not 
 be transferred without similar assent first obtained. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 Section 40. (7) The General Assembly shall, in addi- 
 tion to other penalties, provide for the removal from office of 
 county, city, town and township officers, on conviction of will- 
 ful, corrupt or fraudulent violation or neglect of official duty. 
 
 Sec. 41. (8) The compensation or fees of no State, 
 county or municipal officer shall be increased 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 ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 Sec. 43. (9) The appointment of all officers not other- 
 wise directed by this Constitution, shall be made in such a man- 
 ner as may be prescribed by law. 
 
 SCHEDULE. 
 
 That no inconvenience may arise from the alterations or 
 amendments in the Constitution of this State, and to carry the 
 same into complete effect, it is hereby ordained and declared : 
 
 Sec. 43. (i) That all laws in force at the adoption of 
 this Constitution, not inconsistent therewith, shall remain in full 
 force until altered or repealed by the General Assembly ; and
 
 PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. I 5 
 
 all rights, actions prosecutions, claims and contracts of the 
 State, counties, individuals or bodies corporate, not inconsist- 
 ent therewith, shall continue to be as valid as if this Constitu- 
 tion had not been adopted. The provisions of all laws which 
 are inconsistent with the Constitution, shall cease upon its adop- 
 tion, except that all laws which are inconsistent with such pro- 
 visions of this Constitution, as require legislation to enforce 
 them, shall remain in force until the first day of July, one 
 thousand, eight hundred and seventy-seven, unless sooner 
 amended or repealed by the General Assembly. 
 
 Sec. 44. (2) That all renognizances, obligations and 
 all other instruments, entered into or executed before the adop- 
 tion of this Constitution, to this state or to any subdivision 
 thereof, or any muncipality therein ; and all fines, taxes, penalties 
 and forfeitures, due or owing to this State, or any such subdivision 
 or municipality; and all writs, prosecutions, actions and causes 
 of action, except as herein otherwise provided, shall continue 
 and remain unaffected by the adoption of this Constitution. All 
 indictments which shall have been found, or may hereafter be 
 found, for any crime or offense committed before this Constitution 
 takes effect, may be proceeded upon as if no change had taken 
 place, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution.
 
 i6 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 CITIES. TOWNS AND VILLAGES 
 
 CITIES OF THIRD CLASS. 
 
 An Act to repeal article 4, chapter 30, of the Revised Stat- 
 utes of Missouri of 1889, with all amendments thereof, 
 said article being entitled "Cities of the third class," and 
 to enact in lieu thereof a new article, providing for the 
 government of cities of the third class. 
 
 Division of city into wards — 
 of councilmen. 
 
 Councilmen, qualifications of, 
 etc. 
 
 President pro tempore. 
 
 Council shall publish semi- 
 annual statements, etc. 
 
 Powers of council — witness- 
 es, papers. 
 
 Proceedings of, how kept. 
 
 Clerk, temporary, appoint- 
 ment of. 
 
 Duties of clerk. 
 
 Officers to be residents of 
 city. 
 
 Officers to take oath. 
 
 Term "officer" construed. 
 
 Delinquent officer, mayor to 
 proceed against. 
 
 Compensation of officers. 
 
 Vacancies, how filled. 
 
 Corrupt allowance of claim, 
 how punished. 
 
 Officers prohibited from be- 
 ing interested in contracts, 
 etc., how punished. 
 
 Duties, etc., may be regu- 
 lated by ordinance. 
 
 Marshal, duties. 
 
 Assistant marshal, duties. 
 
 vSECTION I 
 
 Sec 
 
 1. 
 
 Cities of the third class, in- 
 corporation of. 
 
 17- 
 
 2. 
 
 Jurisdiction not affected. 
 
 18. 
 
 3- 
 
 Election of officers, when 
 
 
 
 held, etc. 
 
 19- 
 
 4- 
 
 Refusal to qualify, etc. — jiis- 
 tice of the peace to order 
 
 20. 
 
 
 election. 
 
 21. 
 
 5- 
 
 Elective officers — terms of 
 
 
 
 office. 
 
 22. 
 
 6. 
 
 Qualifications of mayor — 
 contests. 
 
 23. 
 
 7- 
 
 Mayor to be president of 
 
 24. 
 
 
 council. 
 
 25- 
 
 8. 
 
 He shall sign commissions. 
 
 
 
 drafts, etc. 
 
 26. 
 
 9- 
 
 Shall communicate to the 
 
 27. 
 
 
 council, what. 
 
 28. 
 
 10. 
 
 May require officers to ex- 
 
 
 
 hibit accounts. 
 
 29. 
 
 1 1. 
 
 May remove officers, with 
 
 30. 
 
 
 consent of council. 
 
 31- 
 
 12. 
 
 Shall enforce ordinances. 
 
 
 13- 
 
 May remit fines, etc. 
 
 32- 
 
 14. 
 
 Shall make report to council, 
 when. 
 
 
 15- 
 
 May appoint what officers. 
 
 33- 
 
 16. 
 
 Vacancy in office of mayor, 
 
 
 
 how filled— president pro 
 
 34. 
 
 
 tern, duties of. 
 
 35-
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 17 
 
 Section 
 
 36. Council may appoint police- 
 
 men. 
 
 37. Appointment of, to be ordi- 
 
 nance. 
 38 Powers of assistant marshal 
 and policemen. 
 
 39. Marshal subject to mayor. 
 
 40. Marshal, etc., how removed. 
 
 41. Duties of police judge — va- 
 
 cancies, how filled. 
 
 42. Suitable court-room to be 
 
 furnished. 
 
 43. Violaiions of ordinances, 
 
 how prosecuted. 
 
 44. Warrants, how issued and 
 
 executed. 
 
 45. Police judge to hear com- 
 
 plaints, etc. 
 46 Recognizances forfeited — 
 duty of mayor. 
 
 47. Any number of persons may 
 
 be included in complaint 
 — proceedings on. 
 
 48. Jurisdiction of police judge. 
 49 Proceedings in indictable 
 
 cases. 
 
 50. Continuances, how made. 
 
 51. Witnesses, fees — duty of po- 
 
 lice judge. 
 
 52. Shall assess punishment. 
 
 53. Prisoners may work on 
 
 streets, etc. 
 
 54. Defendant, when discharged. 
 
 55. Appeals, how taken. 
 
 56. Prosecutor to pa}' costs, 
 
 when. 
 
 57. Police judge may punish for 
 
 contempt, etc. 
 58 Cases heard and tried to be 
 filed with clerk. 
 
 59. Attorne}', duties of. 
 
 60. Additional attorneys em- 
 
 ployed, when, how. 
 
 61. Assessor, duties — levy of 
 
 taxes. 
 
 62. Delinquent taxes — lien for 
 
 taxes. 
 
 63. Collector, duties of — delin- 
 
 quent taxes, etc. 
 
 64. Taxes collected to be re- 
 
 ported monthly. 
 
 65. Council to provide for levy- 
 
 ing taxes, etc. 
 
 66. Clerk to make tax-books. 
 
 67. Collector to pay over all 
 
 monies monthly. 
 
 68. Power of council to levy tax. 
 
 Section 
 
 69. Poll-tax. 
 
 70. Bonded debt and interest, 
 
 power to levy tax for — 
 funding outstanding debts. 
 
 71. Illegal levy, etc., may be 
 
 corrected. 
 
 72. Merchants' tax. 
 
 73. Licenses, how issued. 
 
 74. No exemption from tax. 
 
 75. Depository for city funds, 
 
 how selected. 
 
 76. Bond of depository. 
 
 77. Treasurer to deposit in de- 
 
 pository — penalty for fail- 
 ure. 
 
 78. Treasurer, duties of. 
 
 79. Failure to select depository 
 
 — duty of coiincil. 
 
 80. Warrants, how drawn — pen- 
 
 alties. 
 
 81. Sinking funds, how invested 
 
 — security. 
 
 82. vStyle of ordinances. 
 
 83. Mayor to approve ordinances 
 
 — may veto — proceedings 
 when vetoed. 
 
 84. Powers and duties of mayor 
 
 and council as to city fi- 
 nances, health, etc. 
 
 85. Council shall enact what or- 
 
 dinances. 
 
 86. May regulate lumber yards, 
 
 etc., running at large of 
 cattle, etc., provide pounds, 
 and impose penalties 
 
 87. May control streets, side- 
 
 walks, etc., amusements, 
 etc. 
 
 88. Regulations for prevention 
 
 of contagious diseases, 
 abatement of same, etc., — 
 erect hospitals, waterworks, 
 sewers, etc. 
 
 89. Purchase grounds for mar- 
 
 ket houses, etc. 
 
 90. Regulate levees, etc. 
 
 91. Inspection, weighing, etc 
 
 92. Slaughter - houses, stock - 
 
 yards, etc. 
 
 93. Carrying concealed and dead- 
 
 ly weapons. 
 
 94. Sprinkling streets, etc., as- 
 
 sess cost of same, etc. 
 
 95. Lighting streets, lamp-posts, 
 
 contracts for gas, electric- 
 ity, etc.
 
 1 8 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 Skction. 
 
 96. Contracts for water, etc. — 
 operate waterworks, etc. 
 
 97 Establish sewer system, and 
 assess tax therefor. 
 
 9S. District sewer, and assess tax 
 therefor, and issue tax- 
 bills, etc. 
 
 99. Private sewers. 
 
 100. Real estate for cemetery 
 
 purposes, etc. 
 
 1 01. Cemetery lots, how conveyed. 
 
 102. Opening, extending or widen- 
 
 ing count}' roads — duty of 
 council as, to benefits, etc. 
 
 103. Census, how taken — limit of 
 
 tax levy. 
 
 104. Claims, how presented and 
 
 allowed. 
 
 105. Railroads or street railroads 
 
 — powers of council, etc. 
 
 106. INIay issue bonds for purchase 
 
 of real estate — how issued 
 — vote — limitation. 
 
 107. License tax may be levied, 
 
 on whom. 
 
 108. Council to provide by ordi- 
 
 nance for levying taxes, 
 etc., grading and improv- 
 ing streets, etc. 
 
 109. May establish grade of 
 
 streets, etc. 
 no. Notice, how' given. 
 
 111. May open, improve and va- 
 
 cate streets, etc. 
 
 1 12. May condemn sidewalks and 
 
 improve same. 
 
 1 13. May advertise for bids, etc. — 
 
 city to construct, when — 
 tax bills issued for. 
 
 Section 
 114. Mav 
 
 115 
 
 116. 
 
 117. 
 
 118. 
 
 119. 
 
 124. 
 125. 
 
 open streets, etc., on 
 petition — damages, how 
 assessed. 
 
 Private property taken — 
 benefits and damages, how 
 determined — notice. 
 
 Jury to ascertain damages 
 and benefits, etc. 
 
 Exemption from payment of 
 benefits, proceedings in, 
 etc. 
 
 Mayor to report verdict to 
 council, etc. — appropria- 
 tion to pay damages against 
 city — lien on private prop- 
 erty, etc. — Special tax-bills 
 to issue, etc. — tax bills to 
 be recorded — sale of prop- 
 erty for taxes — deed, etc. 
 
 Partie-- aggrieved may file 
 objection, where — affidavit 
 ^duties of clerk — notice, 
 when publi-shed — circuit 
 court, duties of — verdict — 
 execution, etc. 
 
 Duties of city clerk — to make 
 record of ordinances — no 
 tices, etc., mayor shall 
 sign — city to pay costs, 
 w^heii. 
 
 May change names of streets, 
 how^— notice. 
 
 May enact and make rules 
 and regulations. 
 
 Punishment for violating this 
 act. 
 
 Repealing clause. 
 
 Emergency clause. 
 
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, 
 
 as follows: 
 
 Section i. That article 4, of chapter 30, of the Re- 
 vised Statutes of Missouri of 1889, said article being entitled 
 "Cities of the third class," with all amendments thereof, be 
 and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the follow- 
 ing is enacted :
 
 CHARTER. 19 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS. 
 
 Section i. Any city of the third class in this State may 
 become a body corporate under the provisions of this act, in 
 the manner provided by law, under the name of "the city of 
 ," and by that name shall have perpetual succes- 
 sion, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend 
 and be defended in all courts of law and equity, and in all ac- 
 tions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and 
 personal, within such city, and may purchase, receive and hold 
 real estate within and without such city for the burial of the 
 dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose 
 of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter 
 acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds 
 of property; and may have and hold one com;i)on seal, and 
 may break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and all courts 
 of this State shall take judicial notice thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2. The jurisdiction of any city which shall organize 
 under the provisions of this act shall not in any wise be affected 
 or changed in consequence thereof, but the limits, wards and 
 boundaries of each city shall remain after such organization the 
 same as they were previous; and all laws or parts of laws, or 
 ordinances, not inconsistent with this act, which were in opera- 
 tion in such city prior to its organization under this 
 acr, or prior to the passage of this act, shall continue 
 in force until repealed. The mayor and council of such city, 
 with the consent of a majority of the legal voters of such city 
 voting at an election therefor, shall have power to extend the 
 limits of the city over territory adjacent thereto, and to dimin- 
 ish the limits of the city by excluding territory therefrom, and 
 shall, in every case, have power, with the consent of the legal 
 voters as aforesaid, to extend or diminish the city limits in such 
 manner as in their judgment and discretion may redound to the 
 benefit of the city : Provided, however, that all agricultural
 
 20 CHARTER. 
 
 and pas; lire lands in tracts in excess of forty (40) acres in such 
 city shall be exempt from taxation for city purposes until said 
 lands are laid off into lots and blocks, and pla^s of the same 
 filed for record. 
 
 Sec. 3. A general election for the elective officers of 
 each city of the third class shall be held on the first Tuesday in 
 April after the organization of such city under the provisions of 
 this act, and every two years thereafter, and all city elections 
 shall be held under the provisions of the general election laws 
 of the State: •Provided, that all certificates of nomination and 
 petitions therefor, as provided by the State election laws, 
 shall be filed with the city clerk and not with any other officer, 
 and all duties specified to be performed by the constable or 
 sheriff in the State elections shall be performed by the marshal 
 in city elections ; and all tickets for city elections shall be 
 printed by the city and at the city's expense; and all duties 
 heretofore performed by the county clerk with reference to city 
 elections shall be performed by the city clerk. The polling 
 places for. all elections in such cities, and the judges therefor, 
 shall be selected and specified by the ri^spective city councils of 
 such cities by resolution, ordinance or otherwise. The manner 
 of making returns of such elections shall be prescribed by ordi- 
 nance. Any city organizing under the provisions of this act 
 may elect a mayor and such other officers as may be necessary 
 to carry this act into effect, who shall hold office until the sec- 
 ond Tuesday in April thereafter, and until their successors are 
 elected and qualified. 
 
 Sec. 4. If at any time, by reason of non-acceptance, res- 
 ignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, there shall 
 be no officers of the city to order an election, any justice of the 
 peace within the corporate limits is empowered to order and 
 hold an election for city officers. 
 
 Sec. 5. The following officers shall be elected by the 
 qualified voters of the city, and shall hold their offices for two 
 years, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, 
 to-wit: A mayor, marshal, attorney, police judge, assessor.
 
 CHARTER. 2 I 
 
 collector and treasurer. The attorney shall be a person learn- 
 ed in the law. 
 
 Sec. 6. No person shall be mayor unless he be at least 
 thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resi- 
 dent of such city at the time of and for two years next preced- 
 ing his election. When two or more persons shall have an 
 equal number of votes for the ofKice of mayor, or an election 
 for mayor be contested, the matter shall be determined by the 
 council. 
 
 Sec. 7. The mayor shall be president of the council, but 
 shall not vote ; he shall have the superintending control of all 
 the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the 
 ordinances of the city, and the State laws relating to such city, 
 are complied with. 
 
 Sec. 8. The mayor shall sign the commissions and ap- 
 pointments of all city officers elected or appointed in the city, 
 and shall approve all official bonds. He shall sign all orders 
 and drafts drawn on the treasurer for money, and cause the city 
 clerk to attest the same, and to affix thereto the seal of the city, 
 and to keep an accurate record thereof in a book to be pro- 
 vided for that purpose. 
 
 Sec. 9. The mayor shall, trom time to time, communi- 
 cate to the council such measures as may, in his opinion, tend 
 to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, 
 ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city. 
 
 Sec. 10. The mayor shall have power to require, as 
 often as he may deem it nece sary, any officer of the city to ex- 
 hibit his accounts or other papers or records, and to make re- 
 port to the council, in writing, touching any subject or matter 
 pertaining to his office. 
 
 Sec, II. The mayor may, with the consent of a major- 
 ity of all the members elected to the city council, remove from 
 ofiice, for cause shown, any elective officer of the city, such 
 officer first being given opportunity, together with his witnesses, 
 to be heard before the council, sitting as a court of impeach- 
 ment. Any elective officer may, in like manner, for cause
 
 2 2 CHARTER. 
 
 shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of all the 
 members elected to the city council, independently of the 
 maj'or's approval or recommendation. The mayor may, with 
 the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the 
 council, remove from office any appointive officer of the city at 
 will ; and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a 
 two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the council, inde- 
 pendently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The 
 council may pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeach- 
 ment and removals. 
 
 Sec. 12. The mayor shall be active and vigilant in en- 
 fcw"cing all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, 
 and he shall cause all subordinant officers to be dealt with 
 promptly for any neglect or violation of duty ; and he is here- 
 by authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the city, over 
 eighteen years of age and under fifty, to aid in enforcing the 
 laws. 
 
 Sec. 13. The mayor shall have power to remit fines and 
 forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses 
 arising under ordinances of the city ; but this section shall not 
 be so construed as to authorize the mayor to remit any costs 
 which may have accrued to any officer of the city b}^ reason of 
 any prosecution under the laws or ordinances of said city. 
 
 Sec. 14. The mayor shall make a written report to the 
 council, on or before the first day of July of each year, which 
 report shall contain his estimate of the necessary appropriations 
 to meet all the wants of the current year, and the estimated re- 
 ceipts from licenses, taxes and other sources, and which shall 
 also show the actual financial condi^ion of the city. 
 
 Sec. 15. The mayor, with the consent and approval of a 
 majority of the members elected to the city council, shall have 
 power to appoint a street commissioner and such other officers 
 as he may be authorized by ordinance to appoint. 
 
 Sec. 16. When any vacancy shall happen in the office of 
 the mayor, by death, resignation, removal from city, removal 
 from office, refusal to qualify or otherwise, the president pro
 
 CHARTER. 23 
 
 teni. of the council shall, for the time being, perform the duties 
 of mayor until such vacancy be filled ; and in case of the tem- 
 porary absence of the mayor or disability to perform the duties 
 of his ofifice, the president /w tern, of the council shall perform 
 the duties of mayor until the mayor shall return or such disabil- 
 ity be removed; and during the time the president pro tern, of 
 the council shall act as ma3^or, he shall receive the same com- 
 pensation that the mayor would be entitled to. In case of va- 
 cancy other than a temporary absence or di- ability, the person 
 exercising the oflice of mayor shall cause a new election to be held, 
 giving ten days' notice thereof by proclamation published in some 
 newspaper published in the city: Provided, when a vacancy oc- 
 curs within six months of a general municipal election, no elec- 
 tion shall be called to fill such vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 17. The council shall, by ordinance, divide the city 
 into not less than four wards, and two councilmen shall be elec- 
 ted from each of such wards by the qualihed voters thereof at 
 the first election for councilmen in cities hereafter adopting the 
 provisions of this act; the one receiving the highest number of 
 votes in each ward shall hold his office for two years, and the 
 one receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his 
 ofiice for one year ; but thereafter each ward shall elect annually 
 one councilman, who shall hold his office for two years. 
 
 Sec. 18. No person shall be a councilman unless he be at 
 least twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States, 
 and an inhabitant of the city for one year next preceding his 
 election, and a resident of the ward from which he is elected six 
 months next preceding his election. Whenever there shall be 
 a tie in the election of a councilman, or an election for a coun- 
 cilman be contested, the matter shall be determined by the 
 council. 
 
 Sec. 19. At the first regular meeting of the city council 
 after the election in each year — which meeting shall occur at the 
 time fixed by ordinance, but shall not be later than the third Tues- 
 day in April — the council shall elect one of its members president 
 pro tern., who shall hold his office for the term of one year, and
 
 24 CHARTER. 
 
 who, in the absence of the mayor, shall preside at the meetings 
 of the council: Provided, that in the absence of the mayor and 
 president pro tent, the council may select one of its members 
 present to preside at such meetings, who shall be styled "acting 
 president pro tern.' ' 
 
 Sec. 20. The council shall semi-annually, in January and 
 July of each year, publish a full and detailed statement of <he 
 receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the city for the 
 half year ending on December 31 and June 30 preceeding the 
 date of such report, which statement shall be published in some 
 newspaper published in the city. 
 
 Sec. 21. The council shall have power to compel the at- 
 tendance of witnesses and the production of papers relating to 
 any subject under consideration in which the interest of the city 
 is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officer 
 of the city, or of the county in which such city is located, to 
 execute such process. The officer making such service shall 
 be entitled to receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law 
 for similar service, to be paid by the city. The president of the 
 council, or president pro tern., shall have power to administer 
 oaths to witnesses. 
 
 Sec. 22. The council shall cause to be kept a journal of 
 its proceedings, and the ayes and nays of the members shall be 
 entered on any question at the desire of any two members. The 
 council may prescribe and enforce such rules as may be neces- 
 sary to secure the attendance of its members and the expeditious 
 transaction of its business. 
 
 Sec. 23. Whenever, for any reason, the city clerk is un- 
 able to perform the duties of his office, the city council may by 
 resolution appoint a temporary clerk who shall have all the 
 power and perform all the duties of the regular clerk, and shall 
 receive the same salary for the time he so acts, but at no event 
 shall both the regular and temporary clerk receive pay at the 
 same time, nor shall the regular clerk receive any pay for the 
 time he fails to perform the duties of his office as herein pro- 
 vided.
 
 CHARTER. 25 
 
 Sec. 24. The city clerk shall, among other duties, keep 
 the journal of the proceedings of the council. He shall safely 
 and properly keep all records and papers belonging to the city 
 which may be intrusted to his care ; he shall be the general ac- 
 countant of the city, and generally shall perform all the duties 
 required of him by ordinance or orders of the council. He is 
 hereby empowered to administer offtcial oaths, and also oaths 
 to persons certifying to demands or claims against the city. 
 
 Sec. 25. AH officers elected or appointed to office under 
 the city government shall be qualified voters under the laws and 
 Constitution of this State and the ordinance of the city, and, 
 except the city sextons, must be residents of the city. No 
 person shall be elected or appointed to any ofifice who shall at 
 the time be in arrears for any unpaid city taxes, or forfeiture or 
 defalcation in office. 
 
 Sec. 26. Every officer of the city and his assistants, and 
 every councilman, before entering upon the duties of his office, 
 ihall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some 
 court of record in the county, or justice of the peace in the 
 township, or the city clerk or the police judge, that he possesses 
 all the qualifications prescribed for his office by law; that he 
 will support the Constitution of the United States, and of the 
 State of Missouri, the provisions of all laws of this State affect- 
 ing cities of this class, and the ordinances of the city, and 
 faithfully demean himself in office; which official oath or affirm- 
 ation shall be filed by the city clerk. Every officer of the corpor- 
 ation, when required by law or ordinance, shall, within fifteen 
 days after his election or appointment, and before entering upon 
 the discharge of the duties of his office, give bond to the city in 
 such sum and with such sureties as shall be designated by ordi- 
 nance, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty, and 
 that he will pay over all moneys belonging to the city, as provided 
 by law, that may come into his hands. If any person elected or 
 appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath 
 or affirmation, or to give bond as herein required, his office 
 shall be deemed vacant. For any breach of condition of any
 
 26 CHARTER. 
 
 such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the city, or by 
 any person in the name of the city for the use of such person. 
 
 SliC. 27. The term "officer," whenever used in this act, 
 shall include any person holding any situation under the city 
 government or any of its departments, with an annual salary, 
 or for a definite term of office. 
 
 Sec. 28. Any failure on the part of any city officer to 
 pay into the treasury of the city the balance reported by the 
 mayor to be du/2 from him to the city upon the adjustment of his 
 account, shall cause a forfeiture of his office, and such balance 
 shall bear interest at ten per cent, from the time it should have 
 been accounted for until it shall have been paid into the treas- 
 ury. The mayor shall immediately order suit to be com- 
 menced in the proper court against the delinquent officer or his 
 bondsmen, for such balance. It shall be the duty of the 
 officers of the city to report annually to the council, which re- 
 port shall embrace a full statement of the receipts and expendi- 
 tures of their respective offices, and such other matters as may 
 be required by the council. 
 
 Sec. 29. The council shall have power to fix the com- 
 pensation of all the officers and employes of the city ; but the 
 salary of an officer shall not be changed during the time for 
 which he was elected or appointed. 
 
 Sec. 30. If a vacancy occur in any elective office, the 
 mayor, oi the person exercising the office of mayor, shall 
 cause a special election to be held to fill such vacancy, giving 
 ten days notice thereof by proclamation published in some 
 newspaper published in the city : Provided, however, when 
 any such vacancy occurs within six months of general municipal 
 election, no election shall be called to fill such vacancy, but the 
 same shall be filled by the mayor or the person exercising the 
 office of mayor by appointment : Provided, fnrtJier, that any 
 vacancy in the office of councilman which may occur within 
 said six months shall be filled by election, in such manner as 
 may be provided by ordinance. If a vacancy occur in any of- 
 fice not elective, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to
 
 CHARTER. 27 
 
 discharge the duties of the same until the first regular meeting 
 of the council thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be 
 permanently filled. 
 
 Sec. 31. Any member of the council or officer of the 
 city who shall, in official capacity, or under color of his of- 
 fice, knowingly or willfully or corruptly vote or assent to, or 
 report in favor of, or allow or certify for allowance, any claim 
 or demand against the city, which claim or demand shall be on 
 account of or under color of a contract or agreement not au- 
 thorized by law and the ordinances of the city, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, 
 be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more 
 than one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or 
 by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 32. If any city offtcer shall be directly or indirectly 
 interested in any contract under the city, or in an}' work done 
 by the city, or in furnishing supplies for the city, or any of its 
 institutions, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
 upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not ex- 
 ceeding two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county 
 jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and im- 
 prisonment; and upon the city council, or any member thereof, 
 becoming satisfied that any ofticer of the city is so interested, 
 the council shall, as soon as practicable, be convened to hear 
 and determine the same, and if, upon investigation, such of^cer 
 be found so interested, by a majority of all the members 
 elected to the council, he shall be immediately dismissed from 
 ofifice. 
 
 Sec. 33, The duties, powers and privileges of officers of 
 every character in any way connected with the city govern- 
 ment, not herein defined, shall be prescribed by ordinance; and 
 bonds may be required of any such officers for faithfulness in 
 ofifice. 
 
 Sec. 34. The marshal shall be chief of police, and shall 
 have power at all times to make or order an arrest with proper 
 process, for any offense against the laws of the city, and keep
 
 2S CHARTER. 
 
 the oricnder in the city prison or other proper place to prevent 
 his escape, until a trial can be had before the proper officer, 
 unless such offender shall give a good anJ sufficient bond for 
 his appearance for trial. The marshal shall also have power to 
 make arrests without process in all cases in which any offense 
 against the laws of the city shall be committed in his presence. 
 He shall collect all fines assessed in the police court, and pay 
 the same into the city treasury. 
 
 Sec. 35. . There may be one assistant marshal, who shall 
 serve for a term of one year, and shall perform the duties of 
 the marshal at such times as the marshal may be absent, dis- 
 qualified or unable to act. At other times, the assistant mar- 
 shal shall render services as a regular member of the police 
 force. 
 
 Sec. 36. There shall be such number of regular police- 
 men as may be deemed necessary by the council for the good 
 government of the city ; such policemen shall serve for a term 
 of one year. Special policemen may be appointed for such 
 times and in such numbers as may be prescribed by ordi- 
 nance. 
 
 Sec. ^y . The manner of appointing the assistant mar- 
 shal and all policemen of the city, as well as the duties of the 
 same, shall be defined by ordinance. 
 
 Sec, 38. The assistant marshal and policemen of the 
 city shall have the same powers as the marshal relative to the 
 arrest and commitment of all offenders against the laws of the 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 39. The marshal shall, in the discharge of his duty, be 
 subject to the orders of the mayor only ; the assistant marshal and 
 policemen shall in the discharge of their duties, be subject to 
 the orders of the mayor and maishal only. The marshal, assistant 
 marshal and policemen shall have power to serve and execute 
 all warrants, subpoenas, writs, or other process, issued by the 
 police judge of the city, at any place within the limits of the 
 county within which the city is located. The marshal, assistant 
 marshal and all policemen of the city shall be conservators of
 
 CHARTER. 29 
 
 the peace, and shall be active and vigilant in the preservation 
 of good order within the city. 
 
 Sec. 40. The council shall, by ordinance, provide for 
 the removal of any marshal, assistant marshal or policeman 
 guilty of misbehavior in office. 
 
 Sec. 41. The police judge shall be a conservator of the 
 peace, and shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and 
 determine all offenses against the ordinances of the city; and 
 no change of venue shall be granted or taken in any trial before 
 the police judge for the violation of any city ordinance. He shall 
 keep a docket, in which he shall enter every case commenced 
 before him, and the proceedings therein ; and he shall deliver 
 said docket and all books and papers pertaining to his office to 
 his successor in office. If the police judge be absent, sick or 
 disqualified from acting, the mayor shall designate a justice of 
 the peace of the said city to act as police judge until such 
 absence or disqualification shall cease: Provided, however, 
 that should a vacancy happen in the office of police judge at a 
 greater time than six months before a general municipal elec- 
 tion, then a special election shall be held to fill such vacancy ; 
 and in case of vacancy in said office of police judge within less 
 than six months of a general municipal election, the same shaU 
 be filled by some justice of the peace or other competent, eligi- 
 ble person of the city, to be appointed by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 42. The council shall provide, at the expense of the 
 city, a suitable court-room for the police judge, and he shall 
 hold his court in such court-room, and his court shall be open 
 every day but Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 43. All prosecution for violations of any city ordi- 
 nance shall be entitled "the city of against ," 
 
 naming the city and the person or persons charged ; and the 
 police judge shall state in his docket the name of the complain- 
 ant, the nature or character of the offense, the date of the trial, 
 the names of all witnesses sworn and examined, the finding of 
 the court or jury, the judgment or fine and costs, ♦:he date of 
 payment, if any, the date of issuing commitment, if any, and all
 
 30 CHARTER. 
 
 Other facts necefsary to show the full proceedings in each case. 
 The complaint, when made by marshal, assistant marshal, or 
 any policeman, against any person arrested without process and 
 in custody, shall be in writing and sworn to before a warrant be 
 issued for his arrest. In no case shall a judgment of conviction 
 be rendered except upon sufificient legal testimony given in a 
 public trial, or upon a plea of guilty made in open court 
 
 Sec. 44. All warrants issued by the police judge shall be 
 directed to the city marshal, and such warrants may be executed 
 by the marshal, assistant marshal or any policeman, at any 
 place within the county in which the city is located. In case of 
 the absence of the ofificer from the court, the police judge may 
 deputize some person to execute any process issued by him. 
 
 Sec. 45. When any person shall be arrested and brought 
 before the police judge, it shall be the duty of the police judge 
 to hear and determine forthwith the complaint alleged against 
 the defendant, unless for good cause the trial be postponed to 
 a time certain, in which case he shall require the defendant to 
 enter into recognizance, with sufficient security, conditioned 
 that he will appear before said police judge at the time and 
 place appointed, then and there to answer the complaint alleged 
 against him; and if he fail or refuse to enter into such recogniz- 
 ance, the defendant shall be committed to prison and held to 
 answer such complaint as aforesaid. Defendants shall be enti- 
 tled to a trial by jury, as in prosecutions before justices of the 
 peace. 
 
 Sec. 46. In case of the breach of any recognizance en- 
 tered into as aforesaid, the same shall be deemed and declared 
 forfeited, and the mayor shall cause the same to be prosecuted 
 against the principal and surety, or either. Such action shall 
 be in the name uf the city as plaintiff, and may be prosecuted 
 in the circuit court on the transcript of the proceedings before 
 the police judge, and all moneys recovered in any such action 
 shall be paid over to the city treasury to the general revenue 
 fund of the city. 
 
 Sec. 47. Complaints filed in the court of the police judge
 
 CHARTER. 31 
 
 may include any number of persons charged with the same of- 
 fense, and no pleadings shall be dismissed or defendant dis- 
 charged by reason cf any informality or irregularity in any com- 
 plaint; but such complaint may, by leave of court, at any time 
 before or during the trial, prior to the retirement of the jury or 
 the finding of the police judge, be amended, without prejudice 
 to the proceedings. 
 
 Sec. 48. The police judge shall be ex o-jjicio a justice of 
 the peace within the limits of the city, with jurisdiction as to 
 crimes and misdemeanors, but shall have no jurisdiction to hear 
 or determine civil matters. The marshal (or in his absence 
 the assistant marshal or any regular policeman) shall h^ ex officio 
 a constable to wait upon the police judge when acting as a jus- 
 tice of the peace. 
 
 Sec. 49. If, in the progress of any trial before the police 
 judge, it shall appear that the accused ought to be put upon 
 his trial for an offense against the criminal laws of the State and 
 not cognizable before him as a police judge, he shall immedi- 
 ately stop all further proceedings before him as police judge, 
 and shall cause the complaint to be made before himself as a 
 justice of the peace, or before some other justice of the peace, 
 and the accused shall thereupon be proceeded against in the 
 manner provided by general law. The police judge and mar- 
 shal, when acting as justice of the peace and constable respect- 
 ively, shall be entitled to receive therefor the same fees allowed 
 by law for such services. 
 
 Sec. 50- When a trial shall be continued by the police 
 judge, it shall not be necessary to summon any witness who may 
 be pi esent at the continuance ; but the police judge shall ver- 
 bally notify such witnesses as either party may require to attend 
 before him on the day set for trial to testify in the case, and 
 enter the names of such witnesses on his docket, which verbal 
 notice shall be as valid as a summons. 
 
 Sec. 5^- It shall be the duty of the police judge to sum- 
 mon all persons whose testimony may be deemed essential as 
 witnesses at any trial before him, and to enforce their attendance
 
 32 CHARTER. 
 
 by attachment if necessary. The fees of witnesses and jurors in 
 the police court shall be determined by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 52. If the defendant plead or be found guilty, the 
 police judge shall declare and assess the punishment prescribed 
 by ordinance, according to his f.nding or the verdict of the jury, 
 and render judgment accordingly and for costs of suit, and that 
 the defendant stand committed until judgment is complied 
 with. 
 
 Sec. 53. Any person who has been convicted in the 
 police court and sentenced by the police judge, for violation of 
 any ordinance of the city, whether the punishment be by fine or 
 imprisonment, or by both, may be put to work and required to 
 work and required to perform labor on the public streets, high- 
 ways and alleys, or other public works or building of the city, 
 and the marshal, street commissioner or other proper ofificer of 
 the city shall have power and be authorized and required to have 
 or cause all such prisoners to work out the full number of days 
 for which they have been sentenced, at breaking rock, or at 
 working upon public streets, highways or alleys, or other pub- 
 lic works or buildings of the city as may be designated; and if 
 the punishment is by fine, and the fine be not paid, then for 
 every dollar of such judgment the person shall work one day. 
 And it shall be deemed a part of the judgment and sentence of 
 the court that such prisoner may be worked as herein pro- 
 vided. 
 
 Sec. 54. And defendant committed under the provisions 
 of this act may be discharged on the payment of fine and costs, 
 or upon perfecting an appeal as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 55, In all cases before the police judge arising under 
 the ordinance of the city, an appeal may be taken from the 
 judgment of the police judge to the court having criminal juris- 
 diction, except from judgment on a plea of guilty. Such ap- 
 peals may be taken by either the city or the defendant or de- 
 fendants. Such an appeal shall be taken in the time and man- 
 ner provided by the statutes in relation to appeals from judg- 
 ments of justices of the peace in cases of misdemeanors ; Pro-
 
 CHARTER. 33 
 
 vided, however, that the city shall not be required to execute 
 any bond Upon such appeal the appellate court shall pro- 
 ceed with said cause in the same manner as is provided in cases 
 of appeal from judgments of justices of the peace in cases of 
 misdemeanor; and judgments of affirmance, dismissals and 
 upon trials may be rendered and enforced as provided in the 
 statute relating to misdemeanors. 
 
 Sec. 56. If, upon trial before the police judge, or the 
 court to which the appeal is taken from the police judge, it ap- 
 pears to the satisfaction of the court, or the jury trying the 
 cause, that the prosecution was malicious or without probable 
 cause, the court shall so state in its finding, or the jury in its 
 verdict, and the court shall enter judgment for costs against the 
 prosecutor or party at whose instance the complaint was made, 
 and shall issue execution therefor. The city shall in no event 
 be held liable for any costs or fees to any police judge or mar- 
 shal in any cause tried before the police judge of such city un- 
 less the defendant be convicted and committed. 
 
 Sec. 57. The police judge shall have power to administer 
 oaths and enforce due obedience to all orders, rules and judg- 
 ments made by him, and may fine or imprison for contempt of 
 fered to such judge while holding court, in the same manner 
 and to the same extent as the circuit court. 
 
 Sec. 58. The police judge shall, within the first three days 
 of every month, make out a list of all the cases heard or tried 
 before him during the preceding month, giving in each case 
 the name uf the defendant, the fine imposed, if any, the amount 
 of costs, the names of the defendants committed and the cases 
 appealed respectively. Such police judge shall verify such lists and 
 statements by affidavit before the city clerk, and file the same 
 forthwith with the city clerk, who shall lay the same before the 
 council at its first session thereafter. The marshal shall within 
 the three days aforesaid, pay to the city treasurer the fuL 
 amount of fines collected by him during the preceding month. 
 He shall take from the city treasurer duplicate receipts for the 
 amount of fines, one of which he shall file with the city clerk.
 
 ^4 CHARTER. 
 
 Sec. 59. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to 
 prosecute and defend all actions originating or pending in any 
 court in this State to which the city is a party, or in which the 
 interests of the city are involved, and shall, generally, perform 
 all legal services required in behalf of the city. In any com- 
 plaint made before the police judge, the city attorney may, if in 
 his judgment the interests of the city demands it, require thecom- 
 plainant, or party at whose instance the complaint is made, to 
 to give security for costs, to be approved by the police judge, 
 before proceeding further with the case. 
 
 Sec. 60. In any suit or action at law or in equity brought 
 by or against the city, except in prosecutions begun before the 
 police judge, the city council may, by resolution employ an at- 
 torney or attorneys, and pay him or them a reasonable fee 
 therefor: Provided, that any city may, by ordinance, provide 
 for the ofifice of city counselor and his duties and compensation. 
 Such city counselor, when so provided for, shall represent the 
 city in all cases in the criminal and circuit courts, the Kansas 
 City court of appeals and the St. Louis court of appeals, and 
 the supreme court ; shall draft all ordinances and contracts and 
 all legal forms of every kind, and give legal advice to the coun- 
 cil and other officers of the city, and perform such other duties 
 as shall be prescribed by ordinance or shall be ordered by the 
 council or the mayor. In any city where there is a city 
 counselor, the duties of the city attorney shall be such as may 
 be prescribed by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 61. In assessing property, both real and personal, 
 in cities of the third class, the city assessor shall, jointly with 
 the county assessor, assess all property in such city, and such 
 assessment, as made by the city and county assessor jointly, 
 and after the same has been passed upon by the board of equal- 
 ization, as hereinafter provided for, shall be taken as the basis 
 from which the city council shall make the levy for city pur- 
 poses ; and for the purpose of giving cities of the third class 
 representation on the county board of equalization, when said 
 board is sitting for the purpose of equalizing the assessment on
 
 CHARTER. 35 
 
 such city property, the mayor and city assessor shall sit with 
 the county board of equalization when the said board is 
 passing upon the assessment of such city property, and shall 
 each have a vote in said board, and they shall be paid for such 
 service the same amount per day and out of the same fund as 
 other members of such board of equalization. The assessment 
 of city property as made by the city and county assessor shall 
 conform to each other, and after such board of equalization has 
 passed upon such assessment and equalized the jjame, the city 
 assessors books shall be corrected in red ink in accordance with 
 the changes made by the board of equalization, and so certified 
 by said board, and then returned to the city council: Provided, 
 that for the year 1893 the city tax levy shall be based upon a 
 certified transcript of the county assessment lists, as provided in 
 sections 1545, 1546 and 1547, Revised Statutes, 1889, made 
 out and furnished by the county clerk, who shall be paid there- 
 for by the city council. 
 
 Sec. 62. Upon the first day of January of each year all 
 unpaid city taxes shall become delinquent, and the taxes upon 
 real property are hereby made a perpetual lien thereon ag;iinst 
 all persons in favor of the city. The enforcement of all taxes 
 authorized by this act shall be made in the same manner and 
 under the same rules and regulations as are or may be provided 
 by law for the collection and enforcement of the payment of 
 State and county taxes, including the seizure and sale of goods 
 and chattels, both before and after said taxes shall become de- 
 linquent: Provided, that all suits for the collection of city taxes 
 shall be brought in the name of the State, at the relation and 
 to the use of the city collector. 
 
 Sec. 63. It shall be the duty of the council to require the 
 collector annually, on the first meeting of the council in April of 
 each year, or as soon thereafter as may be, to make out, under 
 oath, lists of delinquent taxes remaining due and uncollected for 
 each year, to be known as the "land and lot delinquent list" 
 and the "personal delinquent list.'' It shall be the duty of the 
 council at the meeting at which said delinquent list shall be re-
 
 36 CHARTER. 
 
 turned, or as soon as may be thereafter, to carefully examine 
 the same; and if it shall appear that all property arrd taxes con- 
 tained in said lists are properly returned as delinquent, the coun- 
 cil shall approve the same and cause a record thereof to be en- 
 tered on the journal, and cause the amount thereof to be cred- 
 ited to the account of the c ty collector. The city council shall 
 cau-^e the lot and land delinquent list and the personal delin- 
 quent list to be returned to the city collector, who shall be 
 charged therewith, and who shall proceed to collect the same in 
 the same manner and under the same regulations as are or may be 
 provided by law for the collection of delinquent lists of real and 
 personal taxes for State and county purposes: Provided, that 
 all suits for the collection of city taxes shall be brought in the 
 name of the State, at the relation and to the use of the city col- 
 lector. 
 
 Sec. 64. The city collector shall report to the city coun- 
 cil, at the regular meetings of each month, all taxes collected 
 on the real and personal delinquent lists; and he shall pay the 
 same to the city treasurer, and receive credit therefor. He 
 shall turn over to his successor all uncollected delinquent lists, 
 receiving credit therefor, and his successor shall be charged 
 therewith : Provided, ihat the city council may declare worth- 
 less any and all personal delinquent taxes which the council 
 may deem uncollectable. 
 
 Sec. 65, The city council shall, within a reasonable time 
 after the assessor's books of each year are returned, ascertain 
 the amount of money to be raised thereon for general and 
 other purposes, and fix the annual rate of levy therefor by or- 
 dinance. 
 
 Sec. 66 When the council shall have fixed the rate of 
 taxation for any given year, the city clerk shall make out ap- 
 propriate and accurate tax-books, and shall therein set out in 
 suitable columns opposite the name of each person and item of 
 taxable property, as returned by the assessor and board of 
 equalization, the amount of taxes, whether general or special, 
 due thereon, and shall charge the collector with the full amount
 
 CHARTER. 37 
 
 of taxes levied and to be collected ; the clerk shall also charge 
 the city collector with all licenses and other duties of all kinds 
 to be collected. 
 
 Sec. 6'J . It shall be the duty of the city collector to pay 
 into the treasury, monthly, all moneys received by him from 
 all sources, which maybe levied by law or ordinance; also, all 
 licenses of every description authorized by law to be collected, 
 and all moneys belonging to the city which may come into his 
 hands. He shall give such bond and perform such duties as 
 may be required of him by ordinance. 
 
 Sec 68. The city council shall, from time to time, pro- 
 vide by ordinance for the levy and collection of all taxes, 
 licenses, wharfage and other duties not herein enumerated, and 
 for neglect or refusal to pay the same shall fix such penalties as 
 are now or may hereafter be authorized by law or ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 69. The city council shall have the power to levy, 
 annually, a poll-tax, not exceeding two dollars, upon each able- 
 bodied male citizen between the ages of twenty-one and fifty 
 years, who shall have been a resident of the city for thirty days 
 next preceding the levy of said poll-tax, and said poll tax 
 shall be collected by the collector as personal taxes are 
 collected. 
 
 Sec. 70. The council shall have the power to levy, an- 
 nually, taxes upon all taxable property within the city, in 
 addition to other taxes, and in suflficient amount for the pur- 
 pose of paying the interest and coupons as they become due on 
 all bonds now issued and outstanding, and such taxes shall be 
 collected in the same manner and time as other taxes. The 
 mayor and council shall also have the power, by ordinance, to 
 issue bonds, payable in one year, to an amount not exceeding 
 half the current revenue for the fiscal year, and also to issue 
 bonds in renewal of other bonds of the city maturing for the 
 requisite amount, and which the city has no funds to pay : 
 Provided, however, that such renewal bonds shall not bear any 
 greater rate of interest than did the original bonds, and shall 
 not run for a longer time than ten years. The mayor and
 
 ^^ 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 council 
 
 il shall also have power by ordinance to issue bonds for the 
 purpose of funding the floating indebtedness of the city exist- 
 ing at the time of its incorporation as a city of the third 
 class: Provided, however, that such bonds shall not draw any 
 ;, tcr rate of interest than six per cent per annum, payable 
 >:;:!-anniiall\, and shall not run for a longer time than ten 
 
 ycar> 
 
 Si:c. 71. In case the corporate authorities of the city have 
 attempted to levy any tax or assessment for improvements, or 
 for the payment of interest or coupons on bonds issued and out- 
 standing, or, other evidences of debt, vvhich tax or assessment 
 may be informal, illegal or void in consequence of a failure to 
 comply with the requirements of law, the council shall have 
 power to relevy and reassess any such tax or assessment, in 
 manner provided in this act. 
 
 Six. 72. The council shall have power to levy and all 
 merchants shall pay the city collector, an ad valorem tax equal 
 to that which is levied upon real estate; the amount of which tax 
 shall be determined and ascertained in the same way as the State 
 and county tax is determined and ascertained ; and the collector 
 shall have power to enforce the payment of the same by seizure 
 and sale, as in the collection of other taxes. 
 
 SliC. "Jl. All license tax shall be regulated by ordinance, 
 and no license shall be issued until the amount prescribed there- 
 for shall be paid to the city collector, and no license shall in any 
 case be assigned or transferred. Licenses shall be signed by 
 the mayor and clerk, and countersigned by the collector, and 
 the clerk shall affix the corporate seal of the city thereto. 
 
 Skc. 74. The city council shall have no power to relieve 
 any person from the payment of any tax, or exempt any per- 
 son from any burden imposed by law. 
 
 Sec. 75. The city council shall have power, at its regu- 
 lar meetings in July of each year, to receive sealed proposals for 
 the custody of the city funds from any banking corporation, as- 
 sociation or individual banker doing business within the city 
 that may desire to be selected as the depository of the funds of
 
 CHARTER. 39 
 
 the city. Noti:e that such bids will be received shall be pub- 
 lished by the city clerk, not less than one nor more than four 
 weeks before such meeting, in some newspaper published in the 
 city. Any banking corporation, association or individual 
 banker doing business in the city desiring to bid shall deliver to 
 the city clerk on or before the day of such meeting, a sealed 
 proposal stating the rate percent, upon daily balances that such 
 banking corporation, association, or individual banker offers to 
 pay to the city for the privilege of being made the depository of 
 the funds of the city for the year next ensuing the date of such 
 meeting; or, in the event that said selection shall be made for 
 a less term than one year, as hereinafter provided, then for the 
 time between the date of said bid and the next regular time for 
 the selection of a depository, as aforesaid. It shall be a misde- 
 meanor for the city clerk or other person to directly or indirectly 
 disclose the amount of any such bid to any person or persons 
 before the selection of such depository. 
 
 Sec. J^. Upon the opening of the sealed proposals sub- 
 mitted, the city council shall select as the depository of the funds 
 of the city the banking corporation, association or individual 
 banker, offering to pay to the city the largest amount for such 
 privilege : Provided, however, the council shall have the right 
 to reject any and all bids. Within five days after the selection 
 of such depository, it shall be the duty of the banking corpora- 
 tion, association or individual banker so selected to execute a 
 bond payable to the city, to be approved by the mayor and 
 filed with the city clerk, with not less than three solvent sureties, 
 who shall own unencumbered real estate in the State of as great 
 value as the amount of said bond — the penalty of said bond to 
 be at least double the revenues of the city for anyone year, and 
 conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties and 
 obligations devolving by law or ordmance upon said depository, 
 and for the payment upon presentation of all checks drawn upon 
 said depository by the city treasurer, whenever any funds shall 
 be in said depository applicable to the payment of said check, 
 and all funds of the city shall be faithfully kept by said deposi-
 
 40 CHARTER. 
 
 tory and accounted for according to law ; and for a breach of 
 said bond, the city, or any person injured, may maintain an 
 action in the name of the city to the use of the person in- 
 jured thereby. 
 
 Six. TT . As soon as said bond shall be given and ap- 
 proved, an order shall be made by the council designating said 
 banking corporation, association or individual banker as the 
 depository of the funds of the city until the time fixed by this 
 act for another selection, and such order shall be entered upon 
 the journal, Thereupon it shall be the duty of the city treas- 
 urer, immediately upon the making of said order, to transfer to 
 said depository all the funds in his hands belonging to the city, 
 and immediately upon the receipt of any money thereafter he 
 shall depoi;it the same with said depository to the credit of the 
 city ; and for each and every failure to make such deposit the 
 treasurer and his bondsmen shall be liable to said depository for 
 ten per cent, per month upon the amount not so deposited, to 
 be recovered by civil action in any court of competent jurisdic- 
 tion. If any banking corporation, association or individual banker, 
 after having been selected as such depository, shall fail to give 
 said bond within the time provided by this act, then the selection 
 of such banking corporation, association or individval banker as 
 the depository of the city funds shall be set aside and be null and 
 void, and the city council shall, after notice published in the man- 
 ner hereinbefore provided, proceed to receive new bids and select 
 other depository. 
 
 Sec. 78. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer, upon 
 the presentation to him of any warrant drawn by the proper au- 
 thority, if there shall be money enough in the depository be- 
 longmg to the fund upon which said warrant is drawn and out 
 of which the same is payable, to draw his check as city treasurer 
 upon the city depository in favor of the legal holder of said war- 
 rant, and to take up said warrant and charge the same to the 
 fund upon which it is drawn; but in no case shall the city treas- 
 urer draw any check upon any fund in the city depository un- 
 less there is sufficient money belonging to the fund upon which
 
 CHARTER. 41 
 
 said warrant is drawn to pay the same. No money belonging 
 to the city shall be paid out of the city depository except upon 
 the checks of the city treasurer ; and all such checks shall be 
 payable by said depository at its place of business in the city. 
 In case any bonds or coupons or other indebtedness of the city 
 are payable, by the terms of such bonds, coupons or other indebt- 
 edness, at any particular place other than the city treasury, 
 nothing herein contained shall prevent the city council from 
 causing the treasurer to place a sufficient sum at the place 
 where such bonds, corpons or other indebtedness shall be pay- 
 able at the time of their maturity, to meet the same. 
 
 Sec. 79. If, for any reason, no selection of a deposi- 
 tory is made at the time fixed by this act, the city council may, 
 at any subsequent meeting, after notice published as hereinbe- 
 fore provided, receive bids and select a depository in the man- 
 ner herein set out, and the banking corporation, association or 
 individual banker, so selected shall remain the depository until 
 the next regular term for the selection of a depository, unless 
 the order selecting it be revoked for the causes specified in this 
 act. If the city council shall at any time deem it necessary for 
 the protection of the city, it may, by resolution, require the de- 
 pository to execute a new bond, and upon failure to do so 
 within five days after the service of a copy of the resolution on 
 said depository, the city council may proceed to select another 
 depository in the manner hereinbefore provided. The city 
 treasurer shall not be responsible for the any loss of city funds 
 through negligence, failure or wrongful act of such depository, 
 but nothing in this act shall relieve said treasurer from responsi- 
 bility for any loss resulting from any official misconduct on his 
 part, or from responsibility for the funds of the city at any time 
 when, for any reason, there shall be no city depository, or un- 
 til a depository shall be selected and the funds deposited therein, 
 or tor any misappropriation of such funds in any manner by 
 him. 
 
 Sec. 80. No check shall be drawn upon the city deposi- 
 tory by the treasurer, except on a warrant signed by the mayor
 
 4- 
 
 CllARTER. 
 
 and attested by the clerk. No warrant shall be drawn upon the 
 treasurer, nor shall any ordinance be passed appropriating money, 
 unless there be an unexpended balance to the credit of the city 
 in the fund upon which such warrant is drawn to meet such war- 
 rant, or a sufficient sum of unappropriated money in the fund 
 upon which such ordinance [warrant] is drawn to meet such 
 ordinance [warrant]. Every bill that contemplates the pay- 
 ment of money shall, upon its second reading, be referred to the 
 treasurer lor his endorsement, to the effect that a sufificient sum 
 stands to the credit of the city, unappropriated, in the fund cov- 
 ered by such ordinance, to meet the requirements of such bill; 
 and it shall be a misdemeanor for any councilman to vote for 
 the passage of any such ordinance without the aforesaid endorse- 
 ment of the treasurer thereon. Ihe treasurer shall report to 
 the council on or before the first day in July in each year the 
 amount of receipts and expenditures of the treasury, the amount 
 ol money on hand, and the amount of bonds falling due for the 
 redemption of which provision must be made; also, the amount 
 of interest to be paid during the next fiscal year. He shall 
 also perform such other duties in the line of his ofifice as may 
 be required of him by ordinance. 
 
 Skc. 8i. Whenever there shall be in th'^' treasury any 
 money belonging to any sinking fund of any city of the third 
 class which cannot be applied to the payment of existing debts 
 for which such fund has been levied and collected, the city coun- 
 cil may provide by ordinance for loaning the same at the high- 
 est rate of interest that can be obtained, not exceeding eight nor 
 less than six per cent, per annum, payable annually, the same 
 to be loaned upon improved real estate in the county in which 
 such city is situated, and for such time as such money cannot 
 be applied to the payment of the debt for which it was levied 
 and collected ; no loan shall be for more than fifty per cent, of 
 the value of the property given as security, and shall be secured 
 by a deed of trust on the same, and any such lands so taken as 
 security shall be free from all liens or incumbrances. In addi- 
 tion to the security above provided for, the city may require a
 
 CHARTER. 43 
 
 bond with good and sufficient securities, and no loan shall be 
 made to any person not an inhabitant of the county in which 
 such city is situated, nor shall any person be accepted as security 
 who is not at the time a resident of the county in which such 
 city is situated, and who does not own property equal in value 
 to the sum for which he is security and free from all debts and 
 encumbrance, and exempt from execution and attachment. Be- 
 fore any loan is made on such real estate security, the party ap- 
 plying therefor shall file with the city clerk a complete abstract 
 of title to the land offered as security, and no loan shall be made 
 on any land to which the title is not good. All bonds executed 
 by persons receiving such loans shall be made payable to the 
 city, and shall specify the time when the principal is payable, 
 also state the rate of interest and the time when payable ; that 
 in default of payment when due, or failure by principal in the 
 bond to give additional security when the circumstances shall 
 require it, both the principal and all accrued interest shall be- 
 come immediately due and payable, and that all interest not 
 punctually paid shall become as principal and bear the same rate 
 of interest as the principal. The city council shall have power 
 from time to time to require additional security to be given on 
 said bond when, in their judgment, it is deemed necessary. If 
 such security shall not be given within ten days after an order 
 to that effect is made by the council, and a copy of said order 
 served upon the borrower, and in all cases where default is 
 made in the payment of the interest, the council shall proceed 
 to enforce the payment of the same according to law ; all of 
 which shall be fully provided for by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 82. The style of the ordinances of the city shall be: 
 
 "Be it ordained by the council of the city of as follows.' ' No 
 
 ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become 
 an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the mem- 
 bers elected to the council shall vote therefor, and the ayes and 
 nays shall be entered on the journal ; and all bills shall be 
 read three times before their passage. No ordinance shall be re- 
 vived or re-enacted by mere reference to the title thereof, but
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 the same shall be set forth at length, as if it were an original 
 ordinance. No bill shall become and ordinance until it shall 
 have l^een signed by the officer presiding at the meeting of the 
 council at which it shall have been passed. When so signed, it 
 shall be delivered to the mayor for his approval and signature, 
 or his veto. 
 
 Sec. 83. Every bill duly passed by the council and pre- 
 sented to the ma>or, and by him approved, shall become an 
 ordinance; and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned 
 with his objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The coun- 
 cil shall cause the objections of the mayor to be entered at large 
 upon the journal, and proceed at its convenience to consider the 
 question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall the bill 
 pass, the objections of tht mayor thereto notwithstanding?" 
 The vote on this question shall be taken by ayes and nays and 
 the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds of all the 
 members-elect shall vote in the af^rmative, the president shall 
 certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall be de- 
 posited with the proper ofificer, and shall become an ordinance in 
 the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the ap- 
 proval of the mayor. The mayor shall have power to sign or 
 veto any ordinance passed by the city council : Provided, that 
 should he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the 
 same with his objections, in writing, at the next regular meet- 
 ing of the council, the same shall become a law without his s g- 
 naturc. 
 
 Sec. 84. The mayor and council of each city governed 
 b)' this act shall have the care, management and control of the 
 city and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain 
 any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and 
 laws of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for 
 the good government of the city, the preservation of peace and 
 good order, the benefit of trade and commerce, and the health 
 of the inhabitants thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and 
 regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers 
 into effect, and to alter, modify or repeal the same.
 
 CHARTER. 45 
 
 Sec. 85. The council shall enact ordinances to prohibit 
 and suppress houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses 
 and practices, and gambling houses and all kinds of public in- 
 decencies, and may prohibit the selling or giving of intoxicating 
 liquors to any minor or habitual drunkard. The council shall 
 also enact ordinances to restrain and prohibit riots, noises, as- 
 saults, assaults and batteries, petit larceny, disturbances of the 
 peace, disturbances of religious and other lawful assemblies, in- 
 decent shows, exhibitions or concerts in any street, house or 
 place in the city, disorderly assemblies, and to regulate, re- 
 strain and prevent the discharge of fire-arms, and the keeping 
 and discharge of rockets, powder, fireworks or other dangerous 
 combustible materials in the streets or in the limits of the city. 
 The city council may also regulate and control the construction 
 of buildings, the construction and cleaning of fire-places, chim- 
 neys, stoves and stove-pipes, ovens, boilers, kettles, forges, or 
 any apparatus used in any building, manufactory or business, 
 which may be dangerous in causing or promoting fires, and may 
 provide for the inspection of the same. The council may also 
 prescribe by ordinance, limits within which no building shall be 
 constructed except of brick or stone or other incombustible mater- 
 ials, with fire-proof roofs, and impose a penalty for the viola- 
 tion of such ordinance, and may cause buildings commenced, 
 put up or removed into such hmits, in violation of such ordinance, 
 to be removed or abated. The council may also purchase fire 
 engines, hook and ladder outfits, hose and hose-carts, buckets 
 and all other apparatus useful in the extinguishing of fires, and 
 organize fire companies, and prescribe rules of duty for the gov- 
 ernment thereof, with such penalties for the violation thereof as 
 they may deem proper, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and 
 to make all necessary expenditures for the purchase of such fire 
 apparatus and the payment of such fire companies. 
 
 Sec. 86. The council may prescribe limits within the city 
 within which no lumber yard or wood-yard or coal-yard shall be 
 kept, and may regulate, restrain or prohibit the erection or 
 maintenance of any fence composed in whole or in part of barbed
 
 46 CHARTER. 
 
 wire along or adjacent to any public street, avenue, alley, park, 
 cemetery or other public place. The council may also regulate 
 or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, 
 sheep goats and other animals, and domestic geese, and cause 
 such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold in 
 such manner and time as may be provided by ordinance ; the 
 council may also provide penalties for the owners who shall per- 
 mit such animals or geese to run at large. The council may 
 also provide for the erection of all needful pounds, pens and 
 buildings for tht- use of the city within or without the city lim- 
 its, and appoint'and compensate keepers thereof, and establish 
 and enforce rules governing the same. The council may also 
 tax, regulate, restrain and prohibit the running at large of 
 dogs, and provide for their destruction when at large contrary 
 to ordinance, and impose penalties on the owners or keepers 
 thereof. 
 
 Sec. 87. The council may prohibit and prevent all en- 
 croachments into and upon the sidewalks, streets, avenues, alleys 
 and other public places of the city, and may provide for the re- 
 moval of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbstones, gut- 
 ters and cross-walks at the expense of the owners or occupants 
 of the ground fronting thereon, or at the expense of the person 
 causing the same; the council may also regulate the planting of 
 shade trees, erecting of awnings, hitching-posts, lamp -posts, 
 awning-posts, telephone, telegraph and electric light poles, and 
 the making of excavations through and under the sidewalks or 
 in any public street, avenue, alley or other public place within 
 the city. The council may prevent and punish for all horse- 
 racing, or other racing, fast driving or training in the streets, 
 highways, avenues, alleys, or over bridges or through tunnels 
 in the city, and all games, practices or amusements therein 
 likely to result in damage to any person or property, and to 
 regulate, prevent and punish for the riding, driving, leading, stand- 
 ing, hitching or passing of horses, mules, oxen, or other teams or 
 stock or animals or any vehicle over or upon or across or along 
 any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley of the city.
 
 CHARTER. 47 
 
 Sec. 88. The council may make regulations and pass or- 
 dinances for the prevention of the introduction of contagious 
 diseases into the city, and for the abatement of the same, and 
 may make quarantine laws and enforce the same within five 
 miles of the city. The council may purchase or condemn and 
 hold for the city, within or without the city limits, within ten 
 miles therefrom, all necessary lands for hospital purposes, 
 water- works, sewer carriage and out fall, and erect, establish 
 and regulate hospitals, work-houses, poor-houses, and provide 
 for the government and support of the same, and make regula- 
 tions to secure the general health of the city, and to prevent 
 and remove nuisances : Provided, however, that the condem- 
 nation of any property outside of the city limits shall be regu- 
 lated in all respects as the condemnation of property for railroad 
 purposes is regulated by law ; and provided fiirtJier, that the 
 police jurisdiction of the city shall extend over such lands and 
 property to the same extent as over public cemeteries, as pro- 
 vided in this act. 
 
 Sec. 89. The council may establish, alter and change the 
 channel of water-courses, and wall them and cover them over, 
 and prevent obstructions thereon, and may establish, make and 
 regulate public wells, cisterns and reservoirs of water, and pro- 
 vide for filling the same. The council may purchase grounds 
 and erect and establish ' market-houses and market places, and 
 regulate and govern the same ; and also contract with any per- 
 son or persons, association or corporation for the erection, 
 maintenance and regulation of market-houses and market 
 places, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the 
 council may prescribe. The council may also provide for the 
 erection, purchase or renting of a city hall, work-houses, houses 
 of correction, prisons, engine-houses and any and all other nec- 
 essary buildings for the city ; and may sell, lease, abolish or 
 otherwise dispose of the same, and may enclose, improve, regu- 
 late, purchase or sell all public parks or other public grounds 
 belonging to the city, and may purchase and hold grounds for 
 public parks within the city, or within three miles thereof.
 
 48 CHARTER. 
 
 Sec. 90. The council shall have power to regulate levees, 
 wharves, landings, depots, depot-grounds and places for storing 
 freight and goods, and provide for the passage for railways 
 through the streets and public grounds of the city; also to regu- 
 late the crossing of railroad tracks, and the crossing of streets, 
 avenues and alleys by railroad tracks, and to provide for the il- 
 lumination of the same and the stationing of watchmen thereat, 
 and to provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating such 
 railways and crossings, and to regulate the running, handling 
 and operation of railway engines and cars within the limits of 
 the city, and to prescribe rules relating thereto, and to govern 
 the speed of railway engines, cars and trains, and to make and 
 enforce rules or restrictions to prevent accidents at crossings, 
 and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines; 
 and may provide punishment or fines, within the limits of this 
 act, for any person or corporation violating the 01 dinances au- 
 thorized by this section. 
 
 Sec. 91. The council may prescribe rules and provide 
 methods by ordinance for the inspection, weighing and measur- 
 ing of any commodity sold in the city in all cases not otherwise 
 provided for by law, and may provide for the selling, weighing 
 and mspecting of meats, poultry and vegetables, of butter, lard, 
 and other provisions and articles of food ; and may pro- 
 vide for the inspecting and measuring of wood, coal and fuel, 
 lumber, shingles, timber and all kinds of building material, and 
 shall have power to appoint inspectors and measurers ; and 
 may make provisions for the inspection of steam boilers, and all 
 steam-heating apparatus, and to license engineers using steam 
 boilers in the city, and may regulate the place or places where 
 hay, lim , lumber, timber, wood, coal and all kinds of fuel shall 
 be exposed for sale, and fix the fees of the person or persons 
 appointed to perform the duties named in this section. 
 
 Sec. 92. The council shall have power, by ordinance, to 
 secure the general health of the inhabitants of the city by any 
 measure to regulate, suppressor abate slaughter-houses, slaught- 
 ering animals, stock yards, soap and other factories, pig-pens,
 
 CHARTER. 49 
 
 cow-stables and other stables and dairies, coal-oil tanks and fac- 
 tories, and to remove the same ; and to regulate or prev-ent the 
 carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detri- 
 trimental to the public health, or the manufacturing or vending 
 of articles obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants ; to pre- 
 vent abate and remove nuisances in a summary manner at the 
 cost of the occupant or owner of the premises where the nuis- 
 ance or the cause thereof may be : Provided, that the same 
 was caused by the occupant or owner of the premises or his 
 agent; and all costs and expenses incurred by the city in re- 
 moving or abating any nuisance on private property within the 
 city limits may be assessed against the occupant or owner, if 
 caused by them or either of them or their agent, and the same 
 shall be assessed by the council as a special tax-bill against such 
 private property, which shall be a special lienag inst such prop- 
 erty in the same manner and with the same effect that special 
 tax-bills are for paving; or the cost of removing or abating 
 such nuisance may be made a part of the judgment by the police 
 judge, in addition to the fine imposed, in case of conviction in 
 the police judge's court of the person causing or maintaining 
 any such nuisance ; and the power is hereby given the city coun- 
 cil to provide punishments for persons causing or maintain- 
 ing nuisances in the city, or within one mile thereof. The coun- 
 cil may also provide for a health commissioner and board of 
 health to perform such duties and such powers as may be pre- 
 scribed by ordinance ; and may provide for the condemnation of 
 goods, merchandise, clothing, furniture and other personal prop- 
 erty containing the germs of contagious or infectious dangerous 
 disease, whenever the same is necessary for the health of the 
 city ; but in every case where private property is so condemned 
 and destroyed, due compensation shall be made to the owner 
 thereof, upon the appraisement of five disinterested commission- 
 ers appointed by the mayor. 
 
 Sec 93. The council may prohibit and punish for the 
 carrying of concealed deadly weapons, and may arrest and 
 imprison, fine or set to work all vagrants found within the city.
 
 50 CHARTER. 
 
 Sec. 94. The council may provide by ordinance for 
 sprinkling and cleaning, or either or both, the streets and ave- 
 nues, or any part thereof, of the city, and may assess the cost 
 and expense thereof as a special tax upon all real estate abutt- 
 ing upon the street or avenue, or part thereof, sprinkled or 
 cleaned, in proportion to the front foot, and may issue, or 
 cause to be issued, special tax-bills therefor, whic 1 shall be a 
 lien on such real estate until paid : Provided, that before any 
 such assessment shall be made, the council shall pass a resolu- 
 tion declaring such street sprinkling or cleaning necessary to be 
 done, and shall cause such resolution to be published at least 
 one week in some newspaper published in the city, and if a 
 majority of the resident owners of the property abutting upon 
 such street or avenue, or part thereof, proposed to be sprinkled 
 or cleaned, shall not, within ten days thereafter, file with the 
 clerk of said city their protest against such sprinkling or clean- 
 ing, then the council shall have power to contract therefor and 
 cause the same to be done : Provided, further, however, that 
 m no case shall the cost of such sprinkling or cleaning exceed 
 five cents each per front foot per month upon the property 
 abutting upon such street or avenue, or part thereof. The 
 method of making said assessments and collecting the same 
 shall be provided by ordinance. 
 
 Sec 95. The council may provide for and regulate the 
 lighting of streets and the erection of lamp-posts, poles and 
 light therefor, and shall have power to make contracts with any 
 person for [or] association or corporation for the lighting of 
 the streets and other public places of the city with gas, electricity 
 or otherwise: Provided, that no such contract shall be made 
 for a longer time than ten years : Provided further, that no 
 such contract shall have any legal force until the same shall 
 have been ratified by a two-thirds majority of the qualified 
 voters of said city, voting at an election held for that purpose. 
 The council shall have the right, also, to erect, maintain and 
 operate gas-works, electric light works or light works of any 
 other kind or name, and to erect lamp posts, electric light
 
 CHARTER. 51 
 
 poles, or any other apparatus or appliances necessary to light 
 the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places, and to 
 supply private lights for the use of the inhabitants of the city 
 and its suburbs, and to regulate the same, and to prescribe and 
 regulate the rates to be paid by the consumers thereof, and to 
 acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable 
 ground within or without the city, upon which to erect such 
 works, and the right of way to and from said works, and also 
 the right of way for laying gas-pipes, electric wires under or 
 above ground, and erecting posts and poles and such other 
 apparatus and appliances as may be necessary for the efificient 
 operation of such works. Provided, that the council may in its 
 discretion grant the right to any person or persons or corpora- 
 tion to erect such works and lay the pipe, wires and erect the 
 posts, poles and other necessary apparatus and appliances 
 therefor, upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance: 
 Provided further, that such right to any such person, persons 
 or corporation shall not extend for a longer period than twenty 
 years, and shall not be granted nor renewed unless by consent 
 of a majority of the qualified voters of the city, voting at an 
 election held for such purpose. 
 
 Sec. 96. The council shall have power to make contracts 
 with any person, association or corporation for furnishing the 
 city with water, and for supplying fire hydrants and public 
 fountains : Provided, that no such contract shall be made for a 
 longer time than twenty years ; and provided, that no such 
 contracts shall have any legal force until the same shall have 
 been ratified by a vote of two-thirds majority of the qualified 
 voters, voting at an election to be held for that purpose. The 
 council shall have the right also to erect, maintain and operate 
 waterworks for the city, and to regulate the same, to prescribe 
 and regulate the rates to charge to private consumers of water 
 furnished from such water-works, and to acquire by purchase, 
 donation or condemnation^ suitable grounds within or without 
 the city upon which to erect said works, and the right of way 
 to and from said works, and also the right of way for laying
 
 52 CHARTER. 
 
 water-pipes and posts and telephone, telegraph or electric wires 
 and poles, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the 
 efficient operation of said water-works; all of which shall be 
 done in such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance: 
 Provided, that the council may in its discretion grant the right 
 to any person, persons or corporation to erect, maintain and 
 operate water-works, and lay pipes, erect poles and telegraph, 
 telephone and other electric wires, under or above ground, as 
 may be necessary for the efficient operation of said works, upon 
 such terms as the council may by ordinance prescribe: Pro- 
 vided further, that in no case shall such right extend for a 
 longer period than twenty years, and shall not be granted nor 
 renewed unless by the consent of a majority of the qualified 
 voters of the city, voting at an election held for that purpose: 
 Provided, that nothing in this and the preceding section shall 
 be so construed as to prevent city councils from contracting 
 with any persons, associations or corporations for supplying fire 
 hydrants and public fountains, and to furnish the city with gas 
 or electric 1 ghts in cities where franchises have already been 
 granted and where water-works and electric plants already exist, 
 without a vote of the people. 
 
 Sec. 97. The council shall have power to cause a gen- 
 eral sewer system to be established, which shall be composed of 
 three classes of sewers, to-wit, public, district and private 
 sewers. Public sewers shall be established along the principal 
 courses of drainage, at such points, to such extent, of such 
 dimensions and under such regulations as may be provided by 
 ordinance, and these ma}^ be extensions or branches of sewers 
 already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be 
 deemed expedient. The council may 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 constructing, reconstructing and 
 repairing of said sewer.
 
 CHARTER. 53 
 
 Sec. 98. District sewers shall be established within the 
 limits of the districts, to be prescribed by ordinance, and shall 
 connect with public sewers or other district sewers, or with the 
 natural course of drainage, as each case may be. Such dis- 
 tricts may be subdivided, enlarged or changed by ordinance at 
 any time previous to the construction of the sewer therein ; and 
 more than one district sewer may be laid in a sewer district if 
 deemed necessary by the council for sanitary or other purposes. 
 The council shall cause sewers to be constructed in each district 
 whenever a majority of the property holders, residents therein, 
 shall petition therefor, or whenever the council shall deem such 
 sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes, and said sewers 
 shall be of such dimensions and materials as may be prescribed 
 by ordinance, and may be changed, enlarged or extended, and 
 shall have all the necessary laterals, inlets, catch-basins, man- 
 holes and other appurtenances. As soon as any district sewer 
 shall have been completed, the city engineer or other of^cer 
 having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost there- 
 of, and shall apportion the same against the lots or pieces of 
 ground, exclusive of improvements, in proportion to the area of 
 the whole district, exclusive of the public highways, and such 
 officer shall report the same to the council by bill or otherwise, 
 and the council shall thereupon levy and assess a special tax, 
 by ordinance, against each lot or piece of ground within the dis- 
 trict, in the name of the owner thereof; whereupon the city 
 clerk shall make out a certified tax-bill, under the seal of 
 the city, of such assessment against each lot or piece of 
 ground within the district, in the name of the owner thereof. 
 Said certified tax-bills shall be signed by the mayor and attested 
 and recorded by the city clerk, and shall be deliverd to the con- 
 tractor 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 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 8 per cent, per annum from
 
 54 CHARTER. 
 
 30 days after the issue thereof, unless sooner offered to be paid, 
 and if not paid or offered to be paid within six months after the 
 date of issue, each such certified bill shall bear interest at the 
 rate of 15 per cent, per annum until paid, and every such certi- 
 fied bill shall, on action brought to recover the amount thereof 
 h& prima facie evidence of the validity of the charges against 
 the property therein described, and the liability of the person 
 therein named as the owner of such property. 
 
 Sec. 99. Private sewers connected with the public and 
 district sewers may be constructed under such restrictions and 
 regulations as the council may prescribe by general ordinance; 
 but the city shall be at no expense in the construction, repair- 
 ing or cleaning of the same; the city shall incur no liability for 
 building district sewer.-, 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 costs of said sewer, in the same manner as other 
 property owners within the district. The repairs, cleaning and 
 other incidental expenses of district sewers shall be paid out of 
 a general appropriation for that purpose. No sewer shall be 
 run diagonally through private property, when it is as practica- 
 ble, 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 as 
 practicable to construct it along or through a street or other 
 public highway. The council shall have the power to condemn 
 private property for public use, occupation or possession in the 
 construction and repair of public and district and private sewers, 
 in the same manner as other property is condemned within the 
 city for public uses. 
 
 Sec. 100. The city council shall have power to purchase, 
 receive and hold real estate, as heretofore mentioned, for public 
 cemetery purposes, either within the city or within three miles 
 thereof: Provided, that no such cemete*-y shall exceed more 
 than 160 acres in one body. The council shall provide for the 
 survey, platting, grading, fencing, ornamenting and improving of 
 all the cemetery ground and the avenues leading thereto, owned
 
 CHARTER. 55 
 
 by the city, and may construct walks and protect ornamental 
 trees therein, and provide for paying the expenses therefor. 
 The council may make rules and pass ordinances imposing pen- 
 alties and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, 
 protecting and governing city cemeteries, the owners of lots 
 therein, visitors thereto, and punishing trespassers therein; and 
 the officers of such city shall have as full jurisdiction and power 
 in the enforcing of such rules and ordinances as though they re- 
 lated to the city itself. 
 
 Sec. ioi. The cemetery lots shall be conveyed by cer- 
 tificates, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk, 
 under the seal of the city, specifying that the purchaser to whom 
 the same is issued is the owner of the lot or lots described there- 
 in by numbers, as laid down on such map or plat, for the purpose 
 of interment, and such certificates 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 regulations of the coun- 
 cil ; and such certificates shall be entitled to be recorded in the 
 office of recorder of deeds of the proper county without further 
 acknowledgment ; and such descriptions of lots shall be deemed 
 and recognized as sufficient description thereof. The council 
 may limit the number of lots to be owned by the same person 
 at the same time, and may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorn- 
 ing and erecting monurrients, tombstones and ornaments on 
 cemetery lots, and any improper adornment thereof; but no re- 
 ligious test shall be made to the ownership of the lots, or burials 
 therein, or for the ornamentation of graves or lots. 
 
 Sec. I02. Whenever a petition as is now provided by 
 law is presented to the county court of any county for the open- 
 ing, extension or widening of any county road along and ad- 
 joining the corporate limits of any city of the third class, such 
 court shall proceed as is now authorized by law to condemn the 
 right of way of such road, the maximum width of which shall 
 not be over eighty feet. Before such road, however, shall be 
 declared opened or the possession of such property for such 
 right of way be taken for public use, the council of such city
 
 56 CHARIER. 
 
 shall ascertain, in the manner hereinafter provided in this act, 
 the proportionate amount of benehts resulting to the owners of 
 land adjacent thereto within the corporate limits of such city, 
 who shall contribute toward compensating the person injured, 
 and such amount shall constitute a lien in favor of the city on 
 the said adjacent land, and the person or persons who shall be 
 benefited and so assessed shall pay in such manner as herein- 
 after provided. The city authorities shall define by ordinance 
 the limits within which private property is deemed benefited by 
 the opening, extension or -widening as aforesaid, and the owners 
 of private property within such limits shall be notified as here- 
 inafter set out, and appeals may be taken as hereinafter pro- 
 vided. 
 
 Sec. 103. The council may by ordinance, and at the ex- 
 pense of the city, cause to be taken a census of its population 
 by a suitable person to be appointed by the governor of the 
 State. When so taken, the result shall be reported to the coun- 
 cil and spread upon the records, and a copy thereof, certified by 
 the city clerk under the seal of the city, shall be filed with the 
 secretary of state. If such report shows that the city has over 
 ten thousand inhabitants, the city council may levy on all sub- 
 jects and objects of taxation for city purposes not to exceed 
 sixty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation. Should the 
 population b^ less than ten thousand inhabitants, said rate shall 
 not exceed fifty tents on the one hundred dollars valuation. 
 
 Sec. 104. All claims against the city must be presented in 
 writing, with full account of the items, and verified by the oath of 
 the claimant or his agent that the same are correct, reasonable 
 and just, and no claim shall be audited or allowed unless presented 
 and verified as provided in this section. No costs shall be 
 recovered against the city in any action brought against it for 
 any unliquidated claim which has not been presented to the 
 council to be audited, nor upon claims allowed in part, unless 
 the recovery shall be for a greater sum than the amount 
 allowed, with interest due : Provided, that no action shall be 
 maintained against such city in exercising or failing to exercise
 
 CHARTER. 57 
 
 any corporate power or authority, in case where such action 
 would not lie against a private individual under like circum- 
 stances. 
 
 Sec. 105. The council shall have sole authority, by 
 ordinance, to grant the right to any person or persons, or corpor- 
 ation, to make and construct railroads or street railroads in any 
 street or highway of the city, and to control and regulate the 
 use thereof: Provided, that no such railroad or street railroad 
 ihall be located on any street or highway in the city, or any 
 portion of such street or highway, until a majority of the resi- 
 dents, owners of land abutting on sail street or highway, or 
 such portion thereof, shall first assent thereto in writing; and 
 provided, fiutJier, that no such railroad or street railroad shall 
 be constructed or operated until all damages to such abutting 
 lands shall have been first ascertained and paid to the owners 
 thereof by the person, persons or corporation constructing said 
 railroad or street railroad, and the city council shall pass suita- 
 ble ordinances providing the manner and way ot ascertaing any 
 damages contemplated by this section. 
 
 Sec. 106. The city council are hereby authorized and 
 empowered to provide for the purchase of ground, and for the 
 payment of the same, and all necessary work of improvement 
 specified in this act, by the issue of bonds or otherwise, subject, 
 however, to the conditions and limitations herein specified. No 
 city shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for 
 any purpose to an amount exceeding in any one year the 
 income and revenue provided for such year, without the 
 assent of two-thirds of the voters of such city, voting at an 
 election to be held for that purpose, nor in any case requiring 
 such assent shall any indebtedness 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 county purposes, previous to the 
 incurring of such indebtedness : Provided, that any city in 
 incurring any indebtedness requiring the assent of the voters
 
 58 CHARTER. 
 
 as aforesaid, shall, before 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 sink- 
 ing fund for payment of the principal thereof within twenty 
 years from the time of contracting the same, and may provide 
 by ordinance the manner of conducting said election under this 
 section, and ascertaining the result of the same. 
 
 Sec. 107. The council shall have power and authority to 
 levy and collect a license tax on beer depots or store-rooms 
 auctioneers, druggists, hawkers, peddlers, banks, brokers, pawn- 
 brokers, merchants of all kinds, grocers, confectioners, res- 
 taurants, butchers, taverns, hotels, public boarding-houses, 
 dram-shops, saloons, liquor sellers, billiard and pool tables 
 and other gaming tables, bowling alleys, hay scales, 
 lumber dealers, livery-stable keepers, real estate agents, 
 loan companies, loan agents, public buildings, public halls, 
 opera houses, public grounds, concerts, photographists, bill- 
 posters, artists, agents, porters, runners, drummers, pub- 
 lic lecturers, public meetings, circuses and shows, for 
 parades and exhibitions, or both, horse and cattle dealers, 
 patent-right dealers, stock-yards, wagon-yards, inspectors, 
 gangers, mercantile agents, insurance companies, insurance 
 agents, manufacturing and other corporations or institutions, 
 street railroad cars, hackney carriages, omnibuse-, carts, drays, 
 transfer and job wagons, ice-wagons, and all other vehicles, 
 traveling and auction stores, and all other businesses, trades 
 and avocations whatever, and fix the rate of carriage of persons 
 and wagonage, drayage and cartage of property; and to license, 
 tax, regulate or suppress ordinaries, money brokers, money 
 changers, intelligence and employment ofifices and agencies, 
 public masquerades, balls, street exhibitions, dance-houses, for- 
 tune tellers, pistol galleries, corn doctors, private venereal 
 hospitals, museums, menageries, equestrian performances, 
 horoscopic views, telescopic views, lung-testers, muscle-devel- 
 opers, magnifying glasses, ten-pin alleys, ball alleys, billiard 
 tables, pool or other tables, theatrical or other exhibitions,
 
 CHARTER. 59 
 
 boxing and sparring exhibitions, shows and amusements, tip- 
 pHng-houses, gift enterprises, and sales of unclaimed goods by 
 express companies or common carriers; to Hcense, tax and 
 regulate hackmen, draymen, omnibus drivers, porters and 
 others pursuing like occupations with or without vehicles, and to 
 prescribe their compensation; and to regulate, license and 
 restrain runners for steamboats, cars, stages and public houses; 
 and to license ferries, and to regulate the same and the landing 
 thereof within the limits of the city. 
 
 Sec. io8. The cities coming under the provisions of this 
 act, in their corporate capacities, are authorized and empowered 
 to enact ordinances for the following purposes and upon the 
 conditions in this section specified, in addition to the other 
 powers granted by law : 
 
 First — to levy and collect taxes for general revenue pur- 
 poses on all mixed, personal and real property within the 
 limits of said cities, taxable according to the laws of this State. 
 
 Second — To open and improve streets, avenues, alleys and 
 other highways, and to make sidewalks and build bridges, 
 culverts and sewers within i-he city, and to exercise exclusive 
 control over streets and alleys, and establish grades therefor. 
 
 Third — The -cost of bringing to grade all streets, avenues 
 and alleys and other highways, and for the building of bridges 
 and culverts and public sewers and foot- walks across streets, 
 avenues, alleys and other highways, may be paid out of the 
 general revenue fund of the city, or an assessment shall be made 
 therefor on all the taxable property v/ithin the limits of the city, 
 not exceeding five mills on the dollar for these purposes in any 
 one year. 
 
 FoiirtJi — For making and repairing sidewalks and sidewalk 
 curbing, the cost thereof shall be levied as a special assessment 
 on all lots and pieces of ground abutting on such improvements, 
 in proportion to the front foot thereof : Provided, that corner 
 lots shall be liable for the extension of curbs and sidewalks to 
 the curb lines each way. 
 
 FiftJi — The cost of paving, macadamizing, guttering and
 
 6o CHARTER. 
 
 curbing (where such curb is set out into the street beyond the 
 sidewalks) all streets, avenues, alleys and other highwa)'s, or 
 any part thereof or any connections therewith, and repairing the 
 same, and for doing all excavating and grading necessary for 
 the same (after said streets, avenues, alleys and other high- 
 ways, or parts thereof or connections therewith, have been first 
 brought to grade, as hereinbefore provided), shall be levied as 
 special assessment upon all lots and pieces of ground upon 
 either side of such street, avenue, alley or other highway, oi 
 part thereof or, conr.ection therewith, abutting thereon, along 
 the distance improved, in proportion to the front foot. 
 
 Sixth — The cost of paving or macadamizing the squares 
 and areas as formed by the crossing or meeting of streets and 
 other highways or parts thereof, or connections therewith, shall 
 be levied as a special assessment and paid for as follows : Such 
 area shall be divided into parts or portions by lines drawn 
 lengthwise along the middle of each of said streets or highways 
 so intersecting or meeting, and the cost of said parts or portions 
 shall be levied as a special assessment against the block or 
 square contiguous to each, and pro-rated against the lots or 
 pieces of ground in such block or square abutting on the street 
 improved. 
 
 Seventh — The assessments made for making and repairing 
 sidewalks and sidewalk curbing, and for paving, macadamizing, 
 curbing and guttering all streets, avenues, alleys and other high- 
 ways, and repairing the same, as herein provided, shall be 
 known as special assessments for improvements, and shall be 
 levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill shall 
 issue therefor, and shall be paid in the manner provided by or- 
 dinance. Said special tax bills may bear interest after thirty 
 days from the date of issue at the rate of eight per cent, per an- 
 num, and every such special tax-bill shall be a lien against the 
 lot or piece of ground described in the same until the same is 
 paid. 
 
 Eighth — Before the council shall make any contract for 
 building bridges, sidewalks, culverts or sewers, or for paving,
 
 CHARTER. 6 I 
 
 macadamizing, curbing, guttering or grading any street, avenue, 
 alley or other highway, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be 
 made by the city engineer or other proper oflficer and submitted 
 to the council, and no contract shall be entered into for any such 
 work or improvement for a price exceeding such estimate: 
 Provided, that no such estimate shall be required for the mak- 
 ing of any local or special repairs. 
 
 Ninth — All special tax-bills issued for special assessments 
 for paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering, excavating, grad- 
 ing, construction of sidewalks, and for district sewers, and for any 
 other purpose whatever authorized by this act, shall be assignable 
 and collectible in any action brought in the name of the city, to the 
 use of the holder thereof; but the city shall not in any event be 
 liable for any cost that may accrue in such action. Such spec- 
 ial tax-bills shall, in any action thereon, he p7'ima facie evidence 
 of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, 
 of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work and of the 
 furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of 
 the property to the charge stated in the bill. 
 
 Tenth — The total cost of paving, macadamizing, curbing, 
 guttering and the necessary excavation and grading for the 
 same, as is now provided by law, of any street, avenue, square 
 or alley, or other highway, or any part thereof, may be paid 
 in three annual payments — one-third in one year, one-third in 
 two years and one-third in three years — from the date of issue 
 of the special tax-bills, each payment to bear not to exceed 
 eight per cent, interest per annum from date of issue to date of 
 payment : Provided, that the owner of any lot or parcel of 
 ground fronting on such street, avenue, alley, or other highway 
 or square, or part thereof, improved, shall, within thirty days after 
 the letting of the contract for such work, notify the city clerk in 
 writing that he desires to pay for the same in three annual pay- 
 ments. In such cases, the city clerk, engineer or other proper ofifi- 
 cer shall make out three special tax-bills, which shall be signed by 
 the mayor and attested by the city clerk, each for one-third part 
 of the cost of such work, bearing interest as aforesaid, which
 
 62 CHARTER. 
 
 rate shall be fixed by ordinance, and deliver the same to the 
 contractor for the work. Each and every such tax-bill shall be a 
 lien on the lot or parcel of ground therein described, and such 
 lien shall continue for one year from the maturity of the tax-bill 
 last becoming due until paid, or until the final determination of 
 any legal proceeding to collect the same; but no such suit shall 
 be brought on any such tax-bill until after the maturity of all 
 such tax-bills. 
 
 Sec. 109. The city council may, by ordinance, include 
 in the special assessment the cost of bringing to the established 
 grade any street, avenue, alley or other highway or square or 
 area formed by the intersection or meeting of streets or other 
 highways, or part thereof, proposed to be improved as herein 
 provided, when in its judgment or opinion the general revenue 
 fund of the city is not in a condition to warrant an expenditure 
 therefrom for bringing the same to the established grade: Pro- 
 vided, that the resolution declaring such work necessary to be 
 done, and published in some newspaper published in the city, 
 shall, in addition to the other work of improvement therein pro- 
 vided for, include and describe the work of bringing such street, 
 avenue, alley or other highway, or square, or part thereof, to 
 the established grade. In all such cases where such work is au- 
 thorized by virtue of such a resolution, and is contracted for in 
 pursuance thereof, the bringing to grade as above described 
 shall be included in the same contract with the other work pro- 
 vided for therein, and tax-bills shall be issued in payment for all 
 said work as may be provided for by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 1 10. When the council shall deem it necessary to 
 pave, macadamize, gutter, curb (where such curbing is set out 
 into the street beyond the sidewalk), or otherwise improve any 
 street, avenue, alley or other highway or any part thereof, within 
 the limits of the city, for which a special tax is to be levied, as 
 herein provided, the council shall, by resolution, declare such 
 work or improvements necessary to be done, and cause such 
 resolution to be published in some newspaper published in the 
 city, for two consecutive weeks; and if a majority of the resi-
 
 CHARTER. 6^^ 
 
 dent owners of the property liable to taxation therefor shall not. 
 within ten days thereafter, file with the clerk of the city their 
 protest against such improvements, then the council shall have 
 power to cause such improvements to be made, and to contract 
 therefor, and to levy the tax as herein provided. No such pub- 
 lication shall be necessary for the making of any sidewalk, but 
 upon the petition of any ten citizens of the city, the council 
 shall have power by ordinance to make contracts for the con- 
 structing of sidewalks, including grading therefor, with or with- 
 out curbing, along any street, avenue or other public highway, 
 or any part thereof whatever; such contracts shall be let to the 
 lowest and best bidder, upon plans and specifications filed there- 
 for by the city engineer or other proper officer, with the city 
 clerk — not less than one week's advertisement for bids thereon 
 being made in some newspaper published in the city. When, 
 upon proper advertisement, no bid is received the council may 
 proceed as provided in section 113. No formality whatever 
 shall be required to authorize the repairing of sidewalks, or of 
 street or other paving, curbing, guttering, macadamizing or 
 part thereof, or reconstructing the same, and making assess- 
 ments therefor ; but the proper officer or committee on improve- 
 ments may, without notice, cause such work to be done, keep- 
 ing an account of the cost thereof, and reporting the same to 
 the council for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground 
 abutting on such sidewalk, street, avenue or alley, or part 
 thereof, shall be liable for its part of the cost of such work made 
 along or in front of such lot or piece of ground, as reported to 
 the council. The council may provide a penalty for failure to 
 pay such special tax within a given time, and any tax-bills issued 
 in payment of such repairs shall constitute a lien upon the prop- 
 erty liable therefor until paid. All costs for building and con- 
 structing sidewalks shall be paid to the contractor therefor, in 
 special tax-bills assessed against the abutting property liable 
 therefor and such special tax-bills shall constitutea lien upon such 
 property until paid, and shall bear interest at eight per cent, 
 per annum from date of issue, except as provided in section 113.
 
 64 CHARTER. 
 
 Sec. III. The council shall hive power to create, open 
 and improve any public square, street, avenue, alley or other 
 highway, old or new, and also to vacate or discontinue the 
 same whenever deemed necessary or expedient : Provided, 
 that all damages sustained by the citizens of the city or the 
 owners of the property therein shall be ascertained as pre- 
 scribed in that portion of this act relating to the condemnation 
 of private property for public use; and provided, further, that 
 whenever any public square, street, avenue or alley or other 
 highway shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners 
 of the adjacent' lots in proportion as it was taken from them; 
 and still further provided, that when, in the opinion of the 
 council of such city, it is necessary to reopen such street, 
 square, avenue, alley or other highway, they may order the 
 same opened without expense to the city ; and when the grade 
 of any street or alley shall have been once etablished by or- 
 dinance, it shall not be lawful to change such grade without 
 making compensation to all persons owning real estate on such 
 street or square, avenue, alley, or other highway, who may be 
 damaged by such change of grade, to be determined and gov- 
 erned in all respects, with reference to benefits and damages, as 
 is provided in this act. 
 
 Sec. 112. In addition to the powers hereinbefore 
 granted, the city council may, by ordinance or resolution, con- 
 demn wooden and defective sidewalks, and may remove walks 
 so condemned, and may provide for the construction of new 
 sidewalks in the place of walks so condemned and removed. 
 
 Sec. 113. Whenever the city shall advertise for bids for 
 the construction of any new sidewalk of any kind, or for the 
 construction of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks con- 
 demned, and shall receive no bids therefor, the city may pro- 
 ceed to construct or reconstruct any such sidewalks at its own 
 expense, and shall keep an accurate account of the amount 
 expended for labor and material, including grading and filling 
 opposite each lot or piece of ground, and present the same to 
 the city council for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground
 
 CHARTER. 65 
 
 abutting on the sidewalks constructed or reconstructed shall be 
 liable for the cost thereof, as reported to the council by the 
 officer or committee provided by ordinance or resolution to do 
 or have done such work. There may be as many assessments 
 included in one ordinance as there are lots or pieces of ground 
 reported as having received resulting benefits from the construc- 
 tion or reconstruction of any such sidewalks, and the city clerk 
 shall issue tax-bills payable to the city, against each lot or 
 piece of ground for the amount for which it is liable. And all 
 such tax-bills shall be assignable, a lien on the lot or piece of 
 ground described therein until paid, and shall be collectible in 
 any action brought in the name of the city to the use 
 of the holder thereof, or in any action brought by 
 the city in its own name and for its own use; but 
 where any such tax-bill has been assigned, the city shall 
 not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in 
 such action, nor will the city be liable for the amount of any 
 such tax-bill after the same is so assigned. Such special tax- 
 bills shall, in any action thereon, h& prima facie evidence of the 
 regularity of the proceeding for such special assessments, of 
 tfie validity of the bill, of the doing of the work and furnish- 
 ing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the 
 property to the charge stated in the bills. The council may 
 provide by ordinance for a rate of interest on every such tax- 
 bill, not exceeding ten per cent, per annum, from thirty days 
 after the date of issue of same until paid ; but if not paid 
 within six months after date of issue, then it may bear interest 
 from date at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum until paid. 
 Sec. 114. Whenever the council shall, by ordinance, 
 provide for establishing, opening, widening, extending or alter- 
 ing any street, avenue, alley, wharf, market place or public 
 square, or route for sewer, either on its own motion or on the 
 petition of the majority of the owners of the ground fronting 
 thereon, and it becomes necessary for the purpose to take pri- 
 vate property described in said ordinance, just compensation 
 shall be paid therefor to the owner or owners of such property,
 
 66 CHARTER. 
 
 which the mayor shall be caused to be ascertained and assessed 
 by a jury of six disinterested freeholders of the city, by pro- 
 ceedings prescribed by ordinance, and as in this article pro- 
 vided. The mayor shall have and exercise the power of a 
 circuit court for conducting such proceeding, for the preserva- 
 tion of order and enforcing process issued in the course of pro- 
 ceedings, and may summon and compel the attendance of wit- 
 nesses and jurors, and fine and commit any person guilty of 
 misdemeanor or contempt, preside at the investigation and pass 
 on the competency of evidence, and instruct the jury on ques- 
 tions of law arising thereon. The city clerk shall issue process, 
 and attend and record orders made by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 115. When any ordinance provides for taking 
 private property, as authorized in the preceeding section, the 
 council shall by ordinance, before any steps are taken to em- 
 panel a jury, determine and prescribe the limits within which 
 private property shall be deemed benefitted by the proposed 
 improvement, and be assessed and charged to pay compensa- 
 tion therefor ; and thereupon the city engineer shall make out 
 and deliver to the mayor a statement, by plat, map or other- 
 wise, containing a correct description of the several lots or 
 parcels of property deemed benefitted and to be assessed to 
 pay compensation, as provided by ordinance as aforesaid, and 
 containing also the names of the owners or claimants of such 
 lots or parcels of property, or of any interest or estate therein, 
 who may be such at the time of the passage of the ordinance 
 providing for the taking of such property. The mayor shall 
 thereupon, by order, appoint a day or place for empaneling a 
 jury to ascertain the compensation for the property to be taken, 
 and to make assessments to pay the same. The city clerk 
 shall then issue a notice, under his hand and seal of the city, 
 which shall give the names of the owners of the property to 
 be taken and state that their property will be taken 
 for the purpose specified in the ordinance, giving the 
 title and date of approval thereof, and that a jury will be em- 
 paneled to make such assessment on the day and at the place
 
 CHARTER. 67 
 
 fixed by the mayor. Each property owner shall be served 
 with the notice in which the name of such owner is given, 
 either by delivery to such owner of a copy of the notice, or 
 leaving such copy for such owner at the usual place of abode of 
 such owner, with some member of the family of such owner 
 over the age of fifteen years — corporations to be served in like 
 manner as with summons in ordinary civil actions — or if ser- 
 vice cannot be made on all or any of the parties, as aforesaid, 
 within the city limits, the return shall so state, and the return 
 on such notice shall be prima facie evidence of facts stated 
 therein; thereupon a copy of the notice not fully served, 
 or if necessary, an alias notice, specifying a different day to be 
 fixed by the mayor for empaneling a jury, shall be published 
 for four weeks before the day fixed for empaneling the jury, in 
 the newspaper for the time doing the city printing. The 
 mayor may continue the matter of empaneling a jury from 
 time to time, and cause new notices to be issued or published 
 for owners named by the engineer or others interested, until 
 jurisdiction of the proper parties is obtained. An afifiaavit of 
 any publisher of any notice, accompanied with a copy of the 
 notice, shall be evidence of the fact of publication as stated 
 therein. Service of the notice shall be made at least six days 
 before the jury shall be empaneled ; publication shall be suf^c- 
 ient if made for four weeks next preceding the empaneling of 
 the jury. It shall be suflficient to bring in the owners of prop- 
 erty who may be such at the date of the passage of the ordi- 
 nance providing for the improvement, and all parties claiming 
 or holding through or under such owners or any of them, shall 
 be bound by the proceedings without being brought in ; in re- 
 spect of any property affected by the proceedings through any 
 or all of the parties claiming or holding through or under such 
 owners, or any of them, may be joined on their own motion, 
 or be brought in on order of the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 116. The jury shall first ascertain the actual damage 
 done to each person or corporation in consequence of taking 
 their property for such purposes, without reference to the pro-
 
 68 CHARTER. 
 
 posed improvement, as the just compensation to be made there- 
 for ; and second, to pay compensation, assess against the city 
 the amount of benefit to the city and pubHc generally, inclusive 
 of benefits to any property of the city, and against the several 
 lots and parcels of private property deemed benefited, as de- 
 termined according to the last section, by the proposed improve- 
 ment, the balance of such compensation — each lot or parcel of 
 ground to be assessed with an account bearing the same ratio to 
 such balance as the benefit to each lot or parcel of ground bears 
 to the whole benefit to all the private property assessed. Par- 
 ties interested may submit proof to the jury, and the latter shall 
 examine, personally, the property to be taken and assessed. 
 The verdict of the jury shall be signed by each juror and de- 
 livered to the mayor, and contain a correct dpscription of each 
 lot or parcel of property to be taken, the names of the owners 
 or claimants, and the value thereof, and also the amount as- 
 sessed against the city, together with a correct description of 
 each lot or parcel of private property assessed, and the amount 
 assessed against the same, and the names of the owners thereof. 
 The city engineer and city attorney shall, when required by the 
 mayor, aid the jury to put their vCxdict in proper form ; and 
 they shall not be discharged until the mayor is satisfied the ver- 
 dict is correct in form. The mayor may adjourn the proceed- 
 ings from time to time, until the matter is completed. If the 
 jury cannot agree, the mayor may discharge them, and may 
 proceed to empanel another jury to perform the duties devolv- 
 ing on a jury by this article, and no notice to parties interested 
 shall be necessary beyond the order of the mayor, recorded by 
 the clerk; but the order to empanel a new jury must be made 
 and recorded on the day of discharging any jury, and fix the 
 time and place for empaneling a new jury, or nothing further 
 shall be done under the ordinance. No compensation shall be 
 made to any property owner who petitions for proceedings 
 under this article. 
 
 Sec. 117. When any one or more of the owners of property 
 which it may be necessary to take for public use in the opening,
 
 CHARTER. 69 
 
 widening or extending any street, avenue, alley, wharf, park or 
 route for sewer, by virtue of any ordinance of the city opening 
 any such street, alley, avenue, wharf, park or route for sewer, 
 shall propose to relinquish such properly without claim or dam- 
 ages, on condition of exemption from payment of benefits for 
 such improvements, or other conditions, the council may be 
 authorized to compromise or agree with such persons, and to 
 remit, abate and exempt from the payment of damages, on con- 
 dition of benefits, wholly or partly, as equity may seem to re- 
 quire, and proceed to condemn such other property as may not 
 be relinquished for the purpose, and to assess the damages and 
 benefits therefor, to and upon such other persons and property 
 as may be damaged or benefited by such improvements, any- 
 thing contained in this article to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 Sec. 118. The mayor shall, after the rendition of ;he 
 verdict, report the same, together with the proceedings under 
 the last section, to the council; and if the same be not confirmed 
 within sixty days from the making of such report, the proceed- 
 ings and verdict shall be void, and new proceedings may be in- 
 stituted at any time after the expiration of eight months from 
 the making of such report. If the council, by ordinance, con- 
 firm(ed) the verdict and proceedings under the two preceding 
 sections, within sixty days from the report of the mayor, an 
 appropriation shall be made to pay such sum as has been as- 
 sessed against the city; and the amounts assessed by the jury 
 against the property shall be a lien on the several lots and 
 parcels of property charged, from the day the ordinance pro- 
 viding for the improvement takes effect until paid and, if not 
 paid within thirty days, [after] the confirmation, shall bear in- 
 terest at the rate of fifteen per cent, per annum from the con- 
 firmation of the verdict, and shall be collected by the city as 
 provided by ordinance, by suit or otherwise, as any other spe- 
 cial tax, or by special execution as follows, viz: A special tax- 
 bill may be issued by the city clerk, under his hand and seal of 
 the city, against any lot or parcel of ground assessed, which bill 
 shall contain a description ot such lot or parcel of ground, the
 
 70 CHARTER. 
 
 names of the owners thereof, and the amount assessed against 
 the same, as appears by the verdict, and state that the assess- 
 ment has been made to pay compensation for private property 
 taken for the purpose specified in the ordinance providing for 
 the improvement, giving the title and date of approval thereof, 
 and that such assessment has been confirmed by ordinance, giv- 
 ing the title and date of approval of same; and the amount of 
 such assessment shall bear interest as herein provided. Each 
 tax-bill so issued shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the 
 circuit court of >the county in which such city is located, and by 
 such clerk recorded and indexed as a judgment in favor of the 
 city against the property described in the bill. At any time 
 after the filing and recording of any such tax-bill as aforesaid, 
 a special execution my be issued thereon out of said circuit 
 court in vacation or teim time, as on a judgment of the court 
 in favor of the city ; which execution shall recite the tax-bill or 
 the record thereof, and state when the bill was filed, and be di- 
 rected to the sheriff of such county, and command him, in case 
 the assessment, interest and costs be not paid to him, to sell the 
 property therein described, or so much thereof as maybe neces- 
 sary to pay such assessments, interests and cost<. The pro- 
 ceedings under such special execution shall, as far as practica- 
 ble, conform to the proceedings on special executions on ordi- 
 nary judgment foreclosing liens on lands. Any sale, including 
 the making of a deed by the sheriff to the purchaser, made as 
 aforesaid, shall vest in the purchaser all the right, title, interest 
 and estate in the land of the parties named as owners in the 
 tax-bill, who have not paid their share of the assessment, and 
 all parties claiming through or under them or any of them by 
 operation of law or otherwise, shall be bound thereby. Tax- 
 bills filed and recorded as aforesaid shall be subject to the order 
 of the circuit court, and may be set aside, or the amount of the 
 assessment reduced, on motion of any party interested in the 
 property assessed, the city having reasonable notice of the filing 
 of such motion and the object thereof If no title can be ac- 
 quired under the proceedings to any of the property sought to
 
 CHARTER. 71 
 
 be taken, the court shall set aside any bill and assessment on 
 motion. If by reason of any defect or omission in the proceed- 
 ing the city cannot acquire title or right to any particular parcel 
 of property, or to any interest in any parcel of property sought 
 to be taken, the court shall, on the facts being made to appear, 
 reduce the assessment by deducting therefrom so much thereof 
 as was assessed on account of the property or interest in the 
 property sought to to be taken, but not acquired, to be deter- 
 mined, as far as practicable, from the verdict of the jury making 
 the assessment, and award execution for the residue. No assess- 
 ment shall be affected or interfered with for the reason that any 
 other assessment or assessments made in the same proceedings 
 may be invalid in whole or in part. Executions and proceed- 
 ings thereon shall be under the control of the circuit court or 
 judge thereof, as in ordinary civil cases. The owner of any in- 
 dividual interest in any lot or parcel of property assessed may 
 pay his share separately. No sale on execution, or any special 
 tax-bill, shall be affected or invalidated because there may have 
 been ground to set aside or reduce the bill. In the case of the 
 death of any property-owner, pending any proceedings under 
 this article, it shall not be necessary to bring in his representa- 
 tive to revive judgment against him, though it may be done if 
 advisable. The city may resort to all or any of the modes of 
 collecting such assessments at the same time, but shall have 
 only one satisfaction. Money collected on such assessments 
 shall be used only to pay such compensation, and interest col- 
 lected shall be apportioned and paid equitably to the owners of 
 the property taken. 
 
 Sec. 1 19. In case the city or any defendant to such 
 proceedings shall feel aggreived by the verdict of the jury, such 
 party so aggreived may, within twenty days from the time the 
 verdict of the jury is confirmed by the council, appeal to the 
 circuit court in and for the county in which such city is located. 
 If the appeal is taken by either party the same shall be taken 
 and perfected by the filing with the clerk of the city, within the 
 time aforesaid, such an afifidavit as is required by law in ap-
 
 72 CHARTER. 
 
 pealing from the judgment of a justice of the peace. If an 
 appeal is so taken, the clerk of said city shall, within fifteen 
 days from the taking of such appeal, file a complete transcript 
 of the proceedings, and all papers filed and used in the trial, 
 certified by him, with the circuit court; and said curcuit court 
 shall thereupon become possessed of the cause, and said cause, 
 unless dismissed, shall be tried de novo in said court, and the 
 parties thereto shall have a speedy trial thereof, and to that end 
 said cause shall have precedence over all other causes ; and if 
 necessary to a full determination of any questson arising in said 
 cause, the circuit court shall have power to make and bring in 
 other parties to such proceedings, on service of notice upon 
 them for six days, or by publishing a notice to them for the 
 same length of time in any daily newspaper published in the 
 city, and the parties so made by either kind of notice, and all 
 persons claiming under them, shall be bound by such proceed- 
 ings ; and if such appeal is taken within fifteen days preceding 
 any term of circuit court in said city, it shall stand for trial at 
 such term; and if appealed during the sitting of such court, the 
 case shall be immediately docketed upon the filing of the tran- 
 script, and stand for trial, and shall at the same term and shall 
 always stand for trial, and shall not in any case be continued to 
 any succeeding term, but, for good cause, may be postponed 
 from week to week, in the discretion of the circuit judge; and 
 the said circuit court shall always be open for the trials of 
 appeals in such cases, and the judge of the said circuit court 
 shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to hold a sitting of 
 the court for the speedy trial thereof, at the court-house in said 
 city, at any time in vacation, and summon a jury before him, 
 unless a jury is waived, for the trial of such appeals — only such 
 trials to be had in all respects and subject to the same rules and 
 the same law, as other trials had in the circuit court, and the 
 same record thereof made and kept. The verdict of the jury, 
 or the finding of the circuit judge sitting as a jury, as the case 
 may be, shall conform in all respects to the requirements for 
 the government of the jury making the first assessment, and the
 
 CHARTER. 73 
 
 verdict shall have the same force and effect as is provided in 
 regard to said first verdict, and shall be binding on the parties, 
 and the assessment against private property shall be paid in the 
 same time, and until paid, bear the same rate of interest as is 
 above provided ; and the amount assessed by the jury against 
 property shall be a lien on the several parcels of property 
 charged, from the day the ordinance for the improvement takes 
 effect until paid ; and if such assessments are not paid within 
 ten days from the riling of the verdict of the jury, a special 
 execution shall issue against the several lots or parcels of land 
 against which assessments for benefits are so made, which exe- 
 cution shall specify and show a description of the lot, the 
 Oivner thereof, and the amount assessed against the same, as 
 shown by the verdict of the jury, and state that the assessment 
 has been made to pay compensation for private property taken 
 for the purpose specified in the ordinance providing for the 
 improvement, and be directed to the sheriff of such county, and 
 commanding him, in case said assessment, interest and costs be 
 not paid to him, to sell the property therein described, or so 
 much thereof as may be necessar}- to pay such assessment, 
 interests and costs. The proceedings under said execution 
 making a deed to the purchaser, shall conform to ordinary pro- 
 ceedings on special executions issuing out of said cour*" in 
 ordinary cases ; and the said proceedings, sale and deed shall 
 have the same effect and force as is stated in section 1 18. Said 
 execution shall issue in favor of said city, and when paid, the 
 money shall be held by said city as a special fund for the pay- 
 ment of damages assessed for property taken under said pro- 
 ceedings. On appeal under this section, the jury shall consist 
 of six men, freeholders of the city, and any finding or verdict 
 in that court shall, unless set aside for good cause, be confirmed, 
 and judgment entered thereon, that the city have and hold the 
 property sought to be taken for the purposes specified in the 
 ordinance providing for the improvement, and pay therefor the 
 amount assessed against the city, and full compensation assessed 
 therefor, and that the several lots and parcels of private prop-
 
 74 CHARTER. 
 
 erty assessed tc pay compensation by the verdict or finding 
 stand charged and be bound, respectively, for the payment of 
 assessments, with interest as provided in this article; and such 
 judgment shall be enforced by special execution to collect 
 assessments as aforesaid, without special tax bills; and the court 
 or judge may, by execution or otherwise, put the city in pos- 
 session of the property taken, or any part thereof, the full com- 
 pensation therefor being paid or tendered. Appeals shall be 
 taken to said circuit court of the district in which such city is 
 located, and the court shall tax and charge costs in appeals 
 according to equity. 
 
 Sec. 120. As soon as practicable after the confirmation 
 of any verdict by the council, the city clerk shall file a full 
 record, in a book provided for that purpose, of such proceed- 
 ings, which record shall contain correct copies of all ordinances 
 constituting a part of the proceedings, ihe notices to the parties 
 to the proceedings, and returns thereon; all notices published 
 and the proof thereof, all orders by the mayor, the names of 
 the jurors and when empaneled, and the verdict of the jury, 
 and such other documents and matters as the ordinances of the 
 city may require. The mayor shall examine such final record of 
 such proceedings, and, if it be correct, sign the same; and there- 
 after such record, or copy thereof, certified by the city clerk, 
 under his hand and the seal of the city, shall be competent evi- 
 dence in all courts of this State of facts stated therein. The 
 original papers shall be carefully preserved by the city clerk. 
 The city shall pay all costs of the proceeding to take private 
 property, except costs of the proceedings to collect assessments, 
 which shall be taxed and paid as costs in ordinary cases. If 
 the city fail to collect any assessment, in whole or in part, it 
 may pay the amount so not collected out of the city treasury. 
 The compensation of officers for services rendered in pursuance 
 of the foregoing sections shall be fixed by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 12 1. Whenever it is deemed necessary by the coun- 
 cil to change the name of any street or avenue, the council shall, 
 by resolution, declare such proposed change of name necessary
 
 CHARTER. 75 
 
 to be made, and shall cause such resolution to be published at 
 least one week in some newspaper published in the city; and if, 
 within lour weeks after such publication, a majority of the resi- 
 dent property owners along the line of such street or avenue do 
 not file with the city clerk '.heir written protest against .such 
 proposed change of name, then the council shall have power by 
 ordinance to change the name of such street or avenue in ac- 
 cordance w th the terms of such resolution; and upon the pas- 
 sage and approval of such ordinance, the city clerk shall file 
 with the recorder of deeds of the proper county a certified copy 
 of such ordinance, and such recorder shall enter the same upon 
 the records of such county. 
 
 Sec. 122. For any purpose or purposes mentioned in the 
 preceding sections, the council shall have power to enact and 
 make all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations; and they 
 shall also have power to enact and make all such ordinances and 
 rules, not inconsistent with the laws of the State, as may be ex- 
 pedient for maintaining the peace and good government and 
 welfare of the city and its trade and commerce ; and all ordi- 
 nances may be enforced by prescribing and inflicting upon its 
 inhabitants, or other persons violating the same, such fine not 
 exceeding one hundred dollars, and such imprisonment, not ex- 
 ceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, as 
 may be just for any offense, recoverable with costs of suit, to- 
 gether with judgment of inprisonment, until the fine and co-ts 
 are paid or satisfied ; and any person committed for the non- 
 payment of fine and costs, or either, may be compelled to work 
 out the same as hereinbefore provided : Provided, that such 
 city shall have power, in any case wherein the penalty for an 
 offense is fixed by any statute, to afifix the same penalty by ordi- 
 nance, and no other, for the punishment of such offense, except 
 that imprisonments, when made under city ordinances, may be 
 in the city prison or work-house insiead of the county jail. 
 
 Sec. 123. Any person who shall violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this act, for the violation of which no punishment has 
 been provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
 upon conviction shall be punished according to law.
 
 76 CHARTER. 
 
 Sec 124. The repealing of article 4, of chapter 30, of 
 the Revised Statutes of 1889, and all amendments thereto, by 
 this act, and passage of this act in lieu thereof, shall in nowise 
 affect the organization of cities operating under the laws so re- 
 pealed, as cities of the third class, nor shall it require the [re"]- 
 organization of any such cities, but they shall continue as before 
 in every respect, only observing the changes herein made, and 
 the present recorders in such cities shall, during thefr ofificial 
 terms, discharge the duties of police judges, as in this act pro- 
 vided. 
 
 Sec. 125. The laws for the government of cities of the 
 third class in this State being defective and inadequate, and the 
 general municipal elections of such cities being near at hand, an 
 emergency exists within the meaning of the constitution, requir- 
 ing this act to take effect immediately; therefore, this act shall 
 take effect and be in force and effect from and after its passage 
 and approval. 
 
 Approved April 19, 1893.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. J J 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 ADOPTION OF THIRD CLASS CHARTER. 
 
 An Ordinance providing for the incorporation of the City of 
 SedaHa under, by virtue of, and in accordance with the 
 general charter, as provided by law for cities and towns in 
 this State containing five thousand and less than twenty 
 thousand inhabitants. 
 Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City 
 of Sedalia, iMissouri, as follows, to-wit: 
 Section i. That the City of Sedalia, Missouri, be, and 
 the same is hereby incorporated under and by virtue of the gen- 
 eral charter, as provided by law, for cities and towns of this 
 State, containing five thousand and less than twenty thousand 
 inhabitants. 
 
 Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and said city 
 shall become a city of the third class, and shall work under and 
 be governed by, the charter provided for cities of the third class 
 in this State from and after the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1 886 ; 
 Provided, this ordinance shall be ratified by a majority of the 
 legal voters of said city, at an election, to be held in said city, 
 on said 22nd day of March, 1886, at such place or places as the 
 mayor of said city may designate; said election to be conducted 
 by judges to be appointed by the mayor of said city. The 
 manner of voting shall be by ballot which said ballot shall con- 
 tain the following words, viz: *Tn favor of incorporating the 
 City of Sedalia, Missouri, as a city of the third class Yes. 
 No." And if a majority of those voting at said election vote 
 Yes, then said ordinance shall be considered ratified.
 
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 Sec. 3. The expense of said election shall be borne by 
 said City of Sedalia. Passed by the board of aldermen March 
 ist, 1886. 
 
 Jno. D. Russel, President. 
 
 Approved March 2nd, 1886. 
 
 John B. Rickman, Mayor. 
 
 An election was held under the provisions of the above or- 
 dinance and carried by the necessary and requisite vote, since 
 which time the city has been working and operated under the 
 general law for .the government of third class cities. 
 
 EXTENSION OF CITY LIMITS. 
 
 An Ordinance providing for the extension of city limits. 
 Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Sedalia, as follows, 
 to-wit: 
 
 Section i . That the limits of the City of Sedalia are 
 hereby extended, so that the boundary line of the limits of the 
 City shall hereafter be as follows : Commencing at the north- 
 west corner of the south-east quarter of the north-west quarter 
 of section thirty-five, in township forty-six, and range twenty- 
 one in Pettis County and State of Missouri; thence west along 
 the government line to the north-west corner of the southeast 
 quarter of the northeast quarter, in section thirty-two, in said 
 township forty-six, and range twenty-one in said county; 
 ihence south along the government line to the north-west cor- 
 ner of the south-east quarter of the south-east quarter in sec- 
 tion eight, in township forty-five, and range twenty-one, in said 
 county ; thence east along the government line to the north- 
 west corner of the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter 
 of section eleven, in said township forty-five, and range 
 twenty-one in said county ; thence north along the government 
 line to the south line of Broadway and city limits ; thence east 
 one hundred and ninety feet, more or less, to a rock marking 
 the corner of front corporation limit; thence north along the
 
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 city limits to the northeast corner of Heard's first addition to 
 East SedaHa; thence west to the southeast corner of the 
 south-west quarter of the south-west quarter of sec- 
 tion thirty-five, township forty-six and range twenty-one ; 
 thence north to the north-west corner of the south- 
 west quarter of the north-west quarter, in section thirty- 
 five in township forty-six and range twenty-one, to the place of 
 beginning. 
 
 Sec. 2. There shall be held an election in the various 
 wards throughout the city on Tuesday, 29th day of May, 1888, 
 for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the legal voters of 
 the city, to the extension of the limits of the city, provided by 
 section i, of this ordinance. 
 
 Said election shall be held at such places in the various 
 wards as shall be designated by the mayor ; and the mayor 
 shall appoint the necessary judges and clerks and furnish bal- 
 lots, poll books and ballot boxes, and shall, by proclamation, 
 give notice of said election, which proclamation of the mayor, 
 shall be published for fifteen days in the Sedalia Daily Demo- 
 crat, a newspaper published in the city and doing the city print- 
 ing, and such other newspapers published in the city as the 
 mayor may select, and said election shall in all other respects be 
 held under the provisions of the general election laws of the State, 
 and the result of the election shall be spread by the city clerk 
 upon the records of the city council, and the result shall be pro- 
 claimed by the mayor, within two days after the election, in the 
 paper doing the city printing. 
 
 Sec. 3. All persons voting at the election held under the 
 provisions of this ordinance who are against the extension of the 
 city limits, as provided in this ordinance, shall have written or 
 printed on their ballots "Against the Extension of the City 
 Limits," and all who are in favor of the extension of the city lim- 
 its as provided in this ordinance, shall have written or printed 
 on their ballots, "For the Extension of the City Limits."
 
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 Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 Jno. D. Crawford, 
 Mayor and President of Council. 
 [Attest.] 
 
 A. H. Thompson, City Clerk. 
 Approved this iith day of May, 1888. 
 
 Jno. D. Crawford, Mayor. 
 
 FRANCHISES. 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for a supply of water for the City 
 of Sedalia, and the inhabitants thereof. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Sedalia, as follows, 
 to-wit : 
 
 Section i . That there is hereby given and granted to Quig- 
 ley & Co., of St. Louis, their successors or assigns the exclusive 
 right and privilege for the term of twenty-one years, from the 
 date of the passage and approval of this ordinance, of supply- 
 ing the City of Sedalia, in the State of Missouri, with water 
 for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and for all 
 other purposes for which water may be used in accordance with 
 the terms and conditions set forth in this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 2. The said Quigley & Co., their successors or as- 
 signs, are hereby authorized to establish, construct, maintain 
 and operate said works, in or adjacent to the City of Sedalia, 
 to receive, take, store, purify, conduct and distribute said water 
 through the city, to construct and extend aqueducts, mains and 
 pipes through any or all the streets, alleys, lanes and public 
 grounds, and cross any stream or bridge in said city; to erect 
 and maintain all engines, machinery and other appliances neces- 
 sary for the conducting and for supplying the said city and the 
 inhabitants thereof with water for the purposes herein men- 
 tioned, and for such purposes the said Quigley & Co , their
 
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 successors or assigns, shall have the exclusive right to take up 
 any pavements or sidewalks in, or adjacent to said city, and 
 make such excavations as may be necessary to lay, repair and 
 maintain aqueducts, mains and pipes below the surface of the 
 ground for conveying and distributing the water as aforesaid, in 
 and through the present and future limits of the City of Sedalia, 
 subject to the approval of the street and alley committee: 
 Provided, that the said Quigley & Co., their successors or as- 
 signs, shall suitably guard and protect such excavations, so as 
 to prevent injury to persons and property by reason thereof; 
 and shall hold the city harmless from all damages arising there- 
 from ; and provided further, that such excavations shall be re- 
 filled and such pavements and sidewalks be replaced in as good 
 condition as before, and as soon as possible thereafter as the 
 circumstances will permit. All rights and liabilities herein pro- 
 vided shall be in force during the term and continuance of this 
 franchise. 
 
 Sec. 3. The fire hydrants to be put in under the provisions 
 of this ordinance, shall be at such points on the present or im- 
 proved lines ot the mains as may be designated by the mayor 
 and city council. All mains to be put in shall be of standard 
 weight and strength water pipe, and covered by sufficient depth 
 of earth to prevent freezing. 
 
 The pumping machinery, stand towers and reservoirs shall 
 be as follows: The aggregate pumping capacity of machinery 
 to be placed in said works shall be not less than four and one- 
 half million (4,500,000) gallons in twenty-four hours. Said 
 pumping machinery shall be of the most approved pattern. 
 There shall not be less than four steel boilers placed in such 
 water works, and so constructed that they may be operated 
 either separately or together; and said boilers shall be of such 
 size and capacity, that any two of which with easy firing shall 
 be capable of running all of said machinery. 
 
 There shall be not less than two steel towers erected in 
 different parts of the city, thereby equalizing the presure on 
 the mains, neither of which shall be less than one hundred and
 
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 twenty-five (125) feet high, and have a capacity of not less 
 than one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) gallons. 
 
 Stand towers to be erected on a masonry foundation, laid in 
 cement, not to exceed three feet above the surface of the 
 ground. Base of stand towers to be anchored to the masomy 
 by not less than six brackets, that shall extend not less than six 
 feet from sides of tower. The outer ends of the brack- 
 ets to be secured to heavy cast iron bed plates under masonry, 
 not less than twelve feet below base of tower. 
 
 The bases, and tops of stand towers shall be tastefully orna- 
 mented. The present dam, or reservoir shall be not less than 
 doubled. 
 
 There shall be constructed in addition to the above a settling 
 reservoir, which shall have a capacity of not less than fifty mil- 
 lion gallons of water. 
 
 There shall be erected in addition to the machinery herein- 
 before mentioned, low service pumping machinery, of not less 
 than five millions (5,000,000) gallons capacity in twenty-four 
 hours, for the purpose of pumping water from the storage res- 
 ervoir into the settling reservoir. 
 
 All water, after leaving settling reservoir, and before being 
 pumped into mains, shall be filtered through the most ap- 
 proved appliances for that purpose. And there shall be a pres- 
 sure on the mains at all times, barring accidents, of not less 
 than fifty pounds to the square inch. 
 
 Sec. 4. The City of Sedalia hereby agrees to rent, and 
 does rent, one hundred and twenty-five ( 125) fire hydrants, when 
 erected and in use, from the said Quigley & Co., their succes- 
 sors or assigns, for the full term and continuence of this contract 
 and ordinance, at the annual rental of seven thousand five hun- 
 dred ($7,500) dollars, payable semi-annually on the first days of 
 February and August of each year. All hydrants to be put in 
 under the provisions of this franchise shall be erected, main- 
 tained and kept in repair, by and at the cost and expense of said 
 Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns. 
 
 Sec. 5. For all extensions of mains and hydrant con-
 
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 nections, ordered by the council of the city of SedaHa, the said 
 Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, shall erect at the 
 rate of not less than ten fire hydrants to the mile, and for all 
 such hydrants the said city of Sedalia agrees to pay the i:aid 
 Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, an annual rental of 
 forty-five dollars each, the same to be paid semi-annually on 
 the first days of February and August of each year; but if the 
 private consumption per annum on any extension shall average 
 fi^ty ($50) dollars per block, said Quigley & Co,, their suc- 
 cessors, or assigns, shall put in such extension, and the city in 
 such cases shall not be required to put fire hydrants thereon. 
 
 Sec. 6. In addition to the furnishing water for the pre- 
 ven'ion and extinguishing of fires, as heretofore specified, the 
 said Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, shall furnish 
 water to the city and the inhabitants thereof living or doing 
 business along the mains or pipes for all purposes, and in ac- 
 cordance with such rules and regulations as may be deemed 
 necessary to the successful operation of said works. Water 
 shall be furnished the Missouri Pacific and other railroads at 
 such rates as may be agreed upon by and between the railroad 
 company, the city council and the water company. All city 
 buildings shall be furnished with water free of charge. Water 
 rates to private consumers or railroads shall not exceed the 
 published rates of St. Louis or Kansas City, one of which shall 
 be adopted within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this 
 ordinance, and all rules and regulations governing consumers 
 and plumbers shall be similar to those in other like places, and 
 any valid contract for water now existing between the city of 
 Sedalia and Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and Sedalia 
 Brewing Company shall be carried out by said Quigley & Co., 
 their successors or assigns. And the city council of the City 
 of Sedalia shall enact all ordinances necessary for the protection 
 of said works and property. 
 
 Sec. 7. The City of Sedalia shall have the right to ac- 
 quire by purchase, and become the sole owner of said works, 
 and all extensions thereof, and all the buildings, machinery and
 
 84 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 acquirements of every description, appertaining to said water- 
 works, at any time after the expiration of twenty (20) years 
 from the adoption of this ordinance upon giving one year's no- 
 tice to the owners of said works, upon paying therefor to the 
 owners thereof the vakie of said property, which shall be ascer- 
 tained by appraisement as follows : 
 
 The city shall select one appraiser, and the owner or own- 
 ers of said works shall select another appraiser, and the two ap- 
 praisers so selected shall select the third appraiser; or, if they 
 can not agree upon a third appraiser, such third appraiser shall 
 be selected by the judge of the United States district court of 
 this district, and these three persons so determined upon shall 
 appraise the property at its then cash value, which appraise- 
 ment shall be binding upon both parties as to the value thereof ; 
 and the said City of Sedalia shall have the right to purchase 
 and become the absolute owner of said property at such ap- 
 praised value ; Provided, if such property be encumbered or 
 mortgaged at the time, then said purchase shall be made subject to 
 said encumbrances or mortgages, and the amount of all such 
 encumbrances and mortgages shall be deducted from such ap- 
 praised value, and only the balance or difference be paid to the 
 owners of such works and property ; and in case the said City 
 of Sedalia does not purchase and become the owner of such works 
 and property at the end of twenty-one (21) years, for which th's 
 ordinance and rights are granted, then all the rights, privileges 
 and agreements herem specified shall be renewed and extended to 
 the said Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, for another 
 period of twenty-one (21) years, and renewed every twenty-one 
 (21) years thereafter, subject to the rights of said city to pur- 
 chase the works, as aforesaid ; and provided, that such exten- 
 sions shall not deprive the city of the right to purchase said prop- 
 erty and franchise, as herein above provided, at any time after the 
 expiration of twenty (20) years from the adoption of this ordi- 
 nance. 
 
 Sec, 8. The City of Sedalia hereby agrees that it will 
 proceed without delay, on the request of said Quigley & Co., 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS. 85 
 
 their successors or assigns, to exercise its rights under the stat- 
 utes of the State of Missouri, in the matter of the condemnation 
 of any lot, parcel, or piece of ground, or of water privilege, that 
 may be necessary to the proper and convenient construction, 
 maintenance and operation of the system of water works con- 
 templated in this ordinance: 
 
 Provided, that the said Quigley & Co., their successors or 
 assigns, pay all costs and expenses incident thereto, including 
 all cost of property so condemned, and damages on account of 
 such condemnation, and. 
 
 Provided, furtJier, that the right to the free and exclusive 
 use of all the property so condemned shall rest and remain in 
 the said Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, so long as 
 this ordinance and contract shall remain in force and effect. 
 
 Sec. 9. The said Quigley & Co., their successors or as 
 signs shall begin work within thirty days from the passage and 
 approval of this ordinance, and faithfully prosecute the same, to 
 a completion before twelve months from such passage and ap- 
 proval. 
 
 Sec. 10. Said Quigley & Co., their successors or as- 
 signs, shall, on or before the fourteenth day of March, 1887, 
 file with the city clerk their written acceptance of this franchise, 
 and deposit with the city treasurer five thousand ($5000) dol- 
 lars as a guarantee that they will pay, on or before May first 
 to the treasurer of the City of Sedalia, ninety-five thousand 
 ($95,000) dollars more, which amounts the city shall receive 
 in payment in full for the water works, together with mains, 
 hydrants, pipes, machinery, lands, dams, water privileges, and 
 everything pertaining thereto, free from all obligations, debts 
 and demands whatever; and the said city shall turn over to the 
 said Quigley &Co., their successors and assigns, as above, all of 
 the said works on May first, 1887, and if said ninety-five thou- 
 sand ($95,000) dollars shall not be paid as above provided, the 
 said Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, shall forfeit 
 the said sum of five thousand ($5000) dollars and all rights 
 thereto.
 
 86 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Sec. II. In the event the said Quigley & Co., their suc- 
 cessors or assigns, fail or refuse to comply with the terms and 
 conditions of this franchise, it may work a forfeiture of the 
 same, provided said failure is not caused by unavoidable circum- 
 stances or accidents. 
 
 But notwithstanding such forfeiture, the city shall thereafter 
 have the right to take water for the use of the city fire depart- 
 ment from all fire hydrants then in use without pay or compen- 
 sation therefor, as well as for all city buildings, and the said Quig- 
 ley & Co., their successors or assigns, shall be bound to fur- 
 nish the water as before the forfeiture. 
 
 Sec. 12. The said Quigley & Co., their successors or 
 assigns, shall take possession of the present water works and 
 water system now owned by the said city, on or about May 
 first, 1887, and collect thereafter all water rates and all licenses 
 in said city, and said city shall pay to said Quigley & Co., 
 their successors or assigns the proportion of all water licenses 
 collected by said city for use of water after that date, and said 
 Quigley & Co., their successors or assigns, shall comply with 
 the obligations of said city, and furnish water to consumers 
 for the time for which license may have been collected, barring 
 all unavoidable accidents. 
 
 Sec. 13. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in con- 
 flict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 14. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 Passed by the Council March 8th, 1887. 
 
 E. W. Stevens, President. 
 
 Approved March 9th, 1887. 
 
 E. W. Stevens, Mayor. 
 [seal] [Attest.] 
 
 A. H. Thompson, City Clerk.
 
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 ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 
 
 An Ordinance granting the right of way to, and authorizing 
 the Electric Railway, Light and Power company, of Seda- 
 lia. Missouri, to construct, maintain and operate a street 
 electric railway, upon certain streets, public squares, ave- 
 nues and alleys in the City of Sedalia. 
 Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Sedalia, Missouri, as 
 follows, to-wit : 
 
 Section i . That the right, consent and authority of 
 the City of Sedalia is hereby granted and confirmed to the Elec- 
 tric Railway, Light and Power company of Sedalia, Missouri, 
 an incorporated company, organized under the laws of the 
 State, to construct, maintain and operate a street electric rail- 
 way in said City of Sedalia, Missouri, its successors and assigns, 
 to construct, operate and maintain a street railway with all nec- 
 essary tracks, switches and appliances, over and upon all the 
 streets, public avenues and alleys of the City of Sedalia, herein- 
 after named and designated : Provided, that such railroad shall 
 not be located by said company on any street and alley herein- 
 after named, or any part of the same, until a majority of the 
 resident owners of land abutting upon such street or alley or 
 portion thereof, shall first assent thereto in writing. 
 
 SCE. 2. The cars on said railway shall be propelled by 
 electric power or energy only. 
 
 Sec. 3. The following route, for the construction, main- 
 tenance and operation of said electric street railway, is hereby 
 established, to-wit: 
 
 Beginning on Ohio street, at the southern line of the right 
 of way of the Missouri Pacific railway, and running thence 
 southwardly on Ohio street to the south line of the city limits ; 
 also running from the middle line of Ohio street, westwardly on 
 Main street to the city limits, and also from the middle line of 
 Ohio street eastwardly on Main street to Washington avenue ; 
 also from the middle line of Ohio street, running west on Fifth 
 street to the city limits; and from the middle line of Ohio street
 
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 east on Fifth street to the city limits ; also from the middle line 
 of Fifth street, running northwardly on Kentucky street to Main 
 street, thence ^\est on Main street to the middle line of Moni- 
 teau street, and from thence northwardly on Moniteau street to 
 the city limits ; also running from said middle line of Fifth 
 street southwardly on Kentucky street to the city limits ; also 
 from the middle line of Ohio street west on Seventh street to the 
 city limits ; also from said middle line of Ohio street east on 
 Seventh street to Lafayette, avenue ; also from the middle line 
 of Ohio street,' running east on Thirteenth street to the city lim- 
 its ; also running from the middle line of said Thirteenth street, 
 northwardly on Lafayette avenue to the right of way of the M., 
 K. & T. railway; also running from the middle line of said 
 Thirteenth street northwardly on Ingram avenue to Broadway ; 
 also from the middle line of Ingram avenue east on Tenth street 
 to Hancock street, thence northwardly on Hancock street to 
 Fifth street; also running from the middle line of Hancock 
 street west on Broadway to the right of way of the M., K. & 
 T. railway; and from said middle line of Hancock street east 
 on Broadway to the city limits ; also running from the middle 
 line of Fifth street northwardly on Engineer street to the north 
 line of the city limits ; and from the middle line of Fifth street 
 southwardly on Engineer street to the city limits; also from the 
 middle line of Fifth street, south on New York avenue to the 
 city limits, and from the middle line of Fifth street north on 
 New York avenue to the city limits ; also running from the mid- 
 dle line of Ohio street westwardly on Sixteenth street to the city 
 limits ; also from the middle line of Ohio street eastwardly on 
 Sixteenth street to the city limits ; also running from the middle 
 line of Sixteenth street south on Vermont street to Eighteenth 
 street ; thence west on Eighteenth street to Grand avenue ; 
 also running from the middle line of Ohio street west on Twen- 
 tieth street to the west end thereof ; also running from the mid- 
 dle line of Ohio street east on Twentieth street to the east end 
 thereof; also running from the middle line of Twentieth street 
 north on Missouri avenue to the north line of the city limits;
 
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 also from the middle line of Missouri avenue running eastwardly 
 on Pettis street to Lamine street; also running from the middle 
 line of Main street southwardly on Osage street to Broadway; 
 also from said middle line of Main street northwardly on Osage 
 street to the south line of the right of way of the Missouri Pa- 
 cific railway; also running from the middle line of Main street 
 southwardly on Lamine street to Fifth street; also running from 
 the middle line of Main street southwardly on Washington ave- 
 nue to Seventh street; also running from the north line of the 
 city limits southwardly on Grand avenue to the south line of 
 the city limits; also running from the middle line of Ohio street, 
 eastwardly on Third street to the city limits ; also from the mid- 
 dle line of Ohio street westwardly on Third street to the city 
 limits; also running from the middle line of Grand avenue east 
 on Tenth street to Ingram avenue ; also running from the mid- 
 dle line of Grand avenue east on Thirteenth street to the mid- 
 dle line of Ohio street; also running from the middle line of 
 of Ohio street westwardly on Fifteenth street to Grand avenue. 
 Sec. 4. The depots, stations and turnouts and switches of 
 said railroad so far as the same can now be determined are hereby 
 located as follows, to-wit : The power station and depot is 
 hereby located on the south side of Broadway street and im- 
 mediately east of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway right 
 of way. This being a street railway, there are no passenger 
 depots or stations. The switches and turnouts are hereby lo- 
 cated as follows: On Ohio street, one between the Missouri 
 Pacific railway track and Main street ; one between Fourth and 
 Fifth streets; one between Tenth and Eleventh streets, and one 
 beetween Nineteenth and Twentieth streets ; one on Thirteenth 
 street east of Lafayette ; one on Hancock north of Broadway : 
 one on Engineer street between Engineer and Wagner ; on 
 Grand avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets, Tenth and 
 Eleventh and between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets; on 
 Lamine between Fourth and Fifth streets ; on Kentucky between 
 Fourth and Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh, Nineteenth and Twen- 
 tieth streets ; on Fifth between Washington avenue and Lafay-
 
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 ette avenue, and between Harrison and Missouri avenues ; on 
 Seventh street between Washington avenue and Lafayette, and 
 between Harrison ar'd Missouri avenues and Moniteau and Ver- 
 mont streets. 
 
 Sec. 5. The said Electric Railway, Light and Power 
 company, its successors and assigns, are hereby granted the 
 right to construct, establish, operate and maintain m said city 
 an electric system of power for lighting and street raihvay pur- 
 posts, with the right of way along, over and under the streets, 
 avenues, alleys and public grounds and areas of said city, for 
 the purpose of erecting, establishing, operating and maintaining 
 all wires, posts, poles, brackets, guys, supports, fixtures and 
 conduits necessary or pertaining to said business and to the con- 
 veyance of electric energy, subject to all reasonable rules and 
 regulations that the city council may deem necessary from time 
 to time to make. 
 
 Sec. 6. The rights, privileges and franchises hereby 
 granted to said Electric Railway, Light and Power company, 
 shall be held by them for the term of fifty years from the date 
 of the passage of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 7. The tracks of said railway shall be laid on an 
 even grade with the existing grades of all squares, streets and 
 highways through, over and across which said railway may be 
 constructed, so as to admit of the safe and easy passage of ve- 
 hicles, and not in any manner to unnecessarily hinder or ob- 
 struct the use of the streets. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the city engineer to give 
 to the said conipany said grade and superintend and see that 
 the tracks when laid conform to said grade as aforesaid, and 
 when so laid the company shall not be required to alter or 
 change the same unless said grade be changed by ordinance, 
 duly passed by the city council, and shall in no case be required 
 to alter or change the grade of any part of any street at their 
 expense, except the parts actually occupied by its tracks, and 
 one foot outside of each rail, and the city shall in no way be 
 liable to said company or its successors or assigns for any dam- 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS. 9 1 
 
 ages on account of any change of grade or pavements, in any 
 streets or alleys. 
 
 Sec. 9. Said company shall at all times keep in good re- 
 pair and condition all portions of said streets and squares occu- 
 pied by its tracks, turnouts and switches, and for the space of 
 one foot outside of each rail thereof for the convenience and 
 safety of public travel. 
 
 Sec. 10. When the said company lays its tracks on any 
 street or square at the time paved, it shall at its own expense 
 relay the paving on that part of such street occupied by its 
 tracks, and one foot on the outside of each rail thereof so as to 
 conform to the grade, making all needed repairs with like ma- 
 terial used in said paving. 
 
 Sec. II. Said railway shall be kept in good repair and 
 order by said company, and shall be operated at all reasonable 
 time for the use of the public, at least one car being run on the 
 road every fifteen minutes between the hours of 6o'clock a. m. and 
 II o'clock p. m. of each day. Each passenger may be required 
 to pay fare during said hours not exceeding five cents, and be- 
 tween II o clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning a fare 
 not exceeding ten cents for a continuous passage over any entire 
 line or any part thereof ; Provided, that children under 5 years 
 of age, accompanied by a parent or guardian shall ride free. 
 The term "entire line" as used in this section shall include all 
 branches from the main line over which cars from the main line 
 are run, and said company shall give one transfer ticket, when 
 necessary to enable a passenger to complete his journey over 
 any one of such branches from the main line only, or from such 
 branch to the main line ; Provided, that said limit of fifteen min- 
 utes in running its cars shall not apply to streets in any portion 
 or portions of the city where the convenience of the public may 
 not require them to run oftener than every thirty minutes. 
 
 Sec. 12. The said company shall hold the said city 
 harmless for all costs and damages, including reasonable attor- 
 ney's fees, by reason of the construction and operation of said 
 railway, and nothing contained in this ordinance shall have the
 
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 effect to release said company from its liability for any and all 
 damages sustained, by reason of said occupation of said public 
 streets and areas, or by reason of any negligence of any of its 
 employes, or from any reason that would render them amena- 
 ble to the law. 
 
 Sec. 13. The cars of said company shall at all times be 
 entitled to the track, and the driver of every vehicle shall turn 
 out when any car comes up, but all carriages and vehicles shall 
 have full right of way over and along said tracks, but so as to 
 not unnecessarily interfere with the free and unobstructed run- 
 ning of the cars thereon. 
 
 Sec. 14. Nothing in this ordinance shall be held or con- 
 strued to interfere with the right of way of the city at any 
 and all times to lay water-pipes, and construct sewers and 
 drains in and along any of said streets, and make any other 
 necessary improvements therein, or to, or in any manner, 
 abridge or impair any of the rights or franchises heretofore 
 granted to any person or corporation for any purpose whatever, 
 or to grant franchises to other persons or companies for the 
 construction of street railways. 
 
 Sec. 15. The consent, authority and right of way 
 granted by this ordinance to said company to construct and 
 operate said street railway, is upon the express condition that 
 the said company shall, before locating a railway on any street, 
 procure the assent in writing of a majority of the property 
 owners of such street, and before said company shall construct 
 any such railway, they shall pay all damages that may be 
 assessed in favor of any property holder on such street, as pro- 
 vided by law. 
 
 Sec. 16. Within thirty days after the passage and ap- 
 proval of this ordinance the said Electric Railway, Light and 
 Power company, shall hie with the city clerk of said city its 
 acceptance in writing of all the provisions of this ordinance, 
 and shall execute to the City of Sedalia a bond in the sum of 
 five thousand dollars, to be approved by the mayor, guarantee- 
 ing the building of at least two miles of railway within four
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 93 
 
 months, and at least two miles more within nine months from 
 the taking effect of this ordinance, unless they are prevented 
 by any injunction proceedings, strikes, failure to ptocure assent 
 of property owners as required by law, or unavoidable causes; 
 said acceptance, when so filed, shall be lecorded in the book of 
 ordinances, and safely kept by the city clerk. 
 
 Sec. 17. On all streets said railway shall be so con- 
 structed and maintained as to enable carriages, wagons and 
 other vehicles to cross the same without unnecessary danger or 
 inconvenience at all places along the line thereof, and especially 
 at the crossings of the streets. All poles shall be of the best 
 quality, uniformly painted and planted along the curbs, and 
 under the direction of and to the satisfaction of the city en- 
 gineer, and the wires shall be at the standard heighth from the 
 ground. 
 
 Sec. 18. If at any time the City of S'^dalia shall im- 
 prove any of the unpaved streets upon which said company may 
 have laid its tracks, by paving the same, or by repaving a 
 street already paved, said company shall at the same time 
 grade, pave and improve its tracks, and one foot on the outside 
 of each rail thereof, at its own expense and in the same man- 
 ner and with like material as said city paves or improves said 
 street, and if said company refuses or neglects to improve such 
 right of way, the city reserves the right to remove from such 
 street all the tracks of said company and improve and pave 
 such street and right of way, as though no car tracks had been 
 laid on such streets, and said city shall not be liable to said com- 
 pany for any loss or damage on account of the removal of such 
 tracks. 
 
 Sec. 19. In case the said Electric Railway, Light and 
 Power company, its successors or assigns, fail or refuse to com- 
 ply with the terms and conditions of this franchise, it may 
 work a forfeiture of the same ; provided, such failure is not 
 caused by unavoidable circumstances or accidents. 
 
 Sec. 20. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage.
 
 94 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Passed by the council of the City of Sedalia, Missouri, 
 this 17th day of March, 1890. 
 
 Jno. D. Crawford, 
 Attest: President of the Council. 
 
 A. R. Eaton, Jr., City Clerk. 
 Approved March i8th, 1890, 
 
 John D. Crawford, Mayor. 
 
 We, the undersigned, W. E. Sterne, pr'^sident, and D. C 
 Metsker, secretary, of the Electric Railway, Light and Power 
 company, of Sedalia, Missouri, do, as authorized by the resolu- 
 tions of said company, duly adopted at a meeting of the board 
 of directors, at the office of said company, on the 28th day of 
 March, A. D., 1890, agree to, and accept all of the provisions 
 of an ordinance passed by the council of the City of Sedalia, 
 State of Missouri, on the 17th day of March, A. D., 1890, and 
 entitled "An ordinance granting the right of way to and au- 
 thorizing the Electric Railway, Light and Power company, of 
 Sedalia Missouri, to construct, maintain and operate a street 
 electric railway upon certain streets, public squares, avenues 
 and alleys in the City of Sedalia," and also file the bond re- 
 quired by said ordinance. 
 
 Done by virtue of a resolution of the board of directors .of 
 said company, accepting all of the provisions of said ordinance, 
 and authorizing and directing the filing of said bond this 28th 
 day of March, A. D., 1890. 
 The Electric Railway, Light and Power Company, of 
 
 Sedalia, Missouri. 
 
 W. E. Sterne, President. 
 [seal.] Attest, 
 
 D. C. Metsker, Secretary. 
 
 Filed March 29th, 1890. 
 
 A. R. Easton, jr., City Clerk.
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 95 
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL 
 
 OF THE CITY OF SEDALIA. 
 
 THE FOLLOWING RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS SHALL 
 GOVERN THE COUNCIL IN ITS DELIBERATIONS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 Section i. It shall be the duty of each member of the 
 council to be present at each meeting of the council unless leave 
 of absence be granted, or he be sick and unable to attend. 
 
 Sec. 2. A majority of all the members elected shall con- 
 stitute a quorum to do business. 
 
 Sec. 3. Upon a call of the council, the names of the 
 members shall be called over alphabetically, the absentees noted, 
 and those who do not appear may be sent for by a special mes- 
 senger, and may be by him taken into custody wherever found, 
 and compelled to attend the session of the council. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whenever a member shall be discharged from 
 custody the council shall determine whether such discharge shall 
 be with or without censure, and defraying the expenses of 
 messenger sent after him. 
 
 Sec. 5. At the first regular meeting of the council after 
 the election in each year, the council shall elect one of its mem-
 
 96 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 bers president pro tern., who shall hold his office for the term of 
 one year, and who, in the absence of the mayor shall preside at 
 the meetings of the council ; Provided, that in the absence of 
 both mayor and president pro tem., the council may select one 
 of its members present to preside at such meeting, who shall be 
 styled "acting president pro tem. ; ' ' and the president pro tem. , 
 during the absence of the mayor from the city, or his tempor- 
 ary inability from any cause, to discharge his ofificial duties, 
 shall be the acting mayor with all the power and authority 
 possessed by the mayor. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF THE PRESIDENT. 
 
 Sec. 6. The president shall take the chair precisely at 
 the hour to which the board shall have adjourned their preced- 
 ing meeting, and immediately call the members to order, if" a 
 quorum be present. 
 
 Sec. 7. He shall preserve decorum and order; he may 
 speak to points of order in preference to members of the council, 
 and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the 
 council by any member, on which appeal no member shall be 
 permitted to speak more than once. He shall appoint all select 
 committees unless otherwise provided. 
 
 Sec. 8. At the first regular meeting of the council after 
 the election in each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, he 
 shall appoint the following standing committees, which shall con- 
 sist of three members each : 
 
 Committee on finance. 
 
 Committee on claims. 
 
 Committee on streets and alleys. 
 
 Committee on supplies. 
 
 Committee on cemetery. 
 
 Committee on printing.
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 97 
 
 Committee on taxes. 
 
 Committee on public buildings and grounds. 
 
 Committee on ordinances. 
 
 Committee on sewerage. 
 
 Committee on gas and electric lights. 
 
 Committee on sanitary. 
 
 Committee on water. 
 
 Committee on fire department. 
 
 Committee on police department. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the committee on finance 
 to take into consideration all such reports and propositions re- 
 lating to the city treasury as may be referred to them by the 
 council; to enquire into the state of the city debt, its finances, 
 revenues and expenditures, and to report monthly at least, and 
 oftener if deemed necessary, their opinion and suggestions 
 thereon; to exiimine into the financial department of the city, 
 particularly into the ordinances making appropriations for money, 
 and report whether the moneys have been disbursed conform- 
 ably to such ordinance; and to report such provisions and ar- 
 rangements as may be necessary touching the city indebtedness, 
 the finances, revenues and expenditures, and the appropriations 
 of money, and as will add to the economy of the financial de- 
 partment of the city, and secure the accountability and faith- 
 fulness of the different officers connected therewith. 
 
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the committee on streets 
 and alleys to take into consideration all matters referred to 
 them by the council, touching the streets, avenues and alleys of 
 the city, to examine the same, and to report to the council 
 monthly at least, and oftener if deemed necessary, their actual 
 condition, and whatever changes, repairs, alterations or improve- 
 ments they may deem proper to recommend.
 
 98 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 Sec. II. It shall be the duty of the committee on ceme- 
 tery to take into consideration all matters concernmg the ceme- 
 tery which may be referred to them by the council ; to recom- 
 mend to the council all necessary improvements and repairs; to 
 suggest whatever ornamentation may be proper, in their judg- 
 ment, and to report to the council monthly at least, or oftener 
 if necessary. 
 
 Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the committee on public 
 buildings and grounds to take into consideration all matters which 
 may be referred to them by the council in reference to the build- 
 ings and grounds of the city; to recommend to the council all 
 changes, repairs, improvements and new buildings which they 
 may deem the interests of the city require, and to report 
 monthly, or oftener if necessary. 
 
 Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the committee on gas 
 and electric lights to take into consideration all such matters, 
 reports and propositions relating to the light supply as may 
 be referred to them by the council, and to exercise a general 
 superv sion over the gas and electric light supply of the city, 
 ; nd to make report to the council as often as they deem neces- 
 sary touching those matters and departments. 
 
 Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the committee on water 
 to take into consideration all such matters, reports and proposi- 
 tions relating to the water company or water supply as may be 
 referred to them by the council ; and to exercise a general su- 
 pervision over the water supply of the city, and to make report 
 to the council from time to time touching that department. 
 
 Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the committee on fire 
 department to take into consideration all such matters, reports 
 and propositions relating to the fire department as may be re- 
 ferred to them by the council ; and to exercise a general super- 
 vision over the fire department and make report to the council 
 as often as they deem necessary touching that department. 
 
 Sec. 16. It shall be the duty of the committee on sew- 
 erage to take into consideration all matters referred to them by 
 the council concerning sewerage; to make report to the council
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 99 
 
 as often as they deem necessary on any matter touching sewer- 
 age or its construction ; and in general to exercise control and 
 supervision over all matters which may arise from the subject 
 of their duties. 
 
 Sec. 17. The committees on police department, printing, 
 ordinance and sanitary shall exercise control and supervision 
 over all matters which may arise from the subject of their re- 
 spective dutie.^, and make such reports and recommendations to 
 the council as they deem necessary. 
 
 Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of each standing committee 
 to report to the council concerning any matter referred to them 
 for consideration, at the next regular meeting after the same is 
 referred, unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 Sec. 19. Whenever a resolution or other matter is pre- 
 sented to the council by any member, he may, at his option, 
 before any amendment is made or question taken on it, request 
 that it may lie over until the next meeting, in which case it 
 shall have precedence of the regular order of the day, and shall 
 be considered as the unfinished business. 
 
 Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the council 
 to cause committees, members of the council and its ofificers, to 
 be informed of such duties as they may be charged with by the 
 council from time to time. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 Section 21, On the appearance of a quorum, the min- 
 utes of the proceedings of the preceding meeting shall be read, 
 corrected and approved. 
 
 Sec. 22. At each meeting of the council for regular busi- 
 ness, after the minutes are read, business shall be disposed of in 
 the following order: 
 
 I — Unfinished business.
 
 lOO RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 2 — Calling the roll for petitions and communications. 
 
 3 — Report of special committees. 
 
 4 — Report of standing committees. 
 
 5 — Report of officers. 
 
 6 — New business. 
 
 Provided, That when "new business" is reached in the reg- 
 ular order or business, that the clerk shall call the roll, and that 
 each member as his name is called report to the council all 
 papers he may have requiring action. 
 
 Sec. 23.. The president shall at each meeting announce 
 to the council the business in order, agreeably to the preceding 
 rule. 
 
 Sec. 24. No business shall be taken up or considered 
 until the class to which it belongs shall be declared in order, un- 
 less by consent of two-thirds vote of council present. 
 
 Sec. 25. Communications from the mayor may be read, 
 and received at any time. 
 
 Sec. 2G. No bill except a regular monthly appropriation 
 or disbursing bill shall receive more than one reading at any 
 meeting of the council, unless two-thirds of all the members 
 elected otherwise expressly allow. Regular monthly appropria- 
 tion or disbursing bills may be considered and passed at the 
 first regular meeting in each month; Provided, the same be 
 read three times before a final vote thereon as provided by law. 
 
 Sec. 27. The second reading of a bill shall be by sec- 
 tions, at which time amendments are to be offered; but the 
 reading of any section shall not preclude the offering of an 
 amendment to any preceding one. If no amendments are 
 made, the chair will so report and the bill be read a third 
 time, and after the third reading the question shall be, "Shall 
 the bill pass?" If amendments are made, the chair shall so re- 
 port and the bill shall be read as amended before the third read- 
 ing. Nevertheless it shall be subject to amendment till put to 
 its final passage. The final vote shall be taken by yeas and 
 nays and the bill before it passes shall receive the votes of a 
 majority of all the members of the city council ; and whenever
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. lOI 
 
 an ordinance has been read a third time, if a substitute is voted 
 for said ordinance, said substitute shall be subject to the same 
 order as a bill on its second reading. 
 
 Sec. 28. Before any resolution shall become a law it 
 shall be adopted and passed by a majority vote of the members 
 elected to the council, on a call of the yeas and nays, be ap- 
 proved by the mayor and published one time in the paper doing 
 the city printing: Provided, that it may be passed over the 
 mayor's veto in same manner provided for such passage of an 
 ordinance. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF PROCEEDINGS, DECORUM AND DEBATE. 
 
 Section 29. When any member is about to speak in de- 
 bate, and deliver any matter to the council, he shall arise from 
 his seat and address himself to "Mr. President;" he shall con- 
 fine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personal- 
 ity ; nor shall he speak more than twice on any question with- 
 out the unanimous consent of the council ; and no member 
 shall speak more than once until every member wishing to 
 speak shall have spoken. 
 
 Sec. 30. When two or more members shall rise at once, 
 the president shall name the member who is to speak first, the 
 other rising having the preference next. No member shall pro- 
 ceed until he has been recognized by the president. 
 
 Sec. 31. No motion or resolution shall be stated or de- 
 bated until it is seconded, and when stated by the president or 
 read by the clerk, it shall be deemed in possession of the coun- 
 cil, but may be withdrawn at any time before decision or 
 amendment. 
 
 Sec, 32. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if 
 the president or any member desire it. 
 
 Sec. 33. No new motion or proposition shall be ad-
 
 I02 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 mitted, under the color of amendment, as a substitute for the 
 motion, or proposition under debate. 
 
 Sec. 34. When a question is under debate, no motion 
 or proposition shall be received, but, ist, to adjourn; 2d, to 
 amend; 3d, to refer to standing committee; 4th, to refer to 
 select committee; 5th, to refer to an ofificer of the city; 6th, to 
 lay on the table; 7th, for the previous question; 8th, to post- 
 pone to a day within the existence of the council. 
 
 Sec. 35. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, 
 unless a member is speaking, and shall be decided without de- 
 bate ; and no member shall leave his seat until .the result is 
 declared by the president. 
 
 Sec. 36. The previous question shall be in this form: 
 "Shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be ad- 
 mitted when demanded by two-thirds of the members present, 
 and until it is decided shall preclude all amendments and fur- 
 ther debate, and shall be decided without debate. 
 
 Sec. 37. Any member may call for a division of the 
 question, where the sense will admit of it. 
 
 Sec. 38. No amendment shall be permitted to a motion 
 to strike out, unless it be to leave out of the motion a part of 
 the words proposed to be stricken out. 
 
 Sec. 39. A motion for an amendment, until decided, 
 shall preclude all further amendment of the main question. 
 
 Sec. 40, Motions and reports may be committed at the 
 pleasure of the council. 
 
 Sec. 41. When the reading of a paper is called for, and 
 the same is objected to by any member, it shall be determined 
 by a vote of the council. 
 
 Sec. 42. It any member, in speaking or otherwise, shall 
 transgress the rules of the council, the president or any mem- 
 ber may call him to order; in which case the member called to 
 order shc^U immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, 
 and the council shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but 
 without debate. If there be no appeal, the decision of the 
 president will be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of
 
 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. IO3 
 
 the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; 
 if otherwise, and the case require it, he shall be liable to the 
 censure of the council. 
 
 Sec. 43. All questions shall be propounded in the order 
 in which they were moved, except privileged questions. 
 
 Sec. 44. When a question is put by the chair, each 
 member present shall vote, unless the council shall for special 
 reasons excuse him; but if personally interested he shall not 
 vote. In doubtful cases the chair may direct, or any member 
 call for, a division. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the 
 request of the chair or any member. 
 
 Sec. 45. When a question has been taken, it shall be in 
 order for any member to move a reconsideration thereof at the 
 same or next succeeding meeting; but no question shall be a 
 second time reconsidered without the consent of three-fourths 
 of all the members of the council elected. 
 
 Sec. 46. The yeas and nays shall be entered on the 
 minutes at the desire of any member, if requested before the 
 question is put. 
 
 Sec. 47. On taking the yeas and nays of any question, 
 the names of the members shall be called alphabetically and 
 each member shall answer from his seat, and the absentees be 
 noted. 
 
 Sec. 48. On forming a committee of the whole council, 
 the mayor shall leave the chair and call some member to pre- 
 side. 
 
 Sec. 49. All questions, whether in the committee or in 
 the council, shall be put in the order they are made, except 
 that in case of privileged questions, and in filling blanks, the 
 longest time and the largest sum shall be voted on first. 
 
 Sec. 50. The rules of the council shall be observed in 
 committee of the whole, so far as they are applicable, except 
 the rule limiting the time of speaking; and the previous ques- 
 tion shall not be put m committee of the whole. 
 
 Sec. 51. A motion that the committee rise shall always 
 be in order, and shall be decided without debate.
 
 I04 RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 Sec, 52. The clerk shall not enter upon the journal the 
 proceedings of the committee of the whole, except as the same 
 may be reported to the council. 
 
 Sec. 53- All reports of committees and all resolutions 
 shall be presented in writing and signed by the members offer- 
 ing the same. 
 
 Sec. 54. A majority of a committee may constitute a 
 quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 ScE. 55- An amendment to an amendment is in order; 
 but not to amend an amendment to an amendment of a main 
 question. 
 
 ScE. 56. The mayor can temporarily excuse any mem- 
 ber of the council but no member shall be permitted to leave 
 the meeting of the council without the permission of a majority 
 of the members present. 
 
 Sec. 57. Smoking and all conversation between mem- 
 bers is prohibited during deliberations of the council ; and no 
 smoking shall be allowed in the council room during the session 
 of the council. 
 
 Sec. 58- In all proceedings of whatever nature herein 
 provided for and regulated by law, "Cushing's Manual" shall 
 be the guide and rule. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 ON AMENDING RULES. 
 
 Sec. 59. These rules, or any of them, may be tempora- 
 rily suspended by a vote of two-thirds of all the members 
 elected to the council, but shall not be repealed, altered or 
 amended except by ordinance.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES.
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 REVISION OF THE ORDINANCES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI. 
 
 AND TO 
 
 ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH NEW AND AMENDED ORDINANCE 
 PROVISIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SAID CITY. 
 
 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 
 AS FOLLOWS, TO-IVIT: 
 
 CHAPTER 1. 
 
 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT. 
 
 Section. 
 
 1. Accounts to be kept, how ; 
 
 books of, where deposited. 
 
 2. Appropriation ordinances, how 
 
 entered on books. 
 
 3. Money received by oflScer, where 
 
 and when to be deposited. 
 
 Section. 
 
 4. Statements of money received 
 
 by city clerk, to be distri- 
 buted to what accounts, and 
 how. 
 
 5. City treasurer to keep what ac- 
 
 counts. 
 
 Section, i. The books and accounts of the City of Sedalia, 
 in the hands of the city clerk, shall be kept in a regular double 
 entry order, comprised in such books as a journal and ledger, 
 and such auxilary books as may be necessary; and the tax, li- 
 cense and stub receipt books, in the hands of the city collector, 
 shall be kept in manner and form as shall be requisite to the 
 purpose for which they are used, and when not in use shall be 
 deposited in the vault.
 
 I08 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 2. All appropriations embraced in ordinances 
 passed in anticipation of revenue, shall be entered in the journal 
 as memorandum, debits and credits, and carried to the ledger 
 to the respective accounts to which they belong, except the sink- 
 ing fund account, and shall be entered on the margin of the de- 
 bit or credit column in red ink, and be considered as reference 
 charges only, so that the regular charges of actual receipts to 
 respective accounts may not exceed the appropriations. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any officer of the city receiving money for the 
 city, shall deposit the same in the city treasury on or before the 
 first Monday of each succeeding month, and take a receipt there- 
 for, but any such officer shall, prior to making such deposit, 
 make duplicate statements of all money so received by him, and 
 hand the same to the city clerk. 
 
 Sec. 4. The city clerk, upon receipt of such statements, 
 shall distribute to interest account the proportion received for 
 that fund, being the levy for interest purposes upon real or per- 
 sonal property of all kinds, and to general expense account its 
 proportion of levy on all real and personal property, together 
 with receipts from all other sources, except market house and 
 scale receipts, which shall be credited to market house account; 
 and he shall endorse this distribution on the back of said state- 
 ments, one of which he shall certify to the city treasurer, and 
 the other shall be filed for reference. 
 
 Sec. 5. The city treasurer shall keep such accounts as 
 are necessary, and enter therein the distribution of all moneys 
 received by him as such city treasurer, so that each fund ac- 
 count may receive its proper debit and credit, as provided for 
 by ordinance.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 109 
 
 CHAPTER 2. 
 ADDITIONS. 
 
 Section 
 
 6. New additions, when adjoining 
 
 lands already platted, to be 
 laid out, how. 
 
 7. When not adjoiniug platted 
 
 lands, how. 
 
 8. Plat of new addition to be sub- 
 
 mitted to City Council before 
 filing for record, when. 
 
 Section 
 
 9. Party failing to submit such 
 plat to Council not entitled to 
 compensation or damages for 
 opening streets in said ad- 
 dition. 
 10. Street and alley committee to 
 examine plat and report to 
 Council. 
 
 Section 6. For the purpose of securing uniformity in the 
 width and direction of the streets of the City of Sedalia, any 
 addition hereafter made, and adjoining ground already laid out 
 in lots and blocks, shall be so laid out that the streets of said 
 addition shall be of the same width, and a continuation of some 
 street of said city, or of some addition thereto. 
 
 Sec 7. Whenever an addition shall be laid out disjoined 
 from land already laid out in lots and blocks, the streets shall 
 be so located that, when extended, they will run into other 
 streets already located, be of same width, and run at the same 
 angle to the meridian as said other streets. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any owner or other party having the control or 
 management of any tract of land, who shall lay out the same 
 into lots or blocks, as, and for an addition to the City of Sedalia, 
 shall before filing the plat of the same for record in the ofifice of 
 recorder of deeds for Pettis county, submit such plat to the city 
 council for approval. 
 
 Sec. 9. If any party shall file in the ofifice of the recorder 
 of deeds of Pettis county any plat of any proposed addition to 
 the City of Sedalia, without first submitting the same to the city 
 council for approval, or, having submitted such plat and its be-
 
 no REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ing disapproved by the council, such party, his heirs or assigns, 
 shall not be entitled to receive any compensation or damages 
 on account of the opening and establishing of any street, lane 
 or alley, in or through such addition. 
 
 Sec. io. It shall be the duty of the committee on streets 
 and alleys of the city council, to examine any such plat, and re- 
 port to the city council at its second sitting, at the farthest, after 
 the plat has been submiteed, as provided for in this chapter, 
 whether or not this chapter has been complied with, and 
 whether or not the circumstances of the case are such as to justify 
 the non-enfor'cement of this chapter, when the city council 
 shall take action, and by motion accept or reject the plat so as 
 aforesaid submitted for inspection.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 I I I 
 
 CHAPTER 3. 
 ANIMALS. 
 
 ARTICLE I.— Running at large. 
 ARTICLE II.— Dead animals. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE. 
 
 SECTION 
 
 11. Unlawful to run at large, when 
 
 to be taken up and placed in 
 city pound. 
 
 12. Officer taking charge of such 
 
 animals to feed and care for 
 
 Section 
 
 same, and advertise and sell 
 and dispose of proceeds, how. 
 13. City marshal may appoint as- 
 sistants, how, to receive what 
 compensation. 
 
 Section ii. Hereafter no cattle, hogs, horses, mules, 
 sheep, goats or other animals shall be permitted to run at large 
 within the city limits, and all cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, 
 goats and other animals found running at large within the city 
 limits, shall be taken up by the city marshal, or otherauthorized 
 officer, and placed in some secure enclosure or pound, to be 
 known and designated as city pound, which pound shall be 
 provided by and at the expense of the city. 
 
 Sec 12. Whenever any cattle, hogs, horses, mules, 
 sheep, goats or other animals shall thus be taken up, it shall be 
 lawful for the city marshal, and it is hereby made his duty to 
 provide for the care and feed of the same, and to sell the same 
 at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, having first 
 given at least three days' notice of the time and place of sale 
 and property to be so sold ; such notice to be given by three 
 insertions in the newspaper doing the city printing, the last in- 
 sertion to be made on the day of sale or the day prior. All
 
 112 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 sales under this article shall be conducted at the city pound, 
 and each animal shall be sold separately, and the cost of taking 
 up, keeping and selling any animal as herein provided shall be 
 paid out of the proceeds of such sile, and when any animal is 
 claimed by the owner it shall be delivered to such owner upon 
 the payment to the city marshal of all the cost accruing at the 
 time of such ownership being proven, and the costs of adver- 
 tising shall be included. All moneys arising from such a sale, 
 after deducting the costs, shall be paid to the owner of any ani- 
 mal sold, upon satisfactiory proof of ownership being made 
 to the city marshal by the claim.ant ; and should no claim be 
 made within thirty days for the proceeds of any such sale, by the 
 owner or another for him, the same shall be paid into the city 
 treasury, the costs being deducted and paid to the city marshal. 
 The city marshal shall upon any sale being made under this 
 article, give to the purchaser, upon payment of the amount 
 bid, a bill of sale in which shall be stated the amount of costs 
 and charges attending the proceedings and the price paid with 
 a fair description of the animal sold. And such bill shall be 
 prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings and 
 ownership of the animal in the purchase. The owner of the 
 animal at the time the same was arrested, shall be entitled to 
 redeem the same at any time within three months after the day 
 of sale by paying to the purchaser all costs included in the bill 
 of sale, and the purchase price with eight per cent, per annum 
 interest and a reasonable compensation for keeping the same, 
 and the cost of keeping any such animal by the purchaser may 
 be offset by the valuable use of the same, and no person pur- 
 chasing at such sale shall sell such animal under three months 
 from the date of such purchase, without apprising the purchaser 
 of all the facts, under the penalty of double the value of such 
 animal to be recovered by the former owner in a civil action. 
 
 Sec. 13. For the purpose of carrying into effect the pro- 
 visions of this article, the city marshal may employ one or 
 more persons to aid him in the work herein prescribed. The 
 appointment so made shall be approved by the mayor and the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 113 
 
 person or persons so appointed shall subscribe and take the oath 
 and be vested with the same authority as special police, and the 
 compensation for all services of officers under this article 
 shall be as follows, to-wit : For taking up and impounding 
 every animal, except swine, one dollar; for the care and feed of 
 the same per day, thirty cents; for taking up and impounding 
 every hog (or swine) of any age, fifty cents; for the care and 
 feed of same per d.iy, twenty cents ; for making every sale under 
 ten dollars, five per cent, of the amount of the sale; for every 
 sale of ten dollars or over, three percent; for every sale bill 
 made out and delivered, ten cents. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DEAD ANIMALS. 
 
 Section 
 
 14. Council may contract for re- 
 
 niQvaT of carcasses of, how. 
 
 15. Contractor to have regular of- 
 
 fice, to keep a book and enter 
 all reports, etc. 
 
 16. Carcasses on private property, 
 
 when to be removed by con- 
 tractor, misdemeanor to inter- 
 fere with. 
 
 Section 
 
 17. When a failure to remove by 
 
 the owner a misdemeanor. 
 
 18. Bond to be executed by con- 
 
 tractor, failure to comply with 
 provisions of this article, ef- 
 fect of. 
 
 Section 14. The council is hereby authorized to contract 
 with any person, company or corporation, for a term, not ex- 
 ceeding five years, for the removal of the carcasses of all dead 
 animals found or being in the city limits, and all contracts shall 
 conform to the conditions and provisions of this article, and 
 shall be let under and provide such other conditions and provis- 
 ions as shall guarantee the best possible sanitary results. Such 
 contracts shall be let : First, upon sealed bids submitted to the 
 council, on such notice, by publication in the paper doing the 
 city printing, as the council shall deem proper to insure a fair 
 competition. Second, when there are no bids secured or sub-
 
 114 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 rnitted on such advertisement, the council may contract with 
 any person for such work, at a reasonable compensation, with- 
 out further advertisement. 
 
 Sec. 15. Any person to whom any contract is awarded 
 under this article, shall have some regular ofifice or place, which 
 shall not be to exceed five blocks from police headquarters, 
 where dead animals may be reported ; and it shall be the duty of 
 all ofificers of the city, and especially the city marshal and police 
 ofiticers, and members of the board of health, to report the find- 
 i 1!^ or existence of the carcass or the remains of any dead ani- 
 mals within the city, as soon as may be, and such report shall 
 be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose at the ofifice or 
 regular place of business of the contractor where such reports 
 are to^ be made as herein before provided; all reports shall be 
 written in a legible hand, and designate the locality, as near as 
 the same can be ascertained, where such carcasses or remains 
 are to be found, also the hour when reported. The aforesaid 
 book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public 
 and every person may report therein the existence of any car- 
 casses or the remains of any dead animals within the city limits ; 
 and a report made by any ofificer or other person in the manner 
 above provided shall be deemed to be notice to the contractor, 
 and the contractor shall within twenty-four hours after said re- 
 port is entered as aforesaid, remove all carcasses or remains of 
 dead animals to a place beyond the city limits, and there dis- 
 pose of the same so as not to create a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 16. The carcasses of all dead animals lying on the 
 streets, alleys, or public places of the City of Seoalia, or on 
 private premises therein, and not slain for human food, and not 
 removed by the owner or other person entitled thereto, within 
 six hours of daylight time after the death of such animals, are 
 hereby declared to be a nuisance, and shall be and become the 
 property of the person at the time having the contract for the 
 removal of dead animals, and he is hereby authorized to ap- 
 propriate the same to his own use, and any person who shall 
 interfere with such contractor in the removing of such dead ani-
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. II5 
 
 mals or in attempting to remove the same shall be deemed 
 gL'ilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not 
 more than one hundred dollars 
 
 Sec. 17. Any person, the owner of, or entitled to take 
 control of the carcass of any dead animal specified in this 
 article, who shall take charge of any dead animal within the six 
 hours of daylight time in said section sixteen mentioned, shall re- 
 move the same and every part thereof in the same manner and 
 subject to the same rules of contractors therefor are subject to 
 under this article, and any person failing or neglecting to 
 comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not 
 less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 18. The contractor shall execute to the City of Se- 
 dalia a bond, with good and sufificient securities, in a sum 
 double the contract price, for the whole term of his contract, 
 to be approved by the mayor, and filed and preserved in 
 the office of the city clerk, conditioned for the faithful and 
 punctual performance of the duties imposed by this article 
 and the provisions of his contract, and any failure of the con- 
 tractor to comply with or fulfill any of the provisions of this 
 article or of the contract, shall operate as an annulment of the 
 contract, and forfeiture of his bond, when so declared by resolu- 
 tion of the city council, and not before, and on any charge of 
 such failure the contractor shall have a right to be heard.
 
 ii6 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 4. 
 
 ASSESSOR 
 
 AND ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY. 
 
 Section 
 
 19. Assessment of propert}-, when 
 
 and how to be made. 
 
 20. How made when person own- 
 
 ing propert}' is sick or absent. 
 
 21. Assesment list to be sworn to, 
 
 how, and penalty for failure 
 to have same done. 
 
 22. Oath to be taken, form of, pen- 
 
 alty for refusal to make, oath 
 and list when to be filed. 
 
 23. When no list is given, the as- 
 
 sessor to make same, when 
 and how. 
 
 24. Failure to make out list after 
 
 notice is given property to be 
 assessed double, penalty for 
 assessor to fail to do so. 
 
 25. Returning false list, penalt}' 
 
 for, duty of assessor and 
 board of equalization. 
 
 26. Manufacturing and other cor- 
 
 porations, property how as- 
 sessed. 
 
 27. Stock and shares of Building 
 
 and Loan associations, how 
 assessed. 
 
 28. Such assessment to be paid by 
 
 corporations, etc. 
 
 29. Failure of corporations to com- 
 
 ply with the provisions of this 
 chapter, penalty for. 
 
 30. The assessor's book of last as- 
 
 sessment to be delivered to 
 assessor by city clerk and re- 
 turned when, penalty for fail- 
 ure to return. 
 
 Section 
 
 31. Property assessed to be listed 
 
 and entered in book. 
 
 32. Assessor's book to be kept, 
 
 how. 
 
 33. Property omitted in th^ assess- 
 
 ment for any year, how as- 
 sessed. 
 
 34. Informality, etc., of assessment 
 
 not to invalidate the same 
 
 35. Value on property assessed to 
 
 be fixed how, and when made. 
 
 36. Property not required to be 
 
 listed, what proportion of 
 credits, etc. 
 
 37. Credits, how listed, what per- 
 
 mitted to be deducted. 
 
 38. Assessment made in absence of 
 
 head of family, duplicate list 
 to be left, when, 
 
 39. Who liable to be assessed for 
 
 taxes, property owned on ist 
 day of June. 
 
 40. Assessor's book to be returned, 
 
 when, penalt)' for failure of. 
 
 41. Tax book to be made by clerk, 
 
 how and when. 
 
 42. Preparing the assessor's book, 
 
 the manner of. 
 
 43. Tax book w.,en completed to 
 
 be certified to by clerk and 
 turned over to collector, how. 
 
 44. Compensation of city assessor, 
 
 when and how paid. 
 
 45. When no special provision is 
 
 made State law to govern. 
 
 Section 19. The city assessor, jointly with the county 
 assessor, shall, between the first days of June and January, and 
 after being furnished with the necessary books and blanks by
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. II 7 
 
 the city clerk, at the expense of the city, proceed to take a Hst 
 of all taxable property within the city, and assess the value 
 thereof in the manner following, to-wit: He shall call at the 
 office, place of doing business or residence of each person re- 
 quired by law to list property for taxation for state and county 
 purposes, and the charter and ordinances of the City of Se- 
 dalia, and shall require such person to make a correct state- 
 ment of all taxable property owned by such person or under 
 the care, charge or management of such person, except mer- 
 chandise, which may be required to pay a license tax, and be- 
 ing within the State of Missouri, in the same manner and under 
 the same requirements as are required and provided for the 
 listing of property for taxation for State and county purposes, 
 and the charter and ordinances of the city ; and the person 
 listing the property shall enter a true and correct statement of 
 such property in a printed or written blank, prepared for that 
 purpose, which statement, after being filled out, shall be signed 
 and sworn to, to the extent required by ordinance and 
 charter of the city and laws of this State by the person listing 
 the property, and delivered to the assessor. Such list shall con- 
 tain : First, a list of all the real estate and its value, to be 
 listed and assessed on the first day of June, 1S93, ^r^d an- 
 nually thereafter, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 Second, a list of all the live stock, showing the number of 
 horses, mares and geldings, and their value,- the number of 
 asses and jennets, and their value; the number of mules, 
 and their value; the number of neat cattle, and their value; 
 the number of sheep, and their value; the number of hogs, 
 and their value; and all other live stock and its value. 
 Third, an aggregate statement of all the farm machinery 
 and implements, and their value. Fourth, a statem nt 
 of household property, including the number of pianos and 
 other musical instrumeni.s, clocks, watches, chains and ap- 
 pendages, sewing machines, gold and silver plate, jewelry, 
 household and kitchen furniture, and the value thereof. Fifth, 
 money on hand. Sixth, money deposited in any bank or other
 
 Il8 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 sate place. Seventh, an aggregate statement of solvent notes 
 unsecured by mortgage or deed of trust. Eighth, an aggre- 
 gate statement of all solvent notes secured by mortgage or 
 deed of trust. Ninth, an aggregate statement of all solvent 
 bonds, whether state, county, town, city, township, incorpor- 
 ated or unincorporated companies. Tenth, all other property 
 not above enumerated (except merchandise), and its value. 
 Under this head shall be included all pleasure carriages of all 
 kinds; all printing presses, type and machinery therewith con- 
 nected ; and all portable mills of every description, and all 
 post coaches, 'carriages, wagons and other vehicles used by any 
 person in the transportation of mails (except railway carriages), 
 all carriages, hacks, wagons, buggies and other vehicles of 
 every kind and description kept or used by liverymen, all carts, 
 hacks, omnibusses and all other vehicles used in the transporta- 
 tion of persons (except railway caniages), and all paintings 
 and statuary, and every other species of property not exempt 
 by law from taxation, 
 
 Sec. 20. If any person required by this chapter to list 
 property shall be sick or absent when the assessor calls for a list 
 of his property, the assessor shall leave at the office, the usual 
 place of residence or business of such person, a written or printed 
 notice, requiring such person so make out and leave at the place 
 named by the assessor, on or before some convenient day named 
 therein, not less than ten nor more than twenty days from the 
 day of such notice, a sworn statement of the property which he 
 is required to list, and shall leave with such notice a printed or 
 written blank upon which to make the statement required of 
 such person. The date of leaving such notice, and the name of 
 the person required to list the property, shall be carefully noted 
 by the assessor ; and if any such person shall neglect or refuse 
 to deliver the statement, properly made out, signed and sworn 
 to as required, the assessor shall make the assessment, as re- 
 quired in this chapter; Provided, that the assessor may omit 
 assessing the penalty in cases of neglect, where he is satisfied 
 the same is unavoidable and not willful. 
 
 i
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I 19 
 
 Sec. 21. The city assessor, the county assessor and any 
 deputy countya ssessor, the county clerk, circuit clerk, notaries 
 public, judges of the county court, justices of the peace, probate 
 judges, and the city clerk and all other judicial ofificers, are em- 
 powered and authorized to administer any oath relating to the 
 assessment of property required by this chapter, and to afifix 
 thereto their jurat and seal, if they have one, and the assessor 
 shall be liable to a fine or forfeiture of not less than ten dollars 
 to be recovered by suit on his official bond by indictment, for 
 each list he shall receive without same being duly sworn to be- 
 fore some such ofificer ; Provided, he shall not be subject to a 
 fine or forfeiture in any case where he has made out such state- 
 ment on his own knowledge or information, in the absence of 
 the person whose property is listed, or where he has made it 
 out on the refusal of the tax-payer to make it out and swear 
 to it. 
 
 »Sec 22. The oath to be signed and sworn to by each 
 person making the statement of property required by this 
 chapter shall be as follows : 
 
 I, , do solemnly swear, or affirm, that the 
 
 foregoing list contains a true and correct statement of all the 
 property made taxable by the laws of the State of Missouri, in- 
 cluding therein the number of horses, number of neat cattle, 
 number of sheep, number of hogs, number of asses and jennets, 
 number of mules, all other live stock, all farm machinery and 
 implements, household furnituue, musical instruments, clocks, 
 watches, chains and appendages, sewing machines, gold and 
 silver plate, jewelry, household and kitchen furniture, money 
 on hand, money deposited, notes unsecured by mortgages or 
 deeds of trust, notes secured by mortgages or deeds of trust, all 
 bonds whether state, county, town, city, township or of incor- 
 porated or unincorporated companies, and all other property and 
 its value, which I owned on the first day of June, 18 — , or 
 which I had under my charge or management, or any money or 
 property due me on said day from solvent persons or compa- 
 nies, on notes, accounts or otherwise, as fully and specifically as
 
 120 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 I am required to make out a return thereof under this chapter, 
 and the laws of Missouri, and I do further solemnly swear, or 
 affirm, that I have not sent or taken, or caused to be taken, any 
 of my property, money or bills, bonds or notes, or other se- 
 curities or evidences of debts, out of this State to avoid taxa- 
 tion. So help me God. 
 
 Any person who shall refuse to make oath to his list, when 
 required so to do by the assessor or his deputy, shall be subject 
 to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand 
 dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the State of Mis- 
 souri, or by indictment; and no property shall be exempt fiom 
 execution issued on judgments by suits or indictn\ents under the 
 provisions of this chapter. The oath and list required by this 
 chapter shall be by the assessor, after he has completed his 
 assessor's book, filed in the office of the city clerk, and by him 
 after entering the filing of the same thereon, be preserved and 
 safely kept. And no such list shall be changed or altered or 
 amended after it is filed wi;h the city clerk, except by order of 
 the board of equalization or city council ; and any person who 
 shall alter, change or amend any such list without such order 
 shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than 
 one hundred dollars, and every city clerk or deputy city clerk, 
 who shall knowingly permit any such list to be altered, changed 
 or amended without such order, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, 
 to be recoverd by suit upon his official bond. 
 
 Sec. 23. Whenever there shall be any taxable property 
 in the city, and from any cause no list thereof shall be given to 
 the assessor in proper time and manner, the assessor shall 
 jointly with the county assessor as hereinbefore provided, make 
 out the list, on their own view, or on the best of information 
 he can obtain, and for that purpose he, with the county as- 
 sessor, shall have lawful right to enter into any lands and make 
 any examination and search which may be necessary, and may 
 examine any person upon oath touching the same. 
 
 Sec. 24. If any person, being notified as aforesaid, shall 
 tail to deliver the required list to the assessor, the property
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 12 1 
 
 which ought to have been listed shall be assessed at double its 
 value; and if the assessor shall neglect or refuse so to do, he 
 shall be liable in each case, to a penalty of ten dollars, to be re- 
 covered at the suit of the city, and to be paid into the city 
 revenue fund. 
 
 Sec. 25. If any person shall, with intent to defraud, de- 
 liver to the assessor a false list of his property, it shall be the 
 duty of the assessor to give notice in writing thereof to the 
 board of equalization sitting for the equalization of values 
 on property within the city and composed of the county 
 board of eqalization and the mayorand the assessor of the 
 city; and the said board shall, on receiving such notice, 
 give notice thereof to the person who shall have furnished 
 such false list, which notice shall specify the particulars 
 in which said list is alleged to be false, and shall fix a 
 time for a hearing of the matter, on which day the person 
 aforesaid shall have the right to appear and defend against such 
 charge; and if it appear that such person is not guilty as 
 charged the board shall dismiss the matter; but if it appear 
 that such person is guilty as charged, it shall be the duty of 
 the board of equalization to ascertain the true amount and 
 value of all property of such person subject to taxation within 
 the city, for city purposes, and to tax the same as similar prop- 
 erty of other persons is taxed, and in addition shall, by way of 
 penalty for furnishing such false list, treble the amount of taxes 
 thus ascertained against the person ; and such person shall be 
 required to pay such treble amount and shall in addition thereto 
 be liable to be punished for perjury. 
 
 Sec. 26. The property of manufacturing companies and 
 other corporations named in article eight, chapter forty-two, of 
 the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri of the year 1889, 
 and of all other corporations, the taxation of which is not 
 otherwise provided for by law, shall be assessed and taxed as 
 the property of individuals. Persons owning shares of stock in 
 banks or any joint stock institution or association doing a bank- 
 ing business, or any insurance company, whether fire, marine.
 
 122 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 life, health, accident or other insurance, incorporated under or 
 by any law of the United Spates or State of Missouri, are not 
 required to deliver to the assessor a list thereof; but the presi- 
 dent or other chief officer of such corporation shall, under oath, 
 deliver to the assessor a list of all shares of stock held therein, 
 and the names of the persons who hold the same, and shall also 
 state the actual cash value of such stock and all the property 
 belonging to such corporations. In estimat ng the value of 
 such stock and property, the officer making the same shall es- 
 timate and include all reserve funds, undivided profits, prem- 
 iums or earnings, and all other values belonging to such corpor- 
 ations, which cash value shall be assessed and taxed as other 
 personal property. Insurance companies, or any corporations 
 doing busine-s on the mutual plan without capital stock, shall 
 make like returns of the net value of all assets or values belong- 
 ing thereto, which net value shall be assessed and taxed in like 
 manner. Friva.e bankers, brokers, money brokers and ex- 
 change dealers, shall in like manner make return of all moneys 
 or values of any description invested in or used in their busi- 
 ness, which shall be taxed as other personal property. 
 
 Sec. 27. All parties holding stock in shares as owners 
 or in trust in any building or loan association of this city, on 
 which no loan has been obtained from such association, with 
 the actual cash value of each share on the first day of June in 
 each year, and the tax shall be levied upon said shares, and col- 
 lected from such holder or depositor of the same, as taxes on 
 other personal property ; and any failure on the part of such 
 owner, holder or depositor of such shares shall subject such 
 holder to the same penalties in this chapter provided for fail- 
 ure to give the assessor a true list of all taxable property, veri- 
 fied by affidavit. 
 
 Sec. 28. The taxes assessed on shares of stock em- 
 braced in such list shall be paid by the corporations, respect- 
 ively, and they may recover from the owners of such shares the 
 amount so paid by them, or deduct the same from the divid- 
 ends accruing on such shares ; and the amount so paid shall be
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I23 
 
 a lien on such shares, respectively, and shall be paid before a 
 transfer thereof can be made. 
 
 Sec. 29. If the president or other chief officer of any 
 such corporation fail to comply with the provisions of this 
 chapter, he shall forfeit to the city one thousand dollars, to be 
 recovered by civil action in the name of the city. 
 
 Sec. 30. The city clerk shall deliver to the assessor, be- 
 fore the beginning of his assessment, in each year, the as- 
 sessor's book of the last assessment of real estate, and take his 
 receipt therefor, and the assessor, as soon as he shall have com- 
 pleted his assessment and made his assessor's book for ihe 
 year, shall return such book to the city clerk ; and if the as- 
 sessor shall fail to return such book to the city clerk, or shall 
 return it in a defaced or mutilated condition, the city shall 
 withhold so much of his salary as shall be sufficient to replace 
 the same, and if the cit)^ shall not then be indebted to the as- 
 sessor in a sufficient amount to cover the expense of such re- 
 placement, then, in addition to withholding his wages, he shall 
 be liable to the city on his oflficial bond. 
 
 Sec. 31. The assessor, on examination of the list of 
 property delivered by individuals, and after diligent effort for 
 ascertaining all taxable property in the city, or subject to taxa- 
 tion by the city, shall make a complete list of all such property 
 in a book provided for that purpose, to be called the as- 
 sessor's book for the year 18 . 
 
 Sec. 32. The assessor's book shall be arranged and 
 divided into two parts only. Part first to be known and de- 
 nominated the land list, which shall contain all lands by the 
 assessor assessed, and arranged as nearly as may be in numeri- 
 cal order, according to the number of lots and blocks, and shall 
 be placed in the land list, with the owner's name, if known, op- 
 posite thereto, the lowest numbered lot, block or survey always 
 to be placed first in the land list. At the close of the land list, 
 the assessor shall place all the land which cannot be properly de- 
 scribed by numerical order of lot or block, which shall be other- 
 wise briefly described, indicating the quantity and location
 
 124 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 thereof, with the owner's names, if known, alphabetically ar- 
 ranged opposite thereto, and the assessor shall place in a column 
 opposite each tract of land the assessed valuation thereof. Part 
 second shall be known and designated as the personal property 
 list, which shall contain a list of the names of all persons liable 
 to assessment, alphabetically arranged, and the assessor shall 
 set opposite their names the personal property respectively 
 owned, controlled or managed by them. It shall be in tabular 
 form, with suitable captions, and separate columns for the 
 names of persons assessed for each kind of property, the asses- 
 sors value thereof, the whole amount chargeable to each person, 
 and such other columns as may be uselul and convenient in 
 practice. 
 
 Sec. 33. If by any means any tract of land, lot or block 
 shall be omitted in the assessment of any year, or series of 
 years, and not put on the assessor's book, the same when dis- 
 covered, shall be assessed by the assessor for the time being, 
 and placed upon his books, before the same is returned to the 
 city clerk, with all arrearages of tax which ought to have been 
 assessed and paid in former years charged thereon. 
 
 Sec. 34. No assessment of property, or changes thereon, 
 shall be considered illegal on account of any informality in mak- 
 ing the assessment, or in the tax list, or on account of the as- 
 sessment not being made or completed within the time required 
 by the ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sec. 35. The assessor shall assess and value all property 
 on the assessor's book according to its true value, in cash, on 
 the first day of June of the year for which the assessment is 
 made ; and all personal property shall be valued at the cost and 
 price of such property at the place of listing the same for taxa- 
 tion. Each tract of land and city lot shall be assessed and val- 
 ued separately and each kind of property shall be assessed 
 separately from every other; but, First, the number of horses, 
 mules, asses, and their valuation; Second, the number of cattle, 
 and their valuation: Third, the number of hogs, and their val- 
 uation, shall be entered in separate columns; Fourth, all money,
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 12 5 
 
 notes, bonds and other credits in a separate column, but clocks, 
 watches, carriages and household furniture, and all other per- 
 sonal property, shall be entered in one column, under the name 
 of other personal property. 
 
 Sec. 36. No person shall be required to list a greater 
 portion of any credits than he believes will be received or can 
 be collected, nor any greater portion of any obligation given to 
 secure the payment of rent than the amount that shall have ac- 
 crued on the lease, and shall remain unpaid at the time of such 
 listing. No person shall be required to include in his statement 
 any portion of the capital stock of any company or corporation, 
 when such company or corporation is required by law to list or 
 return both its capital stock and property for taxation by this 
 city, except as in such cases as may be otherwise specially pro- 
 vided for; nor shall any partner be required to list or return 
 any property, liability or supposed balance of said partnership 
 due him, the property, effects and credits of said partnership 
 having been listed by any other partner. 
 
 Sec. 37. In making up the amount of credits which any 
 person is required to list for himself or for any other person, 
 company or corporation, he shall be entitled to deduct from the 
 gross amounts of credits the amount of all bona fide debts owing 
 by such person, company or corporation for a consideration re- 
 ceived ; but no acknowledgment of indebtedness, not founded on 
 actual consideration, believed when received to have been ade- 
 quate, and no such acknowledgment made for the purpose of 
 being so deducted, shall be considered a debt Vv^ithin the mean- 
 ing of this section; and so much only of any liability as surety 
 for others, shall be deducted, as the person making out the 
 statement believes he is legally and equitably bound, and will 
 be compelled to pay, on account of the inability or insolvency of 
 the principal debtor, and if there are sureties who are able to 
 contribute, then only so much as the surety in whose behalf the 
 statement is made will be bound to contribute; Provided, that 
 nothing in this section shall be so construed as to apply to any 
 bank, company or corporation exercising banking power or
 
 126 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 privileges, or to authorize any deductions allowed by this sec- 
 tion from the value of any other items of taxation than credits. 
 
 Sec. 38. Whenever an assessment of property is made 
 in the absense of the head of the family, a duplicate list of such 
 assessment shall be left with some member of the family not 
 less than fifteen years of age, and the assessor shall leave a 
 copy of the assessment with the owner, at the time of listing 
 the same, if demanded by such owner. 
 
 Sec. 39. Every person owning or holding property on 
 the first day -of June, including all property purchased on that 
 day, shall be liable for the taxes thereon for the ensuing year. 
 
 Sec. 40. The assessor shall, on or before the first day of 
 January of each year, return his assessor's book to the city 
 council with the following affidavit annexed thereto : 
 
 I, , being duly sworn, make oath and say, 
 
 that I have made diligent efforts to ascertain all the property 
 subject to taxation by the city on the first day of June last 
 past; that, so far as I have been able to ascertain the same, it 
 is correctly set forth in the foregoing book, in the manner, and 
 the value thereof stated therein, according to the mode re- 
 quired by ordinance. 
 
 Assessor. 
 
 And upon the failure of the assessor to make such return, in 
 the time above required, he shall forfeit to the city two hun- 
 dred dollars to be recovered by civil action ; Provided, that the 
 city council may, in their discretion, relieve the assessor from 
 such forfeiture. 
 
 Sec. 41. As soon as the assessor's book shall be cor- 
 rected and adjusted, the city clerk shall, within twenty days 
 thereafter, make a fair copy thereof, with the taxes extended 
 thereon, authenticated by the seal of the city, for the use of the 
 collector; and such copy of the assessor's book shall be called 
 the tax book. 
 
 Sec. 42. In preparing said assessor's book, the assessor 
 shall provide therein two columns for values, the first to con- 
 tain the total assessed valuation of personal and real property,
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 12/ 
 
 the second to contain the valuation of such property as cor- 
 rected and equalized by the board of equalization. In all cases 
 of extension, when the equalized valuation shall happen to be 
 fractional, the assessor shall reject all such valuation as may 
 happen to fall below fifty cents : fractions of fifty cents or more 
 shall be extended as one dollar. In the extension of the taxes, 
 the fractions of a cent shall be extended as one cent The 
 taxes shall be computed and extended by the city clerk, 
 against the valuation produced by the board of equalization, in 
 a column which shall be headed with the total tax rate of the 
 city. The city clerk shall add up the figures, showing the 
 total amount of such tax, and the aggregate amount shall be 
 noted on each page. The city clerk shall test the accuracy of 
 such additions, by computing the amount of such tax on the 
 aggregate amount of property on each page, that he may be 
 certain that the tax has been properly added and extended. 
 
 Sec. 43. Immediately after said tax book is completed, 
 as provided in the foregoing sections of this chapter, the city 
 clerk shall append thereto his certificate that the same is a true 
 copy of the assessor's book, as corrected by the board of 
 equalization, and he shall also afifix thereto a copy of the or- 
 dinance fixing and levying the tax for the year for which said 
 book shall have been made, and deliver the same to the collec- 
 tor, and take his receipt for the total amount of the tax 
 charged in the tax book, and charge the collector with the same. 
 
 Sec. 44. As full compensation for all the duties required 
 of the city assessor by this chapter and the charter of the city, 
 and the laws of the State of Missouri he shall receive a salary 
 of six hundred dollars per annum to be paid at the same time 
 and in the same manner as the salaries of the other officers of 
 the city. 
 
 Sec. 45. All things not herein specifically provided for 
 shall be done and performed in conformity with the general law 
 of the State with reference to assessments for taxation for State 
 and county purposes, so far as the same may be followed con- 
 sistently and without conflict.
 
 128 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 5. 
 
 CITY CEMETERY, 
 
 Section 
 
 46. General management of, in 
 
 whom vested. 
 
 47. Bills or accomits for repairs, 
 
 etc., to be presented to coun- 
 cil, how paid. 
 
 48. Schedule- of prices on, and 
 
 sales of lots, how and by 
 whom made, burial of poor 
 in block 11, when made. 
 
 49. Deed to lot to be recorded in 
 
 boolc by city clerk. 
 
 50. Mayor to execute deed, only 
 
 upon receipt of schedule price, 
 to keep record of same. 
 
 51. Money received by mayor to 
 
 be turned over to treasurer. 
 
 Section 
 
 who shall receipt for same and 
 place to cemetery account. 
 
 52. Mayor to make report of lots 
 
 sold, etc., how and when. 
 
 53. Maj'or to appoint sexton, how 
 
 and when, duty of sexton. 
 
 54. Graves dug, depth of, etc, 
 
 55. Sexton to keep in repair and 
 
 report to the council needed 
 repairs, etc , general duties of. 
 
 56. Misdemeanor to injure, deface, 
 
 ptc, to trespass, commit nui- 
 sance, etc. 
 
 57. Sexton to give bond, in what 
 
 sum. 
 
 Sec. 46. The general management of the city cemetery 
 of the City of Sedalia, situate northeast of said city, shall be 
 vested in the mayor and city council. 
 
 Sec. 47. All bills or accounts for any improvements or 
 repairs on said cemetery, shall be presented to the city council 
 for allowance, in like manner as other bills and accounts are 
 audited. All such bills and accounts shall be paid out of the 
 cemetery funds by warrants drawn on the city treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 48 It shall be the duty of the city council to grade 
 the price of all lots not sold m the cemetery according to the 
 location and desirability of the same, and furnish a schedule of 
 such prices to the mayor and sexton of the cemetery, and it 
 shall be the duty of the mayor to execute and deliver sufficient 
 deeds of conveyance of the lots in said cemetery to any person 
 who may purchase the same at the price or sum determined by 
 said schedule; Provided, that the mayor may assign a place of
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I 29 
 
 burial to any poor person unable to pay for the same, when 
 necessity demands it, in block eleven in said cemetery, free of 
 charge. 
 
 Sec. 49. Any person who sha!l receive a deed to any 
 cemetery lot, shall present the same to the city clerk, whose 
 duty it shall be to record said deed in a book kept for that 
 purpose. 
 
 Sec. 50. The mayor shall in no case execute a deed for 
 any lot, or any single grave, unless the schedule price of the 
 same be paid to him at the time of executing such deed. And 
 the mayor shall keep a record, in a book kept for that purpose, 
 showing the numbers and locations of all lots and graves sold, 
 and grave lots assigned to poor persons, together with the 
 narwes of the persons who purchased the same, or to whom any 
 grave may be assigned, and also the price charged and re- 
 ceived by him for said lots or grounds. And if the mayor shall 
 sell and convey any lot or grave, without receiving the sched- 
 ule price therefor, he shall be held accountable to the city for 
 such sums as he fails to collect. 
 
 Sec. 51. All moneys received by the mayor from the 
 sale of cemetery lots, or other matters connected with the cem- 
 etery, shall be paid by him into the city treasury, and the city 
 treasurer shall receipt to him for the same, and shall place all 
 such moneys to the credit of what shall be known as the city 
 cemetery fund. 
 
 Sec. S2. The mavor shall make semi-annual written re- 
 ports of the number of lots sold, and assigned to poor persons, 
 with the names of the persons buying the same, or poor per- 
 sons to whom assigned, together with a proper description of 
 such lots ; and he shall make any additional written report of 
 the matter above recited whenever required to do so by a reso- 
 lution of the city council. 
 
 Sec. 53. It shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint 
 and the council to confirm, as in other appointive ofifices of the 
 city, some suitable person as sexton of the cemetery, whose 
 duty it shall be to cause to be dug and filled up, all graves for
 
 130 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 the interment of the dead that may be buried in the cemetery; 
 and he shall receive for digging and filling up each grave the 
 sum of three dollars, but no person shall be compelled to em- 
 ploy such sexton to dig and fill any grave, but he shall be 
 entitled to receive the sum of one dollar for laying off and 
 superintending any grave which he may not be employed to dig 
 and fill: Provided, that the person or persons for whom such 
 graves are dug and filled shall pay such fees, and the city of 
 Sedalia shall in no wise be responsible for the payment of the 
 same. 
 
 Sec. 54. All graves shall be dug sufficiently deep so that 
 the top of the cofiin or box shall be at least four and one-half 
 feet below the surface of the ground. 
 
 Sec. 55. It shall be the duty of the sexton to keep and 
 preserve the grounds, fences, enclosures, and other property 
 pertaining to the cemetery in good repair; to report to the 
 council any repairs or improvements that may be needed ; to 
 prevent trespassing on the grounds, preserve the monuments, 
 graves and property generally in and about the cemetery, from 
 being injured or defaced; to keep the walks and avenues free 
 from grass, brush, weeds, and other incumbrances ; to keep a 
 true record in a book kept for that purpose, of the name, age, 
 nativity, date of death, last place of residence, cause of death, 
 and the lot and block in which buried, of every person in- 
 terred in said cemetery. 
 
 Sec. 56. Any person who shall injure, deface or destroy 
 any grave, tombstone, monument or fence thereon, or any 
 of the flowers, plants or shrubbery in said cemetery, or who 
 shall be guilty of any lewd or indecent conduct in said ceme- 
 tery, or who shall be found in said cemetery after 9 o'clock p. 
 m. without permisson from the sexton, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished by a fine 
 of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 57. Any person before entering upon his duties as 
 sexton, shall enter into a good and sufficient bond, with at least 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 131 
 
 two good sureties, in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, 
 to be approved by the mayor, conditioned for the faithful dis- 
 charge of the duties of his ofitice. 
 
 CHAPTER 6. 
 CHARITY. 
 
 Section j Section 
 
 58. Board of charitable relief; shall j 59. Board to keep what record, etc. 
 consist of whom, duty of | 
 
 Section 58. There shall be a board of charitable relief in 
 and for the City of Sedalia, which shall consist of the mayor, 
 the president pro tem. of tht city council and the marshal, for 
 the purpose of managing and distributing all funds appropriated 
 and received for the relief of destitute persons and families by 
 the city, and all funds, provisions, fuel and clothing contributed 
 by individuals. 
 
 Sec. 59. The mayor of the city shall be chairman of said 
 board, and it shall be the duty of said board to keep a record 
 of all funds and property received by them for charitable pur- 
 poses, and the names of destitute persons or families to whom 
 paid or distributed, and also the names of every person or 
 family for whom they have authorized the attendance of physi- 
 cians, or the furnishing of medicine by prescription or other- 
 wise, and all other transactions ; and they shall make reports to 
 the city council whenever required by them, and shall make 
 semi-annual reports at the same times required by other officers.
 
 132 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 7, 
 
 CONDEMNATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
 
 Section 
 
 60. Private property taken, compen- 
 
 sation to be made, how de- 
 termined. 
 
 61. Private property to be taken, 
 
 limits of benefit district, how 
 determined. 
 
 62. Compensation for, how deter- 
 
 mined by the jury, in case of 
 failure to agree what. 
 
 63. Party may relinquish property 
 
 and be exempted from pay- 
 ment of benefits, how. 
 
 64. Verdict of jury to be reported 
 
 Section 
 
 to council and acted upon; 
 special tax-bills to be issued 
 how and when; general provis- 
 ions governing. 
 
 65. Appeals from condemnation 
 
 proceediegs, how and when 
 taken; proceedings in circuit 
 court and the enforcement of 
 judgments therein. 
 
 66. Clerk to keep full record, 
 
 when and effect of as evidence, 
 cost in condemnation proceed- 
 ing, liow paid. 
 
 Section 60. Whenever the council shall, by ordinance, 
 provide for establishing, opening, widening, extending or altering 
 any street, avenue, alley, wharf, market place or public square, 
 or route for sewer, either on its own motion or on the petition 
 of the majority of the owners of the ground fronting thereon, 
 and it becomes necessary for the purpose to take private prop- 
 erty described in such ordinance, just compensation shall be 
 paid therefor to the owner or owners of such property, which 
 the mayor shall cause to be ascertained and assessed by a jury 
 of six disinterested freeholders of the city, by proceedings pre- 
 scribed by ordinance, and as in this chapter provided. The 
 mayor shall have and exercise the power of a circuit court for 
 conducting such proceedings, for the preservation of order and 
 enforcing process issued in the course of proceedings, and may 
 summon and compel the attendance of witnesses and jurors, and 
 fine and commit any person guilty of a misdemeanor or con- 
 tempt, preside at the investigation and pass on the competency
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 133 
 
 of evidence, and instruct the jury on questions of law arising 
 thereon. The city clerk shall issue process, and attend and re- 
 cord orders made by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 61. When any ordinance provides for the taking of 
 private property, as authorized in the preceding section, the 
 council shall by ordinance, before any steps are taken to em- 
 panel a jury, determine and prescribe the limits within which 
 private property shall be deemed benefited by the proposed im- 
 provement, and be assessed and charged to pay compensation 
 therefor , and thereupon the city engineer shall make out and 
 deliver to the mayor a statement, by plat, map or otherwise, 
 coptaining a correct description of the several lots or parcels of 
 property deemed benefited and to be assessed to pay compensa- 
 tion, as provided by ordinance as aforesaid, and containing also 
 the names of the owners or claimants of such lots or parcels of 
 property, or of any interest or estate therein, who may be such 
 at the time of the passage of the ordinance providing for the 
 taking of such property. The mayor shall thereupon, by order, 
 appoint a day or place for empaneling a jury to ascertain the 
 compensation for the property to be taken, and to make assess- 
 ments to pay the same. The city clerk shall then issue a 
 notice, under his hand and seal of the city, which shall give the 
 names of the own-^rs of the property to be taken, and state that 
 their property will be taken for the purpose specified in the or- 
 dinance, giving the title and date of approval thereof, and that 
 a jury will be empaneled to make such assessment on the day 
 and at the place fixed by the mayor. Each property owner 
 shall be served with a notice in which the name of the owner is 
 given, either by delivery to such owner a copy of the notice, or 
 leaving such copy for such owner at the usual place of abode of 
 such owner, with some member of the family of such owner 
 over the age of fifteen years — corporations to be served in like 
 manner as with summons in ordinary civil actions — or if service 
 cannot be made on all or any of the parties, as aforesaid, within 
 the city limits, the return shall so state, and the return on such 
 notice shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein ;
 
 134 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 thereupon a copy of the notice not fully served, or if necessary 
 an alias notice, specifying a different day to be fixed by the 
 mayor for empaneling a jury, shall be published for four weeks 
 before the day fixed for empaneling the jury, in the newspaper 
 for the time doing the city printing. The mayor may continue 
 the matter of empaneling a jury from time to time, and cause 
 new notices to be issued or published for owners named by the 
 engineer or others interested, until jurisdiction of the proper 
 parties is obtained. An afifidavit of any publisher of any notice, 
 accompanied >vith a copy of the notice, shall be evidence of the 
 fact of publication as stated therein. Service of the notice shall 
 be made at least six days before the jury shall be empaneled ; 
 publication shall be sufificient if made for four weeks next pre- 
 ceding the empaneling the jury. It shall be sufificient to bring 
 in the owners of property who may be such at the date of the 
 passage of the ordinance providing for the improvement, and 
 all parties claiming or holding through or under such owners, 
 or any of them, shall be bound by the proceedings without be- 
 ing brought in ; in respect to any property affected by the pro- 
 ceedings through any or all of the parties claiming or holding 
 through or under such owners, or any of them, may be joined 
 on their own motion, or be brought in on order of the mayor. 
 Sec. 62. The jury shall first ascertain the actual damage 
 done to each person or corporation in consequence of taking 
 their property for such purposes, without references to the pro- 
 posed improvement, as the just compensation to be made there- 
 for ; and second, to pay compensation, assess against the city 
 the amount of benefit to the city and public generally, inclusive 
 of benefits to any property of the city, and against the several 
 lots or parcels of private property deemed benefited, as deter- 
 mined according to the last section, by the proposed improve- 
 ment, the balance of such compensation — each lot or parcel of 
 ground to be assessed with an account bearing the same ratio to 
 such balance as the benefit to each lot or parcel of ground bears 
 to the whole benefit to all the private property assessed. Parties 
 interested may submit proof of it to the jury, and the latter
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I35 
 
 shall examine, personally, the property to be taken and as- 
 sessed. The verdict of the jury shall be signed by each juror 
 and delivered to the mayor, and contain a correct description of 
 each lot or parcel of property to be taken, the names of the 
 owners or claimants, and the value thereof, and also the amount 
 assessed against the city, together with a correct description of 
 each lot or parcel of private property assessed, and the amount 
 assessed against the same, and the names of the owners thereof. 
 The city engineer and city attorney shall, when required by the 
 mayor, aid the jury to put their verdict in proper form ; and 
 they shall not be discharged until the mayor is satisfied the 
 verdict is correct in form. The mayor may adjourn the pro- 
 ceedings from time to time, until the matter is completed. If 
 the jury can not agree, the mayor may discharge them, and 
 may proceed to empanel another jury to perform the duties de- 
 volving on a jury by this chapter, and no notice to parties in- 
 terested shall be necessary beyond the order of the mayor, re- 
 corded by the clerk: but the order to empanel a new jury must 
 be made and recorded on the day of discharging any jury, and 
 fix the time and place for empaneling a new jury, or nothing 
 further shall be done under the ordinance. No compensation 
 shall be made to any property owner who petitions for proceed- 
 ings under this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 63. When any one or more of the owners of prop- 
 erty which it may be necessary to take for public use in the 
 opening, widening or extending of any street, alley, park or 
 route for sewer by virtue of any ordinance of the city, opening 
 any such street, alley, avenue, park or route for sewer, shall 
 propose to relinquish such property without claim or damages, 
 on condition of exemption from payment of benefits for such im- 
 provements, or other conditions the council may be authorized 
 to compromise or agree with such persons, and to remit, abate 
 and exempt from the payment of damages, on condition of 
 benefits, wholly or partly, as equity may seem to require, and 
 proceed to condemn such other property as may not be relin- 
 quished for the purpose, and to assess the damages and benefits
 
 136 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 therefor, to and upon such other persons and property as may 
 be damaged or benefited by such improvements, anything con- 
 tained in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 Sec. 64. The mayor shall, after the rendition of the verdict, 
 report the same, together with the proceedings under the last 
 section, to the council; and if the same be not confirmed within 
 sixty days from the making of the report, the proceedings and 
 verdict shall be void, and new proceedings maybe instituted at 
 any time after the expiration of eight months from the making 
 of such report. If the council, by ordinance, confirm the 
 verdict and proceedings under the two preceding sections, 
 within sixty days from the report of the mayor, an appropria- 
 tion shall be made to pay such sum as has been assessed against 
 the city; and the amounts assessed by the jury against the 
 property shall be a lien on the several lots and parcels of prop- 
 erty charged, from the day the ordinance providing for the im- 
 provement takes effect until paid and if not paid within thirty 
 days, after the confirmation, shall bear interst at the rate of 
 fifteen per cent per annum from the confirmation of the verdict, 
 and shall be collected by the city as provided by ordinance, by 
 srit or otherwise, as any other special tax, or by special execu- 
 tion as follows, viz. : A special tax bill may be issued by the 
 city clerk, under his hand and seal of the cify, against any lot 
 or parcel of ground assessed, which bill shall contain a descrip- 
 tion of such lot or parcel of ground, the names of the owners 
 thereof, and the amount assessed against the same, as appears 
 by the verdict, and state that the assessment has been made to 
 pay compensation for private property taken for the purpose 
 specified in the ordinance providing for the improvement, giv- 
 ing the title and date of approval thereof, and that such assess- 
 ment has been confirmed by ordinance, giving the title and 
 date of approval of same ; and the amount of such assessment 
 shall bear interest as herein provided. Each tax bill so issued 
 shall be filed in the ofiice of the clerk of the circuit court of 
 Pettis county, and by such clerk recorded and indexed as a 
 judgment in favor of the city against the property described in
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES I 37 
 
 the bill. At any time after the filing and recording of any such 
 tax bill as aforesaid, a special execution may be issued thereon, 
 out of said circuit court in vacation or term time, as on a judg- 
 ment of the court in favor of the city; which execution shall 
 recite the tax bill or the record thereof, and state when the bill 
 was filed, and be directed to the sheriff of Pettis county, and 
 command him, in case the assessment, interest and costs be not 
 paid to him, to sell the property therein described, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary to pay such assessments, interests 
 and cost-. The proceedings under such special executions shall, 
 as far as practicable, conform to the proceedings on special 
 exe-cutions on ordinary judgment foreclosing liens on lands. 
 Any sale, incl iding the making of a deed by the sheriff to the 
 purchaser, made as aforesaid, shall vest in the purchaser all the 
 right, title, interest and estate in the land of the parties named 
 as owners in the tax bill, who have not paid their share of the 
 assessment, and all parties claiming through or under them or 
 any of them by operation of law or otherwise, shall be bound 
 thereby. Tax bills filed and recorded as aforesaid shall be sub- 
 ject to the order of the circuit court, and may be set aside, or 
 the amount of the assessment reduced, on motion of any party 
 interested in the property assessed, the city having reasonable 
 notice of the filing of such motion and the object thereof. If 
 no title can be acquired under the proceedmgs to any of the 
 property sought to be taken, the court shall set aside any bill 
 and assessment on motion. If by reason of any defect or 
 omission in the proceedings the city can not acquire title or 
 right to any particular parcel of property, or to any interest in 
 any parcel of property sought to be taken, the court shall, on 
 the facts being made to appear, reduce the assessment by de- 
 ducting therefrom so much thereof as was assessed on account 
 of the property or interest in the property sought to be taken, 
 but not acquired, to be determined, as far as practicable, from 
 the verdict of the jury making the assessment, and award 
 execution for the residue. No assessment shall be effected or 
 interfered with for the reason that any other assessment or as-'
 
 138 REVISED-' ORDINANCES. 
 
 sessments made in the same proceedings may be invalid in 
 whole or in part. Executions and proceedings thereon shall be 
 under the control of the circuit court or the judge thereof, as in 
 ordinary civil cases. The owner of any individual interest in 
 any lot or parcel of property assessed may pay his share sep- 
 arately. No sale on execution, or any special tax bill, shall be 
 effected or invalidated because there may have been ground to 
 set aside or reduce the bill. In the case of the death of any 
 property owner, pending any proceedings under this chapter, it 
 shall not be .necessary to bring in his representative to revive 
 judgment against him, though it may be done if advisable. 
 The city may resort to all or any of the modes of collecting 
 .^uch assessments at the same time, but shall have only one sat- 
 isfaction. Money collected on such assessments shall be used 
 only to pay such compensation, and interest collected shall be 
 apportioned and paid equitably to the owners of the property 
 taken. 
 
 Section 65. In case the city or any defendant to such 
 proceedings shall feel aggrieved by the verdict of the jury, such 
 party so aggrieved may, witliin twenty days from the time the 
 verdict of the jury is confirmed by the council, appeal to the 
 circuit court in and for Pettis county. If the appeal is taken 
 by either party, the same shall be taken and perfected by the 
 filing with the clerk of the city, within the tine aforesaid, such 
 an affidavit as is required by law in appealing from the judgment 
 of a justice of the peace. If an appeal is so taken, the clerk of 
 said city shall, within fifteen days from the taking of such ap- 
 peal, file a complete transcript of the proceedings, and all papers 
 filed and used in the trial, certified by him, with the clerk of the 
 circuit court; and the circuit court shall thereupon become 
 possessed of the cause, and said cause, unless dismissed, shall 
 be tried de novo in said court, and the parties thereto shall have 
 a speedy trial thereof, and to that end said cause shall have 
 precedence over all other causes ; and if necessary to a full de- 
 termination of any question arising in said cause, the circuit 
 court shall have power to make and bring in other parties to 
 
 I
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I 39 
 
 such proceedings, on service of notice upon them for six days, 
 or by publishing a notice to them for the same length of time 
 in any daily newspaper published in the city, and the parties so 
 made by either kind of notice, and all persons claiming under 
 them, shall be bound by such proceedings; and if such appeal 
 is taken within fifteen days preceding any term of circuit court 
 in said city, it shall stand for trial at such term ; and if appealed 
 during the sitting of such court, the case shall be immediately 
 docketed upon the filing of the transcript, and stand for trial, 
 and shall at the same term, and shall always stand for trial, and 
 shall not in any case be continued to any succeeding term, but, 
 for good cause, may be postponed from week to week, in the 
 discretion of the circuit judge; and the said circuit court shall 
 always be open for the trial of appeals in such cases, and the 
 judge of such circuit court shall have power, and it shall be his 
 duty, to hold a sitting of the court for the speedy trial thereof, 
 at the court house in said city, at any time in vacation, and 
 summon a jury before him, unless a jury is waived, for the trial 
 of such appeals, only such trials to be had in all respects and 
 subject to the same rules and same law, as other trials had in 
 the circuit court, and the same record thereof made and kept. 
 The verdict of the jury, or the finding of the circuit judge sitting 
 as a jury, as the case may be, shall conform in all respects to 
 the requirements of the goverment of the jury making the first 
 assessment, and the verdict shall have the same force and effect 
 as is provided in regard to said first verdict, and shall be bind- 
 ing on the parties, and the assessment against private property 
 shall be paid in the same time, and until paid, bear the same 
 rate of interest as is above provided ; and the amount assessed 
 by the jury against property shall be a lien on the several parcels 
 of property charged from the day the ordinance for the im- 
 provement takes effect until paid ; and if such assessments are 
 not paid within ten days from the filing of the verdict of the 
 jury, a special execution shall issue against the several lots or 
 parcels of land against which assessments for benefits are so made, 
 which execution shall specify and show a description of the lot,
 
 I40 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 the owner thereof, and the amount assessed against the same, 
 as shown by the verdict of the jury, and state that the assess- 
 ment has been made to pay compensation for private property 
 taken for the purpose specified in the ordinance providing for 
 the improvement, and be directed to the sheriff of Pettis 
 county, and commanding him, in case said assessment, interests 
 and costs be not paid to him, to sell the property therein de- 
 scribed, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay such as- 
 sessment, interest and costs. The proceedings under such 
 execution, making a deed to the purchaser, shall conform to 
 ordinary proceedings on special executions issuing out of said 
 court in ordinary cases ; and the said proceedings, sale and deed 
 shall have the same effect and force as is stated in section 64. 
 Said execution shall issue in favor of the City of Sedalia, and 
 when paid, the money shall be held by said city as a special 
 fund for the payment of damages assessed for property taken 
 under said proceedings. On appeal under this section, the jury 
 shall consist of six men, freeholders of the city and any finding 
 or verdict in that court shall, unless set aside for good cause, 
 be confirmed, and judgment entered thereon, that the city have 
 and hold the property sought to be taken for the purposes speci- 
 fied in the ordinance providing for the improvement, and pay 
 therefor the amount assessed against the city, and full compen- 
 sation assessed therefor, and that the several lots and parcels of 
 private property assessed to pay compensation by the verdict 
 or finding stand charged and be bound, respectively, for the 
 payment of assessments, with interest as provided in this chap- 
 ter; and such judgment shall be enforced by special execution 
 to collect assessments as aforesaid, without special tax-bills; 
 and the court or judge may, by execution or otherwise, put the 
 city in possession of the proporty taken, or any part thereof, 
 the full compensation therefor being paid or tendered. Appeals 
 shall be taken to the circuit court of Pettis county and the court 
 shall tax and charge costs in appeals according to equity. 
 
 Sec. 66. As soon as practicable after the confirmation of 
 any verdict by the council, the city clerk shall file a full record 
 
 I
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I4I 
 
 in a book provided for that purpose, of such proceedings, which 
 record shall contain correct copies of all ordinances constituting 
 part of the proceedings, the notices to the parties to the pro- 
 ceedings, and returns thereon; all notices published and the 
 proofs thereof, all orders by the mayor, the names of the jurors 
 and when empaneled, and the verdict of the jury, and such 
 other documents and mattsrs as the ordinances of the city may 
 require. The mayor shall examine such final record of such 
 proceedings, and, if it be correct, sign the same; and thereafter 
 such record, or copy therof, certified by the city clerk, under 
 his hand and seal of the city, shall be competent evidence in all 
 courts of this state of facts stated therein. The original papers 
 shall be carefully preserved by the city clerk. The city shall 
 pay all costs of the proceedings to take private property except 
 costs of the proceedings to collect assessments, which shall be 
 taxed and paid as costs in ordinary cases. If the city fail to 
 collect any assessments, in whole or in part, it may pay the 
 amount so not collected, out of the city treasury. The com- 
 pensation of officers for services rendered in pursuance of the 
 foregoing sections shall be fixed by ordinance.
 
 142 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 8. 
 DOGS. 
 
 Section 
 
 67. Three months old, to be regis- 
 
 tered and tax paid. 
 
 68. What tax to be paid and when, 
 
 dog to wear collar and be reg- 
 istered, how. 
 
 69. Collar to be worn by registered 
 
 dog. 
 
 70. To run at large between the ist 
 
 day of June and the ist day of 
 September without being muz- 
 zled unlawful. 
 
 71. To be taken up and impounded 
 
 when, may kill when. 
 
 72. Dog impounded how reclaimed, 
 
 how long to remain in pound. 
 
 73. Upon proof that the proper 
 
 Section 
 
 collar had been procured and 
 the dog registered the owner 
 may reclaim dog, how. 
 
 74. Bitch running at large and in 
 
 heat to be killed or impounded 
 when, fee to redeem from 
 pound. 
 
 75. Meaning of words '"year" and 
 
 "dog" as used in this chapter. 
 
 76. What dogs liable to be taxed. 
 
 77. Misdemeanor to keep unregis- 
 
 tered dog, or not to keep muz- 
 zled when required. 
 
 78. Provisions of this chapter not 
 
 to apply to certain dogs, fee 
 of marshal for killing. 
 
 Section 6'] . No dogs above the age of three months 
 shall be permitted to remain in the City of Sedalia, unless such 
 dog shall be registered ; and the tax imposed on the same by 
 ordinance shall be paid by the owner thereof. 
 
 Sec. 68. The tax on each male dog in the City of Seda- 
 lia shall be one dollar for each year, and for every bitch or fe- 
 male dog shall be three dollars per year, payable for the use of 
 the city, to the city marshal, who shall procure metallic plates, 
 having cast or raised thereon the letters C. T. P., and figures 
 indicating the year for which the tax has been paid, and a num- 
 ber corresponding to the number of the registry on the book in 
 which dogs shall be registered ; and the city marshal shall regis- 
 ter in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, the name of 
 the owner of each dog registered, and a description of the dog 
 so registered. 
 
 Sec. 69. It shall be the duty of every owner of a regis- 
 tered dog to keep, at all times, around the neck of such dog a
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I43 
 
 collar not less than three-fourths of an inch wide, to which shall 
 be attached, by a metallic fastening, the circular metallic plate 
 mentioned in the next preceding section of this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 70. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 living within the corporate limits of the City of Sedalia to per- 
 mit any dog or dogs owned by them, or under their control, to 
 run at large in the City of Sedalia between the first day of June 
 and the first day of September of each year unless each dog 
 shall be muzzled with a wire muzzle or other metallic muzzle. 
 
 Sec. 71. It shall be the duty of the city marshal and 
 every policeman to take up and impound, in a suitable place, to 
 be designated by the city marshal, the location of which, 
 notice shall be given by a bill posted up in the rooms of the city 
 police judge, all dogs above the age of three months found in 
 the limits of the city without collars around their necks, marked 
 as provided by the provisions of this chapter; and all dogs 
 lound running at large in the limits of the city between the first 
 day of June and the first day of September of each year, and 
 not muzzled as provided by section 70 of this chapter ; Pro- 
 vided, that it shall be the duty of the city marshal and police- 
 men to kill any dog that can not be conveniently and safely 
 taken up and impounded. 
 
 Sec. 72. For every dog taken up and confined in the 
 dog pound as provided in the preceding section, a redemption 
 fee of one dollar, together with the annual tax of one dollar, 
 shall be paid, for the use of the city, to the city marshal, 
 whereupon the owner thereof shall have the right to reclaim 
 such dog. Any dog which shall remain two days in the dog 
 pound shall be killed by the city marshal, or by some person 
 by him duly authorized. 
 
 Sec. 73. If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the city 
 marshal] that any person claiming to redeem a dog confined in 
 the dog pound has registered such dog, and has put around the 
 neck of such dog a collar marked and stamped and that he has 
 properly muzzled such dog according to the provisions of this 
 chapter, but that such collar or muzzle or both have been acci-
 
 144 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 dentally lost, it shall be the duty of the city marshal to release 
 such dog, and furnish the owner thereof another one of the 
 metallic plates and collars mentioned in section 69, the owner 
 paying the cost of such plate and collar. 
 
 Sec. 74. It shall be the duty of the city marshal and any 
 policeman to kill every unregistered bitch that may be found 
 running at large in the City of Sedalia while in heat, and to 
 forthwith impound any bitch in heat which may have been reg- 
 istered, and keep her impounded three days, if she be not 
 sooner redee^ned ; and if at the end of three days such bitch 
 be not redeemed, she shall be killed in the manner provided in 
 this chapter. The redemption fee for each bitch shall be five 
 dollars, which shall be paid, for the use of the city, to the city 
 marshal. 
 
 Sec. 75. The year for the purposes of this chapter shall 
 begin on the second Monday of May in each year, and the word 
 dog, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed to 
 mean a dog either male or female; and it shall be lawful for the 
 city marshal or any policeman after the lOth day of June in 
 any year, to kill any unregistered dog found running at large 
 in the city limits. 
 
 Sec. ^6. Dogs arriving at the age of three months, and 
 dogs brought into the city after the second Monday in May in 
 any year, shall be liable to tax ; but the tax on any such dog 
 shall be in the same ratio to the annual dog tax as the part of 
 the year for which such tax shall be paid shall bear to the whole 
 year. 
 
 Sec. JJ . Every householder or head of a family, suffer- 
 ing or permitting an unregistered dog to remain on his premises ; 
 and every owner of an unregistered dog, and every person own- 
 ing or controlling any dog found running at large within the 
 city limits, between the first day of June and the first day of 
 September of each year and not muzzled as in this chapter pro- 
 vided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not less than one nor 
 more than ten dollars, and be moreover, ordered to im-
 
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 mediately cause such dog to be duly registered, and the tax 
 imposed by this chapter paid therefor. 
 
 Sec. 78. Nothing in this chapter shall be held to apply 
 to the dogs of movers, teamsters, or other persons who may be 
 temporarily in the city. The city shall pay to the city marshal 
 the sum of fifty cents for the killing of every dog and removal 
 beyond the city limits the carcass thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER 9. 
 
 DRAMSHOP LICENSE. 
 
 Section. 
 
 79. Keeper of, to have licen.se; 
 
 amount of license tax to be 
 paid, and when. 
 
 80. Dramshop keeper, who is. 
 
 81. Marshal to make list of, and 
 
 file with city clerk, when. 
 
 82. City clerk to issue license, 
 
 when. 
 
 83. City collector to collect license 
 
 and make report, how and 
 when. 
 
 Section. 
 
 84. License for, not to exceed six 
 
 months. not transferable, 
 good for but one place of 
 business, fair grounds during 
 fair an exception. 
 
 85. Misdemeanor to do business 
 
 without license, punishment 
 for. 
 
 86. Misdemeanor for police officers 
 
 to fail to enforce, or report 
 violations, punishment for. 
 
 Sec. 79. Every person desirous of keeping a dramshop, 
 or a beer or wine house, or garden, shall first obtain a license 
 therefor, for which he shall pay a license tax of two hundred 
 dollars for a period of six months, beginning on the fourth day 
 January and July of each year. Should an application for a 
 license be received during the peroid of the current six months, 
 license may be issued for the unexpired portion of the term, 
 and the amount to be charged therefor shall be to the amount 
 for a whole term as the unexpired portion of the term is to the 
 whole term. 
 
 Sec. 80. A dramshop keeper is a person permitted by 
 law, being licensed according to the provisions of this chapter, 
 to sell intoxicating liquors in any quantity less than ten gallons. 
 
 Sec. 81. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to find 
 out the nan>e or names of every person or persons, and their
 
 146 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 place of doing business as dramshop keepers in this city, and 
 make a list of the same, and hand such Hst, duly certified, to 
 the city clerk, one week previous to the commencement of a 
 current six months ; and as often thereafter as new places may 
 be opened, to report the same to the city clerk; and at the ex- 
 piration of thirty days from the beginning of a current six 
 months, he shall, by personal application and inspection, ascer- 
 tain if all dram-shop keepers have procured a city license, and 
 in case any one is found doing business without a license, he 
 shall report the same to the mayor and city council. 
 
 Sec. 82. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, upon the 
 receipt of such list from the city marshal, or upon the applica- 
 tion of the party, to issue ihe license or licenses, and deliver the 
 same to the city collector on or before the commencement of 
 the term for which the same shall run. 
 
 Sec. 83. The city collector shall proceed at once to col- 
 lect the licenses vvithout delay, and, within thirty days from the 
 time the licenses are placed in his hands, and at the expiration 
 of thirty days he shall make a detailed report of the collections, 
 and hand the same to the city clerk, together with a receipt 
 from the treasurer for the deposit of the proceeds thereof; and 
 any failure or refusal to pay the license by any person he shall 
 promptly report to the mayor and city council. 
 
 Sec. 84, No license granted by any of the provisions of 
 this chapter shall continue in force for any longer time than six 
 months, nor shall any such license be transferable, nor shall any 
 license authorize the holder thereof to carry on the business 
 therein mentioned in said license at more than one place at the 
 same time; Provided, however, that any dram-shop keeper, 
 who has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter, 
 may be permitted to carry on the business of a dram-shop keeper 
 at the fair grounds, within the city limits, during the time the 
 fair is being held. 
 
 Sec. 85. Any person attempting to do business in viola- 
 tion of the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and upcn conviction thereof, be punished by a 

 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 1 47 
 
 fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, or by im- 
 prisonment in the city jail for a period of not less than three 
 days, nor more than ten days, or by both such fine and im- 
 prisonment. 
 
 Sec. 86. It is hereby made the special duty of the city 
 marshal, and and all rriembers of the police force, to see that 
 the provisions of this chapter are duly enforced, and to report 
 all yiolations of the same to the mayor and city council; and for 
 every neglect of such duty by any officer, such ofificer shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than twenty- 
 five dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 10. 
 
 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section i Section 
 
 87. City engineer, how appointed, j 91. Must give grades and lines of 
 
 qualifications and compensa- 
 tion. 
 
 88. Oath and bond of. 
 
 89. Duties of. 
 
 90. To preserve all maps, plans, etc. 
 
 keep accurate accounts and 
 perform other duties. 
 
 streets to all applicants free of 
 charge. 
 92. Must make general reports 
 from his deparment when re- 
 quired. 
 
 Sec. 87. There is hereby constituted and established the 
 engineering department of the city government, and the offtce of 
 city engineer. The city engineer shall be appointed at the same 
 time and in the same manner as other appointive ofificers, and shall 
 be a person well skilled in the sciences of civil engineering, and 
 the practical application thereof who shall hold his office for the 
 term of one year, or until his successor is appointed and quali- 
 fied ; and he shall receive, as compensation for his services, the 
 sum of fifteen hundred dollars per year payable monthly at the 
 rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month. 
 
 Sec. 88. The city engineer shall, before entering upon 
 the duties of his of^ce, take the oath of office required of other
 
 148 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 city officers, with this addition and to this effect: That he is 
 not and will not, during his continuance in office, be directly or 
 indirectly concerned or interested in any contract made with 
 this city for any public work; and he shall enter into a bond to 
 the city, in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two good and 
 sufficient sureties, to be approved by the mayor, conditioned for 
 the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. 
 
 Sec. 89. The city < ngineer shall perform all duties en- 
 joined on him by the city council from time to time; he shall 
 also make aH plans and estimates for all work to be contracted 
 for by the city, and shall have general supervision of the same; 
 he shall certify the claims of all contractors for payment, and 
 shall suspend the execution of any contract, when the contrac- 
 tor fails to comply with the terms of his contract, or with his 
 directions in relation thereto and consistent therewith. 
 
 Sec. 90. It shall be the further duty of the city engineer 
 to preserve in his office all maps, plans and surveys of the city, 
 or any part thereof, with all records, books, papers, and all 
 other things relating thereto; keep full and accurate accounts of 
 all receipts and disbursements made under his supervision ; 
 cause to be canied into effect all ordinances concerning streets 
 and alleys, and other public places, and superintend the open- 
 ing, improvement and repairing thereof. 
 
 Sec. 91 It shall be the duty of the city engineer to give 
 the grade, where the same has been established, and the line of 
 streets and alleys, to all persons applying therefor, free of 
 charge. 
 
 Sec. 92. The city engineer shall make a general report of 
 all operations in his department, from time to time, to the city 
 council, as they may require.
 
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 149 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 FIRES AND FIRE COMPANIES. 
 
 ARTICLE I. — Fire limits and fire companies. 
 ARTICLE II. — Protection against fires. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 FIRE LIMITS AND FIRE COMPANIES. 
 
 Section 
 
 93. Fire limits, what constitutes; 
 
 buildings of certain materials 
 to be erected within. 
 
 94. Erection or removal of build- 
 
 ings within fire limits of differ- 
 ent materials; plans, etc., as 
 required; to be abated and re- 
 moved, how; penalty for. 
 
 95. Hay, strsw, shavings, etc., not 
 
 to be left in thickly settled 
 places, etc.; duty of marshal 
 in such cases. 
 
 96. Stove-pipes, flues, etc., must be 
 
 put up and placed in what 
 manner. 
 
 97. Inspection by marshal of modes 
 
 of heating houses. 
 
 98. Chimneys and flues to be 
 
 cleaned in May and Novem- 
 ber. 
 
 99. Ashes not to be deposited in 
 
 wooden vessels, fire-crackers, 
 fire-rockets, etc., not to be 
 sold or used within city limits. 
 
 100. Misdemeanor to violate preced- 
 ing sections, punishment for. 
 
 10 r. Fire department, to consist of 
 what. 
 
 102. Chief engineer of, term of office, 
 
 powers, bond, etc. 
 
 103. Foreman, must be one for each 
 
 hose, hook and ladder com- 
 pany, powers of. 
 
 104. Foreman to be appointed and 
 
 removed, how and by whom. 
 
 105. Members of fire companies, 
 
 qualifications of. 
 
 106. Chief engineer, duties of 
 
 Section 
 
 107. Absence of chief engineer at 
 fire, who to act. 
 
 105. Chief engineer to see that reg- 
 
 ulations are enforced, etc. 
 
 106. Fire alarm bells, how and 
 
 where established; duty of po- 
 lice in reference thereto, and 
 punishment for failure to per- 
 form. 
 
 1 10. Chief to keep record of mem- 
 
 bers, property, etc., of fire de- 
 partment. 
 
 111. Duty of the foreman of each 
 
 company, chief may appoint 
 in case of absence. 
 
 112. Duty of members of fire de- 
 partment. 
 
 113. Members not allowed to form 
 
 any but benevolent associa- 
 tions, not to electioneer with 
 tickets, keep or drink intoxi- 
 cants, etc. 
 
 114. Parties other than members not 
 
 to loiter about engine houses; 
 religious belief no grounds for 
 dismissal of member. 
 
 115. Duties of foremen at fires, and 
 
 conduct in going to and from 
 fires. 
 516. Misdemeanor for any one to 
 drive, run over, etc., any hose 
 in use at fire, etc., punishment 
 for. 
 
 117. Failure of officer or member of 
 
 fire company to pay debt, ef- 
 fect of. 
 
 118. Compensation of officers and 
 
 members of.
 
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 Section 93. The following are established as fire limits 
 in the City of Sedalia within which it shall be unlawful to erect 
 or remove any building the outer walls of which, are in whole, or 
 part constructed of any material other than brick, stone, or other 
 incombustible materials, or the roof of which shall be otherwise 
 than fire-proof, viz: Beginning at the intersection of Moniteau 
 and Pacific streets, thence east along Pacific street to Lamine 
 avenue; thence south to Missouri Pacific railway tracks; thence 
 east to Washington avenue; thence south to alley in block eight 
 — about midway between Third and Founh streets ; thence west 
 along said alley to Massachusetts avenue; thence south to F'ifth 
 street; thence west to Limine avenue ; thence south to Broad- 
 way or Eighth street ; thence west to Kentucky avenue ; thence 
 north to alley in block forty-three between Third and Second 
 streets,; thence west to Moniteau avenue; thence north to the 
 place of beginning: Provided, barns, sheds, stables and other 
 buildings, except smoke-houses and buildings used for resi- 
 dences, may be constructed and erected within the fire limits 
 herein established, upon conditions that the person so desiring 
 to erect such buildings shall first obtain the written consent to 
 do so from every person owning or leasing property in the 
 block in which such building is designed to be erected and shall 
 also first obtain the consent of the city council to erect such 
 building; Provided, however, that no such buildings shall be 
 erected except in cases to rebuild or replace an old building by 
 a better or new building. 
 
 Sec. 94. The city council upon being informed that any 
 person has commenced or put up, or removed into the fire 
 limits, as established by this article, any building in violation of 
 the provisions herein, shall cause such buildings to be removed 
 and abated, and it shall be the duty of the city marshal, when 
 ordered by the council, so to do, to raze, remove and abate 
 such buildings so commenced, put up, or removed within the 
 fire limits, and collect from the person owning or erecting the 
 same, the expenses thereof, and shall in addition to the liability 
 of paying the expenses of such removing and razing of such 
 building, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
 
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 tion thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one nor 
 more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the city 
 jail not more than three months, or by both such fine and im- 
 prisonment. And every day that such building shall remain so, 
 in violation of the provisions of this article, shall constitute a 
 distinct and separate offense. 
 
 Sec. 95. No person shall leave, in a thickly settled part 
 of the city, or in close proximity to fire, any hay, straw, or 
 shavings or other like matter whatever, of a tendency to receive 
 and communicate fire; and if at any time any such materials are 
 found in such location, or in such quantity as to increase the 
 danger of fire, in the opinion of the city marshal, he shall notify 
 the person on whose premises the same are found to immedi- 
 ately remove them, if such person can be found, and if not, or 
 if the person on whose premises the same are found fails or re- 
 fuses to remove such materials, or any of them, found thereon, 
 the city marshal shall immediately remove them, or see that it 
 is done. 
 
 Sec. 96. No person owning or occupying a house in the 
 city of Sedalia, shall permit a stove-pipe to run through any 
 window, wall, partition or roof, unless the same enter stone, 
 brick or double pipe flues, or ventilating flues, nor nearer than 
 four inches to any wood; all stove-pipes shall, where they pass 
 through shed roofs, or roofs of houses where the roof is so con- 
 structed as to not permit of such flues or chimneys as are herein 
 required, be at least five inches from the wood, and secured 
 firmly by a strong piece of sheet iron ; and any person using 
 stoves within the city shall not permit them to approximate 
 nearer than ten inches from any wood, either in the floor or wall 
 of the house in which they are used, and shall in all cases have 
 brick, stone, zinc or sheet iron between the stove and wooden 
 floor or wall on or by which such stove may be situated. 
 
 Sec. 97. It shall be the duty of the city marshal, assisted 
 by one or more policemen, if occasion requires, to proceed 
 throughout the city of Sedalia, in the months of May and 
 November in each year to inspect every house, keeping a record
 
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 of the manner of warming said houses, also a list of all such 
 houses in which the provisions of this article have not been com- 
 plied with, and make a complete report to the city clerk by the 
 thirtieth of said months in each year. At the time of such in. 
 spection the city marshal shall collect the sum of fifty cents, 
 from every person owning or occupying a house in which 
 the provisions of this article have not been complied with, 
 which he shall pay into the city treasury. 
 
 Sec. 98. All chimneys and flues used in the city of 
 Sedalia shall, be cleaned of soot and ashes during the months of 
 May and November in each and eve.y year, and it shall be the 
 duty of the city marshal to inspect the same at the time he in- 
 spects stoves and stove-pipes. 
 
 Sec. 99. No person owning or occupying a house in the 
 city, shall permit any ashes to be deposited upon or in any 
 wooden vessels nearer than ten feet from any house or fence; 
 and no person shall sell, or offer for sale, for use within the 
 limits of the city, any fire-crackers, sky-rockets, roman-candles, 
 or other combustible material commonly used on gala days, 
 and no person shall use any of said materials within the city 
 limits by firing off or discharging the same. 
 
 Sec. 100. Any person who shall violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine net less than 
 one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec ioi. The fire department of the city of Sedalia, 
 shall consist of one chief engineer, one foreman for each regu- 
 larly organized steam engine, hose or hook and ladder company, 
 and for each steam fire engine company, not exceeding five 
 men and for each hose and hook and ladder company, not ex- 
 ceeding five men. 
 
 Sec. 102. The chief engineer of the fire department, 
 shall hold his office until removed for cause for which he may 
 be removed as other appointed ofificers of the city. He shall 
 have ex-ofificio powers, of the chief of the police of the city, at 
 all fires, and shall give bond to the city of Sedalia in the sum 
 
 J
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I 53 
 
 of two thousand dollars. In case of a vacancy in said office, it 
 shall be filled by appointment, as provided for, by the charter 
 of the city of Sedalia. 
 
 Sec. 103. There shall be a foreman for each regularly 
 organized steam engine, hose or hook and ladder cumpany, 
 who shall have command of the men, and apparatus belonging to 
 the company, and take charge of the apparatus at fires, and 
 caus^ to be executed all orders of the chief engineer, or the 
 officer who may exercise the duties of the chief engineer, and 
 the chief engineer shall act as foreman of company No. 2. 
 
 Sec. 104. The foreman and other members of the fire 
 department shall be appointed by the chief engineer, by and 
 with the advice and consent of the mayor, and tire department 
 committee. They or any of them may be removed by the chief 
 engineer for neglect of duty, or for any good and sufficient 
 cause. 
 
 Sec. 105. No person under twenty-one years of age shall 
 be employed as a member of the fire department of the City of 
 Sedalia, nor shall any person be employed who is not a citizen 
 of the United States, and a legal voter in said city. 
 
 Sec. 106. The chief engineer shall be responsible for the 
 discipline, good order, and proper conduct of the whole fire de- 
 partment, and for the care of the houses, engines, hose car- 
 riages, and all the property belonging to the fire department. 
 He shall have supcrintendency, control and command of all the 
 officers and men belonging to the fire department, and all the 
 engine and other houses for the purposes of the fire department, 
 and all the engines and all other apparatus belonging to the city, 
 and all persons present at fires. He shall wear a proper badge 
 of his office, and when a fire breaks out in the city, he shall 
 take proper measures for the arrangement of the engines and 
 other fire apparatus in the most advantageous position, and work 
 for the effective extinguishment of the fire, and shall have power 
 to call for assistance, if need be, from any or all persons present 
 at fires, as well as members of the fire department, to assist 
 in extinguishing the fire or removing goods and other merchan-
 
 154 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 disc from any building on fire, or in danger thereof, and to ap- 
 point guards to insure the safety of the same, and also in pulling 
 down, and demolishing any house or building, if necessity re- 
 quires, and further, to suppress all disorders. It shall also be 
 his duty to cause order to be preserved on going to, working 
 at or returning from fires, and at all other times, when the men 
 of the department are on duty. 
 
 Sec. 107. In case of the absence of the chief engineer, 
 at any fire that may occur in the city, the foreman of any com- 
 pany first at, the fire shall exercise the duties of the chief engi- 
 neer, with all the power of such chief for the time being. 
 
 Sec. 108. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer to see 
 that the laws, ordinances and regulations that pertain to the fire 
 department are observed by all persons connected therewith ; to 
 examine into the condition of all houses and apparatus belong- 
 ing to the city, and used for the purpose of the fire department, 
 and see that they are kept in good condition. 
 
 Sec. 109. The chief engineer and committee on the fire 
 department shall provide as many fire alarm bells as they may 
 deem necessary, and the chief engineer shall designate in what 
 manner they shall be rung. He shall cause every member of 
 the fire department to be well instructed as to the meaning and 
 object of the fire alarm bells. It shall be the duty of the mem- 
 bers of the police department, immediately upon the discovery 
 or upon authentic information of the fire, to cause the nearest 
 fire alarm bell to be rung, if in their power to do so, and it shall 
 be the duty of the night police, upon <-he alarm of fire, to give 
 further notice thereof by crying "fire!" and if any policeman 
 shall violate any of the provisions of this section, so far as his 
 duties are concerned, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be discharged from 
 service in the police department. 
 
 Sec. no. The chief engineer shall, in suitable books, 
 keep or cause to be kept a record of the names, ages and resi- 
 dences of all the members of the fire department, the time of 
 their admission and discharge, and an inventory or record of all
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I 55 
 
 the property belonging to the fire department, and every par- 
 ticular connected with each fire that may occur, stating what 
 property was destroyed, giving its discription, the name of its 
 owner, and occupant, where located, and its value, amount of 
 loss and insurance, and if possible, the cause of the fire. He 
 shall keep a record of the false alarms, and the expense con- 
 nected with the department, keeping the expense of each com- 
 pany separate, and such lacts and information as he may deem 
 of value, to be preserved, and shall annually at the close of 
 each fiscal year, report to the council the summary of the record 
 preserved during the preceding year, and such other informa- 
 tion as he may deem proper, which report the council may di- 
 rect to be published. 
 
 Sec. III. It shall be the duty of the foreman of each 
 company to see that the engine and fire apparatus and property 
 committed to his care, an 1 the several buildings in which the 
 same are deposited, and all things in or belonging to the same, 
 are kept neat and clean, and in perfect order for immediate use. 
 It shall also be his duty to preserve order and discipline at all 
 times, in his respective company, and require and restrict close 
 observance and compliance of the ordinances and rules and reg- 
 ulations of the department. It shall further be the duty of the 
 foreman to keep such books and records, as the chief engineer 
 may require, and to furnish such information as he may have, 
 to the chief engineer to enable him to keep the record required 
 by ordinance. Any foreman who shall refuse or neglect to obey 
 the orders of the chief engineer shall be discharged from the 
 service. In the absence of the foreman of any company the 
 chief engineer shall appoint some member to fill his place, dur- 
 ing his absence, with full power to act and perform all the duties 
 of such absent foreman. 
 
 Sec. 112. The members of the fire department shall per- 
 form such duties as may be imposed upon them by the chief 
 engineer or the foreman of their company, and shall wear such 
 uniform, caps, badges, etc., as the chief engineer and commit- 
 tee may direct.
 
 156 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 113. No association or organized society, or club 
 of firemen as such, shall be allowed except benevolent associa- 
 tions; nor shall any member of the fire department take any 
 part in any election by peddling tickets or electioneering in any 
 manner; no spirituous or malt liquors shall be kept or drunk in 
 any engine or other house used by the fi.e department. Any 
 member found ixtoxicated or drunk, may be discharged. 
 
 Sec. 1 14. Persons not members of the fire department, 
 are not permitted to frequent, meet or loiter around the engine 
 houses used by the fire department. Men on duty at such 
 houses, who may allow the same, shall be subject to dismissal. 
 No ol^cer or member shall be discharged from the fire depart- 
 ment on account of his religious or political principles. 
 
 Sec. 115. The foreman of each company shall be with 
 his pipe when at fires, and shall see that his line of hose is well 
 guarded and in no instance shall members allow any person ex- 
 cept membero of the fire department to ride on the apparatus 
 either going to or from a fire. Racing to or from fires is not 
 allowed under any circumstances, under penalty of dismissal; 
 and if the apparatus of more than one company proceed on the 
 same street, to or from a fire, they shall go in single file. 
 
 Sec. 116. Whenever any hose used in the fire depart- 
 ment are laid upon any street, alley, or any vacant lot for the 
 purpose of being used by the fire department, it shall not be 
 lawful for any wagon, carriage, street railway car, locomotive or 
 railroad car, or any other vehicle, to pass over the same, and 
 the owner, owners or drivers of any wagon, carriage, street 
 railway car, locomotive or railroad car or any other vehicle, 
 who shall drive or run or cause such vehicle or vehicles to be 
 driven or run over such hose, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than 
 five nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 117. 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.
 
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 Sec. 118. As compensation for services rendered by the 
 officers and employes in the city fire department, they shall 
 hereafter be paid as follows : 
 
 Chief Engineer per month, seventy-five dollars. 
 
 Foreman per month, seventy dollars. 
 
 Drivers per month, fifty dollars. 
 
 Hosemen per month, fifty dollars. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 PROTECTION AGAINST FIRES. 
 
 Section 
 
 119. To erect sheds, wooden build- 
 ings, etc., must have permit, 
 duty of city engineer in re- 
 gard to same. 
 
 120. Permits, how and by whom 
 issued; building to be removed 
 at expense of owner, when. 
 
 121. Misdemeanor to erect building 
 not in compiance with the 
 provisions of this article, pun- 
 ishment for. 
 
 122. Pitch, tar and inflammable sub- 
 stances must be boiled, where 
 and how. 
 
 123. Shavings, grass, etc., not to be 
 burned in any street or alley, 
 or near building. 
 
 124. Lighted torch, candle, etc., 
 around and in stables to be 
 enclosed in lantern. 
 
 125. Hay, straw, etc., must be en- 
 closed to protect from flying 
 sparks. 
 
 126. Burning coal or brand not to 
 be carried in street, without 
 being enclosed. 
 
 127. Gas, in any building not to be 
 turned on without being 
 lighted. 
 
 Section 
 
 1 28. Fire arms not to be dis- 
 charged, except by whom, 
 and where. 
 
 129. Rockets and pyrotechnics not 
 to be discharged except by 
 written consent of mayor. 
 
 130. Squibs, crackers and other 
 fireworks not to be dis- 
 charged. 
 
 131. Platform of brick, zinc or 
 sheet-iron must be placed 
 beneath stove, etc. 
 
 132. Stoves must not be within 
 eight inches of wall, unless 
 protected. 
 
 133. Stove-pipes, to be put up how 
 and by whom designated, 
 misdemeanor to fail to put up 
 pipe in manner prescribed. 
 
 134. Smoke stacks and chimneys, 
 to be erected how. 
 
 135. Flues and chimneys to be 
 burned out, how and when. 
 
 136. Misdemeanor to violate any of 
 provisions of this article, pun- 
 ishqient for, when not other- 
 wise provided for. 
 
 Section 119. Whenever any person or persons, corpora- 
 tion or corporations, are desirous of erecting any structures as 
 are included in the term "shed," "wooden building," "frame
 
 158 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 building," iron-clad building," and the like, they shall petition 
 the city council, setting forth the proposed location, the esti- 
 mated or actual cost and the contract time for completion, 
 together with the plans, and specifications and general draw- 
 ings of the structure. The city engineer shall rigidly inquire 
 into the propriety of granting such permit, and in no case shall 
 such permit be granted except upon a petition of three-fourths 
 majority of the owners of property in the block in which the 
 building is proposed to be erected, asking for its ereetion. In 
 all cases where there is any doubt in the mind of the city engi- 
 neer as to the propriety of issuing any such permit, he shall 
 present such application to the city council with such recom- 
 mendation as he shall deem proper. In cases where no per- 
 manent foundation for a substantial building exists, and in the 
 opinion of the city council an iron-clad or wooden building will 
 not prove hazardous to the surrounding property, a permit may 
 be granted for the erection of the same by the engineer upon an 
 order of record to that effect made by the city council. 
 
 Sec. 120. All permits authorized as herein provided, 
 shall be issued by the city engineer, and shall contain a pro- 
 vision that whenever, in the opinion of the city council, the 
 building becomes dangerous to surrounding property, it shall 
 be removed at the expense of the owner, within thirty days 
 after notice in writing has been given by the city council, such 
 notice to be countersigned by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 121. The city engineer may issue permits for the 
 erection of wooden and other buildings in the manner authorized 
 by the provisions of this article, and any person who shall erect 
 any building in violation of the provisions herein, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 122. No person shall in this city boil any pitch, tar, 
 rosin, turpentine, varnish or other inflammable substance, unless 
 the same be done in an open place and at least twenty feet 
 from any building that might be injured thereby, or in a fire-
 
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 proof building; Provided, hoivever, that for roofing or roof re- 
 pairing, the materials necessary therefor may be boiled in the 
 roadway immediately adjoining the curbstone. 
 
 Sec. 123. No person shall burn any shavings, dry grass, 
 paper, paper-boxes, straw or other combustible matter, in any 
 street, alley or other thoroughfare or public place, or near any 
 inhabited place in this city. 
 
 Sec. 124. No owner or occupant of a livery stable, or 
 other stables in this city, shall by himself or those in his em- 
 ploy, use therein or in any place containing hay, straw or other 
 combustible matter, any lighted candle, torch or other light, 
 except the same be securely kept within a tin, horn or glasj 
 lantern. 
 
 Sec. 125. No person shall, except upon farm land, 
 where the same can be put at a reasonably safe distance from 
 buildings and other improvements, have, put or keep any hay 
 or straw, in stack or pile, without having the same inclosed or 
 secured, so as to protect it from flying sparks of fire. 
 
 Sec. 126. No person shall in this city carry, or cause to 
 be carried in any street or thoroughfare, any burnmg coal or 
 brand unless the same be shut up in a covered vessel. 
 
 Sec. 127. No person shall in any building in this city, 
 of whatever name, nature or description it may be, turn on the 
 gas, or cause or suffer the same to be turned on, or escape from 
 gas pipe in such building, unless such gas be lighted at once, 
 and kept burning until properly turned off. 
 
 Sec. 128. No person not being a member of the police 
 force, sheriff or his deputy, constable or his oeputy, or on duty 
 in a military corps, and acting under orders from the commander 
 thereof, or not being a manufacturer of fire arms, and trying or 
 proving articles manufactured by him, so as not to endanger or 
 injure persons or property in the neighborhood, shall discharge 
 any kind of fire arms in this city, and then only by permission 
 from the mayor. 
 
 Sec, 129. No person shall, in this city, discharge or set 
 off any rockets, or other pyrotechnic exhibition, without the
 
 l60 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 written consent of the mayor, specifying the time and place, 
 when and where the same may be done. 
 
 Sec. 130 No person shall, in this city, fire or set off 
 any squib, cracker or other lire-works not previously desig- 
 nated. 
 
 Sec. 131. Any person setting up any stove or furnace on 
 a wooden floor in any building in this city shall place be- 
 neath the lower plate fronting the fire door of such stove or 
 furnace a platform of brick, or zinc, or sheet-iron, or other non- 
 combustible material, which shall extend at least six inches 
 beyond such lower plate in every direction. 
 
 Sec. 132. No person shall set up or use a stove the top 
 of or any side of which shall be within eighteen inches of any 
 part of the wood work of the wall or partition of any building, 
 without protecting such wood work with a metallic covering, so 
 as effectually to prevent the same from taking fire from such 
 stove. 
 
 Sec. 133. In all cases where a stove-pipe projects or 
 pasess through the roof or wood work of a building, the pipe 
 shall be separated from such roof or wood work at least six 
 inches, by sheet-iron or other incombustible material, and shall 
 project above or beyond the roof to the height designated by 
 the city engineer, or committee on public buildings, or other 
 ofilicer hereafter authorized by ordinance to take charge of such 
 matters, which height shall in no case be less than three feet, 
 and any person or persons failing or refusing to comply with 
 the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one dollar and not more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 134. No smoke-stack or chimney used in connec- 
 tion with any manufacturing or other establishment, wherein 
 steam power or other power is used, shall hereafter be erected 
 of less height than twenty-five feet above the buildings situated 
 within a radius of three hundred feet, unless with the written 
 consent of the owner or owners of such buildings.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. l6l 
 
 Sec. 135. The owner or occupant of any house, shop or 
 other 'building in this city, shall cause the flues or chimneys 
 thereof to be swept or burned out as often as requisite to keep 
 the same clean. In cases of burning out a flue it shall be done 
 in the day time, and only when a rain is falling or when the 
 roof of the building is covered with show. If any person shall 
 cause the flues or chimneys of any house ocupied by him to be 
 fired at any other time than herein expressed, he shall be liable 
 to the penalties hereinafter prescribed. 
 
 Sec. 136. Any person violating any of the foregoing 
 provisions contained in this article, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall, where the 
 punishment is not hereinbefore specified, be fined not less than 
 one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 l62 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 12. 
 
 GRADES OF STREETS. 
 
 Section 
 
 137. Clay street, between Washing- 
 
 ton avenue and Missouri ave- 
 nue. 
 
 138. Henry street, between Wash- 
 
 ington avenue and Park ave- 
 nue. 
 
 139. Jolinson street, between W'ash- 
 
 ington avenue and Park ave- 
 nue. 
 
 140. Morgan street, between Wash- 
 
 ington avenue and Park ave- 
 nue. 
 
 Cooper street, between Wash- 
 ington avenue and Park ave- 
 nue 
 
 Pettis street, between Mill 
 street and Park avenue. 
 143. Jefferson street, between Wash- 
 ington avenue and Missouri 
 avenue. 
 
 St. Louis street, between Mill 
 street and Lamine avenue. 
 
 Pacific street, between Lamine 
 avenue and Moniteau avenue. 
 
 Benton street, between Moni- 
 teau avenue and Missouri ave- 
 nue. 
 
 147. Tower avenue, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Engineer street. 
 
 148. Jackson street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Engineer street. 
 
 149. Walnut street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Engineer street. 
 
 150. Chestnut street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Engineer street. 
 
 151. Boonville street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Brown street. 
 
 152. Saline street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Brown street. 
 
 153. Howard street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Brown street. 
 
 154. Harvey street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and New York ave- 
 nue. 
 
 141. 
 
 142. 
 
 144. 
 
 145- 
 146. 
 
 Section 
 
 155. Main street, between Mill street 
 
 and western city limits. 
 
 156. Second street, between Mill 
 
 street and Park avenue. 
 
 157. Wilkerson .street, between Mon- 
 
 iteau avenue and Park ave- 
 nue. 
 
 158. Third street between New York 
 
 avenue and Barrett avenue. 
 
 159. Linn street, between Heard 
 
 avenue and Emmet avenue. 
 
 160. Fourth street, between a point 
 
 270 feet east of the east line of 
 Emmet avenue and Barrett 
 avenue. 
 
 161. Fifth street, between a point 
 
 270 feet east of the east line of 
 Emmet avenue and Barrett 
 avenue. 
 
 162. Sixth street, between lots t6 
 
 and 15 and 7 and 8, McVeys 
 addition, between New York 
 avenue and Center street. 
 
 163. Sixth street, between lots 14 
 
 and 13 and 9 and 10, McVey's 
 addition, between New York 
 avenue and Center street. 
 
 164. Sixth street, between Center 
 
 street and Carr avenue. 
 
 165. Seventh street, between New 
 
 York avenue and Park ave- 
 nue. 
 
 166. Broadway street, between east- 
 
 ern citj' limits and Thompson 
 avenue. 
 
 167. Ninth street, between New- 
 
 York avenue and Thompson 
 avenue. 
 
 168. Tenth street, between New 
 
 York and Thompson avenues. 
 
 169. Eleventh street, between New 
 
 York avenue and Thompson 
 avenue. 
 
 170. Twelfth street, between New
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 163 
 
 Section 
 
 York avenue and Washington 
 avenue. 
 
 171. Thirteenth street, between 
 
 Wagner street and Grand 
 avenue. 
 
 172. Fourteenth street, between En- 
 
 gineer street and Grand ave- 
 nue. 
 
 173. Fifteenth street, between En- 
 
 gineer street and Grand ave- 
 nue. 
 
 174. Magnolia avenue, between 
 
 Moniteau avenue and Grand 
 avenue. 
 
 175. Sixteenth street, between the 
 
 eastern and western city 
 limits. 
 
 176. Seventeenth street, between 
 
 Engineer street and Grand 
 avenue 
 
 177. Eighteenth street, between En- 
 
 gineer street and Grand ave- 
 nue. 
 
 178. Ninteenth street, between En- 
 
 gineer street and Moniteau 
 avenue. 
 
 179. Twentieth street, between En- 
 
 gineer street and Grand ave- 
 nue. 
 
 180. Twenty-third street, between 
 
 Missouri avenue and Grand 
 avenue. 
 
 181. Twenty-fourth street, between 
 
 Engineer street and Grand 
 avenue. 
 
 1 82. Barrett avenue, between Third 
 
 and Fifth streets. 
 
 183. Thompson avenue, between 
 
 Third and Twelfth streets. 
 
 184. Carr avenue, between Third 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 185. Sneed avenue, between Third 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 [86. Park avenue, between Henr}- 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 187. vStewart avenue, between Henrj' 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 188. Quincy avenue, between Henry 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 189. Prospect street, between Henry 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 190. Grand avenue, between Henry 
 
 and Twenty -eight I streets. 
 
 191. Harrison avenue, between Main 
 
 and Eighteenth streets. 
 
 192. Missouri avenue, between Clay 
 
 and Twenty fourth streets. 
 
 Section 
 
 193. Vermont street, between the 
 
 Missouri Pacific right-of-way 
 and Eighteenth street. 
 
 194. Moniteau avenue, between Clay 
 
 and Twentieth streets. 
 
 195. Kentucky avenue, between Pa- 
 
 cific and Twenty-eighth 
 streets. 
 
 196. Osage avenue, between Clay 
 
 antl Twentieth streets. 
 
 197. Ohio avenue, between Clay and 
 
 Twenty-eighth streets. 
 
 198. Laniine avenue, between Clay 
 
 and Twenty-eighth streets. 
 
 199. Mas.-achusetts avenue, between 
 
 Main and Thirteenth streets. 
 
 200. Washington avenue, been Clay 
 
 and Twenty-eighth streets. 
 
 201. Lafayette avenue, between 
 
 Third and Seventeenth streets* 
 
 202. Mill street, between Pettis and 
 
 Third streets. 
 
 203. Ingram avenue, between Broad- 
 
 way and Twenty-eighth 
 streets. 
 
 204. Thompson street, between 
 
 Third and Nineteenth streets. 
 
 205. Street running north and south 
 
 between Thompson and Han- 
 cock avenue.''-, iind Thirteenth 
 and Ninteenth streets. 
 
 206. Hancock avenue, between 
 
 Third and Ninteenth streets. 
 
 207. Marvin street, between Third 
 
 and Twentieth streets. 
 
 208. Montgomery street, between 
 
 Third and Twentieth streets. 
 
 209. Brow'n street, between Third 
 
 and Twentieth streets. 
 
 210. Summit street, between Third 
 
 and Twentieth streets. 
 
 211. Engineer street, between Tower 
 
 avenue and tw'enty-fourth 
 street. 
 
 212. Wagner street, between Third 
 
 and Fourteenth streets. 
 213 Hurley street, between Saline 
 and Howard streets. 
 
 214. Hill street, between Tower 
 
 avenue and Howard street, 
 
 215. Center street, between Third 
 
 and Twelfth streets. 
 
 216. Randolph street, between Sa- 
 
 line and Howard streets. 
 
 217. Porter street, between a point 
 
 io6y2 feet north of the north
 
 164 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Section . 
 
 line of Seventh street and 
 Twelfth street. 
 
 218. New York avenue, between 
 
 Tower avenue and Twenty- 
 fourth street. 
 
 219. Western avenue, between Tow- 
 
 er avenue and Walnut street. 
 
 220. Emmet street, between Tower 
 
 avenue and a point 120 feet 
 
 Section 
 
 feet south of the south line o f 
 Fifth street. 
 
 221. Eastern avenue, between Jack- 
 
 son and Walnut streets. 
 
 222. Depp avenue, between Tower 
 
 avenue and Linn street. 
 
 223. Heard avenue, between Tower 
 
 avenue and Linn street. 
 
 Sec. 137. The grade of Clay street, between Washington 
 avenue and Missouri avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 80.5 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Washington avenue, grade elevation 80 feet ; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 60.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Lamine avenue, grade elevation 59.8 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 58 
 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade 
 elevation 55-8 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Osage 
 avenue; thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 53 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 57.4 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 57.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, grade elevation 50 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of Missouri avenue. 
 
 Sec. 138. That the grade of Henry street, between 
 Washington avenue and Park avenue, shall be as follows, to- 
 wit: Commencing at the east curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 66. 'j feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 66.'^ feet; 
 thence west on a plane 300 feet to a point, grade elevation 64.5 
 feet ; thence vvest on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine 
 avenue, grade elevation 67.2 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 67.4 
 thence west level 137 feet, thence west on a plane to the east
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 165 
 
 curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 64.4 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 70.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Osage 
 avenue, grade elevation 71 feet; thence west 187 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 76.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 78.7 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 60.9 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 70.5 feet, and also com- 
 mencing at the east line of Henry street as laid out in Ritchey's 
 first addition to the City of Sedalia, grade elevation 44 feet ; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, 
 grade elevation 52.6 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Grand avenue, thence west on a plane 146 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 55-5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Prospect avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 42 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to to the west curb line of Quincy avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 41.6 feet; thence west on a plane 137 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 40 feet ; thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 43 feet; thence level to the 
 west curb line of of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 55 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Park avenue. 
 
 Sec. 139 That the grade of Johnson street between 
 Washington avenue and Park avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade 
 elevation 73.75 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Wash- 
 ington avenue, thence west on a plane 255 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 83 feet; thence west level 150 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 78.3 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Lamine avenue, grade elevation TJ .J feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 71.2
 
 l66 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenne, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade 
 elevation 80.6 feet; thence went on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 80.9 feet; thence west on 
 a plane 415 feet to a point, grade elevation 94.25 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 81.0 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, grade elevation 80.4 feet; and also commencing 
 on the east line of Johnson street as laid out in Ritchey's first ad- 
 dition to the city of Sedalia, grade elevation 50.5 feet; thence 
 level 135 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Grand avenue, grade elevation 56.40 feet; thence level to the 
 west curb line of Grand avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 58.5 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Prospect avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade 
 elevation 51.00 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Quincy avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Stewart avenue, grade elevation 50 00 feet ; thence level to the 
 west curb line of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 55.7 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Park avenue, grade 
 elevation 56.3 feet. 
 
 Sec. 140. That the grade of Morgan street between 
 Washington avenue and Park avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade 
 elevation 81.7 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Wash- 
 ington avenue, thence west on a plane 295 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 91.00 feet; thence west level 100 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade 
 elevation 85.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the west corb 
 line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 85.00 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 
 78.00 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue,
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 167 
 
 grade elevation 84.7 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 85.3 feet; thence 
 west on a plane 285 feet to a point, grade elevation 94.5 feet; 
 thence west on a plain to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade elevation 100 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Moniteau avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 81 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 80.4 feet; and also commencing at the east line of Morgan 
 street as laid out in Ritchey's addition, grade elevation 57 feet; 
 thence west level 130 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 61.75 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Grand avenue, thence west on a 
 plane 135 feet to a point, grade elevation 66 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade 
 elevation 67 feet ; thence level to the west curb line of Prospect 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy 
 avenue, grade elevation 65 feet; tiience level to the west curb 
 line of Quincy avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 61.5 feet; thence level 
 to the west curb line of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 60 
 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Park avenue. 
 
 Sec 141. That the grade of Cooper street between 
 Washington avenue and Park avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade 
 elevation 94.8 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Wash- 
 ington avenue, thence west on a plane 305 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 97 feet; thence west level 150 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 95-4 feet; thence west on a plane to the west Lamine 
 avenue, grade elevation 95.1 feet: thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 89 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation 88.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 86.4 feet; thence
 
 l68 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 level to the west curb line of Osage avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 99 5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, 
 grade elevation 87.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 87 feet; thence 
 west on a plane 320 feet to a point, grade elevation 'JJ feet; 
 thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 76.4 
 feet; thence west on a plane 350 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 61.5 feet; thence west 300 feet level, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 67 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade 
 elevation 78 feet ; thence level to the west curb line of Prospect 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy 
 avenue, grade elevation ^6 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Quincy avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 72 feet; thence level "to 
 the west curb line of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 68 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Park avenue, 
 
 Sec. 142. That the grade of Pettis street, between Mill 
 street and Park avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Mill street, grade elevation 100 
 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Mill street, 
 grade elevation 100.5 feet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 107.25 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Washington avenue, thence 
 west on a plane 305 feet to a point, grade elevation 108 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, 
 grade elevation 107.25 feet; thence level to the west curb line 
 of Lamine avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Ohio avenue, grade elevation ioi.4feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 
 1 01. 1 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage 
 avenue, grade elevation 98.4 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 
 i
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 1 69 
 
 the west curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 98.2 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade elevation 95.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 94.8 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 83.7 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 83.1 feet; thence west 
 on a plane 320 feet to a point, grade elevation 72 feet; thence 
 west on a plane 4o feet to a point, grade elevation 71.4 feet; 
 thence west on a plane 280 feet to a point, grade elevation 66 
 feet; thence west level 280 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 71.8 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 83 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Prospect 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb' line of Quincy 
 avenue, grade elevation 81.5 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Quincy avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation ']'] feet; thence level to 
 the west curb line of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 71 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Park avenue. 
 
 Sec. 143. That the grade of Jefferson street, between 
 Washington avenue and Missouri avenue, shall be as follows, 
 to-wit ; Commencing at the east curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 112.6 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation iio.i feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade 
 elevation 109.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 104.7 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 
 104. 1 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Osage avenue, grade elevation 99.8 feet; thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 99.2 
 feet; thence \i^est on a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau
 
 170 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 avenue, grade elevation 89.40 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 79.8 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 79.4. 
 
 Sec. 144. That the grade of St. Louis street, between 
 Mill street and Lamine avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Mill street, grade elevation 
 102.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Mill 
 street, grade elevation 102. 6 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 11 1.5 
 feet ; thence west on a plane to to the west curb line of Wash- 
 ington avenue, grade elevation 11 1.8 feet; thence west on a 
 plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 113. 6 feet; thence 
 west on a plane 40 feet, grade elevation 1 13.2 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.7 feet. 
 
 Sec. 145. That the grade of Pacific street, between La- 
 mine avenue and Moniteau avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 106. 1 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 101.6 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 
 1 01. 2 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage 
 avenue, grade elevation 96.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 96 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade 
 elevation 91.3 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 90.7 feet; thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 87.75 feet. 
 
 Sec. 146. That the grade of Benton street, between 
 Moniteau avenue and Missouri avenue, shall be as follows, to- 
 wit: Commencing at the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade eleuation 87 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 79 feet; thence west on 
 
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 a plane to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 78.5 feet. 
 
 Sec. 147. That the grade of Tower avenue, between 
 Heard avenue and Engineer street, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 118 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Heard 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Depp 
 avenue, grade elevation 119.9 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation 120.1 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue, 
 grade elevation 128 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 128.4 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east line of Western avenue, grade 
 elevation 129.5 feet; thence level to the west line of Western 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of New 
 York avenue, grade elevation 128 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of New York avenue, thence west level 160 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Hill street, grade 
 elevation i 18.3 feet; thence west on a plane to ihe west curb 
 line of Hill street, grade elevation 117.7 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 I 1 1.5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Engineer street 
 
 Sec. 148. That the grade of Jackson street, between 
 Heard avenue and Engineer street, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 120 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Heard ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Depp ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 123.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation 123.8 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue, 
 grade elevation 129 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Emmet avenue, thence west on a plane to the east line of West- 
 ern avenue, grade elevation 127 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west line of Western avenue, grade elevation 126.6 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of New York ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 122.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the
 
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 west curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 122 feet; 
 thence west on a plane 160 feet to a point, grade elevation 121 
 feet, thence west level 320 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Hill street, grade elevation 1 15.3 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Hill street, grade eleva- 
 tion I 14.70 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Engineer street, grade elevation 103.3 feet; thence level to the 
 west curb line of Engineer street. 
 
 Sec. 149. That the grade of Walnut street, between 
 Heard avenue' and Engineer street, shall be as follows, to- wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 121.5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Heard 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Depp 
 avenue, grade elevation 120.5 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of Depp avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 124.8 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Emmett avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Western avenue, grade elevation 
 124 feet; thence west on a plane to the west line of West- 
 ern avenue, grade elevation 123.6 feet; thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 
 1 20. 1 feet; thei ce west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 New York avenue, grade elevation i 19 7 feet; thence west on 
 a plane 165 feet to a point, grade elevation 116 feet; thence 
 west on a plane 315 feet to a point, grade elevation 113 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Hill street, grade 
 elevation 114.7 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Hill 
 street, thence west on a plane 265 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 10 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Engineer street, grade elevation 100 feet; thence level to the 
 west curb 1 ne of Engineer street. 
 
 Sec. 150. That the grade of Chestnut street between 
 Heard avenue and Engineer street, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 118. 2 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Heard 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Depp
 
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 avenue, grade elevation 116 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Depp avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 120.5 feet; thence level 
 to the west curb line of Emmet avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 
 I 17.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, grade elevation 117.4 feet; thence west on a 
 plane 480 feet to a point, grade elevation 107 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Hill street, grade elevation 
 105 I feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Hill 
 street, grade elevation 104.9 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 96.7 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Engineer street. 
 
 Sec. 151. The grade of Boonville street, between Heard 
 avenue and Brown street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade elevation 
 1 12. 1 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Heard avenue, grade elevation 111.9 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation 
 109.5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Depp avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue, 
 grade elevation 12 1.3 feet; thence level to the west curb line 
 of Emmet avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of New York avenue, grade elevation 116.2 feet; thence level 
 to the west curb line of New York avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to a point 446 feet east of the east line of Hill street, 
 grade elevation 114 feet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Hill street, grade elevation 103.90 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Hill street, grade eleva- 
 tion 103.4 feet; thence west on a plane to a point 242 feet east 
 of the east line of Engineer street, grade elevation 99.6 feet ; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, 
 grade elevation 98.50 feet; thence level to the west curb line 
 of Engineer street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Summit street, grade elevation 93.5 feet; thence west level 
 to the west curb line of Brown street.
 
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 Sec. 152. The grade of Saline street between Heard 
 avenue and Brown street shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade elevation 
 
 102.3 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Heard avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Depp avenue, 
 grade elevation iii feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Deep avenue, grade elevation 11 1.6 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue, grade 
 elevation 120.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 120. 8 feet; thence west 
 on a plane 205 feet to a point, grade elevation 122 feet; thence 
 west level to the west curb line of New York avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Randolph street, grade 
 elevation 1 14 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Randolph street, grade elevation 113.8 feet; thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Hill street, grade elevation 
 
 1 1 1.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Hill 
 street, grade elevation 1 1 1.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Hurley street, grade elevation 108. 8 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Hurley street, 
 grade elevation 108.4 ^eet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 105.7 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Engineer street, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 
 106.9 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Summit street, grade elevation 107. i feet ; thence level to the 
 east curb line of Brown street, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 106. 9 feet, 
 
 Sec. 153. The grade of Howard street, between Heard 
 avenue and Brown street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade elevation 
 
 109.5 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Heard avenue, grade elevation 109 3 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation 
 107.5 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Depp avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue,
 
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 grade elevation 116.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 117.2 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 122 feet; thence level to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Randolph street, grade elevation 1 19.4 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Randolph street, grade elevation 
 1 19.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Hill 
 street, grade elevation 1 17.9 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Hill street, grade elevation i 17.7 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Hurley street, grade ele- 
 vation 1 16.5 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Hurley street, grade elevation 116.3 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 115.72 feet ; thence level to the west curb line of Engineer street, 
 then:e west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit street, 
 grade elevation 114 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 113.4 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade ele- 
 vation 107.3 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Brown street, grade elevation 106.7 feet. 
 
 Sec. 154. The grade of Harvey street, between Heard 
 avenue and New York avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 108.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Heard avenue, grade elevation 109.2 feet; thence west on a 
 plane 340 feet to the M.. K. & T. Railway Co.'s right of way, 
 grade elevation 114,4 feet; thence west level to the M., K. & 
 T. Railway Co.'s right of way, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation II4 feet; thence 
 level to the west curb line of Depp avenue ; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 
 1 16.7 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Emmet avenue. 
 
 Sec. 155. The grade of Main street between Mill street 
 and western city limits shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc- 
 ing at the intersection of the north curb line of Main street with
 
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 the west curb line of Washinj^^ton avenue, grade elevation' i 18 
 feet ; thence easterly to the intersection of the north curb line 
 of Main street with the east curb line of Washington avenue, 
 grade elevation 114 feet; thence easterly along the north curb 
 line of Main street 187 feet, grade elevation iii 8 feet; thence 
 east along the north line of Main street to its intersection with 
 the west curb line of Mill street, grade elevation 109 feet; thence 
 south along the west curb line of Mill street on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Main street, grade elevation 109. 5 feet; 
 thence westerly along the south curb line of Main street to a 
 point 365 feet west of the west curb line of Mill street, grade 
 elevation 116 feet; thence west along south curb line of Main 
 street to the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 118 feet; thence west along the south curb line of Main 
 street to the intersection with the west curb line of Washington 
 avenue, grade elevation 118 feet; and also commencing at the 
 west curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 118 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Massachusetts 
 avenue, grade elevation i 14.7 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 1 1 1 feet ; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, 
 grade elevation. 1 10.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 106. 3 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade 
 elevation 105.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 100.7 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Osage avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 99.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 95.2 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 
 94-5 feet; thence west on a plane 100 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 91.7 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 89.3 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade 
 elevation 87.7 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 Ime of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 87.5 feet; thence west
 
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 on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade eleva- 
 85 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, 
 grade elevation JT .6 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation JJ feet ; thence 
 west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 73 feet;' 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Gaand avenue, 
 grade elevation 75 feet ; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Grand avenue; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Prospect avenue, grade elevation 81.2 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 
 81.4 feet, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 81.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 79.2 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 
 78.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Stewart avenue, grade elevation 70.6 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 
 70.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Park 
 avenue, grade elevation 62.5 feet; thence level to the west line 
 of Park avenue, thence west on a plane 965 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 44.5 feet; thence west on a plane 575 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 36 feet; thence west on a plane 500 feet, 
 grade elevation 31 feet; thence west on a plane 585 feet to a 
 .point in the western city limits, grade elevation 34 feet. 
 
 Sec. 156. The grade of Second street between Mill street 
 and Park avenue shall be as follows, to-vvit : Commencing at 
 the west curb line of Mill street, grade elevation 110.35 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 119.80 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Massachusetts avenue, grade elevation 11 5-4 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Massachusetts 
 avenue, grade elevation i 14.8 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 109.6 
 feet ; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine
 
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 avenue, grade elevation 108.4 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 102.9 fett; 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation 102.5 feet; thence west on a plane to a point 
 125 feet east of the east line of Osage avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 100 feet; ■ thence west to the east curb line of Osage 
 avenue, grade elevation 98.60 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of Osage avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 966 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Kentucky avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to a point 136.5 feet east of the east line of 
 Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 97.5 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 96 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 thence vest on a plane to a point 132.5 feet east of the east 
 line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 97 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade eleva- 
 vation 95 feet ; thence level to the west curb line of Vermont 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri 
 avenue, grade elevation 90.5 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 89.50 
 feet ; thence west on a plane to the east curb Ime of Harrison 
 avenue, grade elevation 79.1 feet; thence west on a plane to a 
 point 180 feet east of the east line of Grand avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 78.5 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Grand avenue, grade elevation 80.9 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 
 81.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Pros- 
 pect avenue, grade elevation 86 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 86 feet; 
 thence west on a plane 140 feet to a point, grade elevation 85 
 feet; thence west to the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade 
 elevation 84.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 84.4; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 
 75 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Stewart
 
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 avenue, grade elevation, 74.6 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 6s.6 feet; 
 thence level to the west line of Park avenue. 
 
 Sec. 157. The grade of Wilkerson street between Moni- 
 teau avenue and Park avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the west line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 102.72 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Vermont avenue, grade elevation 98.2 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 
 97.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, grade elevation 88.5 feet; thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 87.9 
 feet; thence west on a plane 156 feet to a pomt, grade eleva- 
 tion 81.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Harrison avenue, grade elevation 78.2 feet; thence west 250 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 80.5 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 
 85.40 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Grand avenue, grade elevation 85.80 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 
 89.80 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Prospect ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy 
 avenue, grade elevation 83.8 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 83.4 feet; 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Stewart avenue, 
 grade elevation 74 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Stewait avenue, grade elevation 73.6 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Park avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 64.2 feet. 
 
 Sec. 158. The grade of Third street, between New York 
 avenue and Barrett avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 1 18.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of New York avenue, grade elevation 118 feet; thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 
 106 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Porter street,
 
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 thence level to the west curb line of Center street, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 1 1.4 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Wagner street, grade elevation 11 1.6 feet; thence west on a 
 plane so the east curb of Engineer street, grade elevation 1 13.5 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Engineer 
 street, grade elevation 1 13.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 116 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Summit street, 
 grade elevation 116.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Brown street, grade elevation II8.I feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Brown street, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 1 17 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery 
 street, grade elevation 1 16.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 115 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, grade 
 elevation 117.1 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 116.9 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east M., K. & T. tracks, grade elevation 
 1 14.3 feet, thence level across the M., K. & T. tracks, thence 
 west on a plane to east line of M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade 
 elevation 110.4 feet, thence level across the S., W. & S. Ry. 
 tracks, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Mill 
 street, grade elevation 11 1.6 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Mill street, grade elevation 11 1.9 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Lafayette ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 116.2 feet, thence west on a "plane to the 
 west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 116. 6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 118. 3 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Massachusetts avenue, grade elevation 113.1 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Massachusetts 
 avenue, grade elevation 112. 1 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 108.3 ^eet,
 
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 thence level to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade 
 elevation 106.60 feet, thence level to the west line of Ohio 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage 
 avenue, grade elevation 107 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 107.3 ^^et, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 108.8 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Kentucky avenue, then west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 104.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade 
 elevation 104.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 96.4 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 95.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation 89.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 88.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Har- 
 rison avenue, grade elevation 86.90 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 87.2 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 92.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 92.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, 
 grade elevation 90 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 89.8 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 140 feet to a point, grade elevation 87.4 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade 
 elevation 83.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 83.1 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Stewart avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 74.90 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Stewart avenue, grade elevation 74.40 feet, thence west on 
 plane to the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 
 69.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Park avenue, grade elevation 69 feet, thence west on a
 
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 plane to the east curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 
 65.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Sneed avenue, grade elevation 64.8 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 
 60.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Carr avenue, grade elevation 60.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 54.2 feet thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Thompson avenue, grade elevation 53.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Barrett avenue, 
 grade elevation 52.3 feet, thence level to the west curb line 
 of Barrett avenue. 
 
 Sec. 159. The grade of Linn street, between Heard ave- 
 nue and Emmet avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com 
 mencing at the east curb line of Heard avenue, grade elevation 
 108.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Heard 
 avenue, grade elevation 109.4 ^eet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Depp avenue, grade elevation 116.7 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Depp avenue, 
 grade elevation 117.3 feet, thence west on a plane 240 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 119 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 1 18 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Emmet avenue. 
 
 Sec. 160. The grade of Fourth street, between a point 
 270 feet east of the east line of Emmet avenue and Barrett ave- 
 nue, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commencing at a point 270 
 feet east of the east line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 121 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 119.7 ^eet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Emmet avenune 119.5 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of New York avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 10.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 New York avenue, grade elevation 109.7 ^eet, thence west on a 
 plane 200 feet to a point, grade elevation 104 feet, thence west 
 on a plane io the east curb line of Porter street, grade eleva- 
 tion loi feet, thence level to the west curb line of Porter street,
 
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 thence level to the west curb line of Center street, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade eleva- 
 tion 106. 1 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Wagner street, grade elevation 106.3 ^e^t, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 108.7 ^eet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit 
 street, grade elevation 1 14.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 1 15 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade ele- 
 vation 1 19.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Brown 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Montgom- 
 ery street, grade elevation 118.1 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 117.9 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east line of Marvin street, grade 
 elevation 116.4 feet, thence level to the west line of Marvin 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Hancock 
 avenue, grade elevation 118.4 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Hancock avenue, thence west on a plane 350 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 114 feet, and also commencing at 
 the east curb line of Tliompson avenue, grade elevation 11 1.3 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Thompson avenue, 
 thence west on a plane 275 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 1 12.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of La- 
 fayette avenue, grade elevation 117.4 ^eet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 
 1 17.6 feet, thence west on a plane 142^ feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 1 18.4 feet, thence west on a plane to east curb line 
 of Washington avenue, grade elevation 117.8 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Washington avenue, grade 
 elevation 117.2 feet, thence west on a plane to east curb line of 
 Massachusetts avenue, grade elevation I12 feet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Massachusetts avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 112.75 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Lamine ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east line of Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation I13.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west
 
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 line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 1 14 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 1 12.75 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Osage avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 1 10.77 ^^et, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 110.37 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade elevation 104.74 ^eet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 104.02 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, 
 grade elevation 96 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 95.3 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 89.30 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 89 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 
 89.40 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Hanison avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, 
 grade elevation 95.11 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 95.63 feet, thence 
 west level 140 feet to a point, thence west on a plane 175 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 93 feet, thence we3t on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 84.4 feet, 
 and also commencing on the west curb line of Park avenue, 
 grade elevation 70.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 63.4 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Sneed avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 6t, feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Carr 
 avenue, grade elevation 56.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 55.9 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, grade 
 elevation 49.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Thompson avenue, grade elevation 48.7 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Barrett avenue, grade elevation 
 44.6 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Barrett avenue.
 
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 Sec. 161. The grade of Fifth street between a point 
 270 feet east of the east line of Emmet avenue and Barrett 
 avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : Commencing at a point 270 
 feet east of the east line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation 121 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Emmet 
 avenue, grade elevation 118. 2 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Emmet avenue, grade elevation i 18 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of New York avenue, 
 grade elevation 108.60 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 108 feet, also 
 commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 108. i feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of New York avenue, grade elevation 107. 5 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 210 feet tc a point, grade elevation 10 1 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Porter street, 
 grade elevation 98.1 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 97.9 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Center street, grade 
 elevation 97 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Center 
 street, also commencing at the east curb line of Center street, 
 grade elevation 95.7 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Center street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line l f Wag- 
 ner street, grade elevation 100 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Wagner street, grade elevation 100.4 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, 
 grade elevation 108,4 ^^et, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 108.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit street, grade 
 elevation 1 1 5 .4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Summit street, grade elevation 115.6 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade elevation i 17 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Brown 
 street, grade elevation 1 17.4 feet, then west level to the cast 
 curb line of Montgomery street, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 1 16.8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east line of Marvin street,
 
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 grade elevation 1 14.4 feet, thence level to the west line of Mar- 
 vin street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Hancock street, grade elevation 117 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Hancock street, grade elevation 
 116.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the M., K. & T Ry. 
 Co.'s repair tracks, grade elevation 115.30 feet, thence west on 
 a plane 60 feet across M., K. & T. Ry. Co.'s repair tracks, 
 grade elevation 114.90 feet, thence west 150 feet on a plane to 
 the M., K. & T. Ry. Co.'s tracks, grade elevation I15.49 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the S., W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade 
 elevation 115.70 feet, thence west on a plane 285 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation I16.35 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 120.3 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Lafayette 
 avenue, grade elevation 120.6 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 a point, 132.5 feet east of the east line of Washington avenue, 
 grade elevation 122.3 ^^et, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 120.60 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Washington avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Massachusetts avenue, 
 grade elevation 1 18.33 f^^t, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Massachusetts avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation I17.4 feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 115.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west line of Ohio avenue, grade 
 elevation 115 -3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Osage avenue, grade elevation III feet, thence west level 
 to the west curb line of Osage avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 107 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Kentucky 
 avenue, grade elevation I06.5 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 99.75 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Moniteau 
 avenue, grade elevation 99 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 91.5 feet.
 
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 thence level to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 91.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 92. 1 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 
 94.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Har- 
 rison avenue, grade elevation 04.9 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 98. 1 feet, 
 and also commencing on the west curb line of Grand avenue, 
 grade elevation 99.67 feet, thence west on a plane 325 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 94.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 87.2 feet, and 
 also commencing at the west curb line of Park avenue, grade 
 elevation 65.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 58.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 58 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Carr avenue, 
 grade elevation 52. 1 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 51. 5 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, grade 
 elevation 46.2 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Thomp- 
 son avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Bar- 
 rett avenue, grade elevation 43.3 feet, thence level to the west 
 line of Barrett avenue. 
 
 Sec. 162. The grade of Sixth street, between lots 16 and 
 15 and lots 7 and 8 McVey's addition, between New York ave- 
 nue and Center street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc- 
 ing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 
 107.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, grade elevation 107. 2 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Center street, grade elevation 89 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Center street. 
 
 Sec. 163. The grade of Sixth street, between lots 14 and 
 13 and 9 and 10 McVey's addition, between New York avenue 
 and Center street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commencing at 
 the east curb line of New York avenue, grade elevation 109.8
 
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 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of New York 
 avenue, grade elevation 109.2 feet, thence west on a plane 320 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 98.2 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Center street, grade elevation 93.5 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Center street. 
 
 Sec. 164. The grade of Sixth street, between Center 
 street and Carr avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : Commenc- 
 ing at the east curb line of Center street, grade elevation 91. 3 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Center street, thence 
 west on a planp to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade 
 elevation 97.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Wagner street, grade elevation 98.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 108.3 f^^t, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of En- 
 gineer straet, grade elevation 108. 7 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation III. 5 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Summit street, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 
 108.6 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Montgomery 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east line of Marvin street, 
 grade elevation 107.4 ^^^t, thence level to the west line of Mar- 
 vin street, and also commencing at the east curb line of Lafay- 
 ette avenue, grade elevation 122. 8 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 123.2 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 12 5. 5 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Massachusetts avenue, grade elevation 123.5 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine ave- 
 nue, grade elevation II9.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation I19 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade 
 elevation 113. 6 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation II3.4 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 106.9 ^^Gt, thence level to the west curb line of Osage avenue.
 
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 thence west on a plane to the east curb Hne of Kentucky ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 101.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation loi feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 97.3 feet, thence level to the west curb line 
 of Moniteau avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 97.5 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 97.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation 99.6 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Missouri avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 100.4 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Harrison avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 96.7 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Grand ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane the east curb line of Quincy avenue, 
 grade elevation 84 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 83.6 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 73.6 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation J}, feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Park avenue, 
 grade elevation 63 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Park avenue, and also commencing at the east curb line of Park 
 avenue, grade elevation 62. 1 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Park avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb Hne 
 of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 53-2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 
 52.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Carr 
 avenue, grade elevation 48 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Carr avenue. 
 
 Sec. 165 The grade of Seventh street between New 
 York avenue and Park avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 105.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of New York avenue, grade elevation 105. 2 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Porter street, grade
 
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 elevation 95.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Porter street, grade elevation 95 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Center street, grade elevation 86.8 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Center street, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade elevation 
 95.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Wag- 
 ner street, grade elevation 96.3 feet; thence w<=st on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 106.6 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Engineer 
 street, grade elevation 107 feet, thence level to the east curb 
 line of Summit street, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Summit street, grade elevation 106.4 ^^et, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 
 99 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Brown street, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Montgomery 
 street, grade elevation 99.5 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Montgomery street, thence west on a plane to the east 
 line of Marvin street, grade elevation 105 feet, thence level to the 
 west line of Marvin street, and also commencing at the east curb 
 line of Lafayette avenue, gradeelevation 12 i .6feet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 
 127 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Washington ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Massachu- 
 setts avenue, grade elevation 124.6 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Massachusetts avenue, grade elevation 
 124 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Lamine avenue, grade elevation 117. 9 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 117. 3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio 
 avenue, grade elevation 113 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 112. 9 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade 
 elevation 107.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 107.6 feet, thence west on 
 plane to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. I9I 
 
 106.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb h'ne of Ken- 
 tucky avenue, grade elevation 106.7 ^eei, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 107.9 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ver- 
 mont avenue, grade elevation 106.22 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 
 105.46 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, grade elevation 107. 6 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Missouri avenue, thence wesf: on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 103.8 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Harrison 
 avenue, grade elevation 103 feet, thence west to the east curb 
 line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 92.5 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Grand avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 92.1 feet, thence west on a plane to the east line of 
 Quincy avenue, grade elevation 77.5 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to to the west line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 
 77.1 feet, thence west on a plane to a point 290 feet west of 
 the west line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 69.2 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 68.6 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Park ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 60.5 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Park avenue. 
 
 Sec. 166. The grade of Broadway between eastern city 
 limits and Thompson avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the west curb line of Arlington avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 112 feet, thence west on a plane 440 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 98 feet, thence west on a plane 390 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 94 feet, thence west 40 feet level, thence west 
 on a plane 285 feet to a point, grade elevation IOI.3 feet, thence 
 west level to the east curb line of New York avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of New York avenue, 
 grade elevation 100.7 ^^et, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 88.8 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Porter street, grade eleva-
 
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 tion 88.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line oi 
 Center street, grade elevation 84.7 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Center street, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Wagner street, grade elevation 93.7 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Wagner street, grade 
 elevation 94.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Engineer street, grade elevation 108 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Engineer street, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 103 00 
 feet; thence- west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Summit street, grade elevation 102. 4 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade ele- 
 vation 93 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Brown 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Montgom- 
 ery street, grade elevation 93.8 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 94.2 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Marvin 
 street, grade elevation 102.40 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 103 feet, 
 thence west level 205 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 101.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Hancock avenue, grade 
 elevation 101.6 feet, thence west on a plane 260 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 100 feet, thence west to the east curb line of 
 Thompson avenue, grade elevation 103. 8 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Thompson avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 104.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Ingram avenue, grade elevation ill feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation III. 4 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 120. 2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 121.2 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 121.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 121.6 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade ele-
 
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 vation 126.2 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb Hne 
 of Washington avenue, grade elevation 126. 4 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Massachusetts avenue, grade 
 elevation 125.4 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Mas- 
 sachusetts avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 120.5 ieet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Lamine avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 116.8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation 116.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation Il6 feet; thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Osage avenue, grade 
 elevation II5.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation I16.80 feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Kentucky avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 
 115. 8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Mon- 
 iteau avenue, grade elevation 115.7 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation II3.5 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, 
 grade elevation 107.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation I07.3 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade 
 elevation 97.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 69.2 ^eet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb Hne of Grand avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 86.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Grand avenue, grade elevation 85.7 feet thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 78.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Prospect avenue, grade elevation 78 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 74 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Quincy 
 avenue, grade elevation 73.4 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 65.5 feet,
 
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 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Stewart avenue, 
 s^radc elevation 64.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 58.2 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Park avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 57.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Sneed avenue, grade elevation 55 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Sneed avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 63.2 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Carr avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 63.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Thompson, avenue, grade elevation 71.5 feet, thence level to 
 the we t curb line of Thompson avenue. 
 
 Sec. 167. The grade of Ninth street between New 'York 
 avenue and Thompson avenue shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 92.7 feet, thence level to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Porter street, grade elevation 82.2 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 81. 8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 81 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Center 
 street, grade elevation 82 7 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Center street, grade elevation 83.3 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade 
 elevation 93.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Wagner street, grade elevation 94.3 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 102 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Engineer street, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit street, 
 grade elavation 96.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 95.7 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade 
 elevation 81.3 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Brown 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Mont- 
 gomery street, grade elevation 89.4 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade elev .tion 90
 
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 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb Hne of Marvin 
 street, grade elevation 97 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Marvin street, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 91.5 feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Hancock avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, grade elevation 105. 2 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Thompson 
 avenue, grade elevation 105. 8 feet thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 112. 8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Ingram avenue, 
 grade elevation II3.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the M. K. 
 & T. Ry. Co,'s right of way, grade elevation 121.5 feet, and 
 also commencing at the east curb line of Massachuetts avenue, 
 grade elevation 126. 7 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Massachusetts avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 124 feet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Lamine avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 122 4 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 12 1. 3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of~ 
 Osage avenue, grade elevation 120. 7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 115 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Kentucky 
 avenue, grade elevation II4.6 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation I09.3 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 thence west level 155 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 108. 7 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 lOl 75 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Missouri 
 avenue, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 96.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Harrison avenue, grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence level to the 
 A^est curb line of Harrison avenue, thence west on a plane 150
 
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 feet to a point, grade elevation 93.5 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 
 88 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Prospect avenue, 
 grade elevation 77.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 'J^.'J feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Quincy avenue, grade 
 elevation 68.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 67.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 
 62.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Stewart avenue, grade elevation 61. 7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 58 
 •feet, thence level to the west curb line of Park avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Sneed avenue, grade 
 elevation 59.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 60 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 69 3 
 feet, thence west on a plane tc the west curb line of Carr avenue, 
 grade elevation 69.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Thompson avenue, grade elevation Jd feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Thompson avenue. 
 
 Sec. 168. The grade of Tenth street between New York 
 avenue and Thompson avenue shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 85 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of New Yovk avenue, grade elevation 84.6 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 'j'j 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Porter street, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Center street, grade ele- 
 vation 82.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Center street, grade elevation 83.3 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Wagner street, grade elevation 93.8 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Wagner 
 street, grade elevation 94.2 feet, thence west on a plane I40 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 97.2 feet, thence west on a plane
 
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 to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 99 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Engineer street, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit street, 
 grade elevation 91. 8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 91. 4 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade ele- 
 vation 81 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Brown street, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Montgomery 
 street, grade elevation 87.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 87.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Marvin street, 
 grade elevation 89.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Marvin street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Hancock street, grade elevation 92.20 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Hancock street, grade elevation 
 93.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Thompson avenue, grade elevation II0.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Thompson avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion III feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of In- 
 gram avenue, grade elevation II7 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Ingram avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 119. 8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade 
 elevation 120. 2 feet, thence west on a plane to the M., K. & T. 
 Ry. tracks, grade elevation 122.80 feet, thence west to the S., 
 W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 123 feet, thence west level 
 to the west curb line of Washington avenue, thence west on a 
 plane 145 feet to a point, grade elevation 123. 8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Massachusetts avenue, 
 grade elevation 123.10 feet, thence level to the west curb line 
 of Massachusetts avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 121.6 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 
 119. 1 feet; thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue,
 
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 grade elevation I14.7 feet; thence level to the west curb line of 
 Osage avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Kentucky avenue, grade elevation IIO feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Kentucky avenue, thence west on a plain 
 to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 102.3 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, 
 grade elevation 103 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Vermont avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Missouri avende, grade elevation 95.1 5 feet; thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 94.75 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Har- 
 rison avenue, grade elevation 85.8 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 85.4 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand 
 avenue, grade elevation 83.8 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Grand avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 80.3 feet; thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Prospect avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 79.7 feet; thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Quincy avenue, grade elevation 71.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 
 70.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Stewart 
 avenue, grade elevation 62.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Stewart avenue, grade elevation 61.8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Park avenue, 
 grade elevation 60 feet, thence level to the vrest curb line of 
 Park avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Sneed avenue, grade elevation 66 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 66 4 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Carr ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 74.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 74.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, 
 grade elevation 78,4 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Thompson avenue.
 
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 Sec. 169. The grade of Eleventh street between New 
 York avenue and Thompson avenue shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation JJ feet, thence level to the west curb line of Porter 
 street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Center 
 street, grade elevation 85.6 feet; thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Center street, grade elevation 86 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 155 feet, to a point, grade elevation 91.5 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Wagner street, 
 grade elevation 93.8 feet thence level to the west curb line of 
 Wagner street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Engineer street, grade elevation 87.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 88.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Sum- 
 mit street, grade elevation 83.1 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 82.7 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, 
 grade elevation 78 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Brown street thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 80.4 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade 
 elevation 80.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Marvin street, grade elevation 83.3 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 
 96.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Han- 
 cock avenue, grade elevation 96.9 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Thompson avenue, grade elevation 109.20 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Thompson 
 avenue, grade elevation 109.6 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 115 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Ingram avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade 
 elevation 116.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 117 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east right of way of the M, K. & T. Ry. land, 
 grade elevation 120.4 ^^et, and also commencing at the right of
 
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 way of the S. W. & S Ry,, grade elevation 121. i feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Massachusetts avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade 
 elevation 116.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 116.3 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 13.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Ohio avenue, grade elevation 112.6 feet, thence west on a plane 
 125 feet to a point, grade elevation 108 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 105.8 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Osage avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky 
 avenue, grade elevation 101.7 feet; thence level to the west 
 curb line of Kentucky avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 95 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 89 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Missouri 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Har- 
 rison avenue, grade elevation 79.2 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 78.8 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand 
 avenue, grade elevation 76.2 feet; thence level to the west curb 
 line of Grand avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 72 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Prospect avenue, grade elevation 
 71.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Quincy avenue, grade elevation 67.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Quincy avenue, grade elevation 
 66.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Stewart avenue, grade elevation 63.5 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Stewart avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Park avenue, grade elevation 62 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Park avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Sneed avenue, grade elevation 72.8 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Sneed
 
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 avenue, grade elevation 73.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Carr avenue, grade elevation 79.3 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Carr avenue, 
 grade elevation 79.7 feet, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 80.6 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Thompson avenue. 
 
 Sec. 170. The grade of Twelfth street, between New 
 York avenue and Washington avenue, shall be as follow-, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 73 feet, thence level to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Porter street, grade elevation 76.8 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Porter street, grade elevation 77.2 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Center street, 
 grade elevation 85.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Center street, grade elevation 86.2 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 160 feet to a point, grade elevation 90.2 feet, 
 thence level to the east curb line of Wagner street, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Wagner street, grade eleva- 
 tion 89.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Engineer street, grade elevation 84.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 84 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit 
 street, grade elevation 78.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 78.4 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, 
 grade elevation 75.6 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Brown street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 78.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade eleva- 
 tion 79.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb lin of 
 Marvin street, grade elevation 86.7 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 87.3 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, 
 grade elevation 99 7 feet, thence west on a plane to the we-t 
 curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 100 feet, thence
 
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 west on a plane 245 feet to a point, grade elevation 107 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Thomson ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 1 1 i feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 111.4 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ingram avenue, 
 grade elevation 112.4 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Ingram avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Lafayette avenue, grade elevation II4.6 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 
 115 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Wash- 
 ingtion avenue, grade elevation 120 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Washington avenue. 
 
 Sec. 171. The grade of Thirteenth street, between Wag- 
 ner street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Wagner street, grade eleva- 
 tion 83.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Wagner street, grade elevation 83.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 76.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Engi- 
 neer street, grade elevation y6 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation ^2 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Summit street, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 
 yy .^ feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Brown 
 street, grade elevation 7 7. J feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 85.20 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery 
 street, grade elevation 85.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 93.7 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Marvin street, grade 
 elevation 94.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 103 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Hancock avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 103.6 feet, thence west on a plane 180 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 108.7 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 109. 3 feet, thence west on a plane 150
 
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 feet to a point, grade elevation 1 13 feet, thence level to the east 
 curb line of Thomson avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Thomson avenue grade elevation 112.4 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ingram avenue, 
 grade elevation 107.2 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Ingram avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 112.1 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 
 1 12.50 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Washington avenue, grade elevation 117.5 feet, thence level to 
 the S., W. & S. Ry. tracks, thence west on a plane to the M., 
 K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 117.4 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 1 16.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of La- 
 mine avenue, grade elevation 116.1 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 115 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 10.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Osage avenue, grade elevation 110.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 
 103 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Ken- 
 tucky avenue, grade elevation 102. 4 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 92.9 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, 
 and also commencing at a point 140 feet east of the east line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation 83.5 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 82.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Missouri avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, 
 grade elevation 77.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Harrison avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Grand avenue, grade elevation 75.60 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 172. The grade of Fourteenth street, between 
 Engineer street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit :
 
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 Commencing at the east line of Engineer street, grade eleva- 
 tion 68.9 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Engineer 
 .street, then:e west on a plane to the east curb line of Summit 
 street, grade elevation 70.7 feet; thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 7 i .3 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, 
 grade elevation 81 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Brown street, grade elevation 81.6 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Montgomery street, grade ele- 
 vation 93.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 92.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Marvin street, 
 grade elevation 99.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 99.7 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue grade 
 elevation 107.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 108.2 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 285 feet to a point, grade elevation 1 12.8 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 
 1 13.2 feet, thence west level 150 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 
 
 1 10.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Thomson avenue, grade elevation 109.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 
 103 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Ingram avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Lafayette ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 109.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation iio.i feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Washington 
 avenue, grade elevation 11 5.2 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the S., W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 114.3 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 
 1 15.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb Hne of 
 Lamine avenue, grade elevation 11 1.8 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a plane to the
 
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 east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 109 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Osage avenue, 
 grade elevation 108.4 f^^t, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 100 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Kentucky avenue, thence west 135 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 98.6 feet, thence west level to 
 the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, and also commencing at 
 the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 94.60 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Vermont avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 92 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Harrison avenue, grade elevation 90 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Harrison avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 82 feet; 
 thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 173. That the grade of Fifteenth street, between 
 Engineer street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Engineer street, grade ele- 
 vation 66.8 feet; thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Engineer street, grade elevation 67.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 
 JG."] feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Sum- 
 mit street, grade elevation 77.3 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 87.3 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Brown street, 
 grade elevation 87.7 feet, therce west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Montgomery street, grade elevation 97.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery 
 street, grade elevation 98.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 104.9 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Marvin street, 
 grade elevation 105. i feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 106.7 ^^et, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Hmcock avenue, grade 
 elevation 106.9 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point,
 
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 grade elevation 109.8 feet, thence west 40 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 1 10.2 feet, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 111.8 feet, thence west level to the east curb 
 line of Thompson avenue, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Thompson avenue, grade elevation 11 1.2 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ingram avenue, 
 grade elevation 10 1.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Ingram avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 103.8 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the w,est curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 
 104.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Wash- 
 ington avenue, grade elevation 1 10.4 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Washington avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the S. W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 108.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 160 feet to a point, grade elevation 104.5 f^^et, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, 
 grade elevation 105. 5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Lamine avenue, thence west on a plane to the M. K. & T. Ry. 
 tracks, grade elevation 112 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 109.5 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 1 1 1.8 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Osage avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, 
 grade elevation 107 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Kentucky avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 108.8 feet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, and also commencing at 
 the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 104 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, 
 grade elevation 106 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Vermont avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation 101.8 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Missouri avenue, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 94.3 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Harrison
 
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 avenue, grade elevation 93.7 feet, thence w^est on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 82 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 174. The grade of Magnolia avenue between Moni- 
 teau avenue and Grand avenue shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade 
 elevation 113 feet, thence west level 145 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 
 1 12.3 feet, thence west on a a plane to the west curb line of 
 Vermont avenue grade elevation 11 1.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 104.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation I03.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 
 
 92.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Har- 
 rison avenue, grade elevation 92.8 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the west curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 92.2 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand 
 avenue, grade elevation 85.7 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 175. The grade of Sixteenth street between eastern 
 and western city limits shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc- 
 ing at the eastern limits, grade elevation 90 feet, thence west on 
 a plane 225 feet to a point, grade elevation 92 feet, thence west 
 225 feet level, thence west on a plane 400 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 79.8 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 79 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of New York avenue, grade elevation 63.5 feet, thence 
 west level 1090 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Engineer street, grade elevation 71.5 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 
 71.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Sum- 
 mit street, grade elevation 82.8 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 83.2 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown street, 
 grade elevation 93 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb
 
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 line of Brown street, grade elevation 93.4 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Montgomery street, grade eleva- 
 tion 96.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 96.9 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 99 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Marvin street, thence 
 west on a, plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, 
 grade elevation 97 feet, thence level to the west curb line Han- 
 cock avenue, thence west on a plane 295 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 102.8 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 103.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 109.5 ^^^t. 
 thence level to the west curb line of Thomson avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Ingram avenue, grade 
 elevation 100.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 100 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Lafayette avenue, grade elevation 
 98.4 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Lafayette avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Washington 
 avenue, grade elevation 103. 3 feet, thence west level 190 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the S. W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade 
 elevation 102.6 feet, thence west on a plane 155 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 99 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Lamina avenue, grade elevation 100 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 100.6 feet, thence west on a. plane to the east curb line of 
 Ohio avenue, grade elevation 109.3 f^^t, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a plane to the M. 
 K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation iii feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 1 13. 10 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Osage avenue grade elevation 11 3. 2 feet, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation II4.5 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Kentucky 
 avenue, grade elevation 114.7 feet, thence w^st on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 116 feet.
 
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 thence level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 1 13.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line 
 of Vermont avenue, grade elevation 112.7 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 104.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Missouri avenue, grade elevation 103. 6 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 
 92.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Harrison avenue, grade elevation 92.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 
 89.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue, 
 thence west on a plane 290 feet to a po nt, grade elevation 85.2 
 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 84.6 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 80.5 feet, thence west on a plane 
 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 81 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 89 feet 
 thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 89.8 feet, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 95.5 feet, thence west level 140 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 95 
 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 85.5 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 85 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 87.40 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 88 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 96 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to 
 a point, grade elevation 96.2 feet, thence west on a plane 290 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 98 feet, thence west level 40 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 96.4 
 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 96.2 feet, thence west on a plane 330 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 94.5 feet thence west on a plane 330 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 90 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to the 
 western city limits, grade elevation 83. 5 feet.
 
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 Sec. 1/6. The grade of Seventeenth street, between 
 Engineer street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the west curb line of Engineer street, grade 
 elevation 'jG.'] feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Summit street, grade elevation 87.4 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 
 88 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown 
 street, grade elevation 90 feet, thence level to the west curb line 
 of Brown street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 88.3 feet, thence level to 
 the west curb line of Montgomery street, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 89.2 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Marvin street, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 87.2 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Hancock 
 avenue, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 97.6 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 98.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 108.5 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Thomson avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Ingiam avenue, grade 
 elevation 102.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 101.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Lafayette avenue, 
 grade elevation 94 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Lafayette avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Washington avenue, grade elevation 97 feet, and also com- 
 mencing at the west curb line of Lamine avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 100.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Ohio avenue, grade elevation 107. 7 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 108.5 feet, 
 thence level to the west curb line of Osage avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 108.7 
 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky 
 avenue, grade elevation 1 1 1 .9 feet, thence level to the west curb
 
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 line of Kentucky avenue, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 109.5 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west 
 on a plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 1 12.8 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Vermont 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri 
 avenue, grade elevation 107 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Missouri avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Harrison avenue, grade elevation 103 feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Hanison avenue, thence west on a plane 
 to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 95.5 
 feet. 
 
 Sec. 177. The grade of Eighteenth street between En- 
 gineer street and Grand avenue shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the west curb line of Engineer street, grade ele- 
 vation 81.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Summit street, grade elevation 86 feet, thence level to the west 
 curb line of Summit street, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 83 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Brown street, grade eleva- 
 tion 82.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Montgomery street, grade elevation 80.6 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade ele- 
 vation 80.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Marvin street, grade elevation 79 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Marvin street, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 86.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Hancock avenue, 
 grade elevation 87.4 feet, thence west on a plane 295 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 97.6 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 98.4 feet, thence west 0:1 a plane to 
 the east curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 108 feet, 
 thence level 160 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 104.2 feet, and also 
 commencing at the west curb line of Washington avenue, 
 grade elevation 90 feet, thence west on a plane to the S., W.
 
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 & S. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 92.8 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 
 99.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine 
 avenue, grade elevation 100. 4 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 105.8 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade 
 elevation 10 1 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Osage 
 avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Kentucky- 
 avenue, grade elevation 103 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 103. 4 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade 
 elevation 109. 2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 104 feet, thence level 
 to the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Vermont avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 108.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Vermont avenue, grade elevation 109.2 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 1 12.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Missouri ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Harrison 
 avenue, grade elevation 1 10 feet, thence level to the west curb 
 line of Harrison avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 101.7 feet. 
 
 Sec. 178. The grade of Nineteenth street, between En- 
 gineer street and Moniteau avenue, shall be as follows, to wit: 
 Commencing at the west curb line of Engineer street, grade ele- 
 vation 80.00 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Summit street, grade elevation 78.1 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 
 
 77.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown 
 street, grade elevation 76.1 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Brown street, grade elevation 75.9 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Montgomery street, 
 grade elevation 74.3 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Montgomery street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line
 
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 of Marvin street, grade elevation 75.9 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Marvin street, grade elevation 
 76.1 feet, thence west to the east curb line of Hancock avenue, 
 grade elevation 86.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west 
 curb line of Hancock avenue, grade elevation 87.3 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 295 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 95.6 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 96.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Thomson avenue, grade elevation 106. 3 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Thomson avenue, grade elevation 
 106.9 ^eet, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 108.00 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb 
 line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 107. 4 feet, thence west 
 on a plane to the west curb line of Ingram avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.00 feet, and also commencing at the west curb line of 
 Washington avenue, grade elevation 85.00 feet, thence west 
 level 145 feet, thence west on a plane to the S., W. & S. Ry. 
 tracks, grade elevation 89.8 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 97.5 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, 
 grade elevation 97.9 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 100. 4 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Ohio avenue, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Osage avenue, grade elevation 
 95.00 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Kentucky ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Moniteau 
 avenue, grade elevation' 102.4 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the west curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 103.00 
 feet. 
 
 Sec. 179. The grade of Twentieth street, between Engi- 
 neer street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the west curb line of Engineer street, grade ele- 
 vation 72.00 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Summit street, grade elevation 69.7 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the west curb line of Summit street, grade elevation 
 69.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Brown
 
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 Street, grade elevation 67.00 feet, thence level tc the west curb 
 line of Brown street, thence west on a plane to the east curb line 
 of Montgomery street, grade elevation 68.3 feet, thence west on 
 a plane to the west curb line of Montgomery street, grade eleva- 
 tion 68.5 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Marvin street, grade 72.4 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line cf Marvin street, grade elevation 73.00 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 275 feet to a point, grade elevation 82.00 
 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 82.6 feet, thence west on a plane 295 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 92.7 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 93.3 feet, thence west on a plane 295 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 103.4 ^^^t, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 103.8 feet, thence west on a plane 135 feet 
 lO a point, grade elevation 105.00 feet, thence west level to the 
 west curb line of Ingram avenue, thence wes*: on a plane 295 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 98.4 feet, thence west on a plane 40 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 98.00 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 88.3 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of 
 Washington avenue, grade elevation 87.7 feet, and also com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Lamine avenue, grade elevation 
 91.6 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Lamine avenue, 
 thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation 90.2 feet, thence level to the west curb line of 
 Ohio avenue, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of 
 Osage avenue, grade elevation 88.00 feet, thence level to the 
 west curb line of Osage avenue, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 92.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Kentucky ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 93.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 east curb line of Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 99.6 feet, 
 thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Moniteau ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 100.00 feet, thence west on a plane 290 
 to a point, grade elevation 102.9 feet, thence west on a plane 
 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 103.3 ^eet, thence west on a
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 21 5 
 
 plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 
 107.3 fs6t, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Mis- 
 souri avenue, grade elevation 107.7 ^^^t, thence west on a plane 
 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 111.3 feet, thence we;t on 
 a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 110.7 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 106.5 feet. 
 
 Sec. 180. The grade of Twenty-third street, between 
 Missouri and Grand avenues, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the east curb line of Missouii avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.9 feet, thence level to west curb line of Missouri ave- 
 nue, thence west on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 I 12.4 feet, thence west level 140 feet, thence west on a plane 
 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 112 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 
 103.2 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 181. The grade of Twenty-fourth street, between 
 Engineer street and Grand avenue, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the east curb line of New York avenue, grade 
 elevation 41.5 feet, thence level to the west curb line of New 
 York avenue, thence west on a plane 310 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 37 feet, thence west level 40 feet, thence west on a 
 plane. 310 feet to a point, grade elevation 44 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 325 feet, grade elevation 59.6 feet, thence west on a 
 plane to the east curb line of Engineer street, grade elevation 
 69.6 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb line of Engi- 
 neer street, grade elevation 70 feet, thence west on a plane 
 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 74 feet, thence west on a 
 plane 330 feet to a point, grade elevation 75.8 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 370 feet to a point, grade elevation 78 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 240 feet to a point, grade elevation 82.1 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 30 feet to a point, grade elevation 82.7 
 feet, thence west on a plane 810 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 97 feet, thence west level i 50 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 96.4 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Ingram avenue, grade elevation 88.2 feet.
 
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 thence west on a plane to the west curb Hne of Ingram avenue, 
 grade elevation 87.8 feet, ihence west on a plane 290 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 78.6 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 78 feet, thence west on a plane to 
 the east curb line of Washington avenue, grade elevation 70 
 feet, thence level to the west curb line of Washington avenue, 
 thence west 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 77.3 feet, 
 thence west on a plane 190 feet, grade elevation 82 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the S., W. & S. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 
 89.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the east curb line of Ohio 
 avenue, grade elevation 96.2 feet, thence west on a plane to the 
 west curb line of Ohio avenue, grade elevation 96.8 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of South Ohio avenue, 
 grade elevation 99 feet, thence west on a plane on the west 
 curb line of South Ohio avenue, grade elevation 99. 6 feet, thence 
 west on a plane 125 feet to a point, grade elevation 102 feet, 
 thence west level 40 feet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade elevation 97.6 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the west curb line of Kentucky avenue, grade 
 elevation 97.2 feet, thence west on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 92 feet, thence west level 40 feet, thence west on 
 a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 92.9 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 93.1 feet, thence 
 west on a plane to the east curb line of Missouri avenue, grade 
 elevation 101.7 feet, thence west on a plane to the west curb 
 line of Missouri avenue, grade elevation 102. 3 feet, thence west 
 on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 106 feet, thence 
 west level 140 feet, thence west on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 105.4 'teet, thence west on a plane to the east 
 curb line of Grand avenue, grade elevation 95.3 feet, thence 
 level to the west curb line of Grand avenue. 
 
 Sec. 182. The grade of Barrett avenue between Third 
 street and Fifth street shall be as follows, to-wit : Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 52.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Third 
 street, grade elevation 52 feet, thence south on a plane to the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2 1/ 
 
 north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 44.8, feet thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade 
 elevation 44.20 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fifth street, grade elevation 43 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 
 43.6 feet. 
 
 Sec. 183. The grade of Thompson avenue between Third 
 street and Twelfth street shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Third street, grade ele- 
 vation 54 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth 
 street, grade elevation 49 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of F"ourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fifth street, grade elevation 46.2 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Fifth street, and also commencing at the 
 north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 71 2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, grade elevation 71.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 75.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 76.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 78.3 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade ele- 
 vation 78,5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Eleventh street, grade elevation 80.5 feet thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade eleva- 
 tion 80.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 81.4 feet. 
 
 Sec. 184. The grade of Carr avenue, between Third 
 street and Twelfth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com 
 mencing at the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 60.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation 56.2 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Fifth street, grade elevation 51.8 feet, thence level to the
 
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 south curb line of Fifth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 48 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Sixth street, thence south on a 
 plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 54.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, 
 grade elevation 63.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Broadway, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Ninth street, grade elevation 69.3 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 69.7 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, 
 grade elevation 74 5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Tenth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 79.5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 82 feet. 
 
 Sec. 185. The grade of Sneed avenue, between Third 
 street, and Twelfth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 65 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation 63.2 feet, thence level to the south curb line o{ 
 Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fifth street, grade elevation 58.2 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fifth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 53 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Sixth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 
 55 ^eet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 59.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 60 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 66 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 66.40 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 72.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of
 
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 Eleventh street, grade elevation 73.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twelfth street, 74.2 feet. 
 
 Sec. 186. The grade of Park avenue, between Henry 
 street and Twelfth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 
 
 55 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Henry street, 
 thence south on a plane 200 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 
 56 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Johnson street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Morgan 
 street, grade elevation 60 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Morgan street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Cooper street, grade elevation 68 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Cooper street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 71 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Pettis street, thence south 
 on a plane to the tracks of the Lexington Branch R)-'., grade 
 elevation 70.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the Mo. Pacific 
 Ry. tracks, grade elevation 66 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Main street, grade elevation 62.5 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Main street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Second street, grade eleva- 
 tion 65.6 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Second 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Wil- 
 kerson street, grade elevation 64 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Wilkerson street, thence south on a plane 275 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 65.5 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 69 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the center of Third street, grade 
 elevation 69.34 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Third street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fourth street, as it runs east of Park avenue, grade elevation 
 71 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourth street, as 
 aforesaid, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fifth street, as it runs east of Park avenue, grade elevation 
 66.30 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Fifth street, as aforesaid, grade elevation 65.9 feet, thence
 
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 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, as it 
 runs east of Park avenue, grade elevation 63.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street as afore- 
 said, grade elevation 62.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 60.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh 
 street, grade elevation 60.4 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 58 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Ninth street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 59.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 60. i feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 62 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade 
 elevation 62 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Twelfth street, grade elevation 6^ feet. 
 
 Sec. 187. The grade of Stewart avenue, between Henry 
 and Twelfth streets, shall be as follows, to-wit : Commencing at 
 the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 43. feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Henry street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade ele- 
 vation 50 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Johnson 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Morgan 
 street, grade elevation 61.5 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Morgan street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Cooper street, grade elevation yi feet, thence level to 
 south curb line of Cooper street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation yy feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Pettis street, thence south 
 on a plane to the Lexington Branch Ry. tracks, grade elevation 
 y^.y feet, thence south on a plane to the Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 71 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Main street grade elevation 70.4 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Main street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Second street, grade elevation 74.8 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Second street, thence
 
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 south on a plane to the north curb Hne of Wilkerson street, 
 grade elevation 73.8 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Wilkerson street, thence south on a plane 275 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 72.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Third street, grade elevation 74.7 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Third street, and also commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Broadway, grade elevation 65.11 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade 
 elevation 62 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Tenth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 63.5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 62.8 feet. 
 Sec. 188. The grade of Quincy avenue, between Henry 
 street and Twelfth street shall be as follows, to-wit : Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 41.8 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Henry street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade 
 elevation 51 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Johnson 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Morgan 
 street, grade elevation 65 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Morgan street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Cooper street, grade elevation "j^ feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Cooper street, thence south on a plane 200 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 80 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 81. 50 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Pettis street, thence 
 south on a plane 240 feet to a point, grade elevation 80 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, grade 
 elevation 75 feet, thence south on a plane the north curb line of 
 Main street, grade elevation 79 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Main street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Second street, grade elevation 84.6 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Second street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Wilkerson street, grade elevation
 
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 83.6 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Wilkerson street, 
 thence south on a plane 275 feet to a point, grade elevation 82 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Third 
 street, grade elevation 83.50 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Third street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fourth street grade elevation 84.2 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Fourth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 87 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fifth street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, grade 
 elevation 84 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Sixth street, grade elevation 83.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 77.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 77.1 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 
 T}, 7 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 68 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Ninth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Tenth street, grade elevation 71 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Tenth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation ^"J feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Eleventh street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north line of Twelfth street, grade ele- 
 vation 65 feet. 
 
 Sec. 189. The grade of Prospect street, between Henry 
 street and Twelfth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Henry street, grade ele- 
 vation 55.5 feet; thence level to the south curb line of Hen 
 ry street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Johnson street, grade elevation 58 . 5 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Johnson street, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Morgan streei", grade ele- 
 vation 67.00 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Mor- 
 gan street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of
 
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 Cooper street, grade elevation 78.00 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Cooper street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 83.00 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Pettis street, thence south level 
 255 feet, thence south on a plane to the Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 77.00 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Main street, grade elevation 81.1 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Main street, grade elevation 
 81.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Sec- 
 ond street, grade elevation 86.00 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Second street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 89.80 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Wilkerson street, thence south on 
 a plane 215 feet to a point, grade elevation 90.8 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Third street, grade 
 elevation 89.9 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third 
 street, and also commencing at the north line of Broadway street, 
 grade elevation 79. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 78.2 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 77.00 feet, :hence level to the south curb line of Ninth street, 
 thene south on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, 
 grade elevation 80.00 feet, thence level to the south curb line 
 of Tenth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 71.7 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 69 feet. 
 
 Sec. 190. The grade of Grand avenue, between Henry 
 street and Twenety-eighth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Henry street, grade ele- 
 vation 52.40 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Henry street, grade elevation 52.80 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 
 56.20 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Johnson street, grade elevation 56.60 feet, thence south on a
 
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 plane to the north curb line of Morgan street, grade elevation 
 61.50 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Morgan street, grade elevation 62 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 66.70 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Cooper 
 street, grade elevation 67.20 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 71.60 feet, . 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Pettis street, 
 grade elevation 72 feet, thence south on a plane to a point 75 
 feet north of, the north line of Missouri Pacific Ry. right 
 of way, grade elevation 75 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the Misssouri Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elevation 78.5 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Main street, grade elevation 75 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Main street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Second street, grade elevation 80.9 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Second street, 
 grade elevation 81.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 85.40 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Wilkerson street, 
 grade elevation 85.80 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 92.3 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Third street, 
 grade elevation 92 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 95 22 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade 
 elevation 95.52 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifth street, as it runs east of Grand avenue, grade 
 elevation 98.88 feet, thence south on plane to the south line of 
 aforesaid Fifth street, grade elevation 99.32 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Fifth street, as it runs west of Grand 
 avenue, thence south on a plane 75 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 98.80 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Sixth street, grade elevation 96.90 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 
 96.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of
 
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 Seventh street, grade elevation 92.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 92.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Broadway street, grade elevation 86 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on a plane to 
 north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 8*8 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Ninth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 84 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth 
 street, grade elevation 83.6 feet, thence sorth on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 76.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 75 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 74 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, 
 grade elevation 75.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 'j6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, 
 grade elevation 82 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Fifteenth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Magnolia avenue, grade elevation 85.6 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Magnolia avenue, grade eleva- 
 tion 85.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Sixteenth street, grade elevation 89.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 
 89.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Seventeenth street, grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 95.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eighteenth street, grade elevation 101.4 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Eighteenth street, grade 
 elevation 102 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 103. 4 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 103.6 feet, thence south on a plane to north 
 curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 106.3 ^^^t, thence
 
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 south on a plane to the south curb Hne of Twentieth street, 
 grade elevation 106.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the M., 
 K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation 11 1.4 feet, thence south 
 on a plane 165 feet to a point, grade elevation 112. 7 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 113 feet, 
 thence south level 150 feet, thence south on a plane 140 feet to 
 a point, grade elevation 112 feet, thence south on a plane 40 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 11 1.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twenty-third street, grade eleva- 
 tion 103.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Twenty-third street, grade elevation 103 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the norih curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade 
 elevation 95.6 feet, thence south on a plane to south curb line 
 of Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 95 feet, thence south 
 on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 91.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 90.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 87 
 feet, thence south 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 86.4 feet, 
 thence south 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 85.1 feet, 
 thence south 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 84.9 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty-eighth 
 street, grade elevation 83.6 feet. 
 
 Sec. 191. The grade of Harrison avenue, between Main 
 street and Eighteenth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Main street, grade elevation 
 77.'^ feet, thence level to the south curb line of Main street; 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Second street, 
 grade elevation 78.80 feet; thence level to the south curb line of 
 Second street ; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Wilkerson street, grade elevation 78.3 feet; thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 
 78.7 feet; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Third street, grade elevation 86.9 feet; thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Third street, grade elevation 87.41 
 feet; thence south level 135 feet; thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 89.20 feet;
 
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 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation 89.60 feet; thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 94.40 feet; thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 94. 70 feet; thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Sixth street, grade elevation 100.2 feet; thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 
 100.6 feet; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 103.4 feet; thence level to the 
 south curb line of Seventh street ; thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 97.45 feet; 
 thence level to the south curb line of Broadway street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade ele- 
 vation 95.40 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Ninth street, grade elevation 95 feet; thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 85.80 
 feet ; thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth 
 street, grade elevation 85.40 feet; thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 79.20 
 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 78.8 feet; thence south on a plane 150 
 feet to a point, grade elevation t6.^ feet; thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 77.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, grade elevation, TJ .7 feet; thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 
 89.7 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Fourteenth street, grade elevation 90.3 feet; thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 
 94 feet; thence level to the south curb line of Fifteenth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Magnolia ave- 
 nue, grade elevation 92.5 feet; thence level to the south curb 
 line of Sixteenth street; thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 102. 7 feet; 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, grade elevation 103. 3 feet; thence south on a plane to
 
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 the north curb Hne of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 109.8 
 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eight- 
 eenth street, grade elevation 110.2 feet. 
 
 Sec. 19.. The grade of Missouri avenue, between Clay 
 street and Twenty-fourth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade eleva- 
 tion 50 feet; thence level to the south curb line of Clay street; 
 thence south on a plane 200 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 55 feet; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Henry 
 street, grade elevation 65.4 feet; thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 66 feet; thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade 
 elevation 80.7 feet; thence level to a pomt 265 feet south of the 
 south line of Morgan street; thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 87.2 feet; 
 thence level to a point 170 feet south of the south line of Coop- 
 er street; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Pet- 
 tis street, grade elevation 84 feet; thence level to the south curb 
 line of Pettis street; thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Jefferson street, grade elevation 79.8 feet; thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Jefferson street, grade ele- 
 vation 79.4 feet; thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Benton stieet, grade elevation 78.75 feet; thence level to the 
 south curb line of Benton street; thence south on a plane to the 
 Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elevation 85.7 feet; thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Main street, grade elevation 
 8s feet; thence level to the south curb line of Main street; 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Second street, 
 grade elevation 90 feet; thence level to the south curb line of 
 Second street; thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 88.2 feet; thence level to 
 the south curb hne of Wilkerson street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 88.9 feet; 
 thence level to the south curb line of Third street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 89.15 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourth
 
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 Street, thence south 135 feet to a point, grade elevation 90 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifth street, 
 grade elevation 91.85 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 92.15 feet; thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, grade 
 elevation 99.4 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Sixth street, grade elevation 99.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 107.6 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Seventh street, 
 thence level to the north curb line of Broadway street, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Broadway street, grade 
 elevation 107.47 ^^et, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 102 feet; thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street grade elevation 
 1 01. 5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 95.2 feet; thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 94.70 
 feet ; thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 89.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation bS.y feet, 
 thence south on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 85 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, grade elevation 82.5 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Thirteenth street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 91.7 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, 
 grade elevation 92.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 10 1.6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifteenth street, grade 
 elevation 102 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Magnolia avenue, grade elevation 104 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 106.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Seventeenth street, grade elevation 107.2 feet, thence south on 
 a piane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, grade eleva-
 
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 tion 112. 5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Nineteenth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 107. 5 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Twentieth street, thence south on 
 a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 109.60 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation iio feet, 
 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 1 12 
 feet, thence south level 40 feet, thence south on a plane 135 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Twenty-third street, grade elevation 
 108.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Twenty-third street, grade elevation 107.6 feet; thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade 
 elevation 102 feet. 
 
 Sec. 193. The grade of Vermont street, between the 
 Mo. Pacific Ry. right of way and Eighteenth street shall be as 
 follows, to-wit : Commencing at the south line of the Mo. 
 Pacific Ry. right of way, grade elevation 88.4 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Main street, grade elevation 
 87.6 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Main street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Second street, 
 grade elevation 95 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Second street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 98 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Wilkerson street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Third street grade elevation 96 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Third street, 
 grade elevation 95.80 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fourth street grade elevation 95.65 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Fourth street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of F"ifth street grade 
 elevation 91.50 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Fifth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Sixth street, grade elevation 97.5 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 97.7 feet.
 
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 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, 
 grade elevation 105.74 feet, thence level to the south curb line 
 of Seventh street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Broadway street, grade elevation 113.50 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 109 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 108.4 feet, thence south on planea to 
 the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 103. 2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, 
 grade elevation 102. 8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eleventh street grade elevation 95.3 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, 
 grade elevation 94.7 feet, thence south on a plane 150 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 90 feet, and also commencing at the 
 north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 93.7 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourteenth 
 street, grade elevation 94.3 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fifteenth street grade elevation 105. 7 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation 106.3 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the North curb line of Magnolia avenue, grade elevation 11 1.9 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Mag- 
 nolia avenue, grade elevation II2.1 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 
 113 feet, thence level to the north curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seven- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 112.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 109 feet, thence on a level to the south curb line of 
 Eighteenth street. 
 
 Sec. 194. The grade of Moniteau avenue between Clay 
 street and Twentieth street shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade elevation 
 57.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Clay street, grade elevation 57.8 feet, thence south on a plane
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 to the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 78.4 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Henry 
 street, grade elevation 79 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 94 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Johnson 
 street, grade elevation 94.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Morgan street, grade elevation 100 feet, 
 thence level to a point 195 feet south of the south line of Morgan 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Cooper 
 street, grade elevation 99.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 99.3 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Pettis street, 
 grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 94.8 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Jefferson street, grade ele- 
 vation 89.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Jefferson street, grade elevation 89.2 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Benton street, grade elevation 
 87 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Benton street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north Mo Pacific Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 91.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elev tion 91.6 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Main street, grade elevation 
 89.3 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Main street, 
 thence south on a plane 165 feet to a point, grade elevation 92 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Second 
 street, grade elevation 95.80 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Second street, grade elevation 96. 1 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Wilkerson 
 street, grade elevation 102.65 ^eet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south curb line of Wilkerson street, grade elevation 102.8 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Third 
 street, grade elevation 104.65 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Third street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 104.48 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade
 
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 elevation 104.28 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fifth street, grade elevation 99.42 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 
 99.34 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Sixth street, grade elevation 97. 1 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line Sixth street, grade elevation 97.5 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to ihe north curb line of Seventh street, 
 grade elevation I07.9 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Seventh street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Broadway street, grade elevation II5.70 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 109.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 109 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 102. 6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade 
 elevation 102 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Eleventh street, grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 94.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north line of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 91 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 92.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, grade elevation 93 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fourteenth street, as it now runs west of 
 Moniteau avenue, grade elevation 93.7 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of aforesaid Fourteenth street grade 
 elevation 94.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fourteenth street, as it runs east of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade elevation 98.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Fourteenth street as it runs east of Moniteau avenue, 
 grade elevation 99 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifteenth street, as it now runs west of Moniteau 
 avenue, grade elevation 103.6 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south curb line of aforesaid Fifteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 104.4 ^6St, thence south on a plane to the north curb line
 
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 of F'ifteenth street as it runs east of Moniteau avenue, grade ele- 
 vation 108.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Fifteenth street as it runs east of Moniteau avenue, grade 
 elevation 109. 2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Magnolia avenue, grade elevation 112.8 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Magnolia avenue, 
 grade elevation II3.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 1 16 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade 
 elevation 109. 8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 109.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 104 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Eighteenth street, thence south on a plane to theM. K. & T. 
 Ry. tracks, grade elevation 108.8 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 
 102.7 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Nineteenth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Twentieth street, grade elevation 100 feet. 
 
 Sec. 195. The grade of Kentucky avenue, between Pa- 
 cific and Twenty-eighth streets, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Pacific street, grade ele- 
 elevation 91 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Pacific 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north Mo. Pacific Ry. 
 tracks, grade elevation 96. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south line of the right of way of the Mo. Pacific Ry. Co., 
 grade elevation 95.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Main street, grade elevation 94.75 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Main street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Second street, grade elevation 96.60 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Second street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Third street, grade eleva- 
 tion 108.8 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north cu.b line of Fourth 
 street, grade elevation 1 10.57 feet, thence level to the south curb
 
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 line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fifth street, grade elevation 106.9 i feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 
 106.55 ieet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Sixth street, grade elevation 101.2 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Sixth street, thence south on a plane 130 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 102.78 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 
 106.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 106.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 140 feet to a point, grade elevation i 10 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, grade 
 elevation 116.50 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 1 17. 10 feet, thence 
 south on a level 165 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 115 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 
 1 14.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 110.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 
 109.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 102 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 1 01. 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north line of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 97.4 feet, thence level to the south line 
 of Twelfth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 102.7 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Thirteenth street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 100 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation 106.7 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 107. 3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth 
 street, grade elevation 114.6 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Sixteenth street, thence south on a plane to the
 
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 north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 112 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, grade elevation 11 1.8 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation i 10.3 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 103. 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 103 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 94.8 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Twentieth street, 
 grade elevation 93 feet, thei ce south on a plane to the south 
 line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 92.8 feet, thence south 
 on a plane 310 feet to a point, grade elevation 91 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 91.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 
 97.7 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 98.3 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 102 feet, thence south level 40 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty-fourth street, 
 grade elevation 97.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 97.2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 310 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 
 86.8 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 86 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 80.6 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 79.8 feet, thence south on a plane 290 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 74.5 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 73.7 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty-eighth street, grade 
 elevation 68.4 feet. 
 
 Sec. 196. The grade of Osage avenue between Clay 
 street, and Twentieth street shall be as follows, to- wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade elevation 
 55.8 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Clay street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Henry street,
 
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 grade elevation 70.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 71 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade 
 elevation 80.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 81 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 180 feet to a point, grade elevation 84 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Morgan street, 
 grade elevation 85 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Morgan street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Cooper street, grade elevation 86.2 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 
 86.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Pettis street, grade elevation 98 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 98.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Jeffer- 
 son street, grade elevation 99.5 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Jefferson street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Pacific street, grade elevation 96.3 feet, 
 thence level 40 feet, and also comniencing at the south line of 
 the Mo. Pacific Ry. right of way, grade elevation 98.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Main street, 
 grade elevation 99.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Main street, thence south on a plane to the north curb lin of 
 Second street, grade elevation 98.60 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Second street, thence south on a plane 135 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 99.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 106.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Third street, grade elevation 107.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 
 112.75 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifth street, 
 grade elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Fifth street, thence south on a plane 135 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 108 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Sixth street, grade elevation 107 feet, thence south on a
 
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 plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 
 106.8 feet, thence south on a plane 146)4 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 106 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Seventh street, grade elevation 107.6 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.8 feet, thence south on a plane 130 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation III feet, thence south on a plane to the north line 
 of Broadway street, grade elevation I15.4, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation II5 9 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 121 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Ninth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Tenth street, grade elevation I15 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 
 114.4 feet, thence south on a plane tothe north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 106 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 105.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 104 feet, thence south level 30 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Thirt- 
 eenth street, grade elevation no. 5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Thirteenthstreet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 108. 7 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation III. 6 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation II2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth 
 street grade elevation II3.I feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Sixteenth street, thence south on a plane to the M., 
 K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation ill feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 108.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Seventeenth street grade elevation 108.2 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, grade 
 elevation 101.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south
 
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 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 100.7 ^eet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 95.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Ninteenth street, grade elevation 94.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north line of Twentieth street, 
 grade elevation 88.2 feet. 
 
 Sec. 197. The grade of Ohio avenue, between Clay street 
 and Twenty-eighth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade elevation 58 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Clay street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Henry street, grade 
 elevation 64.1 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Henry street, grade elevation 64.7 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 
 70.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curtj line of 
 Johnson street, grade elevation 71.5 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Morgan street, grade elevation 
 "J J .'J feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Mor- 
 gan street, grade elevation 78.3 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 88.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Cooper street, 
 grade elevation 89 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 10 1 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Pettis street, grade eleva- 
 tion 101.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 line of Jefferson street, grade elevation 104.4 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Jefferson street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Pacific street, grade elevation 10 1.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Pacific 
 street, grade elevation 101.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 Missouri Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elevation 100. 2 feet, thence 
 level to the south right of way of the Mo. Pacific Ry. Co., 
 thence south on a plane 25 feet to a point, grade elevation 102 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Main 
 street, grade elevation 105.85 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Main street, thence south on a plane to the north
 
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 curb line of Second street, grade elevation 103.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Second street, grade 
 elevation 102. 7 feet, thence south on a plane 140 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 101.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Third street, grade elevation 106 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Third street, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Fourth street, grade elevation 113.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fourth street grade elevation 1 14 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifth 
 street, grade elevation 115.45 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Fifth street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 113.5 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Sixth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 1 12.95 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Seventh street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Broadway 
 street, grade elevation 1 16.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 117 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 122.4 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Ninth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 1 19.3 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 118.9 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 113 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 sou«-h curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 112.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north line of Twelfth street, grade 
 elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the south line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 11 1.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 115 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Four- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 112 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 
 1 1 1.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 24 I 
 
 Fifteenth street, grade elevation 109.5 ^eet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fifteenth street, thence south on a plane to 
 the M. K. & T. Ry. tracks, grade elevation iii.i feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade 
 elevation 109.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 109 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade 
 elevation 107.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 107.6 feet, thtnce 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 106 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 105.6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 100.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 100. i feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north line of Twentieth street, grade ele- 
 vation 90.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south line of 
 Twentieth street, grade elevation 89.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 310 feet to a point, grade elevation 84 feet, thence south 
 level 40 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 88.4 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 89 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 95.5 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 95.7 feet, thence south on a plane 145 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 96.5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Twenty-fourth street ; and also commencing 
 at the south curb line of Twenty-fourth, street, grade elevation 
 99.3 feet, thence south on a plane 145 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 100 feet, thence south on a level 145 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line or Twenty-eighth street, grade 
 elevation 88.4 feet. 
 
 Sec. 198, The grade of Lamine avenue, between Clay 
 street and Twentieth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade elevation 60 
 feet, thence south on a level 225 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation Oy feet,
 
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 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Henry street, 
 grade elevation 6j .6 feet, thence south on a plme to the north 
 curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 77.8 feet, thence 
 south on a a plane to the south curb line of Johnson street, 
 grade elevation 78.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Morgan street, grade elevation 85 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the scuth curb line of Morgan 
 street, grade elevation 85.6 feet, thence south on a plane 195 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 89 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 95 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Cooper street, 
 grade elevation 95.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 107 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Pettis street, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Jefferson street, grade elevation 109.85 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Jefferson street, thence south on a plane 
 the north curb line of St. Louis street, grade elevation 108 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of St. Louis 
 street, grade elevation 107.5 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the Mo. Pacific Railway tracks, grade elevation 102.9 feet, 
 and also commencing at the south line of the Mo. Pacific Rail- 
 way company's right of way, grade elevation 104 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Main street, grade 
 elevation 1 10.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Main street, grade elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 125 feet to a point, grade elevation 1 10.4 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Second street, grade 
 elevation 109 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Second 
 street, thence south on a plane 140 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 107.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Third street, grade elevation 108. 3 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Third street, thence south on a plane 130 feet 
 to a point, grade elevation 109.2 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 11 2. 2 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth 
 
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 street, grade elevation 113.3 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 117.4 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Fifth street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 1 19.4 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Sixth 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventh 
 street, grade elevation 117.6 feet, thence level to the south 
 curb line of Seventh street, thence south on a plane 130 feet to 
 a point, grade elevation 118.2 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 120.5 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 124 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Ninth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 12 1.8 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Tenth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 116.7 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, 
 grade elevation i 16.3 feet, thence level lO the south curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 112 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion I I 1.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the M., K. & T. 
 Railway tracks, grade elevation 1 14 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 105.9 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation 105. i feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 100.5 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth 
 street, grade elevation 100. i feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Eighteenth street, thence south on a plane the north 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 97.9 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Nineteeth street, 
 grade elevation 97.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 91.9 feet.
 
 244 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 199. The grade of Massachusetts avenue, between 
 Main street and Thirteenth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Main street grade ele- 
 vation 1 14.9 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Second 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Third 
 street, grade elevation 112. 6 feet, thence level to the south curb line 
 of Third street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Fourth streei., grade elevation II2 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fifth street grade elevation 118.2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, 
 grade elevation 118.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 123.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, 
 grade elevation 123.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb linfe of Seventh street, grade elevation 124.3 i^^^, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Seventh street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 
 1254 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, thence south on a plane 165 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 127 feet, thence level to the north curb line of Ninth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 126.4 ^^et. thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 123.2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, 
 grade elevation 123 feet, ihence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 12 1.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade 
 elevation 121 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 117.4 feet. 
 
 Sec. 200. The grade of Washington avenue between Clay 
 street and Twenty-eighth street shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Clay street, grade eleva- 
 tion 80.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Clay street, grade elevation 80 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Henry street, grade elevation 66.7 feet.
 
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 thence level to the south curb line of Henry street thence 
 south on a plane 185 feet to a point, grade elevation 68 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Johnson street, 
 grade elevation 73.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Johnson street, grade elevation 74 feet thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Morgan street, grade eleva- 
 tion 81.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Morgan street, grade elevation 82 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Cooper street, grade elevation 94.5 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Cooper 
 street, grade elevation 95.1 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 107 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Pettis street, 
 grade elevation 107.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Jefferson street, grade elevation II2.6 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Jefferson street, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of St. Louis street, grade eleva- 
 tion III. 8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 St. Louis street, grade elevation. III. 4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the Misssouri Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elevation 107.7 
 thence south level 50 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Main street, grade elevation Il6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Main street, grade 
 elevation Il8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Second street, grade elevation II9.80 feet, thence south 
 level to the south curb line of Second street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 118. 3 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation I17 5 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 120. 4 feet, thence 
 south on plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade 
 elevation 120.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Sixth street, grade elevation 12 5. 3 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation
 
 246 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 125.7 ^eet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 127 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Seventh street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 
 126.3 ^^6t, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, thence south on a plane 305 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 125.6 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 125.4 ^^et, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 123. i feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade 
 elevation 122.9 ^^et, thence south on a plane 90 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 122.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 12 1.2 feet, 
 thence south on plane to the south curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 121 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 120. i 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 119.9 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 117.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Thir- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 117.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade ele- 
 vation 115. 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation II5 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade ele- 
 vation no. 7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation lio.l feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, 
 grade elevation 103. 6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 103 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, 
 grade elevation 97.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Seventeenth street grade elevation 96.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eighteenth 
 street, grade elevation 90.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Eighteenth street grade elevation 89.7
 
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 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 85 feet, thence south level 40 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Twentieth street, grade elevation 88 feet, thence 
 south level 40 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to 
 a point, grade elevation 86.6 feet, thence south on a plane 40 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 86.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 82.6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 82 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 75 
 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 74.6 seet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 70 feet, thence south on 
 a level 40 feet, thence south on a plane 950 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 65.5 feet, thence south level 40 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty-eighth 
 street, grade elevation 66.5 feet. 
 
 Sec. 201. The grade of Lafayette avenue, between Third 
 street, and Seventeenth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the south curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 116. 6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fourth street, grade elevation 117.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 
 
 117. 6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fifth street, grade elevation 120.45 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fifth street, thence soutn on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 123 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Sixth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 
 121. 7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 121.5 feet, thence level to the 
 north curb line of Broadway stre°t, and also commencing at the 
 north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 120 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Tenth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 117 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of
 
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 Eleventh street, grade elevation 116.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 
 I 1 5 feet, thence south on a plane t'o the south curb line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 114.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 
 112. 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, grade elevation 112 2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion no feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Fourteeth street, grade elevation 109.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street grade elevation 
 104.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Fifteenth street, grade elevation 103.8 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 98.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Six- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 98.2 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 94.2 
 feet. 
 
 Sec. 202. The grade of Mill street, between Pettis street 
 and Third street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Commencing 
 at the north curb line of Pettis street, grade elevation 
 100 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Pettis street, grade elevation 100.5 ^eet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of St. Louis street, grade elevation 
 102.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south line of St. 
 Louis street, grade elevation 102.6 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the Mo. Pacific Ry. tracks, grade elevation 107.6 feet, 
 and also commencing at the south curb line of Main street, grade 
 elevation 109.5 ^eet, thence south on a plane 190 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 109. feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Second street, grade elevation iio feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Second street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 1 11.75 ^eet. 
 
 Sec. 203. The grade of Ingram avenue, between Broad- 
 way street and Twenty-eighth street shall be as follows, to-wit:
 
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 Commencing at the north curb h'ne of Broadway street, grade 
 elevation III.2 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Broadway street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Ninth street, grade elevation 112.9 ^^et, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 I 13. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 116.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 
 1 17.2 feet, thence south level 130 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 115.2 
 feet thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 114.8 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 112.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 112.2 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 107.4 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, grade elevation 107 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 103. 2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourteenth 
 street, grade elevation 102.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 101.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation 101.4 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 100.2 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, grade elevation 101.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 102. i 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eight- 
 eenth street, grade elevation 103. 9 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Eighteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 104. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 107. 2 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Nineteenth street, thence level I45 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Twentieth
 
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 Street, grade elevation 105.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 104. 8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 96.6 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 96 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 91 feet, thence south level 40 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 92.5 feet, 
 thence south level 40 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 88.3 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Twenty-fourth 
 street, grade elevation 87.7 feet, thence south on a plane 290 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 85 feet, thence ^outh level 40 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Twenty- 
 eighth street, grade elevation 78.1 feet. 
 
 Sec. 204. The grade of Thomson street, between Third 
 street and Nineteenth street, shall be as follows, to wit: Com- 
 mencing at the south curb line of Third street, grade elevation 
 1 10.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 F'ourth street, grade elevation i i 1 . i feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 
 I II. 5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fifth street, grade elevation 115.8 feet, and also commencing at 
 the north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 104 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Broadway street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade 
 elevation 105 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Ninth street, grade elevation 105.6 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 
 1 10.7 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Tenth street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, 
 grade elevation 109. 4 feet, thence level to the south curb line 
 of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 11 1.2 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Twelfth street, and also commencing 
 at the south curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 112.7 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth
 
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 Street, grade elevation i lO feet, thence level to the sou h curb 
 line of Fourteenth street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation ill. 5 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Fifteenth street, and also com- 
 mencing at the south curb line of Sixteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 109.5 ^eet, thence level to the north curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, and also commencing at the south curb line of Eight- 
 eenth street, grade elevation 107. 9 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 
 106.7 ^eet. 
 
 Sec. 205 The grade of the street running north and 
 south, between Thomson avenue and Hancock avenue, and 
 Thirteenth street and Nineteenth street, shall be as follows, to- 
 wit : Commencing at the south curb line of Thirteenth street, 
 grade elevation 109 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 113 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade ele- 
 vation II0.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 109. 7 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 
 103.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Six- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 102.8 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 98 
 feet, and also commmencing at the south curb line of Eight- 
 eenth street, grade elevation 98 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 96 feet. 
 
 Sec. 206. The grade of Hancock avenue, between Third 
 street and Nineteenth street, shall be as follows, to wit: Com- 
 mencing at the south curb hne of Third street, grade elevat on 
 117 feet, thence ^outh on a plane to the north curb line ot 
 Fourth street, grade elevation II8.4 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation II7 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of Fifth street, thence south on a 
 plane 276 I-2 feet to a point, grade elevation 113.2 feet, thence
 
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 soutli on a plane 40 feet lo a poini, grade elevation II2.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane 12 5 feet to a point, grade elevation III. 8 
 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 III. 4 feet, tl ence south on a plane 275 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 107. 6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Broadway street, grade elevation 102.80 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Broadway street, 
 grade elevation 102.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 91. 7 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 91.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 92.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 
 93.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 96.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 96.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 99.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 
 100.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, grade elevation 113.3 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Thirteenth street, and also commencing 
 at the south curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 107.9 
 feet, thence south level 150 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 107 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifteenth street, 
 grade elevation 106.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 97.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, grade 
 elevation 96.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 87.4 feet, and also 
 commencing at the south curb line of Eighteenth street, grade 
 elevation 87 feet, thence level to the north curb line of Nine- 
 teenth street. 
 
 Sec 207. The grade of Marvin street, between Third 
 and Twentieth streets, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc-
 
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 ing at the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 115 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation i [6.4 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Fifth street, grade elevation 114.5 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 
 1 14. 3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Sixth street, grade elevation 107.5 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 107.3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventh 
 street, grade elevation 105.2 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 104.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Broadway 
 street, grade elevation 102. 7 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Broadway street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 97.3 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 96.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Tenth street, grade elevation 89.4 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 88.6 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh 
 street, grade elevation 83 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 86.8 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Twelfth street, grade 
 elevation 87.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 93.8 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 
 94.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of F'our- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 99.5 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 99.7 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, grade elevation 105 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Fifteenth street, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 99.3 feet, thence
 
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 south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, 
 grade elevation 98.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 89.5 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth street, 
 grade elevation 88.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 79.4 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 78.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 76.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 75.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 72.7 feet. 
 
 Sec. 208. The grade of Montgomery street, between 
 Third street and Twentieth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Third street, grade ele- 
 vation 116.80 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Third 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth 
 street, grade elevation 118 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fifth street, grade elevation 1 17.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 
 117 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth 
 street, grade elevation 108.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 108.3 ^eet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade 
 elevation 99.8 feet, .hence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Seventh street, grade elevation 99.2 feet, thence south on 
 a plane 135 feet to a point, grade elevation 96 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Broadway street, 
 grade elevation 94 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Broadway street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Ninth street, grade elevation 89.9 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 89.5 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Tenih street, 
 grade elevation 87.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 87.3 feet, thence south
 
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 on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade ele- 
 vation 80.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Eleventh street, grade elevation 80.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 79 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Twelfth street, thence 
 ?outh on a plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, 
 grade elevation 85.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 85.6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, 
 grade elevation 92.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 92.7 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade 
 elevation 98 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fifteenth 
 street, thence south level 145 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 97 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth 
 street, grade elevation 96.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 88.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, grade elevation 88 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 80.8 feet, 
 thence south o.i a plane to the south curb line of Eighteenth 
 street, grade elevation 80.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 74.6 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Nineteenth 
 street, grade elevation 74 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 68.4 feet. 
 
 Sec. 209. The grade of Brown street between Third 
 street and Twentieth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the south curb line of fhird street, grade elevation 
 I 1 8. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 F'ourth street, grade elevation 119.5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 117.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, 
 grade elevation 117 feet, thence south on a plane to the north
 
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 curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation io8 9 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade 
 elevation 108.3 ^^^t, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Seventh street, grade elevation 99.3 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade ele- 
 vation 98.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Broadway street, grade elevation 93 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Broadway street, and also com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade 
 elevation 75.6 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Twelfth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 77.3 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, grade elevation TT .'J feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fourteenth street, grade elevation 81 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Four- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 81. 6 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fifteenth treet, grade elevation 87.3 
 feet, thence^ south on a plane to the south curb line of Fif- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 87.7 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 93.2 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, 
 thence south level 150 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation go. 2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth street, 
 grade elevation 89.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 83 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 82.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation 76.3 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 grade elevation 75.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 67.3 feet. 
 
 Sec. 210. The grade of Summit street between Third 
 street and Twentieth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the south curb line of Third street, grade elevation
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2 5/ 
 
 1 16.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb h'nc of 
 Fourth street, grade elevation 114.7 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the 
 noith curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 115.5 feet, 
 thence level to the ,outh curb line of Fifth street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 
 1 1 1.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Sixth street, grade elevation i 1 1.3 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 106.9 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh 
 street, grade elevation 106.5 'eet, thence south on a plane to 
 the North curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 102.7 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, 
 grade elevation 96.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Ninth street grade elevation 95.7 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade eleva- 
 ation 91.7 feet; thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Tenth street, grade elevation 91.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 
 83.1 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 82.7 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 
 78.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Twelfth street, grade elevation 78.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 
 
 72.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, grade elevation 71.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane 145 feet to a point, grade elevation 71 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Fifteenth street, grade elevation 
 76.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 1 if- 
 teenth street, grade elevation TT .1 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 82.8 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth 
 street, grade elevation 83.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the
 
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 north curb line of Seventeenth street, gra'^^ e elevation 87.7 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Seventeenth street, thence 
 south on a p.ane to the north curb line of Eighteenth street, 
 grade elevation 86.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 85.7 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Nineteenth street, 
 g.ade elevation 78.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Nineteenth street, grade elevation ']'].'] feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Twentieth street, 
 grade elevation 69.7 feet. 
 
 Sec. 211. The grade of Engineer street, between Tower 
 avenue and Twenety-fourth street, shall be as follows, to-wit: 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Tower avenue, grade ele- 
 vation III. 8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Tower avenue, grade elevation III. 2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Jackson avenue, grade elevation 
 103.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Jackson avenue, grade elevation 103. 1 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Walnut stree;', grade ele- 
 vation 100.2 feet, whence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Walnut street, grade elevation 99.8 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Chestnut street, grade 
 elevation 96.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Chestnut street, grade elevation 96.5 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 150 feet to a point, grade elevation 95 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Boonville street, 
 grade elevation 98 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Boonville street, grade elevation 98.5 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Saline street, 
 grade elevation 105. 4 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Saline street, grade elevation 106 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Howard street, grade eleva- 
 tion 115.72 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Howard 
 street; and also commencing at the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 115.1 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Third street, grade elevation 113. 7 feet, thence
 
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 south on a plane to the south curb Hne of Third street, grade 
 elevation II3.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Fourth street, grade elevation 109 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 
 108.6 feet, thence level to the north curb line of Sixth street, 
 thence south on a plane tc the south curb line of Sixth street, 
 grade elevation 108.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 106.9 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade 
 elevation 106.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Broadway street, grade elevation 108 feet, thence level 
 to the south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 
 104 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Ninth street, grade elevation 103 6 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 99.2, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street, 
 grade elevation 98.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 89.2 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade 
 elevation 88.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 84.5 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Twelfth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 83.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Thirteenth street, grade elevation 76.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Thirteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion ^6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of F"ourteenth street, grade elevation 69 feet, thence south on 
 plane to the south curb line of Fourteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 68.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Fifteenth street, grade elevation ^"J feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Fifteenth street, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 71.4 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth 
 street, grade elevation 72 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Seventeenth street, grade elevation 76.4 feet.
 
 260 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventeenth 
 street, grade elevation ']'] feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Eighteenth street, grade elevation 81.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Eight- 
 eenth street, grade elevation 82 feet, thence south level 150 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Nine- 
 teenth street, grade elevation 80.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Nineteenth street, grade eleva- 
 tion 79.7 feet, thence south on a plane to north curb line of 
 Twentieth street, grade elevation 72.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Twentieth street, grade elevation 
 71.7 feet, thence south on a plane 620 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 57 feet, thence south on a plane 190 feet, grade ele- 
 vation 55 feet, thence south on a plane 320 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 69 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 69.80 feet. 
 Sec. 212. The grade of Wagner street, between Third 
 street and Fourteenth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of I'hird street, grade elevation 
 I 1 1.8 feet, thence south on a pla'^^e to the south curb line of 
 Third street, grade elevation 1 1 1.2 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 106.5 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth 
 street, grade elevation 105.9 ^eet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 100.4 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, 
 grade elevation 100 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 98.2 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Sixth street, grade elevation 
 98 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 96.1 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 95.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Broadway street, grade elevation 94 feet, thence south level to 
 the north curb line of Eleventh street, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 93.6
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 26 I 
 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb Hne of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 90.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 89.7 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Thirteenth 
 street, grade elevation 83.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Thirteenth street, grade elevation 83 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourteenth 
 street, grade elevation 73.50 feet. 
 
 Sec. 213. The grade of Hurley street, between Saline 
 street and Howard street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Saline street, grade elevation 
 108.4 ieet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Sa- 
 line street, grade elevation 108. 8 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Howard street, grade elevation 1 16.4 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Howard street. 
 
 Sec. 214. The grade of Hill street, between Tower avenue 
 and Howard street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commencing 
 at the north curb line of Tower avenue, grade elevation 118.8 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Tower avenue, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Jackson street, grade 
 elevation 115 feet, thence level to the north curb line of Walnut 
 street, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Walnut 
 street, grade elevation 1 14.4 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Chestnut street, grade elevation 105. 3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Chestnut 
 street, grade elevation 104.7 feet, thence south on a plane 145 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 102 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Boonville street, grade elevation 103. 3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Boonville 
 street, grade elevation 104 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Saline street, grade elevation 1 1 1 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the south curb line of Saline street, grade 
 elevation 1 1 1.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Howard street, grade elevation I17.8 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Howard street.
 
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 Sec. 215. The grade of Center street, between Third 
 street and Twelfth street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Third street, grade elevation 106.3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Third 
 street, grade elevation 105.7 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation 101.3 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Fourth street, 
 grade elevation 100.7 ^^^t, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of P'ifth street, as it now runs east of Center street, 
 grade elevation 99.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Fifth street, as it runs west of Center street, grade 
 elevation 95.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Sixth street, as it runs west of Center street, grade ele- 
 vation 91 .6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 aforesaid Sixth street, grade elevation 91 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 87. i 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Seventh 
 street, grade elevation 86.5 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Broadway street, grade elevation 84.8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, grade elevation 84.6 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 93 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Tenth street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade ele- 
 vation 85.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the sou«-h curb line 
 of Eleventh street, grade elevation 86 feet, thence level to the 
 north curb line of Twelfth street. 
 
 Sec. 216. The grade of Randolph street, between Saline 
 street and Howard street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Saline street, grade elevation 
 1 14 feet, thence level .to the south curb line of Saline street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Howard street, grade 
 elevation 119.3 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Howard street. 
 
 Sec. 217. The grade of Porter street, between a point 
 io6>4 feet north of the north line of Seventh street and
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 263 
 
 Twelfth Street, shall be as follows, to-vvit : Commencing at a 
 point 106)4 feet north of the north line of Seventh street, grade 
 elevation 98 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Seventh street, grade elevation 95.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Seventh street, grade eleva- 
 tion 95 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line 
 of Broadway street, grade elevation 88.5 feet, thence level to 
 the south curb line of Broadway street, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 82.3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 81.7 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Tenth street, grade elevation 77.2 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Tenth street 
 grade elevation 76.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation yy feet, thence 
 level to the north curb line of Twelfth street. 
 
 Sec. 218. The grade of New York avenue, between 
 Tower avenue and Twenty-fourth street, shall be as follows, 
 to-wit : Commencing at the north curb line of Tower avenue, 
 grade elevation 128 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Tower avenue, grade elevation 127.7 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Jackson avenue, grade 
 elevation 122.4 ^^et, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Jackson avenue, grade elevation 122 feet, thence south on 
 a plane to the north curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 
 
 1 20. 1 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Walnut street, grade elevation 119. 7 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Chestnut street, grade elevation 
 1 17.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Chestnut street, grade elevation 1 17.4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Boonville street, grade elevation 
 
 116.2 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Boonville street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Saline street, 
 grade elevation 122 feet, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Howard street, and also commencing at the south cuib line of 
 Third street, grade elevation lo8 feet, thence south on a plane
 
 264 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 to the north curb line of Fourth street, grade elevation lio 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Fourth street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Fifth street, as it runs 
 west of New York avenue, grade elevation 107. 8 feet, thence 
 level to the south curb line of aforesaid Fifth street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Sixth street, grade 
 elevition I09.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Sixth 
 street, thence south level I45 feet, thence south on a plane 180 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 107. 4 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Seventh street, grade elevation 
 105.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Seventh street, grade elevation 105. 2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Broadvv^ay street, grade ele- 
 vation loi feet, thence level to the south curb line of Broadway 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Ninth 
 street, grade elevation 93 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Ninth street, grade elevation 92.4 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Tenth street grade 
 elevation 95 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line 
 of Tenth street, grade elevation 84.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Eleventh street, grade elevation 
 77.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Eleventh street, grade elevation 76.8 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Twelfth street, grade elevation 
 73.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south line of Twelfth 
 street, grade elevation 72.7 feet, thence south on a plane 310 
 feet to a point, grade elevation 68.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane, 330 feet to a point, grade elevation 64 feet, thence south 
 on a plane 330 leet to a point, grade elevation 61.5 feet, thence 
 south level 40 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of Sixteenth street, grade elevation 63.4 feet, thence south 
 on a plane to the south curb line of Sixteenth street, grade ele- 
 vation 63.6 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 65 feet, thence south level 370 feet, thence south 
 on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 63.6 feet, thence 
 south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade elevation 63 feet.
 
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 thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 56.8 feet, thence south on a plane 40 feet to a point, grade ele- 
 vation 56.2, thence south on a plane 330 feet to a point, grade 
 elevation 51 feet, thence south on a plane 290 feet to a point, 
 grade elevation 48 feet, thence south on a plane 330 feet to a 
 point, grade elevation 46 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Twenty-fourth street, grade elevation 41.8 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Twenty- 
 fourth street, grade elevation 41.2 feet. 
 
 Sec. 2ig. The grade of Western avenue, between Tower 
 avenue, and Walnut street shall be as follows, to-wit : 
 Commencing at the north curb line of Tower avenue, grade 
 elevation 129.5 ^^et, thence level to the south curb line of 
 Tower avenue, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Jackson street, grade elevation 127 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Jackson street grade elevation 
 126.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Walnut street, grade elevation 124 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 123.6 
 feet. 
 
 Sec. 220. The grade ,of Emmet street, between Tower 
 avenue and a point 1 20 feet south of the south line of Fifth street, 
 shall be as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the north curb line 
 of Tower avenue, grade elevation 128.2 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Tower avenue, thence sorth on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Jackson street, grade elevation 129 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Jackson street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Walnut street, grade 
 elevation 12 5.1 feet, thence south on a plane to the south 
 curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 124.5 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Chestnut street, 
 grade elevation 120. 5 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Boonville street, grade elevation 121.30 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Boonville street, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Saline street, grade 
 elevation 120.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Saline
 
 266 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Street, thence south on a plane to the north curb hne of How- 
 ard street, grade elevation 117. 2 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the south curb line of Howard street, grade elevation II 5. 8 feet 
 tiience south on a plane 170 feet to a point, grade elevation 
 115.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Harvey street, grade elevation II6.6 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Harvey street, grade elevation 
 116.8 feet, thence south on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. 
 tracks, grade elevation 118 feet, and also commencing 120 feet 
 north of the porth line of Fourth street, grade elevation 118. 8 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Fourth 
 street, grade elevation 119. 6 feet, thence level to the south curb 
 line of Fourth street, thence south on a plane to the north curb 
 line of F"ifth street, grade elevation II8.2 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Fifth street, grade elevation 118 
 fctt, thence south on a plane 120 feet to a point, grade eleva- 
 tion 115 feet. 
 
 Sec. 221. The grade of Eastern avenue, between Jackson 
 street and Walnut street, shall be as follows, to-wit : Com- 
 mencing at the north curb line of Jackson street, grade elevation 
 126.4 f^st, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Jackson street, grade elevation 126 feet, thence south on a plane 
 to the north curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 122.8 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of Walnut 
 street, grade elevation 122.3 ^^et. 
 
 Sec. 222 The grade of Depp avenue, between Tower 
 avenue and Linn street, shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Tower avenue, grade elevation 120 
 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Tower avenue, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Jackson street, grade 
 elevation 123.5 feet, thence level to the south curb Hne of Jack- 
 son street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Walnut street, grade elevation 120.7 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the south curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 
 120.3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Chestnut street, grade elevation 116.3 feet, thence south on a
 
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 plane to the south curb Ijne of Chestnut street, grade elevation 
 I 15.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of 
 Boonville street, grade elevation 109. 5 feet, thence level to the 
 south curb line of Boonville street, then:e south on a plane to 
 the north curb line of Saline street, grade elevation i i 1.3 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Saline street, thence south 
 on a plane to the north curb line of Howard street, grade ele- 
 vation 107.5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Hov/ard 
 street, thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Harvey 
 street, grade elevation 113.7 feet, thence south on a plane to 
 the south curb line of Harvey street, grade elevation II4.3 
 feet, thence south on a plane to the M., K. & T. Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 115. 3 feet, thence south on a plane to the north 
 curb line of Linn street, grade elevation I17 feet. 
 
 Sec. 223. The grade of Heard avenue, between Tower 
 avenue and Linn street shall be as follows, to-wit: Commenc- 
 ing at the north curb line of Tower avenue, grade elevation 
 I 17.7 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Tower avenue grade elevation 118.3 feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Jackson street, grade elevation 
 I 19.9 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb line of 
 Jackson street, grade elevation 120. i feet, thence south on a 
 plane to the north curb line of Walnut street, grade elevation 
 1 2 1. 5 feet, thence level to the south curb line of Walnut street, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Chestnut 
 street, grade elevation 1 18.4 feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Chestnut street, grade elevation ii8 feet, 
 thence south on a plane to the north curb line of Boonville 
 street, grade elevation i i i feet, thence south on a plane to the 
 south curb line of Boonville street, grade elevation i 10.6 feet, 
 also commencing at the north curb line Boonville street, grade 
 elevation 1 12.2 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Boonville street, grade elevation 11 1.8 feet, thence 
 south on a plane to the north curb line of Saline street, grade 
 elevation 102.6 feet, thence south on a plane to the south curb 
 line of Saline steet, grade elevation io2. feet, thence south level
 
 26S REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 2IO feet, thence south on a plane to M. K. & T. Ry. tracks, 
 grade elevation 109.5 ^^et, thence south on a plane to the 
 north curb line of Harvey street, grade elevation 109 feet, 
 thence level to the south curb line of Linn street. 
 
 CHAPTER 13. 
 HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
 
 .■\RTICLE I.— Board of Health. 
 
 ARTICLE n. — Nuisances. 
 
 ARTICLE III. — Prevention of Spread of Contagious Diseases. 
 
 ARTICLE IV.— Vital Statistics. 
 
 ARTICLE v.— Quarantine Regulations. 
 
 ARTICLE L 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH. 
 
 Spxtion. [ Section. 
 
 224. Who constitutes, how appoint i 227. Board of Health, Duties of. 
 ed, compensation of. 
 
 225. Secretary of, to be appointed 
 by Mayor. 
 
 226. Secretary, duties of 
 
 228. May enter cellars, tenements, 
 etc., in the discharge of their 
 duties. 
 
 Section 224. There is hereby constituted and established 
 for the city of Sedalia, a board of health to consist of the mayor 
 of said city, who shall be ex-oflicio president thereof, and two 
 practicing physicians, who shall be appointed by the mayor and 
 confirmed by the council; and a majority of said board shall 
 constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business as shall 
 be required by the charter and ordinances of the city, and the 
 rules of such board of health; in the absence of the president 
 the member not filling the office of secretary shall preside. 
 The two physicians shall be appointed in such manner and at 
 such time as other appointive officers of the city and shall hold 
 their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. 
 The two physicians shall receive as full compensation for all
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 269 
 
 duties imposed by the charter and ordinances and the rules of 
 the board of health the sum of two hundred dollars each per 
 annum, payable monthly as other salaries. 
 
 Sec. 225. The mayor shall as soon as practicable after 
 the organization of the board of health, in each and every year, 
 appoint one of said physicians secretary of said board of health. 
 
 Sec. 226. The secretary of the board of health shall re- 
 cord its proceedings in a suitable book, sign all notices, keep a 
 strict account of all moneys received and expended by said 
 board of health, and in general perform all duties prescribed by 
 the said board. 
 
 Sec. 227. It shall be the duty of the board of health to 
 exercise a strict supervision over the sanitary condition of the 
 city and take whatever steps may be necessary to prevent the 
 spread or prevalence of any epidemic, contagious or infectious 
 disease; and shall have full power to take all steps and use all 
 reasonable measures necessary to promote and maintain the 
 cleanliness and general health of the city. The physicians so ap- 
 pointed shall be ex-ofificio city physicians and in addition to the 
 other duties imposed upon them shall, without extra charge 
 attend the indigent poor of the city when called on, and shall 
 also attend all persons who may become temporary charges 
 upon the city, and who shall need medical or surgical attend- 
 ance; it shall be their duty in case of the prevalence of small- 
 pox to vaccinate the indigent poor of the city free of charge. 
 The burden of attending the poor of the city and all other 
 duties shall be shared equally, as near as may be, by the city 
 physicians. 
 
 Sec. 228. The members of the board of health, the city 
 marshall, every policeman and any agent designated by the 
 board of health, are authorized to enter and examine all cellars, 
 tenements, and all other places within the city, for the purpose 
 of discharging their duty as prescribed by ordinance. The 
 secretary of the board of health shall keep at his offtce a book, 
 in which any person may enter complaint of any nuisance. Said 
 board shall immediately make an investigation of such com-
 
 2/0 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 plaint or charge, and take whatever steps may be necessary to 
 abate the same, or to prosecute before the poHce judge, the 
 person or persons doing or maintaining the same. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 NUISANCES. 
 
 vSection [ Section 
 
 229. No person to keep, cause, per- ! 235. House offal, garbage or refuse, 
 mil, etc. etc., when a nuisance. 
 
 230. Vegetable waste, garbage, 236. Green or un.salted hides, when, 
 filth, etc., nuisance, when. 237. Slaughter houses, meat shops. 
 
 231. Privy, vault, water closet, etc., j etc , when. 
 
 when. ; 23S. Police officers — duty to report 
 
 232. Drains, gutters, slop or garb- I all nuisances. 
 
 age boxes, etc., when. 239. Misdemeanor to keep, suffer, 
 
 233. Pond or pool of impure water, maintain, etc., punishment 
 etc., when. for. 
 
 234. Stable, stall, shed, pen, etc., 
 when. I 
 
 Section 229. No person shall permit, keep, cause, main- 
 tain or do any nuisance, as defined by the laws of this State, 
 or by any provisions in this chapter contained. 
 
 "Sec. 2.^0. All vegetable waste, litter, garbage, filth, or 
 refuse of any nature, found in or upon any street, alley, yard or 
 area within the city, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 231. Every privy, privy vault or water closet, which 
 shall be found to be in an overflowing, leaking or filthy condi- 
 tion, or in any condition dangerous to the public health in this 
 city, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 232. Any unclean, foul, defective or filthy drain, 
 ditch or gutter, or any leaking or broken slop, garbage or ma- 
 nure boxes, or receptacles of like character, niaintained or kept 
 in the city, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 233. Any lot, or piece of ground, within the limits 
 of the city, on which is situated a pond, or pool, of impure, 
 unwholesome or offensive water, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 234. Any stable, stall, shed, pen, yard, or appur- 
 tenance in which any horse, cattle, cow or swine has been, or
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2/1 
 
 shall be, kept, in the city, in which manure or liquid discharges 
 of any such animal ihall collect, or which shall be kept in an 
 unclean, foul, filthy or unwholesome condition, shall be deemed 
 a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 235. All house offal or garbage, or filth or refuse of 
 any kind, which shall be deposited otherwise than in suitable 
 barrels or boxes, convenient for removal by scavengers or slop- 
 contractors, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 236. Any green or unsalted hides kept in an ex- 
 posed or open place within the city, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 237. Any slaughter house, market or meat shop, 
 where beeves or other animals arc slaughtered or sold, which 
 shall be kept, or permitted to be kept, in an unclean or un- 
 wholesome condition, to the annoyance or detriment of any of 
 the citizens of the city, shall be deemed a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 238. It shall be the duty of all police ol^cers to ob- 
 serve and examine the sanitary condition of the city, and to re- 
 port promptly any nuisance found to exist in any portion of the 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 239. Every person who shall suffer, maintain or 
 keep a nuisance within the city shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 
 
 Section 
 
 240. Board of health to prescribe 
 regulations and provide pest 
 houses, for contagious dis- 
 eases, etc. 
 
 241. Report of infectious disease, 
 duty of board concerning. 
 
 242. Sign of infection- disease to be 
 put up, h6w and by whom. 
 
 243. Person exposed or having dis- 
 ease, to procure certificate 
 from physician. 
 
 244. To enter or depart from house 
 containing case of small-pox, 
 permission of physician to be 
 had. 
 
 Skction 
 245 Such permission to be granted 
 when. 
 
 246. Schools, to enter as pupil, 
 must have certificate of board 
 of health. 
 
 247. Misdeanor for teacher to fail 
 to require such certificate, 
 punishment. 
 
 24S Infectious diseases in schools, 
 
 duty of board. 
 246. Violation of this article, mis 
 
 demeanor, punishment. 
 
 Section 240. The board of health shall prescribe nec- 
 essary quarantine regulations, and provide a suitable pest house, 
 at or near the city, where all cases infected with any contagious 
 disease shall be conveyed, if deemed best by the said board 
 and treated and provided for at the expense of the city ; 
 Provided, that nothing in this section shall require any person 
 so infected to be conveyed to said pest house if said person 
 shall be able to pay for suitable treatment at home, and shall 
 prevent all persons from coming into contact with said contag- 
 ion or entering said premises. 
 
 Sec. 241. All persons having, or receiving any informa- 
 tion of a person suffering with any infectious disease, shall im- 
 mediately report the same to the said board of health, who 
 shall immediately see that the said case is either removed to 
 said pest house or that the premises are disinfected as fully as 
 may be, and suitable arrangements made to prevent all com- 
 munication between the persons there residing and persons 
 outside. 
 
 Sec. 242. Every person in this city, or that portion of 
 territory over which the city exercises jurisdiction for quarantine 
 purposes, within six hours next after the appearanne of small
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 273 
 
 pox, or any other infectious disease, in his or her house, resi- 
 dence or place of abode, shall be, and is hereby, required to 
 put up and keep up, in the most conspicuous place on such 
 premises, a printed or painted sign of suf^cient size to attract 
 attention, indicating the disease prevailing therein. 
 
 Sec. 243. Every person having small-pox or other in- 
 fectious disease, or attending upon any one having the same, is 
 hereby prohibited from knowingly, wilfully or carelessly expos- 
 ing others to such disease, before he or she shall procure a cer- 
 tificate from the attending or city physician that such term of 
 infection has passed. 
 
 Sec. 244. No person other than a physician shall enter 
 into, or depart from, any tenement or other place containing a 
 case of small-pox, without the permission of the physician at- 
 tending on such case of small-pox. 
 
 Sec. 245. No physician shall give any one permission to 
 enter into, and depart from, any tenement or abode containing 
 any case of small-pox, except to persons who have had small- 
 pox or varioloid, or are protected by any efficient vaccination, 
 and shall not then grant such permission to any such person to de- 
 part therefrom, unless he shall have positive knowledge that all 
 such persons, before coming out of such house, shall have 
 changed his or her clothing, and disinfected himself or herself 
 in an apartment separate from that occupied by the person af- 
 fected with the small-pox. 
 
 Sec. 246. No person shall be permitted to enter any of 
 the public or private schools of the city, as a pupil in the same, 
 until he or she presents to the principal of such school a certifi- 
 cate from the board of health, showing that such person has 
 been effectually vaccinated, and is free from all contagious 
 disease. 
 
 Sec. 247. Any teacher or principal who shall fail or re- 
 fuse to enforce the provisions of the next preceding section, shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one, nor 
 more than one hundred dollars.
 
 274 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 248. Whenever any contagious or infectious disease 
 shall manifest itself in any public or private school of the city, 
 the same shall be promptly reported to the board of health, and 
 such measures shall be taken by them, as will best secure the 
 schools against the spread of the contagion. 
 
 Sec. 249. Every person who shall violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this article, not otherwise provided for, shall, be 
 deeme i guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 VITAL STATISTICS. 
 
 Section 
 250. Births and deaths, record of to 
 
 be kept by the city clerk. 
 25 T. Report of, to be made by phy- 
 sicians, midwives, etc 
 
 252. Certificate of cause or manner 
 of death to be made, lot and 
 block in which remains were 
 interred must be indorsed on 
 certificate and returned. 
 
 253. Remains shipped out of city, 
 
 Section 
 
 receipt of express company to 
 be attached to certificate. 
 
 254. Inquests, coroner to make re- 
 port of to mayor. 
 
 255. Board of health, power to pre- 
 scribe rules, etc. 
 
 256. Misdemeanor to violate the 
 provisions of this article, pun- 
 ishment. 
 
 Section 250. The city clerk, under the immediate super- 
 vision of the board of health, shall keep a full record of all the 
 births and deaths within the city. 
 
 Sec. 251. It shall be the duty of every practicing physi- 
 cian and midwife or any other person acting as nurse or having 
 charge of any person who has given birth to a child, or any 
 person who has died within the corporate limits of the city, to 
 report the same to the city clerk on proper blanks, which blanks 
 shall be furnished by the board of health. 
 
 Sec. 252. Every undertaker, doing business in the city 
 of Sedalia, shall den: and a certificate of death, properly ordered 
 by the mayor and attested by the city clerk, setting forth the
 
 REVISED ORDfXANCES. 2/5 
 
 cause or manner of death so far as may be known, and as set 
 forth by the attending physician, midwife or nurse; and he 
 shall also notify the sexton of the cemetery when 
 the remains are to be interred, and that he has obtained 
 a proper certificate from the mayor, and he shall 
 return the certificate, having endorsed thereon that 
 the remains of the person therein named were properly 
 identified, and giving the name or location of the ceme- 
 tery, number of lot and block in which the reniains were 
 interred and the date of burial. 
 
 Sec. 253. If the remains of any deceased person are re- 
 moved beyond the jurisdiction of the city, the receipt of the 
 express company, or person receiving such remains, shall be 
 attached to and returned with the certificate. 
 
 Sec. 254. The coroner of Pettis county shall make out 
 and forward to the mayor a report of all inquests held over 
 bodies of deceased persons within the city limits, and such report 
 shall be made immediately after the findmg of *he jury is 
 known. 
 
 Sec. 255. The board of health shall have power to pre- 
 scribe whatever rules they may deem necessary for the regula- 
 tion of vital statistics of the city, and such rules shall be strictly 
 complied with. 
 
 Sec. 256. Any person who shall violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 
 less than two nor more than twenty-five dollars.
 
 2/6 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. 
 
 Section 
 
 257. Board of Health, to establish 
 aiu' enforce, when. 
 
 258. Quarantine regulations, to ap- 
 ply to what persons and things. 
 
 259. Quarantine regulations, when 
 to be established and extent 
 of. 
 
 260. Notice of, to be given to car- 
 riers of passengers or freight, 
 prescribing methods of; fail- 
 ure to comply with, a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 261. Railroad train, coming from 
 infected district, must have 
 permit; failure to have, a mis- 
 demeanor. 
 
 Section 
 
 262. Immigrants, passengers, etc., 
 to be sent to quarantine sta- 
 tion, when. 
 
 263. Orders of Board of Health, 
 marshal and police to be sub- 
 ject to. 
 
 264. INIisdemeanor to violate anj' 
 quarantine regulation ; pun- 
 ishment, when not specially 
 provided for. 
 
 265. Quarantine station. Board of 
 Health to procure, when and 
 how. 
 
 Section 257. The Board of Health is hereby authorized 
 and empowered to establish and enforce special or general quar- 
 antine regulations within the limits of the city of Sedalia, when- 
 ever, in its judgment, the sanitary interests of the city demand 
 the same. 
 
 Sec. 258. Quarantine regulations are hereby defined to 
 apply as follows: First, to all passengers and their baggage. 
 Second, to passengers or baggage respectively. Third, to 
 freight of any one kind or character, or different varieties of 
 freight differing in kind, character, substance or material; the 
 extent of the inhibition or prohibition upon passengers or freight 
 coming from any part of the United States into the city of Se- 
 dalia, shall be determined by the Board of Health, and, when 
 so determined, it shall be made of record in the proceedings of 
 ihe Board. 
 
 Sec. 259. Whenever the Board of Health shall be in 
 possession of reliable and satisfactory information that any ma- 
 lignant, infectious or contagious disease is epidemic in any por- 
 tion of the country with which the city of Sedalia has communi- 
 cation, it may establish and enforce quarantine regulations
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2// 
 
 against such portion of the country, and it may determine and 
 regulate to what extent, in what manner, and by whom any 
 communication or business transactions may be had with such 
 portion, either by the citizens of such portions of the country or 
 of the city of SedaHa, and it shall establish such stringent and 
 necessary rules and regulations as may be required to prevent 
 the introduction or spread of such disease; and to that end it is 
 hereby authorized to employ such persons as it may deem neces- 
 sary, and all the actions of such Board under the provisions of 
 this section must be approved by and recorded in the proceed- 
 ings of the Board of Health. 
 
 Sec. 260. Whenever the Board of Health shall declare 
 that any malignant, infectious or contagious disease is prevalent 
 in an epidemic form, in any portion of the country, it shall im- 
 mediately, or as soon thereafter as possible, notify in writing 
 every express company, transfer company teamster, and rail- 
 road company doing business in the city of Sedalia and engaged 
 in the transportation of freight and passengers to or from the 
 city of Sedalia to any portion of such country, through their 
 representatives or principal officers, or owners, managers, con- 
 ductors, teamsters or directors, that quarantine regulations have 
 been established and will be rigidly enforced against such por- 
 tion of the country, stating the method and the conditions by 
 and upon which they may transmit or carry passengers or 
 freight to or from the city of Sedalia, and also the kind or char- 
 acter of freight that is prohibited from entering the city, and all 
 other regulations that may have been established by the Board 
 of Health in relation to the subject matter. Every officer, man- 
 ager, owner, director, conductor or teamster of any express 
 company, transfer company, team or railroad company, after 
 having received such notice, failing or refusing, in whole or in 
 part, to comply with the restrictions and conditions of the quar- 
 antine regulations as established by the Board of Health, shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction there- 
 of before the police judge of the city of Sedalia, shall be fined 
 not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars, or
 
 2/8 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 be imprisoned in the city jail for a time not exceeding th'-ee 
 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 261. No raihoad train consisting of locomotive and 
 one car or more, coming from any portion of the country in- 
 fected with any malignant, infectious or contagious disease in 
 an epidemical form, and bound for the city of Sedalia, shall 
 enter said city, or discharge its freight or passengers within the 
 limits of the city of Sedalia, without first having obtained a per- 
 mit to do so from the Board of Health, or some other officer of 
 the city designated by the Board of Health. Any conductor of 
 any railroad train, entering the city with freight or passengers, 
 or discharging freight or passengers within the city of Sedalia, 
 without first having obtained a permit as heretofore designated, 
 shall be deemed guilty af a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 
 thereof, before the police judge of the city of Sedalia, shall be 
 fined in a sum not less than one dollar nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the city jail for not to exceed 
 three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 262, All immigrants, passengers, or others recently 
 from shipboard or elsewhere, and all sick, diseased or unclean 
 persons, with their baggage and stores, may, on their arrival in 
 the city of Sedalia, be sent to the quarantine station provided by 
 the city for such purposes, whenever, in the opinion of the Board 
 of Health, the same is deemed necessary. 
 
 Sec. 263. Whenever an order of the Board of Health in 
 relation to the quarantine regulations of the city of Sedalia shall 
 be made, a copy of the same shall be made out and attested by 
 the clerk and presiding officer thereof, and transmitted to the 
 city marshal, who shall enter the same of record, or file it in his 
 office, and the city marshal shall cause said order to be read at 
 least twice to the police officers of the city, whether they be 
 regular or special ofificers, and the marshal and police shall be 
 subject to the orders of the Board of Health in the enforcement 
 of the quarantine regulations of the city. 
 
 Sec. 264. Any person or persons failing or refusing to 
 comply with the quarantine regulations of the city of Sedalia, as
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2/9 
 
 established by the Board of Health, or any person or persons, 
 resisting, by force or otherwise, the enforcement of the quaran- 
 tine regulations in the city of Sedalia, established as aforesaid, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 
 thereof, before the police judge, shall, when not otherwise 
 specially provided for, be fined in a si|fii not less than one dol- 
 lar nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 265. The Board of Health are hereby authorized 
 and empowered to procure, at a reasonable cost of rental, for 
 such time as the exigencies of the case shall demand, a suitable 
 place to be used as a quarantine station, whenever by them 
 deemed necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of any 
 malignant, infectious or contagious disease, and the city council 
 shall order warrants drawn from time to time to meet the ex- 
 penses of such quarantine station, and all other matters pertain- 
 ing to the quarantine regulations of the city.
 
 28o 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 14. 
 LICENSES. 
 
 ARTICLE I. — Sundry and Miscellaneous Licenses. 
 
 ARTICLE II. — Merchants License?. 
 
 ARTICLE III.— Insurance Licenses. 
 
 ARTICLE IV.— Railroad Ticket Brokers Licenses. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 SUNDRY AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES. 
 
 Section. 
 
 266. Licenses, who must have, gen- 
 erally. 
 
 267. Definition and meaning of 
 words and phrases used. 
 
 268. License tax, amount of, to be 
 levied and collected for mis- 
 cellaneous businesses. 
 
 269. Billiard and pool tables, bowl- 
 ing alleys, pigeon holes, etc, 
 amount of tax to be levied on. 
 
 270. Livery, feed and sale stables, 
 wagon yards, license tax on. 
 
 271. Teams, wagons and drays, 
 carriages, hacks, etc., license 
 tax on. 
 
 272. Hotel keeper, license tax on. 
 
 273. Runner of hotel, to pa}- license 
 tax, and wear badge, failure 
 to a misdemeanor. 
 
 274. Restaurant stand, license on. 
 
 275. Bootblack, license tax on 
 
 276. Agricultural implements, deal- 
 er to pay what license tax. 
 
 277. Keeper of butcher shop, 
 license tax on, meaning of 
 term. 
 
 278. Circuses, menageries and side 
 shows. 
 
 279. Theatrical show or exhibition, 
 not in licensed house or hall. 
 
 280. Opera house keeper. 
 
 281. Rope or wire dancing, spirit 
 rapping, street organ, etc. 
 
 282. Peddlers and hawkers, coun- 
 try produce, etc., excepted. 
 
 283. Auctioneer, license tax on. 
 
 284. Licensed auctioneer may sell 
 at retail without merchant's 
 license, when, must render 
 statement of sales. 
 
 Section 
 
 285. Duty on sales by auctioneer to 
 be paid city treasurer, bond 
 for same to be given. 
 
 286. Failure of auctioneer to com- 
 ply with conditions of bonil, 
 penalty, license not transfei- 
 able. 
 
 287. Pawn and money broker must 
 have license, 
 
 288. Pawnbroker, who declared to 
 be. 
 
 289. Bond to he given by when li- 
 censed. 
 
 290. Pawnbroker tc> keep register 
 of loans, and issue tickets for 
 same. 
 
 291. Register of broker, open to in- 
 spection of officers. 
 
 ■292. Pawnbroker, license tax on. 
 
 293. Goods not to be received from 
 minors, or between 8 p. m. 
 and 7 a m. 
 
 294. Loan not to be made on divid- 
 ed parts of property. 
 
 295. Misdemeanor for violation of 
 this article. 
 
 296. Money broker, who is. 
 
 297. Money broker, license tax on. 
 
 298. Wood and coal dealer, tax on. 
 
 299. Ice wagons, tax on. 
 
 300. License not to authorize doing 
 business on Sunday. 
 
 301. Time of license to run 
 
 302. License tax, payable in ad- 
 vance. 
 
 303. Misdemeanor, to do business 
 without, penalty.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 28 I 
 
 Sec. 266. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep a 
 beer depot, or beer store room, to exercise or carry on the bus- 
 iness of an auctioneer, druggist, hawker, peddler, banker, 
 broker, pawn-broker, merchant of any kind, grocer, restaurant 
 keeper, butcher, tavern-keeper, hotel-keeper, or the keeper of 
 a public boarding house, dram-shop, saloon, billiard tables, 
 pool tables, or any other kind of a gaming table, bowling alley, 
 hay scales, or to exercise the business of lumber dealer, livery 
 stable keeper, real estate agent, loan company, loan agent, or 
 to keep, manage or control any public building, public hall, 
 opera house, public grounds, concerts, or to exercise, or follow 
 the avocation of photographer, bill-poster, artist, agent, porter, 
 runner, drummer, public lecturer, conduct, manage or control 
 any public meeting, give or cause to be given, performed or 
 exhibited any circus, show, parade or exhibition, or to engage 
 in or follow the avocation of horse and cattle dealer, patent right 
 dealer, keeper of stock yards, keeper of wagon yards, in- 
 spector, guager, mercantile agent, insurance, insurance agent, 
 manufacturer, or use, operate or run upon the streets of the 
 city for hire, or upon which a fare is charged, any street rail- 
 road car, hackney carriage, omnibus, cart, dray, transfer wagon, 
 job wagon, or use any wagon in the delivery or peddling of ice, 
 or use any vehicle of any kind for hire on the streets of the 
 city, or keep or conduct any traveling or auction store, or fol- 
 low the business or avocation of a money broker, money 
 changer, ir,telligence ofifice or agency, or shall be a party to, or 
 conduct, or manage any public masquerade, or ball, or shall 
 give any street exhibition, or conduct or keep any dance house, 
 pistol gallery, or shall do business as a fortune teller or corn doc- 
 tor, or shall keep any private venereal hospital, museum, me- 
 nagerie, or shall keep or perform or cause to be performed any 
 equestrian performance, or shall exhibit any horoscopic views, 
 or telescopic views, or shall keep or manage any lung tester, 
 muscle developer, magnifying glass, ten-pin alley, ball-alley, or 
 shall give, keep, or cause to be given, or permit to be given, in 
 any place controlled by him or them, any theatrical or other
 
 282 RKVISED ORDINANCKS. 
 
 exhibition, boxing or sparring exhibition, show or amusement, 
 or make any sales of unclaimed goods held by express com- 
 panies or common carriers, without first having obtained a 
 license therefor from the proper ofificers of the city, and pay the 
 license therefor fixed by ordinance. 
 
 Sl-:c. 267. The foUowmg definitions of phrases and words 
 employed in this article are hereby adopted ; a bill poster is 
 one who conducts the business of posting bills in advertising any 
 performance, show, exhibition or business in public places or so 
 as to be conspicuous to the travel of the city. A money broker 
 shall be construed to mean any person, firm, company or cor- 
 poration other than bankers or banking corporations, or institu- 
 tions in the meaning of this section, who for a commission 
 negotiates, obtains or effects loans of money on real estate 
 securities or on collateral security or personal guaiantee, or who 
 effects or negotiates for the purchase or sale or stocks, bonds, 
 bills of exchange, bullion, coined money or other money or cur- 
 rency, promissory notes or other securities, for themselves or 
 other > is hereby declared to be a financial agent or broker. Any 
 person, company, or corporation, or association, other than 
 bankers, banking corporations or associations, who shall follow 
 the business or avocation of loaning money, whether for them- 
 selves or others, is hereby declared to be a lone agent or com- 
 pany as the case may be. Every person who shall in any way 
 deal in the sale of patent rights or the procurement of patents 
 for inventions is hereby declared to be a patent right dealer or 
 agent. A photographer is one having a place of business 
 where the taking of photographs is carried on. Every person 
 or firm composed of one or more per^pns, who shall act as 
 agent for any party in the leasing, 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 advertise or hang out any sign or device which 
 shall designate him or them as an agent or agents for the rent- 
 ing, collecting rents, leasing or selling houses or real estate, 
 shall be considered a real estate agent. A real estate broker is
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 283 
 
 one who for commission, or other compensation, is engaged in 
 the selling of, or negotiating sales of real estate belonging to 
 others. A horse and cattle dealer is a person who buys or 
 sells, barters or trades in horses, mules, cattle, hogs or sheep 
 on his own account, without being the keeper of a stock yard, 
 or sale stable. Every person, firm, bank, banking company or 
 incorporated institution or association, having a place of busi- 
 ness where credits are opened in favor of any one, on time or 
 current deposits, or on collections of money or currency, sub- 
 ject to be repaid or remitted upon drafts, checks or orders, or 
 where money or currency is advanced or loaned on stocks, 
 bonds, bullion, bills of exchange or promissory notes, or where 
 stock, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange or promissory notes are 
 received for discount or sale, is hereby declared to be a banker, 
 banking corporation or institution. A fortune teller is one who 
 for a compensation, tells, or pretends to foretell, the events of 
 one's life, or one who pretends to a knowledge of future events. 
 The avocations named and not herein given a particular or 
 special definition shall be construed with reference to the 
 ordinary use of the term or any special signification given it by 
 custom and usage. 
 
 Sec. 268. Ther*^ shall be levied and collected for every 
 license granted for any business or object herein specified a 
 license tax as follows: 
 
 First — Upon every loan agent's license, twenty-five dollars 
 per year, or fifteen dollars for six months. 
 
 Second — Upon every loan company's license, fifty dollars 
 per year, or thirty dollars for six months. 
 
 Third — Upon every patent right dealer or agent's license, 
 thirty dollars per year, twenty dollars for six months, or two 
 dollars per day. 
 
 Fourth — Upon every photographer's license, twenty dollars 
 per year. 
 
 Fifth — Upon every real estate agent's license, twenty-five 
 dollars per year.
 
 284 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sixth — Upon every real estate broker's license, twenty-five 
 dollars per year. 
 
 Seventh — Upon every horse and cattle dealer's license, fif- 
 teen dollars per year. 
 
 Eighth — Upon every bank or banker's license, fifty dollars 
 per year. 
 
 Ninth — Upon every corn doctor s license, twenty dollars 
 per year or two dollars per day. 
 
 Tenth — Upon every license to exhibit horoscopic views, 
 two dollars p^r day. 
 
 Eleventh — Upon every license to keep a lung tester, two 
 dollars per day or ten dollars per year. 
 
 Twelfth — Upon every fortune teller's license, two dollars 
 per day or twenty-five dollars per year. 
 
 Thirteenth- -XJ'^on every license to keep muscle developers, 
 two dollars per day or ten dollars per year. 
 
 Fourteenth — Upon every license to keep a hay scales, fifty 
 dollars per year. 
 
 Fifteenth — Upon every license to keep or use a street 
 sprinkling wagon or cart, ten dollars per year. 
 
 Sixteenth — Upon every license for any exhibition or show 
 on any of the streets of the city, or elsewhere within the city 
 limits, to which a fee is charged, or at which articles are sold 
 or offered for sale, and not otherwise licensed, two dollars per 
 day or twenty-five dollars per year. 
 
 Seventeenth — Upon every bill poster's license, fifty dollars 
 per year. 
 
 Eighteenth — Upon every license to deliver any public lec- 
 ture, except where the same is to be delivered in the interests of 
 some church, school or charitable institution or purpose, five 
 dallars for one lecture or the first of any series of lectures, and 
 two dollars and fifty cents for each succeeding lecture. 
 
 Nineteenth — Upon every license to keep an intelligence or 
 employment ofifice or agency, ten dollars per year. 
 
 Twentieth — Upon every license to use a magnifying glass 
 for hire, ten dollars per year or one dollar per day.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 285 
 
 Twenty-first — Upon every license to conduct any gift enter- 
 prise, two dollars per day or twenty dollars per month. 
 
 Twenty-second — Upon every license to give any boxing, 
 sparring or wrestling exhibition, five dollars each. 
 
 Twenty -third — Upon every license to conduct or permit 
 any sale of any unclaimed goods in the possession of any ex- 
 press company or common carrier, five dollars for each day a 
 sale is made or conducted, or goods offered for sale. 
 
 Twenty-fourth — Upon every license to keep or conduct 
 any traveling or auction store, ten dollars per day, or fifty dol- 
 lars per month. 
 
 Twenty-fiftJi — Upon every license to keep a beer depot or 
 beer wareroom or store-room, dollars per year. 
 
 Twenty- six th^\5\)Ox\ every hawker's license, two dollars 
 per day 
 
 Twenty-seve7ith — Upon every boarding house license, ten 
 dollars per year or five dollars for six months. 
 
 Twenty-eighth — Upon the license of every keeper of a 
 public building, ten dollars per year or five dollars for six 
 months. 
 
 Twenty-ninth — Upon the license of every keeper of public 
 grounds, dollars per year. 
 
 ThirtietJi — Upon every license to keep a stock yard, ten 
 dollars per year. 
 
 Thirty-first — Upon every inspector or guager's license, one 
 dollar per day. 
 
 Thirty-second — Upon every mercantile agent's license, ten 
 dollars per year. 
 
 Thirty-third — Upon every manufacturer's license, one dol- 
 lar per year. • 
 
 Thirty-fourth — Upon every street car license, one dollar 
 per year for each car used regularly. 
 
 Thirty-fifth — Upon every moneychanger's license, ten dol- 
 lars per year. 
 
 Thirty-sixth — Upon every license for any masquerade, or 
 ball or dance house, ten dollars per year.
 
 286 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Thirty-seventh — Upon every license to keep any private 
 venereal hospital, twenty-five dollars per year. 
 
 Thirty-eigJitJi — For exhibiting any telescopic views for 
 hire or charge, two dollars per day. 
 
 Sec. 269. All keepers, owners or managers ol billiard or 
 pool tables, shall pay a license tax for every six months of 
 seven dollars and fifty cents for each table; and every owner, 
 keeper or manager of a ten pin alley, or bowling alley, shall 
 pay a license tax for every six months of ten dollars ; and 
 every owner, keeper or manager of any pigeon-hole, bagatelle, 
 or Jenny Lind table, shall pay a license tax for every six 
 months of five dollars for each table. 
 
 Sec. 270. All owners of livery stables, shall pay a 
 license tax of ten dollars for every six months, and two dollars 
 and fifty cents per year for every two seated vehicle kept and 
 used upon the streets of this city for hire ; and all owners of 
 feed and sale stables, or wagon yards, shall pay a license tax of 
 five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 271. All owners of teams, wagons or drays, shall 
 pay a license tax of five dollars for every two horse wagon or 
 dray, used for hauling, for hire within the city limits, and for 
 every one horse wagon so used, three dollars; and all owners 
 of carriages, hacks, buggies, or other vehicles used in trans- 
 porting passengers, for hire, within the city limits, shall pay a 
 license tax for every six months of five dollars for every 
 vehicle so used. 
 
 Sce. 272, Every hotel keeper within the city shall pay 
 a license tax of fifteen dollars, and fifty cents additional for 
 every room, of any kind, kept in such hotel for the accommo- 
 dation of guests; and the word "hotel," as used in this sec- 
 tion, shall be construed to mean and include all houses kept 
 open for the accommodation of travelers 
 
 Sec 273. Every person who shall ply the avocation of 
 runner of, or solicit guests for any hotel or boarding house, 
 whether controlled by himself or another, shall pay a license 
 tax of seven dollars and fifty cents for every six months, and
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 28/ 
 
 obtain a license as runner; and every such hotel or boarding- 
 house runner, or person, shall, while plying such avocation, or 
 soliciting such i^uests, wear a badge on the outside and front of 
 his hat, or cap, on which shall be printed or written plainly, the 
 name of the hotel or house for which he runs or solicits guests, 
 and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this 
 section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 
 viction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than one nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 274. Every person who shall keep a restaurant 
 stand shall pay a license tax of seven dollars and fifty cents for 
 every six months. 
 
 Sec. 275. Every person wl.o shall ply the avocation of 
 bootblack upon any of the streets, alleys or public grounds of 
 the city, or at, or around any of the railroad depots or station 
 houses, shall pay a license of three dollars for every six 
 months. 
 
 Sec. 276. Every dealer in agricultural implements, 
 whether selling on his own account or for others, who has no 
 regular business house, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars for 
 every six months. 
 
 Sec. 277. Every person who shall keep a butcher shop 
 within the city limits shall pay a license tax of twelve dollars 
 and fifty cents for every six months, provided, that this section 
 shall not apply to a person i*enting or occupying stalls or stands 
 in the city market house; and the term "butcher shop" as used 
 above, shall be construed to mean all places wherein fresh 
 meats are kept and offered for sale ; provided, that this section 
 shall not be construed so as to include regular canners and 
 packers of meats so as to prevent the sale of spare-ribs, pigs 
 feet, hogs heads, and other trimmings and offal of such pack- 
 ing house or canning establishment; and provided further, that 
 nothing in this section shall be so construed as to require the 
 payment of a license tax upon any article offered for sale, or 
 sold by the raiser or producer.
 
 288 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 278. Every person, company or corporation ex- 
 hibiting any circus or menagerie show, shall pay a license tax 
 of one hundred dollars, when an admission fee of fifty cents is 
 charged, fifty dollars when an admission fee of twenty-five cents 
 is charged, forty dollars when an admission fee of twenty cents 
 is charged, and twenty dollars when an admission fee of ten 
 cents is charged, or the license shall be in dollars, double the 
 number of cents charged for admission for every day the same 
 shall be exhibited; and the owners and managers of side shows, 
 or animal shows, not exhibited under the main circus canvas, 
 shall pay a license tax of ten dollars for every day the same 
 shall be so exhibited. 
 
 Sec. 279. Every person, company or corporation who 
 shall be the owner or keeper of any theatrical show or exhibi- 
 tion, who shall give any performance or make any exhibition 
 in any opera house building, hall or other place within the city, 
 other than a regularly licensed opera house, hall or building, 
 shall pay for every such performance or exhibition a license tax 
 of five dollars, for the first performance or exhibition, and the 
 sum of two dollars and fifty cents for each additional perform- 
 ance or exhibition. 
 
 Sec. 280. Every keeper of an opera house shall pay a 
 license tax of one hundred dollars per year, the term to begin 
 on November first of each year. 
 
 Sec. 281. Every person who shall perform any rope or 
 wire dancing, or spirit rapping, shall pay a license tax for every 
 such performance of five dollars ; and every person who shall 
 exhibit on any street, or in any public place in this city, any 
 street organ, musical playing-box, monkey show, or any other 
 exhibition whatever, shall pay a license tax of one dollar for 
 every day's performance; Provided, that nothing in this section 
 shall be so construed as to require a license tax to be paid by 
 persons exhibiting or performing any amateur performances, or 
 performances for schools, religious or charitable purposes. 
 
 Sec. 282. Every peddler shall pay a license tax of twen- 
 ty-five dollars for every six months, or three doll as for the first
 
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 day and two dollars per day for a term less than six months, for 
 which a license shall be granted for selling within the city, ex- 
 cept peddlers of country produce, fish and game; and every 
 hawker of goods, wares, merchandise, nostrums or patent medi- 
 cines shall pay a license tax of five dollars for the first day he 
 may sell, and three dollars per day for each day thereafter. 
 
 Sec. 283. Every person who shall exercise the trade or 
 business of auctioneer, by selling any goods or property subject 
 to duty under ordinance, or any real estate, shall pay a license 
 tax as follows: First, on such license for thirty days or less, 
 fifteen dollars; second, on such license for three months, twenty 
 dollars; third, on such license for six months, twenty-five dol- 
 lars; fourth, on such license for the first day, three dollars, and 
 one dollar per day thereafter for a term less than one month ; 
 but no person shall be permitted to sell property of any kind at 
 auction unless he shall have resided in this state six months 
 next preceding the time of making application for such license. 
 
 Sec. 284. An)' auctioneer, licensed as prescribed by this 
 article, may sell or retain goods at his auction house, without a 
 license as vendor of merchandise, so long as he continues the 
 business of an auctioneer in said auction store; but he shall 
 render a true account of sale, and pay the like duty thereon as 
 if such sales were made at auction. Sales of property at auction 
 shall be free from duty in the cases specified in section 693 of 
 the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1889. 
 
 Sec. 285. There shall be paid into the city treasury, as 
 ad valorem tax, one-half of one per centum of the proceeds of 
 the sales of property sold at auction, or retailed, as specified in 
 the next preceding section, and in order to secure the payments 
 of the same, the applicant for an auctioneer's license shall enter 
 into a bond, with two sufificient securities, to be approved by 
 the mayor, in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, condi- 
 tioned that he will, at the expiration of his license, give to the 
 collector a true statement of the aggregate amount of all prop- 
 erty or goods, subject to duty, sold by him at auction or at re-
 
 290 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 tail, as hereinbefore provided, and to pay to the collector his 
 said tax of one-half of one per centum on all such sales. 
 
 Sec 286. Whenever any auctioneer shall fail to fulfill the 
 conditions of his bond, the mayor may order the city attorney 
 to prosecute him on his bond, and if judgment shall be rendered 
 against him, in addition to the judgment so recovered, his 
 license may be thereby revoked and vacated, if so adjudged by 
 the court. Nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to 
 permit any auctioneer to transfer his license, or to deputize or 
 authorize any other person to act in the capacity of auctioneer in 
 his stead. 
 
 Sec. 287. No person shall engage in the business of 
 pawnbroker or money broker in this city, without first having 
 obtained a license therefor. 
 
 Sec. 288. Any person who loans money on a deposit of 
 personal property as security, or who deals in the purchase of 
 personal property on condition of selling the same back again at 
 a stipulated price, or who makes a public display at his place of 
 business of the sign generally used by pawn brokers to denote 
 their business, to-wit: three gilt or yellow balls, or who pub- 
 licly exhibits a sign of " money to loan " on personal property 
 or deposits, is hereby declared to be a " pawn broker." 
 
 Sec. 289. Every person to whom a license shall be 
 granted to carry on the business of a pawn broker shall enter 
 into a bond to the city of Sedalia, with good and sufficient se- 
 curity, to be approved by the mayor, in the penal sum of five 
 hundred dollars, conditioned for the due observance of all ordi- 
 nances that may be passed, or be in force, respecting pawn 
 brokers, at any time during the continuance of such license. 
 
 Sec. 290. Every pawn broker shall keep a register of all 
 loans, which register shall have date and names of all persons 
 who have left property of any description on deposit ; opposite 
 such name and date shall be written a full description of such 
 property, the time when the loan falls due, the amount loaned, 
 and the interest charged. In addition to this, he shall give to 
 the party negotiating a plamly written or printed ticket, having
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 2CJ\ 
 
 upon it a copy of the entries required by ordinance to be kept 
 in his register of loans, and for such tickets he shall make no 
 charge. 
 
 Sec. 291. The said register shall at all times be open to 
 the inspection of the mayor, city marshal, city attorney, sheriff 
 of Pettis county, and the constable within and for Sedalia town- 
 ship, or any person duly authorized in writing by any of them, 
 who shall exhibit to the pawn broker his written authority. 
 
 Sec. 292. Every such pawn broker, shall pay a license 
 tax to the city of Sedalia of seven dollars and fifty cents for 
 every six months. 
 
 Sec. 293. No pawn broker shall receive, by way of 
 pledge or pawn, any goods, articles or things whatsoever from 
 any minor, at any time, nor from any person whatsoever be- 
 tween the hours of eight o'clock p. m. and seven o'clock a. m. 
 
 Sec. 294. No pawn broker shall make any loan onthe 
 separate or divided part or parts of any article or piece of 
 property. 
 
 Sec. 295. Any pawn broker who shall neglect, violate or 
 refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this article con- 
 cerning pawn brokers, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten dol- 
 lars, nor more than one hundred dollars and in addition to such 
 fine his license may be ordered forfeited, if so adjudged by the 
 police judge in assessing and adjudging of such fine and im- 
 prisonment. 
 
 Sec. 296. Whoever is declared by the laws of the state of 
 Missouri, or by the government of the United States to be, or 
 who exercises the profession or calling of a money broker, shall 
 be so considered within the meaning of this article. 
 
 Sec. 297. All persons exercising or following the profes- 
 sion or calling of money brokers shall pay to the city of Sedalia 
 a license tax of fifty dollars per annum, thirty dollars for six 
 months. 
 
 Sec. 298. Every wood and coal dealer shall pay a license 
 tax of thirty dollars per year in advance, and the term of such
 
 2Q2 Ri:\lSKI) OKDINANCKS. 
 
 license .shall commence on the first day of September, and all 
 persons who are now engaged or who may hereafter become 
 engaged in the business of wood and coal dealers, who shall ap- 
 ply for a license for any part of the term of one year shall pay 
 a pro rata amount for a part of an unexpired term. 
 
 Sec". 299. Every person who shall drive or have driven 
 upon the streets in the delivery of ice, any ice wagon, shall pay 
 for every such wagon a license tax of thirty dollars for every 
 year, the term to commence on the first of May of each year. 
 
 Sec. 30b. No license issued under the provisions of this 
 article shall be so construed as to permit any person to exercise 
 any trade or calling, or carry on or engage in any bj.isiness on 
 the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, but, to do 
 the same shall be unlawful ; and every person who shall cany 
 on any business in the city of Sedalia, on the first day of the 
 week, commonly called Sunday, shall, be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by 
 fine of not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars; 
 provided, however, that grocery or drug stores may be opened 
 to sell provisions or medicines for immediate necessity and 
 demand, and livery stables may be kept open for the benefit of 
 the public. 
 
 Sec. 301. All licenses required by the provisions of this 
 article shall run for a period of six months, unless as otherwise 
 hereinbefore specially provided, and shall commence on the first 
 days of May and November in each and every year, or at the 
 commencement of such portion of a term as the person receiv- 
 ing the license shall transact the business for which the same 
 was obtained. When any person shall apply for a license after 
 the first days of May or November, or after the first day of a 
 term for which a license regularly begins, then the amount he 
 shall pay therefor shall be to the full amount of .such license for 
 the whole term as the time from the date of the license to the 
 end of the term shall be to the whole term, or be pro rated and 
 all license shall run in the name of the city and be signed by
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 293 
 
 mayor, and be subscribed by the city clerk and attested by the 
 the seal of the city. 
 
 Sec. 302. All licenses shall be payable in advance, un- 
 less otherwise specially provided, to the collector, upon the ex- 
 hibition of whose receipt the city clerk shall execute and deliver 
 a license to the person entitled therto, and the city clerk shall 
 charge the collector with the amount of such license. 
 
 Sec. 303. Whoever shall exercise any of the avocations, 
 or carry on or engage in any business for which a license is re- 
 quired under the provisions of this article, without first obtain- 
 mg a license therefor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; 
 and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not 
 less than one dollar, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 merchants license and tax. 
 
 Section. 
 
 304. Merchants, license tax on — 
 terms defined. 
 
 305. Ad valorem tax on, when levied. 
 ,-06. Statement of, when made - 
 
 collector charged with amonnt 
 
 Section. 
 
 307. Statement to be sworn to. 
 30S. Failure to make etc., misde- 
 meanor. 
 309. License, time to run. 
 
 Section 304. Every person or co-partnership of per- 
 sons, company or corporations or associations who shall deal in 
 the selling of goods, wares and merchandise, of any kind what- 
 ever, including clocks, at any stand or place occupied for that pur- 
 pose within the city, is hereby declared to be a merchant, except 
 as is or may be orthervvise provided by ordinance, and the term 
 "merchant" as used herein shall be construed to include all 
 merchants, commission merchants and grocers, whether trading 
 as wholesale or retail dealers, and every person defined to be a 
 merchant by this article, before doing or offering to do business 
 as such merchant, shall procure from the city clerk a license 
 therefor, for which he shall pay to the city collector for the use 
 of the city a license tax of twenty dollars.
 
 294 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 305. Merchants shall pay an advalorem tax, equalto 
 that which is levied upon all real estate, on the highest amount 
 of all goods, wares and merchandise which they may have, in 
 their possession or under their control, whether owned by them 
 or consigned to them for sale, at any time between the first day 
 of March and the tenth day of June in each year; Provided, 
 that no commission merchant shall be required to pay any tax 
 on any unmanufactured article, the growth or produce of this or 
 any other state, which may have been consigned for sale, and 
 which he has no ownership or interest other than his commis- 
 sion. 
 
 Sec. 306. On the tenth day of June in each year, it shall 
 be the duty of every person, or co-partnership of persons, who 
 shall have obtained a license, as provided for by this article, to 
 file in the ofitice of the city clerk a statement of the greatest 
 amount of goods, wares and merchandise which he or they may 
 have had on hand at any time between the first day of March 
 and the said tenth day of June; said statement shall include 
 goods, wares and merchandise owned by such merchant, and 
 consigned to him or them for sale, by other parties. The city 
 clerk shall, on or before the first day of July following, enter an 
 abstract of such statement in a book to be provided for such 
 purpose, make out and deliver to the collector a copy of such 
 abstract, and charge the collector with the amount of such 
 taxes. 
 
 Sec. 307. Such statement shall be signed and verified by 
 the affidavit of such person, or some member of the co-partner- 
 ship, or some credible person having the means of knowing, 
 for him or the co-partnership, before the city clerk, or some ofifi- 
 cer authorized by law or ordinance to administer the oath, that 
 such statement contains a just and true account of the aggregate 
 amount of all goods, wares and merchandise taxable by law. 
 
 Sec. 308. Every person, or co-partnership of persons, 
 to whom a license shall have been granted, or who are 
 required to obtain a license to vend goods, wares and 
 merchandise, and who shall have filed a statement as
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 295 
 
 herein required, and failed to pay, or refused to pay, 
 the amount of revenue so owing to the collector of the city, 
 or who shall fail to make a statement above required, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 309. Merchants' licenses shall run for a period of 
 twelve months, and commence on the tenth day of June in each 
 and every year, and whenever any person shall commence the busi- 
 ness of merchandising after the tenth day of June in any year, he 
 shall, on or before the first day of the succeeding month, file his 
 statement as herein required, and shall pay the same rate of tax- 
 as other merchants, to be estimated as the time from the day on 
 which he commenced business to the said tenth day of June next 
 succeeding shall be to one year. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 INSURANCE LICENSE. 
 
 Section. 
 
 313. Must have license — tax, time to 
 
 run, etc. 
 
 314. Failure to have, etc, misde- 
 
 meanor. 
 
 Section. 
 
 310. Insurance companies, license 
 
 tax on, time to run, etc. 
 
 311. License, not to have, misde- 
 
 meanor. 
 
 312. Insurance agent and broker. 
 
 who is 
 
 Section 310. No person, company or corporation shall 
 carry on, or do, or offer to do any insurance business of any 
 kind whatever in this city, in person or by agent, without first 
 having obtained a license therefor, for which shall be paid a 
 license tax of twenty-five dollars for every twelve months, and 
 the term of such license shall begin on the first day of June of 
 each year, the amount shall be pro rata when the application is 
 made after June first. Agents representing more than one com- 
 pany shall procure a separate license for each, and shall pay 
 therefor twenty-five dollars for each license issued.
 
 296 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 311. Any person who shall act as the agent of, or who 
 shall solicit, or transact any insurance business for or in behalf of 
 any insurance company in this city, not having a license to do an 
 insurance business, as provided in the preceding 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. 
 
 Sec. 312. Every person, firm or corporation while being 
 or acting as an accredited agent of any insurance company in 
 this city, and keeping an account with said insurance company for 
 money collected or remitted, 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 insur- 
 ance risk in any insurance company of which he is not an ac- 
 credited agent, is hereby declared to be an insurance agent or 
 broker. 
 
 Sec. 313. No person shall do any business in this city as 
 an insurance agent or broker, as defined in the next preceding 
 section without first having obtained a license as such, and every 
 insurance agent or broker shall pay a license tax of ten dollars 
 for every twelve months, and the term of such license shall begin 
 on the first day of June of each year, and run for one year. The 
 amount charged for all licenses for a part of an unexpired term 
 shall be pro rata. 
 
 Sec. 3H- Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 the preceding section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 J
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 297 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 RAILROAD TICKET BROKERS. 
 
 Section 
 
 315. Ticket broker, must have li- 
 cense. 
 
 316. Who deemed a broker. 
 
 317. License tax on, time of, etc. 
 
 Section 
 
 318. Must file bond with clerk. 
 
 319. Mi.sdemeanor to violate this 
 article. 
 
 Section 315. No person or copartnership of persons or 
 company shall exercise within the city of Sedalia the business of 
 broker or dealer in railway or railroad passenger tickets without 
 first having obtained a license therefor, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 316. A railway ticket broker is one who, for a con- 
 sideration, sells railway passenger tickets, or fractional parts of 
 such tickets, purporting to be good for one or more persons to 
 travel to and from certain places on a railroad train, or who 
 buys railway or ra Iroad tickets from the general public at prices 
 less than such tickets are sold by the company who originally 
 issued the tickets. 
 
 Sec. 317. There shall be levied and collected on every 
 license granted under this ordinance, the sum of ten dollars, be- 
 fore the delivery thereof. Each license shall be granted for one 
 year, and on its face shall plainly express that it will be forfeited 
 by any violation of this irticle, and shall also show plainly the 
 time when it shall expire, together with the name of the person 
 authorized to do business under the license, and also express on 
 its face that the license shall entitle the person named therein to 
 carry on the business of ticket broker at one office only. 
 
 Sec. 318. No license shall be granted under this article 
 until the person or persons applying therefor shall have filed 
 with the collector a bond with one or more good and sufficient 
 securities, to be approved by the city clerk, in the sum of two 
 hundred dollars, conditioned that the said railway ticket broker 
 will refund to any purchaser, or purchaser's agent, the money 
 paid to said railway ticket broker, on any ticket that shall be 
 rejected or declared not good by the company's agent, for a
 
 298 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 passage on tlie railway for which said broker sold such tickets; 
 Provided, that all such ticket brokers shall furnish the buyer 
 with a schedule describing the number and kind of ticket, signed 
 by the seller's name. 
 
 Sl.C. 319. Every person violating the provisions of this 
 article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon 
 conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one dollar nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 15. 
 LIGHTS. 
 
 Section 320. For streets, etc., council to provide for. 
 
 Section 320. The council may provide for and regulate 
 the lighting of streets and the erection of lamp-posts, poles and 
 lights therefor, and shall have power to make contracts with any 
 person or association or corporation for the lighting of the 
 streets and other public places of the city with gas, electricity 
 or otherwise; provided, that no such contract shall be made for 
 a longer time than ten years ; provided furtJier, that no such 
 contract shall have any legal force until the same shall have 
 been ratified by a two-thirds majority of the qualified voters of 
 said city, voting at an election held for that purpose. The 
 council shall have the right also, to erect, maintain and operate 
 gasworks, electric light works or light works of any other kind 
 or name, and to erect lamp-posts, electric light poles, or any 
 other apparatus or appliances necessary to light the streets, 
 avenues, alleys or other public places, and to supply private 
 lights for the use of the inhabitants of the city and its suburbs, 
 and to regulate the same, and to prescribe and regulate the 
 rates to be paid by the consumers thereof, and to acquire by 
 purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable ground within or 
 without the city upon which to erect such works, and the right
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 299 
 
 of way to and from said works, and also the right of way for 
 laying gas-pipes, electric wires under or abo\'e the ground, and 
 erecting posts and poles and such other apparatus and appli- 
 ances as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such 
 works; provided, that the council may, in its discretion, grant 
 the right to any person or persons, or corporation to erect 
 such works and lay the pipe, wires and erect the posts, poles 
 or other necessary apparatus and appliances therefor, upon such 
 terms as may be prescribed by ordinance ; provided furtJier, 
 that such right to any such person, persons or corporation shall 
 not extend for a longer period than twenty years, and shall not 
 be granted nor renewed unless by consent of a majority of the 
 qualified voters of the city, voting at an election held for such 
 purpose
 
 300 
 
 REVISKI) ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 16. 
 
 MARKKT HOUSE 
 
 Section, 
 
 32 [. Location of. 
 
 322. Stands, outside of Market 
 house. 
 
 323. Vehicles attending, be separat- 
 ed three feet. 
 
 324. Stalls, inside market house, 
 use of 
 
 325. Wagons, vehicles, etc., regu- 
 lation of. 
 
 326. Stalls, interior, how arranged, 
 etc. 
 
 327. vStands and stalls, how rented. 
 328 Rents of, how paid and secur- 
 ed, penalty for failure. 
 
 329. Vacant stalls, how rented. 
 
 330. Butcher, to paint stall, when. 
 
 33 r. Lease for, to be executed 
 
 when. 
 
 332. Stalls not to be occupied with- 
 out permit etc. 
 
 T,^T). Transfer of, must have written 
 consent of market inspector, 
 failure of misdemeanor. 
 
 334. Lease, how cancelled by city. 
 
 335. Market inspector, duties of. 
 
 336. Authority and powers of. 
 
 337. Cleaning and sprinkling, by 
 whom. 
 
 338 Inspectors duties concerning. 
 
 339. Scales to be kept, articles 
 weighed, fees therefor, etc. 
 
 340. Articles to be seized and for- 
 feited to city, when, proceeds 
 of same. 
 
 34 1. Persons to be removed from 
 market place, when and by 
 whom. 
 
 342. Receiving money not authoriz- 
 ed, or more than allowed, or 
 failure to receipt for, misde- 
 meanor, punishment. 
 
 343. Market, must keep open when 
 etc. 
 
 344. City bell, to be rung when. 
 
 345. Stalls and stands, cleaned by 
 lessee, etc. 
 
 346. Water hydrants, market to 
 have. 
 
 347. Lessee to sell only at stand, 
 others prohibited, etc. 
 
 348. Farmers may sell by quarter, 
 etc,, what and how, game. 
 
 Section. 
 
 349. Diseased or .sick animals, not 
 to sell, etc. 
 
 350. Di.seased, impure, etc., meats, 
 etc , exposed for sale, unlaw- 
 ful, penalty and punishment. 
 
 351. Vehicle, to be removed when 
 article sold. 
 
 352. Coffee, refreshments, may sell, 
 when. 
 
 353. Fuel, etc , not to be lighted 
 when, exceptions. 
 
 354. Lounging, loafing, ets., pro- 
 hibited. 
 
 355. Intoxicated persons prohib- 
 ited. 
 
 356. Dogs and unruly animals, not 
 permit' ed. 
 
 357. Sales, inspector to superin- 
 tend, etc. 
 
 358. Offer for sale, meaning of. 
 
 359. Failure to offer for sale, for- 
 feits lease, when. 
 
 360. Forfeiture of lease, two con- 
 victions, etc. 
 
 361. Committee on public build- 
 ings, dutv as to stands and 
 r.talls. 
 
 362. Rules of, to be printed and 
 posted. 
 
 363. Meat shops, within .six blocks, 
 prohibited, misdemeanor and 
 punishment. 
 
 364. City market inspector, office 
 of created, bond. 
 
 365. To examine and test weights, 
 measures, etc., report, fees, 
 etc. 
 
 366. Weights, scales, etc., subject 
 to inspection, when. 
 
 367. Owners of to have tested, etc.. 
 misdemeanor to use false, etc., 
 punishment. 
 
 368. Seller to weigh on city scales, 
 when, fee and certificate of. 
 
 369. Certificate, not to sell or buy 
 wittiout, licensed business ex- 
 cepted. 
 
 370. Wood to be measured, etc, 
 certificate and fee. 
 
 371. Misdemeanor, breach of this 
 article or interference with 
 officer.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 3OI 
 
 Section. 321. Lots one, two, three, four and five in block 
 Forty-four in the city of Sedaha, bounded north by Second 
 street, east by Osage street, south by an alley, and west by 
 Kentucky street, shall constitute and be known as the city 
 market place, and the buildings thereon shall be known and de- 
 signated as the city hall building and market house. The said 
 buildings and grounds and the building grounds surround- 
 ing said building shall be always kept clean by direction of the 
 city market inspector. 
 
 Sec. 322. The space abutting the sidewalk outside of the 
 market house and not occupied by buildings are hereby appro- 
 priated and set apart for stands to be used for the sale of vege- 
 tables and other articles, which under the city ordinances are al- 
 lowed *o be sold outside of the market house at wholesale or re- 
 tail from tables, vehicles or in any other manner. Each stand 
 or vehicle shall be made to occupy not less than eight nor more 
 than twelve feet along the sidewalk, the space under the market 
 house shed being reserved for special stands. 
 
 Sec. 323. All vehicles attending market shall, in taking 
 their positions at the sidewalk, be separated at least three feet. 
 
 Sec. 324. All the inner portion of the market house shall 
 be and is hereby set apart for butcher stalls, but when not used 
 for that purpose may be used under the directions of the com- 
 mittee on public buildings and the city market inspector, for the 
 sale of fresh and cured meats, dressed fowls and all other kinds 
 of provisions, vegetables or go^ds, or for restaurant purposes. 
 
 Sec. 325. It shall not be lawful for vehicles to occupy or 
 remain a longer time than may be necessary on the market 
 place to the detriment of the business of any merchant; and 
 when market wagons obstruct the delivery of the goods of any 
 merchant or business man or other person, it shall be the duty 
 of the city market inspector to cause said market wagons to be 
 removed. 
 
 Sec. 326. The interior of the market house as now ex- 
 isting shall be divided into stands for butchers and others as fol- 
 lows: The front or main portion of the building shall be di-
 
 302 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 vided into four stands as nearly equal and convenient in size and 
 location as the building will permit and numbered consecutively, 
 one, two, three and four. Number one shall be located in the 
 north-west corner of the main building; number two in the north- 
 east; number three in the south-east; and number four in 
 the south-west corner of the main building. The rear or "L" 
 portion shall be divided into four stands, as nearly equal and con- 
 venient in size and location as that portion of the building will 
 permit, and shall be numbered consecutively from five to eight. 
 Number five-shall be located in the south-east; number six in 
 the south-west; number seven in the north-west and number 
 eight in the north-east corner of said rear portion of the market 
 house. A plat of the said stands shall be kept by the market 
 inspector or other person or officer having charge of said market 
 house, which shall designate the exact portion set apart for each 
 stand, and the space set apart for aisles and passage ways and 
 entrances, and no person occupying any such stand will be per- 
 mitted to use for business, or obstruct in any way any passage 
 way or entrance. 
 
 Sec. 327. The stands in the market house and all other 
 stands and stalls shall be rented by the market inspector or other 
 person or officer duly authorized by the city council, on or be- 
 fore the first day of December 1890, and thereafter at least ten 
 days before the first days of November and May of each year; 
 Provided , that before such renting shall take place the city coun- 
 cil shall establish the terms of the renting and grade the prices of 
 all stands and stalls according to the different purposes for which 
 they are to be used, and according to the location. Notice of 
 such leasing or renting shall be given by five insertions in the 
 newspaper doing the city printing, the last insertion to be not 
 more than two days before the time fixed for such renting, said 
 notice shall state the time and place, and the manner of such 
 renting, and such renting shall be by auction except that the oc- 
 cupiers of any stand or stall who have not been guilty of a viola- 
 tion of any of the market house regulations and are not in arrears 
 for rent shall be entitled to rerent their respective stands and
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 303 
 
 Stalls; at the graded price, on complying with all other con- 
 ditions and provisions of ordinances relating to such stalls : 
 Provided^ that no person shall be allowed to rent directly 
 or indirctly more than one stand. 
 
 Sec. 328. Every person bidding off, or taking at its valu- 
 ation, any stall or stand shall at the time of so doing pay to the 
 market inspector or other person or ofBcer at the time having 
 authority to receive such rent, one-fourth of the annual amount 
 of his rent at the rate at which he contracts for such stand or 
 stall, and within ten days shall execute a lease to the city of 
 Sedalia, with two good securities to be approved by the mayor, 
 for the payment of all rent quarterly in advance and a perform- 
 ance of the other obligations herein provided for and of the 
 obligations of his lease ; and a non-payment of any rent when 
 due, or any other failure to comply with the conditions of his 
 lease, or the provisions of any ordinance relating thereto, shall 
 work a forfeiture of said lease and of such stand or stall. And 
 any person failing to execute a lease as above provided, or shall 
 violate any of the rules or regulations made in pursuance of any 
 ordinance shall forthwith forfeit such stand or stall and all money 
 that may be paid thereon. 
 
 Sec. 329. Vacant stands and stalls not rented as required 
 in the foregoing sections, or which, by forfeiture to the city, or 
 for any other reason, become vacant, may be rented for the best 
 attainable price and length of term or time; Provided, that 
 stalls shall not be rented for less than one month, and stands 
 shall not be rented, nor an)^ person allowed to sell at retail, veg- 
 etables, fruit or other commodities in the market or market 
 place, by the day or for a single day, for less than twenty-five 
 cents. 
 
 Sec. 330. Each butcher renting a stall shall, as a condi- 
 tion of such leasing, be bound, if required by the market in- 
 spector, to annually paint his stall such a color, and at such a 
 time, as shall be required by the market inspector, and all stalls 
 shall be of a uniform color.
 
 304 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 331. Every lessee of a stall or stand to be used for 
 a longer time t'lan three months shall execute a lease therefor, 
 with two good securities, to be approved by the mayor, for the 
 payment of all rent, quarterly, in advance, and a performance 
 of other obligations created and provided for by ordinance; and 
 the non-payment of any rent when due, or any other failure to 
 comply with the conditions of such lease or ordinance, shall 
 work a forfeiture of said lease, and of such stand or stall. 
 
 Sec. 332. No person without a lease, or other proper 
 permit from the cit)' market inspector, or whose lease or legal 
 permit shall have been forfeited, shall, for any purpose, occupy 
 any stand or stall in said market or market place. 
 
 Sec ^^],. No transfer of any stand or stall shall, or can, 
 be made, without the written consent of the city market in- 
 spector; and any person violating any of the provisions of this 
 or the next preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and, upcn conviction thereof, be punished bj' a fine 
 of not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 334. The renting of all stands and stalls in the mar- 
 ket shall be subject to the condition that the lease therefor may 
 be cancelled by the city at any time after three months notice 
 to the lessee, and returning to him the proportionate amount of 
 rent paid, according to the unexpired time of the lease. 
 
 Skc. 335. It shall be the duty of the city market in- 
 spector, first, to exercise a general supervision over the market 
 house, and to enforce the regulations established for the govern- 
 ment thereof; second, to assign places for wagons and persons 
 attending the market, and enforce order among them ; third, to 
 exercise a general care and custody of the market house and all 
 appurtenances thereof; fourth, to examine the quality of all ar- 
 ticles offered for sale in the market, and to seize all blown, un- 
 sound, diseased, impure or unwholesome articles exposed for 
 sale at any place within the city; fifth, to examine weights and 
 measures of all articles offered for sale at any place in the city, 
 and to seize all which are of less weight or measure than repre- 
 sented by the seller; sixth, to enforce order in the market place
 
 REVISED ORDINAN'CES. 305 
 
 and decide all disputes between sellers and buyers touching the 
 weight or measure of any article; seventh, to attend, either in 
 person or by deputy, at the market every day, during the mar- 
 ket hours ; eighth , to receive from the committee on public 
 buildings, printed tickets for the rent of stands or stalls, for 
 short periods, and to sign and deliver the same to renters of 
 stalls and stands, and collect the money therefor; ninth, to pay 
 into the city treasury all moneys received by him, on account 
 of the city, at least once in every week; tenth, to inspect all 
 slaughter houses, and see that they are kept clean, and that no 
 diseased or unwholesome cattle or animals are slaughtered for 
 market; to inspect and test the purity, quality and measure of 
 all milk offered for sale, and he shall have full power to enter 
 any premises or open any vessel for that purpose. 
 
 Sec. 336. To secure an etiticient performance of his du- 
 ties, the city market inspector is invested with full power and 
 authorit}' to summarially enforce all ordinances, rules and reg- 
 ulations, in all matters connected with the market, and all per- 
 sons are required to obey his rules, regulations and directions 
 in such matters. 
 
 Sec. 3^,7. The city market inspector shall superintend 
 the cleaning of the market house, and market place, and cause 
 the street foot-way and market place to be sprinkled with water, 
 whenever it shall be necessary, to prevent or lay the dust, and 
 for that purpose may use water from the waterworks, and the 
 hose provided by the city. 
 
 Sec. 338. The city market inspector shall cause the mar- 
 ket house, and market place to be thoroughly cleansed; he 
 shall remove all filth therefrom, and shall keep the footways 
 and steps, in the winter season, free of ice and snow. 
 
 Sec. 339. The cit)- market inspector shall keep as many 
 scales and other implements for weighing, duly stamped and 
 certified, as may be necessary to conveniently do all the weigh- 
 ing in said market, and shall whenever requested, weigh all ar- 
 ticles belonging to the marketers and others intended for sale, 
 and shall be allowed to charge five cents for each separate or
 
 306 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 single lot of articles weighed, to be paid by the person or per- 
 sons requesting the same to be weighed. Any person wi.o 
 shall weigh any articles of marketing within the market place, 
 and charge therefor, except the city market inspector and city 
 weigh- master, or his legal deputy, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be fined not less than 
 one, nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 
 
 Sec. 340. It shall be the duty of the city market in- 
 spector to seize all articles offered for sale in market, which are 
 prohibited by , ordinance, or which are exposed for sale without 
 the vender having proper authority according to ordinance, or 
 where such articles or things are short in weight or measure, 
 according to the representation of the venders ; all of which 
 articles or things so seized, shall be forfeited to the city, and 
 sold at public outcry by the city market inspector, and the pro- 
 ceeds paid into the city treasury; provided, that nothing in 
 this article shall prevent the sale of every description or kind 
 of berries, and tender fruits, by the package, and said pack- 
 ages shall not be required to be guaged or stamped, nor for- 
 feited for short weight or measure, but shall be weighed or 
 measured at the option of the buyer. 
 
 Sec. 341. It is hereby made the duty of the city market 
 inspector to order or remove from the market house, or market 
 place, in a summary manner, any person who is guilty of any 
 violence, turbulent or disorderly conduct, or who shall in any 
 way interfere with him, or distuib the marketers or buyers; or 
 who shall violate or refuse to obey any ordinance, rule or regu- 
 lation for the government of the market or market place; or 
 who shall expose as if for sale, sell or attempt to sell, any 
 thing in the market place that is prohibited by ordinance ; or 
 who shall sell, or offer for sale, or expose as intended for sale, 
 any thing in the market, or market place, without first having 
 obtained a license or other proper authority so to do, according 
 to the spirit and intent of the ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sec. 342. The city market inspector receiving any money 
 in pursuance of the provisions of any ordinance, and failing or
 
 R K V 1 S 1 •: I ) n l< 1 ) I x A \ (■ KS . 307 
 
 refusing to give the proper receipt therefor, or charging oi- re- 
 ceiving more than is allowed by ordinance, shall bi- deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof fined not 
 less than \'\\c dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and 
 for the second offense he ma\- l)e removed from ofl'ice b>' the 
 city council. 
 
 Sl';c. 343. Said market shall be o[K'n for the sale of nu'ats, 
 vegetables, victuals, provisions, and all other articles allowed 
 to be sold therein, during the usual hours of such business every 
 day during the year, Suntlays excepted ; provided , that fresh 
 meats of all kinds may be sold <il butchers' stalls on Sunda)' be- 
 tween the hours of four and eight o'clock a. m. during the 
 months of May, June, July, August and September; A\\i\, pro- 
 vided, that nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent 
 gardeners, farmers and produi~ers from stalling, and offi-ring for 
 sale, vegetables and farm and garden produce within the city 
 limits; diUd, provided further, that nothing in this section shall 
 authorize the sale of fresh meats within the city limits, except 
 as provided b)' t)rdinance. 
 
 Skc. 344. The city market inspector shall make use of 
 the city bell, and ring it at seven and twelve a. m. and one and 
 six and nine o'clock p. m. 
 
 Sec". 345. P^very lessee or occupier of a stand or stall, 
 shall cause his stall or stand to be thoroughly cleansed, and all 
 animal or vegetable ofYal and rubbish to be remoxed from the 
 market place; and every butcher shall cause his tablis, meat 
 blocks, and other fixtures to be thoroughly scraped and cleaned 
 as often as necessary. 
 
 Sec. 346. The market shall be supplied with a h}clrant 
 for the use of the people atteniling the same. 
 
 Sec. 347. No person except the lessee of a stand or stall 
 shall sell, or offer for sale, in the market house, or market 
 place, any fresh or salted meat of any kind ; and no person be- 
 ing the lessee of a stand or stall, shall sell the same by the quar- 
 ter, or less quantities than one quarter, except at the stall of
 
 3o8 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 which iie is lessee; and such sales shall otherwise be made in 
 conformity with the regulations prescribed by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 348. Nothing herein contained shall be construed 
 so as to prevent any farmer from selling meat by the quarter, 
 or to prevent a regularly licensed grocery iicrchant from selling 
 cured bacon, shoulders, ham, and sides and fowls of any kind 
 or any persons who follow the business of packing beef or pork 
 in the city, from selling bacon, shoulders, ham and sides from 
 his own curing, or spare ribs or sausage meat or other offal 
 meats coming from the meat he cures in the months ot October, 
 November, December, January, February and March ; or any 
 person from selling wild game not otherwise prohibited, pro- 
 vided that such sales are made out of the market place, but 
 shall nevertheless be subject to the inspection of the city market 
 inspector. 
 
 Sec. 349. No person shall sell or expose for sale, in the 
 market or elsewhere any sick or diseased live animal, for the 
 purpose and with the design that the same shall be slaughtered, 
 and used for food, knowing or having reason to believe the 
 same to be sick or diseased. 
 
 Sec. 350. No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale, 
 in market, or any other place the flesh of any dead animal, 
 which was sick, overheated or run down by dogs, or otherwise, 
 at or before the time the same was butchered or slain, or which 
 died a natural death, or was killed by accident, or casualty or 
 other means than the usual manner of slaying animals for food ; 
 nor shall any person sell, expose, or offer for sale, in this city 
 any putrid, blown, raised, stuffed or unsound meat, flesh, eggs, 
 poultry or other articles of food ; nor shall any person in this 
 city sell, expose or offer for sale, the flesh of any bull, boar, ram, 
 dog, cat or other animal not commonly deemed wholesome for 
 food. The city market inspector shall seize any article in this 
 section mentioned which he may find in the market, and cause 
 the same to be condemned and removed ; and if the person 
 offering the same, be a lessee of a stall or stand, his lease shall 
 be forfeited ; and any person so offending shall be deemed
 
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 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be 
 fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 351. Whenever any person shall have sold or dis- 
 posed of the commodities brought by him to market for sale, 
 he may b° required to remove his vehicle from the market place 
 forthwith. 
 
 Sec. 352. Coffee and other refreshments may be sold 
 and served at such stands in the market as may by designated 
 by the committee on public buildings subject to the provisions 
 of ordinance; but no person shall in the market sell or give 
 away, any spirituous, fermented or vinous liquors. 
 
 Sec. 353. No person shall, during market hours kindle 
 or burn, in or about the market, any fuel without the permis- 
 sion of the city market inspector, or at any other place than 
 that designated by him, except that charcoal under the direc- 
 tion of the city market inspecor, may be burned in removable 
 earthen, or metallic vessels, so constructed and placed as ef- 
 fectually to prevent danger to woodwork in the vicinity, or in- 
 convenience to persons passing, from fire therein. 
 
 Sec. 354. No person not having lawful business in 
 market, shall sit, lounge or lie, in or about the market place. 
 
 Sec. 355. No person in a state of intoxication, shall go 
 upon the market place. 
 
 Sec. 356. No person shall suffer to come with him, into, 
 or upon the market place, any dog, or any unruly dangerous 
 animal. 
 
 Sec. 357. No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale 
 in market, any horse, cow, ox, mule, ass, hog, or other full 
 grown live quadruped, except at such places as the city market 
 inspector may direct. 
 
 Sec. 358. Whenever any article shall be exhibited in 
 market as if the same were intended for sale, whether sold or not 
 or directly offered for sale, such exhibition shall be held to be an 
 exposure of the same for sale, and an offer to sell within the 
 meaning of this article.
 
 3IO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 359. If the lessee of any stand or stall fails for six 
 consecutive days to expose for sale at his stand or stall articles 
 usually sold there, unless such failure be shown to the satisfac- 
 tion of the city council to have been caused by sickness or other 
 unavoidable circumstances, his lease shall be forfeited. 
 
 Sec. 360. If any lessee of any stand or stall shall be 
 twice convicted for violating any ordinance in relation to the 
 market place, his lease shall be adjudged to be forfeited. 
 
 Sec. 361. In addition to the rules and regulations pre- 
 scribed by ordinance, authority is hereby given to the committee 
 on public buildings, and it is made the duty of said committee, 
 to make all other needful rules and regulations touching the des- 
 ignation, location and arrangement of all stands and stalls, and 
 for the arrangement, stationing and removal of all wagons and 
 other vehicles used or brought within the market place, and for 
 the control and management of the business in said market, not in- 
 consistent with the provisions prescribed by ordinance, and it 
 shall be the duty of the city market inspector to carry out and 
 enforce all such rules and regulations provided for said market 
 as herein prescribed. 
 
 Sec. 362. Immediately after the making of any rules and 
 regulations for the market, it shall be the duty of the commit- 
 tee on prblic buildings to cause such rules and regulations to 
 be printed in hand bill form in sufficient numbers for posting, 
 and deliver the same to the city market inspector, to be posted; 
 and the city market inspector shall post up the same in the 
 most conspicuous places in and about the market house and 
 market place, and he shall see that all such rules and regula- 
 tions are constantly kept so posted up. 
 
 Sec. 363. The keeping of meat shops within six blocks 
 of the market house, or a distance equivalent thereto, is hereby 
 prohibited and any person who shall violate the provisions of 
 this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five nor more 
 than twenty-five dollars, and each and every day he shall so 
 violate the same shall be and constitute a separate offense.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 3II 
 
 Sec. 364. The ofifice of the city market inspector is here- 
 by created. The city weigh master shall be and is hereby made 
 ex-officio market inspector. The city market inspector before 
 entering upon the duties of his office as such, shall execute to 
 the city a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned 
 for the faithful performance of his duties and shall receive as full 
 compensation for his duties the sum of two hundred dollars per 
 year. 
 
 Sec. 365. It shall be the duty of the said inspector once 
 in every six months to examine and test the accuracy of all 
 weights, measures, scales and other things used by any person 
 for weighing or measuring articles for sale, within the city limits, 
 and to stamp the same with a suitable seal to be prescribed by 
 the mayor when such weights, measures and scales so used are 
 found, or made to conform to the standard prescribed by the 
 laws of the state, and deliver to the owner thereof a certificate 
 of their accuracy ; to seize in the name of the city all false 
 weights, measures and scales, which the owner shall fail or re- 
 fuse to make or have made to conform to said laws ; to register 
 the names of all persons whose weights, measures or scales 
 are found to be accurate in a book kept for that purpose, 
 and of all persons who fail or refuse to have the same 
 corrected when found inaccurate, and report such names to the 
 mayor. The inspector shall present a report to the city council 
 at a regular council meeting cnce every six months the names 
 of the persons and number of weights, measures and scales ex- 
 amined and found by him to be accurate and inaccurate, show- 
 ing all fees collected and fees due and shall charge the sum of 
 fifty cents as fees for each examination of all weights, measures 
 and scales found in one place of business, and any person re- 
 fusing to pay said fees shall not be entitled to a certificate. 
 
 Sec. 366. All weights, measures, scales or other things 
 used by any person for weighing or measuring any article for 
 sale in this city shall be subject to inspection as hereinbefore 
 provided on the first week of January and July in each year, 
 without regard to the date of any previous certificate. It shall
 
 312 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 be the duty of the inspector to examine any scales, weights or 
 measures at any time when requested in writing to do so. 
 
 Sec. l(>7 ■ It shall be the duty of all persons u-^ing 
 weights, measures, scales or other things for weighing or meas- 
 uring any article for sale in this city, to cause the same to be 
 examined, tested and sealed as hereinbefore provided ; and 
 whenever the same has not been done at the time of the regular 
 inspection, or within ten days thereafter, it shall be their duty 
 to notify the inspector who shall proceed at once to make said 
 inspection. Any person who, within this city, shall use any 
 false weights, measures or scales, or cause the same to be done, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 368. Every person who shall sell coal, lime or any 
 other article of merchandise, hay, corn, oats or other garden or 
 farm product in bulk or by the wagon load, within the city of 
 Sedalia, shall cause the same to be weighed on the city scales 
 before delivery unless dispensed with by agreement between the 
 seller and buyer, and for every article or commodity so weighed 
 pay to the city weigher, unless otherwise provided by the city 
 council, the sum of fifteen cents, and the city weigher shall de- 
 liver to every such person a certificate thereof, the form of which 
 certificate and the manner of keeping a record thereof and the 
 reports and returns of proceeds for all weighing done by the city 
 weigher on the city scales, shall be prescribed by the committee 
 on public buildings, subject to the approval of the city council. 
 
 Sec. 369. No person shall sell any commodity required 
 to be weighed on the city scales unless he shall first obtain a 
 certificate from the city weigher, stating the weight of the load 
 offered for sale ; and no person shall purchase any commodity 
 required to be weighed on the city scales unless the person offer- 
 ing the same for sale, shall first produce the above mentioned 
 certificate. Provided, that nothing herein shall be so construed 
 as to prohibit any person, firm or corporation doing business 
 under a license issued by the city of Sedalia, from weighing upon
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. ^5 I ^5 
 
 their own scales when the same is bona f.de, such articles or 
 commodities as are bought or sold by such person, firm or cor- 
 poration in carrying on the business for which their license has 
 been obtained. 
 
 Sec. 370. It shall be the duty of the city weigh m ster 
 to measure accurately all loads of wood exposed for sale in the 
 city of Sedalia, except at a regular licensed wood-yard, and fur- 
 nish to each owner or person in charge of such wood a ticket 
 having legibly inscribed the owners name, the date of "measure- 
 ment and the number of cords in cubic feet of wood contained in 
 such load, signed b\' the inspector; he shall charge the owner or 
 person having charge of each load of wood for the measuring of 
 the same aforesaid, the sum of five cents for each load, which 
 he shall report monthly to the council. 
 
 Sec. 371. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this article, or any person or persons, who shall in any way ob- 
 struct, hinder or delay any officer or other person in the perform- 
 ance of their duties, as herein provided, by intimidation, 'threats 
 or otherwise, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, unless otherwise spec- 
 ially pro\'ided for, be punished by a fine of not less than one nor 
 more than one hundred dollars.
 
 314 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 17. 
 
 MISDEMEANORS. 
 
 .\RTICIvE I. Offenses Against Offcial Authority. 
 ARTICLE II. — Offenses Against Public Morals and Decency. 
 ARTICLE III. Offenses Against Public Safety and Convenience. 
 ARTICLE IV.— rffenses Against Public Order. 
 ARTICLE v.— Miscellaneous Offenses. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OFFENSES AGAINST OFFICIAL AUTHORITY. 
 
 Section. | Section. 
 
 372. Officer, to resist, etc., penalty. | 373 Falsely representing, etc. 
 
 Section. 372. Whoever shall in this city willfully and 
 knowingly obstruct, resist, or oppose any officer of the city, or 
 any other person duly authorized, in executing or attempting to 
 execute and carry into effect any ordinance or order passed or 
 made by the proper authorities of this city, or in serving, or in 
 attempting to serve any legal writ, warrant, process or order, 
 issued by the mayor or other officer of the city, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be pun- 
 ished by a fine of not less than one, nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec 373. Whoever shall in this city falsely represent or 
 attempt to impose himself upon any person as a policeman, 
 marshal or any other city officer, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one, nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 315 
 
 ARTICLE II, 
 
 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY. 
 
 Section 
 
 374. Misdemeanor, to be intoxicat- 
 ed on street, etc., punishment. 
 
 375. Bathing, etc., exposure of 
 person, punishment 
 
 376. Gaming tables, keeping, per- 
 
 Section. 
 
 etc., after midnight or on 
 Sunday. 
 380. Dram-shop keeper, to employ- 
 female other than wife, etc., 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 mitting, etc., penalty. 381. Stallions and Jacks, keeping, 
 
 377. To be found with lewd women breeding, etc., mi.sdemeanor, 
 or in bawdy house, or loiter- when. 
 
 ing about the streets, etc., 382. Selling liquor to minor 
 
 punishment. 383. Bawdy house, to keep, be 
 
 378. Variet}' show, dance house, to found in, etc., misdemeanor, 
 keep, etc., punishment. 1 384. Keeper of, who deemed. 
 
 379. Intoxicating liquor, selling of, ' 
 
 Sec. 374. Whoever shall be found in a state of intoxica- 
 tion in any street, highway, thoroughfare, or other public place 
 in this city, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not less than one, 
 nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 375. Whoever shall bathe, wash or swim in any 
 wa<-er course, pool or pond in the city, during the hours of day- 
 light, being naked or not suflficiently clothed to prevent im- 
 proper exposure of his or her person, shall be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 376 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 shall at any such 
 table or device, or at any game of chance, bet, win or lose any 
 money or property, either in specie or by means of 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 upon convictitm thereof 
 be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more 
 than one hundred dollars.
 
 3l6 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. ITJ ■ Whoever shall be found in a house of ill-fame, 
 or a bawdy house, or whoever shall be found in company with 
 lewd women or prostitutes, or whoever shall be found strolling 
 or lurking about the city after sundown in a suspicious manner, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 378. Whoever shall in this city, manage a variety 
 or other show of immoral, vicious or depraved tendency, 
 keep a dance house, or disorderly house, or shall permit any 
 tenement in his or hei possession, or under his or her control, 
 to be used for any such purposes, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished by a 
 fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 379. Any person having a license as a dram-shop 
 keeper who shall keep open such dram-shop, or shall sell, give 
 away, or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done, 
 upon or about his premises, any intoxicating liquors during the 
 hours from twelve o'clock at night to the next succeeding day- 
 light, or during the first day of the week, commonly called Su--!- 
 day, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 viction thereof, be fined not less than ten, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 380. Any owner, proprietor or keeper of any dram- 
 shop, wine or beer saloon, who shall employ, or suffer to be em- 
 ployed, any female other than the wife, daughter, mother or sis- 
 ter of the owner, as a servant, bartender, waiter, dancer or singer 
 in said dram-shop, wine or beer saloon, shall, upon conviction 
 thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined not 
 less than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 381. The keeping and standing of stallions and jacks 
 for breeding purposes within three hundred yards of any house 
 occupied by any family as a residence, within the city, shall be 
 deemed a nuisance, and is hereby prohibited. And whenever 
 any stallion or jack is bred to any mare or jennet within the lim-
 
 REVISED ORDIxXANCES. 317 
 
 its of the city, the same shall be done in an enclosure so as to be 
 entirely shut off from view, from any street or public place in 
 the city, and any person violating any of the provisions of this 
 section, shall be deemeo guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
 viction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, 
 nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 382. It shall hereafter be unlawful for the keeper of 
 any dram-shop, wine or beer house, to sell, giveaway, or other- 
 wise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done about his prem- 
 ises, any intoxicating liquors to any minor, or suffer any such minor 
 to play at any game within any such dram-shop, wine or beer 
 house. And any person violating the provisions of this section, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, bo fined not le'^s than one dollar, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 383. Whoever shall, in this city, keep a bawdy 
 house, house of ill fame or of assignation, or shall keep or occu- 
 py any room or rooms to which any person or persons shall re- 
 sort for the purpose of prostitution or illicit commerce, or who- 
 ever shall be found in such room or rooms without being able to 
 give a good reason or account therefor, or whoever shall permit 
 any tenement in his or her possession, or under his or her con- 
 trol, to be used for any such purpose, shall be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished 
 by a fine of not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 384. Every person who shall appear to be, or act as 
 master or mistress, or have the care, use or management of any 
 tenement in which is kept any bawdy house, house of ill fame or 
 assignation, shall be deemed the keeper thereof, within the 
 meaning of the next preceding section.
 
 3i8 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE. 
 
 Section. 
 
 394. Birds, to kill, rob nests, etc., 
 punishment 
 
 395. Car, locomotive, etc., to jump 
 from, climb upon, etc., misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 396. Depot, etc., to loiter or loaf 
 about, when. 
 
 397. Applicable, to whom. 
 
 398. Street railway, obstruction of, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 399. Hedge fences, to be cut, 
 trimmed, etc., failure to, mis- 
 demeanor. 
 
 400. Coal oil, etc., not to be kept in 
 excess of three barrels, when. 
 
 401. Violation of preceding sec- 
 tion, punishment 
 
 402. Barbed wire fence along street, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 Section. 
 
 385. To obstruct sidewalk with 
 wagon, horse, etc., or to drive 
 or ride at immoderate pace, 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 386. Conductor, etc., bringing pau- 
 per, etc., in cit}', misdemeanor. 
 
 387. Ashes. paper, straw, etc., 
 thrown upon street. 
 
 388. Water, sl6p, etc., thrown from 
 window. 
 
 389. Offal, refuse, dead animals, 
 etc., placed upon street, pun- 
 ishment. 
 
 390. Street or sidewalk, obstruction 
 of, misdemeanor. 
 
 391. Obstruction of, by railroad, 
 car, etc. 
 
 392. Cellar door, grating, etc., left 
 open, misdemeanor. 
 
 393. Minor, to climb or hang upon 
 car. 
 
 Section 385. Whoever shall in this city lead, drive, ride 
 or place any beast of burden or any vehicle on any sidewalk or 
 footway otherwise than going into or going out of any premises 
 owned or occupied by him or his employer, or shall hitch or 
 fasten any horse or other animal to any railing, fence, tree or 
 in any manner so as to obstruct any sidewalk or footway, or 
 shall run any horse, mare, gelding, mule, jack or jennet, or 
 drive any wheel carriage beyond a moderate pace in any street 
 or gublic highway within the city, unless in case of urgent 
 necessity, or who shall leave any team or beast of burden in any 
 of the sireets, alleys or public places hitched to any wagon, car- 
 riage, dray or other vehicle, whereby such team or beast of 
 burden will be left in danger of running away, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 'hereof, be pun- 
 ished by a fine of not less than one nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec 386. Any conductor of any train of any railroad 
 company running its cars into or through this city, or any other
 
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 319 
 
 person who shall bring into, put off, or leave in this city any 
 pauper, lunatic, or person of unsound mind, without protection, 
 shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 387. Whoever shall in this city throw upon any 
 street any ashes, loose paper, straw, or broken boxes, or any 
 other rubbish that is liable to communicate fire, shall, upon 
 conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be 
 punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 388. Whoever shall throw from the windows or up- 
 per stories of any buildings in this city, into the street or alley 
 or private ground, not owned or controlled by themselves, any 
 water, slop, or rubbish, or any other thing calculated to en- 
 danger the comfort or safety of persons passing along the street 
 or alley, or using such private ground, shall upon conviction 
 thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by 
 a fine of not less than one, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 389. Whoever in this city shall empty any dirt, 
 stone or gravel, or place any dead animal of any kind whatever 
 or any sick, crippled or diseased animal liable to die, or any 
 offal, rubbish, refuse, or offensive matter of any description upon 
 any street, alley or avenue, or upon any lot or piece of ground 
 except such as the city shall designate for that purpose, shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and be punished by a fine not less than one, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec, 390. Whoever shall in this city obstruct any street, 
 alley or sidewalk by putting merchandise or any other thing 
 thereon, or suffering or causing the same to be done, except in 
 receiving or discharging goods in due course of business, shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and be punished by a fine not less than one, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars.
 
 320 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Skc. 391. Whoever shall in this city obstruct any street 
 for ten minutes at any one time, by suffering any locomotive or 
 railroad cars to stand on any railroad tracks where the same 
 shall cross any such street, so that persons and teams can not 
 cross said railroad, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not less than 
 ten, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec". 392. Whoever shall keep or leave open any cellar 
 door or grating of any vault, on any street, highway or side- 
 walk, or shall suffer any such grating or door belonging to the 
 premises occupied by him to be in an insecure or unsafe con- 
 dition, or whoever shall suffer any well, cistern or other excava- 
 tion on premises owned or occupied by him to remain uncovered 
 or in an unsafe condition, shall, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine 
 not less than five, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 393. Any minor under the age of eighteen years 
 who shall, without having authority to do so, mount or climb 
 upon, enter or hang to any car or locomotive engine while the 
 same is in motion, or is attached to any train or locomotive 
 engine, or while the same is standing upon any track within the 
 city, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and be punished by a fine not less than one. nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 394. Whoever shall kill, attempt to kill or injure 
 any of the wild birds at large in this city, or to rob, destroy, or 
 in any way unnecessarily molest the nests of such birds, shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and be fined not less than one, nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 395. Whoever shall mount, or climb upon, hang 
 to, or enter, or jump from, any car or locomotive engine, while 
 the same is in motion, or attached to any train or locomotive 
 engine, or while the same is standing upon a track in this city, 
 or upon any street car, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 32 I 
 
 Sec. 396. Whoever shall loiter or loaf in, around or 
 about any railroad depot, shop, yard, or office, without being 
 able to give a good account of himself, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall b-^ f-ned 
 not less than one nor more than fift)- dollars. 
 
 Sec. 307. The two preceding sections shall not apply to 
 any employes of the railroad company then acting as such, 
 nor any passenger, or under the rules of the company then 
 operating the road, and it shall devolve on the defendant to set 
 up and show such excuses. 
 
 Sec. 398. Any person who shall place upon the street 
 railway in this city any obstructions, rocks or torpedoes, shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there- 
 of, be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 399. Every person owning a hedge fence upon the 
 line of any public street or alley in the city is hereby required 
 to cut the same down to the height of not more than four feet, 
 once in every year, and in no case shall any such hedge be al- 
 lowed to extend over or into any sidewalk, street or alley, or in 
 any manner obstruct such sidewalk, street or alley, and all such 
 hedges shall be trimmed and cut so as not in any manner be 
 dangerous or inconvenient to the use of such sidewalk, street 
 or alley to the public. And it shall be the duty of the city 
 marshal to notify, in writing, the owner or their agents, to cut 
 and trim such hedges as herein required and any owner of such 
 hedges who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this sec- 
 tion within thirty days after such notice shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less 
 than one nor more than one hundred dollars, and the city mar- 
 shal shall or may cut and trim the said hedges at the expense of 
 such owner. 
 
 Sec. 400. All persons owning, controlling, trading in, or 
 in any mannef connected with, or having an interest in coal oil, 
 petroleum or gasoline, or other combustible or explosive ma- 
 terials of the same or like nature, shall not keep the same within
 
 322 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 any building within the city limits in quantities exceeding three 
 barrels, in any one building or place of business. But all such 
 persons maybe permitted to keep such combustible or explosive 
 materials in greater quantities than three barrels, within the city 
 limits : Provided, that the same shall not be stored or kept in any 
 building, but placed outside of any building, in some open space 
 where the same may be easily removed in case of fire; and such 
 commodity, when placed outside of any building, shall not ob- 
 struct any sidewalk, street or alley. 
 
 Sec. 401. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 the next preceding section, shall, be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of 
 not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 402. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or 
 maintain along any public street, alley or other highway, within 
 the corporate limits of the city of Sedalia, any fence composed 
 in whole or part of barb wire. Any person violating the pro- 
 visions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not 
 less than five, nor more than twenty-five dollars, and each day 
 that such fence shall be allowed to stand shall constitute a sepa- 
 rate offense. 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 323 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. 
 
 Section. 
 
 403. Three or more to agree to do 
 unlawful act, misdemeanor. 
 
 404. Religious worship, disturbance 
 of. what. 
 
 405. Lawful assembly, etc., dis- 
 turbance of, loitering about 
 streets, hotels, etc., misde- 
 meanor, when. 
 
 406. Bell, etc., used at auction, 
 when. 
 
 Section. 
 
 407. Gun, etc., discharge of 
 
 408. Wife, child, etc., mistreatment 
 of. 
 
 409. Disturbance of peace, what, 
 punishment. 
 
 410. Toy pistol, sale, loan, etc., to 
 minor. 
 
 4x1. Discharge of in city limits, 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 Section 403. Any three or more persons who shall in 
 this cicy assemble together with an intent, or being assembled, 
 shall mutually agree, to do any unlawful act with force and vio- 
 lence, against the property of this city, or the person or prop- 
 erty of others, or against the peace, or to the terror of others, 
 or shall make any movement or preparation therefor, and any 
 person present at such meeting or assembly who shall not en- 
 deavor to prevent the commission or preparation of any such 
 unlawful act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
 upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 404. Whoever shall disturb or interrupt any assem- 
 bly or congregation met for religious worship, by making any 
 noise, or by rude and indecent behavior, or by profane language, 
 within or near the place of such meeting of such assembly or 
 congregation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
 upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 405. Any person who shall in this city disturb any 
 lawful assembly of people, by rude, boisterous or indecent be- 
 havior, or shall be found loitering so as to hinder, delay or 
 annoy any person or persons at the corner of the streets, or at 
 any place on any street or thoroughfare, or in or about any
 
 324 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 place of amusement, or hotel, depot, offices or any other place 
 of business, or in or about the postoffice, and refuse to disperse 
 from or vacate such place when requested to do so by any 
 police officer, or any person having lawful control of any such 
 place or places, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
 upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 406. Whoever shall use, or cause to be used, any 
 bell or other loud-sounding instrument as a means of attracting 
 people to an auction or other place, whereby persons in the 
 same vicinity shall be annoyed or disturbed, or the peace, good 
 order or quiet of the city shall be disturbed, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a n\isdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be 
 fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 407. Whoever shall fire off or discharge, within the 
 city limits, any musket, fowling piece, gun, revolver, pistol or 
 other firearms, loaded with gunpowder or other explosive or 
 combustible material, or any air gun, shall be deemed guilty of 
 a disdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 408. Whoever shall cruelly or inhumanly beat, in- 
 jure or mistreat his own wife or child, or step-child or appren- 
 tice, or any minor under his or htr control, 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 one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 409. Every person who shall willfully and unlaw- 
 fully disturb the peace of the city, or of any neighborhood of 
 the city, or any family or person, by loud and unusual noise, or 
 by profane or obscene or indecent or offensive language, or by 
 any lewd or dangerous or indecent conduct or carriage, or by 
 challenging, or threatening, or assaulting, striking or attempt- 
 ing to strike, or by fighting another, and whosoever shall un- 
 lawfully permit any conduct in or about any house or premises, 
 under his or her management or contix>l, whereby the peace and 
 good order of the city, or any neighborhood in the cit}'-, or any 
 family or person shall be disturbed, shall be deemed guilty of a
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 325 
 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine 
 of not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars, or by 
 imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding three months, or by 
 both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 410. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale, 
 loan or barter, to any minor, a pistol, or pistols commonly des- 
 ignat3d as toy pistols, within the Cit)' of Sedalia, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 411. Any person who shall carry, exhibit, display 
 or discharge within the corporate limits of the City of Sedalia, 
 Missouri, any pistol commonly designated as a toy pistol, shall, 
 upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars.
 
 326 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES. 
 
 Section 
 
 412. Misdemeanor, to exhibit stal- 
 lion, jack, bull, etc.. on street, 
 etc. 
 
 413. Bicycle, roller skates, etc., to 
 use, etc., on sidewalk. 
 
 414 Running steam engine, exhib- 
 iting machinery, etc., on 
 street, wjien. 
 
 415. Wagons, etc., standing upon 
 street, etc., when. 
 
 416. Hand bill, etc., tQ post on 
 property, when, on sidewalk. 
 
 417. Policeman's whistle, other 
 than officer to blow, misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 418. False alarm of fire, unlawful. 
 
 419. Horse, etc., hitched to tree or 
 case, etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 420. House, fence, etc., to cut, in- 
 jure, deface, etc. 
 
 421. Trespass on property of asso- 
 ciations, etc., when. 
 
 422. To break or escape from cala- 
 boose or officer. 
 
 423. To convey means of escape to 
 prisoners. 
 
 424. Escape, etc , from street com- 
 missioner, penalty. 
 
 425. Rubbish, filth, etc., on va- 
 cant lots, etc. 
 
 426. Dirt, offal, etc., to spill or drop 
 on street, misdemeanor. 
 
 427. Lamp post, gas jet, etc., to de- 
 face, hitch to, etc , misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 428. Spikes, etc., along railings, 
 etc., unlawful. 
 
 429. Dogs, etc., to cause to fight on 
 street, etc. 
 
 430. Games, etc., on street, pro- 
 hibited, what. 
 
 Section 
 
 43[. Gunpowder, etc., what amount 
 to be kept, etc. 
 
 432. Personal property, to bu}^ etc., 
 from minor, misdemeanor. 
 
 433. Concealed weapons, carrj'ing 
 of 
 
 434. Assault, when not otherwise 
 defined. 
 
 435. Fight, etc., by agreement or 
 otherwise, when. 
 
 436. Lodger, etc., in bawdy house, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 437. Prostitute, etc., to ply voca- 
 tion. 
 
 438. To rent, occupy, etc., rooms 
 for prostitution. 
 
 439. Petty larceny, what consti 
 tutes. 
 
 440. Disorderly house, etc., to keep, 
 etc. 
 
 441. Exposure of person, lewd con- 
 duct, sale of immoral book, 
 etc , misdemeanor. 
 
 442. Misdemeanor, penalty, when 
 not otherwise prescribed. 
 
 443. Pigeons, to keep, have, etc., 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 444. Marshal to shoot, when. 
 
 445. Poles, to mar, or post bills on, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 446. Shade trees and public prop- 
 erty, to injure, etc. 
 
 447. Vagrants, who deemed, pun- 
 ishment. 
 
 448. Tree, fence, etc., to break, cut, 
 etc., punishment. 
 
 449. Sidewalks, grass, weeds, etc., 
 to be cut from, penalty for 
 failure. 
 
 Section 412. No person shall exhibit any stallion, jack 
 or bull upon any public square, street, avenue or alley within 
 this city. 
 
 Sec, 413. It shall be unlawful for any person to push or 
 ride any bicycle or tricycle on or over any sidewalk, or skate on
 
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 or over any sidewalk on roller skates, and any person who vio- 
 lates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 414. No person shall exhibit any kind of machin- 
 ery upon any public square, street, avenue or alley within this 
 city, and no person shall run or take any road steam engine 
 through any such square, street, avenue or alley unless he shall 
 send a messenger along with, and at least one hundred feet in 
 advance of. such engine to notify the public of its coming. 
 And it shall be unlawful for any person to blow or sound the 
 whistle of any such engine while passing through said city. 
 Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be 
 fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 415. No licensed vehicle used for job hauling, nor 
 any wagon loaded with wood, corn, hay, straw, oats or melons, 
 shall stand upon any public square, street, avenue or alley within 
 this city for the purpose of soliciting custom, trade or business. 
 All such vehicles and wagons shall stand upon one of the city 
 lots. 
 
 Sec. 416. No person shall within 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 permission, in writing, from the owner or agent 
 of the property on which the same is situated. And no such 
 hand bill or advertisement shall be posted or pasted on or upon 
 any sidewalk whatever. 
 
 Sec. 417. No person except executive and police ofificers 
 of the city and persons authorized by the mayor or marshal 
 shall blow or sound the whistle known as "Bank's Patent," or 
 "Overman Wheel Company's whistle," commonly called a 
 policeman's whistle. 
 
 Sec. 418. No person shall, intentionally, give or make, 
 or cause to be given or made, any false alarm of fire. 
 
 Sec. 419. No person shall hitch or fasten, or cause to be 
 hitched or fastened, any animal to any ornamental or shade
 
 328 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 tree, in or upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, park, pub- 
 lic square, or to any case or box around any such tree ; nor 
 shall any person stop, stand, or fasten any animal so near to 
 any such tree, case or box, that such animal can bite, or 
 injure such tree, case or box ; nor shall any person climb up or 
 upon any such tree, case or box. 
 
 Sec. 420. Whoever shall within this city tamper with, 
 break or cut, deface or injure, in any manner whatever, any 
 house, building, fence, gate, sign, tree box. ornament or shade 
 tree, shrubbe;-y, lamp post, awning post, telephone, telegraph 
 or electric light pole or wire, or fire alarm box or wire, or any 
 other property of any kind belonging to the city, or to any 
 private person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon 
 conviction, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 421. Whoever shall enter upon the enclosed grounds 
 of any private park, fair association, agricultural or horticult- 
 ural society, or into any building, house or out-house, or prop- 
 erty of any such park or association, at any time, without the 
 consent of the owner or occupier thereof ; and whoever shall 
 climb upon or over the fences, enclosures, buildings or property 
 thereof, or whoever shall in any way injure or damage any 
 fence, house or out-house, or any property of any such park or 
 association, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction, shall be fined not less , than one nor more than 
 twenty-five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 422. If any person confined, imprisoned or detained 
 in the city prison or calaboose, or be in charge of any police of- 
 ficer, or other person having authority to arrest or detain him 
 upon a charge of a violation of any ordinance of this city, or 
 after a conviction for such offense, shall break said prison or cal- 
 aboose and escape therefrom, or from any ?uch officer, he shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 423. If any person shall convey into the city prison 
 or calaboose any disguised instrument or thing proper or useful 
 to aid any prisoner detained in the city prison or calaboose to
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 329 
 
 escape therefrom, whether such esc3pe shall be effected or not, 
 he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 424. Any prisoner or person committed to the city 
 prison or calaboose by reason of a default in payment of any fine 
 or costs, or an}' portion thereof, who, while in charge of the 
 street commissioner at work on the streets, or going to or from 
 work on the streets, shall escape or attempt to escape from the 
 said street commissioner, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Sec. 425. It shall be the duty of every owner of vacant 
 property, and every agent or other person having control, 
 charge, authority of management over or concerning any such 
 property, to keep the same free and clear from any and all rub- 
 bish and filth of every kind and description, and of all weeds, 
 water, pools and ponds. Any person violating any of the pro- 
 visions of this section shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for each and every day, or 
 fraction thereof, he shall allow or permit any such rubbish, filth, 
 water, pools or ponds to be and remain on any such vacant 
 property, in any sum not less than one nor more than twenty- 
 five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 426. Every person engaged in hauling or removing 
 earth, sand, rock, manure, rubbish, offal or other material shall 
 have boxes on his wagon, cart or other vehicle, and the same 
 so constructed with good, tight side, end and bottom boards, 
 as to prevent the dropping, spilling or wasting of such earth, 
 sand, rock, manure, rubbish, offal or other material in or upon 
 any street, avenue or alley, and no person shall drop, waste, spill 
 or deposit any such earth, sand, rock, manure, rubish or other 
 material on or upon any street, avenue or alley. 
 
 Sec. 427. No person shall wilfully or carelessly break, 
 injure, deface or damage or otherwise interfere with any lamp 
 post or public lamp, gas jet or any lamp, gas jet or light of 
 any kind, kept or maintained at any place for public safety or 
 convenience, or in compliance with the provisions of any 
 ordinance, or shall, without authority, light or extinguish any
 
 330 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 such lamp, or shall hitch or fasten any animal to any lamp post, 
 telegraph pole, telephone pole, fire plug or hydrant. 
 
 Sec. 428. No person shall place, or permit to be placed 
 or remain, on or along any railing or building front, or any part 
 of any building, fence or premises, adjacent or contiguous to 
 any street or sidewalk, any spikes or sharp pointed cresting, or 
 any barbed wire, or any other thing dangerous or liable to 
 snag, tear, cut or otherwise injure any one coming in contact 
 therewith. 
 
 Sec. 429. Whoever shall purposely cause dogs or other 
 animals to fight upon the square, streets, alleys or public places 
 of the city shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 
 
 Sec. 430. No person shall in this city, on any square, 
 street, avenue, alley or public place, 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 shall purposely frighten any horse or other animal. 
 
 Sec. 431. No person shall keep in any one building or 
 place within the fire limits of the city, a greater quantity of 
 gunpowder or blasting powder than seventy-five pounds, or 
 nitroglycerine one pound, or gun cotton ten pounds, or naptha 
 one barrel, or coal or carbon oil five barrels, or giant powder 
 twenty-five pounds, and no powder magazine shall be located 
 within the city limits. 
 
 Sec. 432 Any person who shall, within this ci;y, buy 
 or receive from any minor any jewelry, ha'ness tools or other 
 personal property, without the written consent of the parent 
 or guardian of such minor, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Sec. 433. No person shall in this city, wear under his 
 clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol 01 revolver, 
 slung-shot, cross knuckles, knuckles of lead, brass or other 
 metal, or any bowie knife, or other dangerous or deadly 
 weapon. Any person, violating any provision or requirement 
 of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
 upon conviction thereof before the police judge, shall be fined
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 33 I 
 
 not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or 
 by imprisonment in the city jail not less than five days 
 nor more than three months, or by both such fine and 
 imprisonment: Provided, however, that this section shall not 
 be so construed as to prevent any United States, state, county 
 or city officer, or any member of the city government, from 
 carrying such weapons as may be necessary in the proper dis- 
 charge of his duties. Any defense that would be valid under 
 the charge of carrying weapons concealed in a state case shall be 
 a valid defense to a charge made under this section. 
 
 Sec. 434. Any person who shall assault or beat or 
 wound another, under such circumstances as not to constitute 
 any other offense as defined by the statute of the State of Mis- 
 souri, shall, upon conviction before the police judge, be pun- 
 ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by im- 
 prisonment in the city jail not exceeding three months, or by 
 both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 435. If two or more persons shall in any public 
 place in this city, voluntarily or by agreement, engage in any 
 fight, or use any blows or violence toward each other, in an an- 
 gry or quarrelsome manner, or do each other any willful mis- 
 chief, or if any person shall assault another and strike him, in 
 any public place to the terror or disturbance of others, the per- 
 son or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
 the city jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine 
 and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 436. Any person, male or female, who shall in this 
 city, be the inmate of, or boarder or lodger in, or who shall in 
 any way contribute 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 mis- 
 demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a 
 fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 332 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 437. No prostitute, courtesan or lewd woman shall, 
 within the limits of this city, by word, sign or action, ply 
 her vocation on any street, avenue or alley in this city, or in any 
 other public place, or at an)- door or open window of the house 
 or room she may occupy ; any such prostitute, courtesan or 
 lewd woman who shall violate the provisions of this section shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars for every such offense. 
 
 Sec. 438. Every person, male or female, who shall rent, 
 keep, occupy or have in his or her possession or under his or 
 her control or management, any room or rooms to which men 
 resort for the purpose of prostitution or fornication with such 
 female, or any other female, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, before the police judge, 
 shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 439. Every person who shall steal, take and carry 
 away, within this city, any money or personal property or ef- 
 fects of another under the value of thirty dollars, not being the 
 subject of grand larceny, without regard to value, shall be 
 deemed guilty of petit larceny, and upon conviction before the 
 police judge, shall be punished by imprisonment in the city jail 
 not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hun- 
 dred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 440. Any person keeping, permitting or maintain- 
 ing a disorderly house or suffering or permitting to assemble or 
 congregate in or about his house, or place of business, idle, 
 vicious, hallooing, drunken, quarrelling or swearing person or 
 persons making loud noises and disturbing the neighborhood, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 441. No person shall be or appear in or upon any 
 street, avenue, alley, park, public place or place open to the 
 public view, in a state of nudity, or in a dress not belonging to
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 333 
 
 his or her sex, or in any indecent or lewd dress, or shall make- 
 any indecent exposure of his or her person, or be guilty of any 
 unseemly, obscene or filthy act, or of any lewd, indecent, im- 
 moral or insulting conduct, language or behavior; or shall ex- 
 hibit, or cause or permit to be exhibited, circulate, distribute, 
 sell, offer or expose for sale, or give or deliver to another, or 
 cause the same to be done, any lewd, indecent or obscene book, 
 picture, pamphlet, card, print, paper, writing, mold, cast, fig- 
 ure or other thing, or shall exhibit or perform, or cause or allow 
 to be exhibited or performed, in or upon any house, building, 
 lot or premises owned or occupied by him, or under his man- 
 agement or control, any lewd, indecent or immoral play or other 
 representation. Any person violating any provision or require- 
 ment of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five 
 nor mere than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 442. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or 
 refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or require- 
 ment of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof before the police judge, shall, 
 where no other penalty is provided, be fined not less than one 
 dollar nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in 
 the city jail not exceeding three months, or by both such fine 
 and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 443. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or 
 have about hi3 premises any pigeon or pigeons, and any person 
 owning any pigeon or pigeons, on allowing the same to be upon, 
 on, or about his premises, or premises occupied by him, shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there- 
 of, be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than 
 twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 444. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to shoot 
 or cause to be shot, any and all pigeons found or seen within 
 the city limits, and this section shall not be deemed to conflict 
 with any ordinance prohibiting the shooting of birds other than 
 pigeons, and any person authorized by the marshal to shoot
 
 334 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 said pigeons, shall be so authorized in writing, duly signed by 
 said marshal. 
 
 Sec. 445. Any person or persons who shall post any 
 bills, advertisements or other paper upon any painted telegraph, 
 telephone, electric light pole, or any other painted pole or poles 
 erected in the City of Sedalia, by virtue of authority from such 
 city, or shall in any manner whatever willfully mar, deface or 
 otherwise injure any such poles, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not 
 less than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 446. Every person who shall willfully and unlaw- 
 fully injure, break or destroy any shade tree in any street of 
 Sedalia, or in and upon the court house square, or who shall 
 willfully or unlawfully injure, break or destroy any public prop- 
 erty belonging to the city or the county within the city limits, or 
 who shall commit any nuisance thereon, or who shall willfully 
 injure or destroy any grass or sod upon the court house square, 
 or other public ground within the city, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less 
 than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 447. Every person who may be found loitering 
 around houses of ill fame, gambling houses, or places where 
 liquors are sold or drunk, without any visible means of support, 
 or shall attend or operate any gambling device or apparatus, or 
 be engaged in the practicing of any trick or device to procure 
 money or other things of value, or shall be engaged in any un- 
 lawful calling whatever, and every able-bodied married man who 
 shall neglect or refuse to provide for the support of his family, 
 and every person found tramping or wandering around from 
 place to place without any visible means of support, shall be 
 deemed a vagrant, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun- 
 ished by imprisonment in the city jail not less than twenty days 
 and not to exceed three months, or by fine not to exceed one 
 hundred dollars and not less than twenty dollars, or by both 
 such fine and imprisonment.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 335 
 
 Sec. 448. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to willfully break, destroy, cut, carve or mutilate any tree, 
 shrubbery, fence, house or building of any kind or character of 
 property in this city. Any person violating the provisions of 
 this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction thereof, be fined not less than two nor more than 
 twenty dollars for each and every offense. 
 
 Sec. 449. All owners and agents, or lessees of any lot or 
 tract of ground within the limits of the city, along or around 
 which there is a sidewalk constructed by authority of an ordi- 
 nance of the city, shall at all times keep such sidewalks clean 
 from any grass, weeds or other vegetation tending to obstruct, 
 in any manner, the free passage of pedestrians over sidewalks, 
 and such owner, agents or lessees shall cut down and clear 
 away from any such walks all weeds, grass and other vegeta- 
 tion as often as may be necessary to keep sidewalks clear as 
 above required. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and 
 not less than one dollar. 
 
 CHAPTER 18. 
 
 numbering of houses. 
 
 Section. 
 450. Numbers, places of begin- 
 ning. 
 451 Manner of. 
 
 Section. 
 452 To mutilate number, etc., mis- 
 demeanor. 
 
 Section 450. Each and every houss in the city shall be 
 properly and uniformily numbered as follows : All houses on 
 streets crossing Main street shall be numbered commencing at 
 Main street north and south; all houses on streets crossing 
 Ohio shall be numbered commencing at Ohio street, east and
 
 336 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 west; and all houses north of the Missouri Pacific Railroad on 
 streets crossing Lamine street, shall be numbered, commenc- 
 ing at Lamine street, east and west. 
 
 Sec. 451. All numbers shall commence in each block 
 at an even hundred and increase to the end of the block in the 
 direction of numbering, the even numbers being on the right 
 hand and the odd numbers on the left hand side. Such num- 
 bering shall begin on each street running either way with 
 an even hundred and shall extend to the city limits, allowing 
 twenty-two .and one half feet or thereabouts for each number. 
 
 Sec. 452. Any per on violating or neglecting to com- 
 ply with any of the provisions of cither of the two preceding sec- 
 tions or any person who shall destroy or in any way mutilate 
 any number of any house shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one nor more than twenty dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 337 
 
 CHAPTER 19. 
 OFFICERS OF THE CITY. 
 
 ARTICLE I. — Elections, Regulations Governing. 
 
 ARTICLE II.— Mayor. 
 
 ARTICLE III.— City Clerk, Collector, Treasurer. 
 
 ARTICLE IV.— City Attorney. 
 
 ARTICLE V. Street Commissioner. 
 
 ARTICLE VI —Marshal and Police. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. —Police Regulations. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. — Suspension and Removal of Officers. 
 
 ARTICLE IX.- Salaries of Officers. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 ELECTIONS, REGULATIONS GOVERNING. 
 
 Section. ; Section, 
 
 453. Time of holding, officers to be sented to council, etc., when. 
 
 elected, etc., qualification of 
 councilmen, etc. 
 
 454. State laws to govern, except 
 as to clerk, etc. 
 
 455. Places, judges, etc., of elec- 
 tion, council to fix, appoint, 
 etc. — ^Judges and clerks, duty 
 
 459. Meetings of council, when — ■ 
 Special, when and how. 
 
 460. Vacancy in office, how filled. 
 
 461. vStreet commissioner, police, 
 etc., appointment of. 
 
 462. Appointive officers, term of. 
 
 463. Council may appoint, when. 
 
 of— Polls, open when. 463 a. City marshal, bond of, etc. 
 
 456. Returns and certificates, duty ; 464- Collector, bond of. 
 of mayor, clerk, etc., concern- j 465- Assessor, bond of. 
 ing. 466. Treasurer, bond of. 
 
 457. Oath of office. 467- Policemen, bond of. 
 
 458. Certificate and oath, to be pre- | 
 
 Section 453. There shall be held a general election in 
 the City of Sedalia, Missouri, on the first Tuesday of April, 
 1894, and every two years thereafter, for the election of a 
 mayor, marshal, police judge, city attorney, treasurer, assessor,
 
 338 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 collector, and such other officers as may be made elective by 
 the charter of said city, and all elective officers shall hold their 
 respective offices for two years and until their successors shall 
 be elected and qualified; and there shall also be held an elec- 
 tion in each ward in the city on the first Tuesday in April, 1894, 
 at the same time the election for other city officers is held, and 
 in every year thereafter, for the election of one councilman from 
 each of such wards, who shall hold his office for two years, and 
 who, in addition to the qualifications now required by law, shall 
 have resided, in the city at least one year and in the ward at 
 least six months preceding his election, and shall be at least 
 twenty-five years of age and a citizen of the United States. 
 Whenever there shall be a tie in the election of a councilman or 
 an election for a councilman be contested, the matter shall be 
 determined by the council, by a majority vote of all of the mem- 
 bers elected to the council and at the time entitled to seats 
 therein: Provided, that no person who is a party to the tie or 
 the contest, shall be entitled to a vote. No person shall be 
 considered a qualified voter in and of any ward who is not a 
 bona fide resident of such ward at the time he offers to vote. 
 
 Sec. 454. All city elections shall be held under the pro- 
 visions of the general election laws of the state : Provided, that 
 all certificates of nomination or petition therefor, as provided, to 
 be filed by the state election laws, shall be filed with the city 
 clerk, and not with any other officer, which certificates or other 
 evidence of nomination shall be filed with the city clerk in the 
 manner and form, and within the time provided by the general 
 laws of the state, and all duties specified to be performed by 
 the constable or sheriff in the state election laws, shall be per- 
 formed by the marshal in city elections ; and all duties hereto- 
 fore provided by general law with reference to city elections, to 
 be done and performed by county clerks, shall, in city elections, 
 be done by the city clerk ; and all tickets for city elections shall 
 be printed by the city and at the city's expense. 
 
 Sec. 45 5- At least two weeks before any election for the 
 election of city officers, whether general or special, the council
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 339 
 
 shall, by resolution or ordinance or otherwise, fix the places of 
 holding such elections in each of said wards, and appoint the 
 judges of election for each ward, who shall take the oaths, ap- 
 point the clerks, conduct the election and count up and make 
 their returns thereof, duly certified, to the city clerk, in the 
 manner required by ordinance or the general laws of the state 
 regulating elections for state and county officers and applicable 
 thereto, and not inconsistent with the charter and ordinances of 
 the city and constitution and laws of the state. The judges and 
 clerks of all city elections, in addition to the returns as above 
 provided for, shall, upon their poll books, record the place of 
 residence of each voter, by giving the street, and number when 
 practicable, or by :iny other description, opposite his name, in 
 a column to be provided for that purpose; and it is hereby made 
 the duty of the city clerk to prepare the poll books and all 
 other blanks used in all city elections, including tickets, in con- 
 formity herewith, and deliver or caused to be delivered by the 
 marshal the tickets to the judges of election in each ward of the 
 city. The polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the morning, 
 and be continued open until the same hours as state and county 
 elections. 
 
 Sec. 456. The city clerk upon the receipt of the returns 
 of such election, shall notify the mayor and president of the 
 council of such fact, and the mayor, city clerk and president of 
 the city council shall proceed without delay to examine such 
 returns, and shall award certificates of election to such persons 
 as they shall find from the returns received the highest number 
 of votes for the office for which they were candidates, said cer- 
 tificates shall be executed by the city clerk, and attested by the 
 seal of the city, and delivered to the person entitled thereto. 
 
 Sec. 457. Every officer of the city, whether elected or 
 appointed, shall, upon receiving his certificate, and before en- 
 tering upon the performance of the duties of his office, take 
 and subscribe an oath, before the clerk of some court of record 
 in the county, judge or justice of the peace of the township, 
 the city clerk or police judge, that he possesses all the qualifi-
 
 340 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 cations prescribed for his office by law ; that he will support the 
 constitution of the United States and the State of Missouri, the 
 provisions of all laws of this state affecting cities of the third 
 class, and the ordinances of the city, and will faithfully demean 
 himself in office; which oath shall be filed with the city clerk. 
 Sec. 458. At the first regular meeting of the city council 
 after any general election, election for councilmen or any special 
 election, the persons holding certificates of election as council- 
 men shall present their certificates of election, accompanied 
 with their oaths of office, whereupon they shall be entitled to 
 their seats; but no person shall hold or exercise the duties of 
 any office under the charter and ordinances of the city until he 
 shall have fully complied with every requirement with reference 
 thereto. 
 
 Sec. 459. The council shall hold their regular meetings on 
 the first and third Monday evenings of each month, at seven 
 o'clock and thirty minutes. Whenever the mayor shall deem it 
 necessary to call a special meeting of the council for the trans- 
 action of any business he shall issue a call for such special meet- 
 ing, which shall be in writing, and state the purposes for which 
 such meeting is called, and the time of meeting, and file the 
 same in the office of the city clerk; whereupon the city clerk 
 shall immediately make eight copies of such call and deliver 
 said call, together with said copies to the marshal, and the 
 marshal, or some police officer named by him, shall forthwith 
 deliver one of said copies to each member of the council, if 
 they can be found in the cit}', and if not found a copy shall be 
 left at the usual place of abode of such absent member with 
 some member of his family over the age or fifteen years. The 
 marshal or officer who shall serve such notices shall make full 
 return of his action, upon the back of the call issued by the 
 mayor, and return the same to the city clerk, who shall read 
 the same at the opening of such special meeting No business 
 not mentioned in such call shall be transacted at such special 
 meeting.
 
 .REVISED ORDINANCES. 34 1 
 
 Sec. 460. If a vacancy shall occur in any elective office, 
 the mayor, or the person exercising the office of mayor, shall 
 cause a special election to be held to fill such vacancy, giving 
 ten days' notice thereof by proclamation published in the news- 
 paper at the time doing the city printing: Provided, however, 
 when any such vacancy occurs within six months of any general 
 municipal election, no election shall be called to fill such 
 vacancy, but the same shall be filled by the maj'or or the per- 
 son exercisin..^ the office of mayor by appointment : Provided, 
 furtJier, that any vacancy in the office of councilman which may 
 occur within six months of any general election for councilmen 
 shall be tilled hy election, to be held in the ward where such 
 vacancy may occur, and shall be conducted in such manner, in 
 all particulars, as may be prescribed for the election of council- 
 men at a general election. If a vacancy occur in an office not 
 elective the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge 
 the duties of the same until the first regular meeting of the 
 council thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be perma- 
 nently filled in the same manner and subject to the same pro- 
 visions, in every particular, as appointments for the same place 
 in the first instance. 
 
 Sec. 461. At the first regular meeting of the council 
 after an annual election in each year, the mayor shall, with the 
 consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to 
 the city council, appoint a street commissioner and all other 
 appointive officers of the city, whose appointment is not other- 
 wise specifically provided for , and at least six regular police- 
 men : Provided, that the mayor shall in cases of emergency 
 have power to appoint such number of extra police as the 
 exigencies of the case may demand. 
 
 Sec 462. All appointive officers shall hold their office 
 respectively for the term of one year and until their successors 
 are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed by proper 
 authority for cause shown. 
 
 Sec. 463. If the mayor shall fail to make appointments 
 authorized by the charter and ordinance^; of the city to be made
 
 342 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 by him, with the consent and approval of the council, or if the 
 council shall fail to agree, by the required vote, upon any nomi- 
 nation made by the mayor, at the two first regular meetings of 
 the city council, after such nominations shall be presented to the 
 council, including the meeting at which such nomination shall 
 be presented, it shall then be competent for the council to fill 
 such offices or places by a majority vote of the members elected 
 to the city council, except in the ofifice of street commissioner. 
 If there be a failure to agree upon the nomination made by the 
 mayor for the office of street commissioner he shall nominate 
 other persons, but no person shall be renominated by the 
 mayor for any city office after being rejected therefor by the 
 council. No nominations of appointive officers shall be made 
 by the mayor, or acted upon by the council at any special 
 meeting. 
 
 Sec. 463 (a.) The city marshal shall, before entering 
 upon the duties of his office, enter into a bond to the city of 
 Sedalia, Missouii, conditioned upon the faithful performance of 
 his duties, with not less than two securities, in a sum not less 
 than one thousand dollars, to be approved by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 464. The city collector shall, before entering upon 
 the discharge of the duties of his office, enter into a bond to 
 the city of Sedalia, Missouri, conditioned upon the faithful per- 
 formance of the duties of his office, in a sum not less than 
 twenty thousand dollars, with at least three sufficient securities, 
 to be approved by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 465. The city assessor shall, before entering upon 
 the duties of his office, enter into a bond to the city of Sedalia, 
 Missouri, in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, with at 
 least two good sufficient securities, conditioned upon the faith- 
 ful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be ap- 
 proved by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 466. The city treasurer shall, before entering the 
 duties of his office or taking possession thereof, enter into a 
 bond to the city of Sedalia, Missouri, in a sum not less than 
 twenty thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful perform-
 
 REVISED ORDINAN'CES. 
 
 343 
 
 ance of the duties of his oflfice, and that he^willaccount for all 
 moneys paid to him for the city, said bond to be approved by 
 the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 467. Each policeman shall, before taking posses- 
 sion of his ofifice, or discharging any duties thereof, enter into a 
 bond to the city of Sedalia, Missouri, in the sum of not less 
 than five hundred dollars, conditioned upon the faithful per- 
 formance of the duties of his ofifice, to be approved by the 
 mayor. 
 
 ARTICLE 11. 
 
 MAYOR. 
 
 Section. 
 
 468. To have general supervision 
 over departments, police force, 
 etc. 
 
 469. Commissions, appointments, 
 bonds, etc., duty concerning. 
 
 470. Deeds and certificates to cem- 
 etery lots, to sign, etc. 
 
 Section. 
 
 471. Cemetery lots, duplicate plats 
 to be kept. 
 
 472. Remit fine, etc , order con- 
 cerning. 
 
 473. Office of, hours to be in, etc. 
 
 474. Vacancy, how filled, etc. 
 
 Section 468. It shall be the duty of the mayor, in ad- 
 dition to the duties imposed upon him by the laws governing 
 cities of the third class, to exercise a general supervision over 
 all the departments of the city government, and see that the 
 duties appertaining to the various city ofificers are properly per- 
 formed. He shall have superintending control over the mar- 
 shal and police force; and shall also have the power, upon the 
 occasion of any public assemblage within the city, to appoint 
 one or more extra policemen to act during the continuance of 
 such assemblage, if in his judgment the safety of the citizens 
 and the peace and good order of the city require. 
 
 Sec 469. He shall sign the commissions and appoint- 
 ments of all the officers elected or appointed in the city, and 
 shall cause the city clerk to attest the same and affix thereto the 
 city seal ; and he shall examine all official bonds presented to
 
 ^544 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 him, and whenever satisfied that the same are in all respects 
 sufficient, shall approve the same. Such approval shall be in 
 writing, endorsed on said bond, and shall be signed by the 
 mayor; and whenever, during the term of office of any officer, 
 the mayor shall become satisfied that the surety on the bond of 
 such officer has from any cause become impaired, he shall re- 
 quire such officer, by notice in writing, to give additional secu- 
 rity forthwith; and if such officer shall fail, neglect or refuse to 
 give such additional security, it shall then be the duty of the 
 mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, to re- 
 move such officer and take the necessary and proper steps for 
 filling the vacancy cau-ed thereby. 
 
 Sec. 470. He shall, on behalf of the city, sign and exe- 
 cute to persons entitled thereto all certificates to purchasers of 
 cemetery lots and cause the same to be countersigned by the 
 clerk and attested by the seal of the city. And he shall, 
 when properly authorized by the city council, sign, execute 
 and deliver all deeds or conveyances, for any real estate which 
 the city may hereafter sell to any party or parties who may 
 have purchased the same. 
 
 Sec. 471. He shall keep in his office a duplicate plat of 
 all cemetery lots, with marginal references thereto, which shall 
 at all times show the lots which have been sold, the date of the 
 sale, to whom sold and the lots remaining unsold. 
 
 Sec. 472. Whenever the mayor shall conclude to remit 
 any fine or commute any sentence of imprisonment for labor, 
 or of labor for imprisonment, he shall execute and deliver to 
 the police judge an order for such remittal or commutation, 
 which order shall contain the title of the cause, a brief recital of 
 the judgment of the police judge, and shall state explicitly in 
 what manner such judgment is to be changed. 
 
 Sec. 473. The mayor shall have an office, to be pro- 
 vided by the city, suitably furnished, and to be kept in the city 
 market house and to be known as the mayor's office. He 
 shall, for the transaction of city business, be and remain in his 
 office one hour in the forenoon and one hour in the afternoon
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 345 
 
 of each day, except Sunday, said hours to be designated by 
 the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 474. When any vacancy shall happen in the office 
 of mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the city office, 
 refusal to qualify or otherwise, the president pro tem. of the 
 council shall, for the time being, perform the duties of mayor 
 until such vacancy be filled ; and in case of temporary absence 
 of the mayor or disability to perform the duties of his office, 
 the president of the council shall perform the duties of mayor 
 until the mayor shall return or such disability be removed ; 
 during the time the president pro tem. of the council shall act 
 as mayor, he shall receive the same compensation that the 
 mayor would be entitled to. In case of vacancy other than 
 temporary absence or disability, the person exercising the office 
 of mayor shall cause a new election to be held, giving ten days 
 notice thereof by proclamation published in some newspaper 
 published in the city, and doing the city printing; provided, 
 when such vacancy occurs within six months of a general 
 municipal election, no election shall be called to fill such 
 vacancy, but the president pro tem. of the council shall fill out 
 such unexpired term. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 CITY CLERK, COLLECTOR, TREASURER. 
 
 SCETION 
 
 475. City clerk, election of, term 
 of office. 
 
 476. Bond of. 
 
 477. Duties concerning accounts, 
 records, etc. 
 
 478. Licenses, duty concerning. 
 
 479. Tax books to be made, ex- 
 tended, etc. 
 
 Section. 
 
 480. Seal of city, to affix, etc, 
 when, 
 
 481. Term "City Register," mean- 
 ing of 
 
 482. Compensation of clerk. 
 
 483. Collector, duties of. 
 
 484. Treasurer, duties of. 
 
 Section 475. At the first regular meeting of the city 
 council after an annual election in each year, the council shall, 
 by a majority vote of all the members elected to the council.
 
 346 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 elect a city clerk, who shall hold his office for the term of one 
 year and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, unless 
 sooner removed for cause. 
 
 Sec. 476. The city clerk shall, before entering upon the 
 duties of his office, enter into a bond to the city of Sedalia, 
 Missouri, with not less than two securities, in a sum not less 
 than two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge 
 of the duties of his office, to be approved by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 477. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to 
 keep an exact record of all appointments and commissions of 
 every officer of the the city ; to cause to be printed all the or- 
 dinances passed by the city. council and approved by the may- 
 or, or which shall become a law without the mayor's approval, 
 within one month after their passage. Provided however that 
 this ordinance, in revision of the general ordinances of the city 
 shall be published in book form only as is hereinafter provided 
 for. He shall issue all licenses authorized or that may be 
 authorized for the prosecution of any business in the city. He 
 shall keep the journal of the proceedings of the council He 
 shall take care that all notes, bonds, evidences of debt, records 
 of the city council, official acts of the mayor and all of the 
 records of the city entrusted to him are safely kept, and 
 deliver the same, upon the expiration of his term of office, 
 whole, preserved and undefaced to his successor. He shall 
 charge the marshal and other officers with fines reported by 
 the police judge. He shall be the general accountant of the 
 city, and shall keep a special account with the city collector, 
 treasurer and all other fiscal officers of the city, and shall, for 
 that purpose, make settlement with all the fiscal officers of the 
 city at least once a year and report the same to the council, and 
 such settlements shall be made as often and at such time as the 
 mayor or the city council may direct. 
 
 Sec. 478. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to ex- 
 amine all the licenses of all keepers of stores, shops, trades, 
 ;aloons, or other occupations as are now, or may hereafter be-
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 347 
 
 come subject to license or taxation for the use of the city ; and 
 should it appear to the city clerk that the person or persons 
 keeping such store or stores or exercising any trade or occupa- 
 tion which may be taxed by the authority aforesaid have not 
 complied with the ordinances of the city for their regulation 
 and government, he is requireo to cause suit to be instituted 
 against all such offenders without delay. 
 
 Sec. 479. As soon as the mayor and council shall have 
 procured from the city assessor a certified assessment of all the 
 property within the city made taxable by law for state and 
 county purposes, and the assessed value thereof, as corrected 
 by the board of equalization, and the city council shall have 
 established by ordinance the rate of taxes for the year as re- 
 quired by law the city clerk shall make out appropriate and 
 accurate tax books, and cause to be extended in appropriate 
 columns opposite the name of each person each item of taxable 
 property, as returned by the assessor and board of equalization, 
 the amount of taxes whether general or special due thereon and 
 charge the collector with the full amount of said taxes levied 
 and to be collected, together with all the licenses of every kind 
 to be collected ; to preserve and file away all duplicate receipts 
 of the monthly payments made by the collector to the treasurer, 
 and it shall be the duty of the city clerk to report to the mayor, 
 should the collector fail to pay into the treasury his monthl)- 
 collections. 
 
 Sec. 480. The city clerk shall be the custodian of the 
 city seal and it shall be his duty to afifix the seal of the city to 
 and attest all official intrustments and documents of the mayor 
 and the city; he shall attest and affix the seal of the city to all 
 orders, drafts and warrants drawn upon the treasurer for money. 
 
 Sec. 481. In all the ordinances of the city heretofore in 
 lorce where the term "city register" is used, it shall be con- 
 strued to mean city clerk, and it shall be the duty of the city 
 clerk to do and perform generally, all such duties as the city 
 register was by ordinances required to do.
 
 348 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 482. As full compensation for all his duties and 
 services, the city clerk shall receive a salary of nine hundred 
 dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 483. The city collector shall collect all taxes, both 
 general and special, that shall be levied under the chapter and 
 ordinances of the city, and shall pay over to the city treasurer 
 at the end of each month, all moneys collected during the same, 
 he shall have his ofifice in the rooms cf the city hall. 
 
 Sec. 484. The city treasurer shall receive all moneys due 
 the city from, any and all sources, and pay out the same on 
 warrants oroered by the city council, and signed by the mayor, 
 countersigned by the city clerk, and stamped with the seal of 
 the city; and at the expiration of the term of his ofifices, he 
 .^hall deliver to his successor in ofifice all moneys, books, papers 
 and records connected with his ofifice. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 city attorney. 
 
 Section. I Section. 
 
 485. City attorney, duties gener- | 487. Absent, sick, etc, to appoint 
 ally. I attorney. 
 
 486. Appeals, duties concerning. | 
 
 Section 485. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to 
 attend to all such legal duties as may be required of him by the 
 mayor or councilmen of the city ; to give advice when called 
 upon ; to attend and prosecute in all cases in behalf of the city ; 
 to attend to all cases of writs of errors in the circuit or criminal 
 courts, the St. Louis court of appeals and Kansas City court of 
 appeals or supreme court; to bring suits and to collect all mon- 
 eys to be collected by suits at law ; to take appeal in such cases 
 as he shall deem the interests of the city require, and to prose- 
 cute or defend the same in the appellate court to final hearing 
 and decision ; to report to the councilmen any legal defects in 
 the city ordinances, or the power of any city officer; to prescribe
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 349 
 
 the form of all deeds, contracts or other legal instruments exe- 
 cuted to or by the city, and, when required to do so by the 
 mayor or city council, shall draft the same. On the expiration 
 of the term of his office he shall deliver to his successor in office 
 all books, papers, records and property pertaining to his ofiice. 
 
 Sec. 486. When the city attorney shall deem it proper to 
 take an appeal, or to sue out a writ of error, in any case when 
 the city is interested in the decision of the court trying the same, 
 to the proper appellate court, he shall, for that purpose, make 
 for the city the necessary affidavits, and make and execute, in 
 the name of the City of Sedalia, the necessary papers ; and when 
 an appeal is thus taken, he shall report the facts to the mayor, 
 who shall give information thereof to the city council at the first 
 meeting thereafter. 
 
 Sec. 487. Whenever the city attorney shall, by reason of 
 temporary absence, sickness or other cause, be unable to attend 
 any court, or the trial of any case, he may, with the consent 
 and approval of the mayor, appoint some competent lawyer to 
 act in his stead for that term, or the trial of any cause or causes. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 street commissioner. 
 
 Section, 
 488. Office of, term, how appointed, 
 may be removed for cause. 
 
 Section. 
 
 489. Duties of. 
 
 490. Power to make arrests. 
 
 Section 488. There is hereby created the office of street 
 commissioner, whose term of office shall continue for the term 
 of one year, unless sooner removed for cause ; said term to 
 commence in each and every year immediately upon the annual 
 election, or appointment of city officers; said office shall be 
 filled by appointment of the mayor, by and with the advice and 
 consent of the city council by a majority vote of all of the mem- 
 bers elected to the council.
 
 350 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 4S9. It shall be the duty of said street commis- 
 sioner: First, to execute all orders of the mayor and city 
 council, in relation to repairing and keeping clean the streets, 
 avenues, lanes and alleys of the city ; second, to observe and 
 report to the mayor all obstructions found in any street, avenue, 
 lane or alley within the corporate limits of the city; third, to 
 superintend the repairing, grading and macadamizing of all such 
 streets, avenues and alleys, and the building of crosswalks, and 
 the constructing of sidewalks, and to see that all such work is 
 properly done; fourth, to notify the owners or occupiers of 
 property fronting streets, avenues and alleys to repair sidewalks, 
 and cause them to be kept free from all obstruction; fifth, to 
 observe and report to the committee on streets and alleys all 
 repairs necessary to be made upon any street or alley. 
 
 Sec. 490. Said street commissioner shall have power to 
 make arrests for the breach of any ordinance of the city, and he 
 shall report all such arrests to the city marshal. He shall re- 
 ceive for compensation such sum as shall, from dme to time, be 
 prescribed by ordinance. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 MARSHAL AND POLICE. 
 
 Section. 
 
 491. Police force, what to consti- 
 tute. 
 
 492. Duties of, coucerning arrests, 
 etc. 
 
 493. Policemen, duties as to mar- 
 shal, mayor, etc. 
 
 494. Make arrests, enter houses, 
 etc., when. 
 
 495. Assistant to act as marshal, 
 when. 
 
 496. Nuisance, duty concerning. 
 
 497. Marshal, general duties of, etc. 
 
 Section. 
 
 498. To attend council, preserve 
 property, etc. 
 
 499. Policemen, may be suspended 
 when, vacancy how filler!. 
 
 500. Saloons, etc., not to loiter in, 
 drink, etc. 
 
 501. Property of party arrested, to 
 be taken, how and when. 
 
 502. Marshal, duties of, continued. 
 503 Arrests, with and without pro- 
 cess, when, etc. 
 
 Section 491. The regular police force of the City of 
 Sedalia, Missouri, shall consist of the marshal, who shall be ex- 
 ofificio chief of police, the assistant marshal, who shall be chief
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 35 I 
 
 of police in the absence of the marshal, and such number of 
 able-bodied policemen as shall from tiiie to time be authorized 
 by the charter and ordinances of the city and deemed necessary 
 by the mayor and council for the proper protection of the citi- 
 zens of the city and their property. Every policeman appointed 
 as provided by ordinance shall hold his office for the term of one 
 year, and until their respective successors are duly appointed 
 and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause. 
 
 Sec. 492. It shall be the duty of the marshal and every 
 policeman to be active and vigilant in enforcing all ordinances 
 of the city in relation to nuisances, misdemeanors and the public 
 peace and good order; and to arrest without process, and take 
 before the police judge for trial, any person who shall, within 
 the city, in their presence, commit any violation of such ordi- 
 nances, or of the criminal laws of the state; to enter any saloon, 
 dram-shop, bawdy house, or other disreputable place, or into 
 any business house or residence within the city limits, for the 
 purpose of preventing or suppressing any disorderly or riotous 
 conduct of any person therein, and to arrest such person or 
 persons and take them before the police judge for trial ; and if 
 such arrest be made in the night time, such persons may be in- 
 carcerated in the city prison until the following morning, and 
 until such time as the police judge shall be in his office, when 
 they shall be taken before him for trial as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 493. It shall be the duty of each and every person 
 appointed policeman to discharge such duties as are required of 
 the marshal, and to perform such other duties as may be re- 
 quired of them by the mayor or marshal ; they shall keep watch 
 throughout the city day and night, and shall have the power to 
 arrest malefactors, rogues, thieves, vagabonds and all disorderly 
 persons they may find in the city, and place them in confine- 
 ment to await trial subject to the mayor's orders; and upon 
 making any arrest they shall report the same to the city at- 
 torney. 
 
 Sec. 494. The police are hereby authorized to enter any 
 house or inclosure in the city within which .ny affray, unlawful
 
 352 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 assembly, or any disturbance or breach of the peace may occur, 
 and take into custody all offenders therein found ; they shall ar- 
 rest all suspicious persons found lurking or strolling about the 
 city at late hours of the night, unless such persons can give sat- 
 isfactory account of themselves ; they shall have power to arrest 
 any female found on the streets alone, at any hour of the night, 
 under suspicious circumstances; they shall have authority to 
 enter any brothel or house of ill fame, and arrest any person 
 found therein; they shall be general conservators of the peace, 
 and shall, without warrant, arrest any one found guilty of vio- 
 lating any provisions of the ordinances of the city, and lodge 
 him, her or them in the city jail, there to remain until trial in 
 the police court. 
 
 Sec. 495. In ca^e of the absence of the city marshal from 
 the city, or inability to act, the assistant marshal shall discharge 
 the duties of marshal, and the assistant marshal shall, during 
 the absence or inability of the marshal to act, perform his du- 
 ties, and have the same power and authority as the marshal. 
 
 Sec. 496. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to 
 take all necessary measures to ascertain all nuisances which may 
 exist within the city limits, and if declared to be so by ordinance 
 to cause the same to be immediately removed, and report the 
 same to the city council; it shall also be his duty to visit all 
 parts of the city, to make diligent inquiry after all breaches of 
 ordinances of the city of Sedal q, particularly such offenses as 
 may be pointed out to him by the mayor or any councilman, 
 and to report the same to the city attorney, who shall prosecute 
 the same. 
 
 Sec. 497. The marshal shall at all times perform such 
 duties as are, or shall be, enjoined on him by ordinance, 
 resolution of the city council, or any statute of the state; and 
 further, it shall be his duty to visit all suspicious or disorderly 
 neighborhoods or houses, and all parts of the city where dis- 
 order and breaches of the law are most likely to be committed, 
 and to arrest and take into custody, without warrant, all and 
 every person who may be found in the commission of any
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 353 
 
 offense against the ordinances of the city, and report such arrest 
 to the city attorney. He shall also arrest any and all persons 
 who may be found in any of the streets, or on any of the side- 
 walks, or in any public place, urinating or doing any indecent 
 act in the presence or view of any female, and shall arrest with- 
 out warrant any and all persons who may be found in the streets 
 of the city or on the sidewalks in a state of intoxication, and take 
 them to the city jail, there to remain in confinement until per- 
 fectly sobered. 
 
 Sec. 498. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to at- 
 tend in person, or appoint one of the city policemen to attend, 
 the city council when in session, and ofificial duties alone shall 
 be an excuse for non-attendance ; he shall also collect and pre- 
 serve all personal property belonging to the city of Sedalia, 
 whenever such property is not in lawful possession of some 
 person employed in the services of said corporation. 
 
 Sec. 499. Every policeman shall obey all rules and reg- 
 ulations prescribed by the mayor and marshal, and if any 
 policeman dies, resigns or removes from the city, or shall fail, 
 neglect or refuse to discharge his official duties, or shall be 
 guilty of ungentlemanly conduct, or become intoxicated, the 
 council may by resolution declare his place vacant; and the 
 vacancy shall be filled in the same manner and under all of the 
 provisions concerning appointments in the first instance. 
 
 Sec. 500. No policeman, while on duty, shall loaf or 
 loiter in any billiard hall or saloon, nor drink any intoxicating 
 beverage in any saloon, nor play at billiards or any other game 
 in this city. 
 
 Sec. 501. No policeman or other person in the employ of 
 this city as such, making an arrest, shall be allowed to take 
 from the party arrested any money or other property except 
 weapons, until such party arrested shall be taken before the 
 city marshal or police judge, or some other responsible party or 
 person, where a search of the person of the party arrested shall 
 be made and a list of his property made in a book kept by the
 
 354 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 policemen for said purpose, and attested by the officer or per- 
 son before whom the search was made. 
 
 Sec. 502. In addition to the duties imposed upon him 
 by the laws and ordinances governing this city, it is hereby 
 made the duty of the city marshal: To attend all meetings of 
 the city council ; when unable to attend he shall detail a member 
 of the police force to attend in his stead ; to execute all orders 
 and serve all notices emanating from the mayor or city council; 
 to collect all dog tax ; to pay to the city treasurer, within the 
 first three days of each month, all money collected by him 
 during the previous month for fines and costs in the police 
 :ourt, for dog tax and from sale of impounded animals ; and to 
 file the treasurer's receipt therefor with the city clerk; tore- 
 port to the city collector all persons doing business in this city 
 without the requisite city license therefor. 
 
 Sec. 503. It is hereby made the duty of the marshal and 
 policemen at all times to make or order an arrest, with proper 
 process for any and all offenses against the laws and ordinances 
 of Sedalia, and to take the offender before the police judge for 
 trial; and to arrest without process in all cases where any such 
 offense shall be committed or attempted to be committed in his 
 presence, and keep such offender in the city prison or other 
 place to prevent his escape until a trial can be had. It is hereby 
 made a misdemeanor for any marshal or policeman to take any 
 such person so arrested before any justice of the peace for trial, 
 except under the order and direction of the city police judge, 
 and for each violation of this requirement the offender shall be 
 fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 355 
 
 ARTICLE VII 
 
 POLICE REGULATIONS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 504. Marshal and police lo wear 
 badge. 
 
 505. Marshal and police to wear 
 uniform. 
 
 506. Committee to prescribe uni- 
 forms and badges, when— How 
 paid for, etc. 
 
 Section. 
 
 507. Marshal and police to pay 
 city for badges and uniforms, 
 how. 
 
 508. Penalty for violating section 
 507. 
 
 Section 504. The marshal and every poh'ceman of the 
 City of Sedalia, while on duty, shall wear a badge conspicu- 
 ously displayed on his person, indicating his official position, 
 such badge to be furnished by the city, and to remain the prop- 
 erty of the city. 
 
 Sec. 505. The marshal and every regular policeman of 
 the City of Sedalia, while on duty, shall appear in full uniform. 
 Said uniform shall consist of coat, pants, vest, and a hat or cap, 
 and shall be of such pattern, color, quality and trimmings as 
 may be prescribed by the mayor and committee on ways and 
 means. 
 
 Sec. 506. It shall be the duty of the committee on ways 
 and means to prescribe a uniform, as provided for in the next 
 preceding section, and a badge, as provided for in section 504 
 of this article, and to procure for the city the necessary number 
 of uniforms and badges, all of which shall be paid for by a war- 
 rant drawn upon the city treasurer; and it shall be the duty of 
 said committee to receive bids on the second Monday in May in 
 each year for the furnishing of said uniforms at a stipulated 
 price per suit, and they shall receive and accept the lowest and 
 best bid therefor. 
 
 Sec. 507. The marshal and each policeman shall pay to 
 the City of Sedalia for said uniforms the net cost thereof, which 
 Sum shall be paid in such installments per month as the ways 
 and means committee may direct, and such installments shall be 
 deducted from the salary of the officers for the month the install-
 
 356 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 merit is required to be paid, and a warrant issued to such officer 
 for his salary for that month, less the installment due on his 
 uniform. 
 
 Sec. 508. Any marshal or policeman who shall fail to 
 comply with the provisions of this article, after the city has 
 procured the required uniform, shall forfeit to the city all right 
 and claim to any salary, from the time of such offense, until he 
 shall have complied with the requirements of this article; and 
 the amount of such forfeiture shall be reported by the mayor to 
 the city clerk, and the same deducted from such officer's sal- 
 ary. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 SUSPENSIONS AND REMOVALS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 509. Mayor empowered to suspend 
 all officers for what causes. 
 
 510. Suspension, how effected, 
 duties of clerk and marshal 
 toward accused, misdemeanor 
 for suspended officer to attempt 
 to perform duties of office. 
 
 511. Mayor to lay charges before 
 council, when, council to fix 
 time for hearing, cop)' of 
 charges to be delivered to ac- 
 
 Section. 
 
 cused, and notice of time of 
 hearing given, how. 
 
 512. Council to hear evidence, may 
 adjourn from time to time. 
 
 513. Council to decide case, when, 
 how, etc. 
 
 514. Who may prefer charges 
 against mayor, result of, to be 
 tried as other like cases. 
 
 515. Rights of accused, city attorney 
 
 to prosecute for city. 
 
 Sec. 509. The mayor is hereby empowered to suspend 
 from office any elective or appointive officers of the city for any 
 of the following causes: For a willful violation of any of his of- 
 ficial obligations ; for any culpable official negligence or direlec- 
 tion of duty; for any conduct inconsistent with his official char- 
 acter and duty; for official incompetency. 
 
 Sec. 510. Such suspension shall be effected by an ordi- 
 nance filed by the mayor in the office of the city clerk, accom- 
 panied by a statement of the charges upon which the same is 
 founded, a copy of which shall be forthwith made by the clerk 
 and delivered to the marshal, who shall forthwith deliver the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 357 
 
 same to the officer suspended; and if any city officer shall during 
 suspension from office attempt to perform any official duty, he 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof before the police judge, maybe fined fifty dollars, and 
 pay the costs of prosecution. 
 
 Sec. 511. Whenever any officer shall have been sus- 
 pended as above provided the mayor shall lay said charges be- 
 fore the council at its first regular meeting after such charges 
 are made; and the council shall without unnecessary delay pro- 
 ceed to investigate such charges upon a day to be by them 
 fixed. The city clerk shall thereupon make out a certified 
 copy of such charges, together with a notice of the day fixed 
 by the council for hearing the same, which certified copy and 
 notice shall be, by the marshal or the person acting as such, 
 served upon the suspended officer in the usual manner provided 
 for by law for serving legal papers. 
 
 Sec. 512. Upon the day fixed the council shall proceed, 
 according to such rules as they may adopt, to hear the evidence 
 against and in favor of the accused, adjourning from time to 
 time as may be necessary until they shall have heard all the 
 competent evidence in the case. 
 
 Sec. 513. Within three days after all the evidence shall 
 have been taken the council shall vote by yeas and nays upon 
 the charges separately. The question upon each charge shall 
 be, "Is the accused guilty?" If the council, by a majority 
 vote of all the members elected, find the accused guilty of 
 either of the charges, such officer shall by resolution be re- 
 moved from office and his office declared vacant and the mayor 
 shall thereupon cause said vacancy to be filled in manner pro- 
 vided by ordinance. 
 
 Sec, 514. The council or any member thereof may at 
 any time prefer charges against the mayor for any of the causes 
 set out in this article; and the council shall at once proceed to 
 investigate and decide the said charges in the same manner hcre- 
 rnbefore provided in cases of suspended officers. During such 
 investigation it shall be unlawful for the ma}'or to preside at the
 
 358 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 meetings of the council; and should he be found guilty of either 
 or all of said charges preferred against him, the council shall 
 by resolution remove him from offtce and declare his office 
 vacant; and the president pro tern shall immediately take the 
 necessary steps to fill such vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 515. Upon any such trial the accused shall be en- 
 titled to be heard by himself, or his counsel in his defense, and 
 the city attorney, or the person acting as such, shall attend the 
 trial and prosecute on behalf of the city. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 Section. 
 
 516. General provision. 
 
 531 
 
 Councilmen. 
 
 517. Mayor. 
 
 532. 
 
 Board of health. 
 
 518. Marshal. 
 
 533- 
 
 Weigh master. 
 
 519. Police judge. 
 
 534- 
 
 Sexton of cemetery. 
 
 520. Clerk. 
 
 535- 
 
 When paid and how. 
 
 521. Treasurer. 
 
 536. 
 
 Officer not to retain city money 
 
 522. Collector. 
 
 
 for salary. 
 
 523. Attorney. 
 
 537- 
 
 Rodmen, chainmen, inspec- 
 
 524. Engineer, civil. 
 
 
 tors. 
 
 525. Assessor. 
 
 538. 
 
 Jury in condemnation pro- 
 
 526. Street commissioner. 
 
 
 ceedings, pay. 
 
 527. Policemen. 
 
 539- 
 
 Judges and clerks of election. 
 
 528. Fire department, chief of. 
 
 
 pay. 
 
 529. Assistant chief of. 
 
 540. 
 
 Extra police, pay. 
 
 530. Hosemen of 
 
 541- 
 
 Witnesses, pay. 
 
 Section 516. The officers and employes of the city 
 shall receive as full compensation for their services the follow- 
 ing salaries and fees : 
 
 Sec. S^7- The mayor shall receive a salary of six hun- 
 dred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 518. The marshal shall receive a salary of nine hun- 
 dred dollars per annum and such fees as may be allowed by 
 ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 519- The police judge shall receive a salary of nine 
 hundred dollars per annum and such fees as may be allowed by 
 ordinance.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 359 
 
 Sec. 520. The city clerk shall receive a salary of nine 
 hundred dollars per annum and such fees as may be allowed by 
 ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 521. The city treasurer shall received a salary of 
 five hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 522. The city collector shall receive a salary of 
 twelve hundred dollars per annum and in addition thereto he 
 shall receive a commission of four per cent on all delinquent 
 taxes collected for the city. 
 
 Sec. 523. The city attorney shall receive a salary of 
 nine hundred dollars per annum and such fees as may be al- 
 lowed by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 524. The city engineer shall receive a salary of fif- 
 teen hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 525. The city assessor shall receive a salary of six 
 hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 526. The street commi-sioner shall receive a salary 
 of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 527. Each regular policeman shall receive a salary 
 of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 528. The chief of the fire department shall receive a 
 salary of nine hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 529. The foreman or assistant chief of the fire de- 
 partment shall receive a salary of eight hundred and forty dol- 
 lars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 530. Each hoseman of the fire department shall re- 
 ceive a salary of six hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 531. Each councilman shall receive a salary of two 
 hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 Sec. 532. Each member of the board of health, -except 
 the mayor, shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars per 
 annum. 
 
 Sec. 533. The city weigh master and ex-ofi(icio city 
 market inspector shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars 
 per annum and one-half of all the fees received by him as such 
 weigh master and ex-ofificio market inspector.
 
 36o REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 534. The sexton of the city cemetery shall receive 
 one hundred dollars per year and such amount for grave digging 
 as may be allowed by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 535. The salaries above provided for shall be com- 
 puted and payable on the first day of each month, in city war- 
 rants, to be drawn as provided for by ordinance, such warrants 
 to be preferred warrants, and to be paid on presentation to the 
 city treasurer prior to general warrants, if suf^cient funds be in 
 the treasury. 
 
 Sec. 536. No city oflficer shall be allowed to retain in his 
 hands any of the public moneys collected or paid to him under 
 the pretense of payment for his past services, but they shall pay 
 over all such moneys monthly into the city treasury, and give 
 account of the same at the first meeting of the city council in 
 each and every month, showing the kind of funds paid, whether 
 city warrants or money. 
 
 Sec. 537. In the construction of public works and help 
 necessarily employed in connection with the engineering de- 
 partment, inspectors, rod-men and chain-men, employed by the 
 city, shall be paid at the rate following for the time actually en- 
 gaged in the city services: Inspectors, two and fifty one-hun- 
 dredths dollars per day; rod men, two dollars per day; chain 
 men, one dollar per day. 
 
 Sec. 538. Each juror appointed to assess damages in 
 condemnation proceedings by the city shall receive two dollars 
 per day for each day he is acting in making said assessments. 
 
 Sec. 539. Judges and clerks of elections shall each re 
 ceive three dollars per day for their services. 
 
 Sec. 540. Extra policemen appointed by the mayor, un- 
 der the provisions of the city ordinances, in cases of emergency, 
 shall receive two dollars per day. 
 
 Sec. 541. Witnesses summoned before the council or be- 
 fore any committee ot the council, or before any committee ap- 
 pointed by the council or mayor, or before any jury in the con- 
 demnation proceedings, before the board of health or in the po-
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 361 
 
 lice court, shall receive one dollar per day; and where such 
 witness lives beyond the city limits they shall receive the same 
 mileage paid witnesses in the circuit court. 
 
 CHAPTER 21 
 
 PERMITS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 542. Te erect buildings, etc., must 
 have permit, how obtained. 
 
 543. Public buildings, plans of to 
 be submitted, etc., 
 
 544. Appeals, when permit is re- 
 fused. 
 
 545. Street, gutter, etc., to dig or 
 excavate, permit for. 
 
 546. To dig, etc., paved or macada- 
 mized street. 
 
 547. To place or leave articles on 
 sidewalk, etc. 
 
 548. Street, alley, etc., to be repair- 
 ed, etc., how. 
 
 549. Failure to have permit, etc , 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 Section. 
 
 550. Red lanterns, to put at ex- 
 cavation, when, indemnit}- 
 bond to the city. 
 
 551. Stone, brick, earth, etc., to 
 carry away, must have permit. 
 
 552. City engineer, to keep record 
 of. 
 
 553- Night scavenger, to have per- 
 mit, bond of. 
 
 554. Street parades, etc., permit 
 for. 
 
 555. Violation of this chapter mis- 
 demeanor. 
 
 Section 542. No person or corporation shall erect a build- 
 ing or structure of any kind or add to or enlarge or extend any 
 building or structure already erected or which may be hereafter 
 erected, within this city without first having obtained a permit 
 from the city engineer. 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 city engineer 
 shall thereupon, after an inspection of the premises, or without 
 an inspection, as he may deem fit, if he approve the application, 
 issue a building permit to the applicant giving him permission 
 to erect a building or structure at the place, and of the materi- 
 als, and of the dimensions mentioned in the application, and 
 authorizing the use and occupation of not more than one third 
 or the roadway and on half of the sidewalk in front of said
 
 362 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 premises, and limiting the the time for which said permit shall 
 continue. The city engineer may if he deems proper, require 
 that plans for the proposed erection, alternation or addition be 
 submitted for inspection, before issuing his permit. The gutter 
 or water ways of any street, avenue or alley shall not at any 
 time be obstructed by any buildmg or other materials so as to 
 prevent the free passage of water in and along the same, but the 
 city engineer 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 erected pro- 
 vided a good temporary plank sidewalk shall be constructed 
 over the gutter not less than four feet wide and be kept and 
 maintained free and clear of obstruction and to the satisfaction 
 of the said city engineer. 
 
 Sec. 543. The city engineer 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 proposed building shall have 
 sufficient strength and ample means of ingress and egress to 
 secure the reasonable safety of any and all persons who may 
 choose to assemble there; and a copy of such specifications 
 shall be deposited in the office of the said engineer. 
 
 Sec. 544. If in any case the city engineer shall see fit to 
 prohibit the erection or alteration of any building according to 
 the plans as submitted, and such prohibition shall appear to the 
 owner or architect to be unreasonable, the said owner or archi- 
 tect shall have the right to appeal to a committee of five ex- 
 perts, who shall be architects or builders, two of whom shall be 
 chosen by the said owner or architect and two by the city engi- 
 neer, the fifth one to be chosen by the other four and their 
 decision shall be final. 
 
 Sec. 545. No person nor corporation shall dig or exca- 
 vate within, through or under any street, alley, gutter, curb, 
 sidewalk or public place in this city for any purpose, except 
 gas and water pipes, without f'rst obtaining a permit from the 
 city engineer. The application for such permit shall state the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 363 
 
 exact location, dimensions and purpose of such digging or ex- 
 cavation. The engineer shall thereupon inspect the locality and 
 if he deem proper issue a permit, authorizing such digging or 
 excavation to be done in such successive portions within such 
 limits of time, and with such safe-guards as he may designate 
 with a due iCgard for public convenience and public safety. 
 
 Sec. 546. It shall be unlawful for any plumber, corpora- 
 tion or other person to dig up or in any manner make an)- 
 excavation in any of the paved or macadamized streets of the 
 city or that may hereafter be paved or macadamized, without 
 first having obtained a special permit from the city engineer. 
 And any person desiring such a permit shall make written ap- 
 plication therefor to the city engineer, which application shall 
 designate the place where, and the reason why, such digging or 
 excavation is intended to be made; and if such digging or ex- 
 cavation is intended to be made for a lawful purpose, the city 
 engineer shall make an estimate of the reasonable cost of the 
 digging, excavation and replacing the street in as good condi- 
 tion as it was before such digging and excavation was made, 
 and such applicant shall, before obtaining such permit, deposit 
 with the city engineer a sum of money equal to the amount of 
 the engineer's estimate of the cost, and thereafter the said en- 
 gineer shall issue a permit. And all work done under such per- 
 mit shall be done under the superintendence and to the satisfac- 
 tion of the city engineer, and if such work is not done to the 
 satisfaction of the city engineer, or the street is not replaced in 
 as good condition as it was before the work was begun, the city 
 engineer, out of the money deposited with him, shall have said 
 work done, and the balance, if any, of said deposit shall be 
 refunded to the applicant. 
 
 Sec. 547. No person or corporation, except merchants, 
 in the transaction of their daily business shall deposit, place or 
 leave any material, articles, substance or thing in any street, 
 alley, gutter, sidewalk or public place of this city without first 
 obtaining a permit from the city engineer. Such permit shall 
 be issued by the said engineer if he consider that necessity
 
 364 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 exists therefor for such time and to such extent as each case 
 may seem to require. 
 
 Sec. 548. Any person or corporation digging or exca- 
 vating through, under or along any street, alley, gutter, curb, 
 sidewalk or public place in this city by virtue or authority of 
 any permit granted as heretofore provided, or by virtue or au- 
 thority of any franchise or right heretofore granted by the City 
 of Sedalia, shall cause the street, alley, curb, gutter, sidewalk 
 or public place permitied to be occupied, dug or excavated, to 
 be thoroughly, repaired, restored and cleaned to the satisfaction 
 of the city engineer; and in case such digging or excavating is 
 done by virtue of any permit granted as aforesaid, such satisfac- 
 tion shall be endorsed upon such permit, and no permit not so 
 endorsed shall be a bar or defense to any prosecution or viola- 
 tion of any of the provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 549. Any person erecting any building or occupy- 
 ing any portion of the street, alley, gutter, curb, sidewalk or 
 public place, or digging or excavating as aforesaid, with- 
 out first obtaining such permit as heretofore provided for, or 
 violating such permit after the same shall have been obtained, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 therefor, be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more 
 than one hundred dollars, and each and every day he shall con- 
 tinue such building or occupy any portion of the street, alley, 
 gutter, curb, sidewalk or public place or continue such digging, 
 opening or excavation in, on, along or under any street, alley, 
 gutter, curb, or sidewalk or leave either unrepaired, after such 
 conviction, shall constitute a new and separate offense. 
 
 Sec. 550. All permits granted by virtue of this chapter 
 shall be upon the application of the owner or authorized agent 
 of the property to be built upon, or on account of or in connec- 
 tion wiih which the digging or excavation shall be made or 
 done, and should such excavation or digging abut against or 
 close to, or be in or across the street, sidewalk or gutter, the ap- 
 plicant shall build guards about such excavation at least three 
 feet high and keep red lanterns at night at such digging as a 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 JU3 
 
 danger signal, and shall enter intc a bond to the City of Sedalia, 
 with at least one good security to be approved by the city engi- 
 neer, in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars, condi- 
 tioned that he will hold the city harmless and indemnify the city 
 against any loss by reason of any accident to any one arising 
 from the negligence of the owner or authorized agent or his ser- 
 vants or employes, in digging or excavating, or permitting the 
 same to be done, or in refilling in a ditch or in protecting and 
 guarding any excavation or ditch, as herein set out. 
 
 Sec. 551- No person shall either by his own hand or by 
 another under his direction dig up, remove or loosen, take or 
 carry away any stone, brick, lumber, planks, blocks, earth, 
 sand, gravel or any other material composing any street, ave- 
 nue, alley, sidewalk, crossing, curb, guttering or public ground, 
 whether the same be free and loosened or not, without obtain- 
 ing a permit from the city engineer. 
 
 Sec. 552. The city engineer shall keep a record of all 
 permits issued which shall be regularly numbered in the order 
 of their issue, and he shaH 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 ever)' 
 building erected in the city during his term of ofifice, of what 
 materials constructed with aggregates of the number, kind and 
 cost of all buildings. 
 
 Sec. 553. All persons engaged in the buisness of clean- 
 ing vaults, privies and water closets, commonly called night 
 scavengers, are hereby required to procure permits from the 
 city clerk before plying their said vocation, provided that no 
 permit shall be granted to any one until they have first entered 
 into a contract with the city of Sedalia to furnish suitable 
 grounds for the dumping and burial of the night soil, privy 
 contents, etc., which it is proposed to remove, and enter into a 
 bond to the city of Sedalia, with two good and sufificient securi- 
 ties to be approved by the mayor for the faithful performance 
 of his part of the contract which said bond shall be in the 
 penal sum of two hundred dollars.
 
 366 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 554. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any 
 body or band of persons to parade the streets of the city, or to 
 sing or play in the public streets of the city, without first ob- 
 taining a permit from the mayor so to do. 
 
 Sec. 555. Any person, officer or corporation violating, 
 or failing or refusing to comply with the provisions and require- 
 ments as contained and specified in this chapter, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be punished — unless other punishment has been heretofore 
 specifically prescribed — by a fine of not less than one nor more 
 than one hundred dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 22. 
 
 police court. 
 
 Section. 
 
 556. Establishment, purposes of. 
 
 557. Warrants, when to issue, form 
 of. 
 
 558. Defendant, trial of, bond re- 
 quired when, form of commit- 
 ment on failure to give bond. 
 
 559. Police judge, to keep docket, 
 powers of as to subpcEnas, 
 attachments, contempt, etc. 
 
 560. Witness, refusal to testify, to 
 be committed. 
 
 561. Continuances, when granted 
 and for how long. 
 
 562. Depositions, may be taken, 
 etc. 
 
 563. Trial, by jury or judge. 
 
 564. Jury, empanelling of, verdict, 
 
 etc. 
 
 Section. 
 
 565. Certified copies of records, 
 etc., good as evidence, when 
 to be made, etc, 
 
 566. Appeals, how taken. 
 
 567. Notice of, when required. 
 
 568. Defendant, committed to jail 
 when, form of, execution, may 
 issue. 
 
 569. What actions and parties may 
 be joined in one suit, judg- 
 ments and appeals. 
 
 570. Party making information to 
 be competent witness, to pay 
 cost, when. 
 
 571. Time of instituting suit or 
 prosecution. 
 
 Section. 556. There is hereby constituted a police court 
 for the trial of all misdemeanors and breaches of the ordinances 
 of this city ; and the proceedings therein, and allowance of fees, as 
 far as practicable, shall be made conformable to the general 
 laws of the state of Missouri regulating practice before justices 
 of the peace.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 367 
 
 Sec. 557. If the marshal, poHceman, or any other cred- 
 ible person, shall make and subscribe an affidavit before the 
 police judge, that any person has committed a breach of any 
 ordinance, 01 the city, as he or she believes, naming the breach, 
 the ordinance, or section and giving the time and place of com- 
 mission, then in such cases the affidavit and information before 
 named, being filed with the police judge of the city, it shall be 
 the duty of the police judge forthwith to issue his warrant to 
 apprehend such offender, which shall be as near as circum- 
 stances will admit, in the following form, viz: 
 
 STATE OF MISSOURI,"] 
 County of Pettis, >ss. 
 City of Sedalia. J 
 To the Marshal of the City of Sedalia , Greeting : 
 
 You are hereby commanded to take A. B. and bring him, 
 together with this warrant, forthwith before the undersigned 
 police judge of the city of Sedalia, to answer to the city of Se- 
 dalia, on an information had for breach (or several breaches) of 
 an ordinance of said city, entitled (insert title or number of 
 section.) 
 
 Given under my hand at the city of Sedalia this day 
 
 of , 18—. 
 
 , Police Judge. 
 
 Sec. 558. On return of any warrant issued as aforesaid, 
 with the defendant in custody, it shall be the duty of the police 
 judge to proceed immediately to the trial of such defendant on 
 the charge or statement filed against him, if witnesses can be 
 procured, and the justice of the case will admit of it; or he shall 
 set a day and hour for the trial of the cause, not to exceed ten 
 days after the return of the warrant, in which case the police 
 judge shall take a sufficient bond or recognizance, with security, 
 to be by him approved, from the defendant, conditioned that he 
 appear before the police judge on the day of trial and answer to 
 said charge, which bond shall be given in the usual form of 
 bonds in such cases, before justices of the peace, incases of mis- 
 demeanors, to the City of Sedalia, but if said defendant shall re-
 
 368 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 fuse or be unable to give such bond or recognizance, said police 
 judge shall commit the defendant to jail in custody of the city 
 marshal, who shall be ex-ofificio jailor, to await the day of trial, 
 by making out a warrant of commitment, which shall be as near- 
 ly as circumstances will admit in the following form, to-wit: 
 
 STATE OF MISSOURI,] 
 CouNiY OF Pettis, > 
 The City of Sedalia. J 
 To the Marshal of the City of Sedalia , Gj'eeting : 
 
 Whereas, A. B. has been' brought before me, the under- 
 signed police judge of the City of Sedalia, on a warrant, a copy 
 
 whereof is herewith returned to you, at the suit of the 
 
 of the City of Sedalia, in an action for the breach of certain or- 
 dinances of said city, and the trial of said suit having been by 
 
 me postponed till the day of , i8 — , and the 
 
 said A. B. having refused to enter into sufficient bond for his 
 appearance on said day to answer said action (or if defendant is 
 unable to give bail, said A. B. having failed to enter, etc.,) 
 these are therefore to command you to receive the body of said 
 A. B. into the city jail, and him safely and securely keep until 
 
 the said of , i8 — , and that you then bring 
 
 the said A. B. before me for trial. 
 
 Given under my hand, at the City of Sedalia, this 
 
 day of , 1 8 — . 
 
 , Police Judge. 
 
 Sec. 559. It shall be the drty of the police judge when 
 he shall issue any warrant as aforesaid, to keep a docket, in 
 which he shall make fair and accurate entries of all suits and ac- 
 tions instituted before him, with his proceedings thereon; and 
 he shall issue subpoenas for witnesses on the request of either 
 party ; and he shall have po\i^er to issue writs of attachment for 
 witnesses to compel their attendance, and may impose fines for 
 n^n-attendance, after being duly summoned in any cause, by 
 way of punishment for contempt, not exceeding fifty dollars and 
 the costs of the attachments ; and he shall moreover have power 
 to issue venires for juries in any case wherein the intervention of
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 369 
 
 the jury is required by either party, or by any ordinance of the 
 city ; and he may compel the attendance of any person sum- 
 moned as a juror by attachment, and may impose fines for non- 
 attendance, or for any contempt or disobedience of the orders of 
 court, not exceeding ten dollars, and may issue execution there- 
 for, if the same shall not be paid within ten days after it is im- 
 posed. 
 
 Sec. 560. Any person summoned and attending as a 
 witness, or who shall be sworn in any cause to testify, who shall 
 refuse to give evidence, on oath or affirmation, as the case may 
 be, shall be committed to jail by the police judge, there to re- 
 main, without bail, until he shall have given such evidence; 
 and the warrant or commitment under which said witness may 
 be committed to prison, shall be in the name of the state of 
 Missouri, City of Sedalia, directed to the keeper of the jail of 
 Sedalia, reciting the cause of the commitment, and shall be 
 signed by the officer making the same ; and said writ shall be 
 executed by the city marshal; Provided, that the prisoner shall 
 be taken from prison by said marshal by whom he was com- 
 mitted, when he shall consent to give his testimony as re- 
 quired. 
 
 Sec. 561. The poHce judge shall have the power to 
 adjourn or continue the trial of any action brought before him 
 to such future time as he may think proper, not exceeding 
 thirty days, if the justice of the case shall, in his opinion, re- 
 quire a continuance or adjournment; and upon the affidavit of 
 either party, his agent or attorney, that the testimony of a 
 material witness, who resides out of the city, cannot be ob- 
 tained, or that a material witness cannot attend the trial, from 
 infirmities of the body or other sufficient cause, stating in what 
 the materiality of such testimony or witness consists, and that 
 such testimony or witness could not be procured by the party 
 making the affidavit in time for trial, and that such testimony 
 can be procured within thirty days, the cause shall be postponed 
 to a day certain, within reasonable time, as the distance of the 
 witness may require; and whenever a cause is postponed, the
 
 370 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 defendant shall enter into a bond in a sufficient sum, with secu- 
 rity, to secure his appearance to the action on the day of trial 
 and if such defendant shall fail or neglect to enter into such 
 appearance bond, he shall be committed for trial as is provided 
 by section 558. 
 
 Sec. 562. The police judge, when any action may be 
 pending, on application of the defendant or his agent or at- 
 torney, shall grant a rule to take the depositions of such wit- 
 nesses as shall be by him named, which rule, being certified by 
 the officer granting the same, shall be sufficient authority to any 
 justice of the peace within the United States or their territories, 
 to take and cert.fy the depositions of such witnesses as shall be 
 named in said rule; and the depositions so taken and certified, 
 in pursurance of such rule, shall be lawful evidence in the trial 
 of the cause ; Provided, that the same shall be otherwise com- 
 petent testimony in law, and shall have been regularly taken in 
 pursurance of lawful notice to the opposite party in the cause ; 
 ■dnd, provided, also, that no rule shall be necessary to take the 
 deposition of any witness found in the state of Missouri, but 
 notice shall be given as in cases pending before the circuit 
 court. 
 
 Sec. 563. If the parties appear before the police judge 
 either in person or by agent or attorney, he shall proceed to 
 hear the proofs and allegations produced and made by the 
 parties, and give judgment according to right and justice for 
 such sum as he may think proper, or the law requires, if for 
 the plaintiff; and he may acquit the defendant if he thinks he 
 is not guilty of the charge alleged against him, unless the law 
 shall require the intervention of a jury, or either party shall 
 demand a trial by jury, in which case it shall be the duty of 
 said police judge to empanel a jury of six lawful and impar- 
 tial jurors. 
 
 Sec. 564. The qualifications of jurors, in all actions 
 arising under any ordinance of the city, shall be the same as in 
 suits in the circuit courts of the State, and three jurors may be 
 peremptorially challenged or excused from serving, for favor,
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 37*1 
 
 being of kin to the defendant, for corruption, legal disqualifica- 
 tion, or having previously formed or expressed an opinion on 
 the merits of the particular cause which they aie summoned to 
 try; and upon a panel of six being completed, an oath or 
 aflfirmation shall be administered to the jurors, well and truly to 
 try the matter in dispute between the parties, and a true verdict 
 give according to the evidence; and it shall be the duty of the 
 jury, if they find for the defendant, to return their verdict that 
 they find the defendant not guilty ; and upon such verdict be- 
 ing signed by the foreman of the jury, and agreed to in open 
 court by his fellows, the police judge shall enter upon his 
 docket a judgment of acquittal in favor of defendant and shall 
 adjudge costs against the plaintiff or informant as he in his 
 judgment shall deem just, and the defendant shall be dis- 
 charged ; but if the jury find a verdict for the plaintiff, they 
 shall return in their verdict that they find the defendant guilty, 
 and assess the fine, which verdict, when signed by the foreman 
 and agreed to by his fellows in open court, shall be recorded on 
 the docket, and the police judge shall thereupon enter up 
 judgment against defendant, for such sum as the jury may have 
 assessed, not exceeding nor less than the fine and forfeiture 
 authorized by ordinance, and also all costs of suit. 
 
 Sec. 565. Certified copies of the ordinances of the City 
 of Sedalia, maps, plats and surveys of the city, or any part 
 thereof, or orders, resolutions, minutes, journals and proceed- 
 ings of the board of alderman, or proclamations of the mayor 
 or president of the council, the assessment and tax list, all 
 books kept by the clerk, mayor, treasurer and other officers of 
 the city, and duly certified abstracts and copies thereof, and of 
 reports, settlements and statements made in pursuance of any 
 law, ordinance, rule or resolution, or order of the board, shall be 
 admitted and received in evidence in all trials, actions, suits 
 and informations before the police judge; provided, that all 
 copies shall be duly certified by the officer or person who shall 
 rightfully possess or keep the same, under his hand officially 
 made; and it shall be the duty of all city officers to grant certi-
 
 372 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 fied copies of their official books and papers to any defendant 
 or other person, on application, on payment of such fees as are 
 allowed by law to clerks of the circuit courts, which shall be 
 paid into the city treasury ; but they shall charge no fees when 
 any such copy is called for on behalf of the city. 
 
 Sec. 566. In all cases, suits and actions arising under 
 any ordinance of the city of Sedalia, any person or party who 
 may think himself aggrieved by the judgment of the police 
 judge, may, by him or themselves, or by his or their agent, 
 have liberty to appeal from such judgment, within ten days of 
 the rendition thereof, to the next term of the criminal court to 
 be held in the county of Pettis ; and the party appealing shall 
 make an affidavit that he does not make the application for an 
 appeal for the purpose of vexation or delay but because he be- 
 lieves that he is injured by the judgment of the police judge, 
 and shall enter into a recognizance, with one or more sufficient 
 securities, in a sum sufficient to secure the fine and all costs that 
 may accrue in such appeal, which recognizance shall be, as near 
 as may be, in the following form, to-wit : 
 
 "We, the undersigned, A. B. and C. D., acknowledge 
 ourselves to be indebted to the city of Sedalia in the simi of 
 dollars, to be levied on our respective goods and chat- 
 tels, lands and tenements, upon condition, nevertheless, that 
 whereas, the said A. B. hath appealed from the judgment of G. 
 H., police judge, of the city of Sedalia, in a certain ac^ion, 
 wherein the said police judge of the city of Sedalia is plaintiff, 
 and A. B. defendant: Now, if the said A. B., the appellant, 
 shall prosecute his appeal with effect, pay and satisfy the fine 
 and all costs, or otherwise abide the judgment of the criminal 
 court in said appeal, then this recognizance to be void; other- 
 wise to remain in full force and effect." Which recognizance. 
 no given by the defendant, or any person on his behalf, shall 
 be subscribed by the person entering into the same, and shall 
 be attested by the police judge. 
 
 Sec. 567. In all cases of appeals not prayed for and 
 granted on the day the judgment appealed from isgiven, the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 373 
 
 party appealing, or his agent, officer or attorney, shall notify in 
 writing the opposite party, or his agent, officer or attorney, 
 within ten days after the appeal, that such appeal has been 
 taken; and all notices of appeals may be served by the city 
 marshal or any policeman whose return or copy thereof shall 
 be evidence of the facts therein stated. 
 
 Sec. 568. If the amount of judgment rendered by the 
 police judge in any action or proceeding under any ordinance of 
 said city and the costs of suit, shall not be paid immediately 
 after the rendition thereof, to the officer by whom said judg- 
 ment was given, or to the city marshal or clerk of the city, 
 unless an appeal has been granted as aforesaid, which shall 
 operate as a supersedeas, it shall be the duty of the officer by 
 whom such judgment has been rendered to commit to jail any 
 defendant until judgment and costs shall be paid, the warrant 
 for such commitment shall be in the following form, viz: 
 
 STATE OF MISSOURI, 
 City of Sedalia. 
 To the Jailer of the City of Sedalia : 
 
 Whereas, A. B. has been brought before me, the under- 
 signed, police judge of the City of Sedalia, on a warrant issued 
 in behalf of the City of Sedalia, on an information for the breach 
 of certain ordinances of said city; and, whereas, on the trial of 
 the said A. B. on said information, he was found guilty of the 
 charges contained in said information, and a fine of dol- 
 lars was assessed as the punishment thereof, and judgment was 
 rendered therefor, together with costs of suit, and the said A. B. 
 having failed to pay the same: These are, therefore, to com- 
 mand you to receive the body of the said A. B. into the jail of 
 said city, and him safely and securely keep until said fine and 
 costs shall be paid. 
 
 Given under my hand, at the City of Sedalia, this 
 
 day of , 18 — . 
 
 -, Police Judge. 
 
 In a'ddition to issuing said warrant of commitment, the po- 
 lice judge issuing the same may issue an execution against the
 
 374 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 goods, chattels and personal property of the party committed 
 for the satisfaction of the fine and costs, which execution shall 
 be issued in like manner and form, have the same effect and 
 force, and be returned and executed in the same manner as exe- 
 cutions issued by justices of the peace ; and the marshal shall 
 have the same power as constables have under executions issued 
 by justices of the peace. 
 
 Sec. 569. When any person shall have committed sev- 
 eral breaches of the same or similar ordinances at different times, 
 which breaches are, or may be, of the same nature, punishable 
 by fine or forfeiture, it shall be lawful to join said several 
 breaches together in one and the same action, and the fine im- 
 posed by ordinance may be imposed jointly, and judgment en- 
 tered therefor accordingly for the whole amount of such fine; 
 and it shall be lawful to find the defendant not guilty as to one 
 or more breaches, and guilty as to the others; it shall also be 
 lawful to join several defendants in the same action, for one of 
 several offenses against any ordinance or ordinances of the same 
 nature, if said several defendants were present and committed 
 said several offenses in the presence of each other, and some of 
 said defendants may be found guilty and others acquitted, as if 
 they had been tried separately ; and if several defendants shall 
 be convicted in the same action or information, judgments 
 against each shall be several, and execution may be issued 
 against them severally: Provided, however, that when several 
 judgments are rendered in the same action or information, the 
 costs of suit shall be apportioned among the defendants accord- 
 ing i"o equity and justice, so that each defendant shall pay his 
 ratable share thereof; and each defendant shall have the right 
 of appeal in the same manner as if he had been sued and tried 
 separately, or all the defendants may join in such appeal. 
 
 Sec. 570. On the trial of all persons for offenses against 
 the ordinances of the city, the informant shall be a competent 
 witness in the case to prove the commission of the offense, and 
 said informer shall pay costs of prosecution if the defendant be 
 acquitted, if, in the opinion of the officer trying the cause, the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 375 
 
 information was or is vexatious or malicious, or has been insti- 
 tuted without any just cause, to be adjudged against him by 
 said officer at his discretion, and execution shall issue therefor 
 as in other cases. 
 
 Sec. 571. No person or persons shall be sued or prose- 
 cuted, tried or punished for any offense against any ordinance 
 of the City of Sedalia, unless proceedings for the same shall be 
 commenced within one year next after the offense shall have 
 been committed, unless said offender shall have fled or ab- 
 sconded, or absented himself from the city during said period 
 of one year after the commission of the offense, or shall have 
 concealed or absented himself for the period aforesaid in such 
 manner that process could not be served upon him, in which 
 case the provisions of this section shall be no bar to the institu- 
 tion and prosecution of such suit, action or proceeding. 
 
 CHAPTER 23. 
 
 PISTOL GALLERIES. 
 
 Section. 
 
 572. To keep or maintain, consent 
 of what property owners 
 necessary. 
 
 573. License, when to be granted. 
 
 Section. 
 
 574. Tax on, what and when to be 
 paid. 
 
 575. License, may be revoked, when 
 
 576. Misdemeanor, to violate this 
 chapter. 
 
 Section 572. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to keep or maintain for themselves, or by them for another, any 
 place for the purpose of rifle practice, or target shooting, com- 
 monly called "pistol galleries," in any building or upon any 
 lot of gound within the city limits, without first having obtained 
 the written consent of two-thirds of all the owners or occupants 
 of property or rooms within three hundred feet of the place 
 where such "pistol gallery" is to be kept. 
 
 Sec. 573. Parties desiring a license for such pistol gal- 
 leries shall present to and file with the city clerk the written
 
 376 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 consent of the owners and occupants of property or rooms as 
 provided in section 572 of this chapter, and shall make aflfidavit 
 before said clerk that such statement so provided to be filled, 
 contains not less than two-thirds of all the owners or occupants 
 of property or rooms within three hundred feet of the place to 
 be occupied for such purposes, whereupon the clerk shall issue 
 a license. 
 
 Sec. 574. There shall be paid to the city of Sedalia a 
 license tax of fifty dollars per year by the keeper of all "pistol 
 galleries," to be paid semi-annually on the first day of May 
 and November of each year, which license tax shall be paid be- 
 fore a license is issued by the city clerk. Provided, a license 
 may be issued from day to day at the rate of one dollar for 
 each and every day so issued. 
 
 Sec. 575. Where a license has been granted in pursuance 
 of the provisions of this chapter the same may be revoked by 
 the council, upon the written request of two-thirds of the 
 owners or occupants of the property or the rooms within three 
 hundred feet of the place where the same is kept and said re- 
 quest shall be verified by the afftdavit of one of the signers 
 thereof as to its correctness and that it contains the required 
 two-thirds majority. After the revocation of said license such 
 business shall immediately cease. When a license is revoked a 
 pro rata amount of the license charges shall be returned by the 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 576. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
 conviction, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 377 
 
 CHAPTER 24. 
 
 PLUMBERS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 577. License, not to have, a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 578. Application for, how made. 
 
 579. Bond to be filed, when. 
 
 Section. 
 580. Streets, excavations, etc., in, 
 how made and repaired, vio- 
 lation of this chapter a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Section 577. Plumbers license for one year shall be 
 granted by the city clerk to practical plumbers only and upon 
 making application for a license they must furnish the city clerk 
 with satisfactory evidence of experience in busine^s and a 
 proper qualification for the work. Any person not so licensed 
 who shall do any plumbing, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 578. Application for a license shall be made in 
 writing to the city clerk, and it shall state the full name of the 
 applicant, and if a firm it shall give the full name of each mem- 
 ber, the place of business existing, and the proposed place of 
 business. 
 
 Sec. 579. At the time of receiving a license the party 
 shall execute and deposit in the office of the city clerk a good 
 and sufficient bond with two or more sufficient securities to be 
 approved by the mayor, in the sum of three thousand dollars, 
 conditioned that said plumber shall perform his work in faithful 
 and workmanlike manner, and that he will indemnify and save 
 harmless the city of Sedalia from all accidents and damages 
 caused by any negligent or unskillful work or in protecting the 
 same, and that he will also replace and restore the pavement or 
 street or alley over any opening he may have made to lay ser-
 
 3/8 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 vice pipes or for other purposes, to as good state and condition 
 as he found it, and maintain the same in said condition for one 
 month thereafter. 
 
 Sec. 580 Where work is done in a street the street must 
 be opened in the manner which will occasion the least inconve- 
 nience to the public and admit of the uninterrupted passage of 
 water along the gutter. No excavation in any public place 
 must be left open over night, and every precaution must be 
 taken for the public safety. In refilling the trenches the earth 
 must be put back in nine inch layers and thoroughly rammed 
 and settled with water. The street and pavement must be re- 
 stored to as good condition as previous to making the excava- 
 tion, and all dirt, stone and rubbish must be removed imme- 
 diately after the completion of the work. Should an excavation 
 in any street, alley or highway be left open or unfinished for the 
 space of twenty-four hours, or should the work be improperly 
 done, or the rubbish not removed, the city shall have the right 
 to finish and correct the work at the expense of the plumber 
 whose work is thus finished or corrected, which shall be paid by 
 such plumber before he can receive another permit. Any per- 
 son violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be fined not less 
 than five nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 379 
 
 CHAPTER 25. 
 
 PRIVIES AND WATER CLOSETS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 581. Buildings, what to have, vaults 
 and closets. 
 
 582. Filthy, leaking, etc., misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 583. Vaults, etc., not connected 
 with sewer, how constructed 
 and kept. 
 
 584. When to be connected with 
 sewer, failure to a misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Section. 
 
 585. Connection with sewer, man- 
 ner of. 
 
 586. Leaking vaults, etc., unlaw- 
 ful. 
 
 5S7. Misdemeanor to violate thi.s 
 chapter, punishment when not 
 specially provided. 
 
 588. Marshal and police, to report 
 concerning, etc. 
 
 Section 581. Each and every building within the City of 
 Sedalia, used as dwellings, stores, livery stables, tenement houses, 
 warehouses, factories, mills, foundries, depots, schools, semina- 
 ries, hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, jails and shops, shall 
 be provided and furnished with suitable and lawful privy vaults 
 or water closets, and this shall be for sanitary purposes. 
 
 Sec. 582. Any owner, lessee, tenant or agent of any 
 building or lot, of any ground in the City of Sedalia who shall 
 maintain or allow to exist about or on said building or lot of 
 said ground, any privy, privy vault, basin, cess-pool or water 
 closet which shall be found in an overflowing, leaking, full, filthy 
 stinking, insecure, defective or unlawful condition, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars for each offense ; and every day on which a viola- 
 tion of this section exists as to any promises, shall constitute a 
 separate and distinct offense. 
 
 Sec. 583. On all premises not so situated as to be access- 
 ible to the sewerage system of the city, public district or pri- 
 vate, the vaults of all privies shall be not less than four feet
 
 38o REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 deep below the surface of the ground and securely walled or 
 lined up with brick, stone or other substantial material, at least 
 eight inches above the surface of the ground ; the wall or struct- 
 ure of the privy to be closely connected and built to and upon such 
 vault so as to prevent the escape of foul odor or gases, as near 
 as may be, and no privy having a vault not connected with the 
 sewerage system of the city shall be constructed nearer than two 
 feet of any public alleys of the city ; and no privy having a vault 
 not supplied with and continuously cleansed by water, and not 
 connected with the sewerage system of the city shall be con- 
 structed nearer than ten feet to any public streets of the city or 
 to the property of another, and in no case nearer than two feet. 
 Whenever any such privy vault shall become full to within two 
 feet of the top it shall be emptied and its contents removed, and 
 it shall be unlawful to build or maintain any privy vault or privy 
 structure situated as described in this section otherwise than is 
 herein provided. 
 
 Sec. 584. The vaults, privies and water closets in or be- 
 longing to all buildings designated in section 581 of this chap- 
 ter located on a line of any street or alley through which there 
 is a public, district or private sewer shall be connected by their 
 owners, lessees or agents of such property, with such district, 
 public or private sewer, whenever required to do so by the or- 
 der of the board of health, which order shall be served in the 
 same manner as writs of summons are required to be served in 
 civil cases, and if the owner, lessee or agent who shall have 
 been served with such notice shall fail to comply with the order 
 of the board of health in the time indicated in such order, then 
 such owner, lessee or agent shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and on conviction, shall be fined not less then one dol- 
 lar nor more than one hundred dollars ; and every day on which 
 a violation exists as to any promises shall constitute a separate 
 offense. 
 
 Sec. 585- All vaults, privies or water-closets hereafter to 
 be connected with the sewerage system of the city shall be con- 
 nected in such a manner and accordance with such general
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 381 
 
 plans, as may be adopted by the sewer commissioner and city 
 council, and any other manner of connecting privies or water- 
 closets with the sewerage system of the city shall be unlawful, 
 and any person who shall violate any of the rules and regula- 
 tions so adopted by the sewer commissioner and city council 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
 shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 586. No privy, privy-vault or water-closet now ex- 
 isting or that may be hereafter constructed shall be so constructed 
 or maintained as to permit or cause a leak or seap therefrom 
 into or upon the premises upon which the same is located, or 
 the premises of the adjacent property owners, through the 
 ground, building-walls, cellar-walls or in any manner whatever 
 whereby there shall be created any foul odor or gas. 
 
 Sec. 587. Any person violating or failing to comply with 
 any of the provisions of this chapter and to which no special 
 penalty is attached, shall be deemed guilt}^ of a misdemeanor 
 and on conviction shall be fined not less than one dollar nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 588. It is hereby n^ade the duty of the city marshal 
 and all sanitary and police officers to report to the board of 
 health any and all violaLions or failures to comply with the pro- 
 visions of this chapter, by any person or persons and thereupon 
 the board of health shall go upon and view the premises and 
 issue such orders to the city marshal as the exigencies of the 
 case may require ; and all offenses coming under the provisions 
 of this chapter and not included in sections 584 and 586 shall 
 be promptly reported and prosecuted by the city marshal and all 
 sanitary and police officers of the city. And any person or 
 persons failing or refusing to comply with any requirements 
 contained in any order issued by the board of health as provided 
 in this chapter shall be deemed guity of a misdemeanor and on 
 conviction shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. All orders of the board of health shall be 
 served as provided by section 584 of this chapter.
 
 382 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 26. 
 
 PRISONERS. 
 
 Section 
 
 589. To be worked upon streets, 
 etc. 
 
 590. Ball and chain, used when, if 
 refractory, what. 
 
 591. Days work, allowance for, ap- 
 plied to fine. 
 
 Section. 
 
 592. Food of, when at work, to con- 
 sist of what. 
 
 593. Officer in charge, to keep what 
 records, etc. 
 
 Section 589. Whevever any person is committed to the 
 city jail for the non-payment of any fine, the police judge shall 
 issue an order to the city marshal directing him to work the 
 person named in such order upon the streets or public works of 
 the city; and the said marshal shall have the control and cus- 
 tody of such person during the hours of each day mentioned in 
 said order, until such fine and costs be fully satisfied and paid ; 
 but said marshal shall return said person to the city jail for safe 
 keeping every night; and it shall be the duty of the marshal to 
 see that such prisoner is kept at work during the hours of the 
 day that he is committed to his charge ; Provided, that the 
 marshal may place any such prisoner in ^he charge of the street 
 commissioner to be worked. 
 
 Sec. 590- Whenever any prisoner or prisoners shall be 
 required to work upon the streets or other public works of the 
 city by the city marshal, said marshal or the street commis- 
 sioner if he deem it necessary for the confinement and safe 
 keeping of such prisoner, or prisoners, shall have power to 
 secure such prisoner with a ball and chain, or by coupling any 
 two or more of them to a chain in such a manner as to secure 
 them from escaping while at work. If any prisoner prove re- 
 fractory, and refuse to work upon the street, or elsewhere when
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 38^ 
 
 ordered by the officer in command, such officer may, if he con- 
 siders it proper, place such prisoner on a diet of bread and 
 water alone. 
 
 Sec. 591. Each prisoner shall, for each day he works, 
 be allowed the sum of one dollar, to be applied to the liquida- 
 tion of his fine and costs. 
 
 Sec. 592. Any prisoner who shall be ordered by the city 
 marshal or street commissioner to perform any work or labor in 
 payment of any fine charged against him, shall, when he per- 
 forms a reasonable day's work, receive three substantial meals 
 per day, said meals not to cost more than thirty cents; but if 
 said person fail or refuse to do a reasonable day's work, he shall 
 receive only two meals per day, said meals not to cost more 
 than twenty cents. 
 
 Sec. 593. The city officer having such prisoners in charge 
 shall keep a record of the number of days that they remain in 
 his charge as city jailer, and he shall also keep a record of the 
 number of days which they may work, whether it be a reason- 
 able day's work or otherwise, and he shall feed them accord- 
 ingly, and return a copy of said record with his bill for feeding 
 to the city council for allowance and payment, which record 
 shall be certified to by the city clerk.
 
 384 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 27. 
 
 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 
 
 ARTICLE L— Streets. 
 ARTICLE II.— Sidewalks. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 STREETS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 594. Name of, how changed. 
 
 595. Macadamize, gutter, etc., when 
 and how done. 
 
 596. Bringing street to grade, cost 
 of included in assessment, 
 when, etc. 
 
 597. Macadamizing, guttering, etc., 
 what to control. 
 
 598. Work done, approval of, etc. 
 
 599. Materia], inspection of. 
 
 600. Rejected or inferior material 
 used, removal of, etc. 
 
 601. Notice of, what is, debris, etc., 
 removal of. 
 
 602. Red lights, barricades, etc., 
 tearing down misdemeanor. 
 
 603. Street, what use of when in 
 construction a misdemeanor. 
 
 604. Damage to water, etc., who to 
 sustain. 
 
 605. For failure to commence or 
 complete work, what damages 
 etc. 
 
 606. Failure or refusal to do work, 
 city may complete, costs of. 
 
 Section. 
 
 607. City engineer, decision of, 
 final, etc. 
 
 608. To make estimate of costs, 
 before letting contract. 
 
 609. Contracts for work on, how 
 let, etc. 
 
 610. Bids for work, how accepted, 
 contract and bond for, when 
 filed. 
 
 611. Certified check or bond, con- 
 tractor to file with bid, etc. 
 
 612. Contract and bond for work, 
 time of filing and nature of. 
 
 613. Supervision of work, etc., who 
 has, report and approval of. 
 
 614. Special tax bills for, how ap- 
 portioned, issued, etc. 
 Prima facie evidence of regu- 
 larity, lien on property, etc 
 Interest on tax bills, what 
 rate, etc. 
 
 Tax bills, assignable, etc. 
 To be made in three annual 
 payments, when, lien of, rate 
 of interest, etc. 
 
 615. 
 616. 
 
 617. 
 618. 
 
 Section 594. Whenever it is deemed necessary by the 
 council to change the name of any street or avenue, the council 
 shall, by resolution, declare such proposed change of name 
 necessary to be made, and shall cause such resolution to be 
 published at least one week in some newspaper published in the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 385 
 
 city; and if, within four weeks after such publication, a majority 
 of the resident property owners along the line of such street or 
 avenue do not file with the city clerk their written protest 
 against such proposed change of name, then the council shall 
 have power by ordinance to change the name of such street or 
 avenue in accordance vnth the terms of such resolution ; and 
 upon the passage and approval of such ordinance, the city clerk 
 shall file with the recorder of deeds ot Pettis county a cer- 
 tified copy of such ordinance, and such recorder shall enter the 
 same upon the records of such county. 
 
 Sec. 595. When the council shall deem it necessary to 
 pave, macadamize, gutter, curb (where such curbing is set out 
 into the street beyond the sidewalk,) or otherwise improve any 
 street, avenue, alley or other highway, or any part thereof, within 
 the limits of the city, for which a special tax is to be levied, as 
 provided by the charter and ordinances of the city, the council 
 shall, by resolution, declare such work or improvements neces- 
 sary to be done, and cause such resolution to be published in 
 some newspaper published in the city, for two consecutive 
 weeks ; and if a majority of the resident owners of the propert}' 
 liable to taxation therefor shall not, within ten days thereafter, 
 file with the clerk of the city their protest against such improve- 
 ments, the council shall have power to cause such improve- 
 ments to be made, and to contract therefor, and to levy the tax 
 as provided by the charter and ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sec. 596. The city council may, by ordinance, include in 
 the special assessments the cost of bringing to the established 
 grade any street, avenue, alley or other highway or squa e or 
 area formed by the intersection or meeting of streets or other 
 highways, or parts thereof, proposed to be improved, when in 
 its judgment or opinion the general revenue fund of the cit)' is 
 not in a condition to warrant an expenditure therefrom for 
 bringing the same to the established grade: Provided, that the 
 resolution declaring such work necessaiy to be done, and pub- 
 lished in some newspaper published in the city, shall, in ad- 
 dition to the other work or improvement therein provided for,
 
 386 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 include and describe the work of bringing such street, avenue, 
 alley or other highway or square, or part thereof, to the estab- 
 lished grade. In all such cases where such work is authorized by 
 virtue of such a resolution, and is contracted for in pursuance 
 thereof, the bringing to grade as above described shall be in- 
 cluded in the same contract with the other work provided for 
 therein, and tax-bills shall be issued in payment for all said 
 work as may be provided for by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 597. The work of paving, macadamizing, gutter- 
 ing and curbipg (where such curbing is set out into the street 
 beyond the sidewalk,) and grading, when such grading is in- 
 cluded in the contract with other improvements as provided in 
 the preceding section, or otherwise improving any street, ave- 
 nue, alley or other highway or any part thereof, after the city 
 has obtained jurisdiction thereof, by the publication of the 
 resolution as required by the two preceding sections, and the 
 same not successfully remonstrated against, shall be controlled 
 and governed by this article, except so far as may hereafter be 
 otherwise specially provided for by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 598. Any work done in pursurance of the provis- 
 ions of this article shall be construed to include all the labor 
 and material necessary to the complete and entire finishing of 
 the improvements under contract, and shall be done in a 
 thorough and workmanlike manner and to the entire satisfaction 
 of the city engineer and city council and when done shall be 
 complete in every respect. 
 
 Sec. 599. All material shall be carefully inspected by a 
 competent person, after it is brought on the line of work, and 
 all material which in quality and dimensions does not conform 
 to the specifications under which the work is being constructed, 
 shall be rejected and such rejected material shall be immediately 
 removed from the line of work. 
 
 Sec. 600. If at any time any rejected or inferior mate- 
 rial should be found in any part of the improvement being made 
 under contract duly entered into or any portion of the work be 
 found improperly done, such material and work shall be re-
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 387 
 
 moved and replaced with proper material and work at the ex- 
 pense of the contractor. 
 
 Sec. 601. Notice of any inferiority of material proposed 
 to be used or that may be used, or any imperfection of work 
 done, to any foreman, agent or other person in charge of the 
 work or any part of it, in the absence of the contractor, shall 
 be considered a notice to the contractor. The contractor shall 
 remove all material and debris from the street as soon and as 
 fast as completed. 
 
 Sec. 602. The contractor shall maintain red lights at all 
 holes or other dangerous or unsafe places on the line of the 
 work from sunset to sunrise each night, and shall keep all 
 dangerous or unsafe places on or along the line of work 
 thoroughly barricaded and protected. Any person who shall 
 carry away, take down, extinguish any light or signal, or at- 
 tempt to carry away, take down, destroy, injure or extinguish 
 any such light or signal put up by any contractor as required 
 by this article, or any person who shall take down, break 
 through, drive over or remove any barricade put up by any 
 contractor under the requirements of this article, shall be deemed 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished 
 by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 603. Any person who shall use or attempt to use 
 any street or other highway in any manner whatsoever, which is 
 in process of construction, whereby the same may be injured or 
 the work affected or delayed, without the consent of the con- 
 tractor or his foreman or agent, shall be deemed guilty of a mis 
 demeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of 
 not less than one dollar and not more than one hundred dollars: 
 Provided, that nothing herein shall apply to the city fire 
 department while in the regular discharge of their duties going 
 to and returning from fires, and at fires. 
 
 Sec. 604. The contractor and his securities will be held 
 responsible for all damage done to water, gas. drain or sewer 
 pipes; and all loss, injury or damage arising out of the nature
 
 388 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 of the work to be done, or from any unforeseen or unusual ob- 
 struction or diflficulties which may be encountered in the prose- 
 cution of the same shall be sustained by the contractor. 
 
 Sec. 605. It is expressly provided that if any contractor 
 having a contract with the city to do work under the provisions 
 and by authority of this article, who shall fail to commence the 
 work at the time provided by ordinance or contract, he shall 
 forfeit all rights under his contract, and shall be liable to such 
 damages as may be shown the city or the persons affected, has 
 sustained, and, any contractor who shall fail to complete any 
 work within the time specified in his contract, or prescribed by 
 the ordinance providing for the work, shall pay such penalty 
 per day as shall be stated in the contract or ordinance providing 
 for the work, and any such amount so stated shall be paid as 
 liquidated damages, and shall be deducted from the final esti- 
 mate of the work, and the total cost of the work shall be re- 
 duced or diminished by the total amount of the forfeiture or 
 damages, which shall be ascertained and fixed by the council, 
 in such manner as they may deem proper or as shall be pre- 
 scribed by ordinance or contract; and when done by the coun- 
 cil independent of any contract or ordinance provisions previous- 
 ly stated or enacted, it shall be by resolution. 
 
 Sec. 606. Upon the failure or refusal of any contractor 
 to do any work for which he may have a contract with the city, 
 or shall fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of his con- 
 tract, the city shall have the right, by resolution or ordinance, 
 to provide for the employment of sufficient help and provide the 
 necessary material to complete such contract or any part 
 thereof, or may award the contract for the completion 
 of such work in the same manner and under the same requiie- 
 ments as is provided for the awarding of contracts in the first in- 
 stance. In such cases the original contractor shall not be en- 
 titled to receive any of the tax bills in payment for work done 
 by him, until all cost of completing the work by the city or other 
 person is first satisfied: Provided, that the contractor shall, in 
 no event, be liable for an amount which exceds the engineer's
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 389 
 
 estimate, made before the original contract was awarded, except 
 in such cases as an excess may be caused by the acts or omis- 
 sions of the contractor himself. All excess of cost of complet- 
 ing any such work, including the material therfor over the origi- 
 nal contract price, and within the city engineer's original esti- 
 mate, as well as all costs and expenses of every kind incurred 
 on account of the failure or refusal of the contractor to complete 
 the work, shall be sustained by the contractor and his sureties 
 on his bond. 
 
 Sec. 607. Upon all questions concerning the character of 
 material used, the execution of the work done and the meas- 
 urement thereof, the decision of the city engineer shall be final. 
 The city engineer shall have power to discharge careless or in- 
 competent workmen. 
 
 Sec. 608. Before the council shall make any contract for 
 any public improvements done or to be made under the pro- 
 visions of this article, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be 
 made by the city engineer, and submitted to the council; and 
 no contract shall be entered into for any such work or improve- 
 ments for a price exceeding the engineer's estimates. 
 
 Sec. 609. After providing for the making of any public 
 improvements by authority of and in conformity to the pro- 
 visions of this article, and any special ordinance enacted here- 
 after, and the adopting of specifications by the council for such 
 work, by ordinance, and the making and submitting of the en- 
 gineer's estimate to the council, upon being ordered by the 
 council, the committee on streets and alleys shall advertise for 
 sealed bids for such improvements. All advertisements by the 
 committee on streets and alleys for bids for any public work or 
 improvement provided for by ordinance, and wherein the pro- 
 visions of this article are made to control in whole or in part, 
 shall be by publication in the newspaper doing the city printing 
 for ten days. The council shall have the right to reject any 
 and all bids. In the event that no bid is submitted, or all bids 
 are rejected, the council shall have the right to direct the com- 
 mittee on streets and alleys to again advertise for bids as in the
 
 390 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 first instance until acceptable bids are received. If the coun- 
 cil be satisfied after the first or any subsequent advertisement 
 that no acceptable bids can be obtained, they may by resolution 
 or ordinance declare all proceedings abandoned with reference 
 to such work or improvement, or may change the specifications 
 by amending the original ordinance providing for the improve- 
 ment, and again advertise as in the first instance. 
 
 Sec. 6io. If the council shall desire to accept any bid 
 received for any such work or improvement, they shall accept 
 the same by a majority vote of the members elected to the 
 council, the yeas and nays to be entered on the record of the 
 proceedings. Such an acceptance of a bid shall be considered 
 an award of the contract for the work or improvement bid for, 
 and the successful bidder shall enter into proper contract and 
 required bond, within ten days after the award is made. 
 
 Sec. 6ii. Each bidder for any public work or improve- 
 ment to which the provisions of this article apply, and the cost 
 of which shall exceed fifty dollars, shall submit with his bid a 
 certified check on some Sedalia, Missouri, bank, payable to the 
 order of the city treasurer in a sum equal to one per cent of 
 the amount of his or their bid, or a bond with one or more 
 good and suf^cient sureties to be approved by the mayor, in 
 the sum of five per cent of the amount of such bid, condi- 
 tioned that if his bid is accepted he will within ten days enter in 
 contract and bond therefor as required by this article or any 
 special ordinance. The checks or bonds of unsuccessful bid- 
 ders shall be returned to them ; those of contractors whose bids 
 are accepted shall be held until they shall have entered into 
 proper contract and bond as required by ordinance, and in ac- 
 cordance with their bids, at which time such checks or bonds 
 shall be returned to them. In case any person whose bid is ac- 
 cepted shall fail, refuse or neglect to enter into written con- 
 tract and proper bond as required by this article, within ten 
 days after the acceptance of his bid the certified check depos- 
 ited by him shall be forfeited to the city. And where a bond 
 is entered into instead of such check being given, the mayor
 
 REVISED ORDINANXES. 39 I 
 
 shall order such action as shall forfeit such bond, and in either 
 case the amount shall be forfeited to the city as liquidated dam- 
 ages on account of the failure of any such person or persons 
 entering into contract and bond as aforesaid. All money real- 
 ized from such checks 01 bonds shall be paid into the city treas- 
 ury and placed to the credit of the general expense account. 
 
 Sec. 612. Every person to whom a contract for any 
 public work or improvement, mentioned in this article, is 
 awarded, shall within ten days thereafter enter into written con- 
 tract with the city to do and complete the same according to 
 the plans, specifications and ordinances, within the time pre- 
 scribed by ordinance, or agreed upon between the city and the 
 contractor, and without negligence, causing or tending to cause 
 damage to private property, for which the city might be held 
 liable ; and providing that in all cases where the work done is to 
 be paid for by special tax-bills, the contractor shall accept pay- 
 ment for said work in such special tax-bills duly levied and as- 
 sessed against the property liable therefor, and that the city 
 shall not, in any event, be held liable for any sum whatever for 
 the doing of such work or improvements nor the cost nor any 
 part of the cost thereof. At the same time every such contrac- 
 tor shall enter into bond in a sufficient amount with two or 
 more good and sufficient securities, to be approved by the 
 mayor, conditioned that the contractor will faithfully and in 
 every particular comply with all of the terms of his contract 
 and with the terms, conditions and requirements of the charter 
 and ordinanaces of the city with reference thereto or in any 
 manner affecting or controling the terms of said contract and 
 bond, and with the plans and specifications for said work or im- 
 provements. All such contracts and bonds shall be filed in the 
 office of the city clerk where they shall be safely kept and pre- 
 served, and shall be open to inspection by any person interested 
 therein and to none others except by the permission of the city 
 clerk, except the purpose of such inspection desired by any one 
 else shall appear to be reasonable.
 
 392 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 613. All work done under any contract entered into 
 under the provisions of this article shall be done and carried on 
 under the supervision and direction of the city engineer and the 
 committee on streets and alleys, who shall personally inspect 
 the work as it progresses and see that the same is done in ac- 
 cordance with the plans, specifications, contract, ordinances and 
 charter governing the same : Provided, however that the coun- 
 cil shall have the right to appoint a suitable and competent 
 person as inspector of any such work ; the appointment of such 
 inspector shall not however relieve the city engineer from a per- 
 sonal inspection of the work, and material used therein, as often 
 as it may be deemed necessary to insure the contract for the 
 same to be complied with in every particular. On the comple- 
 tion of any such work, if in che opinion of the engineer and the 
 committee on streets and alleys, said work has been done and 
 completed in accordance with the contract, plans, specifications 
 and ordinances, they shall so report to the council. If the council 
 shall approve said report such approval shall be deemed an ac- 
 ceptance of the work by the city, and the council shall thereup- 
 on provide for payment thereof, or issue special tax-bills 
 against the property liable therefor in accordance with law and 
 the ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sec. 614. After a bid is accepted and the contract 
 awarded for any improvement, payable in special tax-bills, it 
 shall be the duty of the city engineer to calculate the cost 
 thereof, which calculation shall be made, and the cost of the 
 improvement apportioned in the manner provided by the char- 
 ter, or any ordinance of the city which is not inconsistent with 
 the charter, and shall return such calculation in writing to the 
 city clerk, and it shall be the duty of the city clerk, on receipt 
 of such calculation, and upon approval by the city council of 
 the work done, and the special tax being duly assessed, to ap- 
 portion the cost thereof as provided by law, and in conformity 
 to the calculation of the city engineer, and when the city clerk 
 shall have thus apportioned the cost of such improvement 
 among the property owners, he shall issue and deliver to the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 393 
 
 contractor special tax-bills, duly signed by the mayor and at- 
 tested by the city clerk, for the cost of the construction of the 
 work under contract including the material used therein. Said 
 special tax-bills shall refer to the ordinances of the City of Sedalia 
 which may control or effect them or their issue or the assess- 
 ment, in appropriate terms, recite the kind of work done and 
 the material by its general term furnished therein, describe the 
 lot of ground or real estate on which the tax lien rests, the name 
 of the owner thereof, and the amount for which each tract of 
 ground separately assessed is liable, and the name of the con- 
 tractor, and the contractor shall receive and receipt for such tax- 
 bills, when delivered to him. in full for all claims under his 
 contract against the city of Sedalia for any and all work done 
 and material furnished. 
 
 Sec. 615. Said speci il tax-bills shall, in any action 
 thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the pro- 
 ceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, 
 of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the material 
 charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge 
 stated in the bill, and shall be and become a prior lien upon the 
 property charged therewith, and may be collected of the owner 
 of the land in the name af the city to the use of the contractor, 
 as any other claim, and the city of Sedalia shall not be liable in 
 any manner whatever for or on account of any work done or 
 material furnished, or the cost thereof. 
 
 Sec. 616. All tax-bills not made payable in three annual 
 installments, as hereinafter provided for, whenever no other rate 
 of interest is provided for by the ordinance providing for the 
 doing of the work, shall bear interest after thirty days from the 
 date of issue at the rate of eight per cent per annum, and every 
 such special tax-bill shall be a lien against the lot or piece of 
 ground described therein until the same is paid. 
 
 Sec. 617. All such special tax-bills issued for special 
 assessments for paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering, ex- 
 cavating, grading, construction of any street, avenue, alley or 
 other highway, and for district fewers, and for any other pur-
 
 394 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 pose whatever, authorized by the charter of the city, shall be 
 assignable and collectable in any action brought in the name of 
 the city, to the use of the holder thereof; but the city shall not 
 in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in any such 
 action. 
 
 Sec. 6i8. The total cost of paving, macadamizing, curb- 
 ing, guttering and the necessary excavation and grading for the 
 same, as is now provided by law, of any street, avenue, square 
 or alley, or other highway, or any part thereof, may be paid in 
 three annual payments — one-third in one year, one-third in two 
 years and one-third in three years, from the date of issue of the 
 special tax bills, each payment to bear not to exceed eight per 
 cent, interest per annum from the date of issue to date of pay- 
 ment. And when no other rate of interest is provided by ordi- 
 nance hereafter, all such tax bills shall bear eight per cent, in- 
 terest per annum: Provided, that the owner of any lot or par- 
 cel of ground fronting on such street, avenue, alley, or other 
 highway or square, or part thereof, improved, shall, within 
 thirty oays after the letting of the contract for such work, notify 
 the city clerk in writing that he desires to pay for the same in 
 three annual payments. In such cases the city clerk shall make 
 out three special tax bills, which shall be signed by the mayor 
 and attested by the city clerk, each for one third part of the 
 cost of such work, bearing interest as aforesaid, and deliver the 
 same to the contractor for the work. Each and every such tax 
 bill shall be a lien on the lot or parcel of ground therein de- 
 scribed, and such lien shall continue for one year from the ma- 
 turity of the tax bill last becoming due until paid or until the 
 final determination of any legal proceedings to collect the same ; 
 but no such suit shall be brought on any such tax bill until after 
 the maturity of all such tax bills.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 395 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 SIDEWALKS 
 
 Section 
 
 619. Construction, condemnation, 
 etc., control of. 
 
 620. Work, to include what, man- 
 ner of. 
 
 621. Material, inspection and re- 
 jection of, etc., city may com- 
 plete work when, costs of 
 
 622. City engineer, decision of, 
 final. 
 
 623. Brick sidewalks, specifications 
 for. 
 
 624. Concrete and granitoid, speci- 
 fications. 
 
 625. Stone, specifications. 
 
 626. Wooden, specifications. 
 
 627. Material, owner may elect 
 kind of, a-ud construct walk 
 when, city when and how. 
 
 628. Width and material of, fixed 
 by ordinance, to construct 
 differently misdemeanor. 
 
 629. Bring street to grade, cost of 
 contracts, how let. 
 
 630. Condemnation and removal 
 of, to repair condemned walk, 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 Section 
 
 63 1 . Estimates of costs.how and when 
 
 made, to include what, etc. 
 
 632. City to construct, when and 
 how, costs of how collected, 
 special tax bills, etc., con- 
 cerning. 
 
 633. Tax bills how collected, and 
 may be assigned. 
 
 634. Work under contract, paid for 
 with special tax bills. 
 
 635. Costs, assessment of how ap- 
 portioned. 
 
 636. Engineer to compute costs, 
 clerk to issue tax bills, etc. 
 
 637. Tax bills, prima facie evidence 
 of what, lien of interest on, 
 etc. 
 
 638. Street commissioner, maj- re- 
 pair with or without notice, 
 account of to be kept, what 
 deemed notice. 
 
 639. Special tax bills, how levied, 
 interest, assignable, etc. 
 
 640. Clerk to make abstract record 
 of tax bills and deliver to col- 
 lector. 
 
 Section 619. The construction, condemnation, recon- 
 struction and repairing of sidewalks within the City of Sedalia, 
 Missouri, and ail matters pertaining thereto, shall be controlled 
 and governed by this article, except so far as may hereafter be 
 otherwise specially provided by ordinance. 
 
 Sec 620. The work of construction, reconstruction, re- 
 moving and repairing any sidewalk constructed under the pro- 
 visions of this article, shall include all of the labor and material 
 necessary to fully complete the same, and that the entire im- 
 provement made under any contract duly entered into shall bo 
 done in a thorough and workmanlike manner and to the entire 
 satisfaction of the city engineer or street commissioner, and when 
 done shall be complete in every respect.
 
 396 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 621. All material will be carefully inspected after it 
 is brought on the line of work, and all material which in quality 
 and dimensions does not conform to the specif.cations of this ar- 
 ticle or any ordinance which may provide specifications not con- 
 tained in this article, shall be rejected and such rejected mater- 
 ial shall be immediately removed from the line of work. If at 
 any time during the progress of the work any rejected or infer- 
 ior material should be found in a sidewalk being built under con- 
 tract, or any portion of the work found improperly done, such 
 material and vyork shall be removed and replaced by proper ma- 
 terial and work at the expense of the contractor. Notice of an 
 imperfection of work or inferiority of material to any foreman or 
 agent in charge of any portion of the work, in the absence of the 
 contractor, shall be considered a notice to the contractor. The 
 contractor will be required to move at his own expense, all ob- 
 structions, such as trees, stones, etc. The contractor shall remove 
 all material and debris from the street as soon and as fast as 
 completed. The contractor shall maintain red lights at night time 
 at all holes or other dangerous places on the street, and shall 
 keep all dangerous places adjacent to the work and on the street 
 at all times barricaded and protected. The contractor will be 
 held responsible for all dama^^e done to water, gas, drain or 
 sewer pipes; and all loss or damage arising out of the nature of 
 the work to be done, or from any unforeseen or unusual obstruc- 
 tion or difificulties which may be encountered in the prosecution 
 of the same, shall be sustained by the contractor. It is express- 
 ly provided that if any contractor having a contract to do work 
 under the provisions and by authority of this article, shall fail or 
 refuse to comply with any of the requirements of his contract, 
 the city shall have the right, which shall be ordered by resolu- 
 tion, to employ suflficient help and provide the necessary mater- 
 ial to complete such contract, or may award the contract for the 
 completion of such work in the same manner as the original 
 contract is provided herein to be awarded, and to pay for the 
 same the city shall be authorized to retain tax bills in amount 
 sufficient to reimburse itself therefor, or to pay any person who
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 397 
 
 shall take a contract for completing such work as in this article 
 provided, and where there is any dispute between the original 
 contractor and the city as to the amount that shall be retained, 
 the same shall be settled by three arbitrators or appraisers, each 
 of whom shall be competent judges of such work, and shall be 
 selected, one by the city council and one by the contractor and 
 a third by these two, and the finding of such arbitrators shall be 
 binding and conclusive upon all parties. 
 
 Sec. 622. Upon all questions concerning the execution 
 of the work done, in accordance with the specifications, and the 
 measurement thereof, the decision of the city engineer shall be 
 final. The city engineer shall have power to discharge careless 
 and incompetent workmen. 
 
 Sec. 623. Specification for brick sidewalk: All brick 
 out of which any sidewalk is built shall be hard burned brick, 
 laid on their face with their longest dimensions diagonally across 
 the walk upon a layer of sand not less than one inch thick, 
 which rests upon a form of well compacted cinders not less than 
 four inches in thickness; the borders of the sidewalk to be com- 
 posed of a layer of brick set upon edge; all irregular spaces to 
 be filled with pieces chipped as near as possible to fit same, the 
 whole to be covered with a thin layer of sand, which is to be 
 thoroughly worked into the spaces between the bricks. 
 
 Sec. 624, Specifications for concrete and granitoid side- 
 walk : The concrete shall be not less than four inches in thick- 
 ness, and shall rest upon a form of well compacted cinders, not 
 less than four inches in thickness. The concrete to be mixed 
 in the following proportions: Portland cement, one measure, 
 clean, sharp sand, two measures, and stone or gravel, five 
 measures. Where granitoid sidewalks are provided for, and to be 
 constructed, crushed granitoid shall be used instead of gravel or 
 stone. It shall be mixed from time to time as required for 
 use, the whole to be thoroughly mixed in a box dry, and water 
 to be added to only so much of the material as can be used at 
 once. It shall be immediately laid in place to a thickness, less 
 by one-half an inch than that required by the specifications.
 
 398 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 As soon as this is done and before the cement has had time to 
 set, the surface shall be roughened by scratching, and the top 
 layer composed of one volume of Portland cement, and one 
 volume of clean, sharp sand, shall be spread over it to a uni- 
 form thickness of one-half inch, it shall then be thoroughly 
 smoothed with a mason's trowel. The concrete walk shall be 
 laid in sections not less than four feet square, except as may be 
 otherwise provided by special ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 625. Specifications for stone sidewalk : All stone 
 shall be good, sound lime-stone, or "Gilfillan flag stone," not 
 less than two inches thick, and shall be laid on a form of well 
 compacted cinders, not less than five inches thick; the stone or 
 "flags" shall not be less than four feet wide, except as may be 
 otherwise provided by special ordinance, the longest dimensions 
 to be laid crosswise of the walk. The top surface to be dressed 
 smooth and edges of stone to be cut so as to make a close 
 fitting joint when laid. 
 
 Sec. 626. Specifications for wooden sidewalks. All 
 wooden sidewalks shall be constructed out of sound new materi- 
 al. No walks shall be less than four feet wide. All such side- 
 walks of four feet and not over seven feet in width, shall be 
 made out of plank or boards not less than two inches thick, and 
 four inches wide, securely nailed to three oak stringers, not 
 less than two inches in thickness and four inches wide, and all 
 walks over seven feet wide shall be built in same manner and 
 out of same material, but shall have four oak stringers instead 
 of three. The ends of cross planks shall not extend to exceed 
 two inches outside of stringers. Stringers shall be laid length- 
 wise and cross-boards or planks crosswise, of the street. All 
 walks of less width than to curb line shall be laid so as to divide 
 the space between the street line and curb line evenly. All 
 sidewalks shall be laid to the established grade, and to stakes 
 set by the city engineer. 
 
 Sec. 627. Each of the abutting property owners shall 
 have the privilege to select out of which of the materials in the 
 special, ordinance specified (the term "special ordinance" as
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 399 
 
 used herein, shall be construed to mean an ordinance providing 
 for any particular sidewalk or sidewalks,) the walk abutting on 
 their respective lots or tracts of ground, shall be constructed, 
 said choice shall be made by filling a written notice of their 
 choice with the city clerk, within ten days of the publication of 
 the special ordinance, and the abutting property owners shall 
 also have the privilege of constructing or contracting for the 
 construction of their respective portions of said sidewalk ; all 
 contracts thus made shall be bona fide entered into within ten 
 days after the publication of the special ordinance, and shall be 
 complete as near as may be within said time. If the sidewalks 
 provided for in any special ordinance or any part of them are 
 not constructed or a contract bona fide made for their construc- 
 tion, and the work under said contract actually commenced, or 
 the council are not satisfied that any contract thus privately 
 made will insure the construction of any part of said sidewalk 
 within a reasonable time, or that such contract or contracts 
 privately made are made to delay the coitstruction of said side- 
 walk or any portion thereof, the city engineer shall make an 
 estimate of the cost of the several kinds of sidewalks in the 
 special ordinance provided for; which estimate shall be based 
 on the foregoing specifications, and be filed in the office of the 
 city clerk and submitted to the council, and thereafter the com- 
 mittee on streets and alleys shall advertise for bids for any por- 
 tion of said walk remaining unconstructed or its construction 
 not fairly provided for, and the advertisement shall call for bids 
 on all of the kinds of material in the special ordinance provided 
 for, and shall be by one weeks publication in the newspaper 
 doing the city printing. If it shall appear that a choice has 
 been made by all persons whose walk shall remain unconstruct- 
 ed, and that one or more of the kinds provided for, have been 
 entirely excluded by such choices so made, then the advertise- 
 ment shall be for the kind or kinds selected. When no choice 
 has been made on the portion of the walk or walks constrcuted 
 as hereinbefore stated, the advertisement shall be for all the 
 kinds of material specified, and the council shall let the contract
 
 400 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 to whom they shall determine to be the lowest and best bidder, 
 taking into consideration all the bids submitted on all kinds of 
 material bid on; where a choice of material is made, as herein 
 provided, the contract shall then be let to the lowest and best 
 bidder on the particular kind or kinds chosen. The city of 
 Sedalia reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted ; 
 no contract shall be let on any bid exceeding the estimates 
 made by the city engineer. 
 
 Sec. 628. The location and width of sidewalks shall be 
 fixed from time to time by ordinance, and each ordinance pro- 
 viding for the construction of a sidewalk shall specify the kind 
 or kinds of material to be used or to be permitted to be used, 
 and any person who shall lay or attempt to lay any sidewalk of 
 different dimensions or material from that provided for and au- 
 thorized by an ordinance providing for the construction or re- 
 construction of any sidewalk shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 629. Upon the petition of any ten or more citizens 
 of the city, for a sidewalk, the council may pass an ordinance 
 requiring such sidewalk to be built, and at such places as the 
 street where such sidewalk is to be built is not to the estab- 
 lished grade, the abutting property shall bear the expense of 
 bringing the street to the established grade, and the work of 
 grading shall constitute and be considered as a part of the con- 
 struction of such sidewalk, and the cost thereof shall be as- 
 sessed as^ainst the lots or pieces of ground abutting on the part 
 of the street where grading is necessary and shall be done. 
 Sidewalks may be contracted for by ordinance with or without 
 curbing, along any street, avenue or other public highway, or 
 any part thereof whatever ; all such contracts shall be let to the 
 lowest and best bidder upon plans and specifications filed there- 
 for by the city engineer or other proper ofiicer, with the city 
 clerk. Such bids shall be advertised for by the street and 
 alley committee, under the direction of the city council, and
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 40 I 
 
 such advertisement shall be by publication in the newspaper do- 
 ing the city printing for one week ; Provided, that whenever 
 upon proper advertisement no bid is received, the council may 
 proceed as in section 632 provided. 
 
 Sec. 630. The city council may by ordinance, or resolu- 
 tion, condemn wooden and defective sidewalks, and may pro- 
 vide in such ordinance or resolution for the removal of side- 
 walks so condemned, and may provide by ordinance for the 
 construction of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks so con- 
 demned and removed, which new sidewalks shall be of such ma- 
 terial or rraterials and of such dimensions as shall be provided 
 for in the ordinances providing for the reconstruction of same. 
 Any person who shall repair any condemned sidewalk shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than 
 one hundred dollais. 
 
 Sec. 631. Whenever the city council shall hereafter pro- 
 vide, by ordinance, or where provision is already made by or- 
 dinance, for sidewalks conforming to the specifications of this 
 article, for the construction of any new sidewalks which have 
 been legally petitioned for, or where the city council shall pro- 
 vide, by ordinance, for the construction or reconstruction of an)- 
 sidewalk in the place of a sidewalk condemned, the specifica- 
 tions of which conform to the specifications of this artfcle, or 
 where the same is already provided for by an ordinance, the 
 specifications of which conform to the specifications of this ar- 
 ticle, the city engineer shall make an estimate of the cost per 
 squaiefootof the different kinds of material mentioned and 
 provided for by said ordinance, and all estimates so made shall 
 be based on and be made with reference to the specifications of 
 this article, except where different specifications may hereafter 
 be provided by ordinance, when the estimate shall be based on 
 the specifications provided by ordinance in the particular case 
 being considered ; all such estimates shall be filed in the office 
 of the city clerk, and submitted to the council for approval : 
 such estimates shall include grading in all cases where grading
 
 402 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 is required, and shall give a description of the lots or pieces of 
 ground abutting on the part of the street at the point where 
 such grading is required, and the cost per square foot of such 
 grading shall be added to the other costs of constructing any 
 such sidewalks at such points, and no contract shall be award- 
 ed at a price exceeding such estimates. After the approval of 
 such estimates by the city council, the street and alley com- 
 mittee, by the direction of the city council, shall advertise for 
 bids for the construction or reconstruction of any such side- 
 walks ; such advertisement shall be by publication in the news- 
 paper doing the city printing for one week. 
 
 Sec. 632. Whenever the city shall advertise for bids for 
 the construction of any new sidewalks of any kind, or for the 
 construction of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks con- 
 demned, and shall receive no bids therefor, the city through its 
 street commissioner may, under the orders and direction of the 
 city council, proceed to construct or reconstruct such sidewalks 
 at its own expense; the street commissioner shall keep an ac- 
 curate account of the amount expended for labor and material, 
 including grading and filling opposite each lot or piece of 
 ground, and present the same, first, to the owner or agent of 
 the property for payment, and if the same is not paid within 
 five days from the date of presensation, the street commissioner 
 shall then present said account to the city council for assess- 
 . ment and the council shall by ordinance, assess and levy a 
 special tax against and upon the lots and pieces of ground abut- 
 ting on the parts of the street where such sidewalks are so 
 constructed, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on the 
 sidewalks constructed or reconstructed shall be liable for the 
 cost thereof, including grading and filling, as reported to the 
 council by the street commissioner. There may be as many 
 assessments included in one ordinance as there are lots or pieces 
 of ground reported as having received resulting benefits from 
 the construction or reconstruction of any such sidewalks, and 
 the city clerk shall issue tax-bills payable to the city, against 
 each lot or piece of ground for the amount for which it is liable.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 403 
 
 Such tax-bills shall contain such recitals as shall be necessary to 
 make them prima facie evidence in any suit thereon. All such 
 tax-bills shall be assignable, and shall be a first lien on the lot 
 or piece of ground described therein until paid, and shall be 
 collectible in any action brought in the name of the city to the 
 use of the holder thereof, or in any action brought by the city 
 in its own name and for its own use; but where any such tax- 
 bill has been assigned, the city shall not in any event be liable 
 for any cost that may accrue in such action, nor will the city be 
 liable for the amount of any such tax-bill after the same is 
 assigned. All such special tax-bills shall, in any action thereon, 
 be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for 
 such special assessments, of the validity of the bill, of the doing 
 of the work and furnishing of the materials charged for, and of 
 the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bills ; 
 and all such tax-bills shall bear interest from thirty days af'er 
 date of issue of same until paid ; but if not paid within six 
 months after date of issue, then they shall bear interest from 
 the date of issue at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum until 
 paid. 
 
 Sec. 633. As soon as any such tax bills have been made 
 out by the city clerk he shall enter an abstract of the same in 
 his record book of special taxes, in the same manner as other 
 tax bills are abstracted and recorded, and he shall then turn 
 over such tax bills to the city collector, charging him therewith 
 and taking his receipt therefor, duly indorsed on the record 
 where such tax bills are recorded, and the city collector shall 
 immediately proceed to collect or sell the same. All such tax 
 bills not paid or sold within ten days after issue shall be turned 
 over to the city attorney for the purpose of bringing suit there- 
 on, and he shall sue on all such tax bills as soon as ordered so 
 to do by the council. Any such tax bills may be sold at any 
 time before or after suit is instituted, the defendant paying the 
 costs. 
 
 Sec. 634. Any person or persons taking any contract 
 with the City of Sedalia for work under any special ordinance,
 
 404 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 passed in pursuance of this article and wherein the provisions, 
 conditions and specifications hereof are made to control, shall 
 be paid with special tax bills made in conformity of the provis- 
 ions of this article and statutes in such cases made and provided. 
 Sec. 635. The cost of making any new sidewalk, wheth- 
 er upon petition or in place of sidewalks condemned, where the 
 same are constructed by contract awarded by the city council 
 after due advertisement, or when constructed by the city after 
 advertisement and a failure to receive any bids therefor, shall 
 be levied as a special assessment on all lots and pieces of ground 
 abutting on such improvements, in proportion to the front 
 foot thereof : Provided, that corner lots at street intersections or 
 other places shall be liable for, and shall be assessed for the ex- 
 tension of sidewalks to the curb line each way. 
 
 Sec. 636. All sidewalks constructed by any contractor 
 shall be paid for as hereinbefore provided, and as soon as com- 
 pleted and accepted by the city council, the city engineer shall 
 compute the cost thereof, and return said computation to the 
 city clerk, and the city clerk shall assess a special tax against 
 the lots or tracts of land as abjve provided and shall make out 
 a certified bill of such assessment against each lot or tract of 
 land in the name of the owner thereof. Said certified tax bills 
 shall be delivered to the contractor, and the contractor shall re- 
 ceive and receipt for the same in full for all claims against the 
 City of Sedalia for all work done or material furnished under 
 his contract. 
 
 Sec. 637. Said special tax bills shall in any action there- 
 on be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings 
 for srch special assessments, of the validity of the bill, of the 
 doing of the work and furnishing of the material charged for, 
 and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the 
 bill, and shall be and become a prior Hen upon the property 
 charged therewith, and may be collected of the owner of the 
 land in the name of the City of Sedalia to the use of the con- 
 tractor, as any other claim, and in no event will the City of Se- 
 dalia be liable in any manner whatever, for or on account of any
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 405 
 
 work done or material furnished, or the cost thereof. Said spe- 
 cial tax bills shall bear interest at the rate of eight per cent, per 
 annum from thirty days after date of issue until paid. 
 
 Sec. 638. No formality whatever shall be required to 
 authorize the repairing of any sidewalks, or reconstructing the 
 same and making the assessments therefor, but the street com- 
 missioner shall, with or without notice, as the exigencies of the 
 case may require or suggest, to be proper or just, do or cause 
 to have done such repairs and furnish all material therefor 
 keeping an accurate account of the cost thereof, and imme- 
 diately upon the completion of any such repairs he shall pre- 
 sent the account of the cost thereof to the owner or agent of 
 the property to be charged therewith ; if this may be done with 
 reasonable convenience at any place within the city. If any 
 person shall fail to pay any such account when so presented, the 
 street commissioner shall report the same to the city council for 
 assessment. He shall also report such accounts to the council 
 for assessment as have not been presented to the owner or 
 agent of any property to be charged with any such repairs so 
 made. Any failure to present any account to the owner or 
 agent for any such repairs so made shall in no manner, nor to 
 any extent whatever, effect the validity of any assessment made 
 therefor, but the same shall, in all cases, be taken as an accom- 
 modation to any such owner or agent. When the street com- 
 missioner shall conclude in any case to notify any property 
 owner or agent of any defective sidewalk, said notice may be 
 served in any of the ways below mentioned. A notice 
 mailed to the proper address of any such owners or agents at 
 any place within or without the city shall be sufficient, and if 
 the place of residence of such owner or agent is not known to 
 the street commissioner, it shall be sufficient to post such notice 
 on the premises, and for that purpose he is authorized to enter 
 any yard or other premises and fasten such notice to the fence, 
 building or other conspicuous place on such premises ; Provided, 
 that it will always be competent to serve such notice by deliver- 
 ing a copy thereof to such owner or agent in person or by
 
 406 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 leaving a copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such 
 owner or agent with a member of his family over the age of 
 fifteen years ; Provided, that nothing herein shall be so con- 
 strued as to prevent the street commissioner from making any 
 such repairs after notice and before the expiration of the five 
 days when any sidewalk is in such condition as to be dan- 
 gerous to public travel, of which the street commissioner shall 
 be the judge. 
 
 Sec. 639. Each lot or piece of ground abutting on any 
 such sidewalk^ or part thereof, shall be liable for its part of the 
 cost of such work made along or in front of such lot or piece of 
 ground, as reported to the council by the street commissioner, 
 and the council shall, by ordinance, assess against and upon 
 each lot or piece of ground receiving the benefit of such repairs 
 the cost of the same, and the city clerk shall immediately issue 
 tax bills therefor in accordance with such assessments, which 
 tax bills shall contain such recitals as the law requires. All such 
 tax bills shall be and constitute a prior lien upon the property 
 liable therefor until paid ; and shall bear interest from thirty 
 days after date of issue until paid, at the rate of eight per cent, 
 per annum, and shall be made payable to the city. If any such 
 tax bill is not paid within six months after issue, the same shall 
 bear interest as penalty for failure to pay the same, at the rate 
 of fifteen per cent, per annum from date of issue until paid, and 
 all such tax bills shall be assignable, and in any action thereon 
 by che city, or any assignee of such tax bill in the name of the 
 city to his or their use shall be prima facie evidence of the reg- 
 ularity of the proceedings for such special assessments, of the 
 validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnish- 
 ing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the prop- 
 erty to the charge stated in the bill, and may be collected of 
 the owner of the land. 
 
 Sec. 640. Immediately upon the issuing of such tax bills 
 for sidewalk repairs by the city clerk he shall make an abstract 
 record of the same as of other special tax bills, and turn the said 
 tax bills over to the city collector for collection, and the city
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 407 
 
 collector shall receipt therefor and proceed at once to sell or 
 collect the same, and the same proceedings shall be had as in 
 the matter of tax bills issued to the city for the construction of 
 sidewalks where no bids have been secured after due advertise- 
 ment. 
 
 CHAPTER 28. 
 
 RAILROADS. 
 
 Section 
 
 641. Speed of cars iu city limits. 
 
 642, Street crossings, regulations 
 concerning. 
 
 Section 
 643. Misdemeanor, violation of this 
 chapter, punishment. 
 
 Section 641. It shall be unlawful within the limits of 
 the City of Sedalia for any car, cars or locomotives propelled by 
 steam power, to run at a rate of speed exceeding ten miles per 
 hour. 
 
 Sec. 642. It shall be unlawful within the limits of 
 the City of Sedalia for any car, cars or locomotives pro- 
 pelled by steam power, to obstruct any street crossing by 
 standing thereon longer than five minutes, and when mov- 
 ing the bell of the engine shall be constantly sounded 
 within said limits, and if any freight car, cars or 
 locomotives propelled by steam power be backing over any 
 road or street crossing within said limits, a man shall be sta- 
 tioned on top of the car at the end of the train farthest from the 
 engine, to give danger signals, and no freight train shall at any 
 time be moved over any road or street crossing within the city 
 limits unless it be well manned with experienced brakemen at 
 their posts, who shall be so stationed as to see the danger sig- 
 nal and hear the signals from the engine. 
 
 Sec. 643. Any person, persons or corporation violating 
 the provisions of either of the two next preceding sections, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
 thereof in the police court of this city, shall be fined not less 
 than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars.
 
 4o8 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 29. 
 REVENUE. 
 
 ARTICLE I.— Taxation and Taxable Property. 
 ARTICLF II.— Board of Equalization. 
 ARTICLE III.— Collection of Revenue. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 TAXATION AND TAXABLE PROPERTY. 
 
 Section. 
 
 644. Taxes, purposes of. 
 
 645. Property exempt from taxa- 
 tion, what. 
 
 646. Personal property, what sub- 
 ject to. 
 
 Section. 
 
 647. Amount of, fixed by ordinance. 
 
 648. Definitions of terms and 
 phrases 
 
 Section 644. For the support of the city government, 
 and the payment of the public debt and the interest thereon, 
 and the advancement of the pubhc interest generally, taxes shall 
 be levied upon all property, real and personal, except as stated 
 in the next section. 
 
 Sec 645. The following ."subjects are exempt from taxa- 
 tion, viz: All houses and necessary equipments thereof, used 
 exclusively for religious worship, and the lot of ground upon 
 which the same may be erected ; all orphan and other asylumns 
 for the relief of the sick or needy, with their furniture and 
 equipments, and the land on which they are erected, and which 
 is used therewith, so long as the same shall be used for that 
 purpose only; all universities, colleges, academies, schools and 
 other seminaries of learning, with the furniture and equipments 
 and lands thereto belonging, or used immediately therewith,
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 4C9 
 
 and their endowment funds, when not invested in real estate, so 
 long as the same shall be employed for that purpose only ; 
 Provided, that the land hereby exempted from taxation shall 
 not exceed two acres ; And provided, fiirtJier, that such prop- 
 erty so exempted shall not be under rent to any person, cor- 
 poration or society, and shall not in any way or manner be 
 paying or yielding any rent or profit ; cemeteries and grave- 
 yards set apart and used for that purpose only ; all real estate 
 and other property belonging to any incorporated agricultural 
 society, so long as the same shall be employed for the use of 
 such society and none other; all libraries, their furniture and 
 equipments, belonging to any library association or society; all 
 lands, buildings and their fixtures and equipments, and all other 
 property belonging to the city of Sedalia ; all jails, court houses 
 and other buildings and property belonging to the count)' of 
 Pettis; and all property which is exempt from taxation by the 
 charter of this city. Nothing in this section shall be so con- 
 strued so as to exempt from taxation any description of prop- 
 erty, when the same is held for the purpose of pecuniary profit 
 or speculation, except as is provided in the charter of this city. 
 
 Sec. 646. All property personal by the laws of the state 
 of Missouri, when stuated in any pther portion of said state 
 than the city of Sedalia, shall, if the owner thereof reside within 
 the city of Sedalia, be subject to taxation by said city, the 
 same as personal property located within the limits of the city. 
 
 Sec. 647. The amount of tax laid upon propert^^ tax- 
 able by law and the charter and ordinances of this city, shall 
 be fixed and the levy thereof made by ordinance in each and 
 every year. 
 
 Sec. 648. The term real estate, real property, or lot, 
 whenever used in this article, shall be held to mean and in- 
 clude, not only the land itself, whether laid out in city lots or 
 otherwise, with all things contained therein, but also all build- 
 ings, structures and improvements, and other permanent fix- 
 tures of whatsoever kind thereon, and all rights and privileges 
 belonging or in any way appertaining thereto, except when the
 
 4IO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 same may be otherwise denominated by this article. The term 
 bonds or stock, wherever used in this article, shall be held to 
 mean and include bonds or stocks of whatsoever kind, whether 
 issued by incorporated or unincorporated companies, towns, 
 townships, cities, counties, state or other corporations, held or 
 controlled by persons residing in this state, whether for them- 
 selves or as guardians, trustees, or agents, on which the holder 
 or owner thereof is receiving, or is entitled to receive interest 
 for themselves or others. The term capital stock and shares of 
 capital stock,, wherever used in this article, shall be held to 
 mean and include the capital stock of every association, cor- 
 poration, joint stock or other company, the stock or capital of 
 which is or may be divided into shares, which are transferable 
 by the owner, for the taxation of the capital stock of which 
 association, corporation, joint stock or other company, no spe- 
 cial provision is made by this article, held by persons residing 
 in this ^tate, either for themselves, or as guardians, executors, 
 administrators, trustees or agents. The term personal property, 
 wherever used in this article, shall be held to mean and include 
 bonds, stock, moneys, credits, the capital stock, undivided 
 profits, and all other moneys not forming a part of the capital 
 stock of every company, whether incorporated or unincorpo- 
 rated, and every share, portion or interest in such stock, profits 
 or means, by whatsoever name they may be designated ; every 
 share or portion, right or interest, either legal or equitable, in 
 and to every ship, vessel or boat shall be within the jurisdiction 
 of the State of Missouri or elsewhere, and whether the same 
 shall have been enrolled, registered or licensed at any collector's 
 ofifice, or within any county or collector's district within this 
 state or not; the stock of nursier growing on leased land, or in 
 the hands of nurserymen which has been separated from the 
 soil where growing, and every tangible thing being the subject 
 of ownership, whether animate or inanimate, and not forming 
 part of any parcel of real property as hereinbefore described. 
 The term money or moneys, wherever used in this article, shall 
 be held to mean gold, silver and other coin, and paper or other
 
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 currency used in barter and trade as money. The term credits, 
 wherever used in this article, shall be held to mean and include 
 every deposit which the person owning, holding in trust, or 
 having the beneficial interest therein, is entitled to withdraw in 
 money on demand, and every claim or demand for money, in- 
 terest or other valuable thing, due or to become due, or every 
 annuity or money receivable at stated periods, including pay or 
 salaries accrued or due from any source whatever, and all in- 
 come or interest accruing from government bonds, and all 
 money loaned or invested, and all indebtedness secured by deed, 
 contract, mortgage or pledge of property of whatever kind ; 
 Provided, that pensions due and to be received from the United 
 States shall not be held to mean annuities within the meaning 
 of this article. The term property, wherever used in this 
 article, shall be held to mean and include every tangible and in- 
 tangible thing being the subject of ownership, whether animate 
 or inaeimate, real or personal. The term oath, wherever used 
 in this article, shall be held to mean oath or affirmation. Every 
 word in this article importing the masculine gender, may attach 
 or be applied to females as well as males; and the word person 
 as used in this article, shall be held to mean and include per- 
 sons, firms, company corporation, or otherwise, whenever the 
 case may so require its use or application. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. 
 
 Section 649.— Who constitutes, powers, duties, etc. 
 
 Section 649. The board of equalization for the equaliza- 
 tion of values and assessments on property for the purposes of 
 taxation for city purposes, shall consist of the county board of 
 equalization and the mayor and assessor of the city . And for 
 the purpose of giving the city representation on the county 
 board of equalization when said board is sitting for the purpose
 
 412 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 of equalizing the assessments on city property, the mayor and 
 city assessor shall sit with the county board of equalization when 
 the said board is passing upon the assessment of such city prop- 
 erty, and shall each have a vote in said board, and they shall 
 be paid for such services the same amount per day, and out of 
 the same fund as other members of such board of equalization. 
 The assessment of city property as made by the city and coun- 
 ty assessor shall conform to each other, and after such board of 
 equalization has passed upon such assessment and equalized the 
 same, the city assessor's books shall be corrected in red ink in 
 accordance with the changes made by the board of equaliza- 
 tion, and so certified by said board, and then returned to the 
 city council. All things not herein provided for shall be done 
 as is provided by general law with reference to the equalization 
 of assessments for state and county purposes. 
 
 ARTICLE in. 
 
 COLLECTION OF REVENUE. 
 
 Section 
 
 650. Notice to tax payers, collector 
 to give, what. 
 
 651. Taxes, paid in what. 
 
 652. Penalties, when to attach, ac- 
 count of 
 
 653. Non-residents, to be furnished 
 statement, etc., of taxes, etc. 
 
 654. Seizure and sale, when and 
 how made. 
 
 655. Costs of, how taxed. 
 
 656. Shares and stocks of corpora- 
 tions, how assessed, may be 
 seized and sold, when. 
 
 657. Corporation failing to give in 
 stock, etc., penalty. 
 
 658. Taxes paid, how entered, re- 
 ceipted for, etc. 
 
 Section 
 
 659. Accounts, records and state- 
 ments, collector to keep and 
 make, what. 
 
 660 Delinquent tax list, to be 
 made and returned, when. 
 
 661. Council to examine and give 
 credit for same, when. 
 
 662. Delinquent tax book, clerk to 
 make. 
 
 663. Taxes in delinquent book, 
 how and when paid, etc. 
 
 664. When book is being made, 
 how paid. 
 
 665. Delinquent list, failure to re- 
 turn, penalty. 
 
 666. Suit for taxes, tax attorney to 
 be appointed. 
 
 Sec. 650. It shall be the duty of the collector of the 
 revenue, immediately after the receipt of the tax book and de- 
 linquent tax book of previous years, to give notice that the tax
 
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 413 
 
 book for the current year has been placed in his hands for col- 
 lection. Said notice shall be given by posting up at least six 
 written or printed hand bills in different parts of the city, and 
 by publication in all of the daily newspapers in the city for one 
 week, and shall specify at what place in this city the collector 
 may be found. It shall be the duty of the collector to be at 
 such a place so appointed, ready to receive and receipt for 
 taxes; and if he shall fail to so attend, without good cause, he 
 shall forfeit and pay to any person injured double the amount 
 of damages he may sustain by reason of such failure, to be re- 
 covered by civil action at the suit of the person so injured. 
 
 Sec. 651. All taxes shall be paid in gold or silver coin, 
 United States legal tender notes, national bank notes or city 
 warrants. 
 
 Sec. 652. If any person shall fail or refuse to pay the 
 city taxes to the city collector on or before the first day of Jan- 
 uary next after the assessment and levy of the same, it shall be 
 the duty of the collector to collect and account for as other taxes 
 an additional tax, as penalty, of one per cent, per month for each 
 month that such taxes remain due and unpaid ; and the col- 
 lector shall, on the day of his annual settlement with the city 
 clerk and council, being the first Monday in April of each year, 
 file with the city clerk a statement under oath of the penalties 
 so received, and from whom received; and he shall settle with 
 the city clerk, who shall see that the penalties aforesaid are ac- 
 counted for upon all taxes reported paid by the collector on 
 and after the second day of January of each year. 
 
 Sec. 653. The collector shall furnish all non-resident 
 taxpayers a statement of the amount of taxes assessed 
 against any tract of land or town lot in this city, for any 
 year or years, as shown by the tax book or delinquent tax book 
 in his possession, and send the same by mail to the address of 
 any person applying to him for the same by letter; and if no 
 taxes are due on any such tract or lot, he shall answer such let- 
 ter of inquiry stating the fact; and when any funds are remitted 
 to the collector, by mail or otherwise, for the payment of any
 
 414 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 taxes appearing to be due on his tax book or delinquent tax 
 book, it shall be his duty to receive the same, and send a re- 
 ceipt therefor by mail to the person so remitting. And the col- 
 lector may tax up and collect against such person, as costs, all 
 sums which he may have to pay for postage and stationery on 
 account of such correspondence, but no other costs. 
 
 Sec. 654. The collector shall diligently endeavor, and 
 use all lawful mean-, to collect all of the taxes which he is re- 
 quired to collect, and to that end he shall have the power to 
 seize and sell -the goods and chattels of the person liable for 
 taxes, in the same manner as goods and chattels are or may be 
 required to be seized and sold under execution issued on judg- 
 ment at law ; and no property shall be exempt from the seizure 
 or sale for taxes, except as is provided in the charter of this 
 city : Provided, that no such seizure and sale shall be made un- 
 til on and after the first day of January of each year. But in 
 no case shall such seizure and sale be made until the collector 
 shall have demanded payment of the tax, either by personal ap- 
 plication to the party liable to pay the tax, or by leaving a 
 written or printed notice at the usual place of abode of such per- 
 son, with some member of his family over the age of fifteen 
 years, nor for ten days after such demand shall have been made, 
 except the person or persons owing such tax are about to re- 
 move from the county, or the collector has reason to believe 
 they are about to remove; then, in such cases, the seizure and 
 sale may be made without any demand having been made. 
 Seizure under this section may be made in any part of Pettis 
 county. 
 
 Sec. 655. The collector shall, in every case of seizure and 
 sale of personal property to pay taxes, in addition to the amount 
 of tax due, levy the costs of such seizure and sale, and the pen- 
 alty and interest provided by this article, and be entitled to the 
 same fees as sheriffs for like services on execution. 
 
 Sec. 656. The cashier, secretary or chief clerk of any 
 corporation, the shares of which are taxable by the charter and 
 ordinances of this city, at the request of the collector, shall give
 
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 him a certificate under his hand, showing the number and 
 .amount of shares held in the stock of such corporation, the 
 names of the holders and encumbrance thereon; and the col- 
 lector in default of the payment by the corporation of the taxes 
 due thereon; as required by this article, shall seize and sell the 
 same, in the manner prescribed by this article, and the purchas- 
 ers thereof shall be admitted to all the rights, powers and priv- 
 ileges that the holders of such shares had at the time of seizing 
 the same, and shall be entered by such corporation on their 
 books as the owners of such shares. 
 
 Sec. 657. If any corporation or ofificer thereof, shall fail 
 to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, such 
 corporation shall forfeit to the city the sum of five hundred dol- 
 lars, to be recovered by civil action at the suit of the city. 
 
 Sec. 658. Whenever any person shall pay taxes charged 
 on the tax books, the collector shall enter such payment in his 
 list, and give the person paying the same a receipt, specifying 
 the name of the person for whom paid, the amount paid, what 
 year paid for, and the property and value thereof on which the 
 same was paid, according to its description on the tax book, in 
 whole or in part, just as the case may be, and the collector shall 
 enter "paid" against such tract or lot of land when he collects 
 the tax thereon. The collector shall receive taxes on part of 
 any lot, piece or parcel of land charged with taxes, provided 
 the person paying such taxes shall furnish a particular specifica- 
 tion of the part ; and if the tax on the remainder of such lot 
 or parcel of land shall remain unpaid, the collector shall enter 
 such specification in his return, to the end that the part on 
 which the tax remains unpaid may be clearly known. If the 
 payment is made on an undivided share of real estate, the col- 
 lector shall enter on the tax books the name of the owner of 
 such share, so as to designate on whose undivided share the tax 
 has been paid. 
 
 Sec. 659. The collector shall, in a book to be provided 
 for that purpose, keep a correct account of all moneys received 
 by him as collector, showing, in a tabular form, the various
 
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 sums received, from whom received, when received, and on 
 what account, and the number of the receipt given therefor, 
 and the amount of discounts allowed, and the amount of penal- 
 ties charged and collected; and he shall in such book, open and 
 keep separate accounts as follows : One for general taxes ; one 
 for delinquent taxes ; one for licenses ; and one for money re- 
 ceived from all other sources ; and said book shall be a public 
 record, and open at all times proper for the inspection of the may- 
 or or any member of the city council. Said collector shall, at the 
 end of every month, make a sworn statement of the collections 
 made by him during the month, itemized as above indicated, 
 and shall file the same with the city clerk on or before the first 
 Monday of the next month, together with the treasurer's re- 
 ceipts for all moneys collected during the month ; and the clerk 
 shall compare such statement with the aforesaid book, and lay 
 said statement before the city council at their next regular meet- 
 ing, with his certificate to the correctness thereof, if it be cor- 
 rect, and if it be not correct, the clerk shall state wherein it 
 is not correct. And in all matters oi detail under this article 
 not otherwise provided for, the collector and the clerk shall be 
 governed by such rules and regulations as the city council or 
 the committee on finance may, from time to time, prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 660. The collector shall, on the first Monday in 
 April in each year, return to the city clerk the list of lands and 
 lots upon which he has been unable to collect the taxes, with a 
 full description of such lands and lots, with the amount of taxes 
 due thereon set opposite each tract or lot, and a list of the de- 
 linquent personal property, alphabetically arranged, with the 
 amount due from each person. 
 
 Sec. 661. The city council shall, at their next meeting 
 after the return of the delinquent list or as soon thereafter as 
 may be, examine the same, and the collector shall receive a 
 credit for the same, or so much thereof as the said council shall 
 find to be correct ; Provided, that no credit for delinquent taxes 
 shall be allowed the collector until he shall have made affidavit
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 417 
 
 that he has made diligent search, and has been unable to find 
 any personal property out of which to make the tax. 
 
 Sec. 662. The city clerk shall, immediately after receiv- 
 ing such delinquent list, make out a book to be known as the 
 delinquent tax book, which shall contain a list of lands and lots 
 upon which taxes are unpaid, with the amout of tax due, and 
 the interest, penalty and costs added thereto, and with separate 
 columns for the taxes of each year, with the columns added up, 
 and the aggregate amount noted on each page, which book 
 shall be delivered to the collector of the city for the ensuing 
 year as soon as he shall have qualified and receipted for the 
 same, and he shall be charged with the amout of taxes charged 
 therein. 
 
 Sec. 663. The collector shall receive all taxes charged in 
 said delinquent tax bo k, as long as the same shall remain in 
 his possession, which may be tendered to him; give proper re- 
 ceipts therefor, and mark the same paid opposite to the descrip- 
 tion of property upon which the taxes may be so paid ; and he 
 shall, upon receiving the tax book for the current year, settle 
 for the said delinquent tax book in like manner as for the origi- 
 nal tax book. 
 
 Sec. 664. If any person shall desire to pay his taxes be- 
 tween the first Monday in April and the day upon which the 
 city clerk shall deliver the delinquent tax book to the collector, 
 he shall apply to the city clerk, who shall make out for such 
 person duplicate tax receipts, which receipts shall be like unto 
 the collector's tax receipts as provided for in this article, and 
 the collector shall sign both of such receipts, and receive the 
 taxes therein indicated ; and the person so paying his delinquent 
 taxes shall return said receipt to the city clerk, who shall 
 countersign the same, and no receipt shall be valid unless 
 countersigned by the city clerk, who shall then mark on his de- 
 linquent tax book "paid" opposite to the property described 
 in such receipt, and charge the collector with the amount so re- 
 ceived by him.
 
 4l8 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 665. If any collector shall fail to return the delin- 
 quent list on the first Monday of April, as provided, he shall 
 forfeit to the city five hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil 
 action; Provided, that the city council may, in their discretion, 
 relieve him from such forfeiture. 
 
 Sec. 666. It shall be the duty of the city collector, 
 under the supervision of the committee on finance, whenever 
 any taxes may be due the city, to demand payment of said 
 taxes, and if necessary to bring suits for the recovery of the 
 same, and upon the recovery thereof to pay said taxes into the 
 city treasury and the mayor shall have the power to name some 
 competent attorney to bring suits for any delinquent taxes, who 
 shall be known as "special tax attorney." 
 
 CHAPTER 30. 
 
 SEAL OF CITY. 
 
 Section I Section: 
 
 667. By whom kept. 1 668, Design and style of. 
 
 Section 667. There shall be a common seal for the city 
 of Sedalia, and the city clerk shall be the keeper thereof. 
 
 Sec. 668. The seal of the City of Sedalia shall be of the 
 ordmary size, and so engraved as to represent by its impres- 
 sion the device of an eagle, surrounded by the words, "Seal of 
 the City of Sedalia, Mo.," in Roman capitals.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
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 CHAPTER 3 I. 
 SEWERS. 
 
 ARTICLE I.— Public Sewers. 
 ARTICLE II.— District Sewers. 
 ARTICLE III.— Sewer Connections. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 PUBLIC SEWERS. 
 
 Section 
 
 669. System of sewers established, 
 classes of. 
 
 670. Maps, plats, profiles, etc., 
 what to govern. 
 
 671. "The engineer" in specifica- 
 tions, etc., meaning of. 
 
 672. "As indicated, " meaning of. 
 673 Public sewers, construction of 
 
 to be in accordance with 
 plans, etc. 
 
 674. Labor, material, etc., con- 
 tractor to furnish, engineer to 
 supervise. 
 
 675. Public travel and safety, pro- 
 tection of, water pipes, etc. 
 
 676. Damages to persons or prop- 
 erty, who liable for, work 
 abandoned, what. 
 
 677. Excavations, manner of mak- 
 ing. 
 
 678. Back filling, to be done, how. 
 
 Section 
 
 679. Trenching, rules governing. 
 
 680. Brick masonry, specifications 
 for. 
 
 681. Mortar, proportions and requi- 
 sites of. 
 
 682. Concrete, composition and 
 mixing of. 
 
 683. Man holes, manner of con- 
 struction, etc. 
 
 684. Foul sewerage system, specifi- 
 cations for. 
 
 685. Trenching, manner of doiug. 
 
 686. Pipe-laying, manner and spec- 
 ifications. 
 
 687. Public sewers, contract for, 
 how let, etc. 
 
 688. Private sewer, how connected 
 with public. 
 
 689. Violation of article, misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Section 669. That there is hereby established within the 
 City of Sedalia, Missouri, a general sewer system, which shall 
 be divided into three classes, to-wit : Public, district, and pri- 
 vate sewers. All sewers which shall hereafter be made and con- 
 structed in the streets and avenues of the City of Sedalia, and
 
 420 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 not specially made a part of district sewers, in or over private 
 property, and established by special ordinance passed by the 
 city council, shall be deemed public sewers. All sewers that 
 shall hereafter be made and constructed in alleys and across 
 streets in continuation from alley to alley, under ordinance of 
 the city council, to connect with public sewers in streets, or with 
 other district sewers, shall be deemed district sewers; and all 
 sewers hereafter made and constructed upon private property 
 and connected with district and public sewers under general or- 
 dinance, shall- be deemed private sewers. 
 
 Sec. 670. That the maps, plats, profiles, drawings, 
 grades, specifications and forms and contracts prepared by City 
 Engineer J. C. Johnson and Consulting Engineer Geo. P. N. 
 Sadler, shall be filed in the city clerk's ofifice and preserved for 
 future reference, and shall be deemed and considered as a basis 
 of the sewer system established by section 669 of this article. 
 And all calculations and contracts for the construction or re- 
 construction of all public sewers within the city, shall be guided 
 by, and based upon, said maps, plats, profiles, drawings, grades, 
 specifications and forms, unless specially changed or other or 
 different specifications provided by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 671. Whenever the words "the engineer" appear 
 in specifications and ordinances, they shall be taken to mean in 
 all cases the city engineer, or any subordinate engineer in charge 
 of the part of the work or supply referred to. In case of dis- 
 pute or doubt between the contractor and subordinate engineer, 
 reference may be made by either party to the city engineer, 
 whose decision shall be final. 
 
 Sec. 672. Whenever the words "as indicated" shall ap- 
 pear in specifications and ordinances, they shall be taken to 
 mean in the manner described in the specifications as shown on 
 the drawings, which drawings shall be filed in the city engi- 
 neer's office. 
 
 Sec. 673. Public sewers are to be built of materials, 
 sizes and dimensions with the connection, inlets and man-holes 
 on the lines, at a depth, and in the manner shown on the plans
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 42 I 
 
 to be filed in the office of the city engineer. All dimensions, 
 materials, lines and grades must be in full accordance with the 
 plans. All necessary junctions for the connection of branch 
 sewers, and all pipes for house connections, are to be built on 
 the proposed sewer at the points indicated on the plan of work. 
 The contractor will be furnished with a complete set of tracings 
 showing all the details and dimensions necessary to carry on the 
 work. Dimensions given thereon in figures are to have the 
 preference over the scale ; such plans and a copy of the specifi- 
 cations are to be kept constantly on the work by the contractor 
 or his authorized foreman. The plans and specifications are in- 
 tended to include whatever may be requisite to render the work 
 complete, and should anything be accidentally orriitted, the 
 same shall be done by the contractor without charge, or by 
 agreement as to the cost. No deviations from the drawings or 
 specifications will be allowed, unless a written direction shall 
 have previously been given to the contractor by the engineer. 
 The engineer will give the lines and grades for the construction 
 of the work, and the contractor will be required to preserve all 
 stakes, bench marks, etc., made or established on the line of 
 the work, until authorized to remove the same. 
 
 Sec. 674. The contractor shall furnish all labor, mate- 
 rials, tools and plant necessary to complete the entire work in 
 the best possible manner. He shall employ only faithful labor- 
 ers and skilled mechanics. All materials furnished and all work 
 done, which in the opinion of the city engineer, shall not be in 
 accordance with the specifications, shall be immediately re- 
 moved, and other materials provided, and work done which 
 shall be in accordance therewith. If any difference or dispute 
 shall arise as to the efficiency of labor, or the quality of 
 material employed, or used, they shall be settled by the en- 
 gineer, whose decision shall be final. 
 
 Sec. 675. All material excavated or delivered shall be 
 placed where directed, so as to interfere as little as possible 
 with travel. The contractor shall furnish and maintain all nec- 
 essary fences and bridgeways, and shall place sufficient lights
 
 422 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 in or near the work, and keep them burning from twilight till 
 sunrise, and provide watchmen for the safety of the public, 
 whenever deemed necessary by the engineer. The contractor 
 is required to sling, shore up and secure in their places, all 
 water, sewer and gas pipes in such manner as shall secure them 
 from injury, and to provide and maintain the flow of drainage, 
 and water courses, whether on the ground or under the same, 
 which may be interrupted during, and by the progress of the 
 work. Whenever it becomes necessary to remove pipes or 
 drains from their positions, they shall be cared for by the con- 
 tractor at his own expense. All gutter, flag and paving stones 
 which have been displaced by the work, are required to be re- 
 set. Should any stone be unf't to be reset, of which the en- 
 gineer shall be the judge, new stone shall be furnished and 
 delivered on the ground by the city, and set in place by the 
 contractor. 
 
 Sec. 676. The contractor shall be responsible for all in- 
 juries to water, gas pipe, or other structures met with in the 
 prosecution of the work, and shall be liable for damages to 
 public and private property resulting therefrom, which amount 
 may be deducted from any estimates due him. The contract- 
 or shall assume all responsibility for loss, damage or injury, to 
 persons or property arising out of the nature of the work, 
 from the action of the elements, or from unforeseen or unusual 
 difificultie^. The contractor shall indemnify and save harmless 
 the City of Sedalia, Missouri, from all suits or actions of every 
 name and description brought against it, for, or on account of 
 any damages or injuries received or sustained by any party or 
 parties, by or from the contractor, his agents or servants, in the 
 performance of the work under his agreement. If the con- 
 tractor shall abandon the work under his agreement, or if at 
 any time the engineer shall be of the opinion, and shall so 
 certify in writing to the contractor and city council, that the 
 whole work, or any part of it, is unnecessarily delayed, or that 
 the contractor is willfully violating any of the conditions or cov- 
 enants of his contracts, or executing the same in bad taith, his
 
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 423 
 
 contract shall become null and void, and the security bonds 
 forfeited, and materials delivered and built into the works shall 
 be the property of the City of Sedalia. 
 
 Sec. 677. The ground shall be excavated in open trench 
 of the necessary width and depth. The trench, except in rock 
 excavations, shall be opened from the surface of the ground to 
 the level of the horizontal diameter of the sewer to a uniform 
 width. Below this level the ground shall be excavated to the 
 exact curve of the exterior circumference of the sewer or of 
 other form or depth as the engineer shall direct. A trench to 
 receive a tile drain shall be excavated to a true line below the 
 lowest exterior line of the sewer, whenever such tile drain shall 
 be directed by the engineer. The sides of the excavation shall 
 be supported by suitable sheet piling or planking and shoring 
 whenever necessary. All irregularities in the bottom of the 
 trench shall be filled up to the required level, as indicated, with 
 gravel, sand or earth, firmly rammed in, or with concrete, as 
 the engineer shall direct. The contractor shall excavate the 
 trench to such increased depth as the engineer may decide to 
 be necessary, and shall bring it up to the required level, and 
 form With such material and in such manner as the engineershall 
 determine. 
 
 Sec. 678. In back-filling great care should be taken not 
 to disturb the pipes by throwing earth upon them from the top 
 of the ditch, or by the side of them until a covering of at least two 
 feet has been made. After a small portion of the pipe has been 
 covered to the depth of two feet, a man will stand on the filling 
 and will continue this depth of two feet along the line of the 
 sewer, by carefully placing over the pipes in front or before him 
 such fine, dry earth as shall be shoveled to him by a man above. 
 In completing the filling over the first two feet, earth will be 
 rammed with a pavart rammer. In covering streets, sidewalks, 
 gutters and alleys that are paved, the number of men that are 
 back-filling shall not be more than that of those ramming; and 
 when, in the opinion of the engineer in charge, necessary, the 
 street at crossings of sewers shall be planked. Other portions
 
 424 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 of the sewers, the back-filling to be rammed, but not with so 
 much care. The battoning, pipe-laying, and the first two feet 
 of back-filling, will be under the immediate supervision of the 
 inspector, who will also, in a general way, see that the remain- 
 der of the back-filling is properly done. 
 
 Sec. 679. No more than 200 feet of trench shall be 
 opened at any one time in advance of the complete building of 
 the sewer, and the complete filling to the surface of the same, 
 unless by written order of the engineer and for the distance 
 therein specified. The re-grading, re-paving, re-macadamizing 
 and re-constructing, as the case may be, shall be completed at 
 all times to within 200 feet of the completed brick-work of the 
 sewer and all surplus earth, sand or rubbish, beyond that dis- 
 tance, shall be immediately removed. 
 
 Sec. 6S0. All brick must be of the best quality, hard 
 burned, free from all cracks and warped surface; they must give 
 a clear, ringing sound '.vhen struck together; only whole bricks 
 will be used, except in closing circles, all bats being immediate- 
 ly removed from the work. All bricks to be thoroughly wet by 
 dipping immediately before laying; every brick shall be laid in 
 a full joint of mortar on its bed, end and side at one operation; 
 no mortar to be slushed or grouted in afterwards. 
 
 Sec. 681. In these specifications mortar means one part 
 of Portland cement and four parts of clean, sharp sand, entire- 
 ly free from loam, and the sand must be washed, if necessary, 
 to insure this. All mortar must be thoroughly mixed dry, and 
 wet only as required for immediate use, in a proper vessel, or on 
 a tight flooring, in no case on the pavement or ground ; cement 
 to stand 100 pounds intension, 24 hours' test. 
 
 Sec. 682. Concrete shall be composed of one part mor- 
 tar, as above described, two and one-half parts clean broken 
 stones, free from dust or dirt, and broken to pass through a 
 two-inch ring; it shall be quickly and thoroughly mixed and 
 deposited in layers not exceeding nine inches thick, rammed 
 slightly to bring the water to the surface when laid, it must not 
 be disturbed till well set. All gravel and broken stone that is
 
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 dusty or dirty, must be thoroughly screened or washed; any 
 piles having any mixture of dirt, or of stone over size will bo 
 rejected. 
 
 Sec. 683. Man-holes will be built at points indicated on 
 the drawings or as directed by the engineer. The brick work 
 will be carried up within eighteen inches of the grade of the 
 street, from the templets set at top and bottom, and connected 
 by lines, wrought-iron rods, good quality, built in each sixth 
 course of the brick for ladder size and shape given in drawing. 
 A cast-iron man-hole and cover with ventilation properly fitted 
 on each man-hole ; each man-hole completed as the work pro- 
 gresses to them. When it may be necessary for the contractor 
 to do night work, to insure the expedition of the contract, he 
 shall notify the engineer, so that such work may be properly 
 inspected, and whenever a greater length of trench is found 
 desirable to be opened at one time, or intermediate sections 
 are desired, the consent of the engineer will be required. 
 So far as applicable these specifications will extend to the con- 
 struction of the district or foul sewerage system and any omis- 
 sion may be corrected by the engineer and contractor in general 
 accord with their meaning and intent. 
 
 Sec. 684. The laterals are to be of the best quality of 
 vitrified pipe, each length to be inspected before hauled to the 
 work, and any pipe that is materially out of a true circle, rough 
 or defective inside, or with imperfections in the bowls or 
 spigots, that would hinder them being properly joined, shall be 
 rejected, pipes slightly curved may be used in passing curves in 
 the line, but not elsewhere; lumps, bubbles or imperfect glaz- 
 ing on the inside must cause rejection. All sockets must be 
 large enough to take all spigots and leave sufificient room for a 
 gasket to be pressed in all round, when the pipes are held con- 
 centric by the adjuster. Brick and concrete work, and materials 
 generally must be in accordance with other sewerage specifica- 
 tions. Gaskets of oakum or jute will be pressed into all joints 
 so as to prevent all intrusion of cement to the interior of the 
 pipe.
 
 426 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 685. The line of the completed sewer will be indi- 
 cated by stubs or grade pegs, set away from it as may be 
 determined by the engineer so that they may remain undisturb- 
 ed during the work ; any replacement of such pegs made neces- 
 sary by the carelessness of the contractor or his employees, will 
 be at his expense. All trenches to be dug to such width as to 
 leave a clear space of four inches on each side of the bell of the 
 pipe, whenever bracing is required to secure the ground against 
 caving and sliding this breadth must be kept inside of such 
 work. The finest and best earth must be thrown to one side 
 for covering the pipes, the coarser materials kept separate, so 
 that none of it shall come in contact with the pipes. The 
 trench must not be encavated more than one hundred feet in 
 advance of the pipe laying, nor left unfilled more than one hun- 
 dred feet behind it, unless by permission of the engineer in each 
 case. Special provisions must be taken to insure the safety of 
 buildings and property near the excavation. Trenches will be 
 excavated first to within four inches of final grade, the remain- 
 der of the earth being taken out not more than ten feet in ad- 
 vance of the pipe laying by men selected for skill in grading. 
 The grade at the bottom will be obtained by measuring down 
 from cross pieces placed horizontally on top of the grade 
 pegs, which must be placed not more the fifty feet apart, the 
 depth of cutting being marked on the stubs; all intermediate 
 points in the grade will be determined by the use of boning 
 rods. Should the trench be excavated below the grade, it 
 must be filled with sand or dry earth, thoroughly rammed to 
 prevent settling. 
 
 Sec. 686. Whenever practicable lay pipes from the upper 
 end, to the line downwards. In addition to the first inspection, 
 all pipes must be examined before placing in the trench, and 
 carefully watched, so that they will form a true line of sewer; 
 pipes found imperfect must be rejected; although they may 
 have passed a previous inspection. Special care must be taken 
 to lay all pipes to exact grade. In six and seven inch pipes 
 the connection of each two pipes must be made true, and kept
 
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 in place by the adjuster, till the gasket has been pressed in en- 
 tirely around, and the pipes so secured against dropping or 
 other movements, as well as to guard against the intrusion of 
 cement. No joint should be cemented until the gasketing of 
 the next joint in advance has been finished. The cement mor- 
 tar must be so pressed into the joint as to entirely fill it, espec- 
 ial care being taken at the bottom, and filled to a level joint 
 neatly all around. Before each pipe is laid the bottom must be 
 excavated below the depth required to receive the socket, so 
 that the length of the pipe will rest firmly on the graded bot- 
 tom of the trench. After the joint has been made, this exca- 
 vation must be filled with sand, or fine earth to support the 
 mortar firmly in its place. The joint being finished, great care 
 must be taken not to disturb the pipes by stepping on them or 
 throwing earth on them from the banks. Water must not be 
 allowed to accumulate in the trench so as to soften the bottom 
 or injure the joints during construction. The Y branches for 
 house connections must be set as nearly as possible at the joints 
 indicated by the engineer, and their exact position shown by 
 stakes driven by a plumb line on the bank above them; an 
 exact record of their position by measurement shall also be kept 
 and furnished the engineer, and any neglect to comply fully 
 with this condition will forfeit payment for work without giving 
 the contractor any credit for such unrecorded work. The upper 
 end of all pipes, including the Y branches, must be closed with 
 an earthenware cap or disc of sheet iron, and the socket filled 
 with lime mortar; the caps or disc must completely cover the 
 opening in the pipe and must be held in position till the socket 
 is filled. At each one hundred feet in the course of all sewers 
 of a less diameter than twelve inches, a length of pipe must be 
 used having a hand hole covered with an earthen cap. or plate 
 of sheet iron fastened with lime mortar, this being done before 
 the pipe is lowered. Every third one of these is to have its 
 cup filled with a branch the same size as the sewer, and a pipe 
 of the same diameter of the sewer, carried to within two feet 
 of the top of the ground. The exact position of these hand
 
 428 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 holes and stand pipes must be indicated by stakes and recorded, 
 as provided for in house connections. When removing any 
 of these caps for inspection or connections, great care must be 
 taken to prevent the entrance of cement, earth, etc., into the 
 sewer. The exact grade of pipes larger than eight inches will 
 be obtained by the use of a straight edge laid on the inside 
 bottom of the pipes, and running forward to grade pegs, set in 
 bottom of trench. When the bottom of the trench is so soft as 
 to endanger the settling of the pipes they will be supported by 
 saddle piles of inch boards, driven into the ground, using the 
 piles for each 'joint, the same work may facilitate pipe laying, 
 where the ground has become soft by walking on it. When 
 the trench is left for the night the pipes must be closed water 
 tight, and also when the work is stopped for rain storms. Back 
 filling and under draining will be done in the same manner as in 
 large sewers. The requirement of under draining to be de- 
 termined by the engineer, either before contracting or on inspec- 
 tion, and a price per foot will be made tor under draining dis- 
 tinct from other work, such drain till will be of size and laid as 
 the engineer may direct. 
 
 Sec. 687. Public sewers shall be constructed under con- 
 tracts let by the city council, under the provisions and in ac- 
 cordance vj-ith this article, and in sections of such length and 
 size, as may be determined upon from time to time by the 
 council; and the council shall have the right to terminate 
 or suspend any such contract let for the lack of sufificient funds, 
 or for any other good cause. 
 
 Sec. 688. Any one or more private sewers may connect 
 with any public or district sewer at regular inlets only, and un- 
 der the direction of the city engineer, by any licensed plummer 
 who has executed to the city a proper indemnity bond, upon 
 the owner of such private sewer paying into the city treasury 
 the sum of one dollar, and whenever the treasurer's receipt is 
 presented to the city engineer for such payment, it shall be the 
 duty of the city engineer to issue a permit for such connections, 
 which permit shall give the name of the plumber, and place of
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 429 
 
 such connection, and limit the time, not to exceed thirty days, 
 in which said work shall be done. But such connections shall 
 not be deemed private property, but shall always be under the 
 control of the city council. 
 
 Sec. 689. Any person who shall willfully injure or destroy 
 any public, district or private sewer in this city, or any part 
 thereof, or who shall connect with any sewer in violation of 
 any provisions of this article, or who shall in any other manner 
 willfully violate any of the provisions of this article, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed 
 three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 
 430 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DISTRICT SEWERS. 
 
 Section 
 
 690. Construction of, how governed. 
 
 691. Boundaries, dimensions, etc., 
 how fixed. 
 
 692. Plans, specifications, etc., en- 
 gineer to prepare. 
 
 693. Line of, engineer to stake, etc 
 
 694. Trenches, rules concerning. 
 
 695. Contractor, degree of respon- 
 sibility — To repair street, etc. 
 
 696. Water and gas pipes, how pro- 
 tected. 
 
 697. Streets, gutter, etc., not to be 
 obstructed. 
 
 698. Railings, red lights, etc., to be 
 put up. 
 
 699. Trench, opening of in advance. 
 
 700. Water in trench, etc., to be re- 
 moved. 
 
 701 . Depth of trench to be increased, 
 
 when. 
 
 702. Sewers six feet and less diam- 
 eter, construction of. 
 
 703. Man holes, catch basins, flush 
 tanks, construction of. 
 
 704. Bricks and masonry, requisites 
 concerning. 
 
 705. Cement, qualities of, etc. 
 
 706. Mortar, requirements of. 
 
 707. Concrete, specifications of. 
 
 708. Pipes, quality of 
 
 709. Pipes, manner of laying. 
 
 710. Joints, how made, etc. 
 
 Section 
 
 711. Filling, manner of, etc. 
 
 712. Deficiency in filling material, 
 contractor to furnish, etc. 
 
 713. Sewers, depth to be covered — 
 
 "Y" branches, setting of. 
 
 714. Lamp hole, how made. 
 
 715. Sewer, how measured — Engi- 
 
 neer to superintend work and 
 material, reject same, etc, 
 when. 
 
 716. Engineer, power to discharge 
 workmen, reject work, make 
 final decision, etc. 
 
 717. Engineer, may take charge 
 and complete work, when — 
 Costs of, how paid — May make 
 alterations, how. 
 
 718. Contract, not to be sublet only 
 by consent, etc. 
 
 719. Contractor, responsibility of. 
 
 720. Payment, to be in special tax 
 bills. 
 
 721. Maps, plans, profiles, etc., on 
 file with engineer, basis of 
 sewers. 
 
 722. "The engineer" and "as indi- 
 cated," meaning of. 
 
 723. Contracts for, how let, etc. 
 
 724. Special tax bills, apportion- 
 ment, etc., lien on property. 
 
 725. Control of sewer, city to have. 
 
 Sec. 690. The construction of all district sewers within 
 the city shall be controlled and governed by this article, except 
 so far as may hereafter be otherwise specially provided in the 
 ordinances locating and providing for the construction of any 
 such district sewers. 
 
 Sec. 691. The boundaries of all sewer districts and the 
 location of all district sewers shall be fixed from time to time 
 by ordinance, and each ordinance providing for the construction 
 of a district sewer shall specify the size or diameter, and the 
 kind or character of material of the different parts of such dis- 
 trict sewers.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 431 
 
 Sec. 692. The city engineer shall have general charge of 
 the construction of all district sewers, and shall superintend the 
 same. It is hereby made his duty to prepare the necessary 
 and proper plats, plans, profiles and estimates for each district 
 sewer, and to file the same in his ofifice before the passage of 
 the ordinance providing for the construction of such district 
 sewer. 
 
 Sec. 693. All sewers shall be located on the lines shown 
 on the plans of the work, and shall be staked out by the city 
 engineer, and the contraccor shall be required to carefully pre- 
 serve all stakes until permission is given by the city engineer to 
 remove the same. 
 
 Sec. 694. The trenches shall be excavated to the neces- 
 sary depths and widths, and at half the diameter of the pipe 
 from the bottom of the trench shall be one foot wider than the 
 greatest horizontal diameter of the pipe to be laid therein, and 
 under such other regulations as may be deemed necessary by 
 the city engineer. The sides of the trenches shall be supported 
 by suitable sheeting, planking and shoring wherever necessary, 
 and only that left in by order of the engineer and in such man- 
 ner as he may direct, for the protection of pipes, buildings, 
 streets or other structures, will be paid for at the price bid per 
 thousand feet, board measure. 
 
 Sec. 695. The contractor shall construct district sewers as 
 hereinafter provided, and shall be responsible as by law pro- 
 vided, except that he shall be responsible for the very slightest 
 negligence, and he shall be held to the very highest degree of 
 diligence for any damage done to private persons, and such 
 contractor shall be required, without cost to the city, to replace 
 all pavements, crossings or sidewalks, or any other public 
 property that may be displaced or injured, and he shall remove 
 from the street all surplus material, rubbish or other impedi- 
 ment immediately after the completion of the work and shall 
 put the street in as good condition as the same was found 
 to be.
 
 432 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 696. The contractor shall be required to sustain by 
 timbers and sufficient chains, all water or gas pipes, which may 
 be in any way effected by the work, and to do everything nec- 
 essary to protect, support and sustain said water or gas pipes, 
 lamp posts, service pipes, and other fixtures laid along side or 
 across the street. 
 
 Sec. 697. The contractor shall make provisions, as far 
 as possible, for the free passage of vehicles and foot passengers 
 and shall not obstruct unnecessarily the gutters of the street, 
 nor prevent in any manner the flow of water in the same. 
 
 Sec. 698 The contractor shall erect and keep erected a 
 fence or railing around the excavation, if required, or if neces- 
 sary, whether required or not, and shall place sufficient red 
 lights on or near the work and keep them burning from twi- 
 light in the evening until sunrise and shall employ a watchman 
 as an additional security whenever the same may be necessary 
 and required by the engineer, and he shall be held responsible 
 for any damage that any party or the city may sustain in con- 
 sequence of neglecting the necessary precaution in protecting 
 the work, whether required by the engineer to take such pre- 
 caution or not. 
 
 Sec. 699. No more than 500 feet of trench shall be open 
 at any time in advance of the completed portion of the sewer, 
 unless by the written consent of the engineer and for the dis- 
 tance therein specified. 
 
 Sec. 700. The contractor shall pump out or otherwise re- 
 move any water which may be found or shall accumulate in the 
 trenches, and shall perform all other work necessary to keep the 
 excavation clear of water. No work shall be allowed to be laid 
 in water and no water will be allowed for any work unless per- 
 mission is given by the engineer. 
 
 Sec. 701. Whenever, in the judgment of the engineer, 
 the natural bottom is not a suitable one on which to build the 
 sewer, the contractor shall excavate a trench to such increased 
 depth as the engineer shall decide to be necessary and shall 
 bring it up to the required level and form, with such material
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 433 
 
 and in such manner as the engineer shall determine, and if the 
 price for such extra foundation is not in the schedule then the 
 price shall be determined as provided in the specifications. 
 
 Sec. 702. All district sewers of six feet or over, internal 
 diameter, shall be constructed of three rings of brick all laid as 
 stretchers and all sewers less than six feet and over two feet, 
 internal diameter, of two rings of brick all laid as stretchers, and 
 all sewers two feet or less, internal diameter, shall be constructed 
 of hard burned, double strength vitrified tile pipe. 
 
 Sec. 703. All man holes, catch basins and flush tanks 
 shall be made in the manner shown on the plans and carried up 
 to the established grade line of the street or alley, where the 
 same are located. The joints shall be struck and pointed on 
 the inside and the outside plastered with good cement mortar 
 when required. The foundation, when necessary, shall be made 
 of concrete to a depth of not less than twelve inches. At the 
 head of each district sewer and branch thereof, of over i ,000 
 feet in length, when specially provided for in the ordinances 
 hereafter establishing district sewers, there shall be constructed 
 an automatic flush tank of such size and capacity, and provided 
 with such valves, appurtenances and water connections as may 
 be designated by the city engineer. There shall be located on 
 each district sewer, or branch thereof, either a man hole or lamp 
 hole at intervals not to exceed 350 feet, unless otherwise pro- 
 vided in the several ordinances hereafter establishing district 
 sewers. Each man hole, catch basin and flush tank shall be pro- 
 vided with a cast-iron head or cover of such dimensions, size 
 and weight as may be specified by the city engineer. 
 
 Sec. 704. In that part of the sewer designated as di- 
 rected to be a brick sewer or at any place where brick shall be 
 required, all brick must be of the best quality, hard burned and 
 free from marks and cracks and warped surfaces and they must 
 give a clear ringing sound when struck together. The bricks 
 will be culled and selected as they are brought upon the ground, 
 and all bricks of an improper quality and all bats must be im- 
 mediately removed from the same. All brick shall be made
 
 434 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 thoroughly v^-et by dipping immediately before they are laid, 
 and every brick shall be laid in a full joint of mortar in its bed, 
 ends and sides, at one operation and no mortar shall be slushed 
 or grouted in afterwards. 
 
 Sec, 705. The cement used in the work shall be of the 
 best quality of Louisville hydraulic cement and shall be kept 
 under cover and dry until used. Cement shall be fresh ground 
 and shall be tested and accepted by the city engineer before 
 being used in the work. Cement will be required to stand a 
 tensile strength of fifty pounds twenty-four hours after mixing. 
 
 Sec. 706. All mortar shall be made of one part, by 
 measure, of the above described cement and two parts, by 
 measure, of clean, sharp sand. All mortar must be thoroughly 
 mixed dry and wet only as required for immediate use in a 
 proper box made for the purpose and in no case upon the pave- 
 ment or ground. 
 
 Sec. 707. Concrete shall be composed of one part of 
 mortar as heretofore described, and three parts of clean, broken 
 stones, free from dirt or dust, and broken to pass through a 
 bung two inches in diameter, the whole to be thoroughly mixed 
 in a box dry, according to the directions of the engineer, and 
 the water to be added to only ?o much of the material as can be 
 used at once. It shall immediately be laid in layers of not less 
 than three inches in thickness and shall be settled into its place 
 by ramming sufficient to flush the mortar to the surface. When 
 in place all wheeling, working or walking on it must be pre- 
 vented until sufificiently set. 
 
 Sec. 708. Pipes shall be of the best quality of double 
 strength vitrified clay pipe thoroughly burned, true in form and 
 free from warps, ciacks, soft spots or imperfections of any kind, 
 uniform in texture, and shall be well and smoothly salt glazed 
 in the best manner over their inner and outer surface. Pipes 
 when required to be curved, or of any other special form, shall 
 be furnished and laid. 
 
 Sec. 709. Each pipe is to be laid on a firm bed and in 
 perfect conformity with the lines and levels given ; the bottom
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 435 
 
 of the trench under each socket must be excavated; the pipes 
 must be fitted together and matched before being lowered into 
 the trench so as tc secure the truest line possible on the bottom 
 of the inside pipes. 
 
 Sec. 710. When laid in the trench the joints shall be 
 made by fitting it with cement mortar, made as before speci- 
 fied ; the joint shall be made by forming a bed of cement of 
 mortar on the lower half of the socket of the pipe in place, 
 then insert the next joint, forcing the end to a contact and bed- 
 ding down in the mortar in such a manner that there shall be no 
 shoulder or want of uniformity of suiface on the bottom of the 
 interior of the pipe. Then with a trowel apply the mortar to 
 the space on top until it is forced through to the inside; tl.en 
 wipe the joint and keep the pipe clear of all debris and mortar 
 and droppings. 
 
 Sec. 711. The earth filled around and on top of the 
 pipes shall be free from stone or other hard substance of over 
 one inch in diameter, to a depth of one foot above the crown of 
 the sewer and shall be thrown in with a shovel and not dropped 
 from barrels or carts, but no sewer or part thereof shall be cov- 
 ered without orders from the engineer. In refilling, the earth 
 shall be thoroughly rammed with proper tools as the work pro- 
 gresses in horizontal layers not exceeding twelve inches in 
 thickness, or the trench may be packed by flushing according to 
 the direction of the engineer. Special care must be taken in 
 filling around the pipes to keep the earth at the same height on 
 both sides of it, and in no case shall the number of men refilling 
 be more than twice the number of those ramming, when it is 
 not thoroughly flushed with water. The trench must in all 
 cases be filled to the proper grade and due allowance must be 
 made for the settlement of the materials used in refilling. 
 
 Sec. 712. Should there be a deficiency of proper mater- 
 ial for refilling, the contractor shall be required to furnish the 
 same at his own expense, and in all cases the streets and alleys 
 must be filled to the same height as they previously existed, un- 
 less the engineer shall otherwise direct.
 
 436 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 713. All sewers and foundaiions when completed 
 shall be covered with not less than two feet of ear<h at any 
 point. The "Y" branches for house connections must be set 
 as nearly as possible at the point indicated by the engineer and 
 their exact position shown by stakes driven by plumb line on the 
 bank above them. All "Y" branches must have a proper 
 socket on the outer end, and when not immediately used must 
 be closed by an earthenware cap covered over with cement. 
 
 Sec. 714. Lamp-holes shall be made by turning the 
 branch of a "T" upward at the point designated and extending 
 a line of six inch pipe upward to within one foot of the grade of 
 the street. 
 
 Sec. 715. The sewer shall be measured on the center 
 line. The contractor is to furnish all labor, meterial and tools 
 necessary to execute the entire work, and all materials must be 
 of the best of their kind, and the tools such as to do the work 
 in the best possible manner. All materials furnished and work 
 done, shall be inspected and if not in accordance with the speci- 
 fications, will be rejected and shall be immediately removed 
 from the woik. If the contractor neglects or refuses to remove 
 the work or material as above, when ordered, then the engineer 
 shall have the right and authority to stop the whole work at 
 once, and employ men to remove the work or material at the 
 cost and expense of the contractor. The work shall be prose- 
 cuted diligently from day to day at and from as many points, 
 and at such line and in such places as the engineer may deter- 
 mine. The contractor shall furnish necessary facilities, when it 
 is deemed advisable to make an examination of the work 
 already completed ; during the progress and until the accept- 
 ance of the whole work, the sewer, man-holes, etc., are to be 
 kept thoroughly cleaned and before the work will be considered 
 finished, all unused material and rubbish due to the construction 
 of the work must be removed, and curbs, crosswalks, pave- 
 ments, sidewalks and all other public or private property dis- 
 turbed or damaged must be restored to their former condition, 
 and all to the satisfaction of the engineer m charge. During 
 
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 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 437 
 
 freezing weather all work must be suspended, and the work 
 must be suitably covered, to protect and preserve it from all 
 injury from the weather or otherwise, and if the engineer shall 
 so direct, the trenches shall be filled and all superfluous earth 
 removed. 
 
 Sec. 716. Work must be commenced ten days after the 
 contract is awarded, and shall be completed within such time 
 thereafter as shall be fixed by ordinance or contract, or such fur- 
 ther time as the engineer may deem reasonible. The work 
 specified herein shall be executed under the direction and su- 
 pervision of the city engineer of the City of Sedalia, and his 
 measurements and estimates of the several kinds of work per- 
 formed under this contract shall be conclusive, final and binding 
 on the parties thereto, and he shall have the power to reject or 
 condemn all work which, in his opinion, does not fully conform to 
 the spirit of the specif.cations, and said engineershall decide every 
 question which occurs or may arise between the parties thereto, 
 relative to the execution of the work, and his decision shall be 
 binding and final It is provided, however, that the final ac- 
 ceptance of the work, if accepted, shall be by an order of the 
 city council. If any foreman, agent, mechanic or laborer em- 
 ployed by the contractor shall, in the opinion of the engineer, 
 execute his work in a manner not in accordance with the speci- 
 fications, or prove amiss or inadequate to the performance of 
 his duty, or disrespectful or riotous in his conduct, he shall, by 
 the direction of the engineer, be discharged, and no person shall 
 be employed on the work in the capacity of foreman or over- 
 seer who has previously been discharged for neglect or unfaith- 
 fulness, in respect to any work within the knowledge of the con- 
 tractor or engineer. Whenever work is required to be done, 
 which is not contemplated or covered by the prices bid, the en- 
 gineer shall fix such prices as he shall consider just and equita- 
 ble. The parties shall abide by such prices, provided the con- 
 tractor enters upon and commences such work with the full 
 knowledge of the price so fixed by the engineer. In case the 
 contractor refuses to perform such extra work, then the city may
 
 438 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 enter into a contract with any person or persons for its execu- 
 tion the same as if the original contract had never existed ; and 
 if the extra work not provided for in the original contract, be 
 performed by the contractor without protest or notice in writing 
 to the engineer and to the city, before prices shall have been 
 fixed for such work, then the engineer shall estimate the same 
 at such prices ^s he shall deem just and reasonable, and his de- 
 cision shall be final, but nothing shall be deemed extra work 
 that can be measured or estimated or included in the original 
 contract. 
 
 Sec. 717. After the work shall have begun it shall be car- 
 ried on regularly with such a force as to secure its full comple- 
 tion within the time agreed upon, but should the work be de- 
 layed or interrupted by the city, the contractor shall be entitled 
 to an extension of time equal to the time of such delay or inter- 
 ruption, and no charges against the city shall be made by the 
 contractor for hindrance or delay. It is further understood and 
 agreed that on a failure to execute the work or furnish material 
 in accordance with the plans and specifications to the satisfac- 
 tion of the engineer, or to proc ed with sufficient rapidity to se- 
 cure its completion within the time allowed by the contractor, 
 the engineer shall have the right and power to enter upon and 
 take possession of the work and provide material and workmen 
 sufficient to finish said work, after giving three days' notice in 
 writing, and the expense of such work shall be deducted from 
 the contract price, and if the sum to be paid shall exceed the 
 sum due the contractor under his price, then the contractor and 
 his bondsmen shall become liable, and on demand refund to the 
 city any sum by which the expense of so doing the work shall ex- 
 ceed the amount due under the contract. The city engineer 
 shall have the right to make any alterations in the line, grade, 
 plan, form or quantity of the work contemplated, either before 
 or after the commencement of the work. If such alterations di- 
 minish the quantity of work to be done, they shall not consti- 
 tute a claim for damages or for anticipated profits on the work 
 dispensed with. If they increase the amount of work, such in-
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 439 
 
 crease shall be paid for according to the quantity actually done, 
 as heretofore described. 
 
 Sec. 718. The contractor shall not be allowed to sub-let 
 the whole or any part of the work without special permission 
 from the city engineer, and should this provision be violated, 
 the city council may, at their option, end and determine the 
 contract. 
 
 Sec. 719. The contractor shall have charge of and be 
 responsible for the line of the works until their completion and 
 acceptance, and any unfaithful or imperfect work that may be 
 discovered before the final acceptance of the work, shall be cor- 
 rected immediately on requirement of the city engineer, not- 
 withstanding that it may have been overlooked and estimated. 
 The inspection of the work shall not relieve the contractor from 
 any of the obligations to perform the work as herein provided. 
 
 Sec. 720. Any person taking any contract from the city 
 of Sedalia to do work under the provisions of this article, 
 agrees to be paid from the special tax-bill made in accordance 
 with the provisions of the ordinances authorizing such improve- 
 ments and in conformity with the provisions of the statutes 
 made and provided. 
 
 Sec. 721. The city engineer shall prepare general plans 
 and drawings of man-holes, lamp-holes, flush tanks and catch 
 basins and covers thereof, and submit the same to the city 
 council for inspection and approval. Any maps, plans, profiles, 
 drawings, grades and specifications, filed in the office of the 
 city engineer or to be provided for future reference, shall be 
 deemed and considered as the basis of district sewers, provided 
 for by ordinance; and all calculations and contracts for the con- 
 struction of district sewers, established by ordinances, shall be 
 based on said maps, plans, specifications, drawings and grades, 
 unless specially changed thereafter by ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 722. Whenever the words "the engineer'" appear in 
 the specifications and ordinance, they shall be taken to mean 
 the city engineer in all cases, or his authorized assistant or any 
 other person employed by the city council to superintend such
 
 440 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 work, or any subordinate engineer or person put by the city en- 
 gineer in charge of a part of the work or supplies referred to, 
 and in cases of dispute or doubt between the contractor and 
 such subordinates, reference may be made by either party to 
 the city engineer, whose decision shall be final. Whenever the 
 words "as indicated" appear in the specifications and ordinance, 
 they shall be taken to mean in a manner described in the speci- 
 fications as shown on the drawings, which drawings shall be 
 filed in the city engineer's ofifice and are a part thereof, or in 
 accordance with the general tenor, or either or both of them or 
 with proper and reasonable deductions therefrom. 
 
 Sec. 723. All private lands over which a district sewer 
 shall pass shall be condemned for district sewer purposes. The 
 city engineer shall make estimates of costs of district sewers 
 and shall file the same immediately and thereafter the sewer com- 
 mittee shall advertise for bids for the construction of said sewer, 
 and shall report such bids to the city council, and the city 
 council may let to the lowest and best bidder the contract for 
 the construction of such district sewer; Provided, however, that 
 such advertisements or bids shall be printed for ten days in the 
 paper doing the city printing. 
 
 Sec. 724. The cost of district sewers provided for by 
 ordinance, shall be levied and assessed as a special tax 
 against the lots of ground in said sewer district exclusive of im- 
 provements, in proportion to the area of the whole district, ex- 
 clusive of the public highways; as soon as any district sewer 
 shall have been completed, the city engineer, or other ofilicer 
 having charge of the same, shall compute the whole cost 
 thereof, and shall apportion the same against the lots and pieces 
 of ground, exclusive of improvements, in proportion to the area 
 of the whole district, exclusive of the public highways, and 
 such ofificer shall report the same to the council by bill or other- 
 wise, and the council shall thereupon levy and assess as a 
 special tax, by ordinance, against each lot or piece of ground 
 within the district, in the name of the owner thereof, whereup- 
 on the city clerk shall make out a certified tax bill, under the
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 44 I 
 
 seal of the city, of such assessment against each lot or piece of 
 ground within the district, in the name of the owner thereof. 
 Said certified tax bills shall be signed by the mayor and attest- 
 ed and recorded by the city clerk, and shall be delivered to the 
 contractor for the work, who shall receive and receipt for the 
 same, and he shall proceed to collect for the same by ordinary 
 process of law, in the name of the city, to the use of the con- 
 tractor, and in case of absent owners, he may sue by attach- 
 ment 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 eight per cent, 
 per annum, from thirty days after the issue thereof, unless soon- 
 er offered to be paid, and if not paid or offered to be paid 
 within six months after the date of issue, each such certified 
 bill shall bear interest at the rate of fifteen per cent, per annum 
 until paid, and every such certified bill shall, in any action 
 brought to recover the amount thereof, be prima facie evidence 
 of the validity of the charges against the property therein de- 
 scribed, 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 sewers in the same manner as 
 other property owners within the district. 
 
 Sec. 725. All district sewers shall be at all times under 
 the control of the city.
 
 442 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 SEWER CONNECTIONS. 
 
 Section 
 
 726. Pipes, material' of, and man- 
 ner of placing, etc. 
 
 727. Engineer, control of, to grant 
 permits, etc. 
 
 728. Bond, must file before obtain- 
 ing permit. 
 
 Section 
 
 729. Work, not to be covered until 
 inspected. 
 
 730. Violation of article, misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Section 726. All drain and soil pipes through which 
 water and sewerage are carried from any building, shall be of 
 iron when located inside of any building, and of first class vit- 
 rified tile when outside and under ground, and shall be sound, 
 free from holes and other defects, and of uniform thickness and of 
 a size and strength and so constructed and connected at all joints 
 as to be entirely free from any possible leakage of any sewer- 
 age or water. They shall be securely ironed to walls, laid in 
 trenches of uniform grade or suspended to floor timbers by safe, 
 strong and wrought iron hangers. They shall be supplied with 
 a suitable trap outside of the foundations of the buildings, and 
 shall have a proper fall of not less than one fourth of an inch 
 per foot toward sewer or drain ; all changes in direction shall 
 be made with covered pipes, and connections with horizontal 
 pipes shall be made with Y branches. . Each house drain shall 
 be supplied with a fresh air inlet not less than four inches in 
 diameter on the house side of the traps, and extending to the 
 external air. Every sink, basin, bathtub, water closet, privy, 
 slop-hopper, each set of trays, and every fixture having a waste 
 pipe, shall be placed as near the fixture as possible, and each 
 and every trap shall have a special ventilation pipe extending 
 into the soil pipe above the highest point of the fixture, or 
 other approved sanitary trap. The drains from hotels, restau- 
 rants or boarding houses, where cooking for more than thirty 
 people is done, shall be provided with a suitable and approved 
 grease trap.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 443 
 
 Sec. 727. The city engineer shall have a supervisory 
 control over all connections made with any of the sewers of the 
 city, and over all questions directly concerning sanitary sewer- 
 age as regards all questions of drainage, and his decision as to 
 the sufificiency of work done and material used, as regards the 
 manner and completeness of the work and quality of the ma- 
 terial, shall be final. No person shall make any connection 
 with any of the city sewers without having first filed with the 
 city engineer a written application for a permit, in which he or 
 they shall state from what lot of ground or building, describing 
 the lot of ground on which the building is situated, and for 
 what purpose he desires such connection, and the kind of ma- 
 terial and appliances he desires to use, and if they conforn> ti.i 
 the ordinances the engineer shall issue a permit. All connec- 
 tions which have heretofore been made with any of the public 
 or district sewers and are in a condition to endanger the health 
 of persons or the sanitary condition of the city, are hereby con- 
 demned, and shall be when connected, done according to the 
 provisions and conditions of this article. 
 
 Sec. 728. Every person desiring to make any sewer con- 
 nection with any of the public or district sewers, shall at the 
 time of making his application for a permit, file with the 
 city clerk his bond, with one or more solvent securities, in the 
 sum of fifty dollars, the conditions of which shall be that he 
 will do all work, and provide the material and appliances re- 
 quired by this article, for the purpose of making such connec- 
 tion, and that he will do, or have said work done in a manner 
 satisfactory to the city engineer, and that he or they will cause 
 all excavations to be properly refilled and replaced in as good 
 condition as before such excavations were made, as near as 
 maybe; Provided, that any regularly licensed plumber who 
 has given bond shall not be required to give additional bond. 
 
 Sec. 729. Pipes and other fixtures shall not be con- 
 cealed from view until after the work shall have been examined 
 by the city engineer, and he shall be notified by the person do- 
 ing the work when it is suf=ficiently advanced for inspection, and
 
 444 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 if deemed desirable the person doing the work shall prepare 
 said work for test, either by water or air pressure. 
 
 Sec. 730. Any person who shall violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one, 
 nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 32. 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 Section 
 
 731. Purchase of, etc., must be by 
 order. 
 
 732. Order, granted only on requi- 
 sition. 
 
 Section 
 733 Order book, requisitions, clerk 
 to preserve. 
 
 Section 731. No person, whether an officer of the city 
 or an employe thereof, shall contract for any services, or pur- 
 chase any article whatever, for the use of the city, and bind the 
 city for the payment of the same, unless such officer or em- 
 ploye, before contracting for such services or purchasing such 
 articles, shall first have obtained an order therefor, signed by 
 the city clerk. 
 
 Sec. 732. The city clerk shall grant such order only 
 upon the presentation to him of a written requisition, specifying 
 the services or articles needed, signed by a majority of the com- 
 mittee of the city council having charge of the particular de- 
 partment of the city government for which such services or articles 
 are required, or signed by any officer who may be authorized, 
 by the laws of the city, to contract for necessary services or 
 articles. 
 
 Sec. 733. The city clerk shall provide and keep a book 
 of blank orders, with stubs attached, which he shall regularly 
 number and fill up in accordance with the above requirements, 
 and keep at all times in his ofifice, subject to inspection; and the 
 clerk shall file and preserve all requisitions from any committee, 
 and number the same to correspond with the orders furnished.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 445 
 
 CHAPTER 33. 
 
 SHADE TREES. 
 
 Skction 734. — Planting, trimming, manner of— To injure or destroy misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 Section 734. Shade trees may be planted along the 
 sidewalks in the streets of the city. Said trees shall be planted 
 at least six feet and not more than nine feet from the building 
 line of the lots, except on Broadway, the trees may be planted 
 in two rows, nine and twenty-eight feet respectively from the 
 building line, and shall be planted as near as practicable in a 
 straight line along the street. And all shade trees shall be 
 trimmed and kept trimmed so that the branches shall be cut 
 away at least twelve feet from the street and sidewalk, and no 
 branches shall be permitted to extend into the street more than 
 nine feet unless such branches shall be over thirty-five feet in 
 height or above the ground so as not to obstruct the street 
 lights at night. And it shall be the duty or all persons owning 
 such trees to see that these regulations are observed The city, 
 nevertheless, reserves the right to remove any such trees if 
 deemed necessary by the city council. And the foregoing 
 regulations shall apply to all trees now standing in the streets 
 or that may be hereafter planted. And no person shall will- 
 fully injure, or destroy any shade tree not his own, and that 
 shall have been planted and kept as above provided and any 
 person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a inisdemeanor and fined not less than one nor 
 more than one hundred dollars.
 
 446 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 CHAPTER 34. 
 
 TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECTRIC POLES AND WIRES. 
 
 Section 
 
 735. Manner of setting, subject to 
 this chapter. 
 
 736. Alleys, to be placed in, when 
 — Manner of. 
 
 737. Poles, requisites for — Heigth 
 of wire — Manner of setting. 
 
 738. Company to furnish plan of 
 route — Commissioner to su- 
 perintend, what work. 
 
 Section 
 
 739. Poles and wires, location and 
 heigth may be changed by 
 council, how. 
 
 740. Company, to make deposit for 
 repairs, etc., failure to, misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 741. Regulations, council to make, 
 what — Stobs and posts con- 
 demned, removal of, costs. 
 
 Section 735. Hereafter any telegraph, telephone, elec- 
 tric railway and electric light and power companies duly incor- 
 porated according to law, doing business or desiring to do busi- 
 ness in the city of Sedalia, is hereby authorized to set its poles, 
 pins, abutments, wires and other fixtures along and across any 
 of the public roads, streets and alleys, of the city subject to the 
 regulations hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. TZ^. Whenever in the judgment of the city council 
 the use of any alley for such purpose is practicable, the poles of 
 such companies shall be placed upon and along said alley in- 
 stead of upon and along the streets next adjoining and parallel 
 thereto. Where the poles are set in an alley they shall be 
 located as near the side lines of the alley as practicable and in 
 such manner as to not mcommode the public, or the adjoining 
 proprietors or residents. 
 
 Sec. 737. The poles used as herein provided shall be of 
 sound timber, not less than five inches in diameter at the upper 
 end, straight, shapely and uniform in size, neatly planed or 
 shaved and thoroughly painted with two coats of lead and oil 
 paint of such colors as may be directed by the committee on
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 4.47 
 
 Streets and alleys ; no wires on any such poles shall be run at a 
 height less than thirty feet above the grade of the street, ex- 
 cept trolly and feed wires for electric railways. Whenever the 
 poles are erected on a street, they shall be placed in 'all cases 
 when practicable, on the outer edge of the sidewalks just inside 
 the curbstone, and on the dividing line dividing the lots one 
 from the other, and in no case to be so placed as to obstruct 
 the drainage of the streets or interfere with or damage in any 
 way the curbstone, trees or other public or private property on 
 the line of the street or alley whe.e such poles shall be erected. 
 
 Sec. 738. Before any telegraph, telephone, electric light 
 or electric railway company shall erect any poles upon an>' 
 street or alley, they shall submit for approval to the city coun- 
 cil, the route of their proposed line or lines, stating the name 
 of the street or streets to be occupied, or if an alley the num- 
 ber of the block, and as far as practicable, the location of each 
 pole. All work of excavating, refilling and restoring the pave- 
 ment shall be done under the supervision and direction of the 
 street commissioner and to his entire satisfaction, and in all 
 cases the pavement shall be restored as speedily as possible and 
 to the same condition it was before. 
 
 Sec. 739. The right is hereby reserved to the cit}' coun- 
 cil at any time to direct any alteration in the location of said 
 poles, and also in the height at which the wires shall run; but 
 before any such alteration is made, at least five days notice in 
 writing shall be given to the president or local ofificer in charge 
 of the company affairs, of the proposed alteration; and reason- 
 able opportunity shall be afforded the representatives of such 
 company or any citizen interested to be heard therein. But 
 when any such alteration shall be ordered by the council such 
 company shall within five days thereafter commence such altera- 
 tions and complete the same as soon as practicable thereafter, 
 and upon failure to do so, it shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor and punished by a fine of not less than one dollar nor 
 more than one hundred dollars.
 
 448 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 740. Every telegraph, telephone, electric light and 
 electric railway company doing business in the city, shall keep 
 on deposit with the treasurer the sum of fifty dollars, subject to 
 the order of the street commissioner, to be used by him in restormg 
 any sidewalk, gutter, street or alley pavement displaced or injured 
 in the erection, alteration or removal of any pole of such com- 
 pany, when said company refuses or fails to make such restora- 
 tion to the satisfaction of such commissioner. Any company 
 failing to make and deposit within five days after commencing 
 business, or which shall fail to make good the amount when any 
 portion of it has been expended as herein provided, within five 
 days notice so to do, has been sent by the street commissioner, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as here- 
 after provided. 
 
 Sec. 741. The city council is hereby empowered to make 
 such regulations of the poles and wires of any such company 
 already erected on any of the streets or alleys of the city, and 
 to condemn any poles, wires and other appliances of any such 
 company which are found upon the streets, alleys and other 
 highways of the city and of such size, height or shape and 
 so located-as to constitute an obstruction to any sidewalk, gut- 
 ter, drain, street or alley, or so as to necessarily obstruct the 
 view from any window or door of any building, or be of such 
 shape or so located with reference to any residence or other 
 property as to make the surroundings unsightly to the occu- 
 pants or to the public. The location of short stobs or posts 
 in a public street for the purpose of fastening cables and wires 
 for the purpose of staying or bracing poles is expressly pro- 
 hibited, and all of such stobs or short posts as are now in any 
 of the public streets of the city are hereby condemned, and as 
 soon as practicable after reasonable notice so to do, all such 
 as are required by the committee on streets and alleys shall be 
 removed, and such means adopted by all such companies as 
 may be necessary to maintain their poles without the use there- 
 of, except where permitted by said committee. Should any 
 such company refuse or neglect to remove such stobs or posts
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 449 
 
 from the streets after being notified by the committee on streets 
 and alleys, of such as are required to be removed, it shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be 
 fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lars for the first offense, and not less than fifty dollars nor more 
 than one hundred dollars for the second offense, and each day 
 shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. And the street 
 commissioner shall then give a reasonable notice to any such 
 company that, at a time named in such notice, he will proceed 
 to remove such stobs and posts of any such company as have 
 been found necessary to be removed by the committee on streets 
 and alleys, and he shall proceed at such time to remove the 
 same, exercising care not to cause unnecessary inconvenience or 
 injury to the wires and poles of such company. And all ex- 
 pense incurred thereby shall be paid by the company necessi- 
 tating such work, by their failure to comply with the require- 
 ments of this chapter; and, on their failure to pay the same, the 
 mayor shall order suit to be instituted therefor, by the cit}' at- 
 torney. 
 
 CHAPTER 35. 
 
 VEHICLES. 
 
 Section. 
 
 742. Licensed vehicles, to have 
 cei-taiii stands when not en- 
 gaged. 
 
 743. Stands, marshal to designate, 
 etc. 
 
 744. Record of, marshal to keep. 
 
 745. Wagon with hay, coal or wood 
 
 Section. 
 
 for sale, to stand on market 
 place. 
 
 746. Team, etc., not to be fed on 
 street, «tc. 
 
 747. Misdemeanor to violate this 
 chapter, punishment. 
 
 Section 742. All licensed drays, wagons, carts and other 
 vehicles shall have certain and designated stands on or adjoining 
 the market place, or such other place as may from time to time 
 be provided, and when not actually engaged in service shall oc- 
 cupy said stands and nc other.
 
 450 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sec. 743. The city marshal shall designate the stand to 
 be occupied by each vehicle, which shall contain the name of 
 the owner, the name of the driver, and the number of the ve- 
 hicle and shall designate the stand to be occupied, and no one 
 vehicle shall occupy more than one stand. 
 
 Sec. 744. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to keep 
 a complete and accurate record of all permits so issued, and he 
 shall require each driver to occupy his proper stand. 
 
 Sec. 745. No wagon loaded with hay, wood or coal shall 
 stand, for the. purposes of selling such hay, wood or coal, else- 
 where than upon the market place. 
 
 Sec. 746. No person shall feed any team or beast upon 
 any public street or alley of the city. 
 
 Sec. 747. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of 
 a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than one 
 not more than twenty-five dollars. 
 
 CHAPTER 36, 
 
 WARDS. 
 
 Section. 
 
 748. Number of. 
 
 749. First ward, location of. 
 
 750. Second ward, where. 
 
 Section. 
 
 751. Third ward, where. 
 
 752. Fourth ward, where. 
 
 Section 748. The city of Sedalia shall be, and the same 
 is hereby, divided into four wards. 
 
 Sec. 749. The first ward shall consist of all that part of 
 the city north of Fourth street and the extension thereof west to 
 the city limits, and west of Lamine street and the extension 
 thereof north to the city limits. 
 
 Sec. 750. The second ward shall consist of all that part 
 of the city north of Fourth street and the extension thereof east 
 to the city limits, and east of Lamine street and the extension 
 thereof north to the city limits.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 45 I 
 
 Sec. 751. The third ward shall consist of all that part of 
 the city south of forrth street and the extension thereof east to 
 the city limits, and east of Lamine street and the extension 
 thereof south to the city limits. 
 
 Sec. 752. The fourth ward shall cnnsist of all that part 
 of the city south of Fourth street and the extension thereof 
 west to the city limits, and west of Lamine street and the ex- 
 tension thereof south to the city limits. 
 
 CHAPTER 37. 
 
 WARRANTS FOR MONEY. 
 
 Section. | Section. 
 
 753. Clerk to draw, on order from | settlement, warrants and cou- 
 
 council. 
 
 754. Party indebted to city, clerk 
 not to issue warrant, etc. 
 
 755. Treasurer to make monthly 
 
 pons to be checked. 
 
 756. Claim, etc,, time of filing, etc. 
 
 757. Committee to examine and ap- 
 prove, before warrants issued. 
 
 Section 753. Warrants on the city treasurer, shall be 
 drawn by the city clerk, pursuant to an order from the city 
 council, and not otherwise. 
 
 Sec. 754. No city warrant, for payment of money from 
 the city treasury, shall be issued or delivered by the city clerk 
 to any one who is indebted to the city for taxes, license, or up- 
 on any account whatever, until such license, tax or claim shall be 
 paid or discharged. And the city clerk is hereby authorized to 
 call upon the city collector for all information necessary to 
 carry this chapter into effect ; and the books of the city collec- 
 tor shall be open at all times to the inspection of the city clerk, 
 for the purpose aforesaid. The city clerk shall be, and is here- 
 by, made liable upon his ofificial bond for the amount of any 
 warrants issued or delivered to any person in violation of the 
 provisions of this chapter. 
 
 Sec. 755. The city treasurer shall make monthly settle- 
 ments on the first Monday of each month with the city clerk, so
 
 452 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 that paid warrants and coupons can be checked off, and the 
 actual cash balance remaining in his hands be reported to the 
 city council. 
 
 Sec. 756. No claim, account or demand against the city 
 shall be allowed, or a warrant ordered for the same, unless 
 said claim, account or demand shall have been presented to the 
 city clerk at least one day before the regular semi-monthly 
 meetings of the city council at which it is presented ; and the 
 city clerk is hereby required to endorse in writing, on each 
 claim, demand or account, the date of filing the same. 
 
 Sec. 757. No claim, demand or account shall be allow- 
 ed, or a warrant ordered for the same, until the said claim, de- 
 mand or account has been examined by the proper committee, 
 and endorsed on the back by the chairman of said committee 
 that the said account, claim or demand is correct and justly 
 due. 
 
 CHAPTER 38. 
 
 W.\TER AND WATER SUPPLIES. 
 
 A.RTICLE I.— Contracts for Water. 
 ARTICLE XL— Water Works, Regulation of. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 contracts for WATER. 
 
 Section 758. — Council may make, how — term of etc. 
 
 Section 758. The council shall have power to make 
 contracts with any person, association or corporation for furnish- 
 ing the city with water, and for supplying fire hydrants and pub- 
 lic fountains; Provided, that no such contract shall be made for 
 a longer time than twenty years ; and Provided, that no such 
 contracts shall have any legal force until the same shall have
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 453 
 
 been ratified by a vote of two-thirds majority of the qualified 
 voters voting at an election held for that purpose. The council 
 shall have the right, also, to erect maintain and operate water- 
 works for the city, and to regulate the same, to prescribe and 
 regulate the rates to charge to private consumers of water fur- 
 nished from such water-works, and to acquire by purchase, do- 
 nation or condemnation, suitable grounds within or without the 
 city upon which to erect said works, and the right of way to 
 and from said works, and also the right or way for laying water- 
 pipes and posts and telephone, telegraph and electric wires and 
 poles, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the ef- 
 ficient operation of said works ; all of which shall be done in 
 such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance ; Provided, that 
 the council may, in its discretion, grant the right to any per- 
 son, persons or corporation to erect, maintain and operate 
 water-works, and lay pipes, erect poles, and telegraph, tele- 
 phone and other wires under or above ground, as may be neces- 
 sary for the efficient operation of said works, upon such terms 
 as the council may, by ordinance, prescribe; Provided, further, 
 that in no case shall such right extend for a longer period than 
 twenty years, and shall not be granted nor renewed unless by 
 the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the city vot- 
 ing at an election held for that purpose; Provided, that nothing 
 in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the city coun- 
 cil from contracting with any person, associations or corpora- 
 tions for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, and to 
 furnish the city with gas or electric lights where franchises have 
 already been granted, and where water- works and electric plants 
 already exist, without a vote of the people.
 
 454 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 ARTICLE II, 
 
 WATER WORKS, REGULATION OF. 
 
 Section. 
 
 759. Use of water, other than men- 
 tioned in license or permit, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 760. License or permit, use of water 
 without, misdemeanor. 
 
 761. Watering fountains, to carry 
 water away from or waste, 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 762. Hydrants, etc, to open, etc., 
 without authority, to deface or 
 injure, misdemeanc r. 
 
 763. F'ire alarm, hydrants, to be 
 
 Section. 
 
 closed, failure to, misde- 
 meanor. 
 
 764. Reservoirs, to bathe in, befoul, 
 etc., misdemeanor. 
 
 765. Meters, accuracy of, how de- 
 termined. 
 
 766. Bond, given to company by 
 consumer, to cut off water 
 supply misdemeanor. 
 
 767. Officer to direct or order sup- 
 ply cut off, after bond given, 
 misdemeanor. 
 
 Section 759. Any person having a license or permit 
 from the City of Sedalia Water Works Company for the with- 
 drawal and use of water from any of its hydrants, mains or pipes 
 within the jurisdiction of the city of Sedalia, who shall with- 
 draw or use any water therefrom for any purpose other than 
 the purpose or purposes mentioned in such license or permit, 
 or who shall knowingly permit any other person to do so, or 
 who shall suffer or permit any waste water from such hydrants, 
 mains or pipes, within the jurisdiction of said city, shall be 
 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
 shall, for each and every offense be fined in any sum not less 
 than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 760. Any person not having a license or permit, 
 from the Sedalia Water Works Compay, for the withdrawal and 
 use of water from its hydrants, mains or pipes within the cor- 
 porate jurisdiction of the city of Sedalia, who shall knowingly 
 withdraw or cause to be withdrawn, any water from such hy- 
 drants, mains or pipes within said city, except from public 
 watering and drinking fountains, shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall for each and 
 every offense, be fined in any sum not less than one nor more 
 than one hundred dollars.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 455 
 
 Sec. 75i. Any person who shall withdraw and carry 
 away any water from any of the public watering or drinking 
 fountains erected, supplied and maintained by the Sedalia 
 Water Works Company within the jurisdiction of the city of 
 Sedalia, or who shall commit or cause to be committed any 
 waste of water at or from such fountains, shall be deemed guilty 
 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall for each 
 and every offense be fined in any sum not less than one nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 762. Any person who shall without lawful authority, 
 from either the city of Sedalia or the Sedalia Water Works Com- 
 pany, open any hydrant, service pipe, stop-cock, or valve belong- 
 ing to or connected with the system of waterworks of the Sedalia 
 Water Works Company within the city of Sedalia, or who shall 
 injure or deface, obstruct or impair said system of water works, 
 or any part thereof, at and within said city, in any manner, or 
 by any means whatever, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and upon conviction thereof, for each and every offense, 
 shall be fined in any sum of not less than one nor more than 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 763. When an alarm of fire is or shall be sounded 
 in the city of Sedalia, all hydrants or service pipes, or service 
 plates, then open or in use for the watering of lawns, shall be 
 immediately closed, and remain closed until such alarm is 
 wholly subsided, and any person violating the provisions of this 
 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, upon convic- 
 tion thereof, shall be, for each and every offense, fined in any 
 sum of not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 Provided, that all complaints for the violation of the provisions 
 of this article must be made to the city attorney by some officer 
 or agent of the Sedalia Water Works Company, or marshal or 
 policeman of the city of Sedalia. 
 
 Sec. 764. Any person who shall commit any nuisance 
 by bathing or throwing filth, trash or other material in any res- 
 ervoir or other source of supply of water used by the Sedalia 
 Water Works Company in supplying the city of Sedalia with
 
 456 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 water, or who shall permit any dead animals to lie in said water 
 supply, or shall permit any lactory^ or other means, which shall 
 in any way befoul the said water source, within the jurisdiction 
 of the city of Sedalia, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five nor 
 more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 765. If any person shall have upon or about his or 
 their premises any water meter for the purpose of measuring 
 water furnished to such person by any water company by means 
 of pipes or other ways, and there shall be any dispute between 
 such person and any such water company, as to the accuracy or 
 inaccuracy of such meter, it shall be competent for the purpose 
 of settling such question, for such person to have such meter 
 tested by any regularly licensed and competent plumber, or any 
 expert in the business of water meters, and any certificate of 
 such plumber or expert shall be prima facie evidence of the ac- 
 curacy or inaccuracy of such meter; and no water company 
 shall condemn the use of any meter which is so certified to as 
 being in a condition to accurately measure water run through 
 the same until it can satisfactorily prove by a test made of such 
 meter, in the presence of the party having rnade the certificate, 
 and the consumer, that any such meter is inaccurate. 
 
 Sec. 766. In the event of a dispute of any kind between 
 a consumer and any water company, with reference to the meas- 
 uring of water by meters, or as to the quantity used by any 
 consumer, or as to the condition of any water meter then in use, 
 or the amount of any claim for water used, or any other matter 
 directly concerning the use of water, if the consumer will exe- 
 cute and deliver to the water compahy a good and sufficient 
 bond, with one or more solvent securities, for an amount to fully 
 protect such water compa4iy against any loss whatever on ac- 
 count of such water company continuing to furnish water after 
 such dis^pute shall arise, and to pay all reasonable costs to which 
 said water cOmpaay m-ay be pQt^ should said water compaay be 
 found to be in the right, it shall be unlawful for any such com- 
 pany, to whom such bond is so delivered, to shut off the s«p,ply
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 45; 
 
 of water of any such consumer until all such disputes are full)- 
 adjusted, and any officer, agent, servant or other employe of 
 any such water company, who shall turn off the water from any 
 consumer who has a disagreement or dispute with such water 
 company, after such consumer shall have executed and delivered 
 such bond to such water company, shall be deemed guilt)' of a 
 misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, before the police 
 judge of the city of Sedalia, Missouri, shall be punished by a 
 fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than one hunered 
 dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed three 
 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 
 Sec. 767. Any officer of any such water company, hav- 
 ing authority to do so, who shall direct or order the water 
 turned off from the premises of any consumer having a disagree- 
 ment or dispute with such water company about any of the mat- 
 ters set forth in the preceding section, after such consumer shall 
 have made and delivered the bond in the preceding section pro- 
 vided for, before such dispute or disagreement is fully settled, 
 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction 
 thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred 
 dollars, or three months in the city jail, or by both such fine 
 and imprisonment. 
 
 CHAPTER 39. 
 
 WITNESSES. 
 
 Section 768.— Fees for attending police court, who entitled to, policemen 
 when. 
 
 Section 76«. Every person attending as witnesses in the 
 proceedings before the police judge for violations of the city 
 ordinances, shall be entitled to fifty cents for each day of actual 
 and necessary attendance as such. Each witness shall be ex- 
 amined under oath by the police judge, as to the number of 
 days of his actual necessary attendance under subpoena or
 
 458 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 recogizance, and the number of miles necessarily traveled; and 
 in every case where a witness shall not as such have actually 
 and necessarily attended such court, and withdrawn himself 
 from his business during the full time for which pay is claimed, 
 he shall not be allowed for more than one days attendance ; 
 Provided, that no police officer or other officers of the city who 
 are regularly employed by the city at a salary of not less than 
 fifty dollars per month, shall be entitled to any fees as such 
 witnesses for which the city shall become liable ; and provided 
 further, that no such officers, as have been above mentioned, 
 shall be entitled to fees as witnesses where the defendant in any 
 case shall become liable for the same, until all fines and costs 
 due the city shall be first collected and it shall not be compul- 
 sory for any such city officer to be in attendance in such court 
 as a witness except when subpoenaed or recognized as other 
 witnesses.
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 459 
 
 CHAPTER 40. 
 
 FINAL PROVISIONS EFFECTING LAWS, ORDINANCES, ETC. 
 
 Section 
 
 769. Ordinances, style of, how 
 passed. 
 
 770. Mayor's veto, power to make — 
 Council may pass bill over — 
 Bill to be returned to council, 
 when. 
 
 771. Rights, etc., this ordinance not 
 to impair. 
 
 772. Fines, forfeitures, etc., repeal 
 of ordinance not to affect. 
 
 773. Suits, etc., pending, not to be 
 affected bj- repeal of ordi- 
 nance. 
 
 774. "Heretofore" and "hereafter," 
 meaning of 
 
 775. Words importing plural num- 
 ber, scope of 
 
 776. Words importing singular num- 
 
 ber, masculine gender, etc., 
 scope of. 
 
 777. When two preceding sections 
 not to apply. 
 
 778. Ordinance repealing ordi- 
 
 Section 
 
 nance, when repealed not to 
 revive original. 
 
 779. Clerk, to file, number and pre- 
 serve — Conflicting ordinances, 
 last invalid till former re- 
 pealed. 
 
 780. Same provisions in this and 
 former ordinances, construed 
 as continuation of former one. 
 
 781. Book, this ordinance to be pub- 
 lished as, to be known and 
 cited, how. 
 
 782. Rules for government of coun- 
 cil. 
 
 783. City attorney, to superintend 
 publication of the revised or- 
 dinances. 
 
 784. What to be printed, style of, 
 binding, etc., of revised ordi- 
 nances. 
 
 785. Contract for publication of. 
 council to make, etc. 
 
 786. Time of going into effect. 
 
 Section 769. The style of the ordinances of the city 
 shall be: "Be it ordained by the council of the city of Seda- 
 lia as follows." No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, 
 and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage 
 a majority of the members elected to the council shall vote 
 therefor, and the yeas and nays shall be entered on the journal; 
 and all bills shall be read three times before their passage. No 
 ordinance shall be re-enacted by mere reference to the title 
 thereof, but the same shall be set forth at length, as if it were 
 an original ordinance. No bill shall become an ordinance until 
 it shall have been signed by the ofificer presiding at the meeting
 
 46o REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 of the council at which it shall have been passed. When so 
 .signed, it shall be delivered to the mayor for his approval and 
 signature, or veto. 
 
 Sec. 770. Every bill duly passed by the council and pre- 
 sented to the mayor, and by him approved, shall become an 
 ordinance; and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned 
 with his objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The 
 council shall cause the objections of the mayor to be entered at 
 large upon the journal, and proceed at its convenience to con- 
 sider the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall 
 the bill pass, the objections of the mayor thereto notwithstand- 
 ing?" The vote on this question shall be taken by yeas and 
 nays, and the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds 
 of the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the president 
 shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall 
 be deposited with the proper officer, and shall become an or- 
 dinance in the same manner and with like effect as if it had 
 received the approval of the mayor. The mayor shall have 
 power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the city council : 
 Provided, that should he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance 
 and return the same with his objections, in writing, at the next 
 regular meeting of the council, the same shall become a law 
 without his signature. 
 
 Sec. 771. The repeal of any ordinance, or part of ordi- 
 nance, or resolution, by this ordinance, by implication or ex- 
 press terms, shall not a^^ect any act done or right accrued or es- 
 tablished in any proceeding, action, suit, or prosecution, or 
 other thing, had or commenced previous to the passage of this 
 ordinance, or the taking effect thereof; but every such act, 
 right or proceeding shall remain and continue as valid and effec- 
 tual as if the provisions of such ordinance or resolution had re- 
 mained in force. 
 
 Sec. 772. No offense committed, and no fine, forfeiture, 
 or penalty incurred, previous to the time when the provision of 
 any ordinance, parts of an ordinance, or resolution, shall be 
 repealed, shall be effected, released, or in any way discharged
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 46 1 
 
 by such repeal ; but the trial, conviction and punishment of such 
 offense, and the recovery of such fines, forfeitures and penalties 
 shall be had in all respects as if such provisions had remained 
 in force. 
 
 Sec. 773. No action, prosecution, suit or proceedings, 
 pending at the time any ordinance or part of an ordinance shall 
 be repealed, shall be affected in any way by such repeal; but 
 any such action, prosecution, suit or proceeding shall proceed, 
 in all respects, as if such ordinance, or part of ordinance, had 
 not been repealed; except that any such action, prosecution, 
 suit or proceeding, had or begun after this ordinance goes into 
 effect, shall be conducted in conformity with the provisions of 
 the revised ordinances, and shall be, in all respects, subject to 
 the provisions thereof, so far as they are applicable. 
 
 Sec. 774. Whenever the term " heretofore " occurs in 
 any ordinance, it shall be construed to mean any time previous 
 to the day when such ordinance shall take effect; and whenever 
 the term " hereafter " occurs, it shall be construed to mean any 
 time after such ordinance shall take effect. 
 
 Sec. 775. Whenever, in any ordinance or resolution 
 words importing the plural number are used in describing or re- 
 ferring to any object, matter, parties, or persons, any single ob- 
 ject, matter, party, or person, shall be deemed to be included, 
 although distributive words to that effect may be used. 
 
 Sec. 776. When any subject, matter, party, or person is 
 described or referred to in any ordinance, by words importing 
 the singular number, or masculine gender, several matters and 
 persons, and females, as well as males, and bodies corporate, as 
 well as individuals, shall be deemed to be included. 
 
 Sec. T]"] . The rules prescribed in the last two sections 
 shall apply in all cases, unless it shall be otherwise expressly 
 provided in any ordinance, or unless there be something in the 
 subject or context repugnant to such construction. 
 
 Sec. 778. When any ordinance repealing a former ordi- 
 nance, clause or provision, shall itself be repealed., such repeal
 
 462 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 shall not be construed to revive such former ordinance, clause or 
 provision, unless it be expressly so provided. 
 
 Sec. 779. Every ordinance, when passed, and approved 
 by the mayor, or when it shall become a law, shall be sent to 
 the city clerk, and by him numbered, filed and preserved in his 
 office, and no special or general ordinances which are in conflict 
 or inconsistent with general ordinances of prior dates shall be 
 valid or effectual until such prior ordinance, or the conflicting 
 parts thereof, are repealed by express terms. 
 
 Sec. 786. It is expressly provided and ordained that the 
 provisions of this ordinance, which are in revision of the general 
 ordinances of the city of Sedalia, Missouri, so far as they are 
 the same as those of existing ordinances, shall be construed as a 
 continuation of such ordinances, and not as new enactments. 
 
 Sec. 781. Immediately upon the passage and approval 
 of this ordinance, or when it shall become a law, the same shall 
 be published in one volume, and shall be designated and known 
 as the "Revised Ordinances of the city of Sedalia of 1894," 
 and they may be cited as the "Revised Ordinances," adding 
 the number of the section, and when necessary, the number of 
 the chapter or article or both. 
 
 Sec. 782. The rules now in force and which are printed 
 in the revised ordinances of 1881 as heretofore amended, are 
 hereby adopted for the government of the council and other 
 officers of the city so far as they may be found to be consistant 
 with the present charter and ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sec. 783. The city attorney is hereby directed to super- 
 intend the publication of this, the revised ordinances of the city, 
 in book form. 
 
 Sec. 784. The city attorney shall cause to be printed and 
 incorporated in the volume containing the revised ordinances, a 
 table of contents, all of the constitution of the State of Missouri 
 or so much thereof as he shall deem proper or may omit it en- 
 tirely, a list of the officers of the city from 1864 to the present 
 time; rules for the government of the council and officers, as 
 adopted by this ordinance, the charter of the city if he shall
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 463 
 
 deem it proper, and such other laws of the State of Missouri of 
 a general nature, as he shall deem proper to incorporate therein, 
 and such ordinances of the city, of a private nature as he shall 
 deem necessary and proper, such as franchises, adoption of third 
 class charter, extending of city limits, etc , etc. He shall also 
 prepare and arrange a suitable index. It shall be the duty of 
 the city attorney, and he is hereby authorized to adopt such 
 plan of arrangement, head notes, and if in his opinion it is best 
 to use catch-words to indicate briefly the subject matter 01 the 
 several acts or sections. The sections shall be numbered con- 
 secutively, beginning with the first section and ending with the 
 last section. He shall omit the enacting clause of the several 
 acts, as also the title of any ordinance, if he deem it proper. 
 There shall be printed such number of the revised ordinances as 
 shall be necessary to supply each of the ofificers of the city with 
 a copy of those bound in law leather binding, and fifty copies 
 in same binding for sale, and there shall be fifty copies printed 
 and bound in pamphlet or paper cover form, these shall be for 
 exchange with other cities of Missouri who shall present this 
 city with a copy of their published ordinances. The number 
 of copies of either kind may be increased or diminished at any 
 time before the contract is let, by a resolution of the council to 
 that effect. The price at which either style of such published 
 ordinance shall be sold shall be fixed by the council, and any 
 officers of the city who shall give away any of the books with- 
 out authority of the council shall have the same deducted from 
 the amount of his next month's salary, and it is hereby made 
 the duty of the city clerk to receive all of the volumes of the 
 published ordinances, and dispose of the same as he shall be 
 directed by the council, by order of record. The expense of the 
 revision of the city ordinances as provided in and by this 
 ordinance, as well as the cost of the publication thereof in book 
 form shall be paid by the city. 
 
 Sec. 785. The committee on supplies are hereby author- 
 ized to procure bids for the publication thereof, and to report 
 such bids to the council, and the council are hereby authorized
 
 464 REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 to let the contract for said work to the lowest and best bidder. 
 The council shall have the right to reject any and all bids. 
 
 Sec. 786. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage and approval by the mayor. 
 
 Passed by the city council of the city of Sedalia, Missouri, 
 the 14th day of March, 1894. 
 
 E. W. Stevens, 
 President of the Council. 
 Approved this 17th day of March, 1894. 
 
 E. W. Stevens, 
 Mayor of Sedalia, Missouri. 
 Attest: Edward Hough, 
 
 City Clerk. 
 
 STATE OF MISSOURI, \ 
 
 County of Pettis, \ss. 
 City of Sedalia. j 
 
 I, Edward Hough, City Clerk of the city of Sedalia, Mis- 
 souri, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, entitled, 
 " An ordinance in revision of the ordinances of the city of Se- 
 dalia, Missouri, and to ordain and establish new and amended 
 ordinance provisions for the government of said city," from 
 Chapter i to Chapter 40, both inclusive, and from Section i to 
 Section 786, both inclusive, was duly passed by the Council of 
 said city, on the date indicated by the attestation of the President 
 of the Council, to-wit : March 14th, 1894, and was duly ap- 
 proved by the Mayor ot said city on the 17th day of March, 
 1894. 
 
 I further certify that I have read and compared the fore- 
 going printed ordinance provisions, prefix, and other matter, as 
 contained in this volume; and that said printed volume contains 
 all of the provisions of said ordinance as passed by the Council, 
 and approved by the Mayor, as aforesaid, and contains such
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES. 465 
 
 Other matter as was authorized by said ordinance to be printed 
 and published therein; and that said volume, as printed, is in 
 every way in full compliance with the ordinance provisions au- 
 thorizing its publication. 
 
 In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and 
 /^:=^=^ affixed the seal of said city, this 25th day of April, 
 
 y^:7-^f^ 1894. 
 
 Edward Hough, 
 
 City Clerk.
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITYOFSEDALIA,MISSOURI 
 
 FROM 1864 TO 1895. 
 
 1864. 
 
 f Geo. R. Smith. 
 Mayor |j3g Q xesch. 
 
 Aldermen, F. L. Parker, 
 
 Wm. Beck, 
 
 Ira C. Pierce, 
 
 R. Waltenspiel, 
 
 R. Hulland, 
 
 E. Laupheimer, 
 
 Frank McCabe. 
 
 Marshal Jas. G. Tesch. 
 
 Assessor Chan. P. Townsley. 
 
 1865. 
 
 ( E. W. Washburn (resiened) 
 M^y^^F. L.Parker.* 
 Aldermen, J. L. Vickers, 
 
 Jno. Harding, 
 
 Louis Kumm, 
 
 Jno. \V. Houx, 
 
 B. H. Ingram, 
 
 Abram Mever, 
 
 Jas. G. Tesch. 
 Marshal and f \V. P. Jackson 
 
 Collector \jas. M. Mills* 
 
 1866. 
 
 Mayor Jno. F. Philips 
 
 Aldermen, Henry Suess, 
 
 Wm. Beck, 
 
 T. W. Moses, 
 
 Rod Gallie, 
 
 Jno. L. Hall, 
 
 P. G. Stafford, 
 
 Tlios. J. Montgomery. 
 
 Attorney L. L. Bridges 
 
 „ . ^ 1 Wm. Wallace, (resigned) 
 Register \ ^ j Sampson.* 
 
 1867. 
 
 Mayor Henry Suess 
 
 Aldermen, J. J. Weiler, (resigned.) 
 
 Jas. G. Tesch, 
 
 Jas. Jamison, 
 
 R. Hulland, 
 
 W. F. Boyer, 
 
 S. S. Vinton, 
 
 R. Gallie, 
 
 A. C. Marvin,* 
 
 E. R. vStevens.* 
 
 NOTE. -The first Mayor, Geo. R. Smith, was appointed by the origi- 
 nal charter, approved February 15th, 1864, and served until the following 
 month of April, when an election was held, resulting in the election of James 
 G. Tesch, who served for the regular term of 1864. Officers indicated by an 
 asterisk (*) were elected to fill vacancies.
 
 468 
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Marshal and \ g ^^^^-^ 
 
 Collector j -' 
 
 ) A. T- Sampson, (removed) 
 Attorney ■ ^ \^ Bridges.* 
 
 Register A. H. Thompson 
 
 Assessor Jno. Walde 
 
 Treasurer Wm. E. Bard 
 
 1868. 
 
 Mayor Bacon Montgomery 
 
 Aldermen, W. C. Weiler, 
 F. Krieckhaus, 
 C. C. Goodman, 
 
 F. Crandall, (resigned.) 
 Wm.' Bloess, 
 
 R. H. Moses, 
 
 J. D. McGrath, (died.) 
 
 W. F. Boyer,* 
 
 G. A. Sturges. 
 Mar.shal and 1 .,, „ t^^i.c^.^ 
 
 Collector / ^^ P- J^^^^^"- 
 
 Attorney W. W. S. Snoddy 
 
 Register A. H. Thompson 
 
 Assessor Ira C. Pierce 
 
 Treasurer Chan. P. Townsley 
 
 1869. 
 
 Mayor Albert Parker 
 
 Aldermen, Thos. J. Montgomery, 
 
 Henry Armbrecht, 
 
 Peter Latsch, 
 
 G. A. Sturges, 
 
 Abram Meyer, 
 
 R. H. Moses, 
 
 Wm. Beck. 
 
 n/r u 1 t W. P. Jackson, (resigned) 
 Marshal J.p g^.jlj^^^^4^ 
 
 Attorney B. G. Wilkerson 
 
 Register Geo. W. Cummings 
 
 Assessor H. N. Knapp 
 
 Collector E. P. Kent 
 
 Treasurer Jno. W. Siebe 
 
 1870. 
 
 Mayor W. P. Jackson 
 
 Aldermen, C. C. Goodman, (res'g.) 
 
 F. Krieckhaus, 
 
 Theo. Hoberecht, 
 
 B. F. Dean, 
 
 Wesley Kipp, 
 
 V. Homburg, 
 
 Jno. Beckley, 
 
 Henry Boyer, 
 
 Jno. D. Brown.* 
 
 Marshal W. C. Weiler 
 
 Attorney Jas. S. Botsford 
 
 Register J. F. Tobias 
 
 Assessor H. N. Knapp 
 
 Collector E. P. Kent 
 
 Treasurer Jno. W. Siebe 
 
 1871. 
 
 Mayor Thos. J. Montgomery 
 
 Aldermen, B. H. Ingram, 
 
 Jno. L. Hall, 
 
 Ellias Bixby, 
 
 Chas. G. Taylor, 
 
 H. Boyer, 
 
 Wesley Kipp, 
 
 F. Frieckhaus, 
 
 Theo. Hoberecht. 
 
 Attorney W. H. H. Hill 
 
 Marshal J. H. Ge.st 
 
 Register A. H. Thompson 
 
 Treasurer E. Lamy 
 
 Collector I. D. Goodson 
 
 .-^ssesor M. M. Lampton 
 
 1872. 
 
 Mayor Geo. W. Cummings 
 
 Aldermen, Henrj- Vitt, 
 
 Joseph Tice, 
 
 Jno. W. Siebe, 
 
 Wesley Kipp, 
 
 B. H. Ingram, 
 John L. Hall, 
 Elias Bixby, 
 
 C. G. Taylor. 
 
 Attorney W. H. H. Hill 
 
 Marshal Wm. Inch 
 
 Register Thomas Monroe 
 
 Collector I. D. Goodson 
 
 Assessor T. N. Rogers 
 
 1873. 
 
 Mayor R. T. Miller 
 
 Aldermen, John F. Antes, 
 
 M. M. Prichard, 
 
 J. W. Mills, 
 
 E. W. Bixby, 
 
 Henry Vitt, 
 
 Joseph Tice, 
 
 John W. Siebe, 
 
 Wesley Kipp. 
 
 Attorney W. L. Felix 
 
 Marshal John B. Gallic
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 469 
 
 Register 
 Treasurer 
 Collector 
 Assessor 
 
 Mayor 
 Aldermen, 
 
 J. H. Gest 
 
 M. Henoch 
 
 John S. Lingle 
 
 John B. Gallie 
 
 Attorney 
 
 Marshal. 
 
 Register 
 
 Collector 
 
 Treasurer 
 
 Assessor 
 
 1874. 
 
 W. H. H. Hill 
 George R. Smith, 
 Theo. Hoberecht, 
 Peter Latsch, 
 A. P. Morey, 
 John F. Antes, 
 M. M. Pritchard, 
 J. W. Mills, 
 E. W. Bixby. 
 j W. L. Felix, (removed.) 
 1 B. G. Wilkerson,* 
 
 John B. Gallie 
 J. H. Gest 
 
 W. J. Manker 
 G. Vogler 
 
 John B. Gallie 
 
 1875. 
 
 Mayor Norman Maltby 
 
 Aldermen, George R. Smith, 
 
 Theo. Hoberecht, 
 
 Peter Latsch, 
 
 A. P. Morey, 
 
 G. B. Simmonds, 
 
 Henry Suess, 
 
 P. McEnroe, 
 
 John Newton, 
 
 Attorney P. H. Sangree 
 
 Marshal D. T. Hartshorn 
 
 Register George W. Cummings 
 
 Treasurer G. Vogler 
 
 Collector VV. J. Manker 
 
 Assessor H. N. Knapp 
 
 1876. 
 
 Mayor David Blocher 
 
 Aldermen, G. B. Simmonds, 
 
 Henry Suess, 
 
 P. McEnroe, 
 
 John Newton, 
 
 W. F. Ilgenfritz, 
 
 E. T. Brown, 
 
 T. T. Major, 
 
 Wm. Hill. 
 
 Attorney P. H. Sangree 
 
 Marshal John Shanafelt 
 
 Register 
 Treasurer 
 Collector.. 
 Assessor 
 
 Mayor 
 Aldermen, 
 
 G. W. Cummings 
 
 G. Vogler 
 
 W. J. Manker 
 
 H. N. Knapp 
 
 Attorney 
 
 Marshal 
 
 Register 
 
 Treasurer 
 
 Collector 
 
 Assessor 
 
 1877. 
 
 Logan Clark 
 W. F. Ilgenfritz, 
 E. T. Brown, 
 T. T. Major, 
 Wm. Hill, 
 P. McF^nroe, 
 W. R. Thomas, 
 L. B Rhodes, 
 E. Lamy, 
 M. O'Reilly,* 
 J. F. Antes,* 
 M. C. White.* 
 
 G. C. Heard 
 
 Phillip Kelley 
 
 G. W. Cummings 
 
 John W. Burress 
 
 W. J. Manker 
 . . E. H. James 
 
 1878 
 
 Mayor G. L. I'aulhaljer 
 
 Aldermen, E. Lamy 
 
 M. O'Reilly 
 
 J. F. Antes 
 
 E. T. Brown 
 
 M. C. White 
 
 A. Holland 
 
 J. Kolbohn 
 
 William Latour 
 
 M. Harter* 
 
 Attorney P. H. Sangree 
 
 Marshal A. Smith 
 
 Register Julius Conrath 
 
 Treasurer John W. Burress 
 
 ^ ,, ( W. J. Manker (removed) 
 
 Collector | j_ p, j^ooney (appoint'.]) 
 
 ( Wm. Weiler, (resigned) 
 Assessor. . •, g ^ James (appointed) 
 
 1879 
 
 Mayor G. L. Faulhabcr 
 
 Aldermen, A. Holland 
 
 J. Kolbohn 
 
 M. Harter 
 
 J. F. Antes
 
 470 
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 E. T. Brown 
 
 William Hill 
 
 J. B. Rickman* 
 
 B. D. Dean 
 
 Frank Newton* 
 
 Rod GalHe 
 
 Louis Kutnm* 
 
 Attorney W. L. Felix 
 
 Marshal A. Smith 
 
 Register Julius Conrath 
 
 Treasurer John W. Burress 
 
 Collector Ed. Hurley 
 
 Assessor E. H. James 
 
 Mayor 
 Aldermen, 
 
 Attorney . 
 
 Marshal 
 
 Register . 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Collector 
 
 Assessor 
 
 1880 
 
 E. C. Evans 
 
 William Hill 
 B. D. Dean 
 Rod Cxallie 
 J. B. Rickman 
 L. Kumm 
 Frank Newton 
 P. H. Mead 
 A. S. Fernald 
 
 W. L. Felix 
 
 A. Smith 
 R. M. Fraker 
 
 John W. Burress 
 
 Frank Landmann 
 
 E. H. James 
 
 i; 
 
 I 
 
 Mayor Frank Craycroft 
 
 Aldermen, J. B. Rickman 
 
 L. Kumm 
 
 F^rank Newton 
 
 P. H. Mead 
 
 A. S. Fernald 
 
 Owen Harrison 
 
 D. I. Holcomb 
 
 E. W. Sinclair 
 Attorney L. L. Bridges 
 
 Marshal Robert J. Shy 
 
 Register R M. Fraker 
 
 Treasurer W. W. Herold 
 
 Collector F'rank Landmann 
 
 Assessor S. W. Maddux 
 
 Mayor C. E. Messerly 
 
 Aldermen, D. I. Holcomb 
 
 Owen Harrison 
 
 J. B. Rickman 
 
 E. W. Sinclair 
 
 W. D. Ilgenfritz 
 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 
 W. R, Thomas 
 
 John S. Landes 
 
 Attorney P. H. Sangree 
 
 Marshal Robert J. Shy 
 
 Register R. M. Fraker 
 
 Treasurer C. W. Brown 
 
 Collector Frank Landmann 
 
 Assessor E. P. Crain 
 
 1883 
 
 Mayor C. E. Messerly 
 
 Aldermen, W. D. Ilgenfritz 
 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 
 W. R. Thomas 
 
 John S. Landes 
 
 Samuel Stahl 
 
 William Hill 
 
 J. B Rickman 
 
 E. W. Sinclair 
 
 Attorney V. E. Shaw 
 
 Marshal Robert J. Shy 
 
 Register B. Rauck 
 
 Treasurer C. W. Brown 
 
 Collector Frank Landmann 
 
 Assessor Daniel David 
 
 1884 
 
 Mayor John B. Rickman 
 
 Aldermen, Samuel Stahl 
 
 William Hill 
 
 E. W. Sinclair 
 
 W. D. Ilgenfritz 
 
 Peter Jefferson 
 
 John D. Russell 
 
 A. F'arnham 
 
 Dan Grow 
 
 ifHenry Lamm 
 tC. E. Yeater 
 tV. E. Shaw 
 
 fMr. Lamm was elected at regular election, resigned to accept the office 
 of County Attorney. Mr. Yeater was appointed by the Mayor and Council, 
 and held until special election, at which Mr. Shaw was elected, and served 
 to the end of the term.
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 47 • 
 
 Marshal R. W. Barnett 
 
 Register B. Rauck 
 
 Treasurer J. H. Vitt 
 
 Collector Frank Landmann 
 
 Assessor M. M. Lampton 
 
 1885 
 
 Mayor J. B. Rickman 
 
 Aldermen, Peter Jefferson 
 
 John D. Russell 
 
 A. Farnhani 
 
 Geo. Ferrell 
 
 T. M. Robb 
 
 L. C. Smith 
 
 T. J. Mason 
 
 W. D. Ilgenfritz 
 
 Attorney V. E. Shaw 
 
 Marshal R. W. Barnett 
 
 Register J. W. Snyder 
 
 Treasurer J. H.'Vitt 
 
 Collector J. H. Pilkington 
 
 Assessor J. M. Logan 
 
 1886I 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen — 
 
 Long term, Rod Gallie 
 Short term, Peter Latch 
 Long term, Charles Carroll 
 Short term, John Cashman 
 Short term, Charles Newell 
 Long term, R. M. Olmstead 
 Long term, John B. Gallie 
 Short term, S. P. Johns 
 
 Attorney Louis Hoffman 
 
 Marshal Walter S. Jackson 
 
 Recorder H. C. Levens 
 
 Treasurer J. H. Vitt 
 
 Collector J. H. Pilkington 
 
 Assessor George W. Burr 
 
 Clerk A. H. Thompson 
 
 City Engineer J. C.Johnson 
 
 Street Commissioner ...Wm. Jackson 
 
 1887 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen, Rod Gallie 
 
 Charles Carroll 
 R. M. Olmstead 
 S. P. Johns 
 W. I). Ilgenfritz 
 John Cast) man 
 W. P. Cousley 
 John B. Gallie. 
 
 Attorney Louis Hoffman 
 
 Marshal Walter S. Jackson 
 
 Recorder H. C. Levens 
 
 Treasurer j. H. Vitt 
 
 Collector J. H. Pilkington 
 
 Assessor George W. Burr 
 
 Clerk •[ ^" ^" Thompson 
 
 I ^Janies Cousley 
 
 Street Commissioner J. W. Tripp 
 
 City Engineer J. C. Johnson 
 
 Mayor John D. Crawford 
 
 Councilmen, W. D. Ilgenfritz 
 John Cashman 
 W. P. Cousley 
 S. P.Johns 
 F. W. Shultz 
 Charles Carroll 
 Moses Avery 
 J. C. McLaughlin 
 
 Attorney Louis Hoffman 
 
 Marshal Thomas Prentice 
 
 Recorder M. \V. Brady 
 
 Treasurer George L. Faulhaber 
 
 Collector J. H. Pilkington 
 
 Assessor 
 
 Clerk James Cousley 
 
 Citj' Engineer Merritt Yeater 
 
 Street Commissioner J. W. Tripp 
 
 JThis was the first election held after the adoption of the third-class 
 Charter, and, following its requirements, all elective officers, including 
 eight Councilmen were elected, two from each of the four wards. The 
 Councilman in each ward receiving the highest number of votes, to hold 
 for two years, and the one receiving the next highest, for one year, making 
 a long and short term Councilman from each ward. 
 
 ^Elected July 16, 1887, to fill vacancy caused by death of Cai)tain A. H. 
 Thompson.
 
 472 
 
 LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 1889 
 
 Maj'or John D. Crawford 
 
 Councilnien, F. W. Shultz 
 
 Charles Carroll 
 Moses Avery 
 J. C. McLaughlin 
 W. D. Ilgen fritz 
 John Cashmau 
 R. M. Olmstead 
 W. L. Porter 
 
 Attorney Louis Hoffman 
 
 Marshal" Thomas Prentice 
 
 Recorder M. W. Brady 
 
 Treasurer George L. Faulhaber 
 
 Collector . J. H. Pilkington 
 
 Assessor 
 
 Clerk A. R. Easton 
 
 City Engineer Merritt Yeater 
 
 Street Commissioner Left vacant 
 
 I 890 II 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen, J. O. Edwards 
 Charles Carroll 
 R. M. Olmstead 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 W. L. Porter 
 Clemens Honkomp 
 H. B. Weiman 
 T. B. Young 
 
 Attorney John Cashman 
 
 Marshal Thomas Prentice 
 
 Recorder J. A. Halstead 
 
 Treasurer C. S. Dexter 
 
 Collector V. P. Hart 
 
 Assessor Fred Wetteroth 
 
 Clerk A. R. Easton 
 
 City Engineer Merritt Yeater 
 
 Street Commissioner John Hyatt 
 
 1891 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen, Clemens Honkomp 
 Charles Carroll 
 
 H. B. Wieman 
 J. O. Edwards 
 Bell Hutchinson 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 John L. Wigton 
 George E. Uugan 
 
 Attorney John Cashman 
 
 Marshal Thomas Prentice 
 
 Recorder J. A. Halstead 
 
 Treasurer C. S. Dexter 
 
 Collector V. P. Hart 
 
 Assessor Fred Wetteroth 
 
 Clerk B. Rauck 
 
 City Engineer Merritt Yeater 
 
 Street Commissioner John Hyatt 
 
 1892 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen, Bell Hutchinson 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 John L. Wigton 
 George E. Dugan, 
 Clemens Honkomp 
 R. F. Dean 
 Daniel McKenzie 
 George B. Deckman 
 
 Attorney John Cashman 
 
 Marshal John DeLong 
 
 Recorder B. Rauck 
 
 Treasurer John M. Glenn 
 
 Collector V. P. Hart 
 
 Assessor Charles Wentzelman 
 
 Clerk Fred Putcher 
 
 City Engineer Merritt Yeater 
 
 Street Commissioner John Hyatt 
 
 1893 
 
 Mayor E. W. Stevens 
 
 Councilmen, Clemens Honkomp 
 R. F. Dean 
 George B. Deckman 
 Daniel McKenzie 
 Lee Looney 
 M. R. Anderson 
 R. M. Olmstead 
 W. F. Hansberger 
 
 iJThe resignation of W. D. Ilgenfritz in the First ward, and John 
 Cashman in the Second ward, necessitated the election of two Council- 
 men from each of these wards, one for a long term and one for a short term. 
 Mr. Honkomp was elected for the long term and Mr. Young for the 
 short term in the First Ward, and Mr. Carroll for the long term and Mr. 
 Bosserman for the short term in the Second ward.
 
 LIST OF OFFICKKS. 
 
 473 
 
 Attorney John Cashman 
 
 Marshal John Del.ong 
 
 Recorder B. Ranok 
 
 Treasurer John M. Glenn 
 
 Collector V. P. Hart 
 
 Assessor Charles Wentzelman 
 
 Clerk Edward Hough 
 
 City Engineer Charles Zoll 
 
 Street Commissioner John Hyatt 
 
 1894 
 
 Mayor P. D. Hastain 
 
 Councilmen, Lee Loonev 
 
 Frank R. Hulland 
 
 Attorney...,. 
 Marshal 
 Police Judge- 
 Treasurer 
 Collector 
 
 M. R. Anderson 
 George H. Decknian 
 R. M. Olnistead 
 T. P. Kerry 
 W. V. Hansberger 
 George E. Dugan 
 
 E.J. Smith 
 
 L. H. Kahrs 
 
 J. S. Bosserman 
 
 John M. ("Tlenn 
 
 W. U. Wilev 
 
 Assessor Charles Wentzelman 
 
 <^jerl- Edward Hough 
 
 City Ivngineer 
 Street Commissioner
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Provision of Constitution i 
 
 Charter 16 
 
 Ordinance Adopting Third-class Charter.. 77 
 
 Ordinance Extending City Limits 7.S 
 
 Ordinance Selling Water-works, Granting Franchises, etc. 80 
 
 Ordinance Granting Electric Light and Railway Franchise 87 
 
 Acceptance of Same 94 
 
 Rules of City Council. 95 
 
 Revised Ordinances. 107 
 And thereunder — 
 
 Accounts. 107 
 
 Additions 109 
 
 Animals -Running at Large ' ' ' 
 
 Animals — Dead — Removal of, etc '13 
 
 Assessor and Assessment of Property ' ' ^ 
 
 Cemetery '28 
 
 Charity '3' 
 
 Condemnation Proceedings K^~ 
 
 Dogs '42 
 
 Dramshops ''5 
 
 Engineering Department '17 
 
 F'ire Limits and Fire Companies '-19 
 
 Fires — Protection Against. ^^^ 
 
 Grades of Streets '^^ 
 
 Board of Health ^^^ 
 
 And thereunder — 
 
 Nuisances 
 
 Prevention of Spread of Contagious Diseases. 
 
 Vital Statistics ^''^ 
 
 Quarantine Regulations. ' 
 
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 272
 
 4/6 TABLE Oh" CONTENTS. 
 
 PAr.E 
 
 I/icenses 280 
 
 A nd thereunder — 
 
 Sundry Licenses. 280 
 
 Merchants' Licenses . 293 
 
 Insurance Licenses . 295 
 
 Railroad Ticket Brokers' l^icenses 297 
 
 Lij^hts. 298 
 
 Market House and Market Regulations 300 
 
 Misdemeanors. 314 
 
 And thereundt^r — 
 
 Offenses Against Official Authority . 314 
 
 Offenses Against Public Morals .. . 315 
 
 Offenses Against I'uljlic Safet}' 3'^ 
 
 Offenses Against Public Order. 323 
 
 Miscellaneous Offenses. 326 
 
 Numbering of Llouses 335 
 
 Officers. 337 
 
 And thereunder — 
 
 Election of, how held. 337 
 
 Mayor 343 
 
 City Clerk, Collector, Treasurer 345 
 
 City Attorney 348 
 
 Street Commissioner 349 
 
 Marshal and Police 35o 
 
 Police Regulations 355 
 
 Suspensions and Removals of 356 
 
 Salaries and Compensation of 358 
 
 Permits 361 
 
 Police Court . 366 
 
 Pistol Galleries. 375 
 
 Plumbers 377 
 
 Privies and Water Closets 379 
 
 Prisoners. 382 
 
 Public Improvements 384 
 
 And thereunder 
 
 Streets, etc... 3*^4 
 
 Sidewalks, etc. 395 
 
 Railroads 407
 
 TABLE OK CONIENTS. 
 
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 I'Ar.K 
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 Revenue 
 
 And thereunder — 
 
 Taxation and Taxable Property. ,f,X 
 
 Board of Equalization ^,, 
 
 Collection of Revenue 
 
 Seal 
 
 Sewers 
 
 And thereunder 
 
 Piil)lic Sewers . 
 
 District Sewers 
 
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 Connections with — how made, etc 4^2 
 
 Supplies 444 
 
 Shade Trees * 441^ 
 
 Telej^raph, Telephone and Other Poles. 446 
 
 Vehicles 44^ 
 
 Wards 450 
 
 Warrants for Money. 451 
 
 Water and Water Supplies 452 
 And thereunder — 
 
 Contracts— how made, etc. 452 
 
 Regulation Concerning.. 454 
 
 Witne.sses 457 
 
 final Provisions of Revision, etc 459 
 
 Authentication of. 464 
 
 List of Officers. 467 
 
 Index 479
 
 INDEX.
 
 INDEX TO CHARTER. 
 
 Title of act 
 
 Index to act 
 
 Enacting clause 
 
 Cities of third class — incorporation of 
 
 Jurisdiction not affected 
 
 Election of officers, when held, etc.. 
 
 Refusal to qualify, etc.; Justice of Peace to order election 
 
 Pvlective officers — terms of office 
 
 Qualifications of Mayor 
 
 Mayor to be President of Council 
 
 Shall sign commissions, drafts, etc 
 Shall communicate to council, what 
 May require officers to exhibit accounts 
 May remove officers with consent of Council 
 Shall enforce ordinances 
 
 May remit fines, etc 
 
 Shall make written report to Council 
 May appoint what officers 
 
 Vacancy in office of Mayor, how filled — President />r6> teiii.. du- 
 ties of 
 
 Division of city into wards — of Councilmen 
 
 Councilmen, qualifications of. 
 
 President /ro tempore 
 
 Council shall publish semi-annual statement 
 
 Powers of Council — witnesses, papers 
 
 Proceedings of Council, how kept 
 
 Clerk, temporary, appointment of 
 
 Clerk, duties of 
 
 Officers to be residents of city— effect of arrearage in taxes 
 
 Officers to take oath, and give bond— effect of failure to 
 
 
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 " Officer," term construed 26 27 
 
 Delinquent officer, how dealt with 26 28 
 
 Compensation of officers — not to be changed during term 26 29 
 
 Vacancies, how filled 26 30 
 
 Corrupt allowance of claims, how punished 27 31 
 
 Officer not to be interested in contracts, etc.; how punished 27 32 
 
 Duties of officers to be regulated by ordinance. 27 33 
 
 Marshal shall be Chief of Police — duties 27 34 
 
 Assistant Marshal, duties 28 35 
 
 Policemen, term of office, special police, etc.. 28 36 
 
 Manner of appointing and duties of police to be prescribed by 
 
 ordinance 28 37 
 
 Powers of Assistant Marshal and police 28 38 
 
 Marshal subject to Mayor, etc 28 39 
 
 Marshal, etc., how removed 29 40 
 
 Police Judge, duties — vacancy, how filled 29 41 
 
 Court room to be provided city 29 42 
 
 Violations of ordinances, how prosecuted, etc 29 43 
 
 Warrants, how issued and executed 30 44 
 
 Police Judge to hear complaints, etc . 30 45 
 
 Recognizances forfeited, how enforced 30 46 
 
 Any number of persons may be charged in one complaint 30 47 
 
 Police Judge, jurisdiction, etc 31 48 
 
 Proceedings in indictable cases 31 49 
 
 Continuances, how effected 31 50 
 
 Witness fees, duty of Police Judge 31 51 
 
 Police Judge to assess punishments 32 52 
 
 Prisoners may be compelled to work, etc 32 53 
 
 Defendant, to be discharged, when. 32 54 
 
 Appeals, how taken 32 55 
 
 Prosecutor to pay costs, when 33 56 
 
 Police Judge may punish for contempt 33 57 
 
 Police Judge to file statement with Clerk of cases tried, when... 33 58 
 
 City Attorney, duties of 34 59 
 
 City may provide for counselor or additional attorneys 34 60 
 
 Assessor, Board of Equalization, etc., duties of 34 6r 
 
 Taxes, delinquent, etc., lien of 35 62 
 
 Delinquent taxes, duty of collector as to return of list 35 63
 
 INDEX TO CHARTER. 483 
 
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 Collector to report taxes collected etc 36 64 
 
 Council to levy taxes, when 16 gc 
 
 Tax-book to be made by clerk 36 66 
 
 Collector to turn over taxes and other moneys collected, when 37 67 
 
 Power of council to levy taxes, and fix penaltv etc 37 68 
 
 Poll-tax .- 37 69 
 
 Bonded debt, funding debts, tax for, etc 37 70 
 
 Void levy of tax may be corrected, how, when 38 71 
 
 Merchants tax 38 72 
 
 Licenses, how issued, to be signed by Clerk 38 73 
 
 No exemption from taxation 38 74 
 
 Depository, how selected, when 38 75 
 
 Depository, bond of, etc 39 76 
 
 Treasurer to deposit in — failure, penalty 40 77 
 
 Treasurer to pay on warrants, how 40 78 
 
 F'ailure to select depository, may re-adverlise, may require new 
 
 bond of depository, etc 41 79 
 
 Treasurer not to issue check, except on warrant, warrant tiot 
 to be drawn, nor ordinance appropriating money, when, 
 
 Treasurer to report when 
 
 Sinking fund, how invested — security 
 
 Style of ordinances, how enacted 
 
 Mayor to approve ordinance — May veto, proceedings when 
 
 vetoed 
 
 General powers of the Mayor and Council 
 Council shall enact what ordinances 
 May pass ordinances regulating fire limits, and location of cer- 
 tain kinds of business, and restraining stock from running 
 
 at large — pounds etc 45 ^(> 
 
 Council protect streets, sidewalks and public places from en- 
 croachments, etc 
 
 May provide for sani'.ary and quarantine regulations 
 
 May change water course, how— may provide City hall, market 
 
 house, etc 
 
 May regulate, walks, levees, railroad street crossings and speed 
 
 of trains, etc 
 
 May provide for inspection of weights and measures, and the 
 weighing or measuring of articles, and for the inspection 
 of steam boilers, etc 
 
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 May abate nuisances, and prevent and control spread of contag- 
 ious diseases, etc 48 92 
 
 Prevent carrying, concealed dangerous weapons, etc 49 93 
 
 May provide for sprinkling and cleaning streets 50 94 
 
 May provide for lighting streets, etc 50 95 
 
 May provide for water supply, etc 51 96 
 
 May establish and construct general sewer system 52 97 
 
 District sewers may be built, how 53 98 
 
 Private sewers, control over, etc 54 99 
 
 May purchase real estate, for what purposes .... 54 100 
 
 Cemetery lots, how conveyed 55 loi 
 
 Opening county roads adjacent to city 55 102 
 
 Census may be taken, to be bases of taxation 56 103 
 
 Claims, how presented and allowed 56 104 
 
 Railroads, and street railroads, powers of council as to 57 105 
 
 May issue bonds for purchase of real estate, how 57 106 
 
 May levy license and regulate, what 58 107 
 
 Special powers as to public improvements 59 108 
 
 May include grading in street improvements 62 109 
 
 Paving, etc., how proceeded with, sidewalks, etc 62 no 
 
 May open and improve streets, rights of way, etc 64 rii 
 
 May condemn sidewalks, etc 64 112 
 
 Maj' construct sidewalks, when 64 113 
 
 Council shall make just compensation for private property 
 
 taken for public use, powers of mayor, etc 65 114 
 
 Notice, etc., how given, jury to be appointed, how 66 115 
 
 Damages and benefits to be assessed by jur)'. how 67 116 
 
 Compromise may be made, how 68 117 
 
 Finding of jury, mayor to report to council, tax bills issued 
 
 how, where filed, etc 69 118 
 
 Either party may appeal, how, appeals how tried 71 119 
 
 Clerk record proceedings, etc 74 120 
 
 Change of name of street, how made 74 121 
 
 Council, powers of in certain matters, limit of punishment 75 122 
 
 Punishment for violation of charter, etc 75 123 
 
 Change not to effect rights of city, etc i 76 124 
 
 Emergencj' clause 76 125
 
 INDEX TO CHARTP:R. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS INDEX. 
 
 Ordinance adopting third-class charter . 
 
 Ordinance extending city limits 
 
 Ordinance selling water works, etc 
 
 Granting privilege to Quigley & Co 
 
 Right to excavate in streets, etc 
 
 Fire hydrants, kind of mains, etc.; machinery, stand- 
 towers, capacity, etc 
 
 Rent of fire hydrants, number, rate, etc 
 
 Extensions of mains to be ordered by council, number 
 of hydrants thereon, when no hydrants 83 
 
 Provisions governing supply of water to private consum- 
 ers, city buildings to have water free 
 
 City may purchase water works, when, how 
 
 City to pass ordinances condemning right of way for 
 water company 
 
 Work of improvement to begin when 
 
 Payment for works, when to be made, etc 
 
 Franchise may be forfeited, city's rights 
 
 Quigley & Company to take possession when 
 
 Conflicting ordinances repealed 86 
 
 Ordinance granting Electric Railway franchise, etc 
 
 General grant, to obtain consent for right of way 87 
 
 Cars to be propelled by electric power only 
 
 Route and location of tracks 
 
 Depots, stations, switches, etc., location of 
 
 Lighting privileges granted 
 
 Term of franchise 
 
 Tracks to be laid, how 
 
 Engineer to give grade 
 
 Company to keep street along tracks in repair 
 
 Shall relay pavements, etc 
 
 Shall keep tracks in repair, time cars shall run, rate of 
 fare. 
 
 To indemnify city against loss, etc 
 
 Rights of cars on streets, etc 
 
 Rights reserved to city, etc 
 
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 486 
 
 INDEX TO CHARTER. 
 
 Assent in writing for right of way to be obtained 92 
 
 Company to file acceptance, when 92 
 
 Tracks, poles, etc., how to be set 93 
 
 Company to pave, how, when 93 
 
 Franchise may be forfeited 93 
 
 Acceptance of terms 94 
 
 INDEX TO THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 Members shall attend meetings unless sick, or leave be granted. 95 
 
 Quorum, what is 95 
 
 Names to be called alphabetically, absentees may be brought 
 
 in how 95 
 
 Punishment for non-attendance 95 
 
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 President of council, when elected, duties 
 
 President to call meetings to order, when 
 
 Shall preserve decorum, appoint committees, etc. 
 
 Shall appoint standing committees, when 
 
 Committee on finance, duties of. 
 
 Committee on streets and alleys, duties of 
 
 Committee on cemetery, duties of . 
 
 Committee on public buildings and grounds, duties of . 
 
 Committee on lights, duties of 
 
 Committee on water, duties of 
 
 Committee on fire department, duties of 
 
 Committee on .sewerage, duties of 
 
 Committees on police, printing and sanitary, duties of 
 
 Reports of committees to be made, when 
 
 Resolutions, etc., how disposed of on request 
 
 Clerk to inform members and officers, of what 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 Minutes to be read 
 
 Order of Business 
 
 President to announce order of business 
 
 Business taken up out of regular order, how 
 
 Mayor, communications from, read when 
 
 Bills, to have but one reading at a meeting, except monthly ap- 
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 Second and third readings, amendments, vote, etc 100 2- 
 
 Resolutions, how passed, etc [oq ,q 
 
 Decorum and Debate — 
 
 Member, manner and order of speaking loi 2a 
 
 Two members arising at once, president decides, etc loi 30 
 Motions, and resolutions, must be seconded and stated, 
 
 ^^^ lot 31 
 
 Reduced to writing, when loi -,2 
 
 New matter, not permissible by way of amendment loi y^ 
 
 Question under debate, what motions in order 102 34 
 
 Motion to adjourn 102 35 
 
 Pre%ious question, form of, etc 102 36 
 
 Division, c-^ny member may call for 102 37 
 
 Motion to strike out, what amendment allowed 102 38 
 
 Motion to amend, other amendments precluded, when 102 39 
 
 Motions and reports, how committed 102 40 
 
 Paper, reading of objected to, how determined 102 41 
 
 Members, may be called to order, rules concerning 102 42 
 
 Questions, propounded in order moved, except 103 43 
 
 Members, to vote if not excused, devision, yeas and 
 
 nays 103 44 
 
 Motion to reconsider, when allowed, etc 103 45 
 
 Yeas and nays, entered on minutes, when 103 46 
 
 Names called alphabetically, absentees 103 47 
 
 Committee of the whole, who to preside 103 4,S 
 
 Order of putting questions, etc io3 49 
 
 Committee of whole, what rules govern 103 50 
 
 Motion to rise, always in order, etc 103 51 
 
 Proceedings of committee, duty of clerk 104 52 
 
 Report of committees and resolutions, how presented. 104 53 
 
 Committee, quorum of 104 54 
 
 Amendment to an amendment, what in order 104 55 
 
 Member, not to leave council without consent 104 56 
 
 Smoking and conversation, prohibited 104 57 
 
 Cushing's Manual, to govern. HM 5^ 
 
 Amendment of Rules — 
 
 Made only by ordinance, council may temporarily 
 
 suspend, how '°5 59
 
 INDEX 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES 
 
 I'AGK. 
 
 ACCOUNTS SEC 
 
 •to be kept how i 107 
 
 appropriations, how entered i loS 
 
 money, receipted for, how 3 108 
 
 how distributed 4 108 
 
 treasurer, to keep what 5 108 
 
 board of Health, to keep what ... 2.26 269 
 
 collector to keep what 659 415 
 
 ADDITIONS— 
 
 new, shall conform to present streets, etc 6 109 
 
 disjoined, how made 7 109 
 
 plat of, who to file and record, when 8 109 
 
 laying out, when not approved, penalty ... ^... 9 109 
 
 plats of, to be examined by whom, etc 10 no 
 
 ANIMALS— 
 
 running at large prohibited 11 in 
 
 marshal, to impound and care for, when 11 in 
 
 may sell, when, how, etc 12 in 
 
 ma}' employ help, how, fees of 13 112 
 
 Dead Animals — 
 
 contract for removal, how made, etc 14 i 13 
 
 contractor to keep book, what 15 114 
 
 owner to remove, provisions concerning 16 114 
 
 when and how to be done 17 115 
 
 bond, contractor to give, etc., forfeiture 18 115 
 
 dead or diseased, left on street, etc., misdemeanor 389 319
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 487 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 APPEALS— 
 
 in condemnation proceedings, when and how taken . 65 13S 
 
 city attorney, to make affidavit, papers, etc 4S6 349 
 
 permits, when refused, appeals from 544 ^62 
 
 police court and judgments, how, when, etc 566 372 
 
 notice of, when to be given ... 567 -^72 
 
 when taken, to operate as supersedias ^6"^ 
 
 APPOINTMENTS— 
 
 city engineer, how and when 87 147 
 
 members of fire department 104 153 
 
 board of health, mayor to appoint 224 268 
 
 secretary of board, mayor to make 225 269 
 
 vacancy in office, manner of }6o 341 
 
 when not specially provided for 461 341 
 
 council to make, how and when 463 341 
 
 street commissioner, how and when . 48S 349 
 
 special tax attorney, ma}-or to make, etc 666 41S 
 
 ASHES— 
 
 how and where deposited 99 152 
 
 misdemeanor, when 3S7 319 
 
 ASSESSOR AND ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY— 
 
 property, how, when and by whom assessed 19 116 
 
 owner, sick or absent, how 20 iiS 
 
 list to be sworn to, penalty for failing to have 21 119 
 
 form of oath, refusal to make, penalty — to be filed 22 119 
 
 assessor to make list, when, etc 23 120 
 
 list, failure to make when notified, assessed double, etc 24 120 
 
 false list returned, duty of assessor and board 25 121 
 
 manufacturing and other corporations, how assessed 26 121 
 
 building and loan, assessment of stock, etc 27 122 
 
 corporation to pay tax on stock, etc 28 122 
 
 officer refusing to comply, provisions, penalty. 29 1 23 
 
 assessor's book, last one to be delivered to assessor, etc.. 30 123 
 
 property to be listed in book 
 
 assessor's book, how kept, etc 
 
 property omitted, how assessed v^ '-4 
 
 assessment, not effected by delay, etc 34 124 
 
 property, how valued, tracts, lots, etc., assessed .vS '24 
 
 what not required to be listed, etc 
 
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 490 . INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE. 
 
 credits, how listed, etc 37 125 
 
 absence of head of family, duplicate list to be left, etc 38 126 
 
 all property owned June ist to be assessed, etc 39 126 
 
 assessor's book, returned how and when, failure to make, 
 
 penalty, etc 40 126 
 
 clerk to extend and make tax book, etc 41 126 
 
 assessor's book, manner of preparing, etc 42 127 
 
 tax book, clerk to certify and deliver to collector 43 127 
 
 compensation of assessor 44 127 
 
 state law, when to control 45 127 
 
 assessor, bond of 465 342 
 
 ATTORNEY— 
 
 city attorney, general duties of. 485 348 
 
 appeals, to make affidavit, papers, etc. .. 486 349 
 
 absent, sick, etc., may appoint attorney to act 487 349 
 
 suspension proceedings, to prosecute 515 35.S 
 
 salary of city attorney 523 359 
 
 special tax attorney, mayor to appoint 666 418 
 
 BAWDY HOUSES— 
 
 to keep, be found in, etc., misdemeanor 383 317 
 
 keeper of, who deemed 384 317 
 
 lodgers in, etc., misdemeanor 436 331 
 
 prostitute, plying vocation, misdemeanor ;.. 437 332 
 
 rooms, to rent, occupy, etc.. for prostitution, misde- 
 meanor 438 332 
 
 BILLS— 
 
 cemetery bills, to be presented to council 47 12S 
 
 claims, etc., against city, time of filing 756 452 
 
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION— 
 
 who to constitute, duties, compensation, etc 649 411 
 
 false list returned, board to treble taxes, etc 25 121 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH 
 
 who to constitute, appointment and compensation 224 268 
 
 secretary of, mayor to appoint 225 269 
 
 duties of secretary 226 269 
 
 duties of board, generally 227 269 
 
 mav enter tenement, etc 228 .269
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 491 
 
 SEC. I'.\i;e. 
 
 272 
 
 quarantine regulations and pest-houses, to prescribe, etc 240 
 
 infectious disease, duty concerning 241 2-2 
 
 vaccination, to give certificate of, etc 246 2~^ 
 
 contagious disease in school, to be reported to 248 2-4 
 
 records of births and deaths, to superintend 250 2-4 
 
 births and deaths, to furnish blanks for report of 251 274 
 
 vital statistics, to prescribe riiles relating to 255 275 
 
 quarantine regulations, to establish and report 257 276 
 
 to determine extent of 25S 276 
 
 manner, rules and regulations of 259 276 
 
 notice of, to be given to carriers, etc 260 277 
 
 infected district, to come from must have permit, etc 261 278 
 
 quarantine station, maj' send patients to 262 278 
 
 marshal and police, subject to orders of 263 278 
 
 quarantine station, may procure 265 279 
 
 salary of 532 359 
 
 closets, to order connected with sewer, when s>'4 ",So 
 
 marshal, etc., to report violations to board, what 5>>^i 3S1 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES— 
 
 license tax on 268 2S3 
 
 water closets, must have 5^' 379 
 
 BOOKS— 
 
 of accounts, how kept i '07 
 
 treasurer, what accounts, etc., to keep 5 "^^ 
 
 tax books, how and when made 42 126 
 
 assessor's books, form of, etc 42 126 
 
 record of condemnation proceedings, etc., what 66 140 
 
 board of health to keep, what -26 269 
 
 collector, what to keep, etc .. '''^'^ •'" 
 
 BONDS— 
 
 dead animal contractor, must give what i'"" ''5 
 
 sexton of cemetery 57 '3"^ 
 
 marshal 436n \\^ 
 
 collector •' • 
 
 assessor 
 
 treasurer 
 
 policemen 
 
 465 :-v- 
 
 466 342 
 
 ;■ " "-J3
 
 492 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE. 
 
 night scavenger 553 365 
 
 plumbers 579 377 
 
 defendant in police court, when to give 558 367 
 
 appeals, from police court, what required 566 372 
 
 excavations, etc., of street, indemnity bond for 550 364 
 
 street improvement bond, liabilit}' of sureties on 606 388 
 
 public improvements, bidder for, to give what 611 390 
 
 contractor for same, what required 612 391 
 
 sewer connections, to make, must have 728 443 
 
 water supply, when in dispute, to retain supply consumer 
 
 must give' 766 456 
 
 BUILDINGS— 
 
 what prohibited within fire limits 93 150 
 
 erection, or removal within, misdemeanor, when 94 150 
 
 to injure or deface, misdemeanor 420 328 
 
 to build, repair, etc., must have permit 542 361 
 
 must have water closets 581 379 
 
 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS— 
 
 shares of stock, how taxed, assessed, paid, etc 27 28 122 
 
 officer, failing to pa}- tax, etc., penalty. 29 123 
 
 CATTLE— (5^^ Animals.) 
 
 CEMETERY— 
 
 management, control and location of 46 12S 
 
 bills for improvement of, how allowed and paid 47 128 
 
 lots, price and schedule of, mayor to convey, burial of 
 
 poor, etc 48 128 
 
 deeds to lots, clerk to record, etc 49 129 
 
 price to be paid, before deed delivered, mayor responsible, 
 
 when 50 129 
 
 proceeds of sale of lots, mayor to pay to treasurer, etc 51 129 
 
 sales of, mayor to report to council 52 129 
 
 sexton, mayor to appoint, duty and compensation 53 129 
 
 graves, depth of 54 130 
 
 sexton, to keep what record, etc 55 130 
 
 regulations governing, punishment for violation.- 56 130 
 
 bond, sexton to give, etc 57 130
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 49-, 
 
 -EC fA<iK. 
 
 deed and certificate to lots, mayor to execute 4-0 744 
 
 duplicate plat of lots, mayor to keep 4- ; ... 
 
 CHARITY, BOARD OF— 
 
 .who constitutes, purposes and duty of ^^8 i^i 
 
 to keep records, make reports, etc 50 i-| 
 
 CLERK, CITY— 
 
 books of account, what and how to keep i jq- 
 
 to furnish assessor books and blanks 19 116 
 
 last assessment book, to deliver to assessor, etc. 30 123 
 
 tax list and book, to extend and make 41 126 
 
 assesser's book, to attest accuracy of, etc „ 42 126 
 
 tax book, to deliver to collector, attested, etc 43 127 
 
 deeds to cemetery lots, to record, how 49 129 
 
 notices in condemnation proceedings, to issue 61 133 
 
 appeals under such proceedings, to make and file tran- 
 script, etc 65 138 
 
 condemnation proceedings, to make and file full record of. 66 140 
 
 dramshop licenses, to issue when, etc 82 146 
 
 licenses, to subscribe and affix seal of city to 301 292 
 
 to issue and charge collector with, when 302 293 
 
 merchant's statements, to make abstract of and charge, 
 
 how :... 306 294 
 
 elections, duty relating to 454 33^ 
 
 poll books, blanks, etc., must prepare 455 33'^ 
 
 returns of election, duty concerning 45^ 339 
 
 election of clerk, term of oifice 475 345 
 
 bond of 476 346 
 
 records, accounts, etc., what to keep 477 34^ 
 
 licenses, duty concerning 47^ 34^ 
 
 tax book, to make, extend, etc 479 347 
 
 "city register" to mean clerk 481 347 
 
 compensation of 5^0 359 
 
 plumbers' license, to issue 577 377 
 
 shall certify to record of prisoners worked 593 3^3 
 
 bonds of contractors, to file and preserve 612 391 
 
 special tax bills, to issue, etc ^^4 39^ 
 
 to divide into three payments, when 618 394
 
 494 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE*. 
 
 tax bills, for sidewalks, to issue 632 402 
 
 to deliver to contractor and take receipt for, when 636 404 
 
 repairing sidewalks, to issue tax bills for 639 406 
 
 delinquent tax book, duty to make 662 417 
 
 when making book, may receipt for taxes, how 664 417 
 
 claim, etc., against city, filed wdth, when 756 452 
 
 ordinances, to file, number, preserve, etc 779 462 
 
 COLLECTOR— 
 
 to keep what books i 107 
 
 to receipt clerk for tax book 43 127 
 
 shall collect dramshop license 83 146 
 
 license tax to be charged to, collected by, etc 302 292 
 
 to be charged with merchants' statements 306 294 
 
 bond of. 364 342 
 
 duties of 483 348 
 
 compensation of 522 359 
 
 to collect special tax for repairs of sidewalks 640 406 
 
 to give notice to taxpayers, how, when 650 412 
 
 shall furnish non-residents with lists, etc 653 413 
 
 may make levy for tax, etc 654 414 
 
 shall credit payment of taxes, how 658 415 
 
 shall keep accounts, and report what, how 659 415 
 
 shall return delinquent list, when, how 660 416 
 
 shall receipt for delinquent tax book 662 417 
 
 shall collect delinquent taxes, etc 663 417 
 
 shall receipt for delinquent taxes paid pending making of 
 
 book 664 417 
 
 penalty for failure to return delinquent list 665 418 
 
 may sue for delinquent taxes, etc 666 418 
 
 CONCEALED WEAPONS— 
 
 carrying of, misdemeanor 433 330 
 
 CONDEMNATICN OF PRIVATE PROPERTY— 
 
 proceedings, compensation, how determined, mayor and 
 
 clerk 60 132 
 
 benefit district, how fixed, plat of — notice, what to be 
 
 given, etc 61 133 
 
 jury, to make assessment, sign verdict, etc.; failure to 
 
 agree, what 62 134
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 495 
 
 8EC. 
 
 council, may make what compromises, etc 63 13s 
 
 verdict, to be reported and acted upon, how — special tax 
 
 bills to issue, regulations concerning 64 136 
 
 appeals, how taken, proceedings and judgments thereunder 65 138 
 
 record, clerk to keep what — cost, how paid, etc 66 140 
 
 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES— (5i'^ Health Department .\ 
 
 CONTRACTORS— 
 
 dead animals, for removal of . 14 11^ 
 
 duties concerning carcasses, etc 15 i6 114 
 
 bond of such contractor 18 115 
 
 for street improvements, bond of, etc 612 391 
 
 sidewalks, construction of, requirements, etc 621 396 
 
 COSTS— 
 
 informer to pay, when .. . 570 374 
 
 COUNCIL— 
 
 lights, may contract and provide for, etc 320 29.S 
 
 stands in market house, to establish price and terms of 
 
 renting 327 302 
 
 elections, to fix places and appoint judges thereof, etc 455 338 
 
 meetings of council, regular and special 459 340 
 
 suspension proceedings, to hear evidence, etc 512 357 
 
 decision concerning, when to be made 513 357 
 
 poles and wires, to approve line of route for 738 447 
 
 may change location and height of, when 739 447 
 
 water, to make contracts for, limits of 75^ 45'2 
 
 bill, may pass over mayor's veto 77° 460 
 
 COUNCILMAN— 
 
 qualifications of, tie or contest, how decided 453 337 
 
 mayor, may prefer charges against, etc SM 357 
 
 salary of 53i 359 
 
 DAMAGES— 
 
 in condemnation proceedings, how assessed 62 134 
 
 party exempted from when °3 '35 
 
 DEFINITIONS— 
 
 "year" and "dog" as used in chapter eight 75 «44 
 
 words and phrases concerning licenses 267 282 
 
 "merchant" term defined ^^^ ^93
 
 496 INDEX TO REVISED ORDIXAXCES. 
 
 #EO. P GE. 
 
 "city register" means clerk 481 347 
 
 words and phrases, concerning revenue 648 409 
 
 "the engineer" when used in sewer specifications 671 420 
 
 "as indicated" when used in specifications 672 420 
 
 "heretofore" and "hereafter" in ordinances 774 461 
 
 words importing plural number, scope of 775 461 
 
 words importing singular number, masculine, gender 776 461 
 
 DOGS— 
 
 three months old, to be registered and tax paid 67 142 
 
 tax on, to wear collar, be registered, etc., how, etc 68 142 
 
 registered dog, to wear collar, kind of, etc 69 142 
 
 running at large, to wear muzzle, when 70 143 
 
 maybe impounded, when killed, etc 71 143 
 
 howreclaimed from pound, fees, etc 72 143 
 
 collar lost, dog to be released and provided with new, how. 72 143 
 
 bitch in heat, when impounded and killed, fees to redeem. 74 144 
 
 "year" and "dog," meaning of, etc 75 i44 
 
 what dogs liable to tax, and when 76 144 
 
 unregistered or unmuzzled, to keep, misdemeanor, when 77 144 
 what dogs exempt from tax, — fee of marshal for killing, 
 
 dog 78 145 
 
 DRAMSHOP— 
 
 shall pay what license, when -. 79 14s 
 
 defined 80 145 
 
 marshal to make list of, etc 81 145 
 
 clerk to issue license, when 82 146 
 
 collector to collect license, and report delinquents 83 146 
 
 license not transferable, term of, fair week, etc 84 146 
 
 misdemeanor to violate law concerning 85 146 
 
 duties of marshal and police as to, penalty for failure in . 86 147 
 
 to keep open on Sunday or after midnight, misdemeanor- 379 316 
 
 misdemeanor to emplo}' females in 380 316 
 
 misdemeanor to sell to minor 382 317 
 
 ELECTIONS— (^.f"^ Officers. ) 
 
 general provisions concerning, time of holding 453 337 
 
 state law to govern, except as to filing certificates of nom- 
 inations, etc., city clerk and marshal to perform what 
 
 duties 454 338
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 497 
 
 SEC. pa);k. 
 
 judges of, duties, polls open and close what time 455 338 
 
 returns, by whom and how canvassed, etc 456 339 
 
 compensation of judges and clerks 339 360 
 
 of clerk, to be by the council 475 345 
 
 ELECTRIC WIRES AND POLES— 
 
 see "telegraph, telephone and electric wires and poles," 
 franchises, "miscellaneous" 
 
 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.— (5^<? Engineer.) 
 
 department established, officers, how appointed, qualifica- 
 tions, term, compensation, when paid 87 147 
 
 engineer to file oath and bond, requisites of. 88 147 
 
 engineer, duties of 89 148 
 
 engineer, additional duties 90 148 
 
 shall give lines and grades free, when 91 148 
 
 shall makereports 92 148 
 
 shall inspect materials for improvements, etc 598 3S6 
 
 shall make estimates for what work 608 389 
 
 shall make calculations of what work, when 614 392 
 
 ENGINEER. — {See Engineering Department.) 
 
 salary of engineer 524 359 
 
 shall issue what permits — [see permits) 
 
 shall inspect and approve plans for buildings 
 may refuse permit when, appeal from, how 
 shall keep record of permits 
 
 FACTORIES— (5'<?^ Privies and Water Clo.'iets.) 
 
 shall have water closets, etc 5>'~'i 379 
 
 FEES— 
 
 for selling impounded animals 
 
 of weighmaster, for testing scales, etc 
 
 of weighmaster for weighing on city scales 
 
 for measuring wood, etc 
 
 of witnesses before police judge 
 
 of collector 
 
 weighmaster 
 
 juries in condemnation cases 
 
 for certified copies of ordinances, etc 
 
 witnesses, policemen as, etc 
 
 543 
 
 362 
 
 544 
 
 362 
 
 552 
 
 365 
 
 13 
 
 1 12 
 
 365 
 
 311 
 
 368 
 
 3»2 
 
 370 
 
 3' 3 
 
 541 
 
 36<j 
 
 522 
 
 359 
 
 533 
 
 359 
 
 53« 
 
 360 
 
 565 
 
 371 
 
 768 
 
 457
 
 498 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 FLUES SKC. PAGK. 
 
 to be cleaned when 98 152 
 
 FIRES, FIRE LIMITS, FIRE WORKS^(5',?<f Fire Department for all.) 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 fire limits, provisions governing 93 150 
 
 prohibited structures, how delt with, punishment 94 150 
 
 hay, straw, etc., not to be kept where, how removed - 95 151 
 
 provisions concerning position of stoves, stove pipes, etc.... 96 151 
 inspection of buildings by marshal when, to report result 
 
 to clerk, fees for 97 151 
 
 chininej's and flues to be cleaned when, inspection of 98 152 
 
 ashes where deposited, fire works prohibited 99 152 
 
 punishment for violation of article 100 152 
 
 fire department to consist of whom loi 152 
 
 chief to hold till removed for cause, powers at fires, va- 
 cancy 102 152 
 
 to be foreman for each company, duties, etc 103 153 
 
 foremen and members, how appointed, removal of 104 153 
 
 qualifications of members 105 153 
 
 chief, special duties of at fires, etc 106 153 
 
 foreman to act as chief when, powers of 107 154 
 
 chief to inspect bviildings and fire apparatus, etc loS 154 
 
 chief and committee to provide fire alarms, alarms to be 
 
 given how, penalt\^ for failure of police to 109 154 
 
 chief to keep records of what, and report to council no 154 
 
 foremen, duties of, to keep what records 11 1 155 
 
 members to perform what duties 112 155 
 
 what associations may organize, members of fire depart- 
 ment not to do electioneering, intoxicating liquors not 
 
 to be kept, penalty for into.xication 113 156 
 
 loafing prohibited, no religious or political test 114 156 
 
 duties at fires, racing to or from fires prohibited, etc 1 15 156 
 
 rights of department in rising hose at fires 116 156 
 
 members refu.sing to pay debts may be dismissed 117 156 
 
 compensation of officers and members of 118 157 
 
 FIRE PROTECTION AGAINST— 
 
 wooden buildings to be petitioned for before built, etc 119 157 
 
 engineer to i.ssue permits, provision of 120 15S
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 499 
 
 SKC. l'A(iE. 
 
 buildings not to be erected without permit 121 158 
 
 boiling pitch, etc., regulation of 122 15S 
 
 substances not to be burned where 12^ 1^9 
 
 livery and stable keepers shall use safety lamps 124 159 
 
 hay, etc., to be kept where 125 159 
 
 carrying burning coal or brands in streets prohiVnted 126 159 
 
 lighting gas, required how 127 159 
 
 firearms not to be discharged, unless 12S 159 
 
 fire works, etc. , discharge of prohibited 129 159 
 
 crackers, .squibs, etc., discharge of prohibited 130 160 
 
 stoves set near wooden wall, how fixed 131 160 
 
 stoves to be set how with reference to communicating fire 132 160 
 
 stove pipes through roofs, height of, how enforced 133 160 
 
 smoke .stacks, height of above adjacent buildings 134 160 
 
 flues to be cleaned when, how, penalty for violating pro- 
 visions of. 135 '^' 
 
 punishment for violating the provisions of this article 136 161 
 
 FOUNDRIES— 
 
 shall have water closets, etc .. S^^' 379 
 
 GOATS— (5^^ Anhnals.) 
 
 GRADING OF STREETS— 
 
 may be included in contract of paving, etc 54'^ ,^\S 
 
 GRAVES— 
 
 who shall dig, fill, etc, in cemetery 5> '-y 
 
 depth of 
 
 GRADES OF STREETS— 
 Barrett 
 
 Benton 
 
 Boonville 
 Broadway 
 Brown 
 Carr. 
 
 Center 
 
 Chestnut 
 
 Clay 
 
 Cooper 
 Depp 
 
 I ;o 
 
 
 170 
 
 ,hM 
 
 im 
 
 
 •■> > 
 
 l\} 
 
 
 -'5 
 
 .;nj 
 
 ■,S<' 
 
 172 
 
 '.V 
 
 .64 
 
 1 Ji 
 
 167 
 
 122 
 
 266
 
 500 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEO. PAGE. 
 
 Eastern 221 266 
 
 Emmet 220 265 
 
 Engineer 211 258 
 
 Grand 190 223 
 
 Harvey 154 175 
 
 Harrison 191 226 
 
 Hancock 206 251 
 
 Heard 223 267 
 
 Henry 138 164 
 
 Hill , 214 261 
 
 Howard 153 174 
 
 Hurley 213 261 
 
 Ingram 203 248 
 
 Jackson 148 171 
 
 Jefferson 143 169 
 
 Johnson 139 165 
 
 Kentucky 195 234 
 
 Lamine 198 241 
 
 Lafayette 201 247 
 
 Linn 159 182 
 
 Massachusetts. 199 244 
 
 Magnolia I74 207 
 
 Main 155 I75 
 
 Marvin 207 252 
 
 Missouri 192 228 
 
 Mill - 202 248 
 
 Moniteau 194 231 
 
 Montgomery 208 254 
 
 Morgan 140 166 
 
 New York 218 263 
 
 No name 205 251 
 
 Ohio 197 239 
 
 Osage 196 236 
 
 Pacific 145 170 
 
 Park 186 219 
 
 Pettis , 142 168 
 
 Porter 217 262 
 
 Prospect 189 222
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 5c I 
 
 8EC. PAOK. 
 
 221 
 
 Quincy iSg 
 
 Randolph 216 262 
 
 Saline 252 174 
 
 Sneed ,85 218 
 
 Stewart 187 220 
 
 St. Louis 144 ,70 
 
 Summit 210 256 
 
 Thompson 183 217 
 
 Thomson 204 250 
 
 Tower 147 171 
 
 Vermont 193 230 
 
 Wagner 212 260 
 
 Washington _.. — 200 244 
 
 Walnut. — 149 172 
 
 Western 219 265 
 
 Wilkerson 157 179 
 
 Second 156 177 
 
 Third -.- 158 I79 
 
 Fourth 160 182 
 
 Fifth 161 1S5 
 
 Sixth (a) 162 187 
 
 Sixth (b) 163 1S7 
 
 Sixth (c) 164 188 
 
 Seventh 165 iJ>9 
 
 Ninth 167 194 
 
 Tenth 168 196 
 
 Eleventh 1^9 i99 
 
 Twelfth 170 201 
 
 Thirteenth i/' 202 
 
 Fourteenth '72 203 
 
 Fifteenth '73 205 
 
 Sixteenth '75 207 
 
 Seventeenth '76 2in 
 
 Eighteenth '77 211 
 
 Nineteenth '^^ 2i2 
 
 Twentieth ^"9 ^^-^ 
 
 Twenty-third '''^" "^ 
 
 Twentv-fourth
 
 502 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 HAY — SKC. PAciK . 
 
 not to be kept where 95 15' 
 
 HEALTH DEPARTMENT— 
 
 board of health, who constitutes, how appointed, compen- 
 sation of. 224 268 
 
 secretary, mayor to appoint 225 269 
 
 duties of secretary 226 269 
 
 duties of board 227 269 
 
 power of board to enter houses, etc 228 269 
 
 Contagious Diseases — 
 board to prescribe quarantine regulations and provide pest 
 
 house ! 240 272 
 
 to be reported to board, duties concerning 241 272 
 
 sign of to be put up, by whom and when 242 272 
 
 person having or exposed to, must have certificate of phy- 
 sician 243 273 
 
 to enter or depart from house infected, must have permit 244 273 
 
 such permit, granted when 245 273 
 
 schools, to enter, must have certificate of what from board 246 273 
 
 teacher, failure to require certificate, misdemeanor 247 273 
 
 schools, disease in, to be reported to board 248 274 
 
 misdemeanor, to violate provisions concerning 249 274 
 
 Nuisances— 
 
 not to keep, causes permit, e'tc 229 270 
 
 vegetable, waste, garbage, etc., when 230 270 
 
 privy, vault, etc., when 231 270 
 
 drains, garbage boxes, etc., when 232 270 
 
 lot with pond or pool, impure water, when 233 270 
 
 stable, stall, pen, etc., when 234 270 
 
 bouse offal, etc., when 235 271 
 
 green or unsalted hides, when 236 271 
 
 slaughterhouse, meat shop, etc., when 237 271 
 
 police to report 238 271 
 
 to keep, etc., a misdemeanor 239 271 
 
 Quarantine Regulations — 
 
 board to establish when 257 276 
 
 to apply to what 258 276 
 
 when to be established and extent of 259 276
 
 INDEX TO REVISKI) OKI )1.\ ANCKS. 50^ 
 
 notice of, to whom given— failure to comply with, a misfle- 
 
 meanor 260 277 
 
 railroad train from infected district, nmst have permit to 
 
 enter city — failure to, misdemeanor 261 27,S 
 
 quarantine station, persons, etc., sent to, when 262 27S 
 
 orders of board, marshal and police subject to 26^ 27S 
 
 failure or refuss.1 to comply wnth, penalty 264 27S 
 
 quarantine station, board to procure, when, where, etc 265 279 
 Vital Statistics — 
 
 births and deaths, record of 250 274 
 
 physicians and midwnves, to report 251 274 
 
 cause of death, certificate of, burial lots, etc 252 274 
 
 when remains shipped, w'hat required 253 275 
 
 coroner to report inquests to mayor 254 275 
 
 board of health, rules, etc , 255 275 
 
 misdemeanor — what 256 275 
 
 HOTELS- 
 
 to pay license, amount of 272 286 
 
 sewer connections of, how made, shall have water closets. 5S1 379 
 
 HOGS— (^^^ Animals.) 
 HORSES— (5<f<? Animals.) 
 HOSEMEN— (5^^ Fire Department.) 
 INTEREST— 
 
 rate of on certain bills for improvements 
 
 rate of on installment tax bills for improvements 
 
 rate of on tax bills for sidewalks built by city 
 
 rate of on tax bills for sidewalks built under contract 637 
 
 rate of on tax bills for repairing sidewalks by city 
 
 rate of on tax bills for district sewers 
 
 INSURANCE CfMPANIES— (.S'^r /,?V^';/.s-,?,v, Ta.xatiou. etc.) 
 
 to pay license, how, when 
 
 agent doing business without, penalty 
 
 broker in, defined 
 
 broker in to pay license, how 
 
 agents failing to pay, etc., penalty for 
 JAILS- 
 
 shall have water closets, etc 3'"^' .^79 
 
 616 
 
 393 
 
 6kS 
 
 394 
 
 632 
 
 402 
 
 637 
 
 404 
 
 639 
 
 406 
 
 724 
 
 44" 
 
 j'O 
 
 29s 
 
 31 1 
 
 296 
 
 .^^ ' ■ 
 
 296 
 
 :>'3 
 
 296 
 
 ,U4 
 
 296
 
 504 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 &EC. PAGE. 
 
 misdemeanor to escape from, when 422 328 
 
 to convey means of escape to prisoner in, penalty 423 328' 
 
 marshal shall be ex officio keeper of. 556 367 
 
 JURIES— 
 
 in condemnation cases, number of, how appointed 60 132 
 
 to be empaneled, when 61 133 
 
 shall assess damages and benefits, how, etc 62 134 
 
 appeals in, six to try appeal in circuit court 65 138 
 
 fees of juries in condemnation cases 538 360 
 
 fees of in police court, verdicts of, etc 564 370 
 
 LAWS — [See Ordinances, Charter, Constitution, etc.) 
 
 LICENSES— 
 
 dramshops shall pay, amount of. 79 I45 
 
 term of for dramshops, not transferable 84 146 
 
 plumbers shall obtain, term of 577 377 
 
 who must have, generally 266 281 
 
 definitions of phases, etc., concerning 267 282 
 
 amount of on sundry avocations 268 283 
 
 on billiard, pool and other tables, bowling alleys, etc 269 286 
 
 on livery stables, feed stables, wagon yards, etc 270 :86 
 
 on teams, wagons, drays, carriages, etc 271 ?S6 
 
 on hotels, etc 272 286 
 
 on hotel runners, regulations concerning 273 2S6 
 
 on restaurants 1 274 287 
 
 bootblacks 275 287 
 
 on agricultural implement dealer 276 287 
 
 meat shops 277 287 
 
 circuses and shows in general 278 288 
 
 theatrical shows, etc., when 279 288 
 
 opera houses 280 288 
 
 rope dancing, spirit rapping, street organ, etc... 281 288 
 
 peddler's, hawker's, etc 282 2S8 
 
 auctioneer's 285 289 
 
 auctioneers exempt from, when 284 289 
 
 to give what bond, to pay ad valorum, etc . 285 289 
 
 failure to comply with terms of, penalty 286 290 
 
 pawn broker, money broker to pay, etc . 287 290
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 505 
 
 PAGE. 
 290 
 
 pawn broker defined 288 
 
 shall give bond, etc 289 290 
 
 shall keep register, issue tickets, etc 290 290 
 
 such register open to inspection of whom 291 29r 
 
 tax on pawn broker 292 291 
 
 on money brokers 297 291 
 
 wood and coal dealers 298 291 
 
 ice wagons 299 292 
 
 Sunday, license shall not authorize doing business on. 
 
 penalty for, etc 300 292 
 
 shall run what term, except, etc 301 292 
 
 shall be paid in advance 302 293 
 
 to do business without, penalty 303 293 
 
 merchant's license, term defined 304 293 
 
 shall pay when, term of, may pro rate 309 295 
 
 insurance companies, rate on, etc 310 295 
 
 insurance agent or broker, rate on, etc 313 296 
 
 railroad ticket brokers, rate on etc 317 297 
 
 pistol galeries. to pay, how obtained, clerk to issue 573 375 
 
 amount of, etc., paid when 574 37^ 
 
 may be revoked, how 575 37^ 
 
 LIGHTS— (5^<' Miscellaneous, Franchises, etc.) 
 
 contracts for public etc., how made 32" 29S 
 
 LIENS— 
 
 of tax bills in benefit assessments, etc 
 
 of cash tax bills for paving, etc 
 
 of installment tax bills for same 
 
 of tax bills of sidewalks constructed by city 
 
 of tax bills for sidewalks, made under contract 
 of tax bills for repairs of sidewalks by city 
 of tax bills for district sewers. 
 
 LIVERY STABLES— 
 
 shall use safety lamps in 
 
 shall pay license 
 
 shall have water closets 
 
 MARKETS AND MARKET HOUSE— 
 
 location of 
 
 market stands, where kept 
 
 64 
 
 •36 
 
 616 
 
 393 
 
 618 
 
 394 
 
 632 
 
 402 
 
 637 
 
 404 
 
 639 
 
 406 
 
 124 
 
 159 
 
 270 
 
 2S6 
 
 581 
 
 379 
 
 321 
 
 301 
 
 322 
 
 331
 
 5o6 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE. 
 
 regulation of vehicles in 323 301 
 
 market house stalls, how used, etc 324 301 
 
 wagons, etc., regulations concerning 325 301 
 
 arrangement of market house stalls 326 301 
 
 stalls, how rented 327 302 
 
 rents, how paid, general provisions 328 303 
 
 vacant stalls to be rented, how 329 303 
 
 occupants to paint stalls 330 303 
 
 leases for stalls, provisions concerning 331 304 
 
 shall have lease or permit, etc 332 304 
 
 transfer of lease, how made, etc 333 304 
 
 lease may be canceled, proceedings to 334 304 
 
 , market inspector, duties of. 335 304 
 
 may enforce rules, laws, etc 336 3Q5 
 
 to superintend, what, etc 337, 338 305 
 
 to keep scales, weigh articles, etc., fees for 339 305 
 
 articles to be forfeited, when, etc 340 306 
 
 who may be removed from market, how, etc .. 341 306 
 
 misdemeanor to violate certain provisions 342 306 
 
 market to be kept open, when, etc 343 307 
 
 city bell, market master to ring 344 307 
 
 occupants of stalls to clean, etc 345 307 
 
 market to be supplied with water 346 307 
 
 occupants of stands to sell how, others not 347 307 
 
 farmers and packers may sell what, etc 348 308 
 
 what shall not be sold in 349 308 
 
 other articles prohibited 350 308 
 
 vehicles removed from, when 351 309 
 
 refreshments may be sold in, no intoxicants 352 309 
 
 fuel, not to light, when, etc 353 309 
 
 loafing in or about prohibited 354 309 
 
 persons intoxicated prohibited in 355 309 
 
 dogs, etc., prohibited in 356 309 
 
 live shock in, provisions concerning ;,57 3^9 
 
 "offer for sale," defined 358 309 
 
 lease forfeited, when, for failure to sell 359 310 
 
 lease forfeited for violation of rules, etc., when 360 310 
 
 rules, etc., of, by whom made, etc 361 310
 
 fiKC . 
 
 TACIK. 
 
 362 
 
 3'o 
 
 563 
 
 3'o 
 
 364 
 
 3" 
 
 365 
 
 3" 
 
 366 
 
 3' ' 
 
 3'!? 
 
 3' 2 
 
 368 
 
 312 
 
 369 
 
 3>2 
 
 370 
 
 3' 3 
 
 371 
 
 313 
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 507 
 
 rules to be printed and posted, how 
 
 "six block limit," meat shops prohibited in 
 
 bond of market inspector, duties, etc 
 
 duties of market inspector, special 
 
 to inspect scales, etc., when 
 
 owners of scales, etc., duties as to 
 
 city scales, seller must weigh on, etc 
 
 certificate of weighmaster, must have 
 
 wood shall be measured, etc., certificate 
 
 violations of chapter, how punished 
 
 MARKET INSPECTOR— i^^,?- Markets and Market J louse. ) 
 
 MARSHAL AND POLICE— 
 
 shall impound what animals 
 
 shall sell impounded animals when, how 
 
 may appoint help to impound, etc., how, fees, etc 13 
 
 to be member of board of charity 
 
 to register dogs and collect tax on, etc 6S 
 
 to impound and kill dogs, when 71, 
 
 to release dogs without fee, when 
 
 to kill bitches, when, redemption fee of 
 
 to file list of dramshops . 
 
 to enforce dramshop laws 
 
 shall notify persons to remove combustibles 
 
 shall report violations of chapter 25, etc 
 
 shall have control -of prisoners, etc 
 
 shall report nuisances 
 
 shall be subject to orders of board of health 
 
 to shoot pigeons 
 
 to serve notices for special council meetings 
 bond of marshal 
 
 bond of police 
 
 subject to orders of mayor, extra police 
 
 police to consist of 
 
 duties of in making arrest, etc- 
 subject to whom 
 
 may enter what places to make arrests 
 assistant mar!?hal, duties of 
 
 1 i 
 
 I 1 1 
 
 1 2 
 
 1 1 1 
 
 13 
 
 1 12 
 
 5B 
 
 •31 
 
 6S 
 
 142 
 
 . 72 
 
 '43 
 
 73 
 
 '43 
 
 74 
 
 144 
 
 Si 
 
 145 
 
 S6 
 
 147 
 
 m5 
 
 '.SI 
 
 5SM 
 
 3«' 
 
 ■^'^^ 
 
 3S2 
 
 -:■> 
 
 27' 
 
 263 
 
 27S 
 
 444 
 
 333 
 
 15" 
 
 yv ' 
 
 4t\V» 
 
 342 
 
 4f^7 
 
 343 
 
 |(,S 
 
 343 
 
 49' 
 
 350 
 
 492 
 
 35' 
 
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 508 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE. 
 
 duty concerning nuisances 496 352 
 
 general duties of marshal 497 352 
 
 marshal to designate stands of vehicles 743 450 
 
 to keep record of, etc 744 450 
 
 marshal to attend council meetings 498 353 
 
 suspension of police, vacancy, how filled 499 353 
 
 marshal and police not to loiter in saloons, etc 500 353 
 
 property of arrested persons, how handled 501 353 
 
 shall serve notice, etc 502 354 
 
 arrest, how made by, etc 503 354 
 
 to wear badge 504 355 
 
 to wear uniforms 505 355 
 
 badges and uniform, how selected, etc 506 355 
 
 to be paid for how 507 355 
 
 pay of, how enforced 508 556 
 
 to serve notice of charges, etc 511 357 
 
 compensation of marshal 518 358 
 
 compensation of regular police 527 359 
 
 compensation of extra police 540 360 
 
 notice of appeal to be served by 567 372 
 
 MAYOR— 
 
 to approve appointments of pound officers 13 112 
 
 to execute deeds to cemetery lots, and assign place for 
 
 burial of the poor 48 128 
 
 mayor to keep record of cemetery lots, etc., shall be re- 
 sponsible for price of lots sold 50 129 
 
 shall pay proceeds of lots into city treasury. 51 129 
 
 shall make semi-annual statements of lots sold 52 129 
 
 shall appoint cemetery sexton, how 53 129 
 
 to be chairman of board of charitable relief, duties as 59 131 
 
 shall preside at condemnation trials, powers, etc 60 132 
 
 shall fix date of hearing such cases, may continue hearing 
 
 of for what 61 133 
 
 may adjourn hearing of same for what, etc 62 134 
 
 shall report finding of iury to council ' 64 136 
 
 shall examine final record of, and sign if correct 66 140 
 
 to appoint board of health 224 26S 
 
 to approve bond of pawn broker * 289 290
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 509 
 
 shall sign all licenses 
 
 shall approve lease of stall in market house 
 
 canvass election returns, and award certificates 
 
 may call special council meetings 
 
 may call special elections, when 
 
 may appoint what officers, to be approved when 
 
 special duties, may appoint extra police, when 
 
 shall sign commissions, and approve official bonds 
 
 shall execute certificate to cemeten,- lots, and duties as to. 
 
 to keep duplicate plats of in office 
 
 may remit fines, how 
 
 hoursof office 
 
 vacancy in office of, how filled 
 
 may suspend officers, when, how, for what 
 
 shall file charges with city clerk 
 
 shall lay such charges before council, when 
 
 charges may be prefered against mayor, by whom 
 
 compensation of mayor 
 
 may veto ordinance, time of returning to council 
 
 MERCHANTS— 
 
 term defined, shall pay license, etc 
 
 shall pay ad valorem tax, etc 
 
 shall file statement and bond 
 
 statement to be sworn to, filed when 
 
 failure to file statement or pay tax, penalty for 
 
 term of license, prorated when 
 MISDEMEANORS— 
 
 animals, dead, to interfere with contractor 
 
 animals, failure of owner to remove, when 
 
 animals, placed upon street 
 
 ashes, straw, etc., thrown upon street, when 
 
 assault, when not otherwise defined 
 
 auction, to use bell or loud sounding instrument, etc 
 
 bathing, etc., exposure of person 
 
 bawdy house, to be found in, or lurking about city, etc 
 
 bawdy house, to keep, permit, etc 
 
 bawdy house, keeper of who deemed 
 
 bawdy house, lodger in, etc 
 
 SKC. 
 
 301 
 328 
 456 
 
 459 
 460 
 461 
 
 468 
 469 
 470 
 471 
 472 
 473 
 474 
 509 
 510 
 511 
 514 
 517 
 770 
 
 304 
 305 
 306 
 
 307 
 308 
 
 309 
 
 16 
 17 
 389 
 387 
 434 
 406 
 
 375 
 377 
 383 
 3M 
 436 
 
 292 
 303 
 339 
 340 
 341 
 341 
 343 
 343 
 344 
 344 
 344 
 344 
 345 
 35^ 
 356 
 357 
 357 
 358 
 460 
 
 293 
 294 
 294 
 294 
 294 
 295 
 
 114 
 ■■5 
 319 
 3'9 
 331 
 324 
 3'5 
 3'6 
 317 
 3' 7 
 Hi
 
 5IO INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGK. 
 
 barbwire fence, long street, etc 402 322 
 
 bell, etc., to sound at auction, when 406 324 
 
 birds, to kill, rob nests, etc 394 320 
 
 bills, to post on property, sidewalks, etc 416 327 
 
 bicycles, roller skates, etc., use of on sidewalk 413 326 
 
 broker, pawn, to violate provisions of 295 291 
 
 broker, ticket, to violate regulations concerning 319 298 
 
 buildings and property, to deface, etc 420 328 
 
 cellar door, grating, well, etc , left open 392 320 
 
 cemetery, to violate provisions concerning 56 130 
 
 coal oil, etc., to keep in excess of three barrels, when 400 321 
 
 concealed weapons, to carr}-, etc 433 330 
 
 dance house, immoral show, etc . 378 316 
 
 depot, to loaf or loiter in or about, when 396 321 
 
 dirt, offal, etc., to drop on street 426 329 
 
 disease, contagious, violation of provisions governing 249 274 
 
 disorderly house, to keep, permit, etc 440 332 
 
 disturbance of peace 409 324 
 
 disturbance, lawful assembly 405 323 
 
 disturbance, religious worship 404 323 
 
 di.sturbance, by fighting I35 331 
 
 dogs, to keep unregistered or unmuzzled, when 77 144 
 
 dogs; to cause to fight on street, etc . 429 330 
 
 dramshop, to keep open or .sell after midnight or on Sun- 
 day 379 316 
 
 dramshop keeper, to employ female other than wife, etc 380 316 
 
 engines, steam, to run on street, etc 414 327 
 
 explosives, to keep in excess of certain quantity 431 330 
 
 exposure of person, while bathing, etc 375 315 
 
 exposure of person on street, avenue, etc 441 332 
 
 fast riding, driving, etc., on street 385 318 
 
 females, to employ other than wife, etc., in dramshop 380 316 
 
 fence, hedge, failure to cut, etc 399 321 
 
 fence, barbwire, along street 402 322 
 
 fighting, to the disturbance — of others 435 331 
 
 fire department, to violate provisions of 100 152 
 
 fire, fal.se alarm of 418 327 
 
 fire, failure to close hydrant when alarm given 763 455
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 51 1 
 
 PAfiE 
 
 455 
 330 
 3 '5 
 335 
 320 
 
 324 
 
 fountain, to carry or waste water from 761 
 
 games, on street, etc., when 4,0 
 
 gaming tables, etc., keeping of ^75 
 
 grass, weeds, etc., to grow along sidewalks, etc 449 
 
 grating, on street, left open ^02 
 
 gun, discharge of in limits 407 
 
 hand bills, posting on property and walks, when 416 -^27 
 
 hedge fence, failure to cut, etc 399 ^21 
 
 horse, to hitch to tree, case, etc 41^ -,27 
 
 hydrants, etc., to open, deface, etc 762 455 
 
 fast riding, during, etc 385 318 
 
 hotel, runner of, not to wear badge 27^ 286 
 
 house numbers, to mutilate, etc 452 336 
 
 infected district, train from to enter city without permit. 261 278 
 
 insurance agent, doing business without license 311 296 
 
 insurance broker, etc., not to have license * 314 296 
 
 intoxicating liquors, sale of to minors ; 382 317 
 
 intoxication, on street, etc 374 315 
 
 jail, officers, etc., to efcape from 422 328 
 
 lamp post, gas jet, etc., to deface, hitch to, etc 427 329 
 
 larceny 439 332 
 
 lawful assembly, disturbance of 405 323 
 
 lights, to take down from excavations, etc 602 387 
 
 license, to solicit, etc., insurance without 311 296 
 
 license, insurance agent and broker, not to have 314 296 
 
 license, merchant, failing to pay, etc 308 294 
 
 license, to do business without, generally 303 293 
 
 liquor, intoxicating, sale of to minor 382 317 
 
 liquor, intoxicating, sale of on Sunday, or after midnight 379 316 
 
 market house, to violate provisions of 37' 3^i 
 
 market inspector, over-charging, or failing to receipt for 
 
 money 342 306 
 
 meat, diseased, etc., to offer for sale 349 3"^ 
 
 meat shops, to keep within six blocks of market house 363 310 
 
 merchandise, to obstruct, sidewalk, etc., with when 390 319 
 
 merchant, failing to make statement, or pay licenses . 30S 294 
 
 minor, sale of intoxicating liquor to . .\^2 317 
 
 minor, to sell or loan toy pistol to 4'«^ 325
 
 512 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 STEC . FA fii: . 
 
 minor, to buy or receive property from 432 330 
 
 nuisance, to keep, permit, etc 239 271 
 
 numbers of houses, to mutilate, etc 452 336 
 
 offal, placed or left on street, etc 389 319 
 
 ofFal, dropped while being hauled 426 329 
 
 officer, to resist, etc 372 314 
 
 officer, escape from 422 328 
 
 officer, falsely representing 373 314 
 
 officer of company, to cut oflF water supply when 767 457 
 
 pauper, etc., tx> bring into city, when 386 318 
 
 pawn broker, to violate regulations of 295 291 
 
 permit, failure to have when required 549 364 
 
 permit, punishment for failure to comply with 555 366 
 
 petit larceny, what is, punishment 439 332 
 
 pigeons, to keep, have, etc.. 443 333 
 
 pigeons, marshal to shoot, when 444 333 
 
 pistols, toy, sale or loan of to minor 410 325 
 
 pistol galleries, to violate provisions of .. 576 376 
 
 plumbers to do business without license 577 377 
 
 plumbers, to violate, provisions concerning 580 37S 
 
 poles, to post bills on, mar, deface, etc 445 334 
 
 policeman's whistle, other than officer to sound 417 327 
 
 prisoner, to escape from officer, jail, etc 422 328 
 
 prisoner, to escape from street commissoner 424 329 
 
 prisoner, to convey means of escape to 423 328 
 
 privy and water closets, failure to provide for 581 379 
 
 privy and water closets, to violate provisions of 584 380 
 
 prostitutes, plying vocation of, etc 437 332 
 
 prostitution, renting rooms, etc., for 438 332 
 
 punishment, when not specially provided for 442 333 
 
 quarantine, failure to comply with regulations 260 277 
 
 quarantine, resisting enforcement of 264 278 
 
 railings, etc., spikes, nails, etc., to be fastened in 428 330 
 
 railroad, train to enter city without permit, when 261 278 
 
 railroad, car, to obstruct street, sidewalk, etc 391 320 
 
 railroad, car, minor to mount or climb 393 320 
 
 railroad, car, persons to mount or climb 395 320 
 
 railroad, depot, to loaf in or about 396 321
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 =; I ^ 
 
 railroad, section 395 and 396, not applicable to employes. 
 
 railroad, violation of provisions jroverninp running:; of 
 trains 
 
 religious worship, disturhance of 
 
 reservoir, water to bathe in, befoul, etc 
 
 runner of hotel, not to have badge 
 
 sewers, to violate provisions concerning 
 
 show, dance house, etc., when 
 
 sidewalks, to obstrcct with merchandise, etc 
 
 sidewalks, to use bicycle, roller skates, etc., on 
 
 sidewalks, to post hand bills, etc, on 
 
 sidewalks, to permit grass, weeds, etc., to grow along . 
 
 sidewalks, to disregard provisions governing 
 
 sidewalks, to obstrvict, generally 
 
 slop, water, etc., thrown from window 
 
 spikes, nails, etc., along railings, etc 
 
 stall and stands, to occupy in market house, without per- 
 mit, etc 
 
 stallions and jacks, exhibition of on street 
 
 stallions and jacks, kee])ing, standing and breeding of, 
 when 
 
 steam engine, to run or exhibit on street 
 
 stobs and posts, failure to remove, when 
 
 stones, etc., placed or left on street 
 
 street, to use when being repaired, when 
 
 streetlights, removal, etc., of when in repair 
 
 street, ashes, straw, etc., liirown upon 
 
 street, barb wire fence along, when 
 
 street, to ol)struct with merchandi.se, when 
 
 street, to olxstruct with railroad car 
 
 street, stone, dead animals, etc., placed upon 
 
 street, stallion or jack, exhibited upon 
 
 street, steam engine, exhibited or run upon 
 
 street, wagons, etc., standing upon, when 
 
 street, to cau.se dogs and animals to fight ini"i! 
 
 street, to be intoxicated upon 
 
 street, games, etc., played upon, when and what 
 
 street commissioner nrJc.i'H'r 1,. ( .'^c.ine from. 
 
 8F.C 
 
 r-AGK. 
 
 397 
 
 321 
 
 '■4 ; 
 
 K'7 
 
 4") 
 
 v23 
 
 :'M 
 
 455 
 
 2" s 
 
 2S6 
 
 6H9 
 
 429 
 
 .^78 
 
 316 
 
 3<,.. 
 
 ^i*( 
 
 413 
 
 32'' 
 
 .ti6 
 
 327 
 
 449 
 
 335 
 
 62.S 
 
 400 
 
 3S5 
 
 3i« 
 
 -,ss 
 
 318 
 
 42s 
 
 33<J 
 
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 ■,04 
 
 412 
 
 :^2f> 
 
 3S 1 
 
 u6 
 
 414 
 
 327 
 
 74 > 
 
 .)4S 
 
 vSm 
 
 ^^'9 
 
 603 
 
 3N7 
 
 602 
 
 3^7 
 
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 412 
 
 326 
 
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 327 
 
 415 
 
 327 
 
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 329
 
 514 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SRC. PAGE. 
 
 street railway, obstruction of 598 321 
 
 Sunday, to do business on 300 292 
 
 Sunday, selling liquor on 379 316 
 
 teacher, failing to require certificate of vaccination, when.. 247 273 
 telegraph, telephone company, etc., failure to make de- 
 posit, when 740 448 
 
 ticket broker, to violate provisions concerning license, etc.. 319 298 
 
 toy pistol, to sell or loan to minor 410 325 
 
 toy pistol, to carry or discharge in city limits 411 325 
 
 trespass, on property of association 4^1 328 
 
 trees, hitching horses to etc 419 327 
 
 trees, injuring, destroying, etc... 446 334 
 
 trees, to cut, mutilate, etc 448 335 
 
 trees, to violate provisions relating to shade trees 734 445 
 
 unlawful act, agreement to do 403 323 
 
 vacant lots, rubbish, filth, etc., to accumulate on 425 329 
 
 vaccination, certificate of, teacher failing to require, when 247 273 
 
 vagrant, defined and punishment 447 334 
 
 vehicle, to violate provisions concerning 747 450 
 
 vital statistics, to violate provisions of 256 275 
 
 wagon, standing on street, when 415 327 
 
 water, etc., thrown from window 388 319 
 
 water, use of not allowed by permit 759 454 
 
 water, use of without permit 760 454 
 
 water, to cut off supply after bond given, when 766 456 
 
 water, ofiicer to order same done 767 456 
 
 well, to leave open, etc 392 320 
 
 wife, child, etc., cruel treatment of .. 408 324 
 
 MONEY BROKERS— 
 
 whoare 296 291 
 
 license, must pay what 297 291 
 
 MONEY - 
 
 distributed, how ., 4 108 
 
 MULES— (5<?<' Animals.) 
 
 NIGHT SCAVENGERS 
 
 permit, nmst have, contracts of 553 365
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES . 
 
 515 
 
 NOTICE— 
 
 impounded animal, sale of, how given 
 
 dead animals, bids for removal, what 
 
 list of property for taxation, owner to have, what 
 
 appeals from police court, when and what necessary 
 
 sewer connection, to make, what necessary 
 
 change of name of street, what required 
 
 street improvements, what 
 
 including grade with other improvements, what give 
 
 street paving, to contractor of, what sufficient 
 
 sidewalks, to contractor of, what 
 
 sidewalks, choice of material for, how given 
 
 sidewalks, bids for construction, what 
 
 sidewalks, bids in special cases, what required 
 
 sidewalks, to repair, what given 
 
 NUISANCES— 
 
 to keep, permit, etc., prohibited 
 
 vegetable waste, garbage, etc., when 
 
 privy, water closet, etc., when 
 
 drains, garbage boxes, etc., when 
 
 lot, with pond or pool, when 
 
 stables, stalls, pen, etc., when 
 
 house offal, etc., when 
 
 green or unsalted hides 
 
 slaughter house, meat shop, etc 
 NUMBERING OF HOUSES— 
 
 places of beginning 
 
 manner of 
 
 to mutilate, etc., misdemeanor 
 
 OATHS— 
 
 persons listing property for taxation, form of 
 assessor on return of list of property, to make 
 city engineer, special conditions 
 of office, city officers to take 
 
 OFFICERS— 
 
 to deposit money with treasurer, when 
 Elections, Regulations Governing — 
 
 time of holding, qualification of councilmen, etc 
 
 BKC. 
 
 J'AOE. 
 
 12 
 
 1 I 1 
 
 •4 
 
 " "3 
 
 20 
 
 iiH 
 
 567 
 
 372 
 
 584 
 
 380 
 
 •594 
 
 384 
 
 595 
 
 385 
 
 596 
 
 385 
 
 601 
 
 387 
 
 621 
 
 396 
 
 627 
 
 398 
 
 627 
 
 398 
 
 63' 
 
 401 
 
 638 
 
 405 
 
 229 
 
 270 
 
 230 
 
 270 
 
 23 > 
 
 270 
 
 232 
 
 290 
 
 233 
 
 270 
 
 234 
 
 270 
 
 235 
 
 271 
 
 236 
 
 271 
 
 237 
 
 271 
 
 450 
 
 335 
 
 451 
 
 33^^ 
 
 452 
 
 33^1 
 
 22 
 
 119 
 
 4" 
 
 126 
 
 SS 
 
 147 
 
 157 
 
 3.^'* 
 
 453 
 
 loS 
 
 337
 
 5l6 INDEX TO KKVTSKD ORDINANCKS. 
 
 SEC. PAGE. 
 
 state laws to govern, except as to clerk 454 33S 
 iiulges, duties of — places of, how fixed, polls open when, 
 
 etc 455 33^ 
 
 returns, duty of mayor and clerk concerning 456 339 
 
 oath of office, who and what to take 457 339 
 
 certificate and oath, to be presented to council 458 340 
 
 meetings of council, regular and special 459 340 
 
 vacancy in office, how filled . 460 341 
 
 appointive officers, how and when made 461 341 
 
 term of appointive officers 462 341 
 
 council may appoint, when and how 463 341 
 
 bond of marshal - - 463a 342 
 
 bond of collector 464 342 
 
 bond of assessor 465 342 
 
 bond of treasurer 466 342 
 
 bond of policemen 467 343 
 
 judges and clerks of election, compensation of 539 360 
 
 Mayor, to have supervision over departments, etc. — 
 
 iriay appoint extra police, etc 468 343 
 
 commis-sions, appointments, bonds, etc., duty concern- 
 ing 469 343 
 
 cemetery lots, to execute certificate and deed to 470 344 
 
 duplicate plat.s of, to keep in office 471 344 
 
 fines remitted, etc., order concerning 472 344 
 
 office of, hours to be in, etc 473 344 
 
 vacancy in office, hpw filled 474 345 
 
 Clerk, Collector, Treasurer — 
 
 clerk, election of, term of office 475 345 
 
 bond of 476 346 
 
 accounts, record, etc., what to keep 477 34^ 
 
 licenses, duty concerning 47'*^ 34^ 
 
 tax books, to make, extend, etc 479 347 
 
 seal of citv, to affix, etc., when 480 347 
 
 "city register," means clerk ' 4^' 347 
 
 compensation of clerk 482 348 
 
 collector, duties of 4S3 34-"^ 
 
 treasurer, duties of 4>'^4 348
 
 INDKX TO RFA'lSr.I) ORDINANCF.S. 51; 
 
 • 
 
 Attorney — 
 
 duties geiicrall}' 
 
 appeals, to take, etc., when 
 
 absent, sick, etc., may appoint attorne\ 
 Street Commissioner- 
 office of, term, how appointed and removed 
 
 duties of 
 
 power to make arrests 
 Marshal and Police — 
 
 police force, what to constitute 
 
 duties of as to arrests, etc 
 
 policemen, dut}' to mayor and marshal 
 
 .arrests, enter houses, etc., when 
 
 assistant to act as marshal, when 
 
 nuisances, duty concerning 496 
 
 marshal, general duties of, etc 497 
 
 to attend council, preserve property, etc 
 
 policeman, may be suspended, vacancy, how filled 
 
 saloons, not to drink or loiter in 
 
 party arrested, property, how and when taken 
 
 marshal, to serve notices, collect dog tax, account for 
 money, etc — - 
 
 arrests, with or without process, when 
 
 Police Regulations — 
 
 marshal and police, must wear badge 
 
 uniform, must wear 
 
 badge and uniform, who to provide, etc... 
 
 to be paid for, by whom and how 
 
 failure to pay, works forfeiture of salary, what 
 
 Suspensions and Removals — 
 
 ma3'or, mav suspend for, what 
 
 suspension, how effected, performing duties after, misile- 
 
 meanor 
 
 charges, when prefered, notice of, etc 
 council, to hear evidence, etc* 
 
 vote, how taken, what necessary, etc 
 
 mayor, who mav prefer charges against, trial, etc 
 accused, right to defend, city attorney to prosecute 
 
 (^"' 
 
 .u« 
 
 4.S6 
 
 349 
 
 4.S7 
 
 349 
 
 48S 
 
 349 
 
 4.S9 
 
 350 
 
 49" 
 
 35" 
 
 191 
 
 35<' 
 
 492 
 
 3.S' 
 
 493 
 
 351 
 
 494 
 
 35 » 
 
 495 
 
 352 
 
 496 
 
 352 
 
 497 
 
 352 
 
 49« 
 
 353 
 
 499 
 
 353 
 
 500 
 
 353 
 
 50 > 
 
 353 
 
 502 
 
 354 
 
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 354 
 
 504 
 
 355 
 
 505 
 
 355 
 
 506 
 
 355 
 
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 355 
 
 508 
 
 356 
 
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 35'^ 
 
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 356 
 
 51 1 
 
 ^S7 
 
 5 1 ,1 
 
 357 
 
 =;i 1 
 
 357
 
 5i8 
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES* 
 
 Salaries and Compensation — sec. 
 
 general provisions 516 
 
 mayor 517 
 
 marshal - 518 
 
 police judge 519 
 
 clerk — 520 
 
 treasurer 521 
 
 collector 522 
 
 attorney 525 
 
 engineer, civil 524 
 
 assessor .' 525 
 
 street commissioner 526 
 
 policemen .....527 
 
 chief of fire department 528 
 
 assistant chief .. 529 
 
 hosemen 530 
 
 coiincilmen 531 
 
 board of health, members of 532 
 
 weighmaster 533 
 
 sexton of cemetery 534 
 
 paj'ment of, when and how made 535 
 
 officer, not to retain city money as salary 536 
 
 rodmen, chainmen and inspectors, pay of -. 537 
 
 jury, in condemnation proceedings, pay of 538 
 
 judges and clerkfi of election 539 
 
 extra police 540 
 
 witnesses 541 
 
 ORDINANCES— 
 
 style of, how passed, signed, etc 769 
 
 mayor's veto, powers of, bills passed over, etc 770 
 
 rights, etc., not effected by repeal of 771 
 
 offenses, lines and forfeitures, not effected by repeal 772 
 
 suits, actions, etc pending, not effected 773 
 
 "heretofore" and "hereafter,'*' meaning of 774 
 
 words importing plural number, scope of 775 
 
 words importing singular number, masculine gender, 
 
 scope of 776 
 
 when two preceding sections, not to apply .. 777 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 358 
 358 
 358 
 358 
 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 359 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 360 
 
 459 
 460 
 460 
 460 
 461 
 461 
 461 
 
 461 
 461
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 519 
 
 SKC. PAfiE. 
 
 ordinance, repealing ordinance, when repealed, effect of 77S 461 
 clerk, to file, number, preserve, etc.. — conflicting ordi- 
 nances, last invalid till former repealed 779 162 
 
 same provisions in, how construed, etc 780 462 
 
 revised ordinances, to be known and cited how, etc 781 462 
 
 rules for government of council 782 462 
 
 revised ordinances, city attorney to superintend, etc 783 462 
 
 what to be printed, style of, etc 784 462 
 
 contract for publication of, council to make 7H5 463 
 
 time of going into effect, attestation of 786 464 
 
 PARTNERSHIP— 
 
 property of, how assessed ^6 12s 
 
 PAWN BROKER— 
 
 shall pay license 287 290 
 
 defined 288 290 
 
 shall give bond 289 290 
 
 shall keep register, give tickets, etc 290 290 
 
 register to be open to inspection of whom 291 291 
 
 shall pay tax, etc 292 291 
 
 shall not receive goods from minors nor at certain hours 
 
 at all 293 291 
 
 shall not loan on divided part of articles 294 291 
 
 penalty for violating provisions concerning 295 291 
 
 PENALTIES— 
 
 failure to list property for taxation, what 24 120 
 
 assessor to accept list not sworn to, etc 21 119 
 
 building association, officer failing to pay tax on shares 29 123 
 
 assessor, failing to return old book, or to mutilate 30 123 
 
 street improvement, failure to commence or complete, 
 
 when 605 388 
 
 PERMITS— 
 
 building, etc., to erect, nmst have, how obtained 
 plans of, etc , to be submitted and inspected, uhen 
 appeal, may take when permit refused 
 street, alley, etc., to dig or excavate in, how obtHiiicil 
 paved or macadamized street, how- 
 sidewalk, to place or leave articles on, etc 
 
 ,S42 
 
 361 
 
 543 
 
 262 
 
 544 
 
 362 
 
 545 
 
 362 
 
 546 
 
 3^^ 
 
 547 
 
 363
 
 520 INDEX TO REVrSEI) ORDINANCES'. 
 
 Street, etc, to excavate under, repair of 548 364 
 
 failure to have, when requirrd, misdemeanor 549 364 
 
 excavations, guards, lights, indemnity bond for, etc 550 364 
 
 stone, brick, earth, etc., to carry away, must have 551 365 
 
 ■ engineer; to keep record of 552 36'; 
 
 night scavenger, must have, etc 553 365 
 
 streets, to parade on, etc 554 366 
 
 failure to comply with provisions of, misdemeanor 555 366 
 
 PEST HOUSES— 
 
 board of healt^i to provide and send to, when 240 272 
 
 PETIT LARCENY— 
 
 what constitutes, punishment . 439 333 
 
 PIGEONS— 
 
 _ misdemeanor to keep, have, etc 443 335 
 
 marshal, to .shoot, etc 444 333 
 
 PISTOL GALLERIES 
 
 to keep, etc., what property owners must consent, etc 572 375 
 
 license for, clerk to issue when 573 375 
 
 tax on, what and when paid 574 376 
 
 license, may be revoked, etc 575 376 
 
 to violate provisions of, misdemeanor 576 376 
 
 PLATS— (^•ed' Additions. 1 
 
 PLUMBERS— 
 
 must have license, failure to, penalt}'. . 577 377 
 
 application for license, how' made 57.S 377 
 
 bond of, when required . 579 377 
 
 street, excavations, how made, etc., misdemeanor, when 580 378 
 
 to test accuracy of water meters, when . 765 456 
 
 POLICE— (5£'t' Marshal and Pol ice.) 
 
 POLICE COURT^ 
 
 establi.shed, purpose of . 556 366 
 
 warrants, when to issue, form of 557 367 
 
 defendant, trial, bond, commitment of, etc 558 367 
 
 police judge, to keep docket, issue subpoenai's, etc 559 368 
 
 witness, refusing to testify, may be committed to jail 560 369 
 
 continuances, when granted, how long 561 369
 
 INDKX TO RF.VISEl) ORDINANCES. 52 1 
 
 SF.C I'AOK 
 
 depositions, may be taken, order for, etc 562 •^70 
 
 trials, by jury or judge, when, etc 563 370 
 
 jury, empaneling of, verdict, etc 564 370 
 
 certified copies of ordinances, etc., evidence 565 371 
 
 appeals, how taken, l^ond for, etc 566 372 
 
 notice of, when to be given 567 372 
 
 commitment, when made, form of, execution, etc 56S 373 
 
 actions and parties, what may be joined, judgements, etc 569 374 
 
 informer, be competent witness, to pay costs, when 570 374 
 
 suit or prosecution, time of instituting 571 375 
 
 POLICE JUDGK— 
 
 salary of .- 5"> vS^ 
 
 warrants, to issue when, form of 557 ?^7 
 
 cotnniitment on failure to give bond, form of 55S 367 
 
 docket of, subpcenaes, attachment, conlempt, etc 559 36S 
 
 witness, refusal to testify, may commit 5^ 3^9 
 
 continuances, may grant, how long 56' 3^9 
 
 depositions, may grant, rule for, etc 262 370 
 
 try case, when, jury, when 5^3 37*^' 
 
 jury, empaneling of, verdict, judgement, etc 564 370 
 
 appeals, from judgement of, how and when taken 566 372 
 
 shall order prisoner worked, when ,S^9 .'^'^- 
 
 POIJ.S— 
 
 time of opening and closing 45,s .v^^ 
 
 POOR— 
 
 to be cared for by board of ciiarity, donations for, etc 5'"^ '3' 
 
 POUND— (.SV^' Animals:) 
 
 city to provide ' ' 
 
 animals, to be kept in and sold, when ' - 
 
 charge for impounding, fees of marshal '3 
 
 prIvSOnp:rs 
 
 to be worked on street, etc " ' 
 
 ball and chain, may be used, when ^'•'^' 
 days work, allowance for on fine.. 
 
 1 1 1 
 1 1 I 
 1 1 .^ 
 
 •,S2 
 
 382 
 
 91 3S3 
 
 manner of feeding, etc.. ^'^' ' ' "' 
 
 record of work, to be ke]n 
 
 3\^
 
 522 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. PAGE 
 
 to convey means of escape to, misdemeanor 423 328 
 
 to escape from jail, officer, etc., misdemeanor 422 328 
 
 PRIVIES AND WATER CLOSETS— 
 
 buildings, what must have 581 379 
 
 improperly provided, penalty 582 379 
 
 vaults, not connected with sewer, regulations of 583 379 
 
 penalty for failure to connect with sewer, when 584 380 
 
 connections, how made 585 3S0 
 
 leaking vaults, misdemeanor to have 586 381 
 
 violation of provisions, penalty in general 587 381 
 
 marshal and'police, duty concerning 588 381 
 
 nuisance, when * 231 270 
 
 PROPERTY 
 
 what taxable, how and when assessed 19 i r6 
 
 PROSTITUTES,— (5^^ Bawdy Ilojcse.) 
 
 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS,— i^.?^ Streets, Sidewalks, Sewers, etc.) 
 
 RAILROADS— (5>^ Ticket Broker.) 
 
 quarantine regulations, notice of to be given 260 277 
 
 to enter city during quarantine, must have permit, when.. 261 278 
 
 minor, to hang or climb on car, misdemeanor 393 320 
 
 to mount, jump from, enter, etc., when 395 320 
 
 depot, to loaf in without excuse, misdemeanor 396 321 
 
 rate of speed of engines, cars, etc., in city 641 407 
 
 street crossings, etc., not to obstruct, requirments of 
 
 moving freight trains in city 642 407 
 
 penalty for violationg two preceding sections 643 407 
 
 RECORDS— (5^^ City Clerk, Collector, Mayor. Maishal, Eng- 
 ineer, Board of Health, Cemetery, Condernnatiofi Proceed- 
 ings, Streets, Fire Department, etc.) 
 
 RESOLUTIONS — 
 
 change of name of street, provisions concerning 594 384 
 
 for improving streets, etc., concerning 595 385 
 
 sidewalks, may be condemned by 630 401 
 
 REVENUE- 
 
 from what .source derived, generally 644 40S 
 
 property exempt from taxation, what 645 4oS_
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 523 
 
 SKC. I'AGE 
 
 personal property, what taxable 646 409 
 
 rate of tax, fixed by ordinance each year 647 409 
 
 real estate — and other terms construed, etc h4S 409 
 
 property, how assessed, board of equalization, etc 649 411 
 
 collector to give notice of, what and when 650 412 
 
 taxes, payable in what 651 41 ^ 
 
 taxes, delinquent when, penalty, list returned, etc 652 41^ 
 
 nun-residents, collector to furnish list, what 653 41^ 
 
 taxes, duty of collector concerning, may make levy, etc.. . 654 414 
 
 costs of levy, when included, etc 655 414 
 
 corporations, to pay how, failure to, proceedings 656 414 
 
 penalty for failure to so pay etc 657 415 
 
 collector, to credit and receipt for, part payment 65S 41 ^ 
 
 collector, to keep account, pay into treasurer and make 
 
 statement 659 415 
 
 delinquent list, when and how returned 660 416 
 
 council to examine such list 661 416 
 
 city clerk, to make delinquent book, when, 662 117 
 
 delinquent taxes, how collected, etc 663 417 
 
 delinquent list being prepared, taxes how paid 664 417 
 
 delinquent list, collector failing to return, penalty 665 41S 
 
 collector, may bring suit, mayor to appoint attorney for 666 41S 
 
 REVISED ORDINANCES— (5(?<f Ordinances.) 
 
 SALARIES — (See Officers, for Compensation of.) 
 
 when and how to be paid 5,^5 ,^^ 
 
 SEAL OF CITY— 
 
 clerk to keep 
 
 size, design of, etc 
 
 clerk to affix, when * 
 
 SEWERS— 
 
 privies and water closets, to be connected with, when 
 
 general system established, to consist of what, etc 
 
 maps, plats, profiles, etc., what to govern... 
 
 meaning of term "engineer" 
 
 meaning of term " as indicated ". 
 
 public sewers, to be built how, special provisions 
 
 contractor to furnish labor and material, disputes, how set- 
 
 667 
 
 4 IS 
 
 f^hS 
 
 lis 
 
 \'-" 
 
 vJ7 
 
 5^^ 
 
 .>79 
 
 66g 
 
 •J '9 
 
 h-r. 
 
 j2 1 
 
 (^-\ 
 
 12" 
 
 h-2 
 
 42.) 
 
 673 
 
 4 20
 
 e: c. 
 
 PAGB. 
 
 674 
 
 421 
 
 675 
 
 421 
 
 676 
 
 422 
 
 677 
 
 423 
 
 67S 
 
 423 
 
 679 
 
 424 
 
 680 
 
 424 
 
 681 
 
 424 
 
 682 
 
 424 
 
 683 
 
 425 
 
 6S4 
 
 425 
 
 685 
 
 426 
 
 686 
 
 426 
 
 524 INUKX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 tied, what final 
 
 public travel not to be obstructed, etc. ; contractor shall 
 
 protect water, gas, and other pipes, etc 
 contractor to be responsible for what, forfeiture 
 excavations for, how made in particular 
 
 back-filling, how done 
 
 200 feet of trench only to be opened, where 
 
 brick, quality of, how laid, etc 
 
 niortar, to consist of what, how made, test of cement 
 
 concrete to consist of what, how made 
 
 man-holes, dimensions, how built 
 
 laterals, how built, and set 
 
 grades to be indicated how, trenches, how excavated for 
 
 pipe 
 
 pipes, how laid, quality, inferior to be rejected, etc 686 
 
 public sewers to be constructed inider contract, rights re- 
 served 687 428 
 
 private sewers to connect with public ar,d district, where, 
 
 by whom, fee for, permit to be procured for, etc 688 428 
 
 injuring, or connecting wilhoul permit, penalty for 689 429 
 
 District Sewers — 
 
 to be constructed according to provisions of this article . 690 430 
 
 boundaries of sewer districts to be fixed by ordinance, etc 691 430 
 
 city engineer charge, etc., of construction of, to prepare 
 
 what 692 431 
 
 to be located on lines shown on plans, stakes to be set by 
 engineer 
 
 trenches, how excavated, etc 
 
 responsibility of contractor in doing work on 
 
 water, gas, and other pipes, how protected, etc 
 
 contractor shall provide for ])assage of vehicles, etc 
 
 shall barricade work, and keep lights on, responsible for 
 what 
 
 distance of trench to be excavated, onh- what . 
 
 water to be removed from trench before pipe is laid, unless 700 
 
 contractor to do additional work on bottom when 
 
 six-feet sewers to be built of what 
 
 693 
 
 431 
 
 694 
 
 43 J 
 
 695 
 
 431 
 
 696 
 
 432 
 
 ■ 697 
 
 432 
 
 3 for 
 
 
 698 
 
 432 
 
 699 
 
 432 
 
 less 700 
 
 432 
 
 701 
 
 432 
 
 702 
 
 433
 
 INDKX TO REVlSKI) ORDINANCI'.S. 
 
 525 
 
 man-holes, catch-basins and flush-tanks, how Imilt, loca 
 tion of, etc 
 
 quality of brick for, how laid, etc 
 
 cement, kind, test, etc 
 
 mortar, composed of what, how made 
 
 concrete, composed of what, how made and laid, etc 
 
 pipes, qualit}- required, etc 
 
 pipes, laid how 
 
 pipes, how joined together 
 
 trenches over pipes, how filled . 
 
 deficiency in filling-material, to be supplied by contractor 712 
 
 covered how deep, " y '' branches, how set. etc 
 
 lamp holes, how made 
 
 sewer, how measured, contractor to furni,sh labor and ma- 
 terial; work and material to be inspected, etc.; reject- 
 ed work or material to be replaced; failure of contract- 
 or to, work to stop and engineer to do same; work to 
 be prosecuted diligently, contractor to provide means 
 for inspection; work to be kept cleaned, pavements, 
 etc., to be replaced, work to stop during freezing 
 weather, etc 715 
 
 general provi.sions during construction, and duties of 
 
 parties 7'^ 
 
 other general provisions concerning work, etc 717 
 
 subletting not to be without permission; violation of this 
 
 may work forfeiture 7^^ 
 
 work shall be liable to condemnation any time before final 
 
 acceptance. 7"' 
 
 tax bills to be issued m payment for work 7:?" 
 
 engineer shall prepare plans, etc 7-' 
 
 " engineer," term defined; term " as indicated " defined 722 
 land to be condemned, engineer to make estimates, com- 
 mittee to advertise for bids, advertisement how made 723 
 cost of, how computed; tax for, how assessed; tax bills to 
 be issued, to be signed by whom, how, how collected, » 
 
 lien of, rate of interest 724 
 
 district sewers shall be under control of cil\ 
 
 703 
 
 13.? 
 
 704 
 
 433 
 
 705 
 
 434 
 
 '706 
 
 434 
 
 707 
 
 43< 
 
 7C.S 
 
 434 
 
 709 
 
 434 
 
 710 
 
 435 
 
 71 1 
 
 43.'i 
 
 712 
 
 435 
 
 7'i 
 
 436 
 
 7'-) 
 
 436 
 
 I3h 
 
 4i7 
 43« 
 
 43^ 
 
 43^ 
 44«' 
 
 44'^ 
 441
 
 526 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 Sewer Connections — sec. page. 
 general plans, provisions, specifications and requirements 
 
 concerning making of.. 726 442 
 
 engineer to supervise, not to be be made without permit, 
 
 imperfect connections condemned 727 443 
 
 applicant for permit to file bond, amount and conditions of 728 443 
 
 pipes, etc., to be left open until inspected 729 443 
 
 punishment for violation of this article 730 444 
 
 SEXTON OF CEMETERY— 
 
 to obtain schedule of prices of lots 48 128 
 
 appointment and duties of 53 129 
 
 special duties of. 55 i ;o 
 
 bond of, etc 57 130 
 
 compensation of 534 360 
 
 SHADE TREES— 
 
 to break, injure, etc., misdemeanor 446 334 
 
 to cut, mutilate, etc., misdemeanor 458 335 
 
 planting, trimming, etc., manner of 734 445 
 
 SHEEP— (5^<? Animals.) 
 
 SIDEWALKS— 
 
 construction, condemnation, reconstruction of, etc., how 
 
 controlled 619 395 
 
 work of construction, etc., shall include what, shall be 
 
 done how 620 395 
 
 general and special provisions concerning 621 396 
 
 powers of city engineer, concerning 622 397 
 
 specifications for brick sidewalks 623 397 
 
 specifications for concrete and granitoid sidewalks 624 397 
 
 specifications for stone sidewalks 625 398 
 
 specifications for wooden sidewalks 626 398 
 
 owner may select material, etc., how and when, city, when 
 
 find how, general provisions concerning, etc 627 398 
 
 location and width, how provided for, persons violating 
 
 provisions hereof, guilty of misdemeanor, when 628 400 
 
 petition for, suflBciency of, bringing street to grade to be 
 
 borne by property owner, when, general provisions 
 
 concerning 629 400
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANXES. 
 
 527 
 
 council condemn what walks, how-, etc. , mav provide new 
 sidewalks, etc., penalty for repairing condemned side- 
 walks 
 
 estimates, how and when made, to include what, etc., 
 
 sidewalks to be cons' ructed by city, when, cost of how col- 
 lected, special tax bills, rale of interest, assignable, 
 and general provisions concerning 
 
 such tax bills to be disposed of and collected how, mav be 
 sold, etc 
 
 persons taking contract hereunder to be paid by special 
 tax bills, etc 
 
 cost to be paid by special tax levy on abutting lots, etc., 
 corner lots to bear extensions to curb lines .; 
 
 engineer to compute cost of, tax bills to issue when 
 
 lax bills, evidence of what rate of interest, lien of, collect- 
 able, how 
 
 repairing of, no formality required, how proceeded with 
 
 repairing of, hosv paid for, lien of tax bills for, rate of 
 intere'st - 
 
 tax bills for repairs, by whom and how collected 
 
 obstruction of, misdemeanor 
 
 bicycle, roller skates, etc., used upon, misdemeanor 
 
 hand bills, etc., to paste on, misdemeanor 
 
 articles placed or left upon, who must have permit 
 
 STALLIONS AND JACKS— 
 
 keeping, standing and breeding of, how- 
 exhibition of on street, misdemeanor 
 
 STOCKS AND SHARES— 
 
 of corporations, assessed for taxation, how 
 
 STREET COMMISSIONER— 
 mayor to appoint 
 
 term of ofi5ce 
 
 office of, removal from, etc 
 
 duties of 
 
 arrests, powers to make, etc 
 
 compensation 
 
 may construct sidewalks, when 
 
 630 
 631 
 
 632 
 
 633 
 
 634 
 
 635 
 636 
 
 637 
 63S 
 
 639 
 640 
 
 3«5 
 413 
 416 
 
 547 
 
 3'^> 
 412 
 
 40 1 
 401 
 
 402 
 403 
 403 
 
 404 
 404 
 
 404 
 40.S 
 
 406 
 406 
 
 3'*< 
 326 
 
 327 
 
 3"6 
 326 
 
 461 
 
 341 
 
 ^f.^ 
 
 341 
 
 4^^ 
 
 349 
 
 4S9 
 
 3.50 
 
 49-. 
 
 350 
 
 526 
 
 359 
 
 632 
 
 J,03
 
 528 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SKr. F'ACF. 
 
 ma}- repair, when 638 405 
 
 setting of poles, to superintend what 738 447 
 
 may take charge of prisoners and work on street, when 589 382 
 
 ball and chain, may use when 590 382 
 
 to keep record of such work, etc 593 383 
 
 STREETS— 
 
 garbage, filth, refuse, etc., a misdemeanor 230 270 
 
 lights for, council to provide for, etc 320 29H 
 
 intoxication on, a misdemeanor 374. 315 
 
 strolling and lurking about after sundown, misdemeanor.. 377 316 
 
 ashes, paper, straw, etc., thrown upon, when misdemeanor 387 319 
 
 water or slop thrown on from window, misdemeanor 388 319 
 
 obstruction of with merchandise, when misdemeanor . 390 319 
 
 with railroad train or car, when 391 320 
 
 barb wire fence along, unlawful 402 322 
 
 stallion, jack or Ijull exhibition on. misdemeanor . 412 326 
 
 steam engine, running or exhibition of misdemeanor .414 327 
 
 wagon standing on, etc., unlawful, when 415 327 
 
 dirt, offal, etc., to drop or .spill 426 329 
 
 games, etc., likely to frighten horses, misdemeanor 430 330 
 
 to dig or excavate, must have permit 545 546 362-3 
 
 when so excavated, etc., must be repaired 548 364 
 
 parades on, must have permit 554 366 
 
 how opened, etc.— (Sec Condcnmatioii Pipcecdings.) 
 
 plumbers excavating in, regulation of 580 378 
 
 change of name, how effected 594 384 
 
 how to proceed for the improvement of 595 385 
 
 council may include grading, when 596 385 
 
 street improvements to conform to this article 597 386 
 
 work shall be done, how 598 386 
 
 material shall be inspected, to be rejected, when 599 386 
 
 inferior material and improper work to be removed, etc 600 386 
 
 notice of. what shall be sufficient 601 387 
 
 contractor to put up lights,' penalty for taking down, etc 602 387 
 street not to be used while being improved, except by fire 
 
 department 603 387 
 
 lial'ility of contractor and .sureties for damage done (xj4 387
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCtlS. 529 
 
 failure of contractor to commence or complete work within 
 
 time, proceedure, penalty 6f)5 -^SS 
 
 citj' may complete work, when, how 606 38S 
 
 decision of city engineer shall be final, when 607 ^s-^ 
 
 city engineer shall make estimates, may discharge what 
 
 men 60S 3S9 
 
 advertisements of bids, how made, when, by whom, bids 
 
 may be rejected 609 t,^() 
 
 bids, how accepted, effect of 6ro 390 
 
 check or bond shall accompany bids, to be forfeited, when 61 1 390 
 
 successful bidder to enter into contract and bond, when, 
 provisions of contract, conditions of bond, etc.. to be 
 
 filed, where 612 391 
 
 engineer to inspect work — inspector may be appointed, 
 
 work, how accepted, tax-bills to be issued, etc 61 ^1 392 
 
 city engineer shall make calculation, clerk to issue tax- 
 bills, etc 614 },t)2 
 
 tax-bills to be lien — prima facie evidence of what, collected 
 
 how 615 393 
 
 tax-bills not payable in installments, rate of interest on 616 393 
 
 tax-bills shall be assignable 617 393 
 
 cost of improvements may be paid in installments, when; 
 rate of interest on tax-bills, how issued in such cases, 
 
 lien of 
 
 teams, etc., not to be fed on 
 
 SUPPLIES— 
 
 purchase of, by order signed by clerk 
 order, granted only on written requisition 
 orders, requisition, et.c., clerk to preserve, how 
 
 TAXATION— l^^^- Revenue, Tax Bills, Licenses, etc.) 
 
 books, to be kept by collector, how ' "T 
 
 who shall be heldi liable for 39 '^^ 
 
 special assessment in condeni nation proceedings, how 
 
 made 
 
 tax bills, to be issued for benefits a.ssessed, etc 
 
 lien of benefit assessment 
 
 tax on dogs, rate 
 
 6iS 
 
 394 
 
 7;^ 
 
 15" 
 
 731 
 
 444 
 
 732 
 
 444 
 
 7V; 
 
 111 
 
 62 
 
 '34 
 
 6t 
 
 136 
 
 6» 
 
 '56 
 
 6S 
 
 142
 
 530 INDEX TO revisp:d ordinances, 
 
 BEC. PAGE. 
 
 dramshop keepers 79 145 
 
 what property taxable 644 408 
 
 what exempt from 645 408 
 
 amount of, to be fixed by ordinance each year 647 409 
 
 TAX BILLS- 
 
 for public improvements, issued how 614 392 
 
 lien of, how collected, etc 615 393 
 
 rate of interest, etc 616 393 
 
 assignable, may be collected by holder.... 617 393 
 
 payable in installments, rate of interest, how collected 618 394 
 
 sidewalks, for construction of by city, interest, lien, etc 632 402 
 
 same assignable, etc 632 402 
 
 sidewalks, constructed under contract 637 404 
 
 repairs of, made by city 639 406 
 
 TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC POLES AND WIRES— 
 
 to break, injure, deface, etc., misdemeanor 420 328 
 
 poles, to post bills on, mar or deface 445 334 
 
 general provisions 735 446 
 
 alleys, to be set in when, manner of 736 446 
 
 poles, requisites for, manner of setting, height of wire, etc 737 446 
 
 plan of route, to be furnished council, etc 738 447 
 
 location and height of, council may change 739 447 
 
 deposit for repairs, company to make what, failure to, mis- 
 demeanor 740 448 
 
 regulations, council to make, stobs and posts removal and 
 
 costs of, failure to, misdemeanor, when 741 448 
 
 TICKET BROKER— 
 
 license, must have 315 297 
 
 term defined , 316 297 
 
 license, amount, term and provisions of 317 297 
 
 bond of, shall furnish schedule 318 297 
 
 penalty for violating provisions of 319 298 
 
 TREASURER- 
 
 to keep what accounts and how 5 108 
 
 bond of - 466 342 
 
 duty of 484 348 
 
 salary 521 359
 
 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 53 I 
 
 to make monthly settlements, check warrants, etc 755 451 
 
 VACANCY IN OFFICE— 
 
 manner of filling. 460 341 
 
 VAGRANTS— 
 
 who deemed, punishment for 447 334 
 
 VEHICLES— 
 
 licensed, to have stands, when not engaged 742 
 
 marshal, to designate such stands 
 
 record of, marshal to keep, etc 
 
 wagons, with articles for sale, to stand on market place 
 
 team, not to be fed on street, etc 
 
 misdemeanor to violate provisions concerning 747 
 
 WARDS OF CITY— 
 
 number of. 
 
 First ward, location of 
 
 Second ward 
 
 Third ward 
 
 Fourth ward 
 
 WARRANTS— 
 For Arrests — 
 
 form of, how and when issued 557 3^7 
 
 For Money — 
 
 clerk to draw on order from council 753 45' 
 
 party indebted to city, clerk not to issue, etc 754 45' 
 
 treasurer, settlement of, warrants, coupons to be checke<l 755 45' 
 
 claim, etc., against city, time of filing .. 75^ 45^ 
 
 claims, to be examined and indorsed by committee 757 45^ 
 
 WATER AND WATER SUPPLIES— 
 Contracts For — 
 
 council to make, how, limits concerning 75^ 45- 
 
 Water Works, Regulation of— 
 
 water, use of not authorized by permit, misdemeanor 
 use of without hcense or permit, misdemeanor 
 fountains, to carry or waste water from, misdemeanor 
 hydrants, to open, deface, etc., misdemeanor, when 
 fire alarm, hydrants, etc., to be closed, failure to, misde- 
 meanor 765 -^55 
 
 743 
 
 450 
 
 744 
 
 45^J 
 
 745 
 
 450 
 
 746 
 
 450 
 
 747 
 
 45(> 
 
 74« 
 
 45^ 
 
 749 
 
 450 
 
 750 
 
 45^> 
 
 75' 
 
 45' 
 
 752 
 
 45' 
 
 759 
 
 454 
 
 760 
 
 4 SI 
 
 761 
 
 45 s 
 
 762 
 
 455
 
 532 INDEX TO REVISED ORDINANCES. 
 
 SEC. 
 
 reservoir, to bathe in, befoul, etc., misdemeanor 764 
 
 meters, dispute as to accuracy, how and by whom tested... 765 
 water supply, to cut off after consumer executes bond pend- 
 ing dispute, misdemeanor 766 
 
 officer ordering or directing same, misdemeanor 767 
 
 WEIGH MASTER— (5"^^ Market House.) 
 
 WITNESSES— 
 
 fees of before police judge 541 
 
 refusing to testify, may be committed 560 
 
 fees for attending police court, policeman, when . 76S
 
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