period than twenty-four hours; the storing of green or salted. hides in any warehouse or other building so that the odor arising therefrom shall annoy or disturb the occupants of any tenement in the vicinity; the keeping or using of any yard, pen, place or premises in or upon which any swine, cattle or fowls shall be kept so as to be offensive to those residing in the vicinity or an annoyance to the public; the permitting or allowing upon any premises for more than twenty-four hours, or the depositing or discharging into or upon any street, or alley, or into any ravine, creek or river, except the Missouri river, any offal, manure, rubbish, filth, still slops, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter, or any foul or nauseous liquor from any lot, private house, hotel, barn, stable or building of any kind, distillery, tannery, brewery, meat shop, pork or beef packing house, soap factory, dyeing establishment, livery stable, cow shed, cattle yard, tallow chandler shop, slaughter house or rendering establishment; the steaming, boiling or in any way rendering of any offal, tainted or damaged lard or tallow or any animal substance in such a manner as to cause an offensive odor or taint the air and render it unwholesome; permitting or causing any cellar, vault, privy, private drain, sewer or sink, on any premises to be nauseous, foul and offensive; permitting or allowing any pond or pool of water to be or remain upon any premises between the first day of June and the last day of September; permitting or allowing weeds to grow, or remain after being cut, when grown upon any lot or parcel of ground, and the permitting or allowing upon any premises any and all other substance whether vegetable or animal being in a decaying condition which emit foul, nauseous, poisonous, un wholesome or disagreeable gases, odors or effluvia. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 22. Amended G. O. No. 494.

SEC. 22. May be abated by city-costs taxed against property, when.-If any nuisance shall be caused or permitted to remain or be maintained upon any private property by the occupant or owner of the premises, or his or

their agents, then in addition to the fines and penalties otherwise prescribed by ordinance against the person, owner or occupant who may cause, permit or maintain such nuisance, it shall be the duty of such owner or occupant to abate such nuisance or cause the same to be abated within twenty-four hours after written notice being served by the street commissioner or any health officer on such owner, occupant or his or their agent so to do, and if such person shall fail or neglect to abate such nuisance or cause the same to be abated within such time, then such nuisance may be removed or abated in a summary manner by the city of St. Joseph and the costs or expenses incurred by the city in removing or abating such nuisance within the city limits shall be assessed against the owner or occupant, if caused or permitted by them or either of them or their agent, and the same shall be assessed as a special tax bill against the property upon which such nuisance may be, which shall be a special lien against such property in the same manner and with the same effect as special tax bills are for paving. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 23. Amended G. 0. No. 494.

SEC. 23. Preceding sections, how construed.Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall be construed to relieve any person from any fine, penalty, burden, duty or punishment otherwise prescribed by ordinance for the commission of any misdemeanor or for the permitting, causing or maintaining any nuisance within the city. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 48, Sec. 24. Amended G. O. No. 494.

SECTION 1. City officer not accepted on bond.No member of the common council or other officer of said city shall be accepted as security on any official bond, and no such bond shall be approved by the comptroller unless the form thereof shall have been first approved by the city counselor, attested by his endorsement thereon. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2.

Officer not to be absent without leave.Any officer desiring to be temporarily absent from the city shall apply to the mayor for leave of absence, which may, in the discretion of the mayor, be granted, in writing, for any term not exceeding thirty days, and when granted shall be filed with the clerk; and if any officer shall be absent from the city more than ten days without such written permission, the mayor may declare his office vacant. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3. Books, etc., to be delivered to successor. Every officer shall, upon going out of office, deliver to his successor all books, papers, furniture and other things appertaining to his office. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 3.

SEC. 4. Books may be inspected. Every officer shall, at all times when required. submit the books and papers of his office to the inspection of the mayor, city counselor or any member of the common council. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 4.

SEC. 5. Officer must not deal in city 'warrants, etc. No officer of this city, nor any deputy, clerk or employe of any such officer, nor any servant or agent of this city, shall directly or indirectly, himself or by another, for his own or another's benefit, deal in the purchase of city warrants, bonds or other obligations of this city. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 5.

SEC. 6.

Cannot retain city money for wages or salary. No city officer collecting money on account of the city of St. Joseph shall retain the same, or any part thereof, to satisfy any claims for wages or salary which he may have against the city. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 6.

SEC. 7. Term of office two years unless, etc.All officers of this city, unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified, and their terms of office, when not otherwise directed, shall commence on the third Monday in April. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 7.

SEC. 8. Suspended officer to be investigated.— Whenever any officer shall be suspended by the mayor, or shall be charged with willfull violation of any of his official obligations, or with culpable official negligence or dereliction of duty, or with conduct inconsistent with his official character and duty, or official incompetency, the common council shall appoint a committee of three members to inquire into the truth of such charge, who, if they deem the same well founded, shall frame and report to the common council charges and specifications against such officer, and the council shall appoint a day for hearing and determining the same. [R. O. 1888, Chap, 49, Sec. 8.

SEC. 9. Copy of charges to be served on accused. -A copy of such charges and specifications, with a notice of the day set for hearing the same, shall be served on the accused at least five days before the day of hearing. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 9.

SEC. 10. Council to hear evidence.-Upon the day so set the common council shall meet in session to hear the evidence against and for the accused, adjourning from time to time, as may be necessary, until the evidence shall have been given. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 10.

SEC. 11. Decision-effect thereof.-Within three days after the evidence shall have been taken, the common council shall vote upon each charge separately. The question shall be Is the accused guilty or not guilty? If two-thirds of the whole number elect of the common council vote guilty on either of the charges, they may resolve that he be removed from office; and if they so resolve, they shall notify the mayor thereof, who shall thereupon declare the office of said accused to be vacant. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 11.

SEC. 12. Proceedings to be entered on journal. -The proceedings of the common council shall be entered at large on their journal. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 12.

SEC. 13. Witnesses may be subpoenaed.-Subpoenas for witnesses to testify on any city trial had as aforesaid, shall be issued by the president of the common council, and shall be served by the city police. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 13.

SEC. 14. Defaulting witness may be punished.Any witness who shall neglect to obey said subpoena, or appearing shall refuse to testify, may be punished by imprisonment or fine, or both. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 49, Sec. 14.

SEC. 15. Depositions may be read at trial.-Depositions of witnesses beyond the jurisdiction of the common council, or disabled by sickness or other cause from attend