visions of this act, and immediately thereafter to order an election, giving ten days notice previous thereto, for all the officers provided herein to be elected, who shall serve in their office respectively until the annual election on the first Monday in April, A. D. 1858, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 33. The general assembly of the state of Missouri, may at any time, alter, amend or repeal this charter.

SEC. 34. All acts and parts of acts contrary to, and inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 35. The secretary of the state of Missouri, shall, as soon as this act is approved by the governor, transmit to Humphrey J. Comer, a copy thereof, certified under the seal of Missouri.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved November 9, 1857.

I, B. F. Massey, secretary of state, hereby certify the foregoing copy of an act entitled: "An act to incorporate the city of Richmond," is a true copy of the original roll now on file in this office.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of office. Done at the office of secretary of state, in the city of Jefferson, the 29th day of December, A. D. 1857.

B. F. MASSEY, Secretary of State.

REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, MISSOURI. AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AND THE LEVYING OF TAXES.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richmond, as follows: SECTION 1. That for the support of the city government, there shall be levied annually, a tax for general purposes, on all property, personal, real and mixed, within the limits of said city, subject to taxation for state and county purposes, not exceeding fifty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed value thereof.

SEC. 2. The recorder shall on or before the first day of August of each year, cause to be made out and delivered to the assessor, a well bound book, suitably ruled, to contain a list of all taxable real estate in the limits of the city, in which the assessor shall correctly describe every lot or parcel of ground subject to taxation, placing opposite to such description the name of the owner if known, and if unknown, he shall so state in an appropriate column.

SEC. 3. The city recorder shall also cause to be prepared in the assessor's book suitable columns for the assessment of personal property subject to taxation. The names of owners shall be entered in alphabetical order. Such personal assessment roll may be in the form of assessment roll for state and county taxes.

SEC. 4. And to said assessment list the following oath shall be made, or the same oath as is made to assessment list for state and county taxes:

AFFIDAVIT.

STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Ray.

I —— do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the foregoing list contains a

true and correct statement of all the property made taxable by the laws of the state of Missouri, including therein the number of horses, number of neat cattle, number of sheep, number of hogs, number of asses and jennets, number of mules, all other live stock, all farm machinery and implements, household property, musical instruments, clocks, watches, chains and appendages, sewing machines, gold and silver plate, jewelry, household and kitchen furniture, money on hand, money deposited, notes unsecured by mortgage or deed of trust, notes secured by mortgage or deed of trust, all bonds, whether state, county, town, city, township, or of incorporated or unincorporated companies, and all other property and its value, which I owned on the 1st day of August, 18-, or which I had under my charge or management, or any money or property due me on said day from solvent persons or companies on notes, accounts, or otherwise, as fully and as specifically as I am required to make a return thereof, under the revenue law of this state; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not sent or taken, or caused to be sent or taken, any property, money or bills, bonds or notes, or other securities or evidences of debt, out of this state to avoid taxation. So help me God.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this .... day of .... 18...

SEC. 5. If any person shall fail, neglect or refuse to return said list with the blanks therein properly filled, and the certificate thereto properly sworn to, within ten days, to the assessor, the assessor shall assess the whole property belonging to, or in the charge of such person, at such amount as he may deem just and proper.

SEC. 6. If any person required to list his property shall do so falsely, the assessor shall list the same anew, and assess it at double its cash value. It shall also be the duty of the assessor to list and assess all personal property he may find in said city, when the owner thereof is unknown.

SEC. 7. If at any time it shall be ascertained by the assessor, that any property, either real, personal or mixed, has escaped assessment or taxation for one or two years past, he shall assess the same for such years, noting the amount due for each year.

SEC. 8. No tax shall be assessed or imposed upon the following property: Churches, chapels and other buildings used for religious worship, and land upon which they are situated, and used in connection therewith, real estate and personal property belonging to any incorporated agricultural society so long as the same shall be used for the purpose of such society and none other; cemeteries and grave-yards set apart and used for that purpose, all orphan asylums for the relief of sick and needy, with their furniture and equipments, and so much of the land upon which they are situated as may be exclusively used for that purpose; all libraries and their furniture and equipment belonging to any library association or society. SEC. 9. The asssessor shall return this assessment list to the city council on or before the first regular meeting of such council in the month of November of each year, verified by his affidavit thereto, that he has made diligent effort to discover all the taxable property within the city limits on the 1st day of August, and that so far as he has been able to ascertain, it is correctly set forth in the foregoing lists, in the manner and of the value therein stated, according to law.

SEC. 10. As soon as may be after the return of the assessment rolls, the city council shall appoint a day for hearing objections thereto, and shall cause to be published in some newspaper, printed in said city, the following notice:

MAYOR'S OFFICE, Richmond, Missouri, .... 18... Public notice is hereby given, that the assessment roll of taxable real and personal estate in the city of Richmond, for the year 18-, has been completed and returned to the city council by the assessor. All persons feeling themselves aggrieved by the assessment of their property, are hereby notified to file their objections in the office of the city recorder, on or before the .............. day of....................18...

Mayor.

Sec. 11. All complaints concerning assessments shall be inquired into and determined in a summary Imanner, correcting any errors that may appear, and increasing or diminishing assessments, as the council, sitting as a court of appeals and board of equalization, may deem just and equitable.

SEC. 12. When said roll has been revised and corrected as provided for in the last preceding section, an order shall be entered of record by the council, declaring the same affirmed, and ordering the recorder to file the same in his office.

SEC. 13. The city council, immediately after such confirmation, shall proceed to levy such tax as may be deemed necessary for all purposes mentioned in the charter aud ordinances of the city, provided that the sum so levied shall in no case exceed the per centum specified in the constitution of the state of Missouri.

SEC. 14. The city recorder shall, within twenty days after the confirmation of said assessment roll, make or cause to be made, and deliver to the city collector a full and complete copy of such assessment roll, the different taxes extended thereon, with a warrant thereto attached, which may be in the following form:

WARRANT.

STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Ray, ss.

of..

WHEREAS, The city council of the city of Richmond did, on the....day ...., A. D., 18.., levy and assess upon the assessed value for the year 18.., of the real and personal estate herein before described, the several sums set opposite thereto in the appropriate columns respectively, [here insert the particular taxes levied] for the municipal year ending Now, therefore, you are commanded to make, levy, and collect the said several sums of money set opposite the real and personal estate hereinbefore described, as taxes thereon for the year aforesaid, of the goods and chattels of the respective owners of said real and personal estate, and hereof make due return in what manner you shall execute this warrant on or before the .... day of .... next after this date.

Attest:

Mayor of the city of Richmond, Missouri.
Recorder.

SEC. 15. The recorder, at the time of delivering said assessment book, shall take the receipt of the collector thereof, and charge him with the amount thereof.

SEC. 16. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

SEC. 17. This ordinance to take effect from and after its publication.
Approved November 1, 1878.
GEO. I. WASSON, Mayor.

W. C. PATTON, Clerk.

AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO CITY ATTORNEY.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richmond, as follows: SECTION 1. On Tuesday, after the first Monday in April, in each year, there shall be elected a city attorney, who shall hold his office for the period of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall take and subscribe an oath, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, to support the constitution of the United States and the state of Missouri, to faithfully demean himself in his office.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to act as the legal counselor for the city, in all cases, and prosecute before the recorder, or a justice of the peace, all the actions on behalf of the city, and to defend all actions brought against the city.

SEC. 3. It shall be a misdemeanor in the city attorney to take a fee in any case against the city.

SEC. 4. He shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars and fifty cents for each case of conviction before the recorder or other officer having jurisdiction for any violation of the city ordinance.

SEC. 5. If, in any case, the city attorney shall be interested, the mayor shall appoint one to act in his place.

SEC. 6. In case of the death, or resignation, or removal from office, the mayor shall have power to appoint a city attorney for the residue of the term.

Approved August 21, 1867.

AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE CITY MARSHAL-HIS DUTIES AND HIS SALARIES.

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richmond, as follows: SECTION 1. On Tuesday, after the first Monday in April, in each year, there shall be elected a city constable, who shall hold his office for one year, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

SEC. 2. He shall give bond to the mayor, councilmen, and citizens of Richmond, in such sum as the city council may require, with good security, conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties, and shall execute all process to him directed, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the council, and the ordinances of the city of Rich

mond.

SEC. 3. That in addition to the duties of the city marshal prescribed in the city charter, the following duties are also imposed: It shall be the duty of the city marshal to cause to be removed from the streets, alleys, avenues, market place and public square of the city, and from any other part of the city, all offensive substance and nuisances, which in his opinion may have a tendency to endanger the health of the inhabitants of said city. 2d, The city marshal shall take all necessary measures to ascertain all nuisances which may exist, and shall attend particularly to the cleanliness of the city. 3d, If a nuisance of any description whatever be found upon the lot, or ground, possession, or in the building of any person or persons,

the city marshal shall give notice to the occupant, or owner of the premises, to cause such nuisances to be corrected or removed within the time specified in said notice, which shall not be more than twenty-four hours; and should such occupant or owner of the property fail or refuse to correct or remove such nuisance in the time prescribed, the city marshal shall have the same corrected or removed at the expense of the city. 4th, For every failure, refusal or neglect by any occupant or owner of any premises, to remedy or remove any nuisance existing thereon, when notified thereof as above directed, by the city marshal, such occupant or owner shall forfeit and pay to the city the sum of not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars, as well as all expenses incurred in removing such nuisance, to be recovered by said city as other fines, penalties or forfeitures. 5th, The city marshal shall at the end of each month render to the city council of said city an account of all expenses for cleaning the city, and all such expenditures as he may have made on behalf of said city. 6th, The city marshal shall patrol the city, and endeavor as far as in his power to prevent all violations of the ordinances of the city, or of the law of the land. He shall give information to the recorder of all vagrants and disorderly or suspicious persons, lurking about the city without any visible means of support. 7th, That for each failure or refusal to discharge the several duties enjoined upon him by the charter and ordinances, said marshal shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay said city not less than one nor more than twenty dollars, to be used for and recovered as other forfeitures.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to collect and pay over ⚫ all fines and forfeitures, jailor's fees adjudged to be paid by the recorder of the city of Richmond, immediately after the same shall be collected, to the city treasurer, and also to collect and pay said recorder, city attorney, witnesses and jurymen, their fees whenever called on after the same have been collected. Any failure to comply with this provision shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor; and for each offense he shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and forfeitures.

SEC. 5. The city marshal shall hereafter be subject to removal from office for incompetency or neglect of his official duty, by a majority vote of the city council of said city, and in case of such removal, the vacancy shall be filled as is now provided by the laws and ordinances of said city.

SEC. 6. The salary of the city marshal shall be in addition to the commissions and costs now allowed him by the laws and ordinances of said city, four hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly, in full payment for his services for himself and deputies.

SEC. 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances, inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

Approved November 19th, 1878. Attest: W. C. PATTON, Clerk.

GEO. I. WASSON,

Mayor.