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such deposit and the amount thereof, and no such ordinance shall be passed until such deposit is so made and certified. [G. O. No. 359, Sec. 1.

SEC. 10. Deposit disposed of, how.-The city clerk shall pay all sums of money so deposited under the preceding section into the city treasury to the credit of the fund for city printing. [G. O. No. 359, Sec. 2.

SEC. 11. Copies of certain ordinance to be filed with clerk.-All applicants to the common council for franchises of any kind, or amendments to existing franchises, shall on presentation of the original to the city clerk for introduction before the council, file with said clerk twenty-five printed copies thereof, one of which shall be delivered to each member of the council, one each to the mayor, counselor, engineer and each daily newspaper published in the city. Said ordinances shall be printed upon paper to correspond in size with the filing blanks of the city clerk, the type used to be of the size known as "long primer," set in columns twenty-four picas wide, with at least a pica space between each line. [G. O. No. 477, Sec. 1.

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SECTION 1. Description of parks.-The public parks or squares of the city of St. Joseph hereinafter described, shall

be called respectively as follows: Patee park, bounded on the north by Seneca street; south, by Penn street; east, by Tenth street, and west by Ninth street. South St. Joseph park, bounded on the north by Duncan street, on the north by Doniphan avenue, on the east by Eleventh street, and on the west by Tenth street. Smith's park, bounded on the north by Jules street, on the east by Twelfth street, on the west by Eleventh street, and on the south by Francis street. North St. Joseph park, bounded on the north by Market street, on the east by Washington avenue, on the south by Chestnut street, and on the west by Third street. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2. Krug park, acceptance of deed for.The deed executed by Henry Krug and Louise Krug and William Krug, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1890, conveying to the city of St. Joseph the pleasure grounds, or park, known and called "Krug Park," be and the same is hereby accepted, subject to all conditions and limitations in said deed named. [S. O. No. 858, Sec. 1.

SEC. 3. Playing in, prohibited. No person shall play at ball, quoits, cricket, or any other game, sport or play whatsoever, in any of said public parks or squares, nor throw stones, wrestle, nor run foot races in, over or upon the same. [R O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 3.

SEC. 4. Not to injure grass.-No person shall walk, stand or lie down upon any part of any of said public parks or squares, which is laid out and appropriated for grass and shrubbery. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 4.

SEC. 5. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed twenty dollars for every such offense. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 5.

SEC. 6. Police to arrest.-The chief of police is hereby required to arrest or cause to be arrested all persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter and report them to the city attorney, who is required and directed to prosecute them before the judge of the police court and recover the fine herein imposed. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 6.

SEC. 7. Injuring property in public parks—penalty.-Any person who shall willfully break, mutilate, deface, destroy, or in any manner injure the fences, fountains, seats, lamps, posts, trees, shrubbery or any other object belonging to or placed in the public parks of this city, or the grounds belonging to said parks, for use or ornament, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 126, Sec. 1.

SEC. 8. Not to walk on grass or throw litter.No person shall be allowed to walk over the grass or to throw stones, gravel or litter over the grounds, or to remove the benches. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than ten dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 1, Sec. 8.

SEC. 9. General ordinances to govern parks.— All the general ordinances now in force in the city of St. Joseph, shall also, as far as the same may be applicable, govern and apply to all parks belonging to the city, whether within or without the limits of said city. [G. O. No. 277, Sec. 1.

SEC. 10. Dogs not allowed at large in park.Dogs are hereby prohibited from running at large in any public park. Any dog found in a public park, not being under the immediate control of its owner, and not being restrained by a rope, chain or other thing from running around therein is hereby declared a nuisance, and such nuisance may be abated by killing the dog, or by the removal of the dog from the park without killing, and it shall be the duty of the park

keeper, also, of policemen to abate such nuisance. [G. O. No. 490, Sec. 1.

SEC. 11. Owner of dog shall be fined. The owner or any other person in charge of a dog, who shall suffer or permit such dog to trespass upon the grounds in said park or to run at large therein, or to otherwise violate the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one dollar, nor more than ten dollars, for the first offense and for any subsequent offense not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars. [G. O. No. 490, Sec. 2.

ARTICLE II.

SECTION

PARK COMMISSIONERS.

SECTION

1. Park commissioners, appointment of.

SECTION 1.

2. Authority of commissioners.
3. No compensation.

Park commissioners, appointment of. -The mayor of the city of St. Joseph is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the council, three persons who shall constitute a board of park commissioners; no two of said commissioners shall reside in the same ward. Of the first board so appointed, one shall hold office for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, to be determined between the persons composing the first board by lot, so that hereafter in each year but one commissioner shall be appointed and his term shall be for a period of three years. Any vacancy occuring may be filled by appointment as above provided. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2. Authority of commissioners.-Said board of park commissioners shall have the full and exclusive control and management of the parks of the city of St. Joseph. They shall improve and beautify the same with such funds as may be provided by the council from time to time, or from any other source. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3. No Compensation.-The board of park commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 53, Art. 2, Sec. 3.

SECTION.

CHAPTER LV.

PASSENGER DEPOTS.

1. Passengers, solicitation of at depot. 2. Hotel runners, etc., shall not solicit in depot.

SECTION 1.

SECTION.

3. Carriages for passengers, regulations governing.

4. Penalty.

Passengers-solicitation of at depots.

-No expressman, hackman, or omnibus driver shall go upon the platform of, or into any railroad passenger depot in this city for the purpose of soliciting either passengers or baggage; provided, however, they may stand upon the platform of any railroad passenger depot, if they remain within three feet from the edge thereof, and within three feet of their respective vehicles. Provided, further, that this section shall not be so construed as to prohibit any person, company or partnership engaged in omnibus, carriage or baggage transfer business, from keeping and maintaining an office in such Union Depot or railroad station, by and with the consent of the owners of such Union Depot or railroad station. [G. O. No. 500, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2. Hotel runners, etc., shall not solicit in depot. No hotel runner, drummer or porter shall be permitted or allowed to go upon the platform of, or into any railroad passenger depot in this city for the purpose of soliciting any passenger, passengers or baggage. [G. O. No. 500, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3. Carriages for passengers-regulations governing.—No owner, driver or conductor in charge of any hack, cab, carriage, omnibus, buggy, wagon or other vehicle, public or private, shall stand his vehicle on the east side of Sixth street west of the Union Depot, immediately opposite the canopy of said Union Depot extending over the

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