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channel thereof, as lies immediately in front of the city over which the city has control.

SEC. 5. Authority and Duties of Commissioner.—It shall be the duty of the Harbor and Wharf Commissioner and he is hereby empowered, to direct the landing and stationing of all boats, vessels or rafts arriving at any point within the limits of the city, and to direct the discharge and removal of their cargoes; to superintend the disposition of freight, merchandise and materials for repairs on the river bank; to keep the wharf and the river along the shore free from wrecks and other improper obstructions, and generally to exercise such supervision and control over the wharf and harbor, and to perform such other duties, as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 6. Wharfage and Levee Dues, How Collected, Etc. The Harbor and Wharf Commissioner shall carefully examine, and, if found correct, certify all bills and claims against the city pertaining to his department. He shall, upon blanks furnished by the Comptroller, make out and deliver to the City Collector for collection all bills for wharfage dues, levee rates, and all other dues whatever to his department, as may be established by ordinance, immediately on the liability therefor accruing, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall retain in his office, and the other he shall deliver at least monthly to the Auditor, for charge against the Collector.

SEC. 7. Collections to be Credited to Harbor Fund.All moneys collected from harbor tax, wharfage dues or other sources relating to harbor, as well as all forfeitures, fines and penalties imposed for violation of ordinances duly enacted relating to harbor and wharf, shall be credited to the account of harbor fund.

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SEC. 8. Mooring of Wharf Boats, Etc.-Bona fide owners of steamboats regularly engaged in carrying passengers or freight, or of barges transporting general merchandise by ineans of steam tow boats, to or from this city, and none others, may have the right to moor a wharf boat at the paved landing, to be used exclusively for their own boats or vessels

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upon the terms and conditions provided by this charter and by ordinance: provided, however, that said wharf boat shall be owned by the same owners, and in exactly the same proportion as the said boats and vessels are owned.

SEC. 9. Owners of Wharf Boats Forbidden to Receive Commissions or Charge Storage.-No person keeping or interested in a wharf boat in the City of St. Louis shall be allowed to charge for the storage or forwarding of any freight or merchandise passed over said wharf boat, nor to receive any commission on said freight or merchandise, nor to charge directly or indirectly any transient or other boats for the privilege of landing at said wharf boat. Any person, association or corporation, violating any provision of this section shall pay to the city a fine of not less than fifty dollars for each offense, and said Commissioner shall report every such violation to the City Attorney.

SEC. 10. Wharf Boats Not to Affect Wharfage Dues.The mooring of any wharf boat shall not affect in any manner the wharfage tax, or dues, or levee rates, but wharfage shall be collected from each boat landing at any wharf boat as though said wharf boat was not there.

SECTION 1. Authority of Municipal Assembly in Reference to Street Railroads-May Sell Franchises or Impose a Per Capita Tax or a Tax on Gross Receipts.-The Municipal Assembly shall have power by ordinance to determine all questions arising with reference to street railroads, in the corporate limits of the city, whether such questions may involve the construction of such street railroads, granting the right of way, or regulating and controlling them after their completion; and also shall have power to sell the franchise or right of way for such street railroads to the highest bidder, or as a consideration therefor, to impose a per capita tax on the passengers transported, or an annual tax on the gross receipts of such railroad, or on each car, and no street railroad shall hereafter be incorporated or built in the City of St. Louis except according to the above, and other conditions in this Charter, and in such manner and to such extent as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 2. May Regulate Running of Cars and Rates of Fare and Tax Property.-The Assembly shall have power to regulate the time and manner of running cars, and the rates of fare on street railroads now or hereafter to be built, and the sale of tickets and exchange thereof between the several companies, and to tax the property of street railroad companies in such manner as may be provided by law.

SEC. 3. Surrender of Franchises, How Effected.-Any street railroad company unable or indisposed to carry forward its business may notify the Mayor of such indisposition, and

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surrender thereby all their chartered rights or franchises, in such manner and under such terms and conditions, as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 4. Uniform Gauge Required-Width of Rail Prescribed. -An uniform gauge shall be established by ordinance for all street railroads that may be built in the City of St. Louis, and no flat rails shall hereafter be laid down on street railroads now or hereafter to be built, having a less width than two and a half inches in the flange of said rail, which is used by ordinary vehicles.

SEC. 5. Companies to Keep Street Between Rails in Repair.-Street railroad companies shall keep the street between the rails and to the extent of twelve inches outside of each rail in perfect repair, as nearly on a level with such rails as practicable and that portion outside the rails shall be of the same material as the street itself, and the Municipal Assembly shall provide by ordinance that bond or other security shall be given by the several companies, conditioned for a compliance with the provision of this section.

SEC. 6. Right of One Railroad Company to Run Cars on the Tracks of Another.-Any street railroad company shall have the right to run its cars over the track of any other street railroad company in whole or in part, upon the payment of just compensation for the use thereof, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, and it shall be the duty of the Municipal Assembly to immediately pass such ordinances as may be necessary to carry this provision into effect.

SEC. 7. Existing Franchises to be Forfeited Unless Put in Use Within One Year.-All franchises and privileges to use the streets of the city for street railroad purposes heretofore granted, and not now in use, are hereby declared forfeited and of no effect, unless the company or persons holding such franchises or privileges shall, within one year after the adoption of this Charter, construct the tracks and run street cars upon said streets, to the extent that said streets may then be finished, and also extend such tracks and run cars on such streets as rapidly as the construction of such streets is completed.

SECTION 1. Chief of Fire Department-Term of Office -Duties.-The Fire Department of the city shall be under the control and supervision of a "Chief of Fire Department," who shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council, who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor is duly qualified, subject to removal, as provided for other appointed officers. He shall have general charge of the property of the city connected with his department, and shall, subject to the approval of the Mayor, appoint and employ all such officers and employes as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 2. Power to Purchase Horses, Etc., with Approval of Mayor-Purchase of Engines, Apparatus, Etc.—The Chief of Fire Department shall have power, in cases of emergency, with the approval of the Mayor, under such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, to purchase or hire such horses and mules as, may be necessary for the use of his department, and shall, with the approval of the Mayor, recommend to the Commissioner of Supplies, the purchase of engines and other apparatus for the suppression or extinguishment of fires, in such manner and to such extent as may be provided by ordinance.

SEC. 3. May Exercise Police Power at Fires.-The Chief of Fire Department and assistant engineers appointed by him shall have the same police powers at all fires as the Chief of Police, under such regulations as may be provided by ordi

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Regulations as to Frame Buildings. -No person shall erect within the limits of the City of St. Louis, as