by the mayor as aforesaid, and such offender shall pay as a fine, fifty dollars. And in like manner the mayor may, for dishonest, improper and unruly conduct, revoke the license of any hawker.

Passed by the board of aldermen, March 25, 1835.

JAMES P. SPENCER, President pro. tem.

APPROVED, March 28, 1835.

JOHN W. JOHNSON, Mayor.

CITY

HARBO R.

An ordinance regulating the harbor of the city of St. Louis.

4. Compensation of harbor and lumber master.

5. Per cent. on fines allowed to harbor or lumber master.

6. Harbor and lumber master to perform duties enjoined on him.

7. No boat or raft to occupy any part of harbor, except that designated by harbor and lumber

master.

8. No boat to occupy the place assigned to it for a longer time than twenty-four hours.

9. No raft to remain in the water for a longer time than five days.

10. Rafts drawn out of the water, how to be placed.

11. Rafts drawn out of the water, to be removed.

12. Steamboats to have preference over other boats.

13. Penalty on persons placing boats or rafts at points and refusing or neglecting to remove the same, according to the direction of the harbor and lumber master.

14. Persons having charge of boat or raft not removing the same, to be notified.

15. Harbor and lumber master to remove boat or raft. if owner refuse to remove the same.

17. Owner of boat or raft, refusing to pay cost of removal, boat or raft to be sold.

18. Proceeds of sale, how disposed of.

19.

No moneys to be paid out except on auditor's warrant.

20. Persons claiming proceeds of sale of boat or raft, how to proceed.

21.

Auditor to issue warrant to claimant on harbor and lumber master's certificate.

22. No person appearing to take charge of boat or raft, harbor and lumber master shall remove the same.

23. After removal, no person appearing to take charge of boat or raft, same to be sold at public

auction, for the payment of expenses.

24. Proceeds of sale to be paid into city treasury.

25. Commission on sales allowed to harbor and lumber master.

26. Deduction of five per cent for use of city on all sales made of boats or rafts

27. Persons wishing to repair boats, &c. how to proceed.

28. Harbor and lumber master authorized to permit repairs of boats.

29. Space allowed for repairs of boats.

30. No boat to be repaired opposite a cross street.

31. Penalty for violation of the four preceding sections.

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SEC. 32. Tax on tonnage of boats.

33. Tax on flat boats.

34. Ferry, wood and coal boats, exempted from tax.

35. Tax on boats remaining in harbor after discharging and receiving cargo.

36. The thirty-second and fifty-fifth sections not applied to boats undergoing repairs.
37. Firewood, how placed on the wharf.

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44.

Penalty on persons who sell firewood that has not been corded and measured.

No person to sell firewood on the wharf that has been purchased in the harbor.
Penalty for breach of the preceding section.

45. Number of cubic feet in a cord of wood.

46. Wood, coal and lumber how placed on the wharf.

47. Boards, scantling, &c. to be assorted and measured.

48. Harbor and lumber master to inspect lumber and certify the measurement.

54 Planks of the first and second class unequal in width at the ends, how measured.

55. Third class and refuse, how measured.

56. Boards &c. less than one foot square, how measured.

57. Timber twelve inches square, how measured.

58. Shingles to be inspected, marked and branded.

59. Shingles to be divided into classes.

60. White pine shingles to be classed.

61. Owners of plank and lumber to assort, place and handle the same for inspection, or by persons employed.

62. Owners refusing to pay persons employed to handle and assort lumber, lumber to be sold to satisfy their demand.

63. Rates of wharfage and measurement.

64. Harbor and lumber master to account quarterly with auditor.

65. Harbor and lumber master to prosecute for breaches of this ordinance.

Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows:

§ 1. In the month of February, in each year, the board of aldermen shall appoint a harbor and lumber master.

§ 2. The harbor and lumber master shall hold his office for the term of one year, and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified.

3. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the harbor and lumber master shall give bond to the mayor, for the use of the city of St. Louis, with sufficient security to be approved by the mayor, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

§ 4. The harbor and lumber master shall receive as a compensation for his services, fifteen per cent. of all the moneys received and collected by him for wharfage, and for inspecting wood and lumber brought to this city by water, and on which duties are to be paid, according to the provisions of this ordinance.

§ 5. The harbor and lumber master shall also receive five per cent. on all fines, forfeitures and penalties by him collected, under this ordinance.

6. The harbor and lumber master shall perform the duties enjoined on him by this ordinance, and such other duties as may, from time to time, be enjoined on him by ordinance, or resolution of the board of aldermen.

§ 7. No boat or raft shall be permitted to land and occupy any part of the harbor of the city, except such part as the harbor and lumber master shall designate.'

§ 8. No boat shall occupy the place assigned it, for a longer time than twenty-four hours, the time actually employed in discharging and receiving cargo not included, unless a longer time shall have been granted by the harbor and lumber master to the captain, owner or agent of such boat, for the purpose of repairing.

9. No raft shall remain in the water, within the limits of the city, for a longer time than five days, unless the harbor and lumber master shall grant a longer time, for the purpose only, of having the same drawn out of the water.

§ 10. All rafts drawn out of the water as aforesaid, shall be placed on the landing, under the direction of the hrabor and lumber master, at least twelve feet from the water edge, where the width of the beach will admit.

§ 11. All rafts, drawn out as aforesaid, shall be removed from the place to which they have been drawn, as soon as practicable; but in no case shall any raft, or parts of rafts, be permitted to remain at the place to which it has been drawn, for a longer period than ten days.

§ 12. Steamboats shall have, in the harbor and landing, preference over all other boats, and over rafts; but no raft, or boat, actually employed in discharging or receiving cargo, shall be compelled to leave the place assigned it, for the purpose of giving place to a steamboat.

§ 13. If any person or persons, having charge of any `boat or raft, shall land or place the same at any part of the wharf, or harbor, without the instruction of the harbor and lumber master to that effect, it

shall be the duty of the person or persons having charge of such boat or raft, to remove the same to such point as the harbor and lumber master · may direct; and upon failure so to do, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay, for the use of the city of St. Louis, the sum of ten dollars.

§ 14. Upon failure to remove any boat or raft, according to the provisions of the foregoing section, the harbor and lumber master shall cause a notice to be served on the person or persons having charge of such boat or raft, requiring him or them, within a stated time, to remove the same to a designated point.

§ 15. If, upon such notice, the person or persons, having charge of such boat or raft, shall still fail to remove the same, in accordance with the requisitions of the notice, it shall be the duty of the harbor and lumber master to cause such boat or raft to be removed, and placed at such point, within the limits of the city as he shall direct.

§ 16. The cost and expense incurred in removing a boat or raft, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be refunded to the harbor and lumber master by the master, owner or agent thereof; and such boat or raft shall remain in the custody and possession of the harbor and lumber master, until the said expenses are paid, together with all penalties, fines and forfeitures, that may have accrued on account of the neglect or refusal to remove the said boat or raft, as aforesaid.

§ 17. In case of the neglect or refusal of the master, owner, or agent of such boat or raft, within three days after the removal thereof, as aforesaid, to pay the expenses and costs, fines penalties, or forfeitures mentioned in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the harbor and lumber master to sell such boat or raft, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, first having given in some newspaper printed in the city of St. Louis, ten days previous notice of the time and place of such sale.

§ 18. The proceeds arising from such sale, after deducting the necessary expenses of removal and sale of such boat or raft, shall be paid into the city treasury; and if any fine, forfeiture or penalty shall have accrued against the master or owner of a boat or raft, thus sold, the amount thereof shall also be deducted from the proceeds of the sale thereof, and the remainder of the proceeds shall be paid over by the treasurer to the owner, master or agent of such boat or raft, if the same is applied for within twelve months from the day of sale.

§ 19. No moneys shall be paid over to any applicant, under the preceding section, except upon the warrant of the auditor being produced to the treasurer by the applicant.

§ 20. Any person claiming the proceeds of sale of any boat, as aforesaid, shall make proof of his authority to claim the same, before the harbor and lumber master, who shall thereupon grant to the applicant a certificate thereof, in which certificate shall be stated the amount of fine, penalty, or forfeiture, if any, accrued against the master, owner or agent of the boat or raft, sold as aforesaid.

§ 21. The person holding such certificate shall present the same to the auditor, who shall thereupon issue his warrant on the treasury to the person holding such certificate, for the amount to which he is entitled.

§ 22. If no master, owner or agent appear to take charge of any boat or raft, lying within the limits of the city, the harbor and lumber master shall take charge thereof; and if, in his opinion, public convenience, or the safety of the boat or raft require it, he shall cause the same to be removed to such place, within the limits of the city, as he shall deem advisable, and all expense, thus incurred, shall be a lien upon such boat or raft.

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23. If, within ten days after the harbor and lumber master shall have taken charge of any boat or raft, as aforesaid, the master, owner agent thereof shall appear and pay to the harbor and lumber master all fees, costs and charges, for which the same is liable, such boat or raft shall be restored; but if, within that time, no master, owner or agent of such boat or raft appear, or appearing shall fail to pay the fees, costs and charges aforesaid, the harbor and lumber master shall sell such boat or raft, for cash, at public auction, first giving ten days notice of the time and place of sale thereof, by twelve advertisements, set up in the most public places in the city, and also by a publication thereof in a city newspaper.

§ 24. The harbor and lumber master shall pay into the city treasury the amount of the proceeds of such sale, after deducting all the costs and charges for which the property sold was liable, and the balance, so paid, shall be refunded to the proper owner, under the conditions and regulations prescribed in the 18th, 19th and 20th sections of this ordinance.

§ 25. Upon all sales made at public auction by the harbor and lumber master, under the provisions of this ordinance, he shall be allowed a