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therefor, as provided for in this ordinance, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 7.

SEC. 8. Equipment for scavenger work.—Scavengers who engage in the business of removing the contents of privy vaults or cesspools, shall cause to be painted on the tank or wagon box of their wagons, in large letters and figures, his name, number of license and letter of wagon, and carry on each wagon so employed at night, a lighted lamp with plain glass front and sides, with the number of the license and the letter of the wagon painted with black paint on the sides and front of each of said lamps, in distinct and legible figures at least two inches in size, and so placed that said lamps may be distinctly seen and said numbers and letters easily read. The scavenger shall also carry the permit for work in each instance for inspection of the police. It shall be the right and duty of such night scavenger so licensed, when requested by any owner, agent or occupant of any privy vault or cesspool within the city, to clean and remove the contents thereof, and to remove and deposit the same at such place or places as shall or may be designated by the health officer of the city of St. Joseph. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 8.

SEC. 9. Owner must have written permission of health officer.-Owners, occupants or agents of privy vaults within the city, desiring to clean and remove the contents thereof themselves without the aid of night scavengers, shall not be allowed to do so except upon the written permission of the health officer, and then only in such manner as said permit shall direct. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 9.

SEC. 10. Health officer to notify owner to clean, etc.—Whenever in the opinion of the health officer any privy vault or cesspool shall be offensive and need cleaning, it shall be his duty to notify the owner, agent or occupant to clean the same within a period named in said notice; also to serve a printed copy of this ordinance. Such person, owner, agent or

occupant so notified, and failing to comply with said notice within the time mentioned shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense. In case no owner or agent can be found in the city, the health officer shall cause such offensive vault or cesspool to be cleaned, the expense to be collected as in other cases of the removal or abatement of nuisances. 0. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 10.

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SEC. 11. Scavenger to report to health officer the work done.-Scavengers shall make a return of such permit to the health officer, certifying to the number of yards which they have removed from the vault or cesspool therein described, also where the same was deposited, within two days after the work shall have been performed. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 11.

SEC. 12. Penalty for violating ordinance.—Any scavenger who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, or shall fail to comply with any order, direction or regulation lawfully made by the health officer, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each and every offense, and shall be subject to a revocation of license in the discretion of the mayor. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 67, Sec. 12.

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SECTION 1. Description of, establishment of.

SECTION 1. Description of seal. The seal heretofore provided and used by and for the city of St. Joseph (the impression on which is a representation of the Goddess of Liberty, with the inscription, Seal of the City of St. Joseph, around the outer edge of said seal, which seal, represented as aforesaid, is hereunto annexed), shall be and is hereby estab lished and declared to have been and now to be the seal of the city of St. Joseph. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 68.

CHAPTER LXIX.

SECOND-HAND DEALERS.

SECTION 1. Second-hand dealers to keep record, etc.

SECTION 1. Second-hand dealers to keep record of goods bought.-Every second-hand dealer doing business in this city, shall keep a register in which he shall, at the time of purchase or receipt, enter the name and residence of all persons from whom he shall purchase or receive any second-hand goods of any description whatever, together with a minute description of all second-hand goods so purchased or received, and particularly mentioning any prominent or

descriptive marks that may be on such second-hand goods; and he shall keep such register open at all times to the examination or inspection of any person asking or demanding the same. Said register shall be kept clean and legible and no entry therein shall be defaced, erased or obliterated, and all the entries therein shall be made with ink. He shall also, at all times during ordinary business hours permit or allow any person asking or demanding the same, to examine and inspect any second-hand goods kept or stored in or about his place of business. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any provision, regulation or requirement of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 441, Sec. 44.

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SECTION 1. Main or lateral nected. Whenever the construction of any main or lateral sewer in the city of St. Joseph shall have been authorized by ordinance, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to adver

tise for bids and let out the contract for the work of construction in the same manner as other city work is let out, and to prepare the plans, specifications, and a contract for the same, which shall be reported by him to the common council for their approval; after the same shall have been approved, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to superintend the work, and cause such sewer to be constructed in accordance with the terms of the contract and the plans and specifications, [R. O. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2.

Sewer connections, how made.-All connections with main or lateral sewers shall be made in the most substantial manner, according to the directions and under the superintendence of the city engineer, and under such other regulations as may be provided by ordinance. [R. O. Chap. 69, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3. Connection with, to be by permission.— Any person who shall make or attempt to make a connection with any main or lateral sewer, without permission from the common council, or in violation of the instructions of the city engineer, or any person who shall make or cause to be made a defective private sewer under any street or public highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 69, Sec. 3.

SEC. 4. Penalty for construction without permission. It shall be the duty of any person or persons constructing or using any private drain, sewer or pipe connecting with or emptying into any lateral or main sewer within this city, to construct and use the same strictly in conformity with the orders and directions of the city engineer, which orders and directions shall be given in writing for such purpose; and any person who shall construct or use, or cause to be constructed or used, any such drain, sewer or pipe in a different manner from that so ordered and directed by said engineer, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one

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