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Elevation above datum line at
Walnut street.
.43.80 .
SEC. 22. Locul Street-
Half way between Twelfth street and Rail- road street - elevation above datum line. ...... 45.70
SEC. 23. Park Street-
Elevation above datum Ine at the center of the alley west of Fifth' street .. ... 90.00
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SEC. 24. Center Street-
Elevation above datum line at T 58.00 165 feet west of Second street. 100 feet west of Third street .82.00
At the alley west of | Sixth street 75.00
- At the alley west of Seventh street. 95.00
EAST OF THE DES MOINES, RIVER.
SBO. 25. Sycamore Street
Elevation above datum line at
First street !!
.. 21.00
Second street ..
.22.00
Fourth street ..
23,00
Sixth street !!
.42.00
Pennsylvania Avenue
.68:00
Ninth street!
94:00
Eleventh street.
111.00
Twelfth street.
114.00
Fourteenth street
105.00
Fifteenth street .. '
:92.50
Sixteenth street.
.85.00
.59.00
SEC. 26 Locust Street-
Elevation above datum line at
.20.00
Front street!
+21.00
Second street
.22100
Third street!
23.00
Fourth street
27.00
Fifth street.
33100
Sixth street.
39 00
Seventh street.
.45.50 83.00
Ninth street
109.50
Eleventh street
105:00
Twelfth strep
SEC. 27. Walnut Street-
Elevation above datum line at Front street
.20.00
.20.69
Second street.
.. 21.35
Third street.
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GRADES.
Pennsylvania Avenue
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CITY ORDINANCES.
FEET.
Fourth street ..
22.04
Fifth street.
24.75
Sixth street
27.00
Seventh street.
32.25
Eighth street.
38.00
Ninth street ..
72.10
Tenth street.
106.00
Eleventh street.
108.00
Twelfth street ..
.104.00
SEC. 28 Court Avenue-
Elevation above
datum line at
Front street
.. 20,00
Second street.
.20.69
Third street
.21.35
Fourth street.
.22.04
Fifth street
22.75
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Sixth street
.23.83 ;
Seventh street.
24.91
Eighth street
26.00
Ninth street
49.66
Tenth street.
.73.34
Eleventh street
.97.00
'Twelfth street
100.00
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SEG. 20. Vine Street-
Elevation above line at
20.00
Fourth street
22.04
Eighth street.
26.00
Ninth street,
31.00
Tonth street,
46.00
Eleventh street
62.00
Twelfth street
64.00
SEC. 30. Market Street-+
Elevation above datum line at
Front street .!
20.00
Second street
20.69
Fourth street
22.04
Eighth street
26.00
Twelfth street
84.00
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SRC. 31: Elm Street
Elevation above datum line at
Front street !! 20.00
Second street ..
20169
Fourth street.
22.04
Fifth street .. 22175
Sixth street.
23.83
Seventh street.
24,91 26.00
Eighth , street.
Ninth street ..
25.00
Tenth street ..
24.00
Eleventh street 23,00
Twelfth ..
.22.00
SEd! 32. Second Street
Elevation above datum line at
Half-way between Elm and Market street 21.20
Half-way between Market and Vine streets! 21.20
Half-way between Vine street and Court Av .. 21.60
Half-way between Court Av. and Walnut street .. 21.60 Half-way between Walnut and Locust streets ... 21.20
SEq. 33. Third Street-
Elevation above datum line at
Half-way between Elm and Market streets :. 21.85
Half-way between Market and Vine streets !. .21.85 Half-way between Vine street and Court Av. 22.25
Half way between Court Av. and Walnut street.22 25 Half-way between Walnut and Locust streets .. 21.85
SEC 34. |Fourth Street
Elevation above datum line at
Half-way between Elm and Market streets ...... 22.50
Half-way between Market and Vine streets ...... 22.50 Half way between Vine street and Court Av .22.00 Half-way between Court Av. and Walnut street .. 22.00
SEC| 35. . Fifth Street-
Elevation above datum line at
... 1.23.25 Half-way between Elm and Market streets .23.25 Half-way between Market and Vine streets [ .... Half-way between Vine street and Court Av.23.05
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CITY ORDINANCES.
SEC. 36 Sixth Street-
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Elevation above datum line at Half-way between Elm and Market streets .... .24.33 Half-way between Market and Vine streets ..... 24.33 Half-way between Vine street and Court Av .. 24.63
SEC. 37. Seventh Street-
Elevation above datom line de
Halfway Between Elm and Market streets .25.40 Half way between Market and Vine streets. .25.40 Half way . between Vine street and Court Ay ... 25.70
SEC. 38. Fighth Street-
Elevation above datum line at Half way between Elm and Market streets
.26.50 Half way between Market and Vine streets .26.50 Half-way Between Vine street and Court Av ... 26.70
.SEC. 39. Des Moines Street-
Elevation abovo datum line at
First street
.22.00
Second street.
23.00
'Fourth street.
.26.00'
Fifth street
.45.00
At 210 feet east
of Fifth street.
69.00
Sixth street
65.00
Pennsylvania Avenue.
75.00
Ninth street,
85.00
Tenth street !!
93.00
Eleventh street ..
104:00
Twelfth street. 116.00
Fourteenth street
113:00
Fifteenth street
93.00
Sixteenth street 82.00
65.00 !
SEC. 40. Lyon Street-
Elevation above datum line at
80.00
Fourth street
15.00
Fifth street ..
At 160 feet east of Fifth street
14.00
Seventeenth street.
105
Sixth street. 62.00
Pine street .... 58:00
Pennsylvania Avenue 57/00 A, 300 feet east of Pennsylvania Avenue .. 66.00
Ninth street .. 75.00
Tenth street. 107.00
SEC | 41. Maple Street-
Elevation above datum line at
Fourth street !! 32.00
Fifth street .!!
77.00
Sixth street .:.
68100
Pine street. 87.00
Pennsylvania Avenue 82/00
Ninth street.
82.00
SEC. 42. All gfades shall be uniform between any two given points next to each other.
SEC. 43. : All ordinances and parts of ordinances and
resolution's inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Passed January 11| 186) :| Published February 3, 1869
NUMBER 40.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
AN ORDINANCE Relating to Appropriations, Suarios; Officers, Records, 1 Ordinances and Actione.
SECTION 1. Be ordained by the City Council of the City Appropriations of Des Moines, That he money shall be appropriated out of -How made. the City Treasury except by an ordinance therefor. Joas and nays.
SEo. 2. Every resolution authorizing any person or Authorizing committee to make any contract for the city, shall be contracts by adopted by a vote by yeas and nays, and every contract made in accordance therewith shall be valid and binding upon the city, and may be enforced, against, or in favor of the city! SEC. 8. The salaries of all city officers shall be payable Relatics. An. quarterly at the end of each quarter, except a different time how hudised.
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. Custody of bonds, and suite on.
Records open for inspection.
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Officer viola- ting duty.
7 Enacting clause.
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Repealing ordinances.
SEC. 8. When any ordinance | which repealed a former ordinance or any part thereof is itself repealed, such last repeal shall not be construed to revive the former ordinance which was repealedl.
Record of ordi- Dances.
Certificate of publication of ordinances. &c.
Special ordi. nances not in- cluded in the : revision
CITY ORDINANCES.
of payment is fixed in the ordinance defining the duties of the office, or in a lipecial ordinance therefor ; and the Clock is authorized and directed to draw orders for all salaries when due.
SEC. 4. All bonds given to the city shall be filed with the Clerk, except that of the Clerk, which shall be filed with the Treasurer, and suit on any such bond may be brought by the city upon any breach of any condition thereof, or by any person | secured, by such bond or beneficially interest) d therein, in his own name.
SEC. 5. |All records, books, papers and document belonging to any office in the city government, shall be open to every one for inspection at all reasonable office hours.
SEC. 6. Any oficer of the city willfully neglecting the duties of his office, or performing the duties thereof in partial manner, shall be subject to a fine, and may also b dismissed from office therefor in the manner provided by ordinance, in all cises where the Council has jurisdiction.
SEc. 7. That hereafter the enacting clause of ordinancei shall be, "Be it ofdained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines.'! ,
SEC. 9. Whenever any ordmance is passed the Clerk shall record the same in a record-book kept therefor, and the Mayor, or if he did not preside at the passage thereof, the President pro tempore shall compare such record with the original, and shall sign the same, and the Clerk shall Attest the same; and the Clerk shall, if such ordinance is published in any newspaper, append his certificate thereto certifying when such ordinance was passed and when and in what newspaper the same was published; but no seal shall be necessary to any such signatures. Such record so certi- fied shall be competent evidence in all cases of the matters therein contained without other proof thereof or of such certificate.
SRC. 10. All cribfinances of a privatejor special character Heretofore passed; the objects of which have been accom- plished, or which have expired by limitation, or been forfeited By non-user, are not included in these revised ordinances. And all ordinances granting, privileges, or which expired after a term of years, shall not be enlarged or abridged by their incorporation into these revised ordinances, but shall
GENERAL: PROVISIONS-REVISION.
cease to be of force, at the time and under the conditions for Charters ro- circumstances as provided in the original ordinances, and all posled. ordinances whereby any privilege or any franchise has been heretofore grunted and which are not included in these revised ordinances are hereby repealed.
11. Actions or proceedings pending, and rights Actionsand ob- accrued and liabilities incurred prior hereto under the ordi- . ligations exist- hances heretofore in force, in behalf of or against the city, by revision.
ing not affected shall not bo affected by any change in the ordinances of the city made by the revised ordinances of 1869.
Ske. 12. It shall be competent for the County Treasurer Co. treasurer give certificate in the collection of the city revenue, to receive orders there of balance due for, but as to all orders heretofore issued he shall receive on order. orders on each fund in payment of taxes que such fund only, and whenever any balance is due the holder of any such order so received, he shall give the holder a certificate certi- fying the amount due, the number of the order, and to whom issued
Passed January 11, 11869 :| Published February 4, 1869.
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NUMBER 41
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REVISION.
AN ORDINANCE Adopting the Revised Ordinances of 1869 and Providing for the Publication thereof.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City Adoption of of Des Moines, That the foregoing ordinances revised by forision. order of the Council, numbered from I to ALL inclusive; (and Including this ordinance) be and are hereby adopted as the revised ordinances of the City of Des Moines, and shall be known as the Revised Ordinances of 1869, and Publication of. thereof there is Hereby ordered printed, one thousand copies in pamphlet or book form, with an index end marginal notes, together with the laws of the State on the subject of munich ipal corporations, and a list of the officers of the city, and. the proceedings for the abandonment of the city charter. . SEC. 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any provisions of these revised ordinances of 1869,
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CITY ORDINANCES.
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Repeat of all are hereby repealed, and all ordinances of a general char- general ordi- nances save acter, adopted prior to these revised ordinances, and not those embraced included herein, are hereby repealed, and these revised in this revision ordinances contain all the ordinances of a general charge- ter, in force or of effect, as and from their passage and publication in the manner provided by the laws of the State.
S. F. SPOFFORD, Mayor. . H. V. Kira, City Clerk, pro tem.
Passed January 11, 1869: |Published February 4, 1869.
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RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.
RULE 1. At the hour appointed for the meeting of the Roll call. Council, the Clerk, (or some one appointed to supply his absence) shall proceed to call the roll of members; and announce. whether a quorum (de, a majority of all the members elected ibe present. Upon the appearance of a When a quo. ruin, proceed to business.
querem the Council shall be called to order by the Mayor taking the chair, if present, and the President. pro tempore, if the Mayor is absent. The Council shall then proceed to the business before them, which shall be conducted in the following order :
1. The Reading of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Order of. last meeting or meetings, amendment and approval of the
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tions. 4. 5. 6.
Reports of City Officers. Reports of Standing Committees. Reports of Select Committees. Unfinished Business of Preceding Meetings.
. Resolutions And Miscellaneous Business.
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business. RULE 2. All questions relating to the Priority of business Priority of shall be decided without debate.
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DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE PRESIDENT.
RULE B. The Mayor shall, preserve order and decorum, Casting voto. and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Council ; He shall have the casting vote upon all questions upon which the Council is equally divided, but not otherwise. 1 Luz 4. While the Mayor is putting the question no Not to engage member shall engage in conversation, walk across or out of; . in conversation the room.
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CITY ORDINANCES."
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RULE 5. Every; member, previous to his speaking, shall rise from his sent, and shall address himself to the Mayor and say "Mr. President," but shall not proceed with his remarks until recognized and pamed by the Chair.
RULE 6. When two or more members rise atlonce, the Mayor shall name the member who is to speak.
DUTIEB AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS.
RULE 7. No member shall speak more than twice on one question without leaye of the Council, nor more than once in any case until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
order to sit down.
RULE 8% A member called to order shall immediately sit When called to down, unless permitted to explain. | If there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be: conclusive; but if the member appeals from the decision of the Chair, the Council shall decide the case.
RULE 9/ While a member lis speaking no member shall hold any private discourse, nor pass between the speaker and the Chair.
RULE 10. Every member who shall be present when a Shal vote un- question is stated from the Chair, shall vote thercon, unless . less interested, exeused by the Council,for directly interested in the ques tion, in which case he shall not vote.
MATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
When to be put.
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When to be in writing.
RULE 11. No motion shall be put or debated, unless it be seconded When a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the Mayor before debate, and overy such motion shall be reduced to writing, if required by a member.
When in pos- session of council.
RULE 12.| After a motion or resolution is stated by the Mavor, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Coun- cil, but may be withdrawn at any time before decision ; but: if any amendment has been proposed or adopted, it shall not be withdrawn' withbut the consent of the mover of such amendment.
When may be divided.
RULE 13. If the question in debate contains several dis- tinct propositions, sfiy member may have the same div ded when the sense admits of it, prior to the vote thereon.
RULE 14. | In all cases where a resolution or motich is Nameof mover entered on the minutes of the Council, the name of the (to be cutered. member moving the hutme shall be entered also.
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Members to address the mayor.
Floor-who entitled to ..
Not to speak more than, twice without leave. !
WhIn speak- ing. not to bo disturbed.
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TAKING AND ENTERING : VOTR.
RULE 15. | If any two members require it, the ayes and Ayeland nays. `8'E Upon any question shall be taken and entered on the minutes.
PRECEDENCE OF QUESTION
RULE 16. | When a blank is to be filled, and different sums Filing blanks, or times are proposed, the question shall be taken first on how. the largest sum, or the longest time. RULE 17. When a question is under debate, the only During debate, motion in order shall be : what in order. 1. ioi To adjourn. The previous question, To lay on the table! To postpone indefinitely. 5. To adjourn to a certain day.
6.1 To
refer!
To amend. And such motions sball have precedence in the order herein arranged, the first three to be decided without debate.
ADJOURNMENT.
RULE 18. A motion to adjourn the City Council shall Adjournment. always be in order, except: first, when a member is in pop -. session of the floor, second, while the ayes and nays are being called, third, when the members are voting , fourth, when adjournment was the last preceding motion ; or, fifth. when it has been decided that the previous question shall be. taken.
RULE 19. A motion to adjourn, simply, can not be Motion for, not amended, but a motion to adjourn to a given date may be debatable. - and is open to debate.
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RULE 20. When the previous question is moved and Previous quer. seconded, it shall be put in this form : " Shall the main queg. don. tion now be put ?"' ; If this carries, all further motions and debate shall be excluded, and the question put in this order ; first upon the amendments pending, and then upon the main proposition before the Council.
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CITY ORDINANCES.
TO LAY ON THE TABLE.
RULE 21. A motion to lay a question on the table Motion to lay simply, is not debatable, but a motion to lay on the table on the table. conditionally is subject to amendment and debate. 4 INDEFINITE FOSTPONEMENT.
Indefinite postponement.
RULE 22. When a motion is postponed indefinitely, it shall not be taken up again before the next regular meeting
TO REFER,
Reference:"
RULE 23. | A motion to refer to a standing committed shall take precedence of a similar motion for a special lom -! mittee.
TO AMEND.
Amendment.
RULE 24. | A motion to amend an amendment shall be in order, but a motion to amend an amendment to an amend- ment shall not be entertained. RULE 25. An amendment modifying the intention of a motion shall be in order, but an amendment relating to a different subject shall not be in order.
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Striking out and inserting.
RULE 26. On an amendment to "strike out and insert," 'the paragraph to be amended shall first be read as it stands, then the words proposed to be struck out, and those to be inserted, and finally, the paragraph as it would stand if so amended. ;
RECONSIDERATION!
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RULE 27. A question may be reconsidered at any time during the same meeting, or during the first meeting held thereafter. A motion for reconsideration being once male and decided in the negative, shall not be renewed before the next meeting.
How often.
RULE 28, No question shall be reconsidered more than once, nor shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered.
COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL.
Mayor to appoint.
RULE 29: All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor, unless otherwise especially directed by the Council.
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RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.
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STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Mayor appoint annually.
RULE 30. The standing committees of the City Council shall be appointed by the Mayor annually, ph entering upon the duties of his office, and shall consist of not less than three members each, and the first person named on the com- Chairman of. mittee shall be the chairman thereof,
The following shall be the Standing Committees of the Council
Committee on Ways and Means. 2. Committee on Claims; B. Committee on Streets, Alleys, Bridges and Grades, to consist of one from each ward.
4. Committee on Judiciary.
5. | Committee on the Fire Department and Apparatus. 6. Committee on Public Buildings.
7. Committee on Gas and Public Lamps, 8.| Committee on Cemeteries, of which the Mayor shal be Chairman P.| Committee on Coal Lands. 10. ||Committee on Police
11. Committee on Conduct and Accounts of City Officers. To consist of RULE 31. All special committees shall consist of three member's each unless some other number be specified, and the first person named shall be chairman. RULE 32. On the acceptance of a final report from a Whep dis- special committee, the said committed shall be considered charged. dischafgod. 11 -
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MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES
RULLE 33. The Committee on Streets, Alleys, Bridges Meetings. and Grades, and the Committee on Claims shall each hold regular meetings in each month at the Council Room at seven o'clock P. M., of every Saturday next preceding the regular monthly meeting in cach month, at which times all bills proper for their consideration shall be presented to and acted upon by them before beingl acted upon by the Council.
BILLS TO BE APPROVED BY COMMITTEE.
RUNE 34. No bills or claims against the city shall be Exception. allowed until passed upon and approved by a committee, except the bills of city officers and others employed by the 1 city and receiving a compensation fixed by ordinance or by contract.
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
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Report to be in writing.
RULE 35. Standing and select committees to whom refer- ences are made, shall in all cases report in writing the sta of facts, with their, opinion thereon, which opinion shall be summed up in the form of an order, resolution or recommend- ation.
DUTIES OF THE CLERK AND MARSHAL.
RULE 36 The Clerk shall forward all the papers to the To forward and appropriate committees and officers as early as the next day deliver papers. after the reference shall have been made, and it shall be the duty of the Marshal to deliver the same.
ABSENT MEMBERS.
RULE 37. Any three members may compel the attend- ance of absent members.
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SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENTS.
RULE 38. These rules may be temporarily suspended by How suspended the unanimous consent of all the members present or by a or repealed. vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Council, but shall not be fepealed, altered on amended, unless by concur- rence of two thirds of all the members of the Council
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INDEX TO ORDINANCES!
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ACCOUNTS-
Of treasurer funde known in
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And righte of saved 11
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Cows excepted ..
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Marshal may impound and sell 2-5
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May be redeemed before sale 1.
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Owner reclaim money within one year . 4 6
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Indecent service of, punished.
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Dead, to be removed beyond city m ,8
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APPROPRIATIONS-
Shall be bylordinance. ...
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ASSESSMENTS-
For sidewalks, how made. 1-3 . 30-5
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Record ot kept.
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Other assessments 5 8,10, 11 1
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How collected.
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[See .Streets, Sidewalks.]
AUCTIONS
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AUCTIONEERS-
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Pay licenselke
BAGATELLE TABLES See Licenses.]
BEGGAR-
Sce . Ofenges.]
srotion.
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Prohibited from running at large. 1-6
Cruelty to! punished [ ...
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How. collected:
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CITY ORDINANCES.
BELL-RINGING- Punished . BILLIARD TABLES- [See Licenses. ] BITCH- [See Dogs.] BOOK PEDDLERS l'ay license
SECTION.
PAO,
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BOOKS_
Open to public inspection BONDS-
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Issued to build levee. Ot city officers. [See City Clerk, City Mar- shal, City Treasurer, City Engineer, City Solic- itor, City Council, Street Commissioner.] BOUNDARIES OF CITY- As fixed by act of 1857.
Of wards-First ward ..
Second ward
Third ward
Fourth ward Fifth ward.
'Sixth ward .
Seventh ward.
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BOWLING-ALLEYS-
[See Licenses.] BRIDGES-
Fast driving on punished Street raffroads on.
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[See Railroads. ]
BUILDINGS:
[See Fire Limits, Chimneys.]
BULLS- [See Animals.] BUSINESS- Order, and rules of
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C., R. I. K& P. R. R .- [See Railroads.] CEMETERIES-
Regulations concerning CHIEF ENGINEER [See Fire Department.]
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CHIMNEYS-
Ilow constructed Project from roof.
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INDEX TO ORDINANCES
CIRCUS- : See Licenses.] CITY INSPECTOR | AND WEIGHTS AND MEASURES- Appointed and duties of
SEALER
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CITY CLERK Election of --- Seal of . . ..
Make out notices to judges and clerks of elec- tion ! !!! ...
Prepare : poll-books.
Enter judgment of council in case of contested
election, etc .
Daths of office filed with.
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Bond of, and oath of office.
Keep journal of proceedings
Keep record-book of ordinances
Keef record of time of passage and publica-
Have custody of records, documents, etc.
Draw and attest orders on the treasury.
Keep record of appointments of subordinate officers
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Procuro books and stationery for council and city officers.
Keep warrant-book and how kept.
Take receipts for warrants ..
When sold before issue, what.
Furnish copy of record to city officers.
Came for others, and fees. .... .
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For special appropriations, record.
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Draw orders for balances due, on certificate of county treasurer.
To whom drawn, and record!
Keep record book of warrants and what it shall contain).
Keep printed copies of ordinances.
Keep printed copies of sidewalk notices, etc. Keep printed copies of all assessments. .. ... Keep book and record copies of all contracts Report aggregate of all appropriations to each regular meeting .
At last regular meeting of his term, report amount of appropriations for the year ..
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