SEC. 13. No part of street to be graded or paved less than length of a block. 14. No paving to be made unless connected with some other paved street. 15. Street commissioner to ascertain amount to be paid by petitioners. 16. Street commissioner authorized, on failure of petitioner to make side-walk, to have it done at petitioners' expense. 17. Street commissioner authorized to order side-walks to be paved, and to notify owners and holders. 18. Proceedings where owners fail to pave side walk after notice. 19. Alleys to be graded and paved at expense of owners. 20. Street commissioner to give notice prior to entering into contracts. 21. Costs of paving alleys, how to be paid 22. Street commissioner to report apportionment of costs to the board. Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. The grading of all the streets and public alleys, shall hereafter be done at the expense of the city. § 2. The paving of the middle or carriage way of all the streets, shall likewise hereafter be done at the expense of the city. 3. Each ward shall be entitled to an annual expenditure of money for the purpose of grading and paving the streets within its limits, equal to one per centum of the assessed value of the real estate which it contains. § 4. Should there be no expenditure of money for the purpose of grading and paving in any ward, or should the expenditure not be as great as the amount to which it is entitled, the unexpended amount shall be added to the amount of expenditure to which that ward shall be entitled during the succeeding year. 5. Should the expenditure of money for the purpose of grading and paving in any ward, exceed the amount to which that ward is entitled, the difference shall be deducted from the amount to which that ward shall be entitled during the succeeding year. § 6. The register shall make out and present to the board of aldermen, at their first meeting after the general election, in the month of June in each year, a true statement of the assessed value of the real estate in each ward. § 7. The street commissioner shall keep correct accounts of the amount of moneys expended in each ward under this ordinance, for grading and paving, and present a statement thereof to the board of aldermen at the time specified in the preceding section. § 8. The grading and paving of the carriage ways, to be done east of First street, shall be done at the expense of the city by order of the board of aldermen, without respect to the assessed value of the real estate in the different wards through which the street passes. § 9. In no case shall the amount of grading and paving, or either, done in any ward of the city, under this ordinance, exceed the amount of expenditure to which that ward is entitled, except it be for the purpose of completing a work already begun, and which would be seriously injured or deteriorated by delay of its completion until the succeeding year. § 10. In all cases embraced in the preceding section, the board of aldermen shall judge of the necessity, and shall have power to make the surplus expenditure which shall be placed to the debit of the ward in which it is made, as heretofore provided in this ordinance. § 11. No grading and paving shall be done under this ordinance upon the petition of the inhabitants of any ward, unless such petition be signed by the owners of two-thirds of the property fronting on, the street, prayed to be graded or paved, or both, and unless the signers agree in their petition to pay for the curb stones of the pavement to be made, or of the street to be graded, and that they will make the sidewalks along their respective fronts in the manner prescribed by ordinance, or agreeably to the orders of the board. § 12. In all the streets which shall hereafter be graded, the street commissioner shall cause curb stones to be set in the same manner as if the same were to be paved. § 13. No part of a street shall be graded or paved under this ordinance, of a less extent than the length of one square or block. §14. There shall be no paving of any street made hereafter, unless the same be connected with some other paved street. § 15. Whenever any street shall have been graded or paved under the provisions of this ordinance, the street commissioner shall ascertain the amount which is to be paid by the petitioners for the curbstones set on such street, and the amount so ascertained shall be levied and collected as a special tax from the petitioners in the usual manner of collecting city taxes. § 16. The street commissioner shall have power upon the failure, neglect or refusal, of any petitioner, to make his side walk, and 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 of making such side walk, shall be levied upon and collected in the usual manner from the delinquent petitioner. § 17. The street commissioner shall have power to order the paving of the side-walks of any paved street or part of a street, by giving to the owners or holders of the lots adjoining, thirty days previous notice so to do. § 18. If any person after being notified as aforesaid, shall fail, negJect or refuse, to pave the side-walk as required, the street commissioner shall proceed and act in the same manner as is prescribed in the fifteenth section of this ordinance. § 19. Alleys shall be graded and paved at the expense of the owners of the lots bordering on the same. § 20. Before any such contract shall be made by the street commissioner, he shall give ten days' previous notice by handbills set up in the most public places of the city that he will receive proposals for performing the required labor. § 21. The cost of paving such alley when completed, shall be ascertained by the street commissioner, and aportioned amongst the owners of property fronting on said alley according to the respective fronts. § 22. Having made the apportionment required by the preceding section, the street commissioner shall report the same to the board of aldermen, who, if they approve thereof, shall order the same to be levied and collected as a special tax. Passed by the board of aldermen, January 7, 1836. APPROVED January 19, 1836. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. BAWDY HOUSES. An ordinance to prevent bawdy houses. SEC. 1. Penalty on persons keeping bawdy houses in the city. Be it ordained, by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. That if any person or persons shall keep, within the limits of the city, any bawdy house, such person or persons so offending, being convicted thereof, shall be fined in the sum of ninety dollars for the first offence, and five hundred dollars for every subsequent offence. Passed by the board of aldermen, May 4, 1835. APPROVED, May 4, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. PUBLIC BATHING. An ordinance to prevent public bathing. Szc. 1. Penalty on persons who bathe publicly within the city... Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. That if any person shall publicly bathe, wash or swim, when naked, in the Mississippi river, or in any other water course within the limits of the city of St. Louis, between day light and eight o'clock in the evening, every person so offending, on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of ten dollars, and the officers of the city are hereby specially empowered to arrest and prosecute all persons offending against this ordinance. Passed by the board of aldermen, April 4, 1835. APPROVED, May 12, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor. FIRE ARMS. An ordinance to prevent the discharge of fire arms in the city of St. Louis. SEC. 1. Penalty for discharging fire arms or works in the city. 2. Proceedings in cases where minors or slaves offend against this ordinance. Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows: § 1. That any person who shall fire or discharge any caribine, fusil, musket or pistol, or other arms, or any squib, cracker or rocket, within the city of St. Louis, shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay to the use of the city, five dollars; and if the person so convicted shall not be able to pay the fine which shall be imposed, he shall be imprisoned not less than four, nor more than ten days: Provided, That the discharge of fire arms by the militia, on days of parade by command of their officers, or days of public celebrations, shall not be deemed a breach of this ordinance. § 2. In all cases wherein minors or slaves shall offend against this ordinance, their guardians or owners shall be liable to pay the forfeit ure, to be sued for and recovered against said guardians or owners, by action of debt or trespass on the case. Passed by the board of aldermen, May 4, 1835. Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Lours, as follows: § 1. If any person or persons shall run any horse, mare or gelding, or drive any wheel carriage in any street or public highway within the city of St. Louis, or shall ride any horse or mule, or drive any wheelcarriage, quicker or beyond a moderate trot or pace, unless in case of urgent necessity, in any street or public highway, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay, for the use of the city, five dollars, with costs at the discretion of the mayor and aldermen, before whom such conviction shall be had, the one half part of which fine shall go to the informer, and the other half to the mayor for the use of the city, unless such conviction shall be had on the view of the mayor or aldermen in which case the whole fine shall go to the mayor for the use of the city. § 2. If any minor shall offend against this ordinance, and shall be thereafter convicted as aforesaid, execution shall issue for the fine and costs against the goods and chattels of the parent, master or guardian of such minor. § 3. If any slave shall offend against the provisions of this ordinance the master or mistress of such slave shall forfeit and pay, for the use of the city, the sum of five dollars for each and every offence committed by such slave, which shall be recovered as herein provided. Passed by the board of aldermen, May 11, 1835. APPROVED, May 14, 1835. JAMES P. SPENCER, President. JOHN F. DARBY, Mayor. |