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INDEX TO GENERAL ORDINANCES.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

	Sec.
ACCOUNTS, examination of by auditor, approved by committee and council, method of payment	110
ALDERMEN, see Councilmen.
ALLEYS, private, to be kept clean	205
ANIMALS IN CITY,
Animals when dead from infectious diseases, how disposed of	590
Animals with contagious diseases shall not be allowed on streets, etc.	589
Birds, unlawful to kill	586
Bitches in heat	583
Cruelty to animals, penalty, etc.	585
Dangerous animals, unlawful to be at large	578
Dead animals to be carried out of city	587
Dead animals, etc., shall not be placed in streets	588
Dogs, how licensed, impounding, redemption, etc.	582
Dogs, mayor may require confinement of	584
Domestic animals, unlawful to be at large	579
Exhibition of stallion or jack	591
Feeding in streets prohibited	199
Hogs, unlawful to keep in city, exceptions	580
Hydrophobia, dogs to be confined or muzzled	584
Selling, trading or speeding in streets	196
Sheep, unlawful to keep in city	581
APPROPRIATIONS,
Additional expenditure beyond annual appropriation	20
For outside highways, etc.	18
Granting aid to various associations, objects, etc.	21
How made	17
Increasing city's indebtedness, etc.	22
ASSAULT AND BATTERY	300
ASSESSMENT FOR TAXES,
By commissioner of revenue	66
Erroneous assessments, how corrected	73
List to be furnished to commissioner, refusal	72
Omitted property, how assessed	68
[References are to Sections]
AUCTION SALES in streets prohibited	197
AUDITOR OF CITY,
Annual settlement with treasurer	113
Compensation	116
Delinquent tax list, delivery of to constable	98
Delinquent tax tickets, examination of, credit for, allowed the treasurer	93
Duty relative to city contracts	124
Duty with reference to bills for laying sidewalks, etc.	154
Election and term	104
Examination of claims	110
General duties	105, 116
Member of sinking fund commission	117
Method of keeping accounts	106
Pay day	112
Publication of monthly disbursements and annual report	114
Reports, annual estimates, etc.	109
Reports, quarterly, what to contain	108
Salary of city officers, how paid	111
Secretary of sinking fund, annual report to council	122
Secretary of sinking fund commission	115, 118
Supervision over other fiscal officers of city	107
Warrants, how and when drawn	110
AUTOMOBILES, regulations as to	176
AWNINGS, regulations as to construction	181
BARB WIRE FENCES unlawful to build along streets	207
BAR-ROOMS, regulations of	292
BICYCLES, regulations concerning	176
BILLIARD SALOONS, POOL ROOMS, etc., regulations of	288
BIRDS, unlawful to kill in city	586
BITCHES IN HEAT	583
BOARD OF HEALTH,
Additional physicians in case of severe epidemic	349
Births and deaths, record of, how kept	337
Composition, organization, etc.	336
Infected houses	342
Injurious, fruit, fish, etc.	339
Inspection of watershed and reservoir	345
Inspection of streets, premises, etc.	343
Monthly and annual reports	338
President of board, his duties	337
Physicians to make monthly report	348
Quarantine	341
Removal of garbage, trash, etc.	346
Removal of sick	340
Sanitary policeman	344
Street commissioner and foreman, responsibility to board	347
Supervisory duties over sanitary laws	350
BONDS,
Character of surety	44
Failure to give vacates office	44
Official, amount to be given	44
Official, cost of to be at expense of city	44
Of plumbers	554
BRIDGES, rate of speed on	202
BUILDING REGULATIONS, see Public Safety.
BUILDINGS, regulations as to erection of along sidewalks	160
CATTLE, see Animals in City.
CELLAR DOORS, how constructed and repaired	162
CEMETERIES,
Burial of paupers	399
Charges for keeping sections in order	400
Fees for digging graves	402
Keeper, election, term and salary	394
Keeper, financial reports, etc.	404
Keeper, powers and duties	395
Keeper to give bond	404
Quarterly reports to be made by chairman of committee	405
Record of burial permits, etc.	401
River View Cemetery	406
Sections, deed to	397
Sections, laying off, mapping and selling	396
Sections, to whom sold	398
Trespass	403
CESS POOLS, regulations concerning	368
CHAIN GANG,
Assistant manager	315
Duty and authority of manager and assistant	316
Establishment and control of	312
Manager of	314
Rules and regulations	318
Shall work under directions of mayor	317
Who liable to work in	313
CHAIRMAN OF FINANCE COMMITTEE, member of sinking fund commission	117
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, see Fire Department.
CHIEF OF POLICE, see Police.
CITY ATTORNEY,
Duties	59, 60
Election and qualification	58
Salary and allowances	61
CITY CONTRACTS,
Awarded, how, notice to auditor	124
Bond required of contractor	125
Execution of, how filed	126
Officers of city not to be interested in, penalty	128
Performance of contract, how secured	125
When to be executed	127
CITY ENGINEER,
Annual report	144
Building permits, issue of, record of	141
Election, term and duties	129
Employees, teams, tools, etc., duty and authority of city engineer concerning	131
Encroachments on streets, to take notice of	139
Furniture, books, etc., to be supplied by city	130
Inspection of buildings for business purposes	142
Inspection of telephone, telegraph and other poles	143
Interest in contract forbidden	138
Map of culverts and sewers, his duty to make and keep	134
Map of gas mains, his duty to make and keep	136
Map of streets, his duty to make and keep	133
Map of water mains, his duty to make and keep	135
Plans, estimates, repairs, etc., general supervision	132
Report to council monthly, particulars of work	140
Survey, building lines and grades, fee for same	137
Vacancy in office, who to perform duties	145
CITY FUNDS to put on certificate to credit of city, how withdrawn	85
CITY PHYSICIAN,
Books and records, custody of	334
Charity patients, may remand to hospital	334
Duties	334
Election, term and compensation	333
Examine and approve drug and hospital bills	334
Examine specimens of milk	334
Examine tramps or persons under arrest	334
Inspection of public schools of city	334
Inspection of slaughter houses	334
Visit and attend charity patients	334
Visit dairies	334
CITY SEAL,
Corporate seal of city	35
Custodian of	36
CLERK OF COUNCIL,
Certify ordinances and resolutions to mayor	15
Copies of petitions, etc., to be furnished committees and other city officers	32
Docket of petitions	33
Election, term and duties	30
Furnish mayor copy of every ordinance or resolution	32
Furnish president of council with memorandum of unfinished business	33
Furnish treasurer and auditor with copy of appropriations	32
General ordinance book	31
Journal of proceedings	31
Names of special committees to be furnished	32
Name of councilmen not to be entered until certificate of oath is filed	2
Notify persons elected to positions by council	32
Notify persons who may have presented petitions, etc., of action of the council	32
Notify president of council of veto	32
Ordinances, how numbered	34
Vetoed ordinances and resolutions, duty relative thereto	25
COAL HOLES AND AREAS in sidewalks, construction of	162 to 165
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL, how appointed	12
COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE,
Assessment of new buildings	69
Assessment of repairs and additions	70
Books and papers to be delivered to successor, penalty	65
Compensation and fees	74
Duties and powers	77
Duties as to assessment of taxes	63
Deputy of, how appointed and approved	64
Erroneous assessments, release from	73
Exempt property	75
False entries by, penalty	72
Land and personal property books, how prepared, when and to whom delivered	66
Official bond, how given and filed	44, 62
Omitted property, how corrected	68
Penalty for failure to have books ready	66
Plumbers license, how and to whom issued	555
Reduction on assessment on injured or destroyed buildings	71
Term, qualification, vacancy, how filled	62
Transfers upon land books	67
CONCEALED WEAPONS	297
CONSTABLE, delinquent taxes, collection of, settlement for	98
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES	341, 342, 351 to 357
COUNCIL, ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND PROCEDURE,
Absence of quorum, how quorum secured	10
Adoption of ordinances and resolutions	15
Adjournment in case of no quorum	10
Amendment to motions must be relevant	cl. 14, 29
Appeals from decision of chair	cl. 3, 29
Appropriation, to various associations, etc.	21
Appropriations for outside highways	18
Appropriations, how made	17
Blanks in ordinances, etc., how filled	cl. 22, 29
Calendar of unfinished business	cl. 34, 29
Chief of police to act as sargeant-at-arms	225
Claims against the city, when and how acted on, refund of taxes, etc.	cl. 32, 29
Committees quarterly and annual reports	cl. 31, 29
Committees of council, how appointed	12
Committees not provided for, how appointed	cl. 2, 29
Committees, list of to be appointed	12
Committees, mayor shall have power to convene	cl. 29, 29
Committees, meeting of, chairman, how called, quorum	cl. 29, 29
Committees, meeting of chairman, how called, quorum	cl. 29, 29
Committees, report of to be made in writing	cl. 30, 29
Committees, when and on what matters to report	cl. 28, 29
Composition of, qualification of members	1
Communication to be in writing	cl. 12, 29
Compensation of members	1
Creating debts for longer period than 4 months	19
Debts for longer period than four months, how created	19
Dissent on any matter, how recorded	cl. 26, 29
Disqualification for voting	26
Disqualification of members for certain offices	4
Elections, method of procedure	27
Election of officers and their duties	11
Franchises, how disposed of	23
General ordinances to be read twice before passing—reading, when dispensed with	cl. 15, 29
General ordinances to be referred to committee and go over until next meeting, when dispensed with	cl. 16, 29
Granting aid to various associations, etc.	21
Increasing city's indebtedness, motion to reconsider	22
Indebtedness of city, increasing of motion to reconsider	22
Majority vote to govern unless otherwise provided	cl. 23, 29
Meetings, monthly, when held	7
Meeting shall be open	13
Meetings, when secret	13
Meetings, special, what business may be transacted	8
Members, conduct in addressing body	cl. 6, 29
Members, conduct while sitting	cl. 10, 29
Members, failing to vote	26
Members, how called to order	cl. 9, 29
Members, not to withdraw without leave	cl. 5, 29
Members, number and length of speeches	cl. 8, 29
Members, order of recognition by president	cl. 7, 29
Members not to vote when personally or pecuniarily interested, in other cases to vote unless excused	cl. 24, 29
Motion, order of procedure thereon	cl. 19, 29
Motion to adjourn, when in order	cl. 20, 29
Motion to reconsider	cl. 27, 29
Motions or propositions to be in writing	cl. 13, 29
Motions, when may be withdrawn	cl. 13, 29
Oath of office, how and when taken	2
Oath of office, certificate to be filed with clerk	2
Order of business	cl. 35, 29
Ordinances appropriating money, imposing taxes, etc.	17
Ordinances appropriating money for outside highways	18
Ordinances, their reference and passage	16
Ordinances increasing city's indebtedness, motion to reconsider	22
Ordinances not to be amended unless whole section re-ordained	16
Ordinances to be suspended or repealed only by ordinance	16
Ordinances to be referred to committee and go over until next meeting, exceptions	cl. 16, 29
Ordinances to be read twice before passing, when reading may be dispensed with	cl. 15, 29
Ordinances and resolutions, action by mayor	24
Ordinances and resolution, how adopted	15
Ordinances and resolutions, style of	cl. 18, 29
Ordinances and resolutions, when effective	24
Organization, time of meeting for	6
Parliamentary rules	cl. 1, 29
Permission of non-members to address council	cl. 11, 29
President, election and term	11
President to enforce rules, etc.	cl. 2, 29
President to state questions of order and declare result of votes	cl. 4, 29
Previous question, how put	cl. 21, 29
Public franchises and property, disposition of	23
Punishment of members	2
Questions of order, how decided	cl. 3, 29
Quorum	9
Quorum, how secured	10
Reconsideration of vote	9
Record of proceedings	13
Rules for construction of statutes	cl. 33, 29
Rules of order, suspension of, etc.	29
Rules of procedure	14
Secret meetings, when held	13
Special meetings, how called	7
Special meetings, what business may be transacted	8
Special order of business	cl. 35, 29
Standing committees, how appointed	12
Term and compensation	1
Vacancies, how filled, term of office	3
Veto of mayor, procedure thereupon by council	25
Vice-president, election and duties	11
Vote of majority to govern unless otherwise provided	cl. 23 29
Voting, members failing to vote to be entered in journal	26
Voting, members not to vote when personally or pecuniarily interested	cl. 24, 29
Voting, when members are disqualified for	26
Witnesses before council and committees, how attendance secured	28
Yea and nay vote, how demanded	cl. 25, 29
COUNCILMEN, oath of office, certificate to be filed with clerk	2
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, penalty, etc.	585
CURFEW LAW	294
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, penalty	281
DANCE HALLS, regulation of	296
DANGEROUS PERSONS, etc.	295
DANGEROUS ANIMALS, unlawful to be at large	578
DANGEROUS STRUCTURES, condemnation of, removal or alteration	326
DEAD ANIMALS shall not be placed in streets	588
DEAD ANIMALS shall be carried out of city	587
DEATH CERTIFICATES, by whom and when to be furnished, necessary for, regulations concerning	380 et seq.
DELINQUENT TAXES, see Treasurer.
DOGS, how licensed, impounding, redemption, etc.	582
DOGS, mayor may require confinement of	584
DRAINAGE from lots, gutters and spouts	169
DRIVING, regulations as to; right of way	201
DRUNKENNESS, how punished	261
ELECTIONS BY COUNCIL	27
ENACTING AND REPEALING ORDINANCE	613
ENCROACHMENTS ON STREETS, how removed	160, 161
EPIDEMICS, how controlled	341
EXCAVATIONS along sidewalks	204
EXCAVATIONS IN STREETS to be reported to fire department	211
EXPLOSIVES, storage, sale and transportation	331, 332
FAST DRIVING ON STREETS	203
FINES AND PENALTIES,
Collection and use of	609
Failure to pay fine, imprisonment	610
Fines, how and when paid to informer	611
When not provided for, how imposed	612
FIREARMS, discharging of in city	298
FIRE ESCAPES	324
FIRE DEPARTMENT,
Annual report and inventory	567
Assistant chief, his duties and powers	558
Chief, his duties and powers	558
Chief to familiarize himself with premises where explosives are stored	561
Control and supervision	556
Election of officers, confirmation by council	557
Eligibility of persons as chief or assistant	559
Fire company	557
Fire hose on street	565
Foreman of fire house, his duties	560
Monthly report of fires	566
Oath of chief and assistant	559
Obstructions to access to fire plugs	564
Right of way in going to fires	562
Streets occupied by department at work	563
FIRE LIMITS	319
FIRE WORKS, shooting of prohibited in streets	330
FISH, sale of, prohibited on sidewalks	192
FISHING IN or shooting over reservoirs prohibited	444
FRANCHISES, disposition of by council	23
FUNDS OF THE CITY to be put on certificate of deposit, how withdrawn	85
FUNERALS, regulations in case of contagion	385
GAMING MACHINES, penalty for operating	307
GAS WORKS,
Agreement to be made with non-resident gas consumers	517
Assistant superintendent, election, term and salary	504
Assistant superintendent, to have two years experience	506
Assistant superintendent, his duties and powers	533
Assistant superintendent to act as superintendent in his absence	534
Bills for supplies, how approved and paid	511
Bond of superintendent and assistant	44
Books of record, how and by whom kept	512
Coke, sale and report of	531
Collection of delinquent bills	523
Committee empowered to make further rules and regulations	550
Complaint against gas bills	528
Connection for gas fitters	536
Connection for non-resident gas takers	517
Curb stone stop cock boxes	540
Deposits may be required, when	524
Free gas	551
Gas fitters not to allow use of name by others	537
Gas to be supplied by meters	518
General control and government by committee	502
Idle meters	520
Injury to meters and fixtures, penalty	541
Interference with or removal of meters or fixtures	525
Loss of gas at fires to be protected	529
Map of mains	514
Meters to be kept in good repair by superintendent	527
Meters and fixtures, examination of	530
Meters, when expense of repairs, etc., to be borne by consumers	526
Obstructions	549
Pay rolls, how made out, approved and paid	509
Permit for piping houses	544
Permit to disconnect or open for alteration or repairs	543
Prepayment meters	519
Price of gas	522
Reading of meters	521
Record of curb cocks and meters in use	515
Repairs to services to be made at expense of city	539
Reports, annual, when and how made	503, 513
Reports, monthly	512
Reports, quarterly	513
Right of access to premises for purposes of examination	547
Services, setting of meters and repairs in streets to be at expense of city	538
Size of pipes and number of burners	546
Superintendent's books, etc., to be delivered to successor	552
Superintendent,
Duties and powers	507
Election, term and salary	504
Employment and control of help	508
Examination before election as superintendent	505
Furnish city engineer information for making map of gas mains	136
Gas inspector	535
To purchase materials, tools, etc.	510
Report open ditches in streets to fire dep't	211
Tar, sale and report of	532
Tenants to give one day's notice of intention to move	516
Test of work to be made when completed	545
Turning on or using gas without authority	548
Unauthorized additions to pipes and fixtures and the introduction of gas therein, penalty, etc.	542
GARBAGE and other refuse matter, its removal, etc.	187, 188
GATES AND DOORS, on sidewalks, to open inward	172
GOODS, exhibition of on sidewalk	178f
HAND BILLS, POSTERS, etc., regulation as to	209
HITCHING POSTS, regulations concerning	178d
HOGS, unlawful to keep in city, exceptions	580
HOTEL AND BOARDING HOUSES, protection of	310
HOUSE NUMBERS, how established, penalty for removal	150, 151
HOUSES, how numbered	149
HOUSES OF ILL FAME, penalty for keeping	271-2-3-4-5
HYDROPHOBIA, dogs to be confined or muzzled	584
IMPRISONMENT, failure to pay fine	610
INFECTED HOUSES	342
INSURANCE OF CITY BUILDINGS	57
INTERMENTS	382
INTOXICATING BEVERAGES	290, 291
JAMAICA GINGER, regulation of sale	311
LEVY FOR CITY PURPOSES to be made annually	76
LICENSES TO BE IMPOSED ANNUALLY by special ordinance	76
LIVERY STABLES, use of abutting streets by	178e
MANURE, regulations concerning	373
MAYOR,
Annual and other reports	52
Appointment of special police	222
Control of police force	221
Custodian of city seal	36
Duties and powers	48
Duty relative to chain gang	317
Duties as member of sinking fund commission	118, 123
General duties	54
Insurance of city property	57
Official bond	44
Ordinances or resolutions presented to him, his action, his failure to act	24
Powers to appoint special police, to report same to council	56
President of sinking fund commission	118
Prohibit certain theatrical performances	51
Quarantine, duty relative thereto	341
Removal from office for malfeasance, etc.	53
Salary may not be increased or decreased during term	45
Supervisory duties	50
Suspension or removal of subordinate officers	49
Vacancy, temporary or permanent, how filled	55
MERRY-GO-ROUNDS, etc., order at, location, etc.	265
MIDWIVES, regulations concerning	389, 390
MONUMENTS AND HUBS OF CITY LIMITS, how protected	159
MORTUARY REPORTS AND VITAL STATISTICS,
Births and deaths, form for registration	392
Births and deaths, how registered	391
Births, report of by physicians, etc.	390
Births without attendance of physician, etc., how reported	390
Births and deaths, registration of	380
Blanks for returns, how furnished	393
Burial of bodies dying of contagion	385
Burial permits	382
Death certificates	381
Dead bodies, retention or exposure of	384
Death of persons unattended by physician, how reported	387
Permit for removal of dead bodies beyond city limits	383
Physicians and midwives to register	389
Sexton of cemeteries, duty of	386
Still-born child	388
OATH OF OFFICE	41
OBSCENE BOOKS, PICTURES, etc., penalty for circulating	270
OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS, etc.	278
OFFENSES AND PENALTIES, see Peace, Good Order and Morals.
OFFICERS OF THE CITY,
Annual reports must be made to council in writing	46
Compensation, when withheld	38
Oath of office, how taken, effect of failure to take	41
Official bond, surety, condition, failure to give, where filed	44
Pay of suspended officers	42
Receipts for all city property received to be filed with auditor	47
Removal for malfeasance, etc.	40
Salaries not to be increased or diminished during term	45
Salaries to be fixed by council	45
Substitute may be appointed by officers, etc.	39
Terms of service	37
Vacancies, how filled	37
Vacations of certain city officers	43
OFFICIAL BONDS, amount, surety, etc.	44
OPEN DITCHES IN STREETS to be reported to fire department	211
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS,
Action by mayor, proceedings upon veto	24, 25
Appropriating money, etc.	17, 18, 19
Adoption, method of procedure, etc.	15
Not to be amended, suspended or repealed unless whole section is re-ordained	16
Permanent ordinances, how numbered	34
ORDINANCE BOOK, provision for keeping	31
OVERSEER OF POOR AND POOR OF CITY,
Aid to destitute non-residents	575
Burial of paupers	577
Committee may remand certain cases to county poor house	571
Committee on poor to have general control of public charities	571
Non-resident paupers coming into the city	574
Overseer of poor, his election, term and salary	572
Overseer of poor, general duties	573
Quarterly reports	576
PAUPERS, burial of	399
PAUPERS, see Overseer of Poor.
PAUPERS, VAGRANTS AND DANGEROUS PERSONS	295
PAVING, how removed and replaced	155
PAY-DAY, city auditor to fix	112
PAY-ROLLS, how paid	111
PEACE, GOOD ORDER AND MORALS,
Abusive and profane language	299
Adultery and fornication	276
Advertisements, defacing of	309
Assault and battery	300
Ball-playing on streets	263
Bar-rooms, regulations of	292
Billiard and pool rooms, minors not to frequent	287
Billiard saloons, regulation of	288
Circus exhibitions	264
Cock fighting	266
Concealed weapons	297
Craps	308
Curfew law	294
Dance halls, regulation of	296
Dangerous missiles	262
Defacing advertisements	309
Discharging fire arms	298
Disguises in public	301
Disorderly conduct	260
Disturbing public worship	283
Disturbing public assemblages	285
Drunkenness on streets	261
False fire alarms	279
Fences, penalty for pulling down	305
Fighting dogs or other animals	269
Flying kites on streets	263
Gambling houses	306
Gambling or betting in pool rooms	288
Gaming tables, etc.	307
Gates, penalty for leaving open	305
Hotels and boarding houses, protection of	310
Houses of ill-fame, property used for	272
Houses of ill-fame, renting or leasing of houses for	271
Houses of ill-fame, keeping of	273
Houses of ill-fame, keeper or inmates of on streets	275
Houses of ill-fame, frequenting of	274
Immitating police whistles	278
Indecent books, pictures, statuary, etc.	270
Indecent exposure, language and proposal	268
Informants to receive one-half of fine imposed for unlawful sale of intoxicating beverages	293
Injuring shade trees and property	281
Intoxicating liquors in poolrooms, etc., prohibited	288
Intoxicating beverages prohibited	291
Jamaica ginger, regulation of sale	311
Larceny, petit	304
Lewd persons, street-walkers, etc.	277
Lounging on church steps, etc.	284
Merry-go-rounds, etc., order at, location of, etc.	265
Minors, sale of dangerous weapons to	289
Minors, sale of intoxicating liquors to	290
Minors, sale of tobacco to	289
Minors, frequenting billiard saloons, pool rooms, etc.	287
Paupers, vagrants and dangerous persons	295
Petit larceny	304
Prize fighting	267
Pupils of female or public schools, interference with	286
Resistance of officials, etc.	280
Riot, rout, assault and battery	300
Signs and advertisements, posting without authority	281
Slot machines	307
Store or shop, keeping open on Sunday	282
Street walkers, lewd persons, etc.	277
Students, sale of intoxicating liquor to	290
Threatening messages	302
Trespass on private or public property	303
Unlawful sale of intoxicating beverages, informant to receive half of fine	293
Vagrants, etc.	295
Violations of the Sabbath	282
PHYSICIANS, monthly report of to health officer	348
PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS,
Board of examiners, how composed	553
Certificate to be issued to those passing examination	553
Chairman of board	553
Commissioner of revenue to issue license, when	555
Examination of plumbers and gas fitters	554
Examination, when held	553
Plumbers' bond, how and when given, by whom filed	554
Registry fee	554
PLUMBING,
Appeals from decision of superintendent	500
Approval or condemnation of work	467
Back-venting water closets	476
Bath tubs	498
Closets, what kind permitted	484
Closets, what kind prohibited	483
Closet vents	486
Connection of more than one building to same sewer prohibited	472
Connection of soil pipe and fixtures	474
Drains, connection with public sewer	472
Fittings, what kind allowed	471
House drains	470
Inspection of roughing-in	469
Inspection of work	466
Inspector of plumbing	465
Lead bends and traps	491
Location of traps	478
Openings not in use, how closed	495
Penalties for violation of plumbing ordinances	501
Permits, unlawful use of	499
Plumbers permit necessary	468
Replacing old fixtures with new	477
Solder nipples	493
Sinks and tubs	489
Sinks when not necessary to vent	497
Size of waste and vent pipes	479
Steam exhausts, etc.	496
Stop and waste cocks	482
Superintendent to keep record of permits issued	468
Supply pipes, material and quality	481
Terra cotta pipes, quality, etc.	473
Testing of plumbing system	494
Traps, arrangement of	490
Traps to kitchen sink	488
Traps to fixtures	492
Vent pipes, regulations	475
Vent pipes, when and how used	485
Vent pipe terminals	487
Waste pipes from refrigerators	480
POLES, telegraph and telephone, how placed, shall be painted	178a
POLICE FORCE, RULES AND REGULATIONS,
Absence from duty, etc.	236
Acquaintance with streets, property and persons	243
Appointment of special police	222
Attendance and obedience of orders	235
Bad and suspicious characters, to keep watch of	244
Badges, how to be worn	259
Bail, by whom granted	228
Book or diary to be kept by privates	259
Chief of police head of force	224
Chief of police, his duties	224
Chief of police, his books of record	224
Chief of police, to act as sergeant-at-arms of council	225
Chief of police, his absence or sickness	226
Chief of police, collection of fines and monthly settlements	227
Chief of police, to keep council chamber in order	225
Chief of police, to give notice to members of council of meetings	225
Chief of police, duties when charges are filed against privates	224
Conduct towards offenders and prisoners	245
Control of by mayor	220
Deportment on duty	248
Doors and entrances to houses to be reported when open	253
Dress on duty, badge, etc.	238
Duty in plain clothes	254
Election and term	219
Firemen to be called	255
Furlough	223
General duties	234
Hours of duty	257
Inspection of doors, windows, etc.	242
Intoxicating liquors at station house prohibited	246
Lieutenant, appointment and term	229
Lieutenant, his duties	230
Lieutenant, time of service	231
Lieutenant, shall visit beats	232
Lieutenant, to inspect policemen at roll-call	233
Lights not burning to be reported	253
Name and number, when to be given	251
Nuisances to be properly reported	253
Oath of office	221
Powers of police	221
Presents, fees, etc.	239
Revenue laws, violation of to be reported	256
Rules and regulations, must be familiar with	252
Shall not leave his beat	250
Sleeping on beat or other neglect of duty	237
Smoking on duty prohibited, exceptions	247
Special police, how appointed	56, 222
Stolen property, how reported	240
Uniforms, how furnished, style of	259
Uniforms, when to be worn	258
Use of intoxicants and entering certain houses	246
Vehicles at night, to take notice of	249
Vigilance required	241
Violation of ordinances, offenders and witnesses to be reported	253
POLICE JUSTICE,
Alderman can act in case of inability	215
Appeals from his decision	214
Election, term and duties	212
Jurisdiction and powers	213
Removal from office, how and for what cause	217
Report of fines and penalties monthly to treasurer	216
Salary	45, 218
Terms of court	215
Vacancy, how supplied and too eligible	215
POOL ROOMS AND BILLIARD SALOONS, regulation of	288
PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, member of sinking fund commission	117
PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, to act as mayor in case of vacancy	55
PRIVIES, regulation as to erection of	367 to 370
PUBLIC PROPERTY, disposition of by council	23
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEES, election, term, duties and annual report	568, 569, 570
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEES, clerk of school board to make annual report to council	570
PUBLIC SAFETY,
Bon fires in streets	329
Building permits, when and how secured	320
Buildings within the fire limits	321
Burning trash, etc., in streets, prohibited	329
Combustibles, storage and sale of	331, 332
Dangerous buildings, chimneys and stove pipes	326
Dangerous wires	328
Defective roofs and chimneys	325
Explosives, storage, sale and transportation of	331
Fire escapes	324
Fire limits	319
Fire works, shooting of	330
Gasoline, benzine, etc., storage and sale of	332
Removal of wooden structures within the fire limits	323
Trash and like materials to be packed in boxes for removal by scavenger carts	329
Wooden structures within the fire limits	322
PUPILS OF FEMALE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, interference with	286
QUARANTINE, power of mayor to establish	341
QUORUM, number necessary, reconsideration of votes	9
RAILWAYS AND STREET RAILWAYS,
Breaks and fenders to be used on street cars	603
Cars not to be impeded, right of way	600
Cars to be numbered	604
Flagmen to be stationed at points designated by council	596
Flagmen to be appointed special policemen	597
Jumping on or off moving cars	607
Loitering or trespassing upon tracks or platform	599
Motormen and conductors to be special policemen	605
Motormen to warn drivers and pedestrians	601
Placing of obstructions on tracks	593
Regulations when fire alarm is sounded	602
Riding on running board or steps of summer cars prohibited	608
Ringing of bell or gong	595
Riding or driving in front of moving trains	598
Smoking on street cars	606
Speed of cars	592
Spitting in street cars	606
Street cars to be disinfected	360
Whistles not to be sounded in city, exceptions	594
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, disturbance of	263
REPEALING AND ENACTING CLAUSE	613
REPORTS,
Auditor, quarterly and annual reports of	108, 109
Board of Health, monthly and annual reports	338
Cemeteries, keeper's weekly report to committee	404
Cemeteries, quarterly report of by committee	405
City Engineer, monthly and annual reports of	140, 144
Committees of Council, quarterly and annual reports	cl. 31, 29
Fire Department, annual report and inventory	567
Fire Department, chief to make monthly report of fires	566
Gas Department, monthly, quarterly and annual reports	503, 512, 513
Mayor, annual and other reports	52
Mortuary and vital reports	380 to 393
Officers of city, annual and other reports to be in writing	46
Overseer of Poor, quarterly reports of	576
Physicians to make monthly report to health officer	348
Police Department, chief's monthly reports	227
Police Justice, monthly report of fines to treasurer	216
Public School Trustees, annual report to council	570
Publication of treasurer's quarterly reports	83
Sinking Fund Commissioners, annual report	122
Treasurer, report to council	82
Water and Sewers Department, quarterly and annual reports	408, 416
RESERVOIRS, fishing in or shooting over prohibited	444
REVENUES, how raised	76
SALARIES OF OFFICERS to be fixed by council	45
SANITARY LAWS,
Barber shops, regulation and control	374
Board of health to have supervision over, etc.	350
Bringing contagion into city	356
Cellars to be cleaned and limed annually	371
Contagious diseases, quarantine of	353
Contagious and infectious diseases, duty of occupants of houses	351
Cow stables, dairies, etc.	363
Discharge of water from bath tubs, etc.	361
Disinfecting street cars	360
Disobedience of sanitary orders of mayor or board of health	359
Dogs and cats, confinement of	355
Entering premises under quarantine	354
Food exposed for sale, protection of	378
Garbage, slops, etc., on streets	362
Hands, utensils, etc., in stores, dairies, etc., to be kept clean	376
Infectious diseases, physicians to report to board of health	352
Laundries, registration of	379
Manure, keeping and disposal of	373
Marshy ground and stagnant water	358
Milk, regulation and sale of in city	363a
Privies, location of	370
Privies, earth closets, etc.	367
Privies, etc., when to be cleaned	369
Scavenger carts, outside cleaning	372
Slaughter houses prohibited in city	365
Slaughter houses, regulation of	366
Stables, care of	373
Stock pens	364
Stores, cafes, etc., to be screened	377
Stores, stalls, etc., to be kept in cleanly condition	375
Vaccination of public school children	357
Vaults, cess pools and sinks, regulation of	368
SANITARY POLICEMAN	344
SCHOOLS, appropriations for	570
SCHOOLS, trustees of	568, 569
SEAL OF CITY	35, 36
SEWER CONNECTION BOARD	464
SEWERS,
Connections, how permission for secured	456
Connections, how made	455
Construction by the city	454
Designation of main and lateral sewers	453
Drainage of injurious matter through prohibited	459
House sewers, how connected	457
House sewers, how laid	460
Pipes, injury to	458
Pipes, material and size of	461
Pipes, stoppage of	462
Sewer connections board	464
Violation of sewer ordinances, penalty	463
SHADE TREES, planting of, hitching to and injury to	179, 180, 281
SHEEP, unlawful to keep in city	581
SIDEWALKS, see Streets and Sidewalks.
SIGNS, regulations as to posting, etc.	177, 209, 281
SINKING FUND,
Appropriation by council, how paid over	120
Annual report by officers	122
Commissioners of, officers of	117
Disbursements, how made	123
How applied to payment of city bonds maturing	121
President and secretary	118
Purchase of bonds and use of fund	121
Treasurer of fund	119
SNOW, removal of, etc., from sidewalk	171
SPITTING ON SIDEWALKS AND IN PUBLIC PLACES	190
STAGNANT WATER	358
STORE OR SHOP, keeping open on Sunday	282
STALLION OR JACK, unlawful to exhibit in streets	591
STREET CARS TO BE DISINFECTED	360
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS,
Auction sales in streets prohibited	197
Automombiles and bicycles to be supplied with lamps, speed, etc.	176
Awnings, how constructed	181
Backing up wagons to sidewalks	200
Barb wire fences	207
Barriers on streets, penalty for interference with	184
Barriers, when to be erected	183
Bicycles and automobiles to be supplied with lamps, speed, etc.	176
Cellars and areas	162
Cellar doors, how constructed and repaired	162
Cellar, vault and coal hole openings to be kept closed	164, 165
City employees, tools, animals, etc., in charge of whom	157
Coal to be cleaned off sidewalks when handled over same	166
Coal holes, how constructed	163
Coal holes, cellar and vault, defective covers	167
Coasting, snowballing, etc., prohibited	191
Coasting on Vinegar Hill prohibited	210
Corners of streets, how designated	152
Corner stones and posts	158
Drainage from lots, gutters and spouts	169
Drippings from house eves and gutters	168
Drumming on street	206
Earth embankments abutting on sidewalks, barriers to be erected	185
Encroachment on line of street, etc.	160
Encroachment on streets, how removed	161
Erection of buildings along streets, use of streets for material, protection to pedestrians	178b
Erection of buildings along sidewalks	160
Excavations on private lots abutting sidewalks	204
Excavations in streets and alleys, permit required, penalty	155
Exhibition of goods by merchants on sidewalks	178f
Exposed water pipes, report to water department	156
Fast riding or driving	203
Feeding in the streets	199
Fish-sale of on sidewalk prohibited	192
Fruit peels and slippery articles not to be thrown upon streets	189
Gates and doors abutting on street line	172
General provisions concerning	152
Hand bills, unlawful to affix except by tacks, etc.	209
Hauling earth, garbage, sand, etc., over streets	188
Hitching to shade trees, lamp posts, etc.	180
Horse racks or hitching posts, regulation of	178d
Horses or vehicles on pavements prohibited	174
Hubs and monuments marking the corporate boundary	159
Loafing and loitering on streets	194
Obstruction of streets	178
Obstructions in street drains and culverts, how removed	182
Open ditches in streets to be reported to fire department	211
Permit required for excavating in streets and alleys, penalty	155
Political flag poles, processions and drilling in streets	195
Private alleys, grading of	205
Rate of speed on bridges	202
Rate of speed on streets	203
Refuse matter and garbage, its removal	187
Removing pavement, permit for required, penalty	155
Right of way on streets	201
Sale of fish on sidewalk prohibited	192
Sale of oysters, fruit, etc., on streets	192
Selling, trading or speeding animals on streets	196
Shade trees, planting of, etc., removal of	179
Sidewalk crossings	173
Sidewalks, abutting property owners to keep same clean	186
Sidewalks, application for how made	154
Sidewalks, laying and paving of how ordered	154
Sidewalks, order of council for construction of	154
Sidewalks, width of	152
Signs and ornaments on streets	177
Snow breaks, requirement of on houses	170
Snow, sleet and ice, removal of	171
Speed of automobiles and bicycles on streets	176
Spitting on sidewalks, in cars, etc.	190
Stopping travel on streets in case of sickness	184
Stopping travel on streets for repairs	184
Streets, numbering and naming of	148
Teams, unattended on streets, penalty	198
Traction or other heavy engines prohibited on main street	208
Trash, etc., how disposed of, removal by city	187
Trash, etc., not to be thrown in streets, penalty	187
Trucks, etc., on pavements	175
Unattended teams, animals, etc., on streets	198
Unlawful assemblages in streets or elsewhere	193
Use of sidewalk by merchants in loading and unloading	178c
Use of streets by keepers of livery stables	178e
Vaults and coal holes, how constructed	163
SUNDAY, sale of goods on, exception	282
TAXES,
Assessment of new buildings, repairs, etc.	69, 70
Collection of	86
Delinquent taxes	90, 94
Erroneous assessment, relief from	73
Levy for to be made annually	76
License taxes to be imposed annually	76
Omitted property, how assessed	68, 88
Payable by whom	97
Tickets for, how made and receipted	89
When to commence	96
When due and payable, liens	96
What property exempt	75
TEAMS AND ANIMALS unattended on streets	198
TREASURER,
Bond of	44
Books of, how to be kept	79
Books and accounts, inspection, delivery to successor	81
Books, etc., to be examined by finance committee	83
Collection of taxes, fines, etc.	86
Compensation	103
Constable, when collector of delinquent taxes	98
Custodian of bonds, etc., belonging to sinking fund	119
Custodian of bonds, notes, etc.	84
Delinquent tax lists, examination of, settlement with auditor	93
Delinquent personal property, how listed and posted	91, 92
Delinquent personal property taxes, by whom collected	98
Delinquent real estate, how advertised and sold	94
Delinquent taxes, list of, how made	91
Deputy treasurer, right to levy	87
Deputy treasurer, rights and powers	87
Deputy treasurer, appointment and approval	86
Disbursements by treasurer, how made	80
Dog tags, treasurer to supply	102
Duties and office	78
Employees receiving weekly salary to be paid by treasurer	111
False returns by treasurer, penalty	95
Gas and water bills, how collected	99
Gas and water bills delinquent, list of to be furnished superintendents, penalty	99
Interest on bonds to be paid without warrant	80
Levy and sale of delinquent property	90
Licenses unpaid to be reported to mayor	101
Member of sinking fund commission	117
Monies to be deposited in bank	85
Omitted property, how listed and reported	88
Report unpaid licenses to mayor	101
Reports by	82
Reports, publication of	83
Right to levy	87
Salaries and wages, when withheld	100
Tax tickets, how made and receipted	89
Taxes, when to commence	96
Taxes, when due and payable, liens	96
Taxes, payable by whom	97
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, how and when prohibited	51
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLAGES	193
VACANCIES IN COUNCIL, how filled	4
VAGRANTS, etc	295
VITAL STATISTICS, see Mortuary Reports and Vital Statistics.
VOTING PRECINCTS	147
WARDS, names and boundaries	146
WARDS, precincts in	147
WARRANTS, by whom drawn and approved	110, 111
WATER,
Annual reports, when and how made	408
Application for water, how made	417
Bills, how approved and paid	414
Bills for water, when to be in hands of auditor	436
Bills for water, treasurer to give notice to consumers when due	437
Bills for water, when payable	433
Bills for water, when and to whom payable	434
Charges for water, how computed	422
Connections, size of	418
Connection, when turned on	419
Control and government by committee	407
Erroneous charges, how corrected	435
Fishing in reservoirs prohibited	444
Fraudulent use of water, penalty	428, 429
Hand hose, use of	427
Hunting on water shed and reservoirs prohibited	444
Injuries to water works, reservoirs, etc	444
Inspection of fixtures by officials	438
Mains and service pipes, how authorized	407
Meters, where used	426
Non-resident water takers	439
Non-residents, when water furnished to	449
Penalties for violations of provisions of this chapter	448
Police powers of superintendent	445
Police and sanitary officers to give information of waste	446
Private hydrants, location	425
Rates, annual	451
Rates, by meter	452
Rates, how assessed	432
Rates, how fixed	431
Rates, how fixed when not provided for by ordinance	450
Steam boilers using city water	447
Superintendent,
Books of record	415
Duties and powers	410
Election, term, bond and compensation	409
Employment and control of help	411
Furnish information to city engineer in making map of mains	135
Has powers of police	445
Keep map of mains	440
Pay rolls	412
Report open ditches in streets to fire department	211
Reports, quarterly and annual	416
To make purchases, etc	413
Two or more premises supplied by same tap, charges for	442
Unauthorized persons turning on and off water	443
Use of another's hydrant, regulation	423
Waste of water, penalty	441
Water for building purposes, how secured	430
Water, for what period furnished	421
Water, how furnished to non-residents	449
Water mains, where laid	424
Water shed at reservoir, how protected from injurious matter	444
Water works, etc., injuries to	444
Wrongful connections	420
WATER CLOSETS, see Plumbing.
WEAPONS, concealed, carrying of prohibited	297