§ 1. That the first, sixth, fifteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth sections of an ordinance concerning grading and paving, approved 19th January, 1836, are hereby repealed.

§ 2. The grading of all streets, shall be done at the expense of the city.

3. Whenever any street shall have been graded or paved, under te provisions of the ordinance to which this is a supplement, the street commissioner shall ascertain the amount which is to be paid by the owners or holders of lots fronting thereon, for the curb stones set on such street, and the amount so ascertained, when approved by the board of aldermen, shall be levied and collected as a special tax, from the owners or holders, in the usual manner of collecting city

taxes.

§4. The street commissioner shall have power, upon failure of any lot owner or holder to make his side walk, after thirty days notice given to him so to do, to contract for the making of the same, and to cause the same to be made; and the cost for making such side walk shall be levied upon and collected in the usual manner, from said lot owner or holder.

5. If the owner or holder, after being notified as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to pave the side waik as required, the street commissioner shall proceed and act in the same manner as is prescribed in the third section of this ordinance.

§ 6. That so soon as the tax list shall be corrected and approved by the board of aldermen, the register shall make out and present to the board of aldermen, a true statement of the assessed value of the real estate in each ward.

§ 7. All repairs done to curbing and side walks, shall be paid for by the owners or holders of lots, fronting where such repairs are done.

8. The street commissioner shall give thirty days notice to the owner or holder of each lot, fronting where such repairs aforesaid are to be done, requiring him to have the same repaired, as the case may be, within the time specified, which notice shall be printed or written, and specify the work required to be done.

§ 9. Where the owner or agent of any lots, is not a resident of this city, or is not known to the street commissioner, notice as aforesaid shall be given in the newspaper, printing the ordinances of this city,

describing the lot or lots before which the work is to be done, as well as the circumstances of the case will admit.

§ 10. And if the owner, holder or agent of any lot, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the requisitions of the notice aforesaid, the street commissioner shall have the same done at reasonable rates, which amount shall be levied and collected, as a special tax, from said owner or holder as aforesaid.

Passed by the board of aldermen, March 21, 1836.

JAMES P. SPENCER, Pres't.

Approved, March 25, 1836.

JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor.

HARBOR.

An ordinance supplementary to an ordinance regulating the harbor of the city of St. Louis, approved, January 9, 1836.

SEC. 1. No person to stop drift-wood.

2. Time for boats to discharge freight fixed.

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

§ 1. That no person or persons shall be permitted to stop ordinary drift-wood at the wharf or landing within the city, above the east end of Cedar street, excepting such wood as they shall entirely remove from the wharf or landing, within six hours from the time of stopping the same, under a penalty of not exceeding ten dollars for each and every such offence; and the harbor and lumber master is hereby directed at all times, immediately to remove and put afloat all such driftwood as he may find on, or attached to the shore, which is in any way obstructing the landing or beach.

§ 2. Be it further ordained, That the time allowed for boats laden with merchandise, to discharge and take in freight, shall be as follows, viz:

Boats of sixty tons or under, five days; boats of from sixty tons to one hundred tons, six days; boats from one hundred tons to one hundred and fifty tons, seven days; boats from one hundred and fifty tons to two hundred tons, eight days; boats from two hundred tons to three hundred tons, nine days; boats over three hundred tons, ten days.

Passed by the board of aldermen, March 28, 1836.

JAMES P. SPENCER, President.

APPROVED, March 30th, 1836.

JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor.,

SOUTH WARD FIRE COMPANY.

An ordinance establishing and organizing the south ward fire company.

SEC. 1. Company organized.

2. Constitution and by-laws approved.

3. Same to remain on file in register's office.

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

§ 1. John Pitcher, Elkanah English, Nathaniel C. Studley, and others, who have formed themselves into an association called the "South Ward Fire Company," and such others as may become associated with them, not exceeding one hundred in number, are hereby establish ed and organized into a fire company, and shall be known by the name of the "South Ward Fire Company."

§ 2. The constitution and by-laws submitted to the boaad of alder-men by the said company, are hereby approved; and, together with such amendments as may hereafter be made thereto by said company, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, shall have the force, validity and effect of ordinances of this city.

§3. The constitution and by-laws submitted to the board of aldermen by said company, shall remain on file in the register's office. Passed by the board of aldermen, March 28th, 1836.

JAMES P. SPENCER, Pres't.

Approved, March 30, 1836.

JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor.

PURCHASES IN THE COMMON.

An ordinance concerning purchases in the common.

SEC. 1. In case of failure of any purchaser of land within the common who has disposed of the

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same, the second purchaser may pay the interest or principal within thirty days after

the primary purchaser would have forfeited the same.

The first purcharer not released on account of this ordinance.

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

§ 1. If any person or persons who have purchased or may hereafter purchase land from the city within the survey of the St. Louis common, shall at any time sell, or otherwise dispose of his, her or their right in said land, or any part thereof, to any other person or persons, he, she or they obtaining such right shall, in the event of the primary purchaser or purchasers failing to comply with his, her or their contract with the city for said land, have, at his, her or their election, the right to pay to the city the interest or principal, as the case may be, in the same manner and with the same privileges as the primary purchaser from the city would have had according to his contract with the city, within thirty days after such primary purchaser would have forfeited the same to the city.

§ 2. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be so construed as to release the first purchaser or purchasers, or any person or persons that have entered into any contract with the city for land within the common; but all such notes, bonds or contracts shall be in as full force as if this ordinance had not been passed, any thing to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed by the board of aldermen, June 21st, 1836.

JAMES P. SPENCER, Pres't.

Approved, June 27, 1836.

JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor.

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CLERK OF THE MARKET.

An ordinance concerning the clerk of the market.

Clerk of the market to be appointed-to perform duties heretofore enjoined on city consta ble-his compensation.

Authorized to take and confine offenders, till brought before magistrate or turned over to city constable

3. Empowered to summon by-standers to aid in arresting offenders.

4. Subject to same penalties as are by ordinance prescribed.

5. So much of this ordinance as enjoins the duties of clerk on city constable, repealed.

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

§ 1. That there shall be annually appointed by the board of aldermen a suitable person as clerk of the market, who shall do and per

form the same duties as are now enjoined and imposed upon the city constable as clerk of the market, and such other duties as may hereafter be imposed on him, for which services he shall receive three hundred dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

§ 2. That in order better to enable the clerk of the market in said city, to maintain peace and good order in the public market of said city, all the powers assigned to the city constable are hereby declared to be vested in said clerk, with full power and authority to exercise the same at and about said market during market hours; and it shall be lawful for said clerk, when he may deem it necessary for the public good, to apprehend and take into his custody, without precept or warrant, all persons who may be found in and about said market square, drunk, fighting, quarrelling, reviling, threatening, swearing, blackguarding, pilfering, stealing, robbing, cheating, swindling, or disturbing the good people at or about said market, or committing other offences against the ordinances of said city, and confine such offenders in the city guard house or gaol of the county, until such time as his other duties will allow him leisure to carry such offenders before the mayor or any alderman or justice of the peace within said city, to be dealt with according to the ordinances of the city and laws of the land; or until he shall have an opportunity of turning such offender over to the custody of the city constable, who is hereby directed to receive them and have them dealt with according to the ordinances of said city, and the laws of the land.

§ 3. That the said clerk shall have power (the better to enable him to make arrests as aforesaid, and to secure such offenders when arrested) to summon the by-standers to aid him; and if any person, after being summoned by said clerk to aid him in the execution of the authority delegated to him by this ordinance, shall neglect or refuse to render such assistance, such person shall be subjected to the same penalties and proceedings, as if he, she or they had refused to obey the summons of the city constable.

§ 4. The clerk of the market shall be subject to the same penalties as are by ordinance prescribed...

§ 5. So much of this ordinance prescribing the duties of city constable as makes it his duty to act as clerk of the market, is hereby repealed.