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full account of all their receipts, payments and proceedings under this section.

SEC. 12. Water Rates to be Fixed so as to Pay Current Expenses of Works and Interest on Water Bonds-Exceptional Discriminations Forbidden.-The water rates shall be fixed at prices that shall produce revenue sufficient at least to pay the interest upon the city water bonds, and the running expenses of the water works department. No water rate shall be allowed or fixed by any other principle or consideration than that of producing revenue, and exceptional discriminations in rates are forbidden.

*SEC. 13. Sale or Lease of Water Works ForbiddenFund to Renew and Extend Water Works, and to Pay Interest and Principal of Water Bonds. -The water works shall never be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. The Assembly shall have power from the income, rents and receipts of the water works to provide a fund for the renewal and extension thereof, and for the payment of interest and principal of bonds issued for such renewal or extension.

* New section to Charter, adopted at the charter amendment election, held on October 22, 1901.

SECTION 1. Park Commissioner-Term of Office and Bond-Reports, Etc.-The public parks, places and squares of the city, except Tower Grove Park, shall be under the supervision and control of a commissioner, to be known as the "Park Commissioner," to be appointed by the Mayor, and confirmed by the Council, who shall hold office for four years, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, and give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the sum of at least ten thousand dollars, with at least two sureties, residents of the city and owners of unincumbered real estate in said city. He shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures on account of said parks, squares and public places, and make a monthly report of the same to the Comptroller.

SEC. 2. Appointment of Assistants, Etc.-It shall be the duty of the Park Commissioner to execute all ordinances of the city regulating the management and improvement of the public parks, squares and places of the city, and for this purpose shall have authority, with the approval of the Mayor, to appoint such assistants and employes as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 3. Annual Appropriation for Parks-Entrance and Exit Gates.-The Municipal Assembly shall, as in its judgment may be deemed necessary, annually make such appropriation, but not less than thirty thousand dollars, out of the revenue of the city, for the purpose of embellishing, improving, and keeping in order all the parks and squares and places under the supervision of the Park Commissioner. Every public park of the City of St. Louis shall be provided with at

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least one entrance and exit for public use on each side thereof, appropriate to the purpose for which said park may be used.

SEC. 4. Authority of Municipal Assembly to Sell or Lease Parks-Action to be Ratified by Popular Vote.-The Municipal Assembly shall have authority, upon the recommendation of the Board of Public Improvements, to provide by ordinance, for the sale, or lease, of any of the parks, places and squares under the supervision of said Board, but such ordinance shall provide that the proceeds of the sale of any such park, place or square shall be paid to the fund commissioners of the city, and that all rentals shall be placed to the credit of the Board of Public Improvements, for the improvement and embellishment of the parks of the city: Provided however, that no such sale or lease shall be made by the Municipal Assembly unless the ordinance providing therefor be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the city for ratification at a general election, and it be ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the city.

SEC. 5. Proceeds of O'Fallon Park Bonds to be Turned Over to Fund Commissioners.-It shall be the duty of the Auditor of the County of St. Louis, and the presiding justice of the county court thereof, after the adoption of this Charter and upon demand of the Mayor of the city, to draw a warrant on the county treasurer in favor of the fund commissioners of the City of St. Louis for the amount realized by the sale of bonds authorized by an act approved March 22, 1875, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish O'Fallon Park in St. Louis County, and authorizing the county court of St. Louis County to issue bonds for the purchase of lands therefor, and for the government of the same when established, approved March 27, 1874," and the fund commissioners shall purchase the bonds of the city for the same.

SEC. 6. Repeal of Special Park Acts.-An act entitled "An act to establish Carondelet Park in St. Louis County, and authorizing the county court of St. Louis County to issue bonds for the purchase of lands therefor, and to provide for the government of the same when established," approved February 25, 1874, and an act entitled "An act to establish Forest Park

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in the County of St. Louis, to provide for the establishment and government thereof, and to provide for the issue of bonds by the county court of St. Louis County, for the purposes of said park, and for the purchase and condemnation of lands for the same," approved March 25, 1874, and an act entitled "An act to establish O'Fallon Park in St. Louis County, and authorizing the county court of said county to issue bonds for the purchase of lands therefor, and for the government of the same when established," approved March 25, 1874, are hereby repealed.

SECTION I. Harbor and Wharf Commissioner.-There is hereby created a department of the city government called the Harbor and Wharf Department, which shall be under the jurisdiction and control, subject to the provisions of this Charter, and of ordinances not conflicting therewith, of an officer who shall be styled the "Harbor and Wharf Commissioner."

SEC. 2. Official Term and Bond-Salaries, Deputies, Etc.-The Harbor and Wharf Commissioner shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council. He shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor is duly qualified. He shall give personal attention and devote the whole of his time to the duties of his office, and for the faithful performance thereof shall give such bond, and for such sum as may be provided by ordinance. He shall receive a stated salary for his services, in such sum as may be fixed by ordinance, and, with the approval of the Mayor, may appoint such deputies and assistants as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 3. Harbor of the City. -The harbor of the City of St. Louis shall comprise the bed of the Mississippi River, its channels, sloughs, bayous, bars and islands, from the mouth of the Missouri River to the mouth of the Meramec River.

SEC. 4. Jurisdiction of Commissioner.—The jurisdiction of the Harbor and Wharf Commissioner shall extend over all the lands, river banks and beach dedicated, condemned, or belonging to the city for wharf purposes within the city, and over so much of the Mississippi River, and to the middle of the main