REVISED City of Rock Island, Illinois 19 18 ■ « TIfE V ■■ , ! Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/lawsordinancesOOrock Martin T. Rudgren John H. Liedtke DepartmetA of Accounts and Finances Department of Public Health and Safety John A. Murrin William McConochie. mayor Nicolai E. Juhl Department of Public Property Department of Public Affairs Department of Streets and Public Improvements LAWS AND ORDINANCES Qoverning the City of Rock Island h in ihe STATE OF ILLINOIS Revised and Edited by JOHN K. SCOTT. CITY ATTORNEY Compiled and arranged under the supervision of the Council, consisting of WILLIAM McCONOCHIE, Mayor; T)epartment of Public Affairs MARTIN T. RUDGREN, Commissioner; T)epartment of Accounts and Finances JOHN H. LIEDTKE, Commissioner; T>epartment of Public Health and Safety NICOLAI E. JUHL, Commissioner; T)epartment of Streets and Public Improvements JOHN A. MURRIN, Commissioner; f)epartment of Public Property PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS ROCK ISLAND, ILL. Driffill Printing Company, Printers 19 19 35£.-0775 So cn- \3ia - City Officials at Time of Revision of Ordinances Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Department of Public Affairs Commissioner Martin T. Rudgren Department of Accounts and Finances Commissioner John H. Liedtke Department of Public Health and Safety Commissioner Nicolai E. Juhl Department of Streets and Public Improvements Commissioner John A. Murrin Department of Public Property City Attorney City Engineer City Physician Chief of Police Chief of Eire Department. Plumbing Inspector Building Inspector Electrical Inspector John K. Scott Wallace Treichler Dr. C. T. Eoster Phil Miller Aug. Schmidt Walter Littig C. V. Johnson ...Vincent Murphy PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES An Ordinance in regard to the publication of the laws and ordinances governing the City of Rock Island Be It Ordained by the Council of the City of Rock Island, Illinois : Section 1. That the laws and ordinances governing the City of Rock Island, compiled and arranged by order of the Council, under the supervision of the Council, with the aid of the City Attorney, and comprising the ordinance passed November 12, 1918, for revising and consolidating the general ordinances and all ordinances unrepealed by Chapter No. 58 thereof, and this ordinance be and the same are hereby or- dered printed and published in a bound volume to be entitled “Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois”; that there be prefixed to said pub- lication an historical note on the organization of the city, a list of city officers from the incorporation of the city to the present time, and that the whole be properly indexed. WILLIAM McCONOCHIE, Mayor. Passed November 12, 1918. Attest: M. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk. Corporate Seal City of Rock Island PREFATORY /. Historical Note on the Organization of the City The County of Rock Island was formed from Jo Daviess County, by an act of the legislature, approved and of force February 9, 1831 (laws 1831, p. 52), which, after fixing the boundaries and giving name to the county, provided for the election of certain county officers named, whenever it should be made to appear that the county contained three hundred and fifty inhabitants; and that after such election the said County of Rock Island should be considered as organized and entitled to the same rights and privileges as other counties in this state. That the county commissioners, when elected, should proceed at their first term to fix upon the temporary seat of justice for said county, and provide a place for holding the circuit and county commissioners’ courts^ therein, until a permanent seat of justice should be established by law. No organization having been made under this law, the county re- mained attached to the County of Jo Daviess for all judicial and other county purposes. On the first day of March, 1833, a further act was passed (laws 1833, p. 17) whereby three persons were named and ap- pointed commissioners, whose duty it should be to locate a permanent seat of justice for Rock Island County; and when selected and located to be called “Stephenson,” in commemor- ation of Col. Benjamin Stephenson. Also by said act, the citizens of said Rock Island County were authorized on the first Monday of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three, to elect three county commissioners, one sheriff, three justices of the peace, to reside in separate districts, three constables and one coroner, who, when qualified according to law, should hold their respective offices until the next general election in the state for the election of county officers. In pursuance of the last named provisions of this law, an election for the county officers therein named was held on the fifth of 599173 6 Prefatory July, 1833, at the house of John Barrell, in Farnharmsburg, (near the point where the south end of the south railroad bridge is now located) at which election sixty-five votes were cast, and the said officers duly elected. On the third day after said election, the county commissioners who had been elected met at the same place and organized. The commissioners named in the law to locate the county seat having failed to meet or take any action under their appointment, the county commissioners’ court ordered that until such location should be made, elections and courts be held at the house of John Barrell, in Farnharmsburg, which was thereafter knoAvn as the court house. At the next session of the legislature a fur- ther act was passed and approved February 12, 1835 (laws 1835, p. 159), “to establish the county seat of Rock Island County;” and appointing commissioners to locate the same, and “make report thereof to the county commissioners’ court of Rock Island County, who, at the next term, should cause the same to be entered upon the records of said court; and the said place so selected should be and remain the permanent seat of justice of the aforesaid county.” The commissioners appointed under this law, having per- formed the duties thereby required of them, on the eighth day of June, 1835, made their report to the county commissioners’ court, that they had selected the northwest fractional quarter of section number thirty-five, in township number eighteen, north of range two, west of the fourth principal meridian, and did fix upon the same as the permanent seat of justice of the County of Rock Island, aforesaid. Which report was on the same day entered of record in said court; and thereby locating and establishing alike the town of Stephenson and the county seat of Rock Island County. The land selected for the location of the town was subsequently entered by the county commissioners, George Davenport, John W. Spencer and John Vanatta. By order of the county commissioners’ court, in November, 1835, the records and courts of the county were removed from Farnharmsburg to Stephenson. The town 1)ecame incorporated under an election held October 21, 1837, thirty-five votes being cast in favor and ten votes against in- Prefatory 7 corporation, and on the 28th day of that month the first elec- tion of trustees was held. By an act of February 27, 1841 (laws 1841, p. 348), the name of the town of Stephenson, in- cluding all the additions thereto, was changed to that of Rock Island, and under that name incorporated. It was invested with a city charter by “An act to charter the City of Rock Island.” Approved February 12, 1849 (priv. laws 1849, p. 18). Several acts amendatory thereof were passed from time to time until February 16, 1857, when another and more compre- hensive charter was provided for it (priv. laws 1857, p. 939), under which it operated until November 4, 1879, when, by an election held for that purpose, the incorporation was changed to an organization under the general laws of the state for the incorporation of cities. At a meeting of the City Council held November 10, 1879, a canvass of the votes was made, showing as the result 773 votes in favor of and 155 votes against in- corporation under the general law, an entry whereof was made upon the records of the City Council of that date, and on the tenth day of December following was certified to and re- corded in the recorder’s office of the county pursuant to the requirements of the law in such cases. Rock Island operated under the old aldermanic form of government until 1911, when the Commission Form of Gov- ernment was adopted, at a general election, placing all the functions of city government in the hands of a Mayor and four Commissioners. This form of city government still ob- tains and has proved satisfactory. Numerous additions have been made to the city, and in 1915, by action of both municipalities, the union ordinance for the annexation of the Village of Sears was ratified by the citizens of the city and the village by a large majority. Rock Island on its eastern boundary coincides with the western limits of the City of Moline, and thus the two cities adjoin. The city is bounded on the north and west by the Mississippi and on the south by Rock river, thus giving it 8 Prefatory a large and splendidly situated- territory for growth and de- velopment. PROVISIONS OF FORMER CITY CHARTER Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the’ State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That all the district of country in the County of Rock Island and State of Illinois, embraced within the following boundaries, to-wit: Commencing at a point in the middle thread of the main chan- nel of the Mississippi river, where the east line of fractional township eighteen (18) north, range two (2), west of the fourth principal meridian, produced north, would intersect said middle thread of said main channel and from said point running south to, upon and beyond the said township line, to a point one-half mile south of the southeast corner of said fractional township eighteen (18), thence west on the center line of sections one, two and three, in township seventeen north, range two, west of the 4th P. M., and beyond the same to where the said line produced west would intersect the middle thread of the main channel of the Mississippi river, thence up-stream along the said middle thread of said main channel to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a city by the name of the “City of Rock Island.” § 2. The inhabitants of said city shall be a corporation by the name of the “City of Rock Island,” and by that name shall have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court; may. make and use a common seal, and alter and change it at pleasure; may take, hold and pur- chase such real, personal or mixed estate as the purposes of the corporation may require, within or without the limits of the city, and may sell, lease or dispose of the same for the benefit of the city. [Approved February 16, 1857; Special Laws 1857, p. 939.] II. LIST OF CITY OFFICERS FROM INCOR- PORATION OF CITY First Charter of City Approved February 12, 1849 1849— 1850 Mayor BENJAMIN F. BARRETT Alderman 1st Ward James G. Bolmer, David B. Rice Alderman 2d Ward John M. Waugh, Philip Zahn Alderman 3d Ward James R, Hadsell, Charles B. Knox Clerk Robert Wilkinson Treasurer James G. Bolmer Marshal Wm. T. Norris Attorney Reynolds & Bean 1850— 1851 Mayor .* JOSHUA H. HATCH Alderman 1st Ward William Fletcher, E. P. Haskins Alderman 2d Ward Philip Zahn, Jacob Sailor Alderman 3d Ward James R. Hadsell, William Bell Clerk Robert Wilkinson Treasurer Wm. - Bell Marshal B. J. Cobb Attorney Ira O. Wilkinson 1851— 1852 Mayor PATRICK A. WHITAKER Alderman 1st Ward James G. Bolmer, Henry A. Porter Alderman 2d Ward Amos F. Cutter, Jacob Sailor Alderman 3d Ward William Bell, Lowell Butterick Clerk R. Wilkinson Treasurer William Bell Marshal B. J. Cobb Attorney Knox & Drury 10 City Officers 1852—1853 Mayor WILLIAM FRIZZELL Alderman 1st Ward Benj. D. Walsh, John R. Daly Alderman 2d Ward *Robert Graham, J. B. Danforth, Jr. Alderman 3d Ward JLewis M. Webber, James Boyle Alderman 3d Ward Cornelius Lynde, Sr. Clerk Fred S. Nichols Treasurer L. M. Webber Marshal Jos. Johnston Attorney Knox & Drury * Resigned April 19, 1853, and Lewis M. Webber elected May 11, 1853, to fill vacancy. t Removed from the Ward in spring of 1853, and Cornelius Lynde, Sr., elected to fill vacancy. 1853— 1854 Mayor WILLIAM FRIZZELL Alderman 1st Ward. David B. Rice, William Shearer Alderman 2d Ward Lewis M. Webber, William Kale Alderman 3d Ward James Boyle, George Walter Clerk Quincy McNeil Treasurer L. M. Webber Marshal Jos. Johnston Attorney Knox & Drury 1854— 185S Mayor BEN HARPER Alderman 1st Ward John L. Bean, John W. Vansant Alderman 2d Ward William Kale, Peter S. Albert Alderman 3d Ward James Copp, Jeremiah S. Smith Clerk C. Lynde, Jr. Treasurer William Kale Marshal Jos. Johnston Attorney 1855— 1856 Mayor BENJAMIN F. BARRETT Alderman 1st Ward John L. Bean, Hy. C. Henderson Alderman 2d Ward Peter S. Albert, Benj. J. Cobb City Officers 11 Alderman 3d Ward James Copp, Jeremiah S. Smith Clerk E. W. Swann Treasurer C. Lynde, Jr. Marshal J. B. Webster Attorney Knox & Wilkinson Amended city charter Approved Feb. 16, 1857. 1856— 1857 Mayor WILLIAM BAILEY Alderman 1st Ward Alexander Steel, John L. Bean Alderman 2d Ward Bert Loewenthal, Benj. J. Cobb Alderman 3d Ward Jeremiah S. Smith, William Bell Clerk R. T. Shaw Treasurer Milo Lee Marshal Jacob Starr Attorney Marshall & Ball 1857— 1858 Mayor PATRICK GREGG Alderman 1st Ward -.Thomas J. Buford, Quincy McNeil Alderman 2d Ward Calvin True^dale, Jacob Norris Alderman 3d Ward Jos. A. Biddison, Cornelius Lynde, Jr. Alderman 4th Ward David Hawes, David Barnes Clerk R. M. Grennell Treasurer P. L. Mitchell Marshal Lrazier Wilson Attorney Knox & Wilkinson 1858— 1859 Mayor THOMAS J. BULORD Alderman 1st Ward Mylo Lee, William A. Knox Alderman 2d Ward James M. Buford, Sam’l C. Plummer Alderman 3d Ward David L. Cunkle, Jos. A. Biddison Alderman 4th Ward John Warner, David Barnes Clerk R. M. Grennell Treasurer *P. L. Mitchell Treasurer Bushrod Birch Marshal : Wm. Bell Attorney V. M. Blanding * Resigned June 22, 1858, and B. Birch elected to fill vacancy. 12 City Officers 1859—1860 Mayor THOMAS BUFORD Alderman 1st Ward *John B. Hawley, fMylo Lee Alderman 1st Ward Wm. Shearer Alderman 2d Ward Reuben Hatch, James M. Buford Alderman 3d Ward JWm. E. Errett, ||David L. Cunkle Alderman 3d Ward.. Thomas J. Robinson Alderman 4th Ward David Barnes, John Warner Clerk R. M. Grennell Treasurer Bushrod Birch Marshal * Wm. Kale Attorney * Resigned Feb. 15, 1860. t Resigned Feb. 20, 1860; Wm. Shearer elected to fill vacancy. t The election for Aldermen in the 3d Ward resulted in a tie be- tween Wm. B. Seymour and Wm. E. Errett, and was decided by lot in favor of the latter. II David L. Cunkle removed from Ward and Thomas J. Robinson elected to fill vacancy. 1860—1861 Mayor •. CALVIN TRUESDALE . Alderman 1st Ward Jeremiah Chamberlain, John Harper Alderman 2d Ward Myron B. Clark, Reuben Hatch Alderman 3d Ward Chas. R. Ainsworth, Bailey Davenport Alderman 4th Ward Jacob Dodge, David Barnes Clerk David H. Hand Treasurer P. L. Mitchell Marshal Frazier Wilson Attorney.... ^ 1861—1862 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Robert Don, Jeremiah Chamberlain Alderman 2d Ward Jacob Frysinger, Myron B. Clark Alderman 3d Ward Herman Field, H. A. J. McDonald Alderman 4th Ward Wm. W. Langdell, Jacob Dodge Clerk E. W. Swann Treasurer Bushrod Birch Marshal - F. J. Underwood Attorney W. F. Chadwick City Officers 13 1862— 1863 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Jeremiah Chamberlain, Robert Don Alderman 2d Ward Myron B. Clark, Jacob Frysinger Alderman 3d Ward H. A. J. McDonald, Herman Field Alderman 4th Ward John Holt, Wm. W. Langdell Clerk E. W. Swann Treasurer t J. H. Kinney Marshal J. L. Smith Attorney 1863— 1864 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Geo. M. Babcock, J. Chamberlain Alderman 2d Ward John Johnston, Myron B. Clark Alderman 3d Ward John D. Taylor, H. A. J. McDonald Alderman 4th Ward C. C. Webber, John Holt Clerk - *James M. Buford Clerk , Geo. W. Copp Treasurer Isaac Negus Marshal E. C. Cropper Attorney * Resigned Nov. 2, 1863, and Geo. W. Copp elected to fill vacancy. 1864— 1865 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward W. S. Phillips, Geo. M. Babcock Alderman 2d Ward Henry Burgower, John Johnston Alderman 3d Ward Ignatz Huber, J. D. Taylor Alderman 4th Ward Wm. W. Langdell, C. C. Webber Clerk John S. Gilmore Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal E. C. Cropper Attorney John B. Hawley 1865— 1866 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Wm. Shearer, W. S. Phillips Alderman 2d Ward W. L. Sweeney, Henry Burgower 14 City Officers Alderman 3d Ward David L. Cunkle, Ignatz Huber Alderman 4th Ward Otis J. Dimick, Wm. W. Langdell Clerk ® *John S. Gilmore Clerk ...J. R. Johnston Treasurer... James M. Buford Marshal F. J. Underwood Attorney C. M. Osborn * J. S. Gilmore declining the clerkship, J. R. Johnston was elected to fill the vacancy. 1866— 1867 Mayor , CALVIN TRUESDALE Alderman 1st Ward J. R. Huber, Wm. Shearer Alderman 2d Ward O. J. Dimick, W. L. Sweeney Alderman 3d Ward Ignatz Huber, Peter Bogue Alderman 4th AVard L. D. Dimick, W. F. Gilmore Clerk Charles E. Dodge Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal E. C. Cropper Attorney C. M. Osborn 1867— 1868 Mayor *WILLIAM EGGLESTON Mayor B. H. KIMBALL Alderman 1st Ward David Hawes, J. R. Huber Alderman 2d Ward Peter Fries, O. J. Dimick Alderman 3d Ward .....Richard Lloyd, Ignatz Huber Alderman 4th Ward George Wagner, fL. D. Dimick Alderman 4th Ward Porter Skinner Clerk J. R. Johnston Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal E. C. Cropper Attorney C. M. Osborn * Resigned Aug. 5, 1867, and B. H. Kimball elected Sept. 10, 1867, to fill vacancy. t Died. P. Skinner elected to fill vacancy. 1868— 1869 Mayor THOMAS MURDOCK Alderman 1st Ward Jos. Rosenfield, David Hawes City Officers 15 Alderman 2d Ward Archie Shaw, Peter Fries Alderman 3d Ward Edward W. Spencer, Richard Lloyd Alderman 4th Ward. Porter Skinner, Geo. Wagner Clerk David O. Reid Treasurer Cornelius Lynde, Jr. Marshal C. A. McLaughlin Attorney Alfred Webster 1869— 1870 Mayor JAMES M. BUEORD Alderman 1st Ward Jacob Wollenhaupt, Jos Rosenfield Alderman 2d Ward Jacob Riley, *Archie Shaw Alderman 2d Ward Wm. Eggleston Alderman 3d Ward Ignatz Huber, Ed. W. Spencer Alderman 4th Ward Chas. W. Skinner, Porter Skinner Clerk J. Prank Conway Treasurer P. L. Mitchell Marshal Philip Mitsch Attorney H. C. Connelly * A. Shaw resigned May 3, 1869, and William Eggleston elected June 18, 1869, to fill vacancy. 1870— 1871 Mayor PORTER SKINNER Alderman 1st Ward Michael Koch, Jacob Wollenhaupt Alderman 2d Ward William H. Sage, Jacob Riley Alderman 3d Ward H. E. Woods, Ignatz Huber Alderman 4th Ward Jos. A. Gray, *Chas. W. Skinner Alderman 4th Ward W. D. Crockett Clerk J. Prank Conway Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal Lewis M. Webber Attorney H. C. Connelly * Resigned July 4, 1870, and W. D. Crockett elected Aug. 2, 1870, to fill vacancy. 1871— 1872 Mayor ELIJAH CARTER Alderman 1st Ward James Kelly, Michael Koch Alderman 2d Ward Jacob Riley, Wm. H. Sage 16 City Officers Alderman 3d Ward- Alderman 4th Ward Clerk Treasurer Marshal Attorney ..E. W. Boynton, H. E. Woods Geo. Wagner, Joseph A. Gray S. E. Cooke Cornelius Lynde, Jr. Chas. W. Hawes W. H. Gest 1872— 1873 Mayor Alderman 1st Ward- Alderman 2d Ward.... Alderman ‘3d Ward.... Alderman 3d Ward... Alderman 4th Ward... Alderman ySth Ward Clerk Treasurer Marshal Marshal Attorney THOMAS MURDOCK Michael Koch, James Kelly ...George W. Copp, Jacob Riley ...Gus. Stengel, *E. W. Boynton Richard Lloyd J. H. Drayton, Geo. Wagner W. S. Phillips, Hugh Warnock John Barge James M. Buford JGeorge Lamont Philip Mitsch P. T. McElherne * Resigned May 7, 1872, and Richard Lloyd elected June 4, 1872, to fill vacancy. t Fifth Ward created by ordinance passed Nov. 4, 1872; Aldermen elected Dec. 3, 1872, and qualified Dec. 10, 1872. t Declined the office and P. Mitsch elected to fill vacancy. 1873— 1874 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Michael Koch, David Don Alderman 2d Ward Geo. W. Copp, Cyrus W. Churchill Alderman 3d Ward Wm. Bell, Gus. Stengel Alderman 4th Ward John R. Warner, J. H. Drayton Alderman 5th Ward Wm. S. Phillips, John W. Lawhead Alderman 5th Ward *Geo. Wilkes Clerk - -...John Barge Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal B. H. Kimball Attorney P. T. McElherne * Elected June 3, 1873, vice W. S. Phillips, resigned May 9, 1873. City Officers 17 1874— 1875 Mayor THOMAS GALT Alderman 1st Ward Henry Carse, David Don Alderman 2d Ward G. E. Bailey, Cyrus W. Churchill Alderman 3d Ward Wm. Bell, L. D. Woodruff Alderman 4th Ward W. P. Butler, John R. Warner Alderman 5th Ward John Davis, Charles Engel Clerk S. F. Cooke Treasurer James M. Buford Marshal Chas. W. Hawes Attorney W. H. Gest 1875— 1876 Mayor BAILEY DAVENPORT Alderman 1st Ward Jacob Wollenhaupt, Henry Carse Alderman 2d Ward Julius Mosenfelder, Geo. E. Bailey Alderman 3d Ward Daniel Daly, L. D. Woodruff Alderman 4th Ward William Atkinson, W. P. Butler Alderman 5th Ward Thomas Yates, John Davis Clerk S. F. Cooke Treasurer ...Henry Burgower Marshal Chas. W. Hawes Attorney W. H. Gest 1876— 1877 Mayor WM. P. BUTLER Alderman 1st Ward Henry Carse, Jacob Wollenhaupt Alderman 2d Ward W. H. Lundy, Julius Mosenfelder Alderman 3d Ward Ignatz Huber, Dan Daly Alderman 4th Ward H. E. Woods, William Atkinson Alderman 5th Ward -. John Davis, Thos. Yates Clerk S. F. Cooke Treasurer j. M. Buford Marshal C. W. Hawes Attorney W. H. Gest 1877— 1878 Mayor WM. P. BUTLER Alderman 1st Ward M. S. O’Neal, Henry Carse 18 City Officers Alderman 2d Ward Peter Schlemmer, Wm. H. Lundy Alderman 3d Ward Philip Simmons, Ignatz Huber Alderman 4th Ward Wm. E. Brooks, H. E. Woods Alderman 5th Ward Hugh Warnock, John Davis Clerk John L. Reed Treasurer J. M. Buford Marshal C. W. Havv^es x\ttorney W. H. Gest 1878— 1879 Mayor ELISHA P. REYNOLDS Alderman 1st Ward Fred Koch, M. S. O’Neil Alderman 2d Ward Wm. H. Lundy, Peter Schlemmer Alderman 3d Ward Jos. Cameron, Philip Simmons Alderman 4th Ward E. H. Anaw^alt, Wm. E. Brooks Alderman 5th Ward Jos. Hillier, Hugh WTrnock Clerk John L. Reed Treasurer J. M. Buford Marshal Chas. W. Hawes Attorney V. M. Blanding City organization under general incorporation law of 1872, adopted Nov. 4, 1879. ' 1879—1880 Mayor ELISHA P. REYNOLDS Alderman 1st Ward David Donaldson, Fred Koch Alderman 2d Ward P. J. Wagner, Wm. H. Lundy Alderman 3d Ward F. W. Kellerstrass, Jos. Cameron Alderman 4th Ward Patrick Kennedy, E. H. Anawalt Alderman 5th Ward H. O. Warren, Jos. Hillier Clerk John L. Reed Treasurer J. M. Buford Marshal Chas. W. Hawes Attorney 7 V. M. Blanding 1880—1881 Mayor HENRY CARSE Alderman 1st Ward W. J. Browne, Geo. W. Henry Alderman 2d Ward William Rinck, Wm. H. Lundy Alderman 3d Ward Aug. Schmid, John E. Spencer City Officers 19 Alderman 4th Ward John J. Reimers, David Stephens Alderman 5th Ward Hugh Warnock, Wm. Gray Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Henry L. Schill Marshal Phil Miller Attorney M. M. Corbett 1881—1882 Mayor HENRY CARSE Alderman 1st Ward John C. Lafrenz, Hugh Warnock Alderman 2d Ward M. S. O’Neil, Robert Bennett Alderman 3d Ward Geo.-W. Henry, Jas. V. Mahoney Alderman 4th Ward W. H. Lundy, W. H. Whitman Alderman 5th Ward Chas. J. Larkin, John E. Spencer Alderman 6th Ward Thos. E. Carey, David Stephens Alderman 7th Ward W. H. Barber, Jos. H. Kerr Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer J. Erank Robinson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney James J. Parks 1882— 1883 Mayor HENRY CARSE Alderman 1st Ward Hugh Warnock, John C. Lafrenz Alderman 2d Ward Wm. Gray, M. S. O’Neil Alderman 3d Ward J. Z. Mott, Geo. W. Henry Alderman 4th Ward W. H. Whitman, W. H. Lundy Alderman 5th Ward Jas. W. Cavanaugh, Chas. J. Larkin Alderman 6th Ward John J. Reimers, Thos. E. Carey Alderman 7th Ward H. P. Hull, W. H. Barber Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer j. Erank Robinson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney Janies J. Parks 1883— 1884 Mayor JAMES Z. MOTT Alderman 1st Ward Gus. Stengel, Hugh Warnock Alderman 2d Ward Robert Bennett, Wm. Gray 20 City Officers Alderman 3d Ward Geo. W. Henry, Henry J. Lidders Alderman 4th Ward S. J. Collins, W. H. Whitman Alderman 5th Ward Jas. W. Cavanaugh, Chas. J. Larkin Alderman 6th Ward Thos. F. Carey, John J. Reimers Alderman 7th Ward F. M. Sinnett, H. P. Hull Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer J. M. Buford Marshal Phil Miller Attorney M. M. Corbett 1884— 1885 Mayor JAMES Z. MOTT Alderman 1st Ward John C. Lafrenz, Gustav Stengel Alderman 2d Ward Henry Phillips, Robert Bennett Alderman 3d Ward Henry J. Lidders, Geo. W. Henry Alderman 4th Ward M. M. Briggs, S. J. Collins Alderman 5th Ward Jas. W. Cavanaugh, Chas. J. Larkin Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Edwards, Thos. F. Carey Alderman 7th Ward Wm. F. Schroeder, F. M. Sinnett Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer J. M. Buford Marshal Phil Miller Attorney M. M. Corbett 1885— 1886 Mayor THOMAS MURDOCK Alderman 1st Ward John C. Lafrenz, H. C. Schaffer Alderman 2d Ward Henry Phillips, John Ohlweiler Alderman 3d Ward Henry Lidders, Geo. W. Henry Alderman 4th Ward M. M. Briggs, S. J. Collins Alderman 5th Ward Jas. W. Cavanaugh, Chas. J. Larkin Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Edwards, John Atkinson Alderman 7th Ward Wm. F. Schroeder, F. M. Sinnett Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Geo. E. Lambert Marshal Louis V. Eckhart Attorney M. E. Sweeney - City Officers 21 1886— 1887 Mayor THOMAS MURDOCK Alderman 1st Ward ..„H. C. Schaffer, Winslow Howard Alderman 2d Ward John Ohlweiler, A. H. Hampton Alderman 3d Ward Geo. W. Henry, Daniel Corcken Alderman 4th Ward S. J. Collins, W. H. Lundy Alderman 5th Ward Chas. J. Larkin, W. B. Ferguson Alderman 6th Ward John Atkinson, Wm. Edwards Alderman 7th Ward F. M. Sinnett, Wm. F. Schroeder Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Geo. E. Lambert Marshal Louis V. Eckhart Attorney M. E. Sweeney 1887— 1888 Mayor V. M. BLANDING Alderman 1st Ward Winslow Howard, H. C. Schaffer Alderman 2d Ward A. H. Hampton, Wm. Gray Alderman 3d Ward Daniel Corcken, Basil Winter Alderman 4th Ward W. H. Lundy, Erank III Alderman 5th Ward Wm. B. Eerguson, Geo. H. Simmons Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Edwards, Wm. McConochie Alderman 7th Ward Wm. E. Schroeder, A. W. Williamson Clerk : Robert Koehler Treasurer Wallace W. Eggleston Marshal John Brennan Attorney Wm. McEniry 1888— 1889 Mayor V. M. BLANDING Alderman 1st Ward H. C. Schaffer, Winslow Howard Alderman 2d Ward Wm. Gray, A. H. Hampton Alderman 3d Ward Basil Winter, Chas. W. Negus Alderman 4th Ward Frank 111, Mathias Schnell Alderman 5th Ward Geo. H. Simmons, Chas. E. Evans Alderman 6th Ward Wm. McConochie, Wm. Edwards Alderman 7th Ward A. W. Williamson, W. W. Scott Clerk Robert Koehler 22 City Officers s Treasurer Wallace W. Eggleston Marshal John Brennan Attorney Wm. McEniry 1889— 1890 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward Winslow Howard, Mathes Buncher Alderman 2d Ward A. H. Hampton, John Hetter Alderman 3d Ward Chas. W. Negus, Daniel Corcken Alderman 4th Ward Mathias Schnell, Erank 111 Alderman 5th Ward Charles E. Evans, B. Erank Knox Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Edwards, Wm. E. Schroeder Alderman 7th Ward W, W. Scott, James E. Larkin Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Geo. M. Loosley Marshal Phil Miller Attorney Joseph L. Haas 1890— 1891 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward Mathes Buncher, Chas. E. Bladel Alderman 2d Ward John Hetter, Chas. Durmann Alderman 3d Ward Daniel Corcken, Jos Geiger Alderman 4th Ward Frank 111, W. P. Tindall Alderman 5th Ward B. Frank Knox, Chas. E. Evans Alderman 6th Ward Wm. F. Schroeder, Wm. Kennedy Alderman 7th Ward James E. Larkin, Paul Thiessen Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Geo. M. Loosley Marshal Phil Miller Attorney Joseph L. Haas 1891— 1892 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward Chas. F. Bladel Andrew A. Johnson Alderman 2d Ward Chas. Durmann, John G. Hetter Alderman 3d Ward Jos. Geiger, Daniel Corcken Alderman 4th Ward W. P. Tindall, Albert D. Huesing Alderman 5th Ward Chas. E. Evans, B. Frank Knox City Officers 23 Alderman 6th Ward William Kenned}^, John Frohboes Alderman 7th Ward Paul Thiessen, J. C. Adams Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Phil Mitchell Marshal Phil Miller Attorney Joseph L. Haas 1892— 1893 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward Andrew A. Johnson, Chas. F. Bladel Alderman 2d Ward.. John G. Hetter, Henry Kinner Alderman 3d Ward Daniel Corcken, E. G. Fickenscher, Jr. Alderman 4th Ward A. D. Huesing, Valentine Dauber Alderman 5th Ward B. Frank Knox, Chas. E. Evans Alderman 6th Ward *Wm. E. Schroeder, Wm. Kennedy Alderman 7th Ward fEdward H. Guyer, Albert E. Nelson Clerk Robert Koehler Treasurer Phil* Mitchell Marshal Phil Miller Attorney Joseph L. Haas * Elected April 5, 1892, vice John Frohboes, resigned March 7, 1892. t Elected April 5, 1892, vice J. C. Adams, resigned Oct. 5, 1891. 1893— 1894 Mayor •. T. J. MEDILL, JR. Alderman 1st Ward Chas. E. Bladel, William Roth Alderman 2d Ward Henry Kinner, Erederick Schroeder Alderman 3d Ward E. G. Eickenscher, Jr., Daniel Corcken Alderman 4th Ward Valentine Dauber, W. C- Maucker Alderman 5th Ward Chas. E. Evans, Robt. Kuschmann Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Kennedy, John E. Cramer Alderman 7th Ward Albert E. Nelson, C. W. Eoss Clerk Albert D. Huesing Treasurer C. E. Lynde Marshal M. H. Sexton Attorney Joseph L. Haas 24 City Officers Mayor Alderman 1st Ward. Alderman 2d Ward.. Alderman 3d Ward.. Alderman 4th Ward. Alderman 5th Ward. Alderman 6th Ward Alderman 7th Ward. Clerk Treasurer Marshal Attorney , Mayor Alderman 1st Ward. Alderman 2d Ward.. Aldermaii 3d Ward.. Alderman 4th Ward. , Alderman 5th Ward Alderman 6th Ward. Alderman 7th Ward. Clerk Treasurer Marshal Attorney Mayor Alderman 1st Ward. x\lderman 2d Ward.. Alderman 3d Ward.. Alderman 4th Ward- Alderman 5th Ward. Alderman 6th Ward Alderman 7th Ward. Clerk TTeasurer 1894— 1895 T. J. MEDILL, JR. William Roth, Charles F. Bladel ...Fred Schroeder, G. Albert Johnson Daniel Corcken, F. H. Schroeder ....W. C. Maucker, Valentine Dauber Robt. Kuschmann, Geo. Schneider John F. Cramer, Wm. Kennedy C. W. Foss, Albert E. Nelson Albert D. Huesing C. F. Lynde M. H. Sexton Joseph L. Haas 1895— 1896 B. FRANK KNOX William Zeis, John C. Surman G. A. Johnson, C. J. W. Schreiner F. H. Schroeder, W. C. Maucker Valentine Dauber, W. P. Tindall Geo. Schneider, Thos. A. Pender Wm. Kennedy, F. G. Gall .’........A, E. Nelson, C. W. Foss Albert D. Huesing C. R. Chamberlain Andrew Etzel Joseph L, Haas 1896— 1897 B. FRANK KNOX ....John C. Surman M. V. Concannon C. J. Schreiner, G. A. Johnson W. C. Maucker, B. Winter W. P. Tindall, V. Dauber T. A. Pender, Henry F. Wheelan F. G. Gall, William Kennedy C. W. Foss, A. E. Nelson Albert D. Huesing C. R. Chamberlain City Officers 25 Marshal Andrew Etzel Attorney Joseph Iv. Haas 1897— 1898 Mayor T. J. MEDILL, JR. Alderman 1st Ward M. \h Concannon, J. C. Surman Alderman 2d Ward G. A. Johnson, H. H. Lohse Alderman 3d Ward B. Winter, W. C. Maucker Alderman 4th Ward V. Dauber, Charles Bleuer Alderman 5th Ward H. L. Wheelan, T. A. Pender Alderman 6th Ward Wm. Kennedy, F. G. Gall Alderman 7th AVard , A. E. Nelson, A. F. Soderstrom Clerk Albert D. Huesing Treasurer H. B. Simmon Marshal J. H. Pender Attorney Charles B. Marshall 1898— 1899 Mayor T. J. MEDILL, JR. Alderman 1st Ward J. C. Surman, Robert C. Beck Alderman 2d Ward H. H. Lohse, G. A. Johnson Alderman 3d Ward W. C. Maucker, B. Winter Alderman 4th Ward Charles Bleuer, George W. Aster- Alderman 5th Ward T. A. Pender, Henry Wheelan Alderman 6th Ward F. G. Gall, H. D. Elwell Alderman 7th AVard A. F. Soderstrom, J. W. Lawhead Clerk Albert D. Huesing Treasurer H. B. Simmon Alarshal- J. H. Pender Attorney Charles B. Marshall 1899— 1900 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st AVard R. C. Beck, M. A^. Concannon Alderman 2d Ward G. A. Johnson, Chas. Heideman Alderman 3d AVard B. AVinter, John O. Freed Alderman 4th Ward G. W. Aster, C. E. Willis Alderman 5th AVard H. C. AVheelan, T. A. Pender Alderman 6th AVard H. D. Elwell, F. G. Gall 26 City Officers j Alderman 7th Ward J. W. Lawhead, A. F. Soderstrom Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer K. T. Anderson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney John K. Scott 1900— 1901 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIT: Alderman 1st Ward M. V. Concannon, Wm. Wilkins Alderman 2d Ward C. Heideman, McClelland Snyder Alderman 3d Ward J. O. Freed F. O. Andrews Anderman 4th Ward C. E. Willis, A. J. D. Moeller Alderman 5th Ward T. A. Pender, F. E. Robbins Alderman 6th Ward F. G. Gall, Wm. Kennedy Alderman 7th Ward A. F. Soderstrom, A. G. Anderson Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer K. T. Anderson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney John K. Scott 1901— 1902 Mayor B. FRANK KNOX Alderman 1st Ward Wm. Wilkins, Frank Westbay Alderman 2d Ward McClelland Snyder, L. V. Eckhart, Jr. Alderman 3d Ward Erank Andrews, Wm. Hause Alderman 4th Ward Chas. Willis, A. J. D. Moeller Alderman 5th Ward E. E. Robbins, George White Alderman 6th Ward E. G. Gall, Wm. Kennedy Alderman 7th Ward A. G. Anderson, A. E. Soderstrom Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer Wm. Gest, Jr. Marshal James Darnell Attorney John K. Scott J 902— 1903 Mayor B. ERANK KNOX Alderman 1st Ward E. Westbay, Erank Blochlinger ; Alderman 2d Ward L. V. Eckhart, Jr., Carl A. Naab Alderman 3d Ward Wm. Hause, O. H. Birkel City Officers 27 ' ■ — \ — Alderman 4th ward Chas. Willis, Geo. W. McCaskrin Alderman 5th Ward George White, William Trefz Alderman 6th Ward F. G. Gall, Wm. Kennedy Alderman 7th Ward A. F. Soderstrom, A. G. Anderson Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer Wm. Gest, Jr. Marshal James Darnell Attorney John K. Scott 1903— 1904 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward F. W. Blochlinger, Frank Westbay Alderman 2d Ward Carl A. Naab, L. V. Eckhart, Jr. Alderman 3d Ward O. H. Birkel, Wm. Hause Alderman 4th Ward R. C. Benson Alderman 5th Ward William Trefz, E. E. Robbins Alderman 6th Ward. Wm. Kennedy, Chas. C. Wilson Alderman 7th Ward.. A. G. Anderson, Joshua R. Brooks Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer.... K. T. Anderson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney John K. Scott 1904— 1905 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Alderman 1st Ward .....Frank Westbay, Wm. Wilkins Alderman 2d Ward E. V. Eckhart, Jr., Chas. Oberg Alderman 3d Ward Wm. Hause, John O’Connor Alderman 4th Ward R. C. Benson, J. P. Sexton Alderman 5th Ward .-r:..E. E. Robbins, Wm. Trefz Alderman 6th Ward Chas. C. Wilson, Andrew Christensen Alderman 7th Ward Joshua R. Brooks, A. G. Anderson Clerk H. C. Schaff'er Treasurer K. T. Anderson Marshal Phil Miller Attorney John K. Scott Attorney Wm. L. Ludolph 28 City Officers 1905— 1906 Mayor. GEO. W. McCASKRIN Alderman 1st Ward Frank W. Blochlinger, Allen N. Pratt Alderman 2d Ward Chas. Oberg, L. V. Eckhart, Jr. Alderman 3d Ward John O’Connor, P. F. Trenkenschuh Alderman 4th Ward J. P. Sexton, V. Dauber Alderman 5th Ward Wm. Trefz, F. E. Robbins Alderman 6th Ward Andrew Christensen, Chas. C. Wilson Alderman 7th Ward A. G. Anderson, Joshua R. Brooks Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer Edward W. Schoede Marshal : Attorney Oliver Olsen 1906— 1907 Mayor GEO. W. McCASKRIN Alderman 1st Ward Frank W. Blochlinger, Allen N. Pratt Alderman 2d Ward L. V. Eckhart, Jr., Chas. Oberg Alderman 3d Ward P. F. Trenkenschuh, Chas. J. Smith Alderman 4th Ward V. Dauber, R. C. Benson Alderman 5th Ward F. E. Robbins, Richard Sherwood Alderman 6th Ward ...Chas. C. Wilson, Frank Lawler Alderman 7th Ward Joshua R. Brooks, A. G. Anderson ' Clerk H. C. Schaffer Treasurer Edward AV. Schoede Marshal Attorney Oliver Olsen 1907— 1908 Mayor H. C. SCHAFFER Alderman 1st Ward Allen N. Pratt, John Holzhammer Alderman 2d Ward Chas. Oberg, August J. Utke Alderman 3d Ward Chas. J. Smith, Justus R. Tuckis Alderman 4th Ward R. C. Benson, Henry J. Frick Alderman 5th Ward William Trefz, Geo. L. Schmid Alderman 6th Ward Frank Lawler, Martin McNealy Alderman 7th Ward A. G. Anderson, Louis Ostrom Clerk M. T. Rudgren City Officers 29 Treasurer W. H. Gest, Jr. Marshal L. V. Eckhart, Jr. Attorney J. F. Witter 1908— 1909 Mayor H. C. SCHAFFER Alderman 1st Ward John Holzhammer, F. W. Blochlinger Alderman 2d Ward August J. Utke, John W. Carse Alderman 3d Ward..., Justus R. Tuckis, Chas. J. Smith Alderman 4th Ward Henry J. Frick, Chas. L. Thompson Alderman 5th Ward Wm. Trefz, Geo. F. Schmid Alderman 6th Ward Martin McNealy, Frank Lawler Alderman 7th Ward Louis Ostrom, T. J. Ellinwood Clerk M. T. Rudgren Treasurer W. H. Gest, Jr. Marshal L. V. Eckhart, Jr. Attorney J. F. Witter 1909— 1910 Mayor GEO. W. McCASKRIN Alderman 1st Ward......F. W. Blochlinger, John Holzhammer Alderman 2d Ward John W. Carse, August J. Utke Alderman 3d Ward S. A. La Vanway Alderman 4th Ward ...Chas, L. Thompson, Henry J. Frick Alderman 5th Ward Geo. L. Schmid, Wm. Cochran Alderman 6th Ward Frank Lawler, Martin McNealy Alderman 7th Ward T. J. Ellinwood, Chas. Borst Clerk M. T. Rudgren Treasurer C. F; Channon Marshal*. Attorney J. F. Witter 1910— 1911 Mayor GEO. W. McCASKRIN Alderman 1st Ward Arthur Huff, John Holzhammer Alderman 2d Ward Carl Naab, John W. Carse Alderman 3d Ward J. C. Simser, S. A. La Vanway Alderman 4th W^’ard Henry J. Frick, Chas. L. Thompson Alderman 5th Ward Geo. L. Schmid, Wm. Cochran 30 City Officers Alderman 6th Ward John T. Stephens, Martin McNealy Alderman 7th Ward John G. Leaf, Chas. Borst Clerk ‘ M. T. Rudgren Treasurer C. F. Channon Marshal Attorney J. F. Witter COMMISSION FORM 1911—1915 iMayor HARRY M. SCHRIVER Department of Public Affairs Commissioner Martin T. Rudgren Department of Accounts- and Finances Commissioner Archie Hart Department of Public Health and Safety Commissioner Robert R. Reynolds Department of Streets and Public Improvements Commissioner Jonas Bear Department of Public Property Clerk M. T. Rudgren Treasurer Oscar Liitt Marshal James Brinn Attorney James F. Witter 1915—1918 Mayor WM. McCONOCHIE Department of Public Affairs Commissioner Martin T. Rudgren Department of Accounts and Finances Commissioner ‘ John H. Liedtke Department of Public Health and Safety Commissioner Nicolai E. Juhl Department of Streets and Public Improvements Commissioner John A. Murrin Department of Public Property Clerk Treasurer Chief of Police Attorney M. T, Rudgren Wm. G. Johnston Phil Miller John K. Scott PART 2. AN ORDINANCE REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING THE GENERAL ORDINANCES of the CITY OF ROCK ISLAND AN ORDINANCE FOR REVISING THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OE THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, Since the last revision and consolidation of the general ordinances of the City of Rock Island, a great number of new ordinances were passed, many of the exist- ing ordinances were amended, others were repealed and new and more appropriate ordinances were substituted, and WHEREAS, By reason thereof, it is deemed expedient that all of said ordinances be thoroughly revised and cor- rected so as to conform to such amendments made, and new subjects and ordinances properly embodied in a general City Code so that the whole should be rendered plain, concise, in- telligible and correct; therefore Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Rock Island. CHAPTER 1 — AMUSEMENTS . SHOWS, THEATRES AND EXHIBITIONS Section 1. License Required of — Proviso. It shall not be lawful for any person to own, conduct, manage or exhibit for gain, within this City, any circus, menagerie, caravan, show or amusement, or any natural or artificial curiosities, or panoramic show or device, or any theatricals or variety performances, or any concert or other musical entertainment, lecture, or scientific demonstration, where money is charged directly or indirectly for admission to see, or hear, or operate the same, unless a license for the same shall have first been obtained from the City. Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any public entertainment given, the 34 Amusements proceeds of which are for the benefit of any religious, char- itable or educational institution located in the City of Rock Island. § 2. Licenses May be Granted by Council, and in Certain Cases, by Mayor — Rates on License. License may be granted by the Council, upon application and the payment to the City Clerk of such sum as the Council may fix in each case. If a meeting of the Council should not intervene between the time of application and the time license is required to be issued, the Mayor may grant the license, and fix the amount to be paid for the same within the following rates: 1. For each circus, menagerie, caravan or like exhibition, not less than fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars per day, the amount to be determined by the Council. 2. To proprietors of opera houses and theatres in the City of Rock Island for one year, upon the payment to the City Clerk: Where the seating capacity is viOO or less $25.00 Wdiere the seating capacity is 300 to 500.... $35.00 AVhere the seating capacity is from 500 to 1,000. $50.00 AVhere the seating capacity is over 1,000.. $75.00 Carni\al companies and street fairs shall be required to pay a license fee of from ten ($10) dollars to twenty-five ($25) dollars per day, the amount to be determined by the Council. Provided, that any opera house or theatre in said City oi Rock Island, which is not licensed by the year, shall be charged license in accordance with the provisions of the fol- lowing section: § 3. Fees to be Paid Where No License Is Issued. To managers or agents of theatres, shows, lectures, concerts or exhibitions, performances or entertainments of any kind as herein mentioned upon the following terms: When the highest price of admission to the same is thirty cents or under, two dollars per day shall be charged ; where the highest price of admission charged is seventy-five cents or under, and more than thirty cents, three dollars per day shall be charged; Amusements 35 and where the highest price of admission exceeds seventy-five cents, five dollars per day shall be charged. § 4. Roller Skating Rink — License. No person, firm or corporation shall, within the corporate limits of this City, keep, maintain or operate any roller skating rink, hall or pavilion, for the public use, and which is operated for hire, gain or profit, without a license for such purpose. The license therefor shall be granted for the term of the municipal year in which the same is granted, or any unex- pired portion thereof, upon the payment by the applicant to the City Clerk, for the use of the City, the sum of fifty ($50) dollars. § 5. Moving Picture Theatre — Petition. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to conduct or operate a moving picture theatre without first having obtained a license therefor, in accordance with the terms of this ordi- nance. Every application far a license for a moving picture theatre must be accompanied by a petition of the majority of the property owners on both sides of the street or avenue within 200 feet of the front door of the theatre. Where the front door or entrance of the moving picture theatre- opens at the corner or intersection of a street or avenue, it shall be necessary that the said petition be signed by a majority of the property owners on both sides of the street and also the avenue. § 6. Public Garden or Park — License. The owner, or owners, of every garden, park or resort which the public is solicited to visit and where refreshments are sold and enter- tainment is given to the public, either free or for price, shall have a license to operate and conduct such garden, park or resort, for which license the sum of two hundred fifty ($250) dollars per year, or fraction thereof, shall be paid to the City Clerk. § 7. License to Specify What — Licensee to Keep Good Order — Mayor May Refuse or Revoke License. Every li- cense issued under the provisions hereof shall specify the 36 Animals object and length of time for which it is issued. It shall be the duty of the person licensed to keep good order about his place of exhibition. § 8. Bond to be Given by Circus. That it shall be un- lawful for any person, or persons, firm or corporation to con- duct or manage a circus parade upon the streets or avenues of the City of Rock Island without first filing with the City Clerk a bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for the protection of the City against any damages which might occur to the City through the negligence of the owners of the circuses, or the employes of said show or circus, in the injuring of sidewalks, pavements, curbing or other public property. § 9. Penalty for Violation Hereof. Any person violat- ing any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject fo a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense. CHAPTER 2 ANIMALS Section 1. Animals Not to Run at Large — Owner Subject to Penalty. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cow, horse, mule, swine, sheep, goat or cattle of any kind, or any geese, ducks, hens, chickens, guinea-fowl, turkeys or other fowl to allow the same to run and be at large within the cor- porate limits of said city of Rock Island. § 2. Presumption of Owner's Guilt. The finding of such animals or fowls so running at large as aforesaid shall be presumptive evidence that the same was at large by the suf- ferance and permission of the owner or possessor of such animal. § 3. Violation — Penalty. Any person owning or having l)ossession of any such animal or fowl who shall suffer, allow Auctioneers 37 or permit the same to run or go at large within said limits shall be fined in any sum not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than ten ($10) dollars, to be recovered in the manner provided for the recovery of other fines for the violation of ordinances. CHAPTER 3 . AUCTIONEERS Section 1. No Persons to Exercise Calling of Auctioneer Without License. No person shall, within the corporate limits of said city, exercise the calling of a public auctioneer, or sell any personal property at public auction, without a license for that purpose, under the penalty herein prescribed. § 2. License — How Obtained — Bond. License may be issued under the provisions of chapter 30 of these revised ordinances, entitled “Licenses,” to any person of full age and good character, upon such person giving bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with security to be approved -by the Mayor, conditioned for observance of all ordinances of said city applicable to the business so licensed, and upon his pay- ing to the City Clerk the sum herein required therefor. § 3. Terms of License. Said license may be issued for the term of one month, three months, six months, or one year from the date of such license, but not beyond the muni- cipal year. And for which the applicant shall pay to the City Clerk, for the use of the city, the following rates, viz.: Eor a term of one month, twenty-five ($25) dollars; for a term of three months, fifty ($50) dollars; for a term of six months, seventy-five ($75) dollars; for a term of one year, one hundred ($100) dollars, and the fee allowed to the Clerk for drafting bond and issuing and registering such license. § 4. Fraudulent Sales Prohibited. No auctioneer shall fraudulently conspire with any one to induce bidders to of- fer more than its true value for any article offered for sale 38 Bill Posting by him, or by any artifice, or collusion with any bidder or other person, shall make any fraudulent or unreal sale with intention to defraud or to deceive any party bidding as to the value of any article offered for sale. § 5. Penalty for Violation. Any violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and also in case the person violating is possessed of a license, by a forfeiture of such license, in the discretion of the Council or the Mayor. CHAPTER 4 BILL POSTING Section 1. Posting or Distributing Bills — License. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations, to follow or carry on within the corporate limits of the City of Rock Island the business of posting bills and distributing upon the streets, alleys and public grounds of the City of Rock Island, bills, bill-heads, hand-bills, circu- lars, or any papers, bills or articles of any kind or description for the purpose of advertising, without a license for that pur- pose, under the penalty herein prescribed; which license may be issued to any applicant for one day, one week or one month, but not beyond the municipal year, and the applicant shall pay therefor to the City Clerk, for said city, as follows: for one day, one ($1) dollar; for one week, five ($5) dollars; for one month, fifteen ($15) dollars ; and for one year, fifty ($50) dollars. § 2. Violation — Penalty. Any violation of this article shall be punished by a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars. Brewers — Building and Construction 39 CHAPTER 5 BREWERS Section E Brewing — License — Fee. No person, firm or corporation shall, within the limits of this city, carry on the business of brewing or making beer, distilling or extracting spirits by distillation, unless he or they shall have obtained a license for such business, for which license he or they shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars per annum, before such license shall be issued. § 2. Violation Hereof — Penalty. “Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and twenty-five ($25) dollars a day for each and every day he or they shall con- tinue to carry on any such business without a .license. CHAPTER 6 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS Section 1. Requirements — Penalty. The material used ‘ and manner of constructing all buildings hereafter erected, remodeled’or added to, within the City of Rock Island, shall be as hereinafter set forth; and it is hereby declared to be unlawful to erect, remodel or add to any such building in a manner not in substantial compliance herewith; or which falls short of the standards, or any one or more of them, herein fixed; and, likewise, it is declared to be unlawful to maintain any building hereafter erected which violates the provisions of this chapter, or any one or more of them, and any owner, agent, architect, contractor, sub-contractor or any other per- son who shall erect, or after such erection, shall maintain, or who shall in any way contribute to erection or maintenance, 40 Building and Construction or who shall violate any of the terms of this chapter, shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hun- dred ($200) dollars, and shall be subject to a like penalty for each day such building- is maintained after conviction; and any such person who shall fail to procure a permit, as herein- after required, before commencing the construction or altera- tion of any building, shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each ofifense. FOUNDATIONS § 2. How Built — Piers — Columns. All foundation walls shall have footings of ample width and thickness to carry any load that may come on them, and where exposed to frost, shall extend at least three and one-half (3^) feet below the surface of the ground, and shall be of such material and work- manship as is hereafter specified for basement walls; and below the surface of the ground shall be laid in cement mortar or lime mortar strongly gauged with Portland cement. All brick piers and buttresses shall be bonded with through courses, leveled and bedded in each course. All metal columns shall rest upon an iron plate of proper thickness, and where placed one above the other, shall have a cap with projections, or bolted together to prevent slipping. Wooden columns, supporting girders and floors shall be set on suitable iron plates with firm anchorage to same. WALLS § 3. Materials and Workmanship. All walls, including foundations, built of stone, brick or other similar materials, shall be built to a line and carried up plumb and straight, and shall be laid in lime or cement mortar, and shall be properly bonded and solidly put together with close joints. Founda- tion walls may be battered on either or both sides in such a manner as will not decrease their strength. If of brick, every sixth course shall be headers, and all walls shall be securely anchored at distances not exceeding eight feet to the timbers and joists resting upon them. A\diere brick are used, they Building and Construction 41 shall be hard and well burned, and no swelled, refused, soft or salmon brick shall be used in the face of the wall. Where walls are faced with brick in running bond, every sixth course shall be bonded into the backing by cutting the course of face brick and putting clipped headers behind the same, or by splitting the face brick in half and backing the same with a continuous course of headers, or by the use of approved metal bond. If laid in hot weather, the brick shall be well wet immediately before being laid. In the construction, no side wall shall be carried up in advance of the rear wall. All walls shall be securely braced during the process of erection. As soon as the wall reaches the grade of the street or lot, the space on the outside shall be filled up as soon as practicable in a substantial manner, and the paving, if any has been dis- turbed, shall be replaced — the space being first thoroughly grouted. § 4. Thickness. All walls for business buildings of brick or stone, which are not over sixty (60) feet in length, shall be of a thickness, in inches, not less than is desig‘nated by the following table, viz. : BUSINESS BUILDINGS Inclosing Walls Stories Basement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Story Building 12 12 2 Story Building 16 12 12 • 3 Story Building 16 16 12 12 4 Story Building 20 16 16 12 12 5 Story Building 24 20 16 16 12 12 6 Story Building ..J 24 20 20 20 16 12 12 7 Story Building 28 28 24 20 20 16 12 12 42 Building and Construction Division of Party Walls Stories- Basement 1 2 v5 4 5 6 7 2 Story Building 12 12 12 3 Story Building 16 12 12 12 4 Story Building ,.20 16 16 12 12 5 Story Building 24 20 16 16 12 12 6 Story Building 24 20 20 16 16 12 12 7 Story Building 28 24 20 20 16 16 12 12 Front and Rear Walls, IP Not Used for Bearing Stories Basement 1 ' 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 Story Building 20 16 16 12 12 5 Story Building ! 20 20 16 12 12 12 6 Story Building 24 20 20 16 16 12 12 7 Story Building 24 20 20 20 16 16 12 12 Cross Partition Walls — N on-supporting Stories Basement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Story Building 12 8 2 Story Building 12 12 8 3 Story Building 16 12 12 8 4 Story Building 16 16 12 12 8 5 Story Building 20 16 16 12 12 8 6 Story Building 24 20 16 16 12 12 8 7 Story Building 24 20 20 16 16 12 12 8 All walls for dwelling houses, or for dwelling and business purposes combined, shall be of a thickness, in inches, not less than designated by the following table, viz.: Building and Construction 43 DWELLINGS Inclosing Walls — — Stories— — Basement 12 3 4 1 Story Building and Basement 8 8 2 Story Building 12 8 8 3 Story Building 16 12 12 8 Over Three Stories 16 16 12 12 8 If span is over 18 feet, no walls less than 12 inches Division Walls Basement 2 Story Building 10 3 Story Building 12 Over Three Stories 16 Stories 12 3 4 8 8 12 8 8 12 12 8 8 COMBINATION DWELLING AND BUSINESS Inclosing Walls Stories Basement 1 ' ,2 3 4 2 Story Building 12 12 8 3 Story Building 16 12 12 8 4 Stories and Over 20 16 12 12 8 2 Story Building .. 3 Story Building.. 4 Stories and Over Division Walls Stories- Basement 12 3 12 12 8 16 12 12 8 16 16 12 12 4 8 INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THICKNESS If the walls aforesaid shall be required to support a trussed roof or ceiling more than fifteen feet and less than twenty-five feet high, the said walls shall be at least sixteen inches thick, and if twenty-five feet or over in height, the wall shall be at least twenty-four inches thick. In case the 44 Building and Construction walls are over one hundred and fifty (150) feet in length, the thickness shall be increased four inches over that stated in the above table, unless there are in the building cross walls of equal height with the inclosing wall in question. If solid buttresses are employed, having a sectional area of three hun- dred or more square inches, set not further than eighteen feet apart, and extend to the top of the wall, four inches may be deducted from the thickness of the wall. § 5. When brick or stone or block buildings have the joist carried on steel, concrete or wood girders and not on outside walls, walls shall be pilastered with footings, founda- tions and pilasters of such size and material as to be safe for the ultimate load that may come on them, in which case the walls between pilasters may be of less thickness than provided for in the tables. § 6. Stone Facing. Where a wall has cut stone- or terra cotta facing, it shall be backed up with brick work of the thickness prescribed above, securely anchoring the two; but if such facing is so constructed as to be in a great measure self-supporting, four inches in thickness may be deducted; Ashlar fronts, properly bonded to the brick, may have back- ing of the same thickness as self-supporting stone facing. § 7. Openings. If an opening is hereafter cut or is here-' after constructed in a party or division wall, the top, bottom and sides shall be of concrete, stone, brick or iron, and such opening shall be fitted with two doors or sets of doors, of wrought iron or metal covered, said doors to close auto- matically, and which shall be kept closed at night; such open- ings shall not exceed in size eight (8) by ten (10) feet. If openings exceed 25 per cent of the area of the walls, same must be increased by four inches, and if it exceeds 50 per cent, it shall be increased by eight inches, as provided for in the table. § 8. Fire Walls. If the building is of brick or stone and has a flat roof, the side walls and fire walls shall extend at least eighteen inches above the roof, not less in thickness than Building and Construction 45 the wall in the last story, and shall have a coping of incom- bustible materials; and where the roof is not flat, the walls and division walls shall be carried up flush with the upper edge of the rafters, and the sheathing shall be bedded in mor- tar. In all double houses, brick or frame, there shall be an eight-inch brick or tile division wall up to the attic floor. In the attic, a fire-proof partition shall be built to the roof. § 9. Hollow Walls. Where the wall is not used as bear- ing wall, it may be hollow, but in such case it shall be bonded or tied together with incombustible anchors at distances not exceeding three feet apart. Walls constructed of cement blocks, hollow tile or hollow brick, or of brick, stone or terra cotta facing with hollow tile or hollow brick backing, shall, if necessary, be heavier than if constructed of ordinary brick. § 10. Recesses. No continuous vertical recess chase or any flue shall be constructed in any wall so as to leave the thickness back of the same less than eight inches, nor shall the same be nearer together than seven feet. § 11. Division Walls. All buildings of non-fire-proof construction used as business houses shall have a division wall at least for every fifty feet of their width, and likewise such as are used as dwellings, tenements, flats or lodging houses to be occupied by four families or more shall have a division wall at least for every forty feet of their width, which wall shall extend through the entire length of the building, and from the bottom to the top, through the roof, ending in a fire wall. § 12. Weight Supported by Columns. In case of what is termed skeleton construction and where the weight is sup- ported by columns, in whole or in part, the thickness of the wall may be reduced from the above tables. § 13. Mansard. Mansard roof shall not be constructed within fire limits unless made fire-proof. § 14. Fire-proof Cornices. Where the building is located in the fire limits, the roof shall be constructed of slate, tile, 46 Building and Construction tin or of other metallic substance, or of any incombustible material, including what is known as composition roofing covered with gravel ; and all cornices, gutters and eves shall be made of incombustible materials. Such cornices, if metal, shall be supported^ by iron brackets one-fourth by one and one-fourth inches, four feet apart and firmly imbedded'^in the wall. Cornices constructed of stone shall in no case extend more than thirty inches beyond the face of the wall, and the preponderating weight of the stones used shall be upon the wall. § 15. Bracing. All roofs shall be securely braced with braces, ties and cross-ties, so as to secure strength in resisting storms and so as to prevent immediate collapse in case of fire. § 16. Scuttle Holes. All flat roofs shall be so construct- ed as to be reached by a scuttle at least twenty by thirty inches in size, and which shall have a stationary ladder or stairway attached thereto. § 17. Skylight. Skylights shall be constructed of wire glass in metal frames, and wood curbings, if any, around open- ings covered with galvanized iron. § 18. Chimneys. All chimneys shall rest upon the ground, on solid foundation, and shall have walls not less than eight inches thick, but this may be reduced to four inches if the chimney is lined with fire clay flue lining from clean-out at the bottom to the top of the chimney. If, how- ever, inside dimensions exceed three hundred square inches, the thickness shall not be less than twelve inches up to the point fifteen feet above smoke inlet. All flues and chimneys shall be straight, if possible, and in no case be offset more than its own inside dimensions. No smoke pipe shall pass through any floor and no ladders or scaffolding shall be re- move^l from any roof until permission is given by the In- spector. All chimneys which shall be dangerous in any manner, or shall be in a dangerous condition, shall be repaired and made safe or taken down. Building and Construction 47 MISCELLANEOUS § 19. Floor Beams Clear of Flue. All floor beams, joists and headers shall be kept at least two inches clear of any wall inclosing smoke flue, and such flue shall be covered with a heavy coat of plaster before any wood work ’is placed against it, and no wood work where practicable shall be nearer than two inches to the flue. § 20. Hearths and Fire Places. All hearths shall rest on trimmer arches — the header to be kept at least eighteen inches from the chimney. The back of every fireplace shall be at least eight inches thick. § 21. Hot Air Furnaces. All hot air furnaces, either portable or brick set, shall be kept at least six inches from the joist. Portable cased furnaces shall have the top concaved at least three inches deep and the top filled with sand; brick set shall have two layers of brick or four inches of re-inforced concrete over the top of furnace, laid and bedded in mortar. The joist over top of furnace shall be covered Avith corru- gated iron or other metal, and all smoke pipes within twenty inches of the joist shall be protected with corrugated iron or metal. No smoke pipe shall enter flue nearer than ten inches from joist. All furnaces shall be placed on founda- tions of brick, stone or cement. All risers or stacks placed between partitions shall be made double, with one-fourth inch air space between the two thicknesses of tin. All basement hot air pipes and register boxes shall be made of I C or I X bright tin, wrapped with one layer of twelve-pound asbestos paper. All hot air registers set in first floor shall be set in incombustible borders, or, if border is left ofif, use double boxes, the opening shall be lined with two layers of asbestos paper and one layer of tin. All first floor side wall registers shall be set in double register boxes, connected with double boots. § 22. Steam Pipes. Steam pipes shall be kept at least one-quarter of an inch from all wood work. No pipes shall be laid into the joists or beams of any floor to a greater depth 48 Building and Construction than two inches and not more than two feet from the ends of the joists or beams. § 23. Boiler Room. The wood work of all boiler houses and boiler rooms shall be kept at least six feet from the boiler and four feet from the breaching or smoke conductor and one foot from the dome of the boiler, unless such wood work is properly protected with incombustible material, and then there shall be ^at least two feet space from the boiler or smoke pipe and the protection, unless the smoke pipe is in- sulated with 1-inch asbestos, or its equal, their distances may be reduced to twelve inches. No brick oven, coffee roaster or any like structure to contain fire shall be erected or permitted on a Yv^ooden floor of any building. The floor of all rooms, when containing stationary boilers, shall be made of incom- bustible materials five feet on all sides and at least eight feet in front of the boiler. § 23a. Permit Shall Be Obtained. In every case where steam boiler, hot water boiler, or hot air furnace is to be in- stalled, a permit shall be obtained by the party installing the same, and the fee shall be the same as in Section 48. § 24. Floors. All floors, ceilings and roofs shall bear a safe weight per superficial foot, exclusive of material, as fol- lows ; Floors for dwelling, tenement or lodging houses, or schools with fixed desks, sixty pounds ; for schools with moveable desks or buildings intended for light mechanical purposes, and public buildings, one hundred and twenty pounds; for storehouses, warehouses, machine shops, armories, drill rooms and other similar buildings, two hun- dred and fifty pounds or over, depending on the purpose erected for. Ceilings, twenty pounds; roofs, forty pounds. The following dimensions shall be used in frame dwell- ing houses : Minimum size of material used — Span 8 feet and not over 14 feet, 2x 8 16" o. c. Span 14 feet and not over 18 feet, 2x10 16" o. c. Building and Construction 49 Span 18 feet and not over 22 feet, 2x12 16 " o. c. Span 22 feet and not over 24 feet, 2x14 16 " o. c. Ceiling joists can be 2 inches less for above span. Center girders supporting joists not over 14 feet — ( )ne Story Span 6 to 9 feet. 6x 8 Span 9 to 12 feet, 6x10 Span 12 to 14 feet, 8x10 Two Story 6 to 9 feet, 6x10 9 to 12 feet, 6x12 12 to 14 feet, 8x12 Posts supporting center girders — For 6x 8 girders, 6x6 posts, footing not less than 10x24x24 For 6x10 girders, 6x8 posts, footing not less than 12x30x30 For 8x10 girders, 8x8 posts, footing not less than 14x36x36 Joists supporting partitions: One story to be double, two stories to be triple. Where plumbing and heating pipes pass through parti- tions, separate the joists so that same do not have to be cut. Spike blocks between joists, not over three feet part, to sup- port partition. Joists supporting headers over three feet long to be double. If supporting both tail joist and partition, three joists are required. If joist supports partition over three feet from bearing, extra support is required. All plates on foundation shall be not less than 2x6, set in cement mortar. All ^partitions carrying joists to have double plates. All openings to have proper support to carry load placed on same. All rafters for shingles or other similar roofs over 12 feet Valley rafters over 8 feet long — 2x8; if over 16 feet — 2x10. All joists to have bridging every seven feet. Above rules apply to 60 pounds per square foot. —2x6. 50 Building and Construction These requirements .shall apply to all alterations as well as new buildings. § 25. Joists. Where joists enter a brick wall they shall be so cut as not to disturb the brick work by any deflection or breaking, and where placed in a party or division wall there shall be atfleast four inches of solid brick work between- the ends. In business buildings where the upper stories are intended for residence purposes or offices and the bearing walls do not extend through the building, the joists must rest on girders, supported by columns, and shall not, in such cases, rest on studding partitions; joists shall be of proper dimen- sions to sustain the load to be placed on the floor, and shall be bridged with cross bridging. Headers in floor framing in business buildings, placed more than two feet from the end of a trimmer, shall be supported by an iron stirrup. Girders may rest on piers of stone or brick or concrete, or on columns of wood or iron of suitable strength. § 26. Partitions. In brick or stone buildings, plank or board partitions shall not aggregate on any one floor more than one hundred and fifty superficial feet, measuring on one side. In tenement buildings, they shall be made of scantling, lathed and plastered on both sides, and shall be filled with brick work at least eight inches above the floor. Scantling partitions shall not be used as a support for the roof, except in case of dwelling house, two stories or under. Tenement buildings shall be properly ventilated. § 27. Bracing of Walls in Frame Dwellings. All walls in frame buildings, both exterior and partition, shall be se- curely braced, and shall be bridged at least once in every nine feet of their height with material two inches thick, of the same width as the studding, so as to prevent forming a draft or flue in case of fire. § 28. Standpipe. Buildings three stories or more in height shall have a two-inch iron standpipe inside the build- ing, located at some convenient place, connected with the water mains with couplings on each floor, so that the fire hose Building and Construction 51 can be attached. A three-inch iron standpipe with two and one-half-inch hose connections at each floor shall be located on the outside of the building at some convenient place. The city may require more than one standpipe in case of large buildings. FIRE ESCAPES § 29. Fire Escapes. All buildings now existing, and such as may be hereafter built, more than two stories in height, used for manufacturing purposes, for hotels, dormi- tories, schools, seminaries, hospitals or asylums, shall have at least one fire escape for each fifty persons for which work- ing, sleeping or living accommodations are provided; above the second story of such building and all buildings three or more stories in height, excepting such as are used for private dwelling exclusively, but including flats and apartment build- ings with only one stairway, and all public halls, which pro- vide seating room above the first floor, shall be provided with at least one fire escape for every story above the first. Such fire escapes shall consist of metallic stairs and shall be at- tached to the uppermost story and above the roof, and have platforms of such form and dimensions and in such proxim- ity to one or more windows or doors of each story above the first as to render access easy and safe. They shall extend to within eight feet of the ground, or have a counterbalance that will reach to the ground. The provisions for fire escapes shall extend to buildings heretofore constructed. All owners of buildings now erected which do not comply with this section shall be notified immediately upon the pas- sage of this ordinance to conform herewith within a period of not more than thirty days. § 30. Hoistway Opening. All openings in floors used as hoistways, without elevators, shall have trap doors covered with metal on*the under side, and while open shall be guarded with a sufficient fence or gate to protect persons from falling therein. 52 Building and Construction 31; Elevators and Stairs. All elevators and stairs for passenger or for freight use in buildings four stories or over shall be encased in a fire-proof shaft, extending from the bottom to a point eighteen inches above the top of the roof. All doors in the shaft shall have latches so contrived as to be opened only on the inside, except by a key, and such doors shall be metal, and under the control of the operator. In three story or fire-proof buildings, said shaft may be en- closed w^ith steel and wire glass. § 32. Space Under Sidewalks. Any person desirous of utilizing the space under the sidewalks in front of any build- ing owned by him shall construct a sufficient stone or hard burnt brick or concrete wall to retain the roadway of the street, and shall extend the side walls, division and party walls of such building under the sidewalk to such curb wall; and the sidewalk in such cases shall be incombustible ma- terial, entirely supported by walls of iron beams and columns ; openings in such walls for the admission of coal or light shall be covered with prismatic lights in iron frames, or with iron covers having a rough surface, and in no case will a smooth surface be permitted on any such cover. No plain surface glass shall be placed in any sidewalk. In all cases where the sidewalks are to be thus used, a permit shall be first obtained from the Superintendent of Buildings; such permit shall specify the details of such construction, and shall be approved by the Superintendent of Buildings. The owner shall furnish a bond to indemnify the city against any loss that may be awarded against the city, due to accidents resulting from faulty construction and maintenance. Said bond to be approved by the Council. § 33. Use of Street While Building Is Under Construc- tion. The occupation of any street or sidewalk during the progress of building, alteration or repairs is hereby restricted as follows: To a space immediately in front of the premises, covering the nearest sidewalk and not more than one-third of the roadway, if without the fire limits; if within the fire limits, the nearest sidewalk and no more, or one-third of the Building and Construction 53 street, measuring from the nearest curb, as preferred by the petitioner. If the sidewalk be not used the Superintendent of Buildings shall require the walk to be substantially and se- curely covered while work is going on, and no gutter shall be so obstructed as to hinder the free flow of water therein. Before any sidewalk or street shall be so used, a permit must be obtained from the Superintendent of Buildings and the person to whom issued shall have filed with the City Clerk his bond, with at least one good and sufficient surety, con- ditional for the faithful compliance with the terms of said permit and with all the ordinances of the city, that the ap- plicant will pay all damages to any property or persons in- jured by the act or neglect of the applicant and of his agents, employes and representatives in such sidew^alk and street; and that he will yield up without delay such sidewalks and street in the like good condition in which they were taken. If practicable, a sidewalk or passageway not less than four feet wide shall be maintained at all times while such permit is in force. § 34. Plumbing. All plumbing, sewers and house drains shall conform to the requirements of the plumbing ordinances of this city. FIRE-PROOF BUILDINGS § 35. Fire-Proof Buildings. All buildings with a height from the level of the sidewalk to the highest point on the roof of eighty feet, and all hotels, lodging and tenement houses, four stories or more in height, shall be built of fire-proof — that is to say, shall be constructed with walls of brick, stone, concrete, tile or other hard, incombustible materials, in which timber lintels or other bond timbers shall not be placed, and in which the floors and roofs shall be of materials similar to the walls. The stairs and staircase landings shall be built entirely of brick, stone, iron or other hard, incombustible materials. No wood work or other inflammable materials shall be used in any of the partitions, furrings or ceilings in any such fire-proof buildings, excepting, however, that the 54 Building and Construction doors and window frames, the trims, casings, the interior finish and the floor boards and the sleepers directly there- under may be of wood. In all fire-proof buildings hereafter constructed the fol- lowing rules must be observed : First: All iron columns shall be made true and smooth at both ends, shall rest on cast iron plates and have cast iron caps, which shall also be made true. All iron trimmers, beams, headers and tail girders, columns and trusses, and all other iron work of all floors and roofs shall be strapped, bolted, anchored and connected together and to the walls in a strong and substantial manner. Second: Under the ends of all beams where they rest on the walls, a stone or cast iron template must be built into the walls, said template to be at least twelve inches wide and not less than sixteen inches long. Third: The space between the beams shall be filled in with sectional hollow brick of burnt clay, having a depth of not less than one and one-quarter inches to each foot of span, a variable distance of not over six inches in span between the beams being allowed, or some equally good fire-proof material, such as Portland cement or concrete properly re- inforced, may be used. Fourth: All structural steel shall be properly fire-proofed with not less than two inches of concrete or terra cotta. THEATRES, ETC. § 36. Theatres, etc . — Every theatre or opera house seat- ing over five hundred people, and any church, hall, school or other building intended as a place of public assemblage, seating one thousand or over, hereafter built shall have the floors, roof, walls and partitions built of incombustible ma- terial. No stairway shall rise more than ten feet without a platform, and no winders, wheeling or circular steps shall be used. The width of the stairwav shall not be less than five Building and Construction 55 feet, and there shall be on each side a strong hand rail. There shall be at least two separate exits from the main floor. The exits from all galleries shall be independent of the exit from the main room. In all such buildings, except churches, the word ‘‘exit” shall be posted conspicuously over every avenue of egress. The proscenium wall shall be of brick and not less than sixteen inches thick and shall extend through the roof. The curtain opening shall be fitted with an asbestos curtain. The stage shall be entirely shut ofif from the auditorium. There shall be placed over the stage a ventilator, so arranged as to automatically open in case of fire. In theatres and opera houses where intended to accommodate five hundred or more people the main floor shall not be over five feet above the level of the street; and such theatres and opera houses shall have at least two four-inch standpipes attached to the water mains — one to be placed on the stage and one in the audito- rium — to which hose shall be constantly kept attached, in good order and condition, and of suflicient length to reach all parts of the building. Where the building has a seating- capacity of 'Over one thousand there shall be a fire alarm system maintained, connecting with the city fire departments, and during all entertainments a fireman shall be kept on duty; provided, also, that every theatre, opera house, church, hall or building intended as a place for public assemblages, already built, shall within thirty days after this date be changed as to conform to the requirements aforesaid, except that it shall not be required to rebuild the floor, proscenium wall or partitions. REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS § 37. Conditions of Making. Outside of fire limits any existing building may be repaired without a permit, provided the repair or addition to be made will not increase the height or the area of the building, or change the heating appliances, the plumbing, the outside walls, chimneys or the roof ; and in cases of buildings outside of the fire limits where the height or area of the building, the heating appliances, the plumbing, the outside walls, the chimneys or the roof, or any of them. 56 Building and Construction are affected, a permit must be obtained, and such repairs and additions must conform in character to the requirements as to new buildings; and when any building is located within the hre limits, no repairs or alterations whatsoever shall be made without a permit. Buildings outside of fire limits not used exclusively as dwellings, shall come under provisions for buildings within fire limits. § 38. Use of Party Wall. Any party wall now existing that shall have been built conformably to the requirements of the ordinance regulating the construction of* such walls and in force at the time of such construction, if sound and in good condition, may be used in the construction of an ad- joining building; provided, however, that no brick wall shall be placed on such wall to give additional height to the wall unless the thickness of the old wall in each story shall be at least equal to the thickness required for division walls. This shall apply in all cases where it is desired to give additional height to any business building. In case of outside walls of any business building being built against the walls of any old building (not being a party wall), the new wall shall be of the same thickness required for outside walls in such build- ing. § 39. Increasing Height. Whenever it is sought to in- crease the height of any building beyond the height for which the original permit was granted, the thickness of the walls shall also be increased in accordance with the foregoing table, but no additional height shall be added until a permit is granted for the same. § 40. Fire Limits Defined. The fire limits shall be as now or hereafter established. § 41. Wooden Buildings Prohibited. No wooden build- ing shall hereafter be erected, placed or repaired within said fire limits, excepting upon terms and conditions imposed herein, except exterior wood or coal houses, not exceeding one hundred square feet area and not exceeding eight feet high, which may be built of wood, excepting the roof and Building and Construction 57 sides thereof, which shall be covered with metal, gravel or other approved materials. § 42. Buildings to Conform. All buildings hereafter erected inside of the fire limits shall conform to each and all of the requirements above specified, and, further, the outside walls shall be of stone, brick, iron or other incombustible materials, and the roof shall be of iron, tin, slate, or felt, tar or composition roofing covered with distilled roofing cement and then with a heavy coating of gravel, and all cornices, window caps and sills shall 'be composed of ’incombustible materials, and all windows and doors in the side and end of such building shall have steel wire glass windows and steel or tin clad doors and frames where .the exposure is twenty feet or less, including alleys. § 43. No Wooden Buildings to be Removed. No wood or other building within or without the tire limits shall be moved from one lot to another until a statement setting forth the qDurpose of said removal and uses to which said building is to be applied, together with the consent of the Street Com- missioner, is filed with the Superintendent of Buildings and a permit obtained therefor. Accompanying said statement shall be filed the consent in writing of the adjoining and abutting property owners to the location of^the said building. And in all cases where buildings are moved from one lot to another, they shall comply with the same requirements as a new building. § 44. Wooden Buildings — Condition as to Repairing. In case any building inside the fire limits is damaged by fire, decay or otherwise, in an amount exceeding fifty per cent of its value, exclusive of foundation, it shall be torn down or removed and no repairs shall be made 'to the same. In case any building or buildings, part or parts of any building, staging or structure in the City of Rock Island, from any cause may be or shall at any time hereafter become unsafe, same shall be removed or taken down or made safe and secure. The manner of ascertaining such damages shall be as follows: The Building Inspector shall make complaint in writing to 58 Building and Construction the Council and the Council shall determine whether or not the damages exceed fifty per cent or whether or not the structure is safe. If in the judgment of the Council the dam- ages do exceed fifty per cent, and in case the owner fails upon five days written notice to remove the same, said officer shall do so, and the cost of such removal shall be recovered of the owner in any court of competent jurisdiction. In case damages do not exceed fifty per cent, the building may be re- paired, but in case of wooden buildings, no addition, repairs or alterations -shall in any case be made which increase the height or area of the building, or change the heating appli- ances, the plumbing or the outside walls, chimneys or roof, unless the same conform to the requirements of this ordi- nance. § 45. Billboards. That no signs or billboards of wood or metal erected on uprights or other supports extending into the ground shall be at any point more than fourteen feet from the ground, and a clean space under the same of at least four feet, and the same shall be properly supported and braced. No permit for signs or billboards will be issued until a petition of consent signed by a majority of the property owners within a radius of one hundred feet of the proposed billboard is filed with the Superintendent of Buildings. An existing billboard may be repaired without a petition. S UPERINTENDENT § 46. Superintendent of Buildings. There is hereby created the office of Superintendent of Buildings, and it is hereby made the duty of such officer to have the management and control of all matters pertaining to building, and he shall have charge of enforcing the ordinances with reference to that subject, and shall examine the plans and specifications submitted to him, and shall issue permits for building where the plans and specifications conform to such ordinance, and he shall inspect the erection of all buildings, to the end that such requirements shall be met. Such officer shall be an ex- perienced and competent person. Such officer shall be ap- Building and Construction 59 pointed and qualify and receive the salary and serve for the term provided in the chapter of these ordinances concerning officers. § 47. Bond of Building Inspector. The said Building Inspector shall furnish a good and sufficient bond to insure the faithful performance of his duties in the amount of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars. § 48. Application. Any person desiring to do any build- ing or repairing other than such as is expressly allowed with- put a permit, shall make written application to the Superin- tendent of Buildings, accompanied by plans and specihca- tions, setting forth : 1st. The location of the proposed work. 2nd. General dimensions, number and height of stories. 3rd. Dimensions of joists and timbers and distance apart. 4th. Dimensions of supporting iron work. 5th. For what purpose the building is to be used. 6th. The estimated cost thereof. And agreeing that such building will be constructed in conformity with the ordinances and plans, specifications and description set forth. Permit Fees. If upon examination of such construction and such application it is found to conform to the ordinances, a written permit shall be issued by the Superintendent of Buildings, on payment of fees on the following basis : On the cost up to $100.00, the fee is $0.25. On the cost up to $500.00, the fee is $1.00. On cost from $500.00 to $1,000.00, the fee is $1.50. On cost from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00, the fee is $2.00. On cost for each additional $1,000.00 or less, $0.75 ad- ditional. Provided, also, that such fees shall not include those mentioned in the plumbing and electrical ordinances. And 60 Building and Construction provided, also, that such certificate shall include a bill of fees, and such permit shall be in force only after the applicant shall have paid such fees. Parties owing water rent for building construction more than three months past due may be denied building permits until such arrearage is paid. § 49. Building Permit. Each applicant for building per- mit shall also file a list of the following materials for the Water Department: The number of brick, number of perch of stone or concrete, and the number of square yards of plaster. § 50. Buildings Must Be Approved by Superintendent of Buildings. No building shall be opened for public assem- bly or entertainments until such building shall have been approved by the Superintendent of Buildings, and his per- mission in writing be given for the same. § 51. Signs Over Sidewalk. Every sign over a sidewalk must be of steel frame construction and approved by the Street Commissioner and Superintendent of Buildings, and a bond indemnifying the city in an amount of Three ^Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars must be hied before a permit will be given for any sign to be erected. § 52. Timber Must Be of Sound Material. That all tim- ber and wood beams shall be of good, sound material, free from rot, large and loose knots, shakes, or any imperfections whereby the strength may be impaired. § 53. Permits Shall Expire in One Year. Any permit which may be issued by the Superintendent of Buildings, but under which no work is commenced in one year from time of issuance, shall expire by limitation. § 54. Doors Shall Open Outwards. Doors of hotels, de- partment stores, theatres, churches, schools and other build- ings where large numbers of people congregate shall open Building and Construction 61 outwards: All buildings which do not comply with this sec- tion shall be made to comply within thirty days after notice of the passage of this ordinance, § 55. Permission Must Be Obtained for Lathing. It shall be the duty of the owner or builder when a building is in course of construction to notify the Superintendent of Buildings when the building is or will be ready for lathing, and no lathing shall be done until the permission is given by the Superintendent of Buildings. § 56. Records and Plans Open for Inspection, flooks containing records and all plans, statements and other papers relating to any applications are hereby declared to be public records and shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times. But such inspection shall not include the right to copy any plan on file in the Department of Buildings, and the copy- ing of any filed drawing, tracing or print is hereby pro- hibited. § 57. Inspection by Superintendent of Buildings. The Superintendent of Buildings shall have the right and he is hereby authorized to enter any building or enclosure, or upon any property within the City of Rock Island, for the purpose of inspecting the same and for enforcing the provisions of this code, or any of the ordinances of the city, and it shall be unlawful for any one to hinder or prevent him from so doing. And whenever necessary, he shall have the right to take with him such assistance as he may need in making the inspection. § 58. Superintendent of Buildings Shall Verify and Cor- rect Approximate Cost. The Superintendent of Buildings shall have the right to verify and correct the approximate cost of any proposed improvement, and any other information re- quired to be. given him, as provided in this code, 1)Ut before making any final action in respect thereto, he shall serve a written notice on the person, firm or corporation filing the same, and give an opportunity for a hearing thereon in order to show the accuracy of the information as filed. 62 Building and Construction § 59. Skylights and Roofs Shall be Protected. If the walls of any building are carried up one or more stories above the roofs of adjoining buildings, proper means shall be pro- vided and used for the temporary protection of skylights and roofs of such adjoining buildings. Should any adjoining owner or tenant refuse to allow builders to so protect such skylights and roofs, such owners or tenants shall be required to protect the same themselves. NEW OR UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION In case of skeleton frame buildings, whether of steel or reinforced concrete, and all styles of construction not pro- vided for herein, the city may require of the owner a certificate of a building engineer satisfactory to the city to the efifect that the proposed buildings planned are safe in all respects. § 60. Permits to be Revoked When — * First: The Superintendent of Buildings shall have power to stop the construction of any building or the making of any alterations or repairs to any building within said city when the same is being done in a reckless or careless manner or in violation of any ordinance. The said Superintendent of Buildings shall have power to stop the wrecking ox tearing down of any building or structure within said city when the same is being done in a reckless or careless manner or in violation of any ordinance, or in such manner as to' endan- ger life or property, and to order any and all persons engaged in said work to stop and desist therefrom. AVhen such work has been stopped by order of the Superintendent of Build- ings, it shall not be resumed until said Superintendent of Buildings shall be satisfied that adecjuate precautions will be taken for the protection of life and property and that said work will be prosecuted carefully and in conformity with the ordinances of tli^e city. \ Second: If the work in, upon or about any building shall be constructed in violation of any of the provisions of this Building and Construction 63 code, it shall be the cfuty of the Superintendent of Buildings to revoke the permit for the building in connection with which such violation shall have taken place. It shall be unlaw- ful after the revocation of such permit to proceed with such building operations unless such permit shall first have been reinstated or reissued by the Superintendent of Buildings. Before a permit so revoked may be lawfully reissued or- re- instated the entire building and building site shall first be put into condition corresponding with the rec|uirements of this code, and any work or material applied to the same in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be first removed from such building. Third: When the party holding said permit shall refuse to verify the cost of any proposed work or to -produce evi- dence that estimate filed is correct. § 61. Permits May Reissue. Permits when revoked may be reissued when the structure has been made to comply with the ordinances of the City of Rock Island and upon payment of a fee of One ($1.00) Dollar. § 62. Permits for Wrecking Buildings. Before proceed- ing with the wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure a permit for such wrecking or tearing down shall first be obtained by the owner, or his agent, from the Superin- tendent of Buildings, and it shall be unlawful to proceed with the wrecking or tearing down of any building or structure or any structural part thereof within the city unless such permit shall first be obtained. Application for permit shall be made to the Superintend- ent of Buildings, who shall issue a permit as herein jmovided for. Such application shall state the location and describe the building or structure which it is proposed to wreck or tear down. Upon the issuance of such permit such building may be wrecked or torn down, ])i*ovided that all the work done thereunder shall be subject to the supervision of the Super- intendent of Buildings and shall be performed under the same restrictions as those governing the erection of buildings. 64 . Building and Construction § 63. Definition of Terms. The term “Buildings/’ wher- ever used in this code, shall be taken to mean any building or structure. The term “Skylight,” wherever used in this code, shall be taken to mean and include flat, hipped, lantern, monitor, turret, dome, vertical or pitched saw tooth, construction, and all other covers placed over openings on roofs for the ad- mission of light. The term “Repairs,” wherever used in this code, shall be taken to mean the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance and its present class of construction and grade of occupancy. The term “Residence” shall include every building de- signed for and used exclusively as a home or residence for not more than two families or households. The term “Public Building” shall include every building used as a place of assem1)lage or as a place of public resort. Any store building devoted to retail' trade and covering a ground area of 2,000 or more square feet shall be deemed a public building. The term “Stores” shall include every building used for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise. § 64. Unlawful to Alter Plans. That it shall be unlaw- ful to alter, erase or amend jdans or speciflcations after the same are approved by the Superintendent of Buildings, with- out his written consent. § 65. Strength of Brick or Tile. Concrete blocks or hol- low clay tile used in foundations and walls of buildings shall be of suflicient strength to stand a compression test of not less than seven hundred (700) pounds per square inch for the full area of the block. Solid brick shall stand a test of not less than fifteen hun- dred (1500) pounds per square inch. Building and Construction 65 Twenty-four hours notice shall be given the Superintend- ent of Buildings by the contractor before the mason work is started. § 66. Ventilation, (a) Theatres, assembly halls, etc. — Every hall, auditorium or room of every building hereafter erected or converted to use as a school house, theatre, or place of public assembly or entertainment, shall have in continuous operation, while occupied, a system of ventilation so designed and installed as to provide not less than twenty-five (25) cubic feet of outer air per minute for each person for whom seating accommodation is provided. (b) Retail department stores. — Every building hereafter erected for or converted to use as a retail department store shall have in operation, while occupied, a mechanical system of ventilation so designed and installed as to provide at least the following number of complete air changes per hour: Basements used for retailing merchandise, or for locker rooms, rest rooms, or such other rooms as required by ordi- nance to be ventilated, six (6) changes per hour. Ground or first floor, six (6) changes per hour. Eloors above the first floor, four (4) changes per hour, unless natural ventilation is provided as required, and maintained as re- quired, by the ordinances of the City of Rock Island. (c) Eactories and work shops. — Every building, room or part thereof hereafter erected for or converted to use as a factory or work shop, in which there shall be less than twenty (20) square feet of floor space for each employe or occupant, shall have in operation while occupied a mechanical system of ventilation so designed and installed as to provide at least six (6) complete air changes per hour, unless natural ventilation is provided, and maintained as provided, by the ordinances of the City of Rock Island. Every factory in which there is more than twenty (20) square feet of floor space for each em- ploye or occupant shall have in operation, while occupied, a system of ventilation so designed and installed as to provide at least four (4) complete air changes per hour. 66 Burial of the Dead (d) Tenements and apartments. — All rooms in tenement or apartment house shall be lighted and ventilated by win- dows with movable sash and opening directly onto a street, alley, yard, open court or a park. The total area of such win- dows shall be at least equal to one-tenth (1/10) of the floor area of the room out of which these windows- open, and at least one window in every such room shall have not less than twelve (12) square feet of glass area, and the top of one win- dow in each room shall not be less than seven (7) feet above the floor level. ' § 67. Hardware for Theatre Exit Doors. The hardware for keeping closed all exit doors of all theatres and places of amusement, and other places where large numbers of peo- ple congregate, shall be of such kind as will release instantly and allow the doors to open when pushed against from the inside. Buildings in existence used for theatres and places of amusement shall be required to comply with the provisions of this ordinance within thirty days after notice of its pas- sage. CHAPTER 7 BURIAL OF THE DEAD Section 1. Burial in the City Prohibited. It shall be un- lawful for any person or persons to bury the body or bodies of any person or persons within the corporate limits of said city, or to deposit any such body or bodies in any vault with- in the limits of said city, unless such body or bodies are buried or deposited in some regularly established and lawfully con- stituted cemetery. § 2. Body of Dead Person Not to be Taken From City for Burial Without a Permit. No dead body of any person shall be taken or allowed to be taken from said city for in- terment by any undertaker or other person until a permit for the removal and burial of such body shall have been granted by the Commissioner of Health. Burial of the Dead 67 § 3. Registry of Death to be Made and Certified. It shall be the duty of every physician, coroner, or midwife who attended any person at a last illness, being present at or in- formed of the death of any person within said city, to make a registry of such death, stating particularly the cause, time and place thereof, and certify the same to the Commissioner of Health within twenty-four hours after such death. § 4. Record and Burial Permit to be Made and Issued. Upon receipt of a certificate of death as aforesaid, the Commissioner of Health shall make a record thereof and issue a permit for the removal from the city and burial of the body of such deceased person, and deliver the same to the undertaker having charge of the burial of said body. § 5. Permit to be Exhibited to Sexton, Who Shall There- upon Permit Burial. It shall be the duty of the sexton of every cemetery, to within two miles of the city limits, before permitting any interment in the cemetery of which he is sexton, to require the undertaker in charge of the body of any deceased person for burial therein to exhibit a permit from the Commissioner of Health for the burial of such body, and thereupon he shall permit the burial of such body, or its deposit in the vault in said cemetery. § 6. Violation Hereof — Penalty. Any person violating, disobeying, neglecting or failing to comply with any pro- vision or requirement of this chapter shall, for every such offense, be subjected to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 68 Butchers CHAPTER 8 BUTCHERS Section 1. License. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, company or corporation within said city to sell, offer or expose for sale any fresh meat, excepting venison, poultry, fish or wild game, in any quantity, unless he or they shall have obtained a license for such business, for which license he or they shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of five ($5) dollars per annum. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit any person from selling beef or other fresh meat by the quarter, or any greater or less quantity, at any time or place in the said city, provided the same is the pro- duce of his or their farm, or his or their own raising. § 2. Undrawn Animals. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation within the limits of the City of Rock Island to sell, offer or expose for sale any fish, fowl or other animal used for food purposes, refrigerated or other- wise, which has not been properly drawn and prepared by removing the viscera (bowel-entrails) at the time of slaugh- ter. § 3. Offal. That no butchers’ offal or garbage, nor any dead animals, nor any putrid or stinking animal or vegetable matter shall be thrown by any person, or allowed to go into any street, place, sewer or receiving basin, or into any stand- ing or running water or excavation, or upon any ground or premises in the said city. § 4. Storage of Meat. That every person being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any room, stall or place where any meat, fish, or vegetables, designed or held for human food, shall be stored or kept, or shall be held or offered for sale, shall put and keep such room, stall and place and its appurtenances in a clean and wholesome condition; and every person having charge, or being interested, or engaged, whether as principal or agent, or in respect to the custody or sale of any meat, fish, birds, fowl, or vegetables, designed Butchers 69 for human food, shall put and preserve the same in a clean and wholesome condition, «and shall not allow the same or any part thereof to be poisoned, infected or rendered unsafe or unwholesome for human food. § 5. Inspection. That every butcher, grocer and milk dealer, and their agents, shall allow the parties authorized by the City Physician, to freely and fully inspect their cat- tle and milk, meats, fish and vegetables, held, offered or intended for sale, and will be expected to answer all reason- able and proper questions asked by such persons relative to the condition thereof, and of the places where such arti- cles may be. § 6. Transportation. That no person or corporation, in- dividually or by his agents, servants or employes, shall transport meat or poultry of any description through the public streets or ways of the City of Rock Island, except in wagons or vehicles which have been thoroughly washed at least once in every twenty-four hours. All meat or poultry transported through the streets and public ways must be thoroughly covered in such a manner as to preclude infec- tion or contamination from flying dust or other causes. § 7. Rendering Offal — Fertilizers — Glue and Glucose. No person shall, within the limits of this city, carry on the business of rendering the offal, fat, bones or scraps from dead animals, or any carcass or any dead animal matter whatever, or the cleaning or rendering of intestines, or the manufacture or production of fertilizers, glue, or glucose, unless he or they shall have obtained, with the approval of the Council, a license for such business, for which license he shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of twenty-five ($25) dol- lars per annum before such license shall be issued. Pro- vided, that this section shall not apply to persons rendering the offal, fat, bones or scraps of animals of their own slaugh- tering, when fresh from the slaughtered animal and in a condition free from soreness or taint, and all other* causes of offense. And, provided further, that this section shall not 70 Butchers apply to persons rendering the offal, fat, bones or scraps of animals, or animal matter necessary or convenient for their business in the manufacture or production of soap, candles, tallow, or lard oil. Any person who shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- tion thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and twenty-five ($25) dollars a day for each and every day he shall continue to carry on any such business without a license. § 8. Slaughtering — Packing — Soap — Candles — Lard — Tallow — Lard Oil — Hides. No person shall, within the limits of this city, carry on the business of slaughtering animals for food, packing them for market, or rendering the offal, fat, bones or scraps of such animals, or to engage in the manufacture or production of soap, candles, lard, tallow or lard oil, or of buying, selling, storing or curing green or salted hides, unless he shall have obtained a license for such business, for which license he shall pay to the City Clerk the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars per annum, before such license shall be issued. § 9. Penalty for Violation. Any person who shall vio- late any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and twenty ($20) dollars a day for each and every day he shall continue to carry on said business without a license. City Attorney 71 CHAPTER 9 CITY ATTORNEY Section 1. Attorney's Duties, Etc. The City Attorney shall be a licensed attorney in the courts of the state; he shall, when required, advise the Council, or any of its committees, or any city officers, in relation to all matters of law arising in v/hich the interests of the city are in question. He shall examine all assessments and tax lists or other papers in relation to the assessment or collection of taxes or assess- ments for public improvements, and approve the same, and draft any ordinance, bond, contract, or instrument of writing on behalf of the city, or examine and approve the same when required by the Council, or any of its committees, or the Mayor. He shall, when his services are necessary, prosecute any suit brought in the name of the city before any police or other magistrate for the recovery of any penalty or other- wise; and shall prosecute or defend in behalf of the city (when the services of an attorney are necessary) in all cases in which the interests of the city, or the official acts of any officer or agent of the city, are involved. He shall cause executions to issue upon all judgments recovered in favor of the city, and cause the proper officer to attend to their prompt collection. He shall report to the Council or the Mayor all cases in which he shall deem it expedient to take an appeal or writ of error on behalf of the city. He shall attend to all regular meetings of the Council, and on request, all special meetings of the same. The City Clerk shall deliver to him any bond or other paper necessary to be used in any suit or other proceeding, taking his receipt for the same. He shall report to the Council without delay, after the adjournment of each term of any court of record, and at such other times as he may be required, the state or disposi- tion of all cases of the city pending in such court. He shall examine all fee bills of officers of courts, and others, and certify to the correctness of the same, and the liabilities of the city therefor. But no fee bill for costs for the prosecu- 72. City Council tion of any person for any criminal offense in the Circuit Court of Rock Island County, or for jail fees, shall be certi- fied to or paid, unless the offender shall have been duly con- victed and such costs cannot be collected from him. The City Attorney, in case of absence or other temporary dis- ability to attend to the duties of his office, may, with the consent of the Mayor and at his own expense, appoint some competent attorney to act in his place. The Council may authorize the retaining of assistant counsel or appoint a corporation counsel when deemed expedient. The City Attorney shall not be compelled to bring or prosecute any suit in any case when he and the court may be satisfied that the case is instituted maliciously or vexatiously, and without any probable cause, or that the interests of the public or of the city will not be subserved thereby. CHAPTER 1 0 CITY COUNCIL Section 1. Meetings of Council — Where to be Held. All meetings of the Council shall be held in a public room in the City Hall in said city, provided by the city for such purpose, and known as the Commissioners' Room, and not elsewhere, except in case of public necessity. § 2. Regular Meetings — When to be Held. The regular meetings of the Council shall be held on Monday of each week at the hour of three o’clock p. m., unless in pursuance of previous resolution or order of the Council and a public notice thereof. § 3. Mayor and Commissioners — Office Hours. The Mayor and Commissioners shall each day (except Sundays and holidays) be in their offices at the City Hall at nine-thirty a. m., and remain there until eleven-thirty a. m. City Engineer 73 CHAPTER 1 1 CITY ENGINEER The office of City Engineer for the City of Rock Island be and the same is hereby established. Section 1. Appointment. The City Engineer shall be appointed by the Council on recommendation of the Mayor, and must be a graduated civil engineer. § 2. Term — Bond. His term of office shall be for the term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall make and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for city officers, and shall give bond in the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars with two sureties to be approved by the Council for the faithful discharge of the duties, of his office. § 3. Duties. He shall devote as much of the time to the duties of his office as the faithful performance of the same may require. He shall prepare plans, estimates and specifications for all work done by the Board of Local Improvements, by the Department of Streets and Public Improvements and for such other work as the Council shall designate by resolution or ordinance that requires the skill of a civil engineer or sur- veyor. He shall make all necessary surveys for establishing street grades and the boundaries of city property and shall furnish street grades to property owners along streets where such grades have been established when directed so to do by the Board of Local Improvements. He shall assume and recommend for approval all plats of sub-divisions of land'within the city, cause the same to be recorded upon the city maps and records and assign to each lot the proper house numbers according to the provisions of the house numbering ordinance. 74 City Engineer He shall clearly and concisely record all measurements and levels taken by him or his authorized assistants in field books provided by the city for such purpose and shall main- tain a complete index for same at all times. § 4. Records to be Kept. He shall prepare and keep on file in his office a sectional map record showing the size and location of all sewers constructed in the city and also the location of all branches for house connections. He shall prepare and keep on file in his office a sectional map record showing the size and location of all water mains constructed in the city and also the location of the valves and hydrants. He shall prepare and keep on file in his office a sectional map record showing the location and character of all pave- ments and storm drains^ constructed in the city, and shall keep a record of all sewer and water main connections to foundations of houses. All maps, plans and records that the City Engineer is hereby required to keep he shall make in duplicate and file one set of the same in the office of the City Clerk, both to be the property of the City of Rock Island. § 5. Assistants to Engineer. He shall recommend to the Mayor for appointment an Assistant City Engineer, a draughtsman and transitman. Each shall take the oath of office prescribed for city officers and shall give surety bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars with two sureties, who must be approved by the Council for the faithful dis- charge of the duties of his office. The term of office for such Assistant City Engineer shall be one year, and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. All other ap- pointments shall hold only for such length of time as the work in the Engineer’s office require the respective services. § 6. Supplies — Annual Report. The City Engineer shall be furnished equipment and supplies necessary to properly conduct the business of the office. And he shall, on or before City Jail 75 the first day of May of each year, make a full report in writ- ing to the Council, showing all public work performed under his supervision during the preceding municipal year, and shall at such time present such recommendations with refer- ence to the future work as he shall deem expedient. CHAPTER 1 2 CITY JAIL Section 1. City Jail Established. A city jail shall be kept and maintained by the City of Rock Island, and shall 'be located in the building known as the City Hall. § 2. Who May be Imprisoned. Every person commit- ted to imprisonment for the violation of any of the provi- sions of any ordinance of said city, whether for non-pay- ment of fines or otherwise, shall be imprisoned in said city jail. § 3. Chief of Police, Jailer — To Receive and Confine Prisoners — May Appoint Deputy. The Chief of Police shall be the keeper of the city jail and have the custody of all prisoners confined therein; and shall receive and confine therein, until discharged by due course of law, all persons who shall be committed to such jail by any competent authority. He may detail a policeman to assist him as jailer, and when necessary may detail an assistant jailer under him and remove him at pleasure, for whose conduct he shall be responsible. § 4. Jailer to Keep Register — Make Rules — Report. The jailer shall keep a calendar of all persons committed to said jail, wherein he shall register the names of all pris- oners, the time, cause and authority of their commitment, and the time and manner of their discharge. He may make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as he may deem proper for the government and control of said jail and the prisoners confined therein, subject, nevertheless, to re- vision and revocation by the Council, and shall make report of the condition and management of the jail when required so to do by the Council. 76 City Tools and Implements CHAPTER 1 3 CITY TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS Section 1. City OfBcers to Make and Report a List of Tools, etc. The City Street Commissioner, Chief of Police, City Clerk, City Weigher, -Bridge Tender, Superintendent of Waterworks, Chief of the Eire Department and all other officers of said city, are respectively directed and required to make and report to the Council, at its last regular meeting in each municipal year, a list of all tools, imple- ments, furniture and apparatus belonging to the city, for use in their respective offices and departments, showing therein the kind and number of such tools, implements, fur- niture and apparatus then on hand, and what, if any, have been lost or destroyed, and how. § 2. To Report All Tools Carelessly Lost, and by Whom. If any officer or employe of said city shall carelessly lose, destroy or damage any of such tools, implements, furni- ture or apparatus, the officer having charge of the same shall promptly report such loss to the Council, stating the charac- ter and value of the article and the name of the person by whom lost, destroyed or damaged. § 3. All Tools, etc., to be Marked and Safely Kept. So far as practicable, all such tools, implements, furniture and apparatus belonging to the city shall be, by the officer in whose department or office the same shall be used, branded or otherwise clearly marked with the words, “City of Rock Island,” and when not in use shall be properly stored and kept in some safe and convenient place. § 4. All Tools, etc., to be Purchased Only on Order of the Commissioner. All tools, implements, furniture and ap- paratus required by any of such officers, for the use of the city, shall be purchased only upon the written order of the Commissioner in charge of the department, whose order or certificate shall accompany all bills presented to the Council for payment therefor. Clairvoyants, Palmists and Fortune Tellers 77 CHAPTER 1 4 CLAIRVOYANTS, PALMISTS AND FORTUNE TELLERS Section 1. Clairvoyants, Palmists, Etc., to Have License. No person or persons in this city shall conduct, manage or pursue the avocation or business of clairvoyant, palmist, for- tune teller, or any like avocation, or pursue for gain, or ad- vertise the same in any manner, whether by signs, in print, or otherwise, without first having obtained a license therefor. § 2. Terms of License. Such license may be issued by the City Clerk, by and with the consent of the Mayor, upon the payment of ten ($10) dollars per day; or fifty ($50) dol- lars per week for each and every week, or fraction thereof, not exceeding the municipal year. The Mayor may refuse to grant any such license, or revoke the same when granted, when he is satisfied that such avocation is conducted for immoral or improper purposes, or in an immoral or improper manner. § 3. Penalty for Violation. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense. 78 Corporate Seal— Dogs CHAPTER 1 5 CORPORATE SEAL Section 1. Corporate Seal Established. The seal hereto- fore provided and used by and for the City of Rock Island (the impression of which is, in the center an Indian, with bow and arrow, standing beneath a tree ; on the right a steamboat, with hills in the distance; and on the left a locomotive, sur- rounded by the inscription, “City of Rock Island, Illinois”) shall be and hereby is established and declared to be the corporate seal of the City of Rock Island. § 2. City Clerk to Keep and Use Seal. The said seal shall be and remain in the custody and keeping of the City Clerk, to be used by him in all cases provided for by the ordinances of said city or the laws of the State of Illinois; and in all such other cases, where, by the laws and customs of any state or nation, the use of the corporate seal of said city may be requisite or proper. CHAPTER 1 6 DOGS Section 1. Dog Registration and Tax. No person shall have, keep or harbor in his possession, within the corporate limits of this city, any dog, until the same be registered, the registration tax thereon herein required be paid, and it be checked as herein required, and the other provisions hereof be complied with. § 2. Owner of Dog to Register It and Pay Tax. It shall be the duty of all persons who shall own, have, harbor or" keep in this city any dog, in each municipal year and prior to the first day of June each year, to cause such dog to be registered by its name, if it has any, and its general descrip- tion, in the office of the Chief of Police, in a register to be kept by him for that purpose, and to pay to the Chief of Police Dogs 79 a tax of one dollar for every male dog and of two dollars for every female dog, and also to obtain from said Chief and attach to every such dog the metallic check, or plate, herein- after required to be furnished by him. § 3. Metallic Check to be Furnished and Attached to Dog — False Checks Not to be Used. The Chief of Police shall, at the time of such payment, deliver as a receipt there- for to each person paying said tax a metallic check or plate numbered and having the calendar year in figures inscribed thereon, signifying that the city dog tax is paid for the muni- cipal year beginning in the calendar year indicated. The keeper or possessor of any dog upon which the dog tax is paid as aforesaid shall place and keep around the neck of such dog a collar to which shall be attached and kept the metallic check or plate so furnished by the Chief of Police. Any person causing or permitting any such check to be attached to any dog without having paid the tax on such dog, or causing or permitting to be attached to any dog any check other than that furnished by the Chief of Police for the pur- pose, shall be liable to the penalties hereinafter provided. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the dogs of non-residents of the city who are temporarily in the city for a period not exceeding thirty days, where the owner or keeper of such dog is known to the Chief of Police to be a non-resident of the city. § 4. Metallic Checks to be Provided. The City Clerk shall provide the metallic checks or plates herein required, in such number and of such description as the Council may direct, and from time to time furnish the same to the Chief of Police, taking his receipt therefor, and the Chief of Police shall render an account of the same, the disposition made thereof, and the dog tax received by him, whenever required by the Council. § 5. Dangerous Dogs — Those in Heat or Not Muzzled in Specihed Periods, Not to Run at Large. No fierce or danger- ous dog, nor any female dog while in heat, whether registered 80 Dogs or not, or having the proper metallic check attached to it or not, shall be permitted to run at large in the city at any time. And no dog whatever, whether registered or having a proper check attached or not, shall be permitted by its owner or cus- todian to run at large within the city at any time between the first day of July and the first day of October of each year, or at any other time when by proclamation of the Mayor danger of hydrophobia shall be declared to exist in the city, unless such dog be securely muzzled. The owner, keeper or possessor of any dog who shall permit the same to go at large in the city contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalty hereof. § 6. The Word Dog, As Used in This Chapter, Defined. The word dog, as used in this chapter, shall be held and con- strued to mean all animals of the canine species, both male and female, when not otherwise indicated herein. § 7. Fees of Chief of Police and Policemen. The Chief of Police and policemen shall be allowed, as compensation for services rendered under the provisions of this chapter, ten per cent of the dog tax collected. § 8. Violation of Foregoing Provisions — Penalty. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the fore- going provisions of this chapter, on conviction thereof, shall, for each offense, be fined in a sum not less than two ($2) dollars nor more than twenty ($20) dollars and costs, in the discretion of the court or magistrate before whom such con- viction is had. Electrical Rules and Regulations 81 CHAPTER 1 7 ELECTRICAL RULES AND REGULATIONS DIVISION I— LIGHTING AND WIRING DIVISION II— MOVING PICTURE MACHINES DIVISION III— PENALTY DIVISION I— LIGHTING AND WIRING Section 1. Use of Electric Current. No electric current shall be used for light, heat or power within the City of Rock Island, except as hereinafter provided. § 2. Permits to do Electrical Work. All persons, firms or corporations desiring to install interior wires or other apparatus within buildings for the use of electric current for light, heat, or power, before commencing or doing electrical construction work of any kind whatever, either installing new wires or apparatus, or repairing or changing the arrangement of wires or apparatus already installed, shall file with the City Electrician an application in writing for a permit and authority therefor, which application shall describe in detail such material and apparatus as it is desired to use, and the location by street and number where such material and apparatus is to be installed, and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications showing in detail the location, nature and character of all electrical work proposed to be done under such application and permit; and upon the receipt of such application, plans and specifications aforesaid, if found proper, such permit shall be given. § 3. Inspection of Work. The City Electrician shall have the power and authority, and it shall be his duty to care- fully inspect any such installation, previous to its completion, when necessary, and in every instance after its completion, and he shall have full power and authority to remove any lath, plaster, partitions, flooring, or other existing obstruc- tions which shall prevent a perfect inspection of the current- carrying conductors, except that this provision shall not apply 82 Electrical Rules and Regulations to the private homes in which the wiring is already installed. If such installation shall prove to have been constructed in accordance with the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island controlling the use of electric current, he shall deliver to the person, firm or corporation making such in- stallation a certificate of inspection which shall contain a general description of the installation, the date of the inspec- tion and a statement that the installation is in compliance with the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island. The use of electric current is hereby declared to be unlawful ])revious to the issuance of such certificate, or if such cer- tificate be revoked; provided, however, that the City Elec- trician may issue a temporary permit for the use of electric current during the course of construction or alteration of buildings, which permit shall expire when the electrical wiring and apparatus for such building is fully installed or the building is completed. § 4. CertiBcate of Inspection. A preliminary certificate may be issued by the City Electrician in the case of com- pleted installations, but upon which no current will be used in the immediate future. Such preliminary certificate shall show that at the time of inspection the installation was erected in accordance with the terms of this ordinance. Prior to the introduction of electric current into the said premises, a sec- ond inspection shall be made, when, if said installation is still in accordance with the terms of this ordinance, the complete and final certificate, referred to in Section 3 of this ordinance, shall be issued. § 5. Notice to City Electrician. Any person, firm or corporation installing wires which are to be hidden from view shall, prior to such installation, give the City Electri- cian reasonable notice in order to afford ample time for in- spection. § 6. Notice to Comply With Ordinance. The City Elec- trician is hereby empowered, and it is made his duty, to in- spect and reinspect all interior wires, apparatus and fixtures used for the purpose of light, heat, or power within the City Electrical Rules and Regulations 83 of Rock Island whenever he may have reason to believe such wires or fixtures are installed contrary to the ordinances and rules of the City of Rock Island governing such installation, and when any of said wires, apparatus or fixtures are found to be unsafe to life or property, or to exist in violation of any of the laws or requirements of the City of Rock Island, said City Electrician shall notify persons, firms or corporations, or their agents, owning or using or operating them, to place same in a safe and secure condition, conforming to the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island, within a reason- able time, to be fixed by said City Electrician. § 7. May Cut Off Power. The City Electrician shall have the power and authority to cause the removal of all elec- trical conductors, apparatus or their supports, or the cutting off of the current from any circuit or building if said conduc- tors are not in compliance with the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island, or where the same, interfere with the work of the Fire Department. § 8. Permit to Open Street Required. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person, company, association or corporation to make any excavation in any street, alley or sidewalk, or public grounds of the City of Rock Island for the purpose of laying any conduit, or erecting any poles or posts for placing or stringing any wires or cables thereon, and telegraph, tele- phone, electric light, power or street car wires, or to place any conductors in conduits or on poles or fixtures for the carrying of electric energy for light, heat or power, or any purposes, without first obtaining a written permit and authority so to do from the City Electrician and Commis- sioner of Streets and Public Improvements, after having made application in writing for such authority and permit. Such application shall state in detail the location, depth, extent, number of ducts, and for what purpose such conduits are to be used; the height, size and location of poles, the size, kind of insulation, amount of wire to be strung, and for what pur- pose wires are to be used; and upon the receipt of such appli- cation, if found proper, such permit shall be given; and all 84 Electrical Rules and Regulations such conduits, poles and conductors shall be constructed and erected in such manner only as the City Electrician shall authorize and direct. § 9. Certificate of Inspection — Temporary Permit. The City Electrician shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, upon the filing with him of a written application for a permit to do electrical work, to carefully inspect all such conduits, poles and wires, previous to installation (when necessary), and in each case after installation, and if such installation shall prove to have been constructed in accordance with the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island, he shall issue and deliver to the person, firm or corporation for Avhom this work was done, a certificate of such inspection, which shall contain a general description of the installation, the date of inspection and a statement that the installation is in compli- ance with the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island. The use of electric current for any purpose is hereby declared to be unlawful previous to the issuance of such cer- tificate, or if such certificate be revoked; provided, however, that the City Electrician may issue a temporary permit for the use of electric current during the course of construction, or for temporary purposes only, which permit shall expire when construction is fully completed or at the limit fixed in the temporary permit. § 10. Order to Correct Unsafe Conditions. The City Electrician is hereby empowered, and it is made his duty, to inspect and reinspect all overhead and underground wires, poles, conduits, and apparatus used in conducting electric current for light, heat, or power within the City of Rock Island whenever he may have reason to believe such wires, apparatus or fixtures are found to be unsafe to life or prop- erty, or to exist in violation of the laws or requirements of the City of Rock Island, said City Electrician shall notify persons, firms or corporations, or their agents, owning or using or operating them, to place the same in a safe and secure condition conforming to the laws and requirements of the City of Rock Island, within a reasonable time, to be fixed Electrical Rules and Regulations 85 by said Electrician. The City Electrician shall notify all persons, firms or corporations owning “dead” wires, poles, apparatus or fixtures to remove same within ten days, and upon the failure or refusal to fully comply with said notice, the City Electrician is hereby empowered to remove same. § 11. Designation and Control of Poles. The City Elec- trician shall have the right and authority, and it is hereby made his duty, to fix the size, height, painting and designation of all poles, and to locate and change the location, when by him deemed necessary, of poles, wires, fixtures and electrical apparatus ; to order out and remove poles which are unneces- sary, and to compel the joint use of poles by all persons, firms or corporations stringing, using or requiring poles or wires along any street, alley or public place. In case said Electrician requires any of the above mentioned changes or joint use of poles, a written notice shall be served on the per- son, firm or corporation owning or using said poles or wires to make the required changes or joint arrangements within a specified time. In case the joint users of poles are unable to agree on the rental to be paid the owner of such poles for such use, the City Council shall fix such rate, which shall be bind- ing upon the parties or companies interested. § 12. Joint Use of Poles. When joint pole arrangements are required by the City Electrician it shall be incumbent upon the person, firm or corporation required to make such arrangements to deposit with the City Electrician a written agreement among the parties thereto, stating in detail the contract rental, the size, height, number and location of poles affected by the agreement, and in case new poles are set, new cross-arms or other apparatus furnished, the agreement shall state by whom furnished and installed. This agreement must also state by whom all wires are to be transferred and old poles removed. § 13. Permit for Joint Use. No permit for joint poles may be issued until such agreement is deposited with the City Electrician, which shall be held until all of said conditions are fulfilled. 86 Electrical Rules and Regulations § 14. Notice of Making Connections. All persons, firms or corporations engaged in commercial light or power trans- mission and furnishing current to consumers shall, before connecting any installation, give the City Electrician notice of such proposed connection, giving the names and locality by street and number. § 15. City’s Liability Caused by Inspection. The in- spection and control of electric wires, apparatus, poles, con- duits, etc., or the granting of certificates by the City Electri- cian shall not tend to make the city liable on account of such control of the granting of such certificates, or lessen the lia- bility of persons, firms, or corporations owning or installing such wires, apparatus, poles, conduits, etc., as would exist in the absence of such inspection, control or issuance of such certificates. § 16. Record of Permits — Report to Council. The City Electrician shall keep, or cause to be kept, a full and complete daily record of all work permits issued, examinations made, or other official work performed, during each fiscal year, and make an annual report thereof to the Mayor and City Council on or before the first day of May of each year. § 17. Collection of Fees — Record. All the fees herein required shall be paid to the City Electrician, who shall re- ceipt for the same in duplicate. All fees collected by the City Electrician shall be paid to the City Treasurer monthly. A record of all permits issued or official work performed shall be reported to the City Council at the first meeting of each month. § 18. Fees to be Charged. There shall be charged by the City Electrician for the issuance of' permits for interior wiring, the placing of electrical apparatus, machinery, poles and fixtures and wires placed thereon, the following fees : Permits for Incandescent Wiring One to three outlets $ .50 Four to ten outlets 1.00 Eleven to twenty outlets.. 1.50 Electrical Rules and Regulations 87 For each additional outlet over twenty-five at the rate of five (5c) cents each. Lamps placed outside of buildings for decoration, at the rate of five (5c) cents per lamp. Temporary Lighting One to twenty-five lights $ .50 Twenty-six to fifty lights 1.00 Over fifty lights, each 01 Maximum fee 25.00 Permits for Sign Wiring One to fifty lights $ .50 Fifty-one to two hundred lights 1.00 Two hundred one to five hundred lights 2.00 Five hundred one to one thousand lights 3.00 Excess at rate of ten cents per hundred lights. Illuminated glass, either round or otherwise, with letter- ing thereon will be considered as signs. No permits for temporary lighting shall be granted for more than thirty days. Permits for commercial arc lighting or rectifiers, fifty cents each. Minimum charges for electric wiring permits, fifty cents. Permits for Motors One H. P. or less, each $ .50 Excess at 25c per H. P., or fraction Eive H. P., each 1.50 Excess at 10c per H. P., or fraction The party, firm or corporation installing the wires for the • motor shall pay the fee, as listed above, whether motor is in- stalled or preparations made for future use. 88 Electrical Rules and Regulations Fees for electric welders and heaters, same rate per kilo- watt as motors are per H. P. Permits for Setting Poles One pole , $ .50 Excess at 25c each No fees shall be charged for permits for changing or re- moving poles. Permits for line wiring shall be charged for by' time re- quired to make the inspection at the rate of seventy-five (75c) cents per hour. § 19. Rules That Control Work. The rules and require- ments of the National Board of Fire Underwriters are hereby adopted as rules and requirements of the City of Rock Island governing electrical construction work, so far as applicable. The City Electrician shall, however, have the right, and it is hereby made his duty, to prescribe from time to time reason- able rules and regulations for more specific control of elec- trical installations than is given in the Rules of the National Board of Fire L^nderwriters, and for the further object of carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this and other ordinances relating to the erection and maintenance of poles, wires, conduits, etc., within the City of Rock Island. Such rules and regulations shall be approved by the City Council, and the City Electrician shall have the right and authority to enforce the same, as well as the provisions of this ordinance. § 20. Service Wires — Where Connections Made — Con- duits. All service wires used for the purpose of transmitting or conducting electricity for light, heat or power, telephone or telegraph, to any sign, building or residence must, where possible, be installed so as to feed from an alley, where same is available. Service wires may be installed without conduit, but the City Electrician may require such protective measures a’s in his judgment may be necessary. Electrical Rules and Regulations 89 Not more than one set of service wires will be allowed to any building when used for purposes of like character, unless practical. Existing conditions contrary to the requirements of this section shall be made to comply with same within thirty days upon written notice being served by City Electrician. I All service wires inside of buildings for supplying elec- tric light, heat or power shall be installed by the person, firm or corporation doing the inside wiring for which the service wires are required. That class of wiring known as “concealed knob and tube work” shall be permitted only in private residences. Serv- ice wires from the point of entrance to the building to the main switch and distributing center shall be as follows : No installation smaller than No. 10, B. & S. gauge. Three and four circuit installation, not smaller than No. 8, B. & S. gauge. No installation permissible exceeding a two per cent drop. § 21. Office of City Electrician Created. There is hereby created the office of City Electrician, and it shall be the duty of the incumbent of said office to issue permits for and inspect all electrical wires, poles, conduits, subways and apparatus, and to look after the enforcement of laws, rules and regulations relating to the use of public streets for elec- trical wires, supports or conduits, and the installation of elec- trical wires and apparatus in public and private buildings. § 22. Duty of City Electrician. The City Electrician shall be charged with the duty of enforcing all ordinances now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, pertaining to the installation of electrical apparatus, wires, supports and subways, poles', and for the protection of life and the preven- tion of fires. ' § 23. Bond of City Electrician. The City Electrician shall give a bond in the penal sum of one thousand ($1,000) 90 Electrical Rules and Regulations dollars, with two or more securities to be approved by the City Council, conditioned for the faithful, skillful and prac- tical performance of the duties of his office. RULES AND REGULATIONS EOR THE INSTALLA- TION OE INTERIOR WIRES— APPARA- TUS AND THEIR SUPPORT All the following Rules and Regulations are to be observed and enforced as a part of this chapter : 1. Only high grade porcelain knobs, tubes, cleats, etc., shall be used as insulators for electric wires. 2. Only porcelain sockets or receptacles having no exposed metal parts shall be used in basements and cellars. 3. Only approved vulcanized rubber lamp cord may be used. 4. Only iron cojiduit may be used for light and switch wires where channeled into brick walls or run outside brick walls behind furring. 5. Metal outlet boxes shall be used on all conduit out- lets where practical. 6. Metal conduits when run in outlet or distributing boxes not threaded to receive conduit must be provided with an approved bushing secured with locknut. Exposed ends of conduit, when not practical to place in outlet or distributing box, must be provided with an approved fitting. 7. Iron switch boxes (not skeleton iron frames) shall be used on all flush switches. 8. The main entrance switch and fuse and all branch distributing switches and fuses shall be enclosed in steel cabinets. Electrical Rules and Regulations 91 9. The class of wiring for light, heat or power known as “concealed knob and tube work” shall be permitted only in private residences. In all other buildings, and especially those of a public nature, when wiring is to be concealed and in the basements of these buildings and in exposed work in buildings other than private residences located in the fire district, the City Electrician may permit the use of flexible armored conductors (BX) wherever possible. Where flexible armored conductor is not safe or practical, he may issue permit to install open knob and tube wiring temporarily. All wiring in garages shall be installed in iron conduit. This shall include new work and all extensions of present systems. 10. Wooden mouldings not to be permitted or used in any case, except by special permission from the City Elec- trician. 11. Two pole switches shall be installed to control all cellar lights in damp or moist places. 12. Service or distributing boxes, when used on con- cealed work, and located on walls and ceilings composed of plaster or other material on wooden joist or stud construc- tion, must, where possible, be set flush with finished surface. 13. Service or distributing boxes must not be more than a distance of five feet to center above floor or special plat- form, unJess given special permission from the City Elec- trician. 14. Any extra trips of the City Electrician, other than those required for regulation inspections, will be charged for at the rate of fifty (50c) cents per trip. This includes any trip for wrong construction, defective material or for any call to make inspection before such work is ready. Regular trips are defined as follows : One trip on installa- tions of exposed work and two on installations considered as concealed work. 92 Electrical Rules and Regulations RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLA- TION OF OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND WIRES, POLES, FIXTURES AND UN- DERGROUND CONDUITS 1. Before any wires, cables or conductors are run for any purpose, except to repair accidents, on poles or fix- tures, or from any building, or over the roofs of buildings, a permit therefor shall be first obtained from the City Electri- cian by the person, firm or corporation doing the work. 2. When a line is completed and ready for inspection, a report must be made to the City Electrician in writing, stat- ing to what poles and fixtures the same is attached, the size of wire, kind of insulation and amount of wire strung, and no current shall be transmitted over such line until the construc- tion has been approved by the City Electrician. 3. All wires, except trolley wires, designated to carry electric light or power current must be covered with a sub- stantial high grade insulation not easily worn away by fric- tion, and whenever insulation becomes impaired it shall be renewed at once. This applies also to joints, which shall be soldered and insulated with at least two layers of friction tape and painted with an approved paint. No wire smaller than No. 8, B. & S. gauge, shall be used outside of buildings to carry current for light, heat or power purposes, and the use of so-called “Underwriter’s Insulation” on any of such wires is hereby prohibited. 4. All primary or high potential wires shall be pro- vided with approved porcelain lined cut-outs on all branches and at all transformers; and the mains shall be divided into sections by means of said approved line cut-out located to the satisfaction of the City Electrician. 5. All connections with lines of electric light or power conductors shall be at right angles to same and connections to buildings as nearly horizontal as conditions will permit; the wires then to run down the face of the building. Electrical Rules and Regulations 93 6. All wires carried on poles or other fixtures shall be fastened to petticoat glass or porcelain insulators, approved by the City Electrician, and must be stretched taut and tied with wire of the same insulation as the mains. 7. No wire shall be stretched within four inches of any building, pole or other object without being held perma- nently out of contact with the same by an approved insulator. All wires strung on housetops must be seven (7) feet clear of the roof. v 8. No wire, excepting trolley and span wires, shall hang in any street or alley within twenty (20) feet of the ground at the lowest point, except where required to reach a lamp or connection to some other apparatus, and must be then protected by extra insulation covering, and be rigidly and securely fastened in place. 9. Wires in crossing must cross above or below the wires of other companies and not among a group of wires. 10. Wires shall cross each other at right angles as nearly as possible, and where it can be done, shall cross on arms secured to poles or fixtures. 11. Electric light and power wires on the same arm shall be twelve (12) inches apart, the arms not less than twenty (20) inches apart, and the distance between the pole pins at least twenty-six (26) inches apart. 12. Whenever fifty or more wires are owned or used for the same character of service, by the same company, firm or corporation, on any pole line, the said wires shall be run in either aerial or underground cable. 13. Telegraph, telephone and wires of like character must not be attached to the same arm with electric light or power wires, and when possible, must be run on a separate line of poles. 14. When electric light or power wires are run on the same pole with telephone or telegraph wires, they must be 94 Electrical Rules and Regulations kept at all points five (5) feet apart, unless otherwise per- mitted in writing by the City Electrician. 15. All guy wires attached to poles carrying electric light or power circuits shall have at least an approved line insulator inserted between the lowest wire and the pole, stub or anchor to which the guy wire is attached. 16. All service wires shall have an approved weather- proof covering, be securely fastened to petticoat glass or por- celain insulators, or approved service blocks and be provided with drip loops, and shall enter all j^uildings through porce- lain drip tubes or approved service heads. 17. When wires are to be brought below the roof of a building, the drop must commence at the top of the same building and run straight down between and not in front of windows, hoistways, etc., and as near the wall as the character of the service will admit. 18. No wires shall be secured to chimneys, nor in any way interfere with the use of fire escapes. 19. Before any fixture erected on any building has wires placed thereon, the construction of the fixture shall be approved by the City Electrician. 20. They shall be substantially constructed, firmly secured to the building and rigidly braced, and of such height that the lowest wire shall be at least seven (7) feet above flat roofs and one (1) foot above the ridge of pitched roofs over which they pass or to which they are attached. 21. Eixtures shall not be located over skylights or placed so as in any way to interfere with the passage to and from the roof. 22. As far as possible fixtures shall be placed on build- ings so that the wires will be of uniform height (to avoid sudden rise and fall of the conductors). Electrical Rules and Regulations 95 23. When more than a single arm is required on a fixture, all arms shall be of uniform length and size, and all fixtures shall be painted and kept in thorough repair. 24. A plan of every pole to be set, drawn to scale, show- ing location, shall be filed with the City Electrician when making application for permit to set poles. 25. All poles shall be subject to the approval of the City Electrician. They must be straight, sound, free from large knots, and shaved and painted one coat before being set. No pole, except guy poles, shall be less than thirty (30) feet in length. 26. Poles shall be set not less than five (5) feet in the ground and six (6) inches additional for each five (5) feet ad- ditional length above thirty (30) feet and shall be solidly tamped, the sidewalk properly replaced and all excess dirt or refuse from the streets and alleys removed. 27. Poles shall be set where directed by the City Elec- trician, and as nearly as possible on the line of division be- tween lots, except where they are required to carry wires on cross streets. They shall be uniformly spaced, be of uniform height and the spacing in streets shall not exceed one hun- dred and sixty (1^) feet. 28. Each line of poles must be run on one side of the street or alley, and not across to the opposite side except where absolutely necessary. 29. Two lines of poles shall not be erected or maintained on the same side of the street for any purpose. 31. Extensions shall not be placed on poles without the approval of the City Electrician. 32. Arms on poles carrying the same class of conductors shall be of uniform length, and when designated to carry four or more wires, shall be bolted to poles and supported by iron braces. 96 Electrical Rules and Regulations 33. So-called pole brackets shall not be used on poles for any purpose. Wires shall be run on cross arms only, unless given special permission by the City Electrician. 34. All conduits and subways for electrical purposes shall be so constructed as to permit the drawing on or removal of conductors or cables without opening the streets, and, so far as possible, without disturbing the cables of parts of the conduits or subway construction. 35. All conduits shall provide ample mechanical protec- tion to the cables therein, and whenever it may be necessary the ducts shall be suitably protected from outside injury. 36. All ducts shall be so arranged that moisture can drain from ducts into manholes. 37. Manholes and handholes shall be of enduring con- struction and shall be kept free from water, gas and accumula- tion of dirt. 38. No manhole or handhole shall include in its construc- tion any gas, water or sewer pipe, or any other foreign con- struction. . 39. Every manhole and handhole cover shall permanently bear the name or initials of the owner. 40. When a manhole is opened it shall be carefully examined for the presence of gas before any flame is brought near. If gas is present, the manhole shall be thoroughly ventilated before work is begun or a light or flame is used. 41. No person shall be allowed access to manholes, hand- holes, distribution boxes or any other part of the subway or conduits of any company, firm or corporation, except the authorized representative of the owners of the ducts, and the City Electrician and his authorized representatives. 42. No manhole covering shall be removed at any time without sufficient guard in the street while the manhole is opened, and until the manhole is finally closed, no covering shall be placed on the hole. Electrical Rules and Regulations 97 43. All underground cables shall be enclosed in continu- ous substantial water-tight sheathing. 44. The insulation of all high tension wires shall be of such character and thickness as not to be injured by the bending of the cables or in drawing them into the subways, and shall be of such quality and thickness as will withstand double the working pressure used on the cables. 45. That within three months after the passage of this ordinance all persons, firms or corporations owning and main- taining wooden poles which are erected in the streets, alleys, and public grounds of the City of Rock Island for the pur- pose of transmitting or conducting electricity for light and power, or telephone or telegraph poles, shall paint the same a dark green, and shall paint all iron poles black, unless the said poles shall have been painted within six months prior to the date of the passage hereof. 46. Each person, firm or corporation owning such poles shall cause to be painted thereon an approved distinguishing mark to designate their ownership; and any pole used jointly or in common by one or more companies shall bear the distin- guishing mark of each of said companies, and be painted as aforesaid. All poles shall be repainted every five years. 47. No person or persons shall post, paste or in any other way attach or affix to any telegraph, telephone, electric light pole, or to any other public service pole within this city any bill, notice, announcement or advertising matter or thing. 48. No poles shall be erected upon any street or avenue of this city where an alley is available for the same purpose, and no poles shall be placed so as to interfere with free access to any property. DIVISION II— MOVING PICTURE MACHINES Section 1. Requirements of Arc Lamps, Arc lamps used as part of moving picture machines or other devices used to display pictures on canvas or other materials where ])owerful 98 Electrical Rules and Regulations light is used must be constructed to conform with arc lamps of theatres, and the wiring of same must not be less than 6, B. & S. gauge. § 2. Rheostats. Rheostats must conform to the rheostat requirements for theatres. § 3. Protection of Films. Top reels must be encased in a steel box with hole at bottom only large enough.for film to pass through, and cover so arranged that this hole can be instantly closed. No solder to be used in the construction of this box. A steel box must be used for receiving the film after being shown, with a hole in the top only large enough for the film to pass through freely, wdth a cover so arranged that this hole can be instantly closed. An opening may be placed at the side of the box to take films out, with a door hung at the .top so arranged that it cannot be entirely opened, and pro- vided with spring catch to lock it closed. No solder to be used in the construction of this box. § 4. Handle and Shutter. The handle or crane used in operating the machine must be secured to the spindle or shaft, so that there will be no liability of its coming off and allow- ing the film to stop in front of the lamp. A shutter must be placed in front of the condenser, arranged so as to be readily closed. § 5. Extra Films. Extra films must be kept in metal boxes with tight fitting covers. § 6. The machine may be operated by hand or may be motor driven upon compliance with the conditions herein. The motor and its electrical connections must conform to the requirements of the rules of the Underwriters. The operator must at all times, when the machine is in operation, remain in the booth. No operator shall operate a motor-driven machine unless he shall first .have secured therefor a license so to do for one year, and the fee shall be one ($1) dollar. Upon the violation of any of the provisions of this section, the Electrical Rules and Regulations 99 offender shall be liable to a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars and not more than two hundred '($200) dollars, and as a further penalty, upon conviction, his license shall be revoked and another license shall not be issued to him within a period of twelve months. Picture machines must be placed in an enclosure or house made of suitable fire-proof material, be thoroughly ventilated and large enough for the operator to walk freely on either side of or back of the machine. All openings into this booth must be arranged so as to be entirely closed by doors or shut- ters constructed of the same or equally good fire-resisting material as the booth itself. Doors or covers must be arranged so as to be held normally closed, with spring hinges or equivalent devices. The doors to the booths must swing outward. § 7. SpeciBcations of Enclosure. The framing of the booth, or house, or enclosure in which moving picture machines are to be operated must be made of l-inch by l-inch by ^-inch angle iron, properly braced to secure rigidity and securely riveted or bolted at joints. Size of the enclosure to be not less than five feet by five feet by six feet. Sheathing to be galvanized sheet iron of not less than No. 20, B. W. Gauge, or yf^-mch hard asbestos board, securely riveted or bolted to angle iron frame. § 8. Floor Enclosure. The floor enclosure to be of the same material as sides and roof, riveted or bolted to iron covered with a rubber or cork matting. § 9. Specifications of Doors. The door to enclosure to be not larger than two feet wide by five feet high, of same con- struction as booth and so arranged as to close automatically, either by means of a spring to be placed on the exterior and riveted to a frame work, or by a metal rope and weight attach- ment. Two latches of steel must be provided and to be placed one twelve inches from top and the other twelve inches 100 Electrical Rules and Regulations from the bottom of door. Latch bars to be connected by metal rods, so that one operation opens both latches. § 10. Ori£ce. The orifice or opening (for operation view, or through which picture is thrown) to be not larger than twelve inches by twelve inches, and provided with a gravity door of same construction as booth, held in position by fusible links placed in series with fine cord, so arranged that normally one of the links is suspended directly over the film when the film is in the slide of the apparatus, or arranged so as to be normally closed or held open by pressure of the operator's foot. § 11. Shelves. All shelves to be of same construction as booth. § 12. InEammable Material. No clothing or other in- flammable material other than the material necessary to oper- ate picture machines are to be kept in the booth. § 13. Ventilation. The booth must have an opening for ventilation, which must be flanged to carry standard conduc- tor pipe for exhausting the hot air generated in operating the machine. An exhaust fan should be placed at the outer end of the conductor or stove pipe, unless connection is made with chimney. § 14. Ventilating Pipe. Where it is possible, ventilating pipe should lead to chimney, or outside of building, in order to carry ofif explosive gases formed by the incomplete com- bustion of the film. § 15. Wiring of Machine, Etc. The wiring for all ma- chines must be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters as amended from time to time. § 16. Code Rules. The National Electric Code Rules and requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters as amended from time to time are hereby made a part of this ordinance. Electrical Rules and Regulations 101 § 17. Competent Operators. All operators of moving or other picture machines where electricity, gas or other ma- terials are used to produce powerful light, must satisfy the proper authorities that he is a competent operator of such machines. § 18. Applies to Private and Public. This ordinance applies to all machines, of whatever nature, used in any way for throwing powerful lights through lenses or other ma- terials in any public or private building in the city limits of the City of Rock Island, Illinois. DIVISION III— PENALTY Any person, hrm or corporation who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance and chapter, or any of the rules and regulations herein contained, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five ($5) dollars or more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense; and not less than five ($5) dollars or more than ten ($10) dollars per day for each day of delay in complying with the terms of this ordinance and chapter, after being re- quested by any duly authorized officer of this city so to do. 102 Expressmen, Carters, etc. CHAPTER 18 EXPRESSMEN, CARTERS, ETC. Section 1. Expressmen, Carters, etc., to Have License — Fee. No person shall, within the limits of said city, pursue the occupation of a public expressman, carter, wagoner, drayman, or any like occupation for the carriage of goods, wares and merchandise, or other property, or in pursuing such occupa- tion either obtain or deliver the same for hire, profit or gain, without a license, to be issued to him for, but not beyond, the municipal year.; for which license he shall pay to the City Clerk for said city the sum of five ($5) dollars. And the fact that such person may have procured a license from another municipality within or outside of the State of Illinois to pur- sue such occupation shall not exempt such person from the provisions of this section. § 2. Name and Number of License to be Affixed to Vehicle. Every person so licensed shall have and keep his name and number of his license, painted in plain letters and figures, conspicuously placed on the outside of each side of his vehicle during the continuance of his license, and upon its expiration or revocation, shall remove and discontinue the use of same. § 3. Charges Allowed. Every person so licensed and registered shall be entitled to charge for carrying freight, goods or other property, except trunks or other traveling baggage, the following rates per load (and where less than a full load is contracted to be carried it shall be deemed a load), viz: for the use of one man and a team for house mov- ing and all other drayage, except for the hauling of baggage, a charge of not to exceed seventy-five (75) cents per hour shall be made. The following rates shall be charged for the hauling of baggage : For one piece for a distance of sixteen (16) blocks or less, twenty-five (25) cents: thirty blocks or less and more than sixteen blocks, fifty (50) cents, and exceeding thirty Expressmen, Carters, etc. 103 blocks, seventy-five (75) cents. Where more than one piece of baggage is carried, a reduction of 20 per cent off the above stated charge shall be made on each piece in excess. § 4. Carrying Trunks, etc. — Bond. No person so licensed shall carry trunks or other traveling baggage of any description without, in addition to the payment of the license fixed in Section 1 of this chapter, having first given a bond in the sum of $500, with good and sufficient sureties, to be ap- proved by the Mayor, conditioned that he will pay all dam- ages which may occur to any person or persons by reason of the careless handling or loss of such article. § 5. Standing Places. The standing places for persons so licensed shall be the same as fixed for hackmen, etc. § 6. Penalty for Not Carrying Goods When Applied To. No person licensed for the carriage of goods as aforesaid, when disengaged and his legal charges are paid or tendered to him, shall, without lawful excuse, refuse to carry any goods, when applied to for that purpose, or having under- taken to carry the same, shall omit or neglect so tO' do. § 7. Report of Moving Furniture and Household Goods. Every drayman, truckman, teamster, corporation or other person or persons who shall carry, transport or remove the household goods of another person from any place within the corporate limits of this city, or outside the corporate limits of this city, or to any place of storage, or to any railroad station or depot in this city, or outside of this city, shall, after such carriage, transportation or removal, make a daily written report to the Chief of Police, not later than 10 o’clock A. M., stating therein the place from and the place to which such removal is made, together with the name of the owner of the goods removed. The Chief of Police shall keep a record of each report made by the requirements of this chapter and this report record shall be open to inspection as are other records of a public office. ' 104 Ferries § 8. Penalty for Violation. Any person who shall vio- late or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than two ($2) dollars, nor more than fifty ($50) dollars for each ofifense. CHAPTER 1 9 FERRIES § 1. Ferries to Have License. No person shall estab- lish, keep or use any ferry, or keep or use any boat or other craft for the purpose of conveying persons or property across the Mississippi river to and from any point within the limits of said city, for profit or hire, without having first obtained a license from the Council of said city therefor. § 2. License, How Obtained — Fee — Bond — Proviso. Any person may petition the City Council for license to keep a ferry, and if said City Council shall deem such ferry neces- sary, it shall order the City Clerk to issue a license to such person, upon the payment of a fee therefor at the rate of three hundred ($300) dollars a year; the $300 is to be paid when the license is issued, and the like amount annually thereafter during the term for which license is granted ; and upon the execution and delivery to said City Clerk of a bond in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as ferryman and compli- ance with the laws of the United States, of the State of Illinois, and the ordinances of this city relative to ferries, payable to the City of Rock Island, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Council, which bond shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk. Provided, no such license shall be granted unless the petitioner shall have given notice of his intended application by publication in some daily newspaper published in said city for five (5) successive issues, the first publication whereof -shall be at least ten days previous to the meeting of the Council at which the applica- tion shall be made. Suit may be brought upon such bond for the use of said city, or for the use of any person aggrieved. Ferries 105 § 3. Term of License — Renewal — Revocation. The term for which a ferry license shall continue shall be five (5) years, but the same may be renewed from time to time, upon petition, at the expiration of the term or terms, without the notice hereinbefore required, upon giving the bond and pay- ing the license fee as provided in Section 2 of this ordinance. Provided, however, that such license may be revoked by said Council whenever the person, firm or company to whom such license was granted, or any person managing such ferry, shall violate any of the provisions or neglect to comply with any of the requirements of the ordinances of this city relative to ferries. § 4. Steamboat to be Provided — Hours of Running — Wharves, Dock, Walks, Causeways, etc., to be Provided. Every person obtaining a license as aforesaid shall forthwith provide and keep in good repair a good and safe steamboat such as will comply with the marine laws of the United States, of sufficient size and capacity to carry at least 100 persons and four teams of loaded wagons attached at the same time, and provided with a proper cabin for the reception of passengers, kept neat and well lighted and heated when necessary; said boat' shall run from 5:30 o’clock a. m. until 9:30 p. m., and shall afiford safe and speedy passage to all persons and their teams and property during the time aforesaid, unless delay is necessary and except when it would manifestly appear hazardous so to do. He shall maintain and keep the same for the ready and safe conveyance of persons and property across the said river, and shall faithfully attend thereto with such and so many sufficient and safe boats, and so many competent pilots, engineers and other men and proper implements, as shall be necessary to operate such ferry for the accommoda- tion of the public when said river is reasonably passable. He shall provide suitable wharves and docks, with neat and clean waiting rooms, properly lighted and heated when nec- essary, and also convenient causeways and walks leading to the same for teams and property and foot passengers, and all other conveniences and safeguards necessary for the embarking and landing of passengers, teams, cattle and other 106 Ferries property in safety and without unnecessary delay, and shall keep the said causeways and walks properly lighted with stationary gas, naphtha or electric lights from dark in the evening until daylight in the morning of each day. § 5. Fees for Carrying Persons and Property — Printed Lists to be Posted — Penalty for Charging More. Any licensed ferry keeper may demand and receive the following fees for carrying passengers and property, and no more: Footmen, each, 5 cents, or ten rides for 25 cents where tickets are purchased, which tickets shall be transferable; double team, each, 50 cents; each additional horse, 15 cents; single team, each, 25 cents ; horse and rider, 20 cents ; neat cattle, 6 or less in number, each, 15 cents; neat cattle, over 6 in number, each, 8 cents ; sheep or hogs, 10 or less in number, each 5 cents ; sheep or hogs, over 10 in number, each, 3 cents ; and a printed list of such fees, or ferrage, shall, by the keeper of said ferry, be posted and kept continually up in at least two conspicuous places on the boat, one on the lower deck and one in the passengers’ cabin, and every ferry keeper who shall demand or receive any greater fees shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance. § 6. Landing Dock Location — Proviso — Additional Boats if Required. The landing dock, or wharf, to be pro- vided by the person so obtaining a license shall be located as the Council may direct, and shall be subject to such changes as to location as the Council may deem necessary and expedient, and may from time to time direct. Provided, that no person shall be licensed to keep a ferry within three (3) blocks of an established ferry, unless the Council should deem the same necessary for the public interest. The Council also reserves the right to require the ferry keeper to provide additional boats if the Council shall deem the same necessary and required by the traffic; to regulate the time of service and the frequency of trips, and full authority in all matters of conveniences, comforts and safeguards to be provided as the interest of the public may require. Ferries 107 § 7. Penalty for Violation. Any keeper of a ferry or any person in his employ, or any person managing such ferry, or any other person or persons who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, in the discretion of the court, for each ofifense, and every trip made, every person carried ; and every article of property transported by any person not licensed shall be deemed a distinct ofifense. § 8. Failure of Ferrymen to Comply — Penalty. If any person or parties to whom license has heretofore been granted by the Council, or by any ordinance may be author- ized to keep and run a ferry, shall fail or neglect for a period of ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance to file with the City Clerk a bond, as herein provided, to comply Avith all the provisions of this ordinance, then such license shall be deemed as lapsed and void, and from thenceforth of no efifect. 108 Fines and Penalties CHAPTER 20 FINES AND PENALTIES Section 1. Actions for Penalty — How Brought. All actions and prosecutions to recover any fine or to enforce any penalty under any ordinance of this city shall be brought and the proceedings therein conducted as provided by law in such cases; and when there is no provision relating thereto, then, as near as may be, in the manner prescribed by law in other cases before police magistrates and justices of the peace. § 2. Costs — How Taxed and Payable — No Security for or Judgment Against the City for Costs. The police magis- trate or justice of the peace before whom any such actions may be tried shall be entitled to recover the ^same costs as are fixed by the statutes of the State of 'Illinois for justices of the peace in similar cases. Provided, that security for costs on the part of the city shall not be required in any case, and judgment for costs shall not in any case be rendered against the city. In cases where the defendant is acquitted, the complainant or prosecutor may be adjudged to pay the costs if it appears to the magistrate that the prosecution was instituted vexa- tiously, maliciously or without probable cause. Fire Department 109 CHAPTER 2 1 ARTICLE I— FIRE DEPARTMENT ARTICLE II— FIRE LIMITS ARTICLE III— GUNPOWDER— FIREWORKS ARTICLE IV— COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL ARTICLE I— FIRE DEPARTMENT Section 1. Of What It Shall Consist. The fire depart- ment of the City of Rock Island shall consist of one Chief, one Assistant Chief and such number of captains and firemen as the Council may from time to time direct. § 2. Officers — Appointment. The Mayor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council, in the month of May next following his installation into office, or as soon thereafter as may be, appoint a competent and experienced fireman, a citizen of said city, as such Chief, and one other person of like qualifications as Assistant Chief of said de- partment. § 3. Firemen — Appointment — Removal. The Chief shall recommend, with the consent of the Council, the appointment of such number of able and respectable persons of said city as the Council shall direct as firemen, to take the care and' management of the engines and other apparatus and imple- ments belonging to said department, and with like consent may remove them, and m^ke from time to time such rules and regulations for the government of the department as are not inconsistent with the ordinances of said city, and such as may be deemed necessary to promote the greatest efficiency. § 4. Furlough for Firemen. It is further understood that each and every fireman in continuous service for one (1) year or more shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) day furlough during each and every year thereafter. The service in this section contemplated shall be entitled to greater compensation on account of previous employment 110 Fire Department in such department: Provided, however, that a member of the department who shall have voluntarily quit the service and not for any breach of discipline, shall, on again entering the department, be entitled to start at the rate of compensa- tion fixed for the second six months period. § 5. Chief — Powers and Duties of. The Chief, and in his absence the Assistant Chief, shall have command over all members of the fire department, and all other persons who may be present at fires, and shall have police powers at all fires. It shall be his duty to look into the condition of all engines and other apparatus belonging to the city and used for the purposes of the fire department as often as circum- stances render expedient, or when directed so to do by the Council, and shall keep an inventory of all property used in connection with or belonging to the fire department, together with an account of all expenditures in connection therewith; and shall also keep a list of fires which may occur during his term of office, the cause or origin thereof, if known, the amount of loss, insurance, and such other information as may be deemed of importance or public interest; and shall make a report thereof to the Council annually, at least one week before the close of the fiscal year. The Chief of the fire department of this city is instructed, .and it is hereby delegated as part of his duty, “to prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fire- places, hearths, stoves, stovepipes, ovens, boilers and appa- ratus used in and about any building and manufactory, and to cause the same to be removed or placed in a safe condi- tion when considered dangerous; to regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufactories dangerous in causing or promoting fires ; to prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places, and to cause all such buildings and inclosures as may be in a dangerous state to be put in a safe condition.” The Chief of the fire department, as the authorized head of said department in this city, is hereby delegated with all lawful authority that can be vested by this Council to en- force and carry into effect the provisions hereof ; and wher- Fire Department 111 ever it is desired to abate, regulate and prevent any act or construction or existing structure that may be considered by him dangerous, he is to be the judge of the length of notice that is to be sent to the party upon whom the burden devolves of correcting the dangerous condition. Any person or persons resisting the Chief of the fire de- partment, or those acting for him, in the exercise of his duties specified herein shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction of the same, shall be punished as provided in Section 26 of this Chapter. ’ § 6. Assistant Chief and Electrician. The Assistant Chief shall be under the control of the Chief, but in his absence shall have the chief direction of the fire department, and have the control of all fire apparatus and other property con- nected with the department, and in general perform all the duties of the Chief. That an experienced electrician shall be appointed on the fire department to serve as Electrician of the fire department of the City of Rock Island. § 7. Firemen — Duties of. The firemen, under the direc- tion of the Chief and his Assistant, shall, upon every alarm of fire, repair to the place of fire with the fire apparatus under their care, and there work and manage the same, under the direction of the Chief and his Assistant, and shall place and work their apparatus in the most effectual manner until the fire be extinguished. § 8. Employes Disobeying Orders. Any employe of the fire department refusing to obey the orders of the Chief, and, in his absence, of the Assistant, or neglect or refuse to perform any lawful duty assigned him, or who shall violate any of the rules and regulations governing the fire depart- ment, may be suspended by such Chief, and, in his absence, by the Assistant Chief in charge, until the next meeting of the Council, at which time said officer shall prefer charges, and said Council, after a fair and impartial hearing of all the facts, may, in its discretion, dismiss, suspend, or reinstate. 112 Fire Department Any employe of the fire department who shall become intoxicated while either on or off duty shall be summarily dismissed by the Chief. § 9. Tearing Down or Blowing Up Buildings or Other Structures. The Chief, or Assistant Chief, in command during a fire, or, in the absence of both, the Mayor or two Commis- sioners may direct the removal, tearing down or partial de- struction of any frame building, erection or fence, for the purpose of checking the progress of the fire ; and the officer in command, with the advice and concurrence of the Mayor or two Commissioners, shall have power to blow up, or cause to be l)lown up, with powder, or otherwise, any building or erection during the progress of the fire, for the purpose of lextinguishing or checking the same. § 10. Limits May be Prescribed at Fires. The Chief, and in his absence, the Assistant Chief, may prescribe limits in the vicinity of a fire which no person except persons resid- ing or owning property therein, members of the Council or of the fire or police department, and those admitted by the order of the Mayor, shall be permitted to enter except on the order of the officer in command. And it shall be the duty of the police officers to aid in carrying into effect the provisions of this section. § 11. Persons Under Suspicion of Having Caused Fire and Carried Away Property May be Arrested by Chief. During the progress of a fire, and for twenty-four hours after its extinction, the Chief and his Assistant shall have power to arrest any person whom they may have reasonable cause to suspect of having wilfully caused such fire or having carried away during such fire any property belonging to another and hidden or converted the same to his use, and turn such person over to the police authorities, who shall cause him to be securely held until the charges can be investigated before some court having jurisdiction. § 12. Firemen to Wear Uniform. The Chief and his Assistant, and all members of the fire department regularly Fire Department 113 appointed, shall wear caps, badges, or uniforms, as the Com- missioner of Public Health and Safety may direct, with the approval of the Council. No such Chief or Assistant or member of the fire department shall allow any person not authorized by this section to wear his fireman’s cap, badge or uniform, and no person not authorized herein shall wear the same. § 13. Buildings of Fire Department — Use of — Fire Ap- paratus — Use of — Not to be Taken Beyond City Limits. No building belonging to the city and used for the purpose of 'the fire department shall be used for any other purpose ex- cept by permission of the Council ; nor shall any person or member of the said fire department having in charge any engine or other fire apparatus belonging to the city suffer or permit the same to be applied to any private use, or shall take the same beyond the city limits, except in the immediate vicinity of the city during the time of a fire, without having obtained permission of the Mayor ; and it shall be the duty of the Chief and Assistant to see that the engines and other apparatus committed to their care, and the building or build- ings in which the same are deposited, and all things in and belonging to the same, are kept neat and clean and in order for immediate use. And it shall be their duty to preserve order and discipline at all times among the men under their charge, and to require and enforce the strict compliance with the city ordinances and rules and regulations of the fire de- partment. § 14.' Draymen and Others to Assist Officers. It shall be lawful for the Chief or his Assistant, Mayor, or for any Commissioner or police officer to require the aid of any dray- man with his horse and dray, driver of a licensed wagon with his wagon and team, carter, expressman, wagoner, driver of truck or automobile, or any other person, inhabitant or bystander, with his horse and conveyance, in drawing or con- veying any engine or fire apparatus, hose carriage or hose to the fire. 114 Fire Department § 15. Driving Over Hose. Whenever any hose of the fire department is laid upon any street or alley for the pur- pose of being used by the department, it shall not be lawful for any wagon, street car, or locomotive, railroad car, or any other vehicle to pass over the same, unless the said hose shall have been protected by wooden railings laid along side thereof, and then only at the places so protected. No driver or owner of any wagon, dray, street car, or locomotive, rail- road car, or any other vehicle shall drive or cause the same to be driven over any such unprotected hose. § 16. Injury to Property. Any person who shall wil- fully injure any property belonging to the city pertaining to the fire department shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars. § 17. Violation of Ordinance — Penalty. Any person who shall violate any or either of the provisions of this Chapter, or any section, clause or provision of any section of this Chapter, or who shall neglect or fail to comply with any or either of the requirements thereof, or any person hindering or attempting to hinder or in any way interfere with the Chief or Assistant Chief or any fireman of said city when in the discharge of their legitimate duties, or who shall refuse to obey the lawful commands of the Chief or Assistant Chief, or who shall conduct himself in a noisy and disorderly manner while in the vicinity of a fire, shall, on conviction, be punished as provided in Section 26 of this Chapter. ARTICLE II— FIRE LIMITS § 18. Fire Limits Defined. All that part of said city embraced within the following specified limits shall here- after be know as the fire limits of said city, viz: Beginning on the south bank of the Mississippi river in the center of Thirteenth (13th) street, running thence southerly in the center of said street to the center line of Fifth (5th) avenue, thence easterly in the center of said avenue to the west line Fire Department 115 of Twenty-seventh (27th) street, thence north along the west line of said street projected to the south bank of the Missis- sippi river, thence westerly along the south bank of said river to the place of beginning. § 19. Regulations for Building. No building shall be erected within or outside of said fire limits, except in con- formity with the building laws and ordinances of the City of Rock Island. ARTICLE III— GUNPOWDER— FIREWORKS § 20. Gunpowder — How to be Kept — Penalty. No pow- der magazine or place for storing and keeping dynamite or gunpowder shall be kept or used within this city, except by special permission of the Council in* each case. No person shall have or keep within said city, except in a licensed maga- zine, a greater quantity of gunpowder than thirty pounds at one time, and the same shall only be kept in tin canisters or closed kegs, and in a situation remote from fires, lighted lamps, candles, gas, or other inflammable matter, and shall not be weighed, opened or exposed, except by daylight. Pro- vided, that wholesale dealers may keep, for storage only, not exceeding three hundred (300) pounds of gunpowder, in closed keg containing not more than twenty-five (25) pounds each, in a fireproof box, securely locked and placed upon wheels outside and adjacent to their places of business, so that the same may be easily moved in case of fire. § 21. Sale of Fireworks Regulated. The discharge, fir- ing or use of all fire crackers, rockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, or other fireworks or substances designed and in- tended for pyrotechnic display, and of all pistols, canes, cannons, or other appliances using blank cartridges or caps containing chlorate of potash mixture, is hereby prohibited. Provided that the Mayor or Council may order the public display of fireworks by properly qualified individuals under the direct supervision of experts in the handling of fireworks. Provided also, that such display or displays shall be of such 116 Fire Department character and so located, discharged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, shall not be hazardous to surrounding property, or endanger any person or persons. § 22. The Sale of Fireworks at Retail Is Prohibited. The storage or sale of fireworks at wholesale is prohibited, except by permit from the Mayor, issued for a period of one year. Application for permit must be filed with the Chief of the Fire Department at least thirty days previous to the issuing of the permit and must give detailed description of the proposed care and storage of said materials and of the structural conditions and occupancies of the building. Permits may be issued only after an inspection of the premises by the Chief of the Fire Department or his author- ized agent, who shall file with the Mayor and fire depart- ment a certificate of approval or disapproval and reasons therefor. § 23. Fire Chief May Order Removal. The Chief of Fire Department may, at his discretion, remove or have removed, at the owner’s expense, all stocks of fireworks or other combustibles exposed for sale, or held in stock in viola- tion of this section. § 24. Fire Chief to Direct Fire Appliances. The Chief of Fire Department shall direct such fire appliances as in his judgment may be necessary for the premises, and he shall see that two or more persons are instructed in their use, and as to the best means of getting fire alarms to the fire de- partment. ARTICLE IV— COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL § 25. Combustible Material Not to be Left so as to En- danger Buildings. No person shall, within the limits of said city, place any lumber, hay, straw, or other easily combusti- ble material, in any street, alley, public place, or private lot within sixty (60) feet of any lot or ground in the same block without the consent of the owner of said lot or ground, or the Games 117 owner of buildings thereon, and in case such buildings are leased, of the tenant; excepting lumber intended for the erection of buildings on the premises, lumber to be manufac- tured on the premises, and in cases where the exception may be made without materially endangering contiguous property, small quantities of mill wood or other combustible material for use on the premises. All smoke houses and places for the deposit of ashes within the limits of the city shall be of stone, brick, iron or other fire-proof material. § 26. Violation — Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than fifteen ($15) dollars for the first ofifense, and not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars for the second ofifense, and for the third and all succeeding ofifenses, not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. CHAPTER 22 GAMES Section 1. Billiard Tables, Etc., to be Licensed. No per- son shall within the corporate limits of said city keep for public use, or let for hire, gain or profit, any billiard table, pool table, pigeon hole table, bagetelle table or other like table, nine or ten pin alley, or other pin alley, or shooting gallery, or shooting park, without -a license for such purpose, under the penalty hereinafter prescribed. § 2. Pool Hall — Petition for License. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or manage' a pool hall in the City of Rock Island without first having secured a license therefor to so do. Before such license shall be issued it shall be necessary for the applicant to submit to the City Council a petition in writing signed by a majority of property owners on both sides of the street or avenue within two 118 * Games hundred (200) feet of the front door of the proposed pool hall, asking that a pool hall license be granted. § 3. Term and Price of License. License for any of the |! purposes named in Section 1 hereof may be granted for the r term of the municipal year in which the same is granted or I any unexpired portion thereof, upon the payment by the r applicant to the City Clerk for the use of the city the fol- | lowing license fees, viz: “For each billiard table or pool I table, ten ($10) dollars ; for each bagatelle table, pigeon hole | table or other like table, five ($5) dollars; for each nine or ten pin alley, or other pin alley, ten ($10) dollars; for each shooting gallery, ten ($10) dollars. ' § 4. Use of License Regulated. No such table, alley, or gallery shall be used by or let or hired to any minor, nor any ■ minor allowed to frequent the premises where the same is kept, without the consent of his parents or guardian, nor by any intoxicated person, noi| any such person allowed to frequent or remain in said premises, nor any gambling- allowed in or upon said premises, nor any intoxicating liquor i be sold, or kept for sale, upon said premises, or allowed to be = bought or drank upon the premises; and said premises shall at all times be kept in an orderly and well governed con- dition, and shall be closed at eleven o’clock p. m. of each day, and no games or amusements allowed therein after that hour. ' § 5. Penalty for Violation Hereof. A violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a fine of ' not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred j dollars, and also in case the person violating is possessed of a license, by a forfeiture of such license, in the discretion of the Council. • s Gasoline 119 CHAPTER 23 GASOLINE Section 1. To be Sold — Red Can. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, carry or deHver gaso- line in the City of Rock Island, by retail, unless the same shall be so sold, offered for sale and delivered in a can or other proper receptacle which is painted red; and no illuminating oil, or oil of any kind, or any other liquid material other than gasoline, shall be sold in a can or receptacle painted red as above specified. § 2. Quantities to be Kept. No merchant, dealer, painter or other person, company or corporation shall within the fire limits of the City of Rock Island keep on hand in any store building, cellar or other place within the fire limits a greater quantity of carnphene, benzine, bensole, naphtha, or other coal oils, or any easily inflammable burning fluid, than one barrel, not exceeding sixty gallons, of each, at any one time, not exceeding five barrels in all; and benzine, bensole and naphtha kept for retail shall be sold by daylight only, and shall be kept in a tin can or other metal vessel : Provided, that any dealer, merchant or other person, if he keeps none of the other oils or inflammable substances named or referred to in this ordinance, may keep five barrels of kerosene or two barrels of benzine, or two of any other kind, not exceeding- five in all, and if retailed, it shall be from tin cans or metal cases. Any quantity of gasoline may be kept and stored underground, by special permission of the Council first obtained. § 3. Outside of Fire Limits. Outside of said fire limits no such merchant, dealer, person, company or corporation shall keep any of said articles other than as above provided, without the consent of the City Council. § 4. Storage. None of the articles or substances named or referred to in Section 2 of this ordinance shall be kept or stored in front of any building or structure, or on any street. 120 Health alley, wharf, sidewalk or lot for a longer time than is suffi- cient to receive in store (w in delivering the same, provided that such time shall not exceed six (6) hours; but this ordi- nance shall not prevent common carriers from receiving and storing in the usual course of business, in any building be- longing to said carrier, said oils and substances for a period not exceeding five (5) days; nor shall this ordinance prevent any merchant from storing for his own use, or for the pur- poses of sale, in any building or structure said oils and in- fiammable substances belonging to himself, provided they are so stored outside the fire limits, and provided the building or structure in which they are so stored is, and during the time of said storing shall remain, at least three hundred (300) feet from any other building or structure. It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. § 5. Penalty. Any person who shall violate or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than ten ($10) dollars for each ofifense. CHAPTER 24 HEALTH Section 1. General Duties and Powers of City Physician — To See that Business is Conducted with Regard to Health — Report Delinquencies — Request Revocation of the Licenses — Advise City Authorities — Investigate as to Existence of Disease. It shall be the duty of the City Physician at all times to see that all business is conducted with due regard to the public health and comfort, and to request the revocation of any license which he may deem necessary for the proper preservation of the public health or comfort, and he shall have and exercise a general supervision over the sanitary condition of the city, and in case of any emergency, to report the same to the Council. Tie shall give to the Mayor and other city Health 121 authorities all such professional advice and information as they may require, with a view to the preservation of the pub- lic health; and whenever he shall hear of the existence of any malignant, contagious, or pestilential disease, he shall inves- tigate the same, and adopt measures to arrest its progress. § 2. To Enforce Health Laws and Ordinances — To Enter on Premises — Cause Same to be Cleaned, etc. It shall be the duty of the said City Physician to enforce all the laws of the state and ordinances of the city in relation to the sanitary regulation of the city, and cause all nuisances to be abated with all reasonable promptness. And for the pur[)ose of carrying out the foregoing requirements he shall be permitted at all times, from the rising to the setting of the sun, to enter into any house, store, stable or other building, or premises, in order to make a thorough examination of cellars, vaults, sinks or drains, and to cause the floors to be raised, if he shall deem it necessary ; and to cause all privies to be cleaned and kept in good condition, and to cause all dead animals or other nauseous and unwholesome things or substances to be buried, or removed, or disposed of as he may direct. § 3. Notice to Abate Nuisance— Penalty for not Abating — Shall Have Same Abated — Expense of Same. In order to carry out the provisions of the foregoing section, it shall be the duty of the City Physician to serve a notice upon the owner, occupant or agent of any lot, building or premises in or upon which any nuisance may be found, or who may be the owner or cause of such nuisance, requiring him to abate the same within reasonable time. It shall not be necessary in any case for the City Physician to specify in such notice the man- ner in which any nuisance shall be abated, unless he shall deem it advisable so to do; such notice may be served by any officer of the city, and if such owner, occupant or agent shall neglect or refuse to comply with such order within the time specified, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5), nor more than fifty ($50) dollars for every such violation; and it shall be the duty of the City Physician, upon the expiration of the time specified in said notice, to cause such nuisance to 122 Health be abated ; whenever the owner, occupant or agent of the premises in or upon which any nuisance may be found is unknown or cannot be found, the said City Physician shall proceed to abate the same without notice; and in either case the expense of such abatement shall be collected from the person or persons who may have created, continued and suf- fered such nuisance to exist. § 4. To Visit Persons Having Infectious Diseases — to Move Them When Proper — Provide Medical Attendance. It shall be the duty of said City Physician to visit and examine, or cause to have visited or examined, all sick persons who shall be reported to him as laboring, or supposed to be labor- ing, under yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, or any infectious or pestilential disease, and cause all such infected persons to be removed to such safe and proper place or places as he may think proper and necessary, and cause them to be provided with suitable nurses and medical attendance, at their own expense, if they are able to pay for the same, but if not, then at the expense of the county. All persons having any con- tagious or infectious disease in the city are hereby required to be kept and confined within their respective dwellings, or places of abode, or place to which they have been removed, so long as there is danger of transmitting said disease. The City Physician shall also attend and render his pro- fessional services to all sick persons who may be placed in quarantine, and who have no other medical attendance. Such services are to be rendered by said City Physician with- out any extra charge to the city therefor, and as a part of his duties as such City Physician. § 5. To Place Notice on Houses Where Pestilential Dis- eases Exist — Penalty for Defacing or Removing Notice. It shall be the duty of said City Physician to cause a notice to be placed upon or near any house in which any person may be affected or sick with smallpox, scarlet fever or any in- fectious, pestilential or epidemic disease, upon which shall be written or printed, in large letters, the name of such dis- ease ; and if any person or persons shall deface, alter, mutilate, Health 123 destroy or tear down such notice, without permission of the City Physician, such person or persons shall be liable for each offense to pay a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars, nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars; the occupant of any house upon which such notice shall be placed or posted, as aforesaid, shall be held responsible for the removal of the same, and if the same shall be removed without permission of said City Physician, such occupant shall be subject to the like fine, unless he shall notify the City Physician within twelve hours after such removal. . § 6. Cause Premises to be Cleaned, Disinfected or Closed to Visitors. Said City Physician shall have power to cause any house or any premises to be cleaned, disinfected, or closed to visitors, and prevent persons from resorting thereto while any person is laboring under any pestilential or infectious disease; he may, by an order in writing, direct any nuisance to be abated, or unwholesome matter or substance, dirt or filth to be removed from any house or premises, and may prescribe the time and mode of doing so, and take any measure he may deem necessary and proper to prevent the spread of any in- fectious, pestilential or epidemic disease. § 7. Shall Have Charge of all Places Where Pestilential Diseases Exist — Employ Assistants and Nurses — Furnish Medicines and Burial for Indigent Persons. The City Phy- sician shall have charge of all houses, buildings and places wherever he may cause to be removed any person laboring or supposed to be laboring under yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, or any infectious or pestilential disease. § 8. Persons to be Vaccinated. The City Physician may take such measures as he may from time to time deem neces- sary to prevent the spread of the smallpox where an epidemic is threatened, by issuing an order requiring all persons in the city not having a certificate of vaccination to be vaccinated, and to be vaccinated within such time as he shall prescribe; and all persons refusing or neglecting to obey such order shall be liable to a fine of not less than three ($v3) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars. Provided, that it shall 124 Health be the duty of the City Physician to provide for the vaccina- tion of such persons as are unable to pay for the same at the expense of the city. § 9. To Have Vaccine Virus — Give Vaccination Certifi- cates. Said City Physician shall always have on hand, as far as practicable, a sufficient quantity of vaccine virus; and he shall vaccinate and re-vaccinate, without charge, all per- sons who may apply to him for that purpose and are unable to pay for the same; and siiall give certificates of vaccination to children who have been vaccinated and require certificates from physicians for admission to the public schools. § 10. To Issue Quarantine Proclamation to be Approved by Mayor. Said City Physician, whenever and at such times as by him shall be deemed necessary, may, by proclamation, subject to the approval of the Mayor, require all boats, ves- sels, railroad cars or other public conveyances bound for this city, before the same shall land or stop at any wharf, depot or landing place, or stopping place therein, to touch or stop at the sites, places or station selected and established for quaran- tine purposes, and leave all such emigrants, travelers or per- sons, and all such sick, diseased or unclean persons, with their stores and baggage, as in the opinion of the officers stationed at such quarantine sites, places or boundaries shall be deemed proper on account of the existence or general report of cholera, yellow fever, or any contagious disease, or diseases apprehended to endanger the health of the city. § 11. To Station .Physicians at Quarantine, to Examine Boats, Cars, etc., and Determine Who Shall Land — Duty of Person in Charge of Boat, Car or Vessel to Assist City Phy- 'sician. Said City Physician may also cause to be stationed at any such quarantine sites, places or stations, one or more physicians or health officers, whose duty it shall be to go on board and examine all boats, vessels, cars or other public conveyances so as aforesaid required to touch or stop at said quarantines, and then and there determine what emi- grants, passengers or persons (if any) shall be permitted Health 125 to come to the city, and what emigrants, passengers or per- sons (if any) shall stop at such quarantine; and it shall be the duty of all persons conducting or in charge of any such vessel, boat, car' or public conveyance to aid and assist any such physician or health officer in the exercise of his duties. § 12. To Attend Sick and Supervise Quarantine. Said physicians or health officers shall attend to all sick persons who may be landed or placed in quarantine, and provide medicines and necessaries for their use; and shall have gen- eral supervision of such quarantine, and compel persons therein to purify their bodies, clothes and baggage, and do all such acts and things as shall be proper in the premises, keeping correct accounts of all expenditures and wages. § 13. To Give Permits to Vessels, Boats and Persons to Enter from Quarantine. Whenever the physician or officer in charge of any quarantine station or place shall be satis- fied that there is no longer occasion for the detention of any boat, vessel, car, or conveyance at such quarantine or place, and such boat, vessel, car or conveyance shall have been thor- oughly cleaned, and such persons as aforesaid landed and placed in the care of such physician or officer, such physician or officer shall give such vessel, boat, car or conveyance a per- mit, signed by him, to enter the city, which shall be authority 'for the entry of said boat, car or conveyance, and the said officers, respectively, shall discharge all persons in quaran- tine by their certificate for that purpose, whenever they are satisfied that such persons are free of disease and their bag- gage and effects properly purified. Provided, however, that the City Physician, in his discretion, by proclamation for that purpose, may, during the prevalence of cholera, small- pox, or other contagious or fatal disease, forbid the admission of emigrants or others peculiarly liable thereto into any or all of said quarantines or stations until, in his opinion, the health of the city will justify the same. § 14. No Person Shall Bring Into the City Contagious Disease — Vessels and Cars to Report at Quarantine. No per- son, master, captain or conductor in charge of any boat, 126 Health vessel, railroad car, or public conveyance shall knowingly bring into this city any person diseased of cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, or contagious or communicable disease whatso- ever; and no vessel, boat, railroad car, or public conveyance at any time covered by said proclamation shall pass by any quarantine station or place without stopping, nor shall leave the same without the permit aforesaid; and no person stopping in said quarantine, or so as aforesaid received therein, shall leave the same without first obtaining permis- sion as aforesaid ; nor shall any person aid or abet any master, conductor or person in charge of any boat, vessel, railroad car, or public conveyance in violating, neglecting or evading any provision or requirement of this ordinance; nor shall any person interfere with, resist, neglect or refuse to obey the orders of any physician, health officer, policeman or other person in authority at any quarantine station or place of quarantine so as aforesaid established; nor do any act or thing in violation of or in disobedience to any of the pro- visions, clauses or sections of this Chapter; nor shall commit any breach of the peace, or do any act calculated in any way to defeat or interfere with the provisions or requirements of this Chapter, or of any regulation of the said City Physician or officer in charge of said quarantine. No officer of any steamboat or other boat, or of any rail- road company, or any other person whomsoever, shall knowingly bring within this city any person sick or diseased with smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, ship fever, or any other contagious or infectious disease, or any articles that have been exposed to the contagion of any such disease, except by and in accordance with the permit and direction of the City Physician. § 15. City Physician to Make Rules for Government of Quarantine. The said City Physician shall make such rules and regulations for the government of the quarantine or health of the city as from time to time he shall deem neces- sary; and the physicians or health officers in charge of any quarantine station or place shall have power to make and en- Health 127 force such regulations as may be necessary for the proper conducting and management thereof ; and it shall be the duty of the persons in quarantine, and all agents, officers, policmen or others employed by the city in and about said quarantine stations or places, to carry out and obey the same. § 16. Expense of Quarantine — How Paid. The salaries of the City Physician and any health officer, and the expenses of the quarantine contemplated herein, are to be paid out of the health fund of the city. Provided, that when practicable the persons taken in such quarantine or stations and re- ceiving the aid and care afforded thereby shall pay a sum of money sufficient to meet expenses, labor and care incurred in their behalf, which said money shall be faithfully kept, re- ported and accounted for by the physician, health officer, or other person in charge of said quarantine or station to the said City Physician. The expense for board, necessary medical attendance, and supplies furnished to parties in quarantine and unpaid by them shall not be paid by the city, but by the county; and no city officer has authority to obligate the city for the payment of the same. § 17. City Physician to Make Weekly Visits to Discover Evidence of Disease. It shall be the duty of said City Physician to make a circuit of observation as often as deemed advisable by himself, and whenever requested by the Mayor or Chief of Police, to every part of the city and its environs which from its location or from any collateral circumstances may be deemed the cause of disease; and in all cases where he may discover the existence of any agent the presence of which will prove dangerous to the city, and there is no ordinance competent to the correction of the evil, he shall immediately report the same to the Council, accompanied with his opinion of the necessity of extraordinary or particu- lar action. § 18. Police to Assist the City Physician. The police force of the city shall at all times serve notices and render all such assistance to said City Physician in the discharge of 128 Health his duties as he may request. In case the requests of the City Physician cannot be complied with consistently with the orders of the Mayor, or in case the Chief of Police shall deem the request unreasonable, he shall at once report the case to the Mayor for his consideration. The police force of the city shall report to the City Physician all nuisances which they may detect, and shall investigate all complaints of nuisances which may be reported to them, and report the same to the City Physician, if in their judgment they are nuisances. § 19. To Provide Books and' Blanks for Births and Deaths. It shall be the duty of said City Physician to pro- vide the necessary books for the keeping of a record of all his transactions, including the proper registration of births and deaths, and such other statistical information as may be necessary ; and he shall also keep on hand all necessary blanks to be used by physicians and midwives, and furnish them with the same on application. § 20. Make Annual Statement to the City Clerk of Ex- penditures, etc. Said City Physician shall annually, and before the end of the fiscal year, make and file with the City Clerk a full and comprehensive statement of all mat- ters pertaining to his office during the year. § 21. City Physician to Keep Office Hours. The City Physician shall fix upon a time, not less than one hour in each day, when he shall be present at his office for the purpose of hearing complaints and performing such official duties as may be required of him. The City Inspector is to be subordinate to and under the personal direction of the City Physician, and his said duties as such subordinate are to be all the general duties and offices that may be required of him by the City Physician. § 22. Seal of Health Department. That provision is hereby made for the establishment and for the exclusive use of the Department of Health in the City of Rock Island, Health Regulations 129 Illinois, a seal (the impression of which has in its center the true ancestral symbol of the healing art, which is the knotty rod with the serpent of Aesculapius entwined about it, sur- rounded by the inscription, “Department of Health, City of Rock Island, Illinois”). The said seal shall be the official seal of the Department of Health and shall remain in the custody and keeping of the' City Physician, to be used by him in all cases provided for where its use may be requisite and proper. ' § 23. Violation — Penalty. Any person who shall within the jurisdictional limits of this city violate, disobey, resist, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions, re- quirements or regulations in this Chapter contained shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than three ($3) dollars, nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense, excepting as herein otherwise provided. CHAPTER 25 HEALTH REGULATIONS Section 1. Fumigation. The owner or keeper of any hotel, boarding house, or lodging house, and the owner, agent of the owner, and the lessee of any tenement house, or part thereof, shall, whenever any person in such house is sick of fever, or of any infectious or pestilential or contagious disease, and such sickness is known to such owner, keeper, agent or lessee, give immediate notice thereof to the City Physician, and thereupon said City Physician shall cause the . same to be inspected, and may, if found necessary, cause the same to be immediately cleansed or disinfected at the expense of the owner,' in such manner as he may deem necessary and effectual ; and he may also cause the blankets, bedding and bed clothes used by such sick person to be thoroughly cleansed, scoured and fumigated, or, in extreme cases, to be destroyed. 130 Health Regulations § 2. Unlawful to Let Unfit Buildings. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person, firm or corporation to lease, let, permit the occupancy of, or permit the continuation of the occupancy of, any building or of any portion thereof used for human habitation, unless such building or structure or portion there- of be free from unclean and unsanitary conditions as defined in the subsequent sections of this ordinance, and unless the provisions of said subsequent sections are complied with. § 3. When Building Is Deemed Unsanitary. Any structure or building or any portion thereof used for human habitation shall be deemed to be in an unclean and unsanitary condition by reason of any portion of such building being infected with a communicable disease, or by reason of the absence therein or thereon of toilet facilities as required by law or ordinance, or by reason of the known presence of sewer gas therein or thereon. Any structure or building or any portion thereof used for human habitation shall be deemed to be in an unclean and unsanitary condition when unfit for human habitation or in a condition dangerous or harmful to the lives or health of the occupants by reason of the inhabited portion of the house being damp or wet, or by reason of such lack of repair, or by reason of such accumulation of dirt, filth, litter, refuse or other offensive or dangerous substances or liquids, or by reason of such defects in or lack of repair of or improper use of the drainage, plumbing or ventilation, or by reason of the existence on the premises of such a nuisance or other condition as is likely to cause sickness among the occupants. § 4. Declared a Nuisance. Any structure or building or any portion thereof used for human habitation which is in said unclean condition is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. § 5. Nuisance — Notice to Owner to Abate. Whenever the City Physician of the City of Rock Island ascertains from examination or reports of his inspectors or otherwise that a public nuisance exists as defined in the foregoing Sections two (2) and three (3) of this Chapter in or upon any structure Health Regulations 131 or building- or any portion thereof, and serves notice upon the owner of such house, or his lessee or agent, or the person in possession, charge, or control thereof, directing him to abate such nuisance and remove the unclean or unsanitary con- ditions within such reasonable time as may be fixed by said City Physician and specified in said notice, it shall then be the duty of such owner, agent or person to abate such nuisance within such time. § 6. Notice to Vacate Premises. Whenever such abate- ment does not take place within such time, or whenever in the opinion of said City Physician, such abatement is impossible or impracticable without an immediate vacation of the house or portion thereof, and said City Physician serves notice upon the owner, lessee, agent or person in possession, charge, or control thereof to vacate or cause the vacation of such house or portion thereof designated in the notice, then it shall be the duty of such owner, lessee, agent or person to vacate or cause the vacation of such house or portion thereof within twenty (20) days from date of the service of such notice, or within a shorter time (not less than twenty-four hours in any case), as may be specified in said notice. § 7. Tenant or Occupant Must Obey Notice. Whenever either in addition to or without the service of said notice the said City Physician is of the opinion that such nuisance can be abated by a tenant or other occupant of such house or portion thereof, and such notices, either for the abatement of the nui- sance or vacation of the premises are served upon such tenant or other occupant, then it shall be the duty of such tenant or other occupant to comply with the terms of such notices and to abate the nuisance or vacate the premises accordingly. § 8. Not to Occupy Building Until Nuisance Is Fully Abated. After any such notice or order of vacation it shall be unlawful to occupy or permit the occupancy of such premises or portion thereof until such nuisance shall have been completely abated and such building or portion thereof shall have been rendered clean and sanitary in accordance with the terms of said notice of the City ► Physician. When 132 Health Regulations there is no owner, agent, lessee or person in charge, posses- sion or control who is a resident or can be served in the City of Rock Island, then personal service may be had by regis- tered letter, or if the address of the owner, lessee, or person in charge or control be unknown or service has not been secured by registered letter after effort to do so, notice by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in any newspaper of general cirulation in Rock Island or posting or attaching to or on the outside of said structure or building a copy of the notice or order consecutively for two weeks, shall have the same effect as service within said city. § 9. Filth in Alley. That no person or persons shall throw, place or deposit, or cause to be thrown, placed or .deposited, any dung, carrion, dead animal, offal, or putrid or unwholesome substance, or the contents of any privy upon the margin, or banks, or into the waters of the Mississippi river within the limits of said city, or upon any street, alley or public grounds, or upon an^ lot within the limits of said city. § 10. Tannery. That no person shall permit or have any offensive water or other liquid or substance on his premises or grounds to the prejudice of life or health, whether for the use in any trade or otherwise; and no establishment or place of business for tanning, skinning or scouring, or for dressing hides or leathers, or for carrying on any offensive or noisome trade or business, shall hereafter be opened, started or estab- lished in the City of Rock Island without a permit from the Council. And every such establishment now existing shall be kept cleanly or wholesome, and be so conducted in every particular as not to be offensive or prejudicial to life or health. § 11. Streets to be Kept Clean. That no swill, brine, urine of animals or other offensive animal substance, nor any stinking, noxious or other filthy matter of any kind shall by any person be allowed to run or fall from out of any building, vehicle or erection into or upon any street or Health Regulations 133 public place, or be taken or put therein, save as elsewhere provided. § 12. Contents of Privy. That no person shall draw off, or allow to run off* into any ground, street or place of said city the contents (or any part thereof) of any vault, privy, cistern, cesspool, or sink; nor shall any owner, tenant or occupant of any building to which any vault, privy, or cess- pool shall appertain or be attached permit the contents, or any part thereof, to flow therefrom, or to rise within two feet of any part of the top, or said contents to become offen- sive; nor shall any privy or other erection in this section mentioned be filled with or covered with dirt till its filthy contents shall be emptied. § 13. No Ashes — Privy. That no person shall throw into or deposit in any vault, sink, privy, or cesspool, any offal, ashes, meat, fish, garbage or other substance, except that of which any such place is the appropriate receptacle; nor shall any slops or kitchen waste be permitted to run into any privy or cesspool, except the same be connected with the sewer. § 14. Unsanitary Privy. That neither the contents of any such tub, or of any receptacle, cesspool, privy, vault, sink or water closet, cistern, nor anything in any room, excavation, vat, building, premises or place shall be allowed to become a nuisance so as to be dangerous or prejudicial to health. ^ § 15. Removal of Contents. That no part of the con- tents of any privy, vault, sink, cesspool, except substances other than excrements insoluble in water, or any accumula- tion of any offensive fluid, liquid or semi-liquid substance or material being in any excavation, cellar or place within the limits of the City of Rock Island shall be removed there- from, nor shall the same be transported through any of the streets or avenues of said city, unless and except the same shall be removed and transported by means of an air-tight apparatus, or in such manner as shall prevent entirely the escape of any noxious or offensive odors therefrom. 134 Health Regulations § 16. Not to Become Nuisance. That no part of the contents of or substances from any sink, privy, or cesspool, nor any manure, ashes, garbage, offal, rubbish, dirt, nor any refuse or waste or thing which, by its decomposition, could or would become offensive to human beings, or detri- mental to health, or create or tend to create a nuisance, shall be by any person thrown, deposited or placed upon any street or public place, nor upon any vacant lot of land, or vacant place upon the face of any land, within the City of Rock Island, whether such lot be enclosed or otherwise, with- out the written permission of the City Physician; nor shall any of said substances be allowed by any person to run or drop from the premises occupied by such person into or upon any street or public place, nor upon any vacant lot of land, or vacant place upon the surface of any lot of land in said city, nor shall the same be thrown, deposited or placed by any person, nor allowed to fall or run from the premises occupied by such person, into the river, save through the proper under- ground connections. § 17. Stables to be Kept Clean. That every person shall cause every stable and place where any cows, horses or other animals may be to be kept at all times in clean and whole- some condition, and shall not allow any animal to be therein while infected with any disease, contagious or pestilential, among such animals, without a permit from the City Phy- sician. § 18. No Livery Conveyance to be Used for Contagious Diseases. No livery stable keeper or other person keeping or letting any carriage or other conveyance for hire within said city shall convey or permit to be conveyed in any such carriage or other conveyance any person having or supposed to have smallpox, cholera or any other infectious or contagi- ous disease, or the body of any person who has died of any such disease. ' § 19. Manure Shipped by Rail. That no pile or deposit of manure, offal or garbage, nor accumulation of any offen- sive or nauseous substance, shall be made within the limits Health Regulations 135 of said city, nor shall any person or corporation unload, discharge, or put upon or along the line of any railroad, street or highway, or public place within said city, any manure, offal, garbage or other offensive or nauseous sub- stance; nor shall cars or flats loaded with or having in or upon them any such substance or substances be allowed to remain or stand on or along any railroad, street or highway within the limits of said city within fifty (50) yards of any inhabited dwelling. § 20. Report of Contagious Diseases. That it shall be the duty of each and every practicing physician in the city to report in writing to the City Physician the death of any of his patients who shall have died in said city of contagi- ous or infectious disease within twenty-four hours there- after, and to state in such report the specific name and type of such disease. § 21. Duty to Report. It shall be the duty of each and every physician or other person to report to the City Phy- sician immediately after he has discovered the same, the name and place of residence of any person in said city who is suffering from tuberculosis, smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membraneous croup, or other contagious disease, also typhoid fever and cerebro-spinal fever. § 22. Exposure to Contagious Diseases. That no par- ent, master or custodian of any child or minor (having the power and authority to prevent) shall permit any such child or minor to be unnecessarily exposed or to needlessly expose any other person to the taking or to the infection of any con- tagious disease. § 23. Vaccination. That no principal of any public school, and no principal or teacher of any private, sectarian or other school, shall admit to any such school any child or minor who shall not have been vaccinated within seven years next preceding the admission or application for admission to any such school of such child or minor; or shall any such princi- 136 Health Regulations pal or teacher retain in or permit to attend any such school any such child or minor who shall not have been vaccinated within seven years next preceding the taking effect of this ordinance. § 24. Certificate. The evidence of such vaccination to be presented to any such principal or teacher as is mentioned in the preceding section shall be a certificate signed by the City Physician or any physician duly licensed by the state board of health. § 25. City Physician to Visit Schools. The City Phy- sician is hereby empowered to visit any and all public and private schools in the city and make or cause to be made an examination of the children and minors in attendance therem as 6ften as he may deem necessary to secure compliance with the provisions hereof. § 26. Birth Record. That every physician, midwife and other person who may assist or be present at the birth of any child shall make a registry of every such birth, and the time and place, ward and street number of such birth, and the sex and color of every child born, and the names and residence of each of the parents (so far as the foregoing facts can be ascertained), and deliver such register, or copy thereof, to the City Physician within five (5) days after the birth of such child. § 27. Garbage Receptacle. It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any and every house, dwelling, building or place of business in the City of Rock Island, within the district where garbage is collected, to provide or cause to be provided and to keep a separate water-tight covered metallic vessel for garbage and offal, the capacity of which shall not be less than five (5) gallons nor more than ten (10) gallons; and it shall be un- lawful to put ashes or anything but refuse, animal or vege- table matter in such vessel used for garbage and off'al, and all such garbage shall be drained and wrapped in paper, and no person or persons shall place in said vessel any ashes, dirt or Health Regulations 137 other substances except as herein provided. All empty tin cans must be kept in a covered receptacle. § 28. Stable Manure Receptacle. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to deposit stable manure in any street, alley or private premises, unless deposited in suitable receptacles. The receptacles must be of suitable material, tightly constructed and of sufiicient size, with a hinged lid which shall have a slope of not less than ten (10) degrees pitch. The receptacle must be emptied at least once every week. § 29. Sale of Carbolic Acid. That it shall be unlawful for any druggist or other person to sell or dispense at retail carbolic acid in any strength higher than five (5%) per cent solution except upon the prescription of a duly registered practicing physician, licensed veterinarian or licensed dentist. § 30. Free Distribution of Drugs. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to distribute or cause to be distributed from house to house in the City of Rock Island any free samples of drugs. § 31. Foodstuffs to be Protected. That no fruit, salted peanuts, cracked nuts of any kind, candy of any description, or any other article or foodstuff which may be used for human food without cooking shall be kept or exposed for sale on any street, or public place, or outside of any shop or store, or in the open window or doorways thereof, unless they be kept covered so that they shall be protected from dust, dirt and flies. § 32. Foodstuffs to be Kept Two Feet Above Sidewalk. That no article intended to be used as food shall be exposed or displayed in any street or way or in front of any place of business unless the bottom of the box or other receptacle containing such articles is raised at least twenty-four (24) inches above the sidewalk, platform or landing upon which such receptacle rests. 138 Health Regulations § 33. Unwholesome Meats, Provisions, Food or Drink. No person shall bring, keep on hand, sell, or expose for sale within the limits of the city any emaciated, decayed, tainted or unwholesome meat, fish, fowls, vegetables, fruit, butter or provisions of any kind, or any impure or adulterated milk, liquor, or other article of food or drink for human beings. § 34. Bringing or Keeping in City Animals Having Con- tagious Disease. No person shall knowingly bring, keep or retain within the limits of this city any horse, colt, ass, mule or any other animal having glanders, farcy, or any dis- ease that is contagious among such animals. § 35. Expectorating on Sidewalk. No person shall expectorate upon any of the sidewalks within the corporate limits of this city. Each separate violation of this section shall subject the offender to punishment therefor as herein- after provided. § 36. Penalty. Any person who shall within the juris- dictional limits of this city violate, disobey, resist, neglect or refuse to comply with any of the provisions, requirements or regulations in this Chapter contained, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense, ex- cepting as herein otherwise provided. Ice Cream 139 CHAPTER 26 ICE CREAM Section 1. Percentage of Butter Fat. That no ice cream shall be sold, offered for sale, exchanged, delivered or be transported or carried for the purpose of sale, exchange or delivery that is adulterated and that contains less than ten (10%) per cent of butter fat for natural flavors and eight (8%) per cent for fruit and nut ice cream. § 2. Adulteration. Ice cream shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this act — Eirst. If it shall contain any eggs, corn flour, starch, gelatine, mucilaginous bodies, glucose or thickening of any kind. If it shall contain boric acid, formaldahyde, saccha- rine, salts of copper, iron oxide, ochres or any coloring sub- stance or any compound or adulterant. Provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the use of harmless coloring matter or any flavoring matter not dele- terious to health. Second. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article. § 3. False Labeling. It shall not be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or have in possession with intent to sell any ice cream in any container which is falsely labeled or branded as to the name of the manufacturer thereof ; or to misrepresent in any way the place of manufacturing of ice cream or the manu- facturer thereof. § 4. Testing of Ice Cream. The requirements for the testing, inspecting and application for the vending of ice cream shall be the same as for testing, inspecting and vend- ing of milk or cream, and the same provisions shall apply. § 5. License Fee. Every person, firm or corporation selling or disposing of ice cream shall annually, on the first day of May, pay a license fee of fifteen ($15) dollars for 140 Insurance Tax each and every wagon, carriage or other vehicle from which ice cream is sold or offered for sale. All licenses granted pursuant to this ordinance may at any time be revoked by the Mayor or Council for flagrant violations of the provisions hereof and for any other good and sufficient cause. § 6. Penalty. Every person, firm or corporation violat- ing this ordinance or any of its provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hun- dred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. CHAPTER 27 INSURANCE TAX Section 1. Tax of Two Per Cent. All corporations, com- panies and associations not incorporated under the laws of this state and which are engaged in the City of Rock Island in effecting fire insurance shall pay to the Treasurer of the City of Rock Island, for the maintenance, use and benefit of the fire department thereof, a tax or license fee amounting to two (2%) per cent of the gross receipts received by their agency in the City- of Rock Island; and at that rate such cor- porations, companies and associations shall pay upon the amount of all premiums which, during the year ending on every first day of July, shall have been received for any insur- ance effected or agreed to be effected in the City of Rock Island by or with such corporations, companies or associa- tions, respectively, in accordance with an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled, “An Act to enable Cities, Towns and Villages organized under any general or special law to levy and collect a tax or license fee from for- eign fire insurance companies for the benefit of organized fire departments.” Levee — Landing of Boats, etc. 141 , CHAPTER 28 LEVEE— LANDING OF BOATS, ETC. Section 1. No Boat to Land Without Permission from Chief of Police — Penalty. No vessel, boat or craft of any kind whatever, excepting steamboats, and excepting also as otherwise provided by the ordinances of the City of Rock Island, shall land at or occupy any part of the levee, to-wit: The south bank of the Mississippi river along First avenue, and the east bank extending south from Fifth street, within the jurisdiction of said City of Rock Island, without per- mission first obtained from the Chief of Police of said city, and should any such vessel, boat or craft, except as herein above provided, so land at or occupy said river bank, the owner or person in charge thereof shall immediately, on verbal notice so to do by the said Chief of Police, remove the same, and on failure so to do every such owner or person, shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of ten ($10) dollars, and in the further sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars for each and every day he shall suffer the same to remain at or occupy any part of said levee after said conviction. It is further provided that every sand or stone boat, wharfboat, barge or raft that shall be landed on any part of said levee between the west line of East Seventeenth street, extended, and the east line of Twentieth street, extended, for the purpose of unloading freight or materials shall pay to the City Clerk for a license to so land the following rates: For a license for one year, one hundred ($100) dollars; for one month, twenty-five -($25) dollars; and for one day, three ($3) dollars. The city expressly teserves the right to designate, even as to any licensed boat, barge or craft, where it may be landed and unloaded. § 2. * Chief of Police to Remove. If any such boat, vessel or craft shall land at or occupy any part of said levee con- trary to the provisions of Section 1 of this Chapter, it shall 142 Levee — Landing of Boats, etc. be the duty of the said Chief of Police to proceed at once and remove the same to such place as he shall deem advis- able, at the expense of the owner. « § 3. Boats to be Retained Until Fine is Paid — Sale of Same. All such boats, vessels or crafts shall be retained in the custody of the Chief of Police until all fines, forfeitures, and charges mentioned in the preceding sections of this Chapter shall be paid by the owner or person having charge of the same, and if said fines, forfeitures and charges are not paid within twenty-four (24) hours the Chief of Police shall sell every such boat, vessel or craft at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, first having given at least ten (10) days previous notice of the time and place of^ said sale by posting up notices of the same in three of the most public places in said city. § 4. Lien for Fine Created. For all proper charges, fines and forfeitures and costs and expenses incurred by the Chief of Police in removing and taking care of any boat, ves- sel or craft or other property by virtue of this ordinance, a lien is hereby created against any such boat, vessel or craft or other property, and no alienation or transfer of the same shall affect the said lien. Library 143 CHAPTER 29 LIBRARY Section 1. Establishment of Public Library Confirmed, and to be Maintained — Name. That the establishment of the public library and reading room in this city, and the accept- ance by the city of the donation of the books, pamphlets, papers, fixtures and other property of the Young Men’s Library Association upon the conditions of such donation, as set forth in the ordinance of said city passed August 12, 1872, be and they are hereby approved and confirmed ; and the said public library and reading room shall henceforth be kept up and maintained as such for the use of the in- habitants of said city, and shall be called the “Rock Island Public Library and Reading Room.” § 2. Penalty for Injury to or Failure to Return Property of. Any person who shall carelessly, wilfully or maliciously cut, tear, write upon, deface, injure or destroy any book, pamphlet, periodical, newspaper, plate, picture, engraving, or any other property or thing of value belonging to or un- der the control of the “Rock Island Public Library and Read- ying Room,” or who shall fail to return thereto any book, pamphlet, periodical, newspaper, plate, picture, engraving, or any other thing of value belonging to or under the con- trol of the said library and reading room, according to the requirements of the by-laws and rules thereof, or after notice so to do, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. All such fines shall, when collected, be paid to the City Treasurer and by him credited to the library fund. § 3. Chief of Police to Make Search and Return of Books. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, upon notice and request of the librarian of said library, to make diligent in- quiry and search for, and, if found, return to said library any and all books, pamphlets, papers, pictures, and other things of value which may at any time have been taken or detained from said library. 144 Library § 4. Infected Books. It shall be the duty of the City Physician, upon learning of the existence of contagious or infectious disease in any family, to at once notify the librarian of the library board of such fact, and also to ascertain if any library book is in such family’s possession, and if so notify such librarian of such fact; whereupon it shall be the duty of the librarian to withdraw all such books from circulation and destroy the same. [Historical Note.] A resolution of the board of di- rectors of the public library was presented to the City Coun- cil and adopted at a meeting of the Council held April 9, 1900. The said resolution, after reciting the estimate of the cost of construction and the proposed tax levy to cover the same, proceeded as follows : Therefore be it resolved by the City Council of Rock Island — That this City Council hereby fully approves the said pur- pose, plans and scheme and the action of the board of direc- tors of the public library of this city as heretofore reported to this Council for the construction of a new public library building in said city in all respects; and it hereby authorizes and directs the said board of directors to take such action as may be proper and necessary for the safe and proper erection of a library building upon said lots as soon as practicable, and that the money necessary for the purpose aforesaid shall be raised by taxation upon the property of said city as pro- vided by law for said period of seven (7) years. Licenses 145 CHAPTER 30 LICENSES Section 1. Licensies Subject to all Ordinances — Revoca- tion. All licenses which may at any time be issued under any ordinance of said city shall be subject to all ordinances and regulations of the city which may be in force during the period of such license, or any portion of such period, and shall also be subject to all laws of the State of Illinois and conditioned upon their faithful observance, and a violation of any of the provisions of said ordinances or laws by any licensed person shall, in addition to the penalties which may be provided for such violation, subject him to a revocation of his license. ^ § 2. How Issued — Terms. All licenses which may be issued under any ordinance of said city, unless such ordi- nance shall otherwise provide, shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, or by the Clerk with the approval of the Mayor, and under the corporate seal of said city ; shall specify the kind of license and the location of the building or premises to be occupied, shall bear the date on the day it is issued, and unless sooner revoked or terminated, shall expire on the first day of May next thereafter. § 3. How Transferred — Use Thereof Restricted. No such license shall be transferable without the permission of the Mayor or Council, nor shall any such license be used except by the person, at the place, and for the purpose des- ignated therein; and no person shall be deemed licensed until a license has been actually issued to him. If a certain floor of a building is designated in the license, it is valid only for the certain floor of the building designated, and no in- toxicating liquors shall be sold, delivered, drank or con- sumed in or upon any adjacent room, building, yard, premises or place of public resort not designated in the license. § 4. Assignment — Surrender — New License — Bond. Any person to whom a license may have been issued under 146 Licenses any ordinance of this city may, with the permission of the Council, have the same transferred or surrender such license and have the same cancelled and have a like license issued for the unexpired term of the one so surrendered to the per- son or place of business to which he may wish to transfer the same upon licensee named in such new license giving bond * (if bond is required in such case) and complying with the ordinances and laws under which the license is issued. § 5. License May be Revoked by Mayor or Council. Any license granted under the provisions of any ordinance of said city may be revoked at any time, upon written notice by the Mayor or Council, when it shall appear to his or their satisfaction that the licensed party has violated or failed to comply with any provision of any ordinance of said city or the laws of the state applicable to the person, business, occupation or place so licensed. § 6. Register of Licenses to be Kept. The City Clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued; the date, term, and kind of license, the amount paid therefor and the name and place of business of the licensee. Maps, Plats, etc. 147 CHAPTER 3 1 MAPS, PLATS, ETC. Section 1. Maps, Plats, etc., to be Approved by the Coun- cil. Every map, plat or subdivision of any block, lot, sub- lot or part thereof, or of any piece or parcel of land, shall be submitted to the Council for its approval before the same shall be or become of any force or effect, and no such map, plat or subdivision shall be valid in any degree whatever until it shall have been approved by the Council. § 2. Grading of Streets — Laying of Sidewalks — Dupli- cate to be Furnished. No such map, plat or subdivision shall be approved by the Council unless the owner or owners of the land so platted shall first have brought the strips of ground intended for streets to a proper and uniform grade to be established by said Council, and shall have laid along said streets sidewalks of such material and width as the ordinances of said City of Rock Island provide or the Coun- cil may require. Every such map, plat, etc., shall be sub- mitted in duplicate, one copy to remain in the City Clerk’s office, and the amount necessary to record the same according to law shall be deposited with the City Clerk. § 3. Indorsement Thereon. In case of approval by said Council of any such map, plat or subdivision, the indorse- ment thereon that such map or plat has been approved, signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, shall be sufficient evidence of its approval and of its right to be recorded. 148 Milk Inspection CHAPTER 32 MILK INSPECTION Section 1. Milk and Food Division Established. There is hereby established a division of the department of health of the City of Rock Island to be known and designated as the “Milk and Food Division,” which shall embrace the City Physician and such other inspectors and employes as the Council may by ordinance prescribe and establish. § 2. Officers* Defaults. Any officer or employe of the health department who wilfully connives at or assists in the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars, and at once forfeit his office. § 3. Insignia of Office — Powers. The City Physician and the inspectors shall each, when on duty, wear a metallic star, inscribed with suitable words, which shall be supplied by and be the property of the city. They shall each have the power, on demand made therefor, to require aid, assistance or presence of any police officer in the performance of any duty enjoined by the provisions of this ordinance, to arrest all persons found violating any of the terms or provisions of this ordinance, and shall have full powers as are now provided by the laws and ordinances of the city. § 4. Milk Vendors License — License Fees. No person or persons, firm or corporation, or driver of any milk wagon thereof, shall sell or offer for sale, expose for sale, dispose of, exchange or deliver or, with the intent so to do as aforesaid, have in his or their possession, care or custody or control, milk or cream for human food, without first having been licensed so to do. Every person or persons, firm or corpora- tion selling or disposing of milk or cream at retail shall annually, on the first day of May, pay license fees as follows: Every milk or cream vendor selling, offering for sale, expos- ing for sale, exchange or delivery, or disposing of the same Milk Inspection 149 in or from any store, stand, booth, market place, milk depot, warehouse, dairy, cow stable or any building or establishment of any kind, or in or from any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, shall pay the sum of five ($5) dollars, provided the above fee shall not apply to grocers and meat dealers who receive or are supplied from dairymen who have already paid the license fee. Persons who do not own more than two cows and who sell milk therefrom to their neighbors or cus- tomers by peddling the same by hand shall be subject to inspection and all the regulations of this ordinance, but shall be compelled to pay a fee of but one ($1) dollar per year for registration. When more than one wagon, carriage or vehicle is used from which milk or cream is sold or offered for sale, there shall be paid at the same time and in like manner as hereinbefore provided for each such additional wagon, car- riage or other vehicle the sum of five ($5) dollars. All licenses granted pursuant to this ordinance shall be issued by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, and he shall have the right and authority to suspend at any time such licenses for flagrant violation of the provisions hereof, and for any other good and sufficient cause. In case the person whose license is suspended desires to appeal to the Council, he shall have that privilege. The Council shall have the right to revoke such license or renew the license to the person aggrieved. § 5. License — Application and Issue of. License shall be issued in the name of the applicant therefor. Before the issuance of the license every vendor of milk or cream shall make written application therefor on a printed form provided for that purpose, on which shall be stated : First. The name, residence and location of the business place or places of the applicant. Second. The number of cows, if any, owned or controlled by the applicant. Third. The number and description of each and every wagon, carriage or other vehicle used by the applicant in the milk or cream business. 150 Milk Inspection Fourth. If, after the issuance and delivery of the license any change be made in the location of the place of business of such licensee, notice thereof must forthwith be given to the City Clerk. Any and all persons licensed under this article shall immediately cause to be and remain posted his or their license upon some conspicuous part of the room or office in which the, business is carried on, under a penalty of not less than ten ($10) dollars for each day said license re- mains unposted as provided in this section. § 6. Vehicles, Premises, etc. — Cleanliness. All utensils, mechanical milkers or other devices used in the production or handling of milk or cream must be properly cleaned and sterilized each time before using, and shall be so constructed that all parts are absolutely free from places where milk can accumulate or soak in so that it cannot be removed by simple washing, and the surface coming in contact with the milk or cream must be smooth and free from rust, and all refrigerators or stores or other places where milk or cream is kept, stored or handled shall be kept in a scrupulously neat and clean condition and free from the presence or vicinity of any article likely to injuriously affect the quality or sweetness of milk or cream, and no person or corporation shall use any can, bottle or other receptacle in which milk or cream has been delivered to such person or corporation for the purpose of handling or storing any other article, and persons having in their possession bottles, cans or other receptacles used for the transportation or delivery of milk or cream shall cleanse or cause to be cleansed all such milk vessels immediately after emptying; but such vessels shall be sterilized by dairymen or dealer before being filled again. All persons living upon premises where such milk is pro- duced, or employed thereon, or engaged or employed in the handling of milk that is brought into the City of Rock Island, or sold in the City of Rock Island for human food, shall be free from contagious or infectious diseases and resident or domiciled in places free from such diseases and shall not be exposed to or come in contact with a person suffering with Milk Inspection 151 or having a contagious disease; provided that no person shall be employed or permitted to work on such farm or to handle any such milk unless and until it shall have been demon- strated to the satisfaction of the City Physician of the City of Rock Island that such person is not a typhoid or diphtheria carrier. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation producing milk or handling milk to notify the City Physician at once, by mail, of the occurrence of any sickness of any person or persons living or employed on their farms where such milk is produced or employed by them in the handling* of 5uch milk. Milk, cream, skimmed milk or buttermilk pro- duced on any farm or bottled or handled where a case of con- tagious or infectious disease has occurred or is suspected to have occurred shall not be shipped into or delivered or sold or offered for sale in the City of Rock Island, or to any creamery or bottling plant supplying the City of Rock Island, until the City Physician shall be notified and shall have made an investigation and released such milk, cream, skimmed milk or buttermilk for delivery in the City of Rock Islamf. All cans, vessels and receptacles used in the handling of milk and cream, as well as all packages, refrigerators, restau- rants, hotels, compartments or stores or other places where milk and cream are kept, stored or handled shall be kept and maintained scrupulously neat and clean, and shall be kept free from the presence or vicinity of any article of any kind likely to contaminate or injuriously affect the quality or sweetness of the milk or cream. All cans, bottles, vessels and recep- tacles in which milk or cream is kept shall be sterilized with boiling water or live steam each time they are used, and all pouring cans, dippers or other vessels used in handling or peddling milk or cream shall be scalded or sterilized daily, and all bottles in which milk is distributed shall be washed clean and sterilized each time they are used. No person or persons shall bring to or deliver milk in the City of Rock Island for the purpose of retailing the same to customers in the City of Rock Island in any open or uncovered wagon. 152 Milk Inspection cart or conveyance of any kind, and all milk hereafter brought to the City of Rock Island to be retailed to consumers, or for that purpose to be delivered in the City of Rock Island, shall be brought to said city and delivered in carts and wagons or cars so constructed that the covering hereinbefore provided shall not come in contact with the cans, bottles or other ves- sels containing milk, and shall protect such milk and the cans, bottles or o'ther vessels containing the same from the sun and the rain, and so far as practicable, from the dust and all im- purities of the air. No milk shall be sold by any dairyman from a milk wagon unless it shall be contained in glass bottles which have stamped thereon the name of the owner thereof. Milk sold in large quantities and by wholesale may be delivered in suitable cans. It shall ])e unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell milk in bottles which have not stamped thereon the name of the owner. § 7. Vehicle — Sign. No milk or cream shall be sold, ofifered for sale, exposed for sale, exchanged, delivered, trans- ported, conveyed or carried on any wagon, carriage or other vehicle unless the owner or owners thereof shall first obtain from the City Clerk two metal plates on which shall be stamped the number corresponding to the license, together with the year for which the license is issued, which plates the said licensed owners or owner shall cause to be securely fas- tened on the outside of each side of the box of his vehicle so licensed, or in a conspicuous place so that the same can be easily seen. § 8. Inspection — Resisting. It shall be the duty of the said City Physician (either in person or by one or more of the said inspectors) to visit, view and inspect dairies and farms from which milk and cream are sold to be used in the City of Rock Island, and all places and vehicles in which milk and cream may be sold or ofifered for sale, exposed for sale, stored, kept, exchanged, delivered or disposed of, as well Milk Inspection 153 as to inspect, view and examine all vessels, cans, receptacles, packages, refrigerators, or compartments of store places or buildings, erections or establishments of any kind containing milk and cream, and ascertain or examine the condition thereof with reference to cleanliness and sanitation, and are authorized, directed and empowered to cause the removal and abatement of any unfit, unclean or injurious condition attend- ing the keeping, storing or possession, care, custody or con- trol of milk or cream at any and all places. Any person, firm or corporation failing, neglecting, delaying or refusing to obey or conform to any reasonable order or direction under this section made by the proper officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than ten ($10) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. § 9. Powers of Entry. The City Physician, inspector and police officer detailed, directed or instructed to act herein shall have the right, and it shall be their duty, to enter and have full access, egress and ingress to all places where milk or cream is stored or kept for sale, to all wagons, car- riages or other vehicles, railroad cars or conveyances of any kind used for the conveyance, transportation or delivery of milk to any warehouse, place of business, factories, buildings, farms, stables, railroad depots, erections, establishments or places of any kind, to all vessels, cans, packages, refrigerators or receptacles of milk or cream, and to take samples of milk and cream therefrom, not exceeding one (1) pint, for the pur- pose of inspecting, testing or analyzing the same, and when demanded of the inspector, one-half (^) of the sample shall be returned to the person from whom the milk is taken, to be used in his own private test. Any person, firm or corporation failing, neglecting, delay- ing or refusing to obey or conform to any reasonable order or direction under this section, made by the proper officer, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dol- lars, and whenever a sample or samples so found and taken as aforesaid shall not correspond with or shall be in violation 154 Milk Inspection of the requirements of this ordinance, the person or persons, hrm or corporation in whose possession, care, custody or control such milk or cream may be found shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. § 10. Samples — Test. All samples of milk and cream taken or brought to the office of the department of health by the officers thereof, shall be analyzed or otherwise satisfac- torily tested, and wherever or whenever said milk or cream or condensed milk so tested or analyzed shall be found violative of the provisions of this ordinance, the necessary steps shall be taken for the prosecution for a violation thereof. The analysis or test herein required may be made with such in- struments, apparatus, chemicals or other articles, and to such extent, as may by the City Physician be deemed necessary. A record shall be kept of every analysis or examination that may be made, and the City Physician shall make an annual report of the transactions of this division to the Council, with all such data as may be of public interest. § 11. Milk Test. No milk shall be kept, sold or offered for sale, stored, exchanged, transported, conveyed, carried or delivered, or with such intent as aforesaid in the care, custody, control or possession of any one, if it contains more than eighty-eight (88) per centum of watery fluids or less than twelve (12) per centum of total solids, of which total solids three (3) per centum shall be butter fat. § 12. Cream Test. No cream shall be sold, offered for sale, exchanged, delivered or be transported or carried for the purpose of sale, exchange or delivery that contains less than eighteen (18) per centum of butter fat, or that is taken from any impure, diseased, unhealthy, unclean, adulterated or unwholesome milk or cream to which any foreign or other substance of any kind has been added. Offenders under this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con- viction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars Milk Inspection 155 nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. • § 13. Skimmed Milk — Penalty. Any vendor of milk or cream, or any driver, servant or agent of such vendor, who shall in the City of Rock Island sell or offer for sale any milk from which the cream or any part thereof shall have been taken, shall offer for sale and sell the same as skimmed milk and not otherwise, and no vendor of milk, and no driver, servant or agent of such vendor, shall offer for sale, or sell, or have in his custody, possession or control, with intent to sell or deliver same, any such milk from which the cream or any part thereof shall have been taken, unless the can, vessel or package containing such milk shall have conspicuously attached thereto a steel or metallic tab on which shall be en- grossed the words “Skimmed Milk,” in large, plain, dis- tinct letters; said steel or metallic tab shall not be less than three (3) inches by five (5) inches in size; and when the same is sold in bottles, the words “Skimmed Milk” should be marked on the cap. § 14. Impure, Diluted or Adulterated Milk. Whosoever by himself or by his servant or agent, employe or milk wagon driver, or as servant or agent, employe or milk wagon driver for any other person, firm or corporation, sells, offers for sale, exchanges, delivers or transports or carries for the purpose of sale, exchange or delivery, or has in his custody, possession, care or control with intent so to sell, offer for sale, exchange or deliver, or exposes or offers for sale, exchange, transportation or delivery, any milk or cream for human food. Avhich is unclean, diluted, impure, unhealthy, diseased, unwholesome, adulterated or not of the standard of quality provided for by this ordinance, or milk or cream to which water or any foreign substance has been added, or milk or cream produced from cows kept in an unclean, filthy or un- healthy condition, or milk or cream that has been exposed to or contaminated or affected by the emanations, discharges or exhalations from any human beings or animals sick with any contagious or infectious diseases by which the health or life 156 Milk Inspection of any person may be endang-ered, compromised or in any way affected, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall for a first offense be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars; and for each subsequent offense be fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars. • « § 15. Adulteration or Dilution. Any person who shall adulterate milk or cream or reduce or change it in any respect by the addition of water or any foreign or other substance or by the removal of cream therefrom with a view of selling, or offering the same for sale, or exchange, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dol- lars for each and every -offense. § 16.' Foreign Substances Contained. Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, exchange, deliver, dispose of or transport, convey or carry, or with any such intent as aforesaid have in his or their pos- session, care, custody or control any milk or cream having therein or containing any foreign or other substance of any kind whatever, or coloring matter, or any adulteration or pre- servative, whether for the purpose of artificially increasing the quantity of milk or cream or for preserving the condition of sweetness thereof, or for any purpose whatever, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars for each and every offense. § 17. Condensed Milk. No person shall manufacture, sell or offer for sale any condensed or evaporated milk for domestic use unless the same shall be put up in packages or cans upon which shall be distinctly labeled or stamped the name or brand by whom, or under which, the same is made. No condensed or evaporated milk shall be made, sold, or offered for sale, exchanged or delivered for domestic use un- less the same is manufactured from pure, clean, healthy, fresh, Milk Inspection 157 unadulterated, wholesome milk from which the cream has not been removed. Condensed or evaporated milk shall contain not less than twenty (20) per cent of milk solids, and one hundred (100) per cent of such milk solids shall contain not less than twenty-seven and five-tenths (27.5) per cent of milk fat. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the addition of cane sugar in the manufacture of condensed or evaporated milk. § 18. Confiscation of Impure Milk. All milk and cream from sick and diseased cows, or cows fed on refuse or slops from distilleries, vinegar factories or any similar slops, m’ash or refuse shall, upon discovery thereof, be confiscated, forfeited and immediately destroyed by or under the direc- tion of the City Physician, who shall, if done in good faith, be held harmless in damages therefor in any suit or demand made. § 19. Buttermilk. Nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to prohibit the use or sale of what is known as buttermilk, provided the same is produced from pure and wholesome milk. Should any such buttermilk, however, be sold, kept, offered or exposed for sale, exchanged or trans- ported, conveyed or carried or be in the care, custody, control or possession of any one with the intent as aforesaid which is not the product of pure and wholesome milk, the offender shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. § 20. Hotel Keeper, Restaurant, etc. Every hotel keeper, restaurant keeper or boarding house keeper who furnishes milk or cream to his or their guests or boarders shall be in all respects subject and amenable to the provisions of this ordinance, saving and excepting the obtaining of a license, and it shall be his duty to place over the container of milk the words “Cream, Milk, or Skimmed Milk,” which shall truthfully describe the contents thereof. 158 Milk Inspection § 21. Sick or Diseased Cow — Slaughter. If any cow be sick or diseased, the owner or person in charge thereof shall not sell, or ofifer for sale, exchange or delivery, the milk or cream therefrom, but shall at once destroy the same. If in the opinion of the City Physician or any inspector any cow is afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease, he shall direct the owner or person in charge thereof to forthwith re- move the said cow from the premises to a place where it may not spread or cause contagion or infection. A violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, on convic- tion thereof, the offender shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. If said cow is by the City Physician or inspector deemed incurable, and the owner or person in charge thereof does not consent to its being killed, said City Physician shall notify the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners. § 22. Parturition of Cow. No milk or cream shall be sold, kept, offered or exposed for sale, stored, transported, exchanged, carried, delivered or in any manner disposed of, drawn from cows within fifteen (15) days before and five (5) days after parturition, nor shall the same be mixed with any other milk or cream for such purposes. Any one so offering shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. § 23. Dairy — Refuse Matter — Offal. All persons, firms or corporations who own or keep a dairy and offer the pro- ducts thereof for sale in the City of Rock Island shall main- tain the premises thereof free from any accumulation of re- fuse matter or offal, which shall be removed frequently, so as not to endanger the public health. § 24. Moneys Collected. All moneys collected under the provisions of this ordinance shall be duly paid to the City Clerk. § 25. Use of Old Bottles Prohibited. It shall be un- lawful for a milk dealer to purchase any milk bottle from a Milk Inspection 159 junk dealer or other person engaged in the business of collect- ing bottles which may have been contaminated by disease and filth. § 26. Delivery to Premises Under Quarantine. When milk is delivered to premises quarantined by the health authorities, it shall be unlawful for milk dealers to receive empty bottles therefrom, excepting after the same have been sterilized under the direction of the health officer who fumigates premises upon the lifting of the quarantine. ^ § 27. Certified Milk. Dairymen who wish to put a milk of exceptional excellence on the market may be allowed to use the words “Certified Milk” on their labels, provided that they shall comply in every respect with the “Certified Milk” requirements. § 28. Standard for Pasteurized Milk. All milk sold as Pasteurized milk shall at all times prove to be such, and dealers purporting to sell Pasteurized milk shall be sus- pended from business should their milk be proven not to be Pasteurized. Milk may be Pasteurized in the following manner: A uniform heat of 145 degrees for 25 minutes. A uniform heat of 150 degrees for 20 minutes. A uniform heat of 155 degrees for 15 minutes. A uniform heat of 160 degrees for 10 minutes. A uniform heat of 165 degrees for 5 minutes. A uniform heat of 170 degrees flash. § 29. When Ordinance Takes Effect. This ordinance shall not go into effect before sixty days after its passage, at the end of which time no milk shall be sold within the limits of the City of Rock Island which has not come from a farm or dairy which has been examined by the inspector and found to score more than fifty per cent. A permit shall be necessary, regardless of the number of cows kept by the person selling milk. 160 Milk Inspection The City Physician shall have the power and authority to make such further rules and regulations as shall appear to be necessary from time to time. § 30. Penalty for Violation. Any violation of this ordi- nance shall subject the offender to the forfeiture of his dairy license, in addition to such other and further penalties herein provided, and in all cases of a violation of the terms of this Chapter, if a penalty is not specially provided for such viola- tion, the offender shall be fined not less than five ($5) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each such offense. § 31. Grades of Milk. The following standards are hereby established as to the relative merits to proper condi- tions of milk : 50 per cent passable. 70 per cent good. 90 per cent excellent. 100 per cent perfect. § 32. Bacteria Test. All milk and skim milk brought into the city, or sold or offered for sale in the city, must not contain more than 250,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter from May 1st to October 1st, and 150,000 from October 1st to May 1st. § 33. Scoring. All dairies shall be scored by the in- spector on the score card in the following form: EQUIPMENT Score Perfect. Allowed. Cows. Water (clean and fresh) 1 Eood (clean and wholesome) • 1 Health 6 Apparently in good health 1 Milk Inspection 161 EQUIPMENT Score Cows. Perfect. Allowed. If given a physical examination within a year by a competent vet- erinarian, and found to be healthy and free from tuberculosis in so far as an external examination may determine 5 Stables. Location of stable — 2 Well drained 1 Free from contaminating surround- ings 1 Construction of stable 3 Tight, sound floor and proper gutter 2 Smooth, tight walls and ceiling 0.5 Proper stall, tie and manger 0.5 Provision for Light — Four sq. ft. of glass per cow 4 Three sq. ft 3 Two sq. ft 2 One squ. ft 1 Deduct for uneven distribution — Bedding 1 Ventilation 5 Provision for fresh air, controllable flue system 2 Windows hinged at bottom 1.5 Sliding windows 1 Other openings 0.5 Cubic feet of space per cow, 500 cu. feet 2 Not less than 400 cu. ft 1.5 Not less than 300 cu. ft 1 Less than 300 cu. ft 0 Provision for controlling tempera- ture 1 162 Milk Inspection EQUIPMENT Utensils. Small top milking pail - Milk cooler - Clean milking suits - Milk Room or Milk House. Location, free from contaminating surroundings - Construction of milk room - Eloor, walls and ceiling 1 Light, ventilation, screens 1 Separate rooms for washing uten- sils and handling milk Facilities for steam Hot water 0.5 Total METHODS Cows. Clean (Free from visible dirt) 4 Stables. Cleanliness of stables Floor 2 Walls 1 Ceilings and ledges 1 Windows 1 Stable air at milking time Freedom from dust 2 Freedom from odors 2 Cleanliness of bedding Barnyard, clean Removal of manure, daily (to 50 ft. from stable) - Score Perfect. Allowed. 10 1 1 1 2 1 1 40 Score Perfect. Allowed. 6 5 4 1 1 2 Milk Inspection 163 EQUIPMENT Score Perfect. Allowed. Milk Room or Milk House. Cleanliness of milk room 3 Utensils and Milking. Care and cleanliness of utensils Thoroughly w^ashed 2 Sterilized in steam for 15 minutes.... 3 Placed over steam jet or scalded with boiling water 2 Protected from contamination 3 Cleanliness of milking Clean, dry hands 5 Udders washed and wiped 10 Udders cleaned with moist cloth.. 6 Cleaned with dry cloth or brush at least 15 minutes before milking 2 Handling the Milk. Cleanliness of attendants in milk room Milk removed immediately from stable Cooled immediately after milking each cow Cooled below 50 degrees E 51 to 54 degrees F 3 55 to 58 degrees F 2 Stored below 50 degrees F 51 to 55 degrees F 2 56 to 60 degrees F '. 1 Transportation below 64 degrees F.. 51 to 55 degrees F 1.5 56 to 63 degrees F 1 If delivered twice a day — allow per- fect score for storage and trans- portation. Total , 8 15 2 2 2 4 3 2 60 164 Misdemeanors CHAPTER 33 MISDEMEANORS I_OEEENSES AGAINST GOOD MORALS AND DECENCY II— OEEENSES AEEECTING PUBLIC SAEETY III_OEEENSES AEEECTING PUBLIC PEACE AND QUIET IV— OEEENSES AEEECTING STREETS, PROPERTY AND MERCHANDISE V— VAGABONDS DEEINED I— OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD MORALS AND DECENCY Section 1. Misdemeanor Defined — Penalty. Thal^ each of the following sections shall be deemed to state a misde- meanor, or misdemeanors, which, if severally or jointly com- mitted by any person or persons within the territorial juris- diction of said city shall subject the offender or offenders, severally (where the penalty is not otherwise specified in the section defining the misdemeanor), to a penalty of not less than one ($1) dollar and not exceeding two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense. .§ 2. Drunkenness — Penalty — Second Offense — Time of Commencing Prosecution. Any person found intoxicated in any street, highway or other public place, or so found dis- turbing the peace of the public or of his own or any other family, in any private building or place in the city, shall, for the first offense, be fined not more than five dollars, and upon any subsequent conviction shall be fined a sum not exceeding twenty-five ($25) dollars. Prosecutions under this section shall be commenced within ten (10) days after the off'ense is committed, and the magistrate may remit the punishment in whole or in part where he is satisfied the public welfare and the good of the offender require it. Misdemeanors 165 § 3. Minors not to Frequent Saloons. No person under the age of majority shall visit or frequent any saloon or other place where intoxicating, malt, vinous, mixed or fermented liquors are sold for the purpose of obtaining such liquors, unless accompanied by his or her parent or guardian; nor shall any such person obtain or attempt to obtain such liquor by fraudulently representing himself or herself to be of law- ful age, when in fact he or she is not, for the purpose of obtaining such liquor. ^ § 4. Bathing in Public Place — Indecently Exposed. No 'person shall swim or bathe in the Mississippi river, or in any place exposed to public view, within the limits of the city, between sunrise and one hour after sunset, being naked or having the person indecently exposed. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bathe in the Mississippi river at any time between the west line of Seventeenth street and the east line of Nineteenth street in the City of Rock Island. § 5. Indecent Exposure, Indecent Books, Pictures, Shows, etc. No person shall appear in any public place within the city in a state of nudity or in a dress not belong- ing to his or her sex, or in any indecent or lewd dress, or make any indecent exposure of his or her person, or be guilty of any indecent or lewd act or behavior, or shall publicly or privately exhibit, sell or offer for sale, give away, or offer to give away, any indecent book, pamphlet, periodical, news- paper, print, picture, or other thing or article of indecent or immoral use, or shall exhibit or perform, or in any way cause to be exhibited or performed, any indecent, immoral, or lewd play, or show, or representation of any sort. § 6. Indecent Exhibition of Stud Horse or Bull. No person shall indecently exhibit any stud horse or bull, or let any such horse to any mare or mares, or any bull to any cow or cows, within the limits of the city, unless in some inclosed place, out of public view. 166 Misdemeanors § 7. House of Ill-Fame — Disorderly House. No person shall keep or maintain a house of ill-fame or assignation, or place for the practice of fornication, or lewdness ; no person shall patronize, or be an inmate of the same, nor let, own or be interested as proprietor or landlord in any house, room, or other premises used for any such purpose, or shall keep a common, ill-governed or disorderly house, to the encourage- ment of idleness, gaming, drinking, fornication or other mis- behavior. § 8. Gaming — Penalty. No person shall play for money or other valuable thing at any game with cards, dice, billiards, or with any other article, instrument or thing whatsoever which may be used for the purpose of playing or betting upon, or winning or losing money, or any other thing of value, nor shall bet upon any game others may be playing. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars nor less than ten ($10) dollars. § 9. Gaming House. No person shall keep a gaming house, or in any building or other place by himself or his agent used or occupied, procure or permit any persons to frequent or come together to play for money or other valu- able thing at any game, nor shall keep nor suffer to be kept any table or other apparatus for the purpose of playing at any game or sport for money or any valuable thing, nor shall keep nor rent any such place for any such purpose within the city. § 10. Gambling Instruments May be Destroyed. The Mayor, any Commissioner, Chief of Police or ariy police officer of this city may seize or cause to be seized any instru- ment, device or thing used for the purpose of gaming, or by, on or with which money or other property or thing of value may be lost or won; and all such instruments, devices or things shall be demolished or destroyed under the direction of the Mayor. Misdemeanors 167 That whoever, in any room, saloon, inn, tavern, shed, booth or building or enclosure, or in any part thereof, oper- ates, keeps, owns, rents or uses any clock, joker, tape or slot machine, or any other device upon which money is staked or hazarded, or into which money is paid or played upon chance, or upon the result of the action of which money or other valuable thing is staked, bet, hazarded, won or lost, shall, upon conviction, for the first offense be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars or more than one hundred ($100) dol- lars; and for a second offense shall be fined not less than two hundred ($200) dollars. Every clock, tape machine, slot machine or other machine or device for the reception of money on chance, or upon the action of which money is staked, hazarded, bet, won or lost, is hereby declared a gambling device', and shall be subject to seizure, confiscation and destruction by any municipal or other local authority within whose jurisdiction the same may be found. Every owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or other person in possession of any premises upon which any gambling device may be located, and every person in the use, operation, lease or other possession of the same, shall be fined for the first offense not less than one hundred ($100) dollars, and for the second offense shall be fined not less than two hundred ($200) dollars. § 11. Disorderly Houses May be Entered Forcibly — Police May Arrest Persons Found Therein. If the owner or keeper of any disorderly or gambling house, or house of ill- fame, or any house or place reasonably supposed to be such, shall refuse to permit the Mayor, any Commissioner, the Chief of Police or any police officer to enter the same, it shall be lawful for the Mayor, any Commissioner, the Chief of Police or any police officer to enter or cause the same to be entered by forcibly breaking the doors or other- wise and to arrest, with or without warrant or process, any and all persons found therein violating any law or ordinance, or subject to reasonable suspicion thereof. 168 Misdemeanors § 12. Licensed Persons Violating Sections Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine or Ten,,Forfeit License. In case of the conviction of any person for a violation of any of the pro- visions of sections five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of this Chapter, such person shall, in addition to the penalty pre- scribed for such violation, incur a forfeiture of any city license that he may hold. § 13. Cruelty to Animals — Penalty. No person shall overload, overdrive, overwork, cruelly beat, torture, torment, mutilate or cruelly kill any animal, or cause or knowingly allow the same to be done. No person shall cruelly work or cruelly abandon any old, maimed, infirm, sick or disabled animal, or cause or knowingly allow the same to be done, or unnecessarily fail to provide any animal in his charge or custody, as owner or otherwise, with proper food, drink or shelter. II— OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC SAFETY § 14. Use of Firearms jand Explosives — Exceptions. No person shall in any part of the city fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or other firearm, or set ofif, fire or explode any torpedo, firecrackers, fire ball, rocket or other fireworks whatsoever, or shall make or kindle any bonfire. Provided, that the Council may, by resolution, suspend the operation of the preceding provisions of this section, in whole or in part, on the 4th day of July, or any other day of public rejoicing; and, provided further, that the discharge of firearms by the members of any military when on parade and in accordance with the command of the commanding officer, or by any city officer, or other person in the discharge of any legal duty, or necessary and lawful act, the same being done in a proper and careful manner, shall not be deemed a violation hereof. That it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge on the streets, avenues, alleys, or other public grounds any air gun or toy gun from which is sent a lead or metal missile. Misdemeanors 169 § 15. Leaving Horses, etc.. Unfastened — Fast Driving. No person shall drive, place, fasten or leave standing any horse, mule or other animal on any street, avenue or sidewalk in the city, or leave standing unfastened therein any of the animals aforesaid, or any team of either, in harness or attached to any wagon or other vehicle so that said animal or animals may be liable to run away; or cause, suffer or allow any of the said animals to pass through any street, alley or public place without a suitable driver, or ride or drive at an immoderately fast pace any of the aforesaid animals through or along any street, alley or public place in said city so as to endanger the ’safety of any person. § 16. Obstructing Street and Sidewalk with Teams. No person shall stop any team or any of the last aforesaid animals in any street, alley or other public way in such manner as to prevent other teams and persons passing at all times, except in case of absolute necessity; or stop any team at the regular crossings of streets so as to prevent free passage for foot passengers. This section, however, shall not be so construed as to prevent any person from leading, riding or driving over any sidewalk into any lot by the usual mode of ingress or egress for vehicles. § 17. Flying Kites, Throwing Stones and Other Danger- ous Sports in Streets. No person shall in any public place in said city fly kites, throw stones or snow balls, trundle hoops, play ball, or engage in any sport likely to frighten horses, injure other people, embarrass the passage of vehicles, or obstruct the passage or business of other people; nor throw nor cast any stone, snow ball or other missile upon or at any building, tree or other public or private property, or at any person anywhere in said city, or aid or abet the same. § 18. Getting on or Holding to Cars, Vehicles, etc . — Penalty. No person shall within the limits of said city seize, hang upon, get upon, hold, tie or fasten to any railroad car,’ engine, horse car, carriage, buggy, wagon, sleigh, sled or other vehicle or conveyance while the same is in motion, or 170 Misdemeanors attempt so to do, or attach to any such vehicle or conveyance any sleigh or sled, and ride thereon, unless he shall be acting in compliance with law and his duty in so doing. § 19. Coasting on Streets Prohibited — Exception. No person shall coast or slide on any of the streets or sidewalks of the city, except on such streets as may be designated by the Mayor or Council. § 20. Leaving Cellar Doors and Other Openings, etc., Un- covered or Unsafe. No person shall leave open, uncovered, unguarded or in an unsafe condition any cellar door, hatch- way, pit, vault, excavation or excavations upon or adjoining any sidewalk, street, alley or public place of the city. Ill— OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE AND QUIET § 21. Assault — Assault and Battery — Penalty. No per- son shall commit an assault, or assault and battery, under a penalty of not less than three ($3) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. ' § 22. Disturbing the Peace by Loud Noises or Riotous Conduct, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons within said city to make or create any loud or unusual noises, by blowing of horns, bugles, or other instruments, or by the beating of drums, kettles or other sounding vessels or instru- ments, or by the ringing of bells or crying of goods, tending to the collection of persons in the streets or on the sidewalks,- or by loud or boisterous laughing, or by singing, bellowing, whooping, screaming, halooing, swearing, cursing; nor shall any person or persons in said city disturb the peace of any street, avenue, alley, neighborhood, or person by conduct- ing himself or themselves in a tumultuous, riotous, indecent, disorderly or offensive manner, or by any of the means enumerated in this section, nor by any other device or means whatever. § 23. Loitering or Loafing Upon Streets, etc. — Interfer- ing with or Annoying Passersby — Curfew, etc. It shall be Misdemeanors 171 unlawful for any person or persons in said city to loiter or congregate about or upon any stairway, doorway, window or in front of any business or dwelling house, theatre, church or street corner, or elsewhere, and by so doing obstruct or interfere with the free passage of persons entering or occu- pying such building or premises, or by their language, con- versation or conduct annoy, insult or disturb persons passing along the streets or alleys, or occupying, residing or doing business in any of said houses or places ; and it shall be the duty of every policeman to arrest and prosecute all persons offending under this section. It is hereby made unlawful for any person under fifteen years of age to be or remain in or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in the City of Rock Island, Illinois, after the hour of nine o’clock p. m. from March 1st to September 30th, inclusive, of each year, and from October 1st to the last day of February, inclusive, of each year, after the hour of eight o’clock p. m., unless such person is accompanied by a parent or guardian, or other person having the legal cus- tody of such minor person, or is in the performance of an errand of duty directed by such parent or guardian or other person having the care and custody of such minor person, or ^ whose employment makes it necessary to be upon said streets, alleys or public places during the night time after said speci- fied hours; provided this exception shall not apply when the person under such age shall be playing or unnecessarily loitering in or upon any such streets, alleys or public places. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not to exceed ten ($10) dol- lars for each offense. It is hereby made unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any person under fifteen years of age to allow or permit any child, ward or other person under such age while in such legal custody to go or be in or upon any of the streets, alleys, or public places in said city within the time prohibited in sec- 172 Misdemeanors tion 1 of this ordinance, unless there exists a reasonable neces- sity therefor. Each member of the police force while on duty is hereby authorized to arrest, without warrant, any person wilfully violating the provisions of section 1 of this ordinance, and detain such person for a reasonable time in which complaints can be made and a warrant issued and served. But it is fur- ther ordained, that no child or minor person arrested under the provisions of this ordinance shall be placed in confine- ment until the parents or guardians of such minor person shall have been notified of such arrest and shall have refused to be held responsible for the observance of the provisions of this ordinance by said minor person. § 24. Keeping of Dogs, etc. — Disturbing the Quiet by Barking, Howling, etc. No person shall, in said city, keep any dog, whelp, bitch, calf, hog, or any other animal shut up or tied up in any yard, house oi* other place, which, by bark- ing, howling, or other noises, shall disturb the peace and quiet of any family, individual or neighborhood. § 25. Breach of Peace — Threatening Language and Con- duct. No person shall commit a breach of the peace or shall use any profane or indecent language, or be guilty of any violent or threatening language or conduct tending to pro- voke a breach of the peace in the city. § 26. Disorderly Conduct — Unlawful Gatherings. No person shall be guilty of any disorderly conduct, nor shall make, aid, countenance, nor assist in making any improper noise, riot or disturbance in the city, nor shall persons congre- gate together in any of the streets, alleys or public places of the city for unlawful purposes, or for a lawful purpose in a riotous or tumultous manner, to the annoyance of the citizens or travelers therein, or aid or abet the same. § 27. Disturbing School or Assembly. No person shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any school or any congregation or assembly meeting for religious worship, or for any other lawful purpose, by making any unnecessary noise or by rude Misdemeanors 173 or indecent behavior, or by profane discourse within such meeting, or so near the same as to disturb the order or solemnity of such meeting. § 28. Processions, Music. No military company or other body or procession of persons shall march or pass through the streets of this city on Sunday accompanied by the sound of music, unless by the special permission of the Mayor first obtained. § 29. False Alarm of Fire, etc. No person shall make a false alarm of fire by outcry, or by using any bell or other sounding instrument; nor shall any person wilfully make any false alarm of any kind calculated to disturb the peace of said city. § 30. Places of Amusement — Time of Closing. No per- son shall, by himself, his agent, or servant, keep open or permit or suffer any person to remain at any public place of amusement kept or owned by him at a later hour than twelve o’clock p. m. Provided, that the Mayor may, in his discre- tion, upon proper application in writing to him made, grant a special written permit to keep the same open to some hour that shall be specified therein, such permit to be good for one night only, and such permit and application to be filed with the City Clerk before taking advantage of the provisions thereof. § 31. Carrying Concealed Weapons. No person shall within the limits of said city carry or wear under their clothes, or concealed about their person, any pistol, revolver, bowie knife, dirk or other deadly weapon, or shall in a threatening or boisterous manner display or flourish any deadly weapon. This shall not apply to police officers when on duty. Any such weapon or weapons duly adjudged by any magistrate of said city to have been worn, carried or dis- played by any person in violation of this section shall be for- feited and confiscated to said city and be kept and retained by the Chief of Police. 174 Misdemeanors § 32. Permit to Carry, The Mayor may grant to so many and such persons as he may think proper license to carry concealed weapons, and may revoke any and all such licenses at his pleasure. Applications for such licenses shall be made to the Mayor, and thereupon a license shall be issued by the City Clerk and signed by the Mayor. Every such license shall state the name, age, occupation, and residence of the person to whom it is granted, and every such license shall expire at the end of the municipal year. § 33. Resistance to Officers. No person shall'unlawfully resist any police officer or constable in the discharge of his duties, nor shall wilfully refuse to assist any police officer or constable in making an arrest when called upon to do so, nor shall interfere with the Mayor of the city, with the Chief of Police or any police officer or constable, or any person author- ized and required to enforce the laws of the city, or prevent, hinder, or delay such person in the execution of the duties required of him by any of the ordinances of the city or laws of the state. IV— OFFENSES AFFECTING STREETS, PROPERTY AND MERCHANDISE § 34. Destruction or Injury of Public Property For- bidden. No person shall wilfully or maliciously destroy, injure, deface or interfere with any byidge, engine house or other house, fire engine, fire hose, hose carriage, or other property of said city, or any public property or public work. § 35. Excavation in Streets Forbidden. No person shall within the limits of this city dig or make any ditch, drain or other excavation, or remove any sod, earth, sand, gravel or stone, in, upon or from any street, avenue, alley or public ground within this city, except by the permission and under the direction of the Mayor. § 36. Breaking or Opening into Sewers Forbidden. No person shall within the limits of this city break or make any opening in or in any manner injure or interfere with any of Misdemeanors. 175 the main drains or sewers of said city, or connect any drain, sewer or pipe therewith, without permission from the Council. § 37. Neglecting to Provide Eave Troughs on Buildings. No person owning, occupying or possessing a building or structure situated upon the line of any street, avenue, alley or public place within said city shall fail to maintain and keep affixed thereon proper and sufficient eave troughs, water conductors and spouts to prevent water from falling or flow- ing from such building or structure to and upon the sidewalk adjacent thereto. § 38. Injury to Trees, Fences, Lamp Posts, etc., and Hitching Horses thereto Forbidden. No person shall with- in the limits of said city wilfully or carelessly destroy or injure any tree, shrub, fence, railing, lamp post, electric light post or wire, or in any manner cause the same to be done, or shall hitch or fasten any horse or other animal to or so near any tree, shrub, fence, railing, lamp post, electric light post or wire as to render the same liable to destruction or injury by such horse or other animal. § 39. Depositing Rubbish in Street Forbidden — Proviso. No person shall place or cause to be deposited on any street, alley or public place in the city any ashes, paper, rags, sticks, blocks, posts, boards, lumber or building material of any kind, shavings, dirt, tin cans, junk or other rubbish of any kind or description, or to allow the same to be thrown, placed or de- posited in or upon any street or avenue adjacent to any premises owned, leased or controlled by any person or per- sons, and no rubbish of any kind shall hereafter be burned upon any street or avenue in said city nor at any place what-' soever within the fire limits of said city; and no box, barrel or other receptacle for dirt, ashes, paper or other rubbish shall be placed or allowed to remain in or on any street or upon any sidewalk in said city, or upon any public grounds or upon any part thereof ; nor shall any person leave standing therein any wagon or other vehicle so as to obstruct or render inconveni- ent the passage of other persons through or along such street, 176 Misdemeanors alley or public place. Provided, that whenever the Council shall have ordered improvements to be made upon any streets, alleys or public grounds, earth, ashes or other suitable material, except garbage, filth and contents of privy vaults and sewers, may be placed thereon under the direction of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense, and to a further penalty of three ($3) dollars for each day such violation shall continue or such articles or things shall remain contrary to this section after the said conviction; and the owner, lessee or occupant of every house, store or other premises adjacent to which any of the articles or things contemplated in this section may be placed^or found shall be liable for the placing or permitting of the same, unless it can be shown that some other person placed or deposited the thing complained of at the place where it may be found with- out the knowledge or consent of the owner or occupant. Pro- vided, that no person shall be liable to suffer any penalty un- der this section, in case of obstruction of any alley in the man- ner therein mentioned, who shall remove such obstruction within a reasonable time after notice so to do by the said Commissioner, Chief of Police or Mayor. § 40. Littering Streets Forbidden. All contractors, teamsters and proprietors hauling dirt, sand, gravel, ashes, rubbish or other material on streets or alleys shall so con- struct, keep and maintain their wagon boxes, dumps and side- boards with front and rear ends and bottoms as at all times to prevent the spilling of such material from the same, and in case the same fall into the streets or the same be scattered in any street or avenue, cause the same to be forthwith removed. That it shall be unlawful for any person to throw or place upon the surface of any of the streets or sidewalks of this city any glass, earthenware, metal, stones or other articles or sub- stances likely to cause injury to travelers or pedestrians or to automobiles or bicycles used on said streets. Misdemeanors 177 § 41. Placing Combustible Matter on Streets, etc. No person shall place, dispose or throw loose papers, rags or other combustible material in any alley, street or avenue or in any vacant property or in any hall, hallway, vacant room or other place within the fire limits of said city so as to endanger or make hazardous by reason of possible fire in the immediate vicinity thereof. That the Chief of the Fire Department is hereby invested with all the power and authority of a police officer in the en- forcement of this section, and he shall have full authority to arrest and take before the Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace any person who violates any of the provisions of this section. § 42. Rubbish Not to be Placed in Gutters. No person shall sweep rubbish or debris from sidewalks into street gutters or place litter of any sort on streets or in gutters, without immediately destroying the same. § 43. Loose Paper on Streets — Banana or Other Peels. No person shall place, deposit or throw loose papers in any alley or street within said city, or leave the same in such condition that the same may become scattered or blown upon the street, nor shall any person throw, cast, lay or place on any sidewalk in said city the rind or peel of any banana, orange or other fruit. § 44. Riding of Bicycles, etc., on Sidewalks. No per- son shall ride on a bicycle, tricycle, velocipede or any other vehicle, conveyance or contrivance whatever on or over any of the sidewalks in the City of Rock Island; nor shall any person ride a bicycle in any of the streets of said city unless the same shall have a bicycle bell attached thereto; nor shall any person ride a bicycle on any of the streets of the said city at night without a lighted lantern attached thereto ; nor shall any person ride a bicycle at an immoderately fast rate of speed on any of the streets of the said city, nor in any manner endanger the safety of pedestrians at the crossings of said streets. In 178 Misdemeanors no case shall bicycle riders ride upon the streets of said city more than three (3) abreast. All persons riding bicycles shall be subject to the laws and ordinances of said city governing drivers of other vehi- cles upon the streets of said city. § 45. Public Squares — Trampling Upon — Injuring Trees, Shrubs, Plucking Flowers, etc.. Forbidden. It shall be un- lawful for any person or persons to trample over or upon any part or portion of any public square except such parts as may be set apart for walks or other public use, or injure, deface, ruin or destroy in any public square any trees, shrubs, plants, flower bed or grass plot, or to pluck or to take away any flower, tree or shrub, or to encumber, injure or deface any of the seats, signs, waterworks fixtures or buildings, or other property in said squares, or to take away, injure or destroy any of the tools, hose or other implements used in the care and preservation of the squares, or in any way to meddle or inter- fere with any part or portion of said squares, the furniture, fixtures or buildings therein, without lawful authority so to do, or turn any horse, dog, cow, ox, ass, sheep, hog or other such animal into any such public square, park or grounds, or walk or run or climb around or upon any railing or fence sur- rounding the same, or erect any booth or stall therein. § 46. Public Squares — Scattering Debris. It shall be un- lawful, and it is hereby declared a nuisance, for any person to throw upon the interior, sidewalk, grass, flower beds, or any other place in any public square or park within the limits of this city peanut shells, popcorn, banana skins, orange peel- ings, paper sacks, or litter of any kind. § 47. Forestalling. That any person, firm or corporation who shall dissuade any other person, firm or corporation from bringing any coal, wood or other fuel or merchandise into the City of Rock Island, or who shall practice any device or com- bine or conspire with another or others, or commit any act with intent to enhance the price of coal, wood or other fuel or merchandise whereby any consumer or purchaser for Misdemeanors 179 domestic or manufacturing use in the City of Rock Island purchasing any of said coal, wood or other merchandise shall be compelled to pay a greater price therefor than he other- wise would be compelled to pay, shall be deemed and found guilty of forestalling. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of fore- stalling as defined herein shall be liable to a fine in a sum not to exceed two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense, to be recovered by suit by the City of Rock Island in any court of competent jurisdiction; and it shall be a separate • offense for each and every lot or parcel of said coal, wood or other fuel or merchandise that any such consumer or pur- chaser for domestic or manufacturing use shall be so com- pelled to purchase at a greater price than he otherwise would be compelled to pay. § 48. Street Car Advertising. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tack, post, paint or in any way affix to the exterior part of any street car while in the streets of the City of Rock Island any sign advertising for sale goods or wares of any kind. § 49. Unlawful Use of Mail Boxes. That it shall be un- lawful for any person, firm or corporation to place or cause to be placed in any private mail box used by the letter carriers of said city as a receptacle in which to deposit United States mail any circular, letter, note or other advertising matter whatsoever not contained in a sealed envelope and directed to the owner or owners of said mail box, except newspapers distributed by newsboys. § 50. Obnoxious Weeds. That whoever shall suffer or permit any cockle burrs, thistles, burdock or other rank and obnoxious weeds to grow or to be in or upon any lot or premises owned or controlled by him within the City of Rock Island shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than twenty ($20) dollars for each offense. 180 Misdemeanors § 51. Trimming of Trees. That it shall be necessary for every person having in charge any tree upon any street or avenue in the City of Rock Island, or any tree which extends over on any street or avenue, to remove all branches which are less than twelve (12) feet from the ground; and further, that all trees shall be trimmed so as not to obscure or obstruct the city lights along the streets and avenues of said city. § 52. Vagabonds Defined. All persons in said city able to support themselves in some honest and respectable calling, business or occupation, and not having visible means to main- tain themselves, who are idle and dissolute, and who go around begging; all persons who use any juggling or other unlawful games or plays; runaways; pilferers; confidence men; common drunkards; common night walkers; lewd, wan- ton and lascivious persons, in speech or behavior; common railers and brawlers; persons who are habitually neglectful of their employment or their calling, and do not lawfully pro- vide for themselves or for the support of their families; and all persons who are idle or dissolute and who neglect all lawful business, and who habitually misspend their time by frequenting houses of ill-fame, gaming houses or tippling shops; all persons lodging in or found in the night time in outhouses, sheds, barns or unoccupied buildings or lodging in the open air and not giving a good account of themselves; and all persons who are known to be thieves, burglars or pickpockets, either by their own confession or otherwise, or by having been convicted of larceny, burglary or other crime against the laws of the state punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or in a house of correction of any city, and having no lawful means of support, or habitually found prowling around any steamboat landing, railroad depot, banking institution, broker’s office, place of public amuse- ment, auction room, store, shop or crowded thoroughfare, car or omnibus, or at any public gathering*or assembly, or loung- ing about any court room, private dwelling houses or out- houses, or found in any house of ill-fame, gambling house Nuisances 181 or tippling shop, shall be deemed to be and they are declared to be vagabonds. Every person, on conviction for being a vagabond, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars. CHAPTER 34 NUISANCES Section 1. Nuisances Defined. That within the terri- torial jurisdiction of this city it is hereby declared a nuisance for any person or persons or corporation; 1. Nuisance at Common Law. To cause any of those acts or omissions that are declared to be nuisances by the laws of the State of Illinois, and such as are known as nuisances to the common law of the land, not hereinafter specially enumerated. 2. Dangerous and Unsafe Building. For the owner or keeper of any lot or premises to suffer to remain thereon, to the annoyance and detriment of other persons, any dilapidated or unsafe building or other structure liable to fall or take fire, and which, by reason of its proximity to the contiguous or adjacent buildings and premises of other persons, or to any public thoroughfare, or otherwise endangers life or property. 3. Distillery — Rendering Works. To carry on, use or occupy any distillery or slaughtering establishment, or estab- lishment for steaming or rendering lard, tallow, offal, dead animals, or other substance of like nature, within the limits of the city without permission from the Council. 4. Offensive Matter in River. Within the limits of the city to allow or suffer any blood, bone, offal, still-slop, dead animals or other offensive matter to run, fall or get into the Mississippi river or either of the branches thereof, or any waters connected therewith. 182 Nuisances 5. Not to Leave Animal Unburied. For the owner or possessor of any dumb animal which may die within the city to leave the same unburied therein for more than twelve hours after its death, or for anyone to bring and leave the carcass of any such animal within the city limits. 6. Storing Hides and Fats. For any person or persons to place or store within the limits of the city any green or salted hides, or any stale, putrid, or stinking fat, grease or other matter, so that the odor arising from the same shall be offensive to or detrimental to the health of any individual. 7. Business Causing Offensive Smells. For any person or persons to use any building or other place within the limits of the city for the exercise of any trade, employment, or manufacture which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, off'ensive smells or otherwise is offensive to or dangerous to the health of individuals or the public. 8. Disposition of Offensive Matter. For any distiller, tanner, brewer, butcher, pork and beef packer, soap-boiler, dyer, livery stable keeper, or other person whatever, to cause or suffer any offal, manure, rubbish, filth, still-slops, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter, or any foul or nauseous liquid to be discharged out of or flow from any premises owned or occupied by him, or for any such substance liable to become putrid to remain on any premises owned or occupied by him for a period longer than twelve hours at any one time from the first day of March to the first day of November in any one year, or a period exceeding forty-eight hours ^at any other time of the year; or to allow or suffer any such sub- stance to be thrown into, deposited, or left in or upon any street, alley, or public place within the limits of the city. 9. Premises to be Kept Clean. To keep or suffer to be kept within the city limits in a foul, offensive, nauseous, or filthy condition any railroad car, building, yard, cellar, sewer, privy, lot or premises. 10. Slaughter of Animals. To kill or slaughter any beeves, hogs, sheep, or other animals within the city limits, to Nuisances 183 the injury, discomfort, or annoyance of any inhabitants of the neighborhood. 11. Keeping Cattle and Fowls. To keep hogs, cattle, sheep, horses, or mules in a pen or stable in such manner that an olfensive odor arises therefrom, to the injury, discomfort or annoyance of any inhabitants of the neighborhood thereof, or to suffer any yard, pen or premises where chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, peacocks, pigeons, guinea fowl, or other fowl are kept or maintained to become filthy or nauseous to any person or family in the neighborhood, or become deleterious to public health. 12. Opening Privy Vault. To open any privy vault or disturb or remove the contents thereof, except by the permit and in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioner of Health. 13. Throwing Garbage in Street. To throw or deposit any filth, offal, garbage, or any offensive matter in any street, avenue, alley or public ground of said city. 14. How Offensive Matter to be Conveyed. To convey within the limits of the city any offal, filth, garbage, refuse, animal or vegetable matter which is putrid, or which creates an offensive smell, or is injurious to health, otherwise than in a closed covered wagon box or in tight and covered boxes, barrels or vessels, and in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioner of Health. 15. No Encroachment on Sidewalks or Streets. To build or construct the frames of any cellar door or cellar way in any sidewalk, street or alley above the level of the sidewalk, street, or alley, or to leave such door open at any time except when actually used to put goods or merchandise into the cellar or basement. 16. No Steps Allowed on Sidewalks. To build any steps from the sidewalk to the first floor of any building above the level of the same. 184 Nuisances 17. Opening Streets — Permission Required. To dig or break up in any manner any part of any street, sidewalk, alley or public ground in the city, or raise or break any part of the curbstone therein, without permission previously obtained from the street superintendent and under his supervision. And it shall be the duty of any person making any excavation in the streets, alleys or public places of the city, or obstructing the same by building material, or otherwise, to suitably pro- tect the same by day and night in such way as to prevent accidents therefrom to persons or animals passing near the same; any neglect so to do shall be considered a violation of this ordinance. 18. Space on Sidewalks That May be Occupied. To place or cause to be placed on any sidewalk in the city or to suspend over the same any wares, goods or merchandise or other thing so as to extend or project over such sidewalk more than two and one-half (2^) feet from the property or lot line. Provided, that this shall not be construed as to prohibit mier- chants and others engaged in trade from the free use of the streets and sidewalks in common with others in conveying merchandise and other property to and from their stores while engaged in receiving or delivering goods, nor to pro- hibit any person from unloading in a proper manner coal, firewood, or other articles proper to be placed on the street, or conveying the same across the sidewalk to and from his own lot or tenement. But no person shall abuse this privilege by unnecessarily obstructing the sidewalk in such manner. § 2. Removal of Nuisances. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, upon information or knowledge of the exist- ence of any of the aforementioned nuisances, to investigate the same, and if satisfied of the existence of such nuisances, to give the person or corporation responsible for the same or upon whose premises it exists reasonable notice to abate, remove or cause the same to cease, and upon neglect or refusal so to do, to enter, if need be, in a lawful manner upon such premises and remove or abate such nuisance at the expense of the person or corporation causing the same, and to enter com- Officers 185 plaint before the proper magistrate against such person or corporation. § 3. Penalty for Violation. Whoever violates any sec- tion or clause of this ordinance by causing or permitting any nuisance and does not abate or remove the same after a reasonable notice from the Chief of Police, or repeats the same after such notice given, shall be fined a sum not less than one ($1) dollar and not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars for the first offense; and if any such person or corpor- ation shall continue a nuisance an unreasonable length of time, or repeat the same after being fined for such offense, a new cause of action shall forthwith accrue against such per- son or corporation, subjecting the offender to a like penalty as aforesaid; and so on after the rendition of each fine such con- tinuance or repetition of such nuisance shall be deemed a new cause of action, subjecting the offender to a like penalty as aforesaid. Section 1. Officers Appointed by Council — Term of Office — Vacancies — Removal. In addition to the city officers designated and made elective by state laws relating to the city,, and the officers otherwise designated by city ordinance, there shall be the following officers of said city, viz: A Chief of Police, an Assistant Chief or Night Captain, two city detectives, such number of policemen as the Council may from time to time determine upon, an Assistant Superintend- ent of Streets, a City Attorney, a City Treasurer, Superin- tendent of Buildings, Plumbing Inspector, City Electrician, City Inspector, a City Engineer, one Chief of the Eire De- partment, one Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, such number of firemen as the Council may from time to time determine upon, one City Physician, five Park Commission- ers, nine members of the Library Board, three Trustees of CHAPTER OFFICERS 186 Officers the City Tuberculosis Sanitarium; these and all other appointive officers are to be appointed by the Mayor and the respective Commissioners as superintendents of the various departments of the city government as may be by ordinance provided, and such appointments are to be made by and with the advice and consent of the Council at or as soon as practicable after the first regular meeting of the Council held next after each general election, and they shall hold such offices until their successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies in any of the offices named and appointed as aforesaid shall be filled by appointment in like manner for the unexpired por- tion of the term. All officers so appointed shall be subject to removal by the Council on any formal charge whenever the Council shall be of the opinion that the interests of the city demand such removal. § 2. Oath — Bond — Commission — Duties — -Emoluments. All officers of said city, whether elected or appointed, shall make oath, giving bond and be commissioned, have such powers, perform such duties, be subject to such regulations and penalties, and receive such emoluments as are or may be provided by the laws of the state and the ordinances of said city. The following named are city officers and shall furnish to the City of Rock Island bonds conditioned upon the faith- ful performance of their duties in the amounts following their respective names: City Clerk, $50,000.00; City Attor- ney, $1,000.00; City Treasurer, $335,000.00; Chief of Police, $2,000.00; Assistant Chief of Police, $1,000.00; Policeman and Police Matron, $500.00; Chief of Fire Department, $3,000.00; Assistant Chief of Fire Department, $2,000.00; City Electri- cian, $1,000.00; Health Commissioner, $2,000.00; Superintend- ent of Water Works, $10,000.00; City Inspector, $1,000.00; City Engineer, $3,000.00; Analyst, $1,000.00; Assistant Super- intendent of Streets, $1,000.00; Park Superintendent, $3,000.00; Superintendent of Buildings, $2,000.00; Plumbing Inspector, $2,000.00; Electrical Inspector, $2,000.00; Barn Boss, $1,000.00; Scavenger, $500.00. The said bonds shall be Officers 187 filed wi]:h the City Clerk within fifteen days after appoint- ment of the officer by the Council, except the bond of the City Clerk, which shall be filed with the City Treasurer. § 3. Board of Local Improvements. That the Board of Local Improvements of the City of Rock Island, Illinois, shall consist of the members of the Council of said city. The Mayor shall be President of said Board and the Public or City Engineer shall be the Engineer of said Board. § 4. Inspector to Give Bond. That every person ap- pointed by the Board of Local Improvements to act as in- spector on city work, to be paid for by special assessment or special taxation, shall furnish a good and sufficient bond in the amount of ten (10%) per cent of the estimated cost of the improvement. The bond shall be conditioned upon the faith- ful performance of the duties of such inspector, and shall be signed by the said inspector and at least one surety. Said bond shall be approved by the Mayor and filed with the City Clerk before said inspector begins work. § 5. Humane Officer. An officer shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, for a period of one year, and he shall be designated as the Humane Officer and shall have all of the powers of a police officer. It shall be his duty to enforce the laws of the State, of Illinois and the ordinances of the City of Rock Island relating to the pre- vention of cruelty to animals and children. He shall serve without compensation from the city. § 6. Visiting Nurse and Deputy. The offices of Visiting Nurse and Deputy Visiting Nurse of the City of Rock Island are hereby created. It shall be the duty of the said Visiting Nurse to care for and nurse all female prisoners of said city who need the services of a nurse, and it shall be her duty to attend the wants and needs of such other sick persons in the said city as are unable to employ a nurse. 188 Officers It shall be the duty of the Deputy Visiting Nurse to assist the Visiting Nurse in all the duties prescribed for her and to act as Visiting Nurse in case of disability or absence of said Visiting Nurse. Said nurses shall serve without compensation from the city. § 7. City Stenographer. The office of City Stenographer is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to attend to such duties as the Mayor and City Commissioners may require or designate. § 8. Barn Boss — Duties. That there is hereby created the office of barn boss, which office shall be in the depart- ments of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improve- ments and Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. The barn boss shall receive a salary of fifty-five ($55) dollars per month, payable semi-monthly, and in addition shall have free dwelling, heat, water and light for himself and family in the city barn. The barn boss is to be custodian of the city barn and is to have the care and custody of all city animals, equipment and property kept therein. §9. Drivers and Employes — Time of Service. All drivers of city teams shall be at the city barn forty-five (45) minutes before starting time, in order to clean the horses ; and they shall remain in the barn fifteen (15) minutes after the day’s work to rub oft* the horses. An hour’s extra pay will be allowed for this service. All teams and laborers shall start out of the city barn promptly at 8:00 o’clock a. m., and work shall continue until 5:00 o’clock p. m., allowing one hour at noon. Eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers and teams employed in the Street, Health and Water Works Departments of the city. §10. Property and Effects to be Delivered to Successor — Liability and Penalty for Refusal. Any person having been Ordinances 189 an officer of said city shall, within five days after notification and request, deliver to his successor in office all property, books and effects of every description in his possession, be- longing to said city, or appertaining to his said office; and upon his refusal to do so, he shall be liable for all the dam- ages caused thereby, and also to a penalty of not less than twenty ($20) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dol- lars, in the discretion of the court or magistrate before whom conviction may be had. § 11. Free Transportation to City Officers and Employes. That every public service corporation and utility owning or operating in or through this city is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and grant free service and transportation to the members of the police and fire departments of this city, and other city employes not prohibited by law; and also issue free transportation or reduced service to its own employes and attorneys and their families, and to issue exchange free transportation to the employes and attorneys, and their families, of other public service corporations. CHAPTER 3b ORDINANCES Section 1. Construction of Ordinances — General Rule. In the construction of all ordinances now in force, or which may hereafter be passed, the following rule shall be observed, unless such construction is excluded by express provision of the ordinance, or is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Council, or repugnant to the context of the same ordi- nance, that is to say: (1) All general provisions, terms, phrases and expressions shall be liberally construed, in order that the true intent and meaning of the Council may be fully carried out. (2) Words in the present tense include the future. (3) Words importing the singular number may ex- tend and may be applied to several persons or things, and words importing the plural number may include the singular. 190 Ordinances (4) Words importing the masculine gender may be applied to females. (5) The word “person” or “persons,” as well as all words referring to or importing persons, may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as in- dividuals. (6) Words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be con- strued as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons. (7) The word “heretofore,” shall mean any time previous to the day on which the ordinance takes effect, and the word “hereafter” at any time after such day. (8) The term “laws or ordinances now in force,” and words of similar import, shall mean the laws and ordinances in force at the time the ordinances containing the words takes effect. (9) The term “court” includes courts not of record as well as courts of record ; and terms “magistrate,” “police magistrate,” and “justice of the peace,” shall each be held to include the others. (10) The term “Mayor” shall apply as well to the “acting mayor.” § 2. Ordinances Repealed to Remain in Force Until Re- pealing Ordinance Takes Effect. WTenever any ordinance or part of any ordinance that is required by law to be pub- lished shall be repealed or modified by a subsequent ordi- nance, the ordinance or part of ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the due publication of the ordinance repealing or modifying the same shall take effect, unless therein otherwise expressly provided. § 3. When Offense is Punishable Under Different Ordi- nances — Prosecutor May Elect. In all cases when the same act or offense may be punishable under different ordinances or different clauses of the same ordinance of the city, the prosecuting officer may elect under which of said ordinances or clauses to proceed, but not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person for the same offense. § 4. Penalty for Breach of Ordinance — Where no Penalty has Been Provided Therefor. Whenever in any ordinance the doing or omission of any act is declared to be a breach thereof or forbidden, and no fine or penalty is Ordinances 191 specifically provided for such breach, any person convicted of any such breach shall be adjudged to pay a penalty of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) ' dollars. § 5. Repeal of a Repealing Ordinance Not to Revive the Former One. When any ordinance repealing any former ordinance, clause or provision shall itself be repealed, such last repeal shall not be construed to revive the former original ordinance, clause or provision, unless therein so expressly provided. § 6. Rights, etc.. Saved. No new ordinance shall be con- strued to repeal a former ordinance, whether such former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense com- mitted against the former ordinance, or as to any one act done, any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordi- nance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or done, or any penalty, forfeiture or pun- ishment so incurred, or any claim arising before the new ordinance takes effect, save only that the proceedings there- after shall conform, so far as practicable, to the ordinances in force at the time of such proceeding. If any penalty, for- feiture or punishment be mitigated by any provision of a new ordinance, such provision may, by the consent of the party affected, be applied to any judgment pronounced after the new ordinance takes effect. This section shall extend to all repeals, either by express words or by implication. § 7. Improvement Bonds — How Issued. All bonds is- sued by this city for the purpose of anticipating the collection of the second and succeeding installments of any special tax or special assessment levied for any local improvement shall be executed and issued in the manner and form as provided by law, and shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Rock Island for and in behalf of the City of Rock Island. 192 Parks and Park Commissioners CHAPTER 37 PARKS AND PARK COMMISSIONERS Section 1. Park Commissioners Appointed by Mayor. There is hereby created a Board of Park Commissioners for the City of Rock Island, consisting of five members, the same to be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and con- sent of the Council, the same to hold office for the term of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Provided, however, that of the first board ap- pointed one shall hold office for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. All commissioners shall serve without salary. § 2. Territories of Commissioners. The said Board of Park Commissioners shall have the oversight, care and charge of all the parks and public squares within the limits of the city. As soon as they are appointed and have quali- fied, they shall meet and appoint one of their number Presi- dent of the Board, another Secretary of the Board and a third Treasurer of the Board. § 3. Duties — Accounts of Expense — Report to Council. The Park Commissioners shall have the care, preservation and improvement of the public parks and public squares within the city, the trees, plants, walks in and around said parks and squares and furniture thereof. Any money appro- priated by the Council for such purposes shall be expended under their direction. All accounts for labor or other neces- sary expenses shall be reported to the Council. At the close of each fiscal year the commissioners shall make an annual report to the Council of all moneys received and expended by them, and shall make a report at any other time when re- quired by the Council. § 4. Park Commissioners to be Conservators of Peace. The Superintendent of Parks and each Park Commissioner is hereby constituted a conservator of the peace, and shall have power to arrest, with or without warrant, any person who may Parks and Park Commissioners 193 in their presence violate any ordinance of this city relating to public parks; and in addition to the duties imposed upon said commissioners by this ordinance they shall perform such other duties as may be imposed by any law of the state. § 5. Oath — Bond. Every person appointed to the office of Park Commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take the oath of office required by law, and shall execute to the City of Rock Island a bond in a sum not less than five hundred ($500) dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the City Council, conditioned as required by law. § 6. Garnsey Square. That the public square in said city bounded by Third and Fourth avenues and Fifth and Sixth streets shall be called and known as Garnsey square, in com- menrioration of' Hon. Daniel G. Garnsey, who, with his associ- ates, laid out the addition in which said square is situated, and donated his interest in said square to the public. § 7. Stephenson Square. The public square in said city bounded by Second and Third avenues find Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets shall be called and known as Stephenson square, in commemoration of Colonel Benjamin Stephenson, for whom the town of Stephenson (now City of Rock Island) was named by the law locating said town. § 8. Spencer Square. The public square in said city bounded by Second and Third avenues and Nineteenth and Twentieth streets shall be called and known as Spencer square, in commemoration of the Hon. John W. Spencer, who donated his interest in said square to the public. § 9. Long View Park. The park located on the follow- ing described lands, to-wit : Beginning at a point on the south line of the northwest quarter of section two (2), in township seventeen 117) north, range two (2), west of the fourth (4th) principal meridian, which is distant east one thousand and twenty-seven and seven-tenths (1,027.7) feet from the point where the center line of Twelfth (12th) street in the said City of Rock Island intersects said quarter section 194 Parks and Park Commissioners line, and which said first mentioned point is distant two hun- 'dred and twelve and five-tenths (212.5) feet, more or less, west from the southeast corner of said quarter section, and running thence east along the south line of said quarter section and the south line of the northeast quarter of said section two (2) one thousand two hundred and fifty-eight and four-tenths (1,258.4) feet to the point where said last named line is inter- sected by the west line of said Seventeenth (17th) street; thence running northwestwardly along the west line of said Seventeenth (17th) street one thousand six 'hundred and twenty-four and nine-tenths (1,624.9) feet, more or less, to the south line of Twelfth (12th) avenue in said city; thence running westwardly along the south line of said Twelfth (12th) avenue eight hundred and eighteen and six-tenths (818.6) feet to a point in the prolongation of Fifteenth (15th) street in said city, and thence running south one thousand five hundred and forty-nine and five-tenths (1,549.5) feet to the place of beginning, shall be known, called and designated as Long View Park. § 10. Denkmann Square. The public square located on Block 49, Chicago or Lower Addition to city, which is bounded by Fourth and Fifth streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues shall be named and known as Denkmann square, in honor of the donors, Frederick C. Denkmann and Rhoda Lee Denkmann, his wife. § 11. Douglas Park. The park located on the following described lands, to-wit : Commencing at an iron rod four (4) feet in length, driven in the ground for a monument, which monument is situate at a point in a straight line drawn from another point [herein described as point number two (2)] to another point [herein described as point number three (3)], said point number two (2) being situate in the south line of Eleventh (11th) avenue in said City of Rock Island, distant, measured along said last named line, three hundred and ninety-one (391) feet east from the intersection of said last named line with the east line of Ninth (9th) street in said city, and said point number three (3) being situate in the Parks and Park Commissioners 195 north line of Eighteenth (18th) avenue in said city, distant, measured along said last named line, four hundred and twenty-nine and two-tenths (429.2) feet east from the inter- section of said last named line with the east line of said Ninth (9th) street ; said monument being distant, measured along said above mentioned straight line, ten hundred and twenty- six (1,026) feet north from said north line of said Eighteenth (18th) avenue and twelve hundred and sixty (1,260) feet south from said south line of said Eleventh (Hth) avenue; thence from said monument running southwardly along said straight line twenty (20) feet, thence running eastwardly and parallel with said south line of said Eleventh (11th) avenue thirty (30) feet, for a starting point or place of beginning; thence from said starting point or place of beginning running south- wardly and parallel with said straight line ten hundred and six and twenty-five hundredths (1,006.25) feet to the said north line of said Eighteenth avenue; thence running west- wardly along said north line of said Eighteenth (18th) avenue four hundred and fifty-nine and two-tenths (459.2) feet, more or less, to the east line of Ninth (9th) street; thence running northwardly along said east line of said Ninth (9th) street ten hundred and three and seven-tenths (1,003.7) feet; thence running eastwardly and parallel with said south line of said Eleventh (11th) avenue four hundred and sixty-three and seventy-five hundredths (463.75) feet, more or less, to said starting point or place of beginning; said premises being situated in the northwest quarter of section two (2), town- ship seventeen (17) north, range two (2), west of the fourth (4th) principal meridian, shall be known, called and desig- nated as Douglas Park. § 12. Lincoln Park. The park located on the following described lands, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the east side of Thirty-eighth (38th) street thirty (30) feet east of the southwest corner of section thirty-one (31), township eighteen (18) north, range one (1), west of the fourth (4th) principal meridian, thence north on the east line of Thirty-eighth street eight hundred and twenty-three and three-tenths (823.3) feet to the Flack & Bean Indian boundary line; thence east on 196 Parks and Park Commissioners said Indian boundary line twelve hundred and seventy-six (1,276) feet to the west line of Forty-second (42d) street; thence south on the west line of Forty-second street eight hundred and forty-four (844) feet to the township line; thence west on the township line twelve hundred and eighty-five and seventeen-hundredths (1,285.17) feet to the place of beginning, shall be known, called and designated as Lincoln Park. § 13. Park Board in Charge of Boulevard. The Park Commissioners of the City of Rock Island, Illinois, shall have charge of the boulevard on Seventh avenue from Thirty-fifth street to Forty-sixth street, and shall have the right and authority to care therefor and beautify it as they shall deem appropriate. § 14. Plays and Games Prohibited in — Penalty. No per- son shall play at ball or cricket or at any other game whatso- ever in any inclosed public square, park or grounds of this city; or walk, stand or lie upon any part of any inclosed pub- lic square, park or grounds laid out or appropriated for shrubbery or grass, or trample upon, pull up or otherwise injure or destroy any such grass or shrubbery; or turn any horse, cow, ox, ass, sheep, hog or other such animal into any such public square, park or grounds, or walk, or run, or climb around or upon any railings or fence surrounding the same, or erect any booth or stall therein, under a penalty not exceeding twenty ($20) dollars for every such offense. Provided, how- ever, that baseball and other athletic games may be played in such places in city parks as shall be' designated by the Park Commissioners ; and the said commissioners may allow such other proper use of said parks as will not be inconsistent with their use as public parks. § 15. Advertising Structures. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, or cause to be erected, a structure of any kind or character within five hundred (500) feet of any public park or boulevard within the limits of the City of Rock Island for the purpose of placing advertisements of any kind or character thereon. Upon conviction of viola- tion of this section the offender shall be liable to a fine of not more than two hundred ($200) dollars. Pawn Shops and Junk Yards 197 CHAPTER 38 PAWN SHOPS AND JUNK YARDS Section 1. To be Licensed. No person or persons shall carry on or conduct the business or calling of a pawnbroker within said city without a license so to do, under the penalty herein prescribed. § 2. Pawnbroker Defined. Any person who loans money on deposit or pledge of personal property, bonds, notes or other securities, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property or choses in action on condition of selling the same back again at a stipulated price is hereby defined and declared to be a pawnbroker. § 3. License How Obtained — Terms — Bond. The City Clerk, with approval of the Mayor, may grant a pawnbroker’s license to any person of good character who may apply there- for, upon such person giving bond with approved security in the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars conditioned upon the faithful observance of all ordinances of said city applicable to the business so licensed, and paying to the City Clerk the sum required for said license; said license may be issued for six months or for one year, but not beyond the end of the municipal year, and the applicant shall pay therefor as fol- lows : For the period of one year the sum of seventy-five ($75) dollars, and for six months the sum of fifty ($50) dollars. § 4. To Keep Book — What to Contain. Every pawn and loan broker shall keep a book in which shall be written in ink at the time of each and every loan or taking of a pledge an accurate account and description, in the English language, of all the goods, articles and other things pawned or pledged, the amount of money, value or thing loaned thereon, the time of pledging the same, the rate of interest to be paid on such loan, and the name and residence of the person making such pawn or pledge. No entry in such book shall be erased, mutilated or changed. 198 f Pawn Shops and Junk Yards § 5.* Memorandum of Pledge to Pledgor. Every pawn- broker and loanbroker or keeper of a loan office shall, at the time of each loan, deliver to the person pawning or pledging any goods, articles or thing a memorandum or note signed by him or her containing the substance of the entry required to be made in his or her book by the last preceding section ; and no charge shall be made or received by any pawnbroker or loan- broker or keeper of a loan office for any such entry, memoran- dum or note. § 6. Prohibited Purchases. No pawnbroker, loanbroker, or keeper of a loan office shall, under any pretense whatever, purchase or buy any second hand furniture, metals, or clothes, or any other article or thing whatever, offered to him or her as a pawn or pledge. § 7. Report to Police Department. It shall be the duty of every person so licensed as aforesaid to make out and deliver to the Chief of Police every day, before the hour of 12 m., a legible and correct copy from the record book re- quired in section 4 of this Chapter of all personal property and other valuable things received on deposit during the preced- ing day. together with the time, meaning the hour, when received or purchased and a description of the person or per- sons by whom left in pledge or from whom the same were purchased. § 8. Redemption or Removal of Pledge — When Pro- hibited. No personal property received on deposit or pledged by any such licensed person shall be sold or permitted to be redeemed or removed from the place of business of such licensed person for the space of twenty-four hours after the copy and statement required to be delivered to the Chief of Police shall have been delivered as required by the preceding section. § 9. Hours of Business. No person licensed as afore- said shall receive on deposit or pledge any personal property or other valuable thing before the hour of six a. m., nor after the hour of eight p. m., during the months of January, Feb- Pawn Shops and Junk Yards 199 ruary, March, April, October, November and December of each year, nor before the hour of five a. m., nor after the hour of nine p. m., during the months of May, June, July, August and September of each year. § 10. Dealing With Minors — Penalty. No person so licensed shall take or receive in pawn or purchase any article, property or effects from any minor, or claimed by any minor. § 11. Prohibited Pledges. No person so licensed shall take any article in pawn from any person appearing to be intoxicated, nor from any person known to be a notorious thief or to have been convicted of larceny or burglary. § 12. Junk Yard Prohibited — Permission Required. That within the territorial jurisdiction of the City of Rock Island it shall be unlawful for any person to locate, own, operate or conduct a junk yard or junk store wherein old metals, bones, hides, rags, rubber, old bottles or other junk are stored and located, except upon permission of the City Council. § 13. Junk Yard Dealers Not to Buy from Minors. Any person or corporation owning or conducting or in anywise engaged in the management or the conduct of any junk yard, scrap iron yard, or \second hand store within the limits of this city who shall buy, barter, or otherwise obtain from any minor, without the written consent of the parent or custodian of such minor, any article subject of sale or barter shall be prosecuted and punished as in this Chapter provided. § 14. Violation Hereof — Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter, when no other penalty is imposed, shall be subject to a fine of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense. 200 Peddlers and Transient Traders CHAPTER 39 PEDDLERS AND TRANSIENT TRADERS Section 1. Peddlers to be Licensed — Exceptions. No person shall peddle any goods, wares or merchandise within the limits of said city without a license for that purpose. Provided, that this requirement shall; not extend to any farmer, fruit or vine grower, or gardner, or dairyman in the sale of the products of his farm, orchard, vineyard, garden or dairy, nor to women or children peddling apples or other fruits and not occupying a stand, nor to newsboys peddling newspapers; and, provided, also, that this requirement shall not extend to ex-soldiers, sailors or marines honorably dis- charged from the military or marine services of the United States, provided said soldier or sailor is engaged in the vend- ing, hawking and peddling of goods, wares, fruits or mer- chandise for himself. § 2. License, How Obtained — Terms. The City Clerk, with the approval of the Mayor, shall, on application of any person of good character, issue a license to such person authorizing him to peddle within the said city for the period therein mentioned, which license may be issued for one day, one week or one month (but not beyond the end of the muni- cipal year), and the applicant shall pay 'therefor as follows, viz : When carrying his own goods, for one day, five ($5) dol- lars; for one week, ten ($10) dollars; for six months, fifteen ($15) dollars; and for any period exceeding six months and not beyond the municipal year, twenty-five ($25) dollars. Provided, that the Mayor or Clerk, in his judgment, may grant permission to any poor or unfortunate citizen, male or female, who is capable of earning an honest living at said vocation, to peddle free when carrying his own goods, or for a sum as may be agreed upon. When peddling with a horse or team, for one day, three ($3) dollars; for one week, five ($5) dollars; for one month. Peddlers and Transient Traders 201 ten ($10) dollars; for six months, fifteen ($15) dollars; and for any period exceeding six months and not beyond the municipal year, twenty-five ($25) dollars. Provided, that these provisions shall not apply to any peddlers of venison, poultry, fish or wild game. Provided further, that only one person and a driver shall be allowed for each wagon. Peddlers occupying a stand may obtain license in like manner *for like periods upon paying therefor as follows: For one day, five ($5) dollars; for one week, fifteen ($15) dollars; for one month, twenty-five . ($25) dollars; for six 'months, fifty ($50) dollars; and for one year, seventy-five ($75) dollars. §3. District for Peddlers Defined. No peddler’s stands are allowed to be located on any part of the streets,- sidewalks or alleys of this city within the fire limits, as the same are defined by ordinance; and no peddler licensed here- under shall peddle any goods, wares or merchandke within that part of the city from Fifteenth to Twenty-fourth streets, inclusive, and north of Fourth avenue. The above district where peddling is not allowed applies also to those persons granted the free license under section one (1) hereof. § 4. Number of License to be Affixed. Every person so licensed shall forthwith cause his name and the number of his license to be plainly painted in letters and figures and conspicuously placed on the outside of his vehicle during the continuance of his license, and upon its expiration or revoca- tion shall remove and discontinue the use of the same. § 5. Peddler Defined. Any person, either for himself or as agent or solicitor for another person, who shall go about within said city from house to house, from place to place, or from customer to customer, and sell, or offer to sell, goods, wares or merchandise of any kind, by retail, for delivery at the time and place of sale or at any other place, shall be deemed a peddler. 202 Peddlers and Transient Traders § 6. Measures to be Sealed. That it shall be unlawful for any peddler selling his wares in this city to use any measure without first having had same tested and sealed by Inspector of Weights and Measures, whose duty it shall be to test as to accuracy and correctness, and seal all rneasures presented to him, upon the payment of the fees provided by ordinance. No license shall be granted to any peddler until the measures to be used by him shall have been tested and sealed as above provided. § 7. Transient Traders. No transient trader or merchant who may come to the City of Rock Island and open a store or place for the purpose of selling or disposing of goods, wares or merchandise at auction or private sale, as owner or agent, temporarily, not intending to establish a permanent or regular business in said city, shall carry on such vocation without a license therefor, which license may be issued by the City Clerk upon the payment of the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars per week or fraction thereof. § 8. Penalty for Violation. Any person who shall vio- late any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to a penalty, and fined in a sum of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense. Plumbing 203 CHAPTER 40 PLUMBING Section 1. Certificate of License. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, lirms or corporations to carry on or work at the business of plumbing or house drainage in the City of Rock Island until a certificate of license to engage or work at said business has been granted said person or per- sons by the health department, nor until they have registered as such in the otfice of the health department of the City of Rock Island. § 2. Board of Examiners. The Mayor shall, before the first day of May, annually, with the approval of the Council, appoint a board of examiners to examine all applicants for license under the provisions of this Chapter. Said board shall consist of the Plumbing Inspector, one master plumber, and one journeyman plumber. Two members of said board of examiners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. The Plumbing Inspector shall receive no com- pensation for his services as member of the board of ex- aminers other than his regular salary as such Plumbing In- spector. The master plumber and the journeyman shall each receive one ($1) dollar for each applicant examined; The board of examiners shall make all reasonable rules, regula- tions and examinations. § 3. Applications. All and every person or persons de- siring to engage in the business or work of plumbing, house drainage, plumbing and ventilation in the City of Rock Island shall apply in writing to the said board of examiners for a certificate or license; and if after ]>roper examination made by the board of examiners such person or persons so applying shall be found competent therein, said board of examiners shall thereupon issue a certificate or license -to such person or persons, either as a master plumber, employing plumber, or journeyman plumber. No certificate or license shall be trans- ferable. 204 Plumbing § 4. Examinations and Fees. An examination of any one member of a firm or corporation shall be deemed suffi- cient. Said person or persons, firm or corporation engaged or engaging in the business of plumbing or house drainage, either as a master or employing plumber, shall pay for each examination the sum of fifty ($50) dollars, and each journey- man plumber or person desiring to engage in the work shall pay the sum of one ($1) dollar, which shall be paid into the city treasury. § 5. Bond and Deposit. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the business of plumbing and house drainage, either as a master plumber, employing plumber, or journeyman plumber, after complying with the preceding requirements of this ordinance, shall file with the application for a license or certificate a bond with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Mayor, in the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the City of Rock Island for the result of any acts of the licensee by virtue of his license. At the same time he shall be required to deposit with the City Treasurer the sum of thirty ($30) dollars for the purpose hereinafter described. The conditions of said bond are that the principal in such bond will restore, with the same material and in the same manner as before, all streets, alleys, side- walks, curbing and public highways in any way disturbed by him or his agents, servants or employes, and that said princi- pal will save the city harmless from all damages to all persons or property resulting from or in any way growing out of any opening or excavation made by him, his agents, servants or employes in any alley, street or public highway, sidewalk or curb. And further conditioned that the principal shall pay any or all loss or damage occasioned by him, or his servants, agents or employes, in the use of or handling explosives in blasting within the city limits for the purpose of putting in any plumbing or sewer connections; also, that he will comply with all ordinances of this city, and the rules of the water works department relating to the turning on or off of water Plumbing 205 from the water works; and will pay, when due, all bills for material and labor furnished by the city to said principal. Said bond shall be renewed annually. Whenever the princi- pal in such bond shall fail to repair any defect in any alley, street, sidewalk, curbing or public highway occasioned by him within twenty-four (24) hours after being notified so to do by the Superintendent of Streets, in writing, then said money on deposit, or so much of same as may be necessary, shall be used under the direction of the Superintendent of Streets to effect said repairs, and as often as any portion of said money is used said principal shall, on notice from the City Clerk, deposit a corresponding amount, so as to keep said deposit at all times at a sum of not less than thirty ($30) dollars. And no permit shall be issued to said principal, plumber or drain- layer until such deposit is made. § 6. Place of Business and Sign. Every registered mas- ter plumber shall have a bona fide place of business in the City of Rock Island, and shall display on the front of his or their place of business a sign, “Registered Plumber,” bearing the name or names of the person, firm or corporation in letters not less than three (3) inches high. § 7. Registration. No person other than a registered master plumber shall be allowed to carry on or engage in the business nor shall any person or persons expose a sign of plumbing or house drainage, or any advertisement pertaining thereto, unless he or they have first secured a license or cer- tificate and having registered in the office of the health de- partment of the City of Rock Island; nor shall any person or persons, other than a registered master plumber, or person in his or their employ, or under his or their supervision, be allowed to alter, repair or make any connection with any drain, soil or vent pipes, or any pipe connected therewith. § 8. Notice of Change of Place of Business. Every regis- tered master plumber, firm or corporation shall give immedi- ate notice of any change in his, their or its place of business, and, upon his, their or its retirement from business shall surrender his, their or its certificate of registry to the health 206 Plumbing department. E\ery person, firm, corporation or representa- tive thereof, in registering, shall give the full name or names of the person, firm, or officers’ names of the corporation for which he or they shall register. . § 9. Expiration of Certificates and Licenses. All cer- tificates and licenses shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of December of each year. A licensed master plumber or journeyman plumber desiring to continue in or work at the business of plumbing and house drainage for the ensuing year shall, between the first (1st) and thirtieth (30th) day of December of each and every year, surrender the said cer- tificate or license for the current year to the said health de- partment and register his, their or its name or names and the business or home address upon such form or forms as may from time to time be furnished by the health department. § 10. Re-registration — Fees — Registration. A re-exami- nation will not be necessary for re-registration. The sum of ten ($10) dollars shall be paid by the master and employing plumbers, firms or corporations, and the sum of one ($1) dollar by the journeyman plumbers for re-registration, which shall be paid into the city treasury. A register of all such applicants and the licenses or certificates issued 'shall be kept in the office of said health department. It shall be the duty of such board of examiners to furnish the department of registration and education of the State of Illinois with the name and address of each person who may apply or to whom it has issued a certificate or a renewal certificate within thirty (30) days from the date of the issue of said certificate. § 11. Work in Other Cities. Any person, firm or cor- poration holding a license or certificate issued by the board of examiners, or from some other constituted board in the State of Illinois, to engage in or work at the business of plumbing and house drainage in the City of Rock Island shall, without examination, be registered before entering upon such work ; provided, however, that such registration Plumbing 207 shall be restricted and limited to such plumbing and drain- age as he, they or it shall have contracted for at the time of registry. On the completion of such contract or contracts the registration of such person, firm or corporation shall be null and void; and no further permit shall be issued to such person, firm or corporation until he, they or it shall have registered his or its name or their names and addresses, as hereinbefore provided. § 12. Revocation of Certificate. No certificate shall be revoked before the holder thereof has been given reasonable • notice of the charge against him and an opportunity for a full hearing before the department of registration and education of the state. § 13. Plumbing Inspector and Assistants. There shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, with the consent of the Mayor and Commissioners, a Plumbing Inspector, for a term of one year from the first day of May in the year of appointment, and annually there- after, at a salary fixed by the Mayor and Commissioners. The Plumbing Inspector is a member of the board of examin- ers of plumbers. Said Plumbing Inspector shall, when en- tering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond running to the City of Rock Island, in the sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Mayor and Commissioners, for the faithful perform- ance of his duties. To assist in carrying out the requirements of this Chapter there may be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, with the consent of the Mayor and Commissioners, an Assistant Plumbing Inspector. The Plumbing Inspector and Assistant shall be practical plumbers of ten (10) years experience and each a resident of the City of Rock Island. Said Plumbing Inspectors shall not be en- gaged in the occupation of plumbing, or*’ be interested, directly or indirectly, in any firm or corporation engaged in the business of plumbing during their term of office. § 14. Plans and Specifications. There shall be a separate plan for each building, public or private, or any addition 208 Plumbing thereto, or alterations thereof, accompanied by specifications showing the location, size and kind of pipe, traps, closets and fixtures to be used, which plans and specifications shall be filed with the Plumbing Inspector. The said plans and specifications shall be furnished by the architect, plumber, or owner, and filed by the plumber. All applications for change in plans must be made in writing. § 15. Filing Plans and SpeciBcations. Plumbers, before commencing the construction of plumbing work in any build- ing in the City of Rock Island (except in case of repairs, which are here defined to relate to the mending of leaks in soil, vent or waste-pipes, faucets, valves and water supply pipes, and shall not be construed to admit the replacing of any fixture, such as water closets, bath tubs, wash stands, sinks, etc., or the respective traps for such fixtures), shall submit to the Plumbing Inspector plans and specifications, legibly drawn in ink, on blanks to be furnished by the health department. Plans will be approved or rejected within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt. § 16. Permits and Inspection Fees. Permits for the drainage of any building, public or private, or for the altera- tion in existing systems of drainage, shall be obtained before entering upon any work. Permit for breaking open the sewer for inserting a “Y’' or any other connection whatever shall be obtained in writing from the PlumBing Inspector. A permit shall be good for one year from date of issue. If the work is not completed within that time, the permit shall be returned and a new permit issued. The fee for drainage and inspection permits shall be one ($1) dollar for each sewer connection, one ($1) dollar for every opening or fixture, whether for immediate or future use. All repair jobs, changing or replacing of fixtures, one ($1) dollar. All extra trips that are made, other than those required for regulation inspections, will be charged for at the rate of fifty (50) cents per trip. This includes any trip Plumbing 209 occasioned by wrong construction, the use of defective material, or for any call to make inspection before the work so to be inspected is ready. All fees shall be paid into the city treasury. § 17. Duty of Owners and Plumbers in Constructing Drain, etc. It shall be the duty of every person constructing or owning any drain, soil pipe, passage or connection be- tween a sewer and any ground, building, erection or place of business, -and in a like manner the duty of the owners of all grounds, buildings, erections, and all parties interested therein or thereat, to cause and require that such drain, soil pipe, passage or connection shall be adequate for its purpose and shall at all times allow to pass freely all material that enters or should enter the same, and no change of drainage, sewerage, or the sewer connection of any house shall be per- mitted unless notice thereof shall have been given the Plumb- ing Inspector and assent thereto obtained in writing. § 18. Inspection and Approval. Drainage, sewerage or plumbing work must not be covered or concealed in any man- ner until after it is inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector. Notice must be given to said Plumbing In- spector, upon blanks to be furnished by the health department, when the work is sufficiently advanced for such inspection; then it shall be the duty of the Plumbing Inspector to inspect the same within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of said notice. § 19. Material of House Drains. The main drainage system of every house or building shall be separately and independently connected with the street sewer, where such sewer exists, except where two houses are built together on a lot with a frontage of thirty (30) feet or less, when one con- nection with main sewer will be allowed; but there shall be a separate house drain for each house, connected by a “Y” con- nection at the front of such houses, at the curb line, with the main house sewer; or, where one building exists or is erected in the rear of another, or an interior lot, of single ownership, and no private sewer is available, or can be made for the rear 210 Plumbing building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the house drain from the front building may be extended to the rear building, and the whole will be considered as one house drain. Where it is necessary to construct a private sewer to connect with sewer in an adjacent street, such plans may be used as may be approved by the Plumbing Inspector, but in no case shall joint drains be laid in cellars parallel with street or alley. House drains or soil pipes laid beneath, floor must be extra heavy cast iron pipe, with leaded and caulked joints, and car- ried four (4) feet outside of cellar wall. All drains connected with the main drain where it is above the floor shall be extra heavy cast iron pipe, with leaded and caulked joints. Changes of direction of pipes shall be made with “Y” branches, both above and below the ground, and where such pipes pass through foundation walls a relieving arch shall be built over it, with two (2) inch space on either side of main pipe. Main drain shall not be less than four (4) inches; it must be pro- vided with a tee and clean-out, placed immediately inside of cellar wall. The size of the main house drain shall be determined by the total area of the buildings and paved surfaces to be drained, according to the following table, if iron pipe is used. If the pipe is terra cotta, the diameter shall be one size larger for the same amount of area drainage. Fall, Fall, Diameter ^-inch ^-inch per foot per foot 4-inch --..Sq. Ft. Drainage Area, 1,800 2,500 5-inch ....Sq. Ft. Drainage Area, 3,000 4,500 6-inch --.Sq. Ft. Drainage Area, 5,000 7,500 8-inch --.Sq. Ft. Drainage Area, 9,100 13,600 10- inch ....Sq. Ft. Drainage Area, 14,000 20,000 § 20. Laying of House Sewers and Drains. House sewers and house drains must, where possible, be given an even grade to the main sewer of not less than one-quarter (^) inch per foot. Plumbing 211 § 21. Location of House Sewers. When main drain is not located on street, house sewers must be constructed on outside of property line and branch into each house separ- ately. and in no case will the sewer from one house to another be permitted to run through cellars, except as ])rovided in section nine (9). § 22. Drains X>utside of Buildings. Where the ground is of sufficient solidity for a proper foundation, cylindrical terra cotta pipe of the best quality, free from flaws, splits or cracks, perfectly burned, and well glazed over the entire inner and outer surfaces, may be used if laid on smooth bot^ tom, with a special groove cut in the bottom of the trench for each hub. in order to give the pipe a solid bearing on its entire length, and the soil well rammed on each side of the pipe. The spigot and hub ends shall be connected. The space be- tween the hub and pipe must be thoroughly filled with cement mortar, made of equal parts of the best American natural cement and bar sand, thoroughly mixed dry, and enough water afterwards added to give the proper consistency. The mortar must be mixed in small quantities, and used as soon as made. The joints must be carefully wiped out and pointed, and all mortar that may be left inside removed, and the pipe left clean and smooth throughout, for which purpose a swab may be used. It must not be laid closer than five (5) feet to any exterior wall of any building, nor within five (5) feet of any adjoining property line, or be less than four (4) feet below the surface of the gnound, if local conditions will per- mit. When a sewer passes near a well, extra heavy cast iron pipe must be used to such a distance as may be approved by the Plumbing Inspector. § 23. Floor Drains. Floor and other drains will only be permitted when it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Plumbing Inspector that their use is absolutely necessary and arrangements made to maintain a permanent water seal in the traps and be provided with check or back-pressure valves, also a gate valve, if required. No floor drains shall be used unless they are approved by the Plumbing Inspector. 212 Plumbing Floor drains shall not connect in the heel of any stack. They shall not be placed within five (5) feet of main soil or drain pipe unless they are re-vented. § 24. Weight and Thickness of Cast I-ron Soil Pipe. All cast iron pipes must be sound, free from holes, and of a uniform thickness, known as “extra heavy” pipe, and cor- responding fittings will be required. Tfie pipe must be tested to fifty (50) pounds water pressure. Pip'es shall weigh as follows, namely: Diameter of Pipe 2- inch 3- inch 4- inch 5- inch 6- inch 7- inch 8- inch Weight per foot Sy 2 pounds 9^ pounds 13 pounds 17 pounds 20 pounds 27 pounds 33^ pounds § 25. Yard and Area Drains. All yards, areas and courts not having natural drainage must be drained. Tenement houses and lodging houses must have the yards, areas and courts drained into sewer. These drains, when sewer con- nected, must have connections and traps not less than four (4) inches in diameter. § 26. Use of Old House Drains and Sewers. Old house drains and sewers may be used in connection with new build- ings or new plumbing only when they are found, on examina- tion by the Plumbing Inspector, to conform in all respects to the requirements governing new sewers and drains. § 27. Leader Pipes. All buildings shall be kept pro- vided with the proper metallic leaders for conducting water from the roofs in such a manner as shall protect the walls and foundation of said building from injury. In no case shall the water from said leaders be allowed to flow upon the public sidewalk, but the same shall be conducted by a pipe or pipes to the sewer, wherever it is allowed by the department of Plumbing 213 health. If there be no sewer in the street upon which the building fronts, then the water from said leaders shall be conducted by proper pipe or pipes below the surface of the sidewalk to the street gutter. No rain leader pipes shall be connected to a sewer which is connected to or is to be connected to a septic tank system. Where such leaders are connected, they shall be disconnected by the owner of said building or buildings when notified by the department of health to do so. > § 28. Material for Inside and Outside Leaders. Inside leaders must be constructed of extra heavy cast iron pipe, with roof connections made gas and water tight by means of a brass ferrule and lead or copper pipe. Outside leaders may be sheet metal, but they must, when connected, be connected to house drain by means of an extra heavy cast iron pipe ex- tending vertically five (5) feet above grade level, where the building is located along public driveways or sidewalks. Where the building is located off building line, and not liable to be damaged, the connection shall be made with the iron pipe extending at least six (6) inches above the grade level. § 29. Drains for Light Shafts. Drains from the bottom of light shafts shall not be directly connected with main sewer unless by means of a deep seal trap to serve same, and shall be placed below the ground as near a point directly below inlet of drain as possible for same to be located, or if connected to house system, shall be by means of a deep seal extra heavy lead drum trap properly ventilated. § 30. Trapping of Leaders. All leaders must be separ- ately trapped at the bottom of each leader with a cast iron trap, and clean-out for same where necessary, so placed as to prevent freezing. Clean-outs must be brought above the level of the cellar floor or grade level. Inside leaders must have at least one cast iron pipe' rest for each story same is extended. Rain-water leaders must not be used as soil, waste or vent pipes, nor shall such pipes be used as leaders. Hub vents must be used on all traps. 214 Plumbing § 31. Sub Soil Drains. Sub soil drains must discharge into a sump or receiving tank, the contents of which must be lifted and discharge into* the drainage system above the cel- lar floor by some approved method. Where directly sewer- connected, they must be cut off from the rest of the plumbing system by a brass flap-valve on the inlet to the catch basin, and the trap on the drain from the catch basin must be water supplied, as required for cellar drains. § 32. Exhaust from Steam Pipes, etc. No steam exhaust, blow off or drip pipe shall connect with a sewer or house drain, leader, soil pipe, waste or vent pipe. Such pipes must discharge into a tank or condenser, from which suitable outlet to the sewer shall be made. Such condenser shall be water supplied, to help condensation and protect the sewer, and shall also be supplied with relief vent to carry off dry steam. § 33. Diameter of Soil Pipe. The smallest diameter of any soil pipe permitted to be used shall be four (4) inches. The size of soil and waste pipes must not be less than those set forth in the following tables : MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FIXTURES CONNECTED TO Waste Soil and Waste Combine. Soil Pipe Alone. Size Maximum de- Branch Main Branch Main of veloped length Small Small Water W ater' Pipe in feet Fixtures Fixtures Closets Closets 1^-inch. 15 1 1 • lU^-inch. 25 2 2 2-inch. 40 3 4 3-inch. 100 4 8 4-inch. 150 32 64 8 16 5-inch. 200 72 144 18 36 6-inch. 250 144 288 36 72 7-inch. 300 252 504 63 126 8-inch. 350 420 840 105 210 The ; smallest diameter for any vent or waste pipe to be continued through roof shall be two (2) inches. Plumbing 215 If the building is six (6) and less than twelve (12) stories in height, the diameter shall not be less than five (5) inches; if more than twelve (12) stories, it shall be six (6) inches in diameter. A building six (6) or more stories in height, with fixtures located below the sixth floor, soil pipe four (4) inches in diameter will be allowed to extend through roof, provided the number of fixtures does not exceed the number given in the table. All soil pipes must extend one (1) foot above the roof, and must be also extended two (2) feet above the highest window, when within a distance of twenty (20) feet of win- dow. Traps will not be permitted on main, vertical, soil or waste lines. Each house must have a separate line of soil and vent pipes. No soil, waste or vent lines shall be con- structed on the outside of a building. All vent lines extended through roof must be increased two (2) inches. There must be a clean-out placed at the bottom of each stack ; same must be brought above floor level. The size of clean-out must be of the same diameter as the stack. No double hub fittings shall be used on any waste or soil pipe. § 34. Change in Direction. All sewer, soil and waste pipes must be as direct as possible. Changes in directions must be made with “Y” and one-eighth bends. No crosses or sanitary crosses shall be used in vertical or horizontal lines of soil or waste pipes; all first -floors to have “Y’s,” and all floors above to have half “Y’s.” Offsets^ in soil or waste pipes will not be permitted when they can be avoided, nor in any case unless suitable provision is made to prevent accumu- lation of rust or other obstruction. Offsets shall be made with forty-five (45) degree bends or similar fittings. No quarter bends shall be used if same can be avoided. § 35. Joints for Soil and Waste Pipes. Joints in cast iron pipes and soil and waste pipes must be so filled with okum and lead, and hand-caulked, as to make them water and gas-tight. Connections of lead and cast iron pipes must be made with brass ferrule of the same size as the lead pipe, inserted in the hub of the iron pipe, and caulked with lead. 216 Plumbing The lead pipe must be attached to the ferrule by a wiped joint. Joints between lead and wrought iron pipes must be made with brass nipple of same size as lead pipe. The lead pipe must be attached to the brass nipple by wiped joints. All connections of lead waste or vent pipes must be made by means of a wiped joint. No flanged wiped joints shall be permitted on any roughing-in work. § 36. Traps Required for Fixtures. Every sink, bath tub, basin, water closet, slop hopper or fixture having a waste pipe must be furnished with a separate trap, which shall be placed as close as practical to the fixture it serves, and in no case shall they be more than one (1) foot from the opening of said fixture. The seal of trap on continuous vent wastes shall not be more than one (1) foot from the intersection of vent extension. Where a water closet is more than three (3) feet from the soil pipe it shall be re-vented. When a trap of any fixture, except a water closet, is more than two (2) feet from the. intersection of the outlet to the seal of the trap, same shall be re-vented from the crown of the trap. No trap shall be set with the seal of water in the trap more than six .(6) inches from the outlet of fixture. All traps shall have a water seal of not less than one and one-half (Ij^) inches. Traps with interior partitions are prohibited, unless a special permit is issued by the Plumbing Inspector for the use of same. § 37. Size of Traps and Waste Branches. The size of traps and waste branches for a given fixture shall be as fol- lows, provided the style of trap to be used in connection with the kitchen and pantry sinks shall be Drum “S,’’ or to be selected by the owner of th'e property: Plumbing 217 Size in Inches Kind of Fixtures Trap Branch Water closet 3 4 Slop sink with trap combined 3 3 Slop sink, ordinary, in laundry, 4x9-in. drum trap ! 2 2 Pedestal urinal 3 3 Floor wash 4 4 Floor drains : 2 2 Yard drain or catch basins 4 4 Urinal trough 2 2 Laundry trays (2 or 3), 4x9-in. drum trap 4 2 Combination sink and tray; for each laundry tray, 4x9-in. drum trap, and each sink 2 Kitchen sinks (small) for dwellings lYi Pantry sinks.. V /2 Kitchen sinks (large), hotels, restaurants, grease traps 2 Wash basin (one only) .*. 1^4 Bath tubs, 4x9-in. drum trap 4 Shower bath, 4x9-in. drum trap 4 \Y Shower baths (floor), 4x9-in. drum trap 4 2 Sitz baths, 4x9-in. drum trap 4 Drinking fountains IYa ^Ya Soda fountains, 4x9-in. drum trap 4 2 Bar wastes, 4x9-in. drum trap 4 2 Fountain cuspidors 1}4 § 38. Setting of Traps and Traps Without Re-vent. All traps must be well supported and set true with respect to their water levels. All bath tubs shall be supplied with drum traps with trap screw on floor line. In cases where an additional fixture is required in a building, and it is impossible to get re-vent for the trap, the Plumbing Inspector shall designate the kind of trap to be used. This shall not be construed to allow traps without re-vents in new buildings. All traps shall be vented from the crown of the trap, and no continuous vent less than two (2) inches in diameter shall be allowed. 218 Plumbing § 39. Weight of Lead Traps, Bends, and Size of Tubing for Brass Traps. All lead traps and bends shall be extra heavy drawn traps and bends, and all traps, whether lead or brass, shall have a union vent connection. No union joints other than ground seats will be allowed on sewer side of trap seal. Weight of tubing in brass trap shall not be less than No. 18 standard gauge tubing. § 40. Quality of Lead Pipe and Weights. Weight per Foot Caliber Pounds Ounces \y 4 -\nch pipe 5 lF 2 -inch pipe ! 4 2 -inch pipe 5 .... 23 / 2 -inch pipe : 6 3 -inch pipe 6 3 4 -inch pipe 8 .... All sheet lead used for tank linings, lead safes and roof flashings must not weigh less than three (3) pounds to the square foot. § 41. Ventilation of Traps and Soil Lines. Traps shall be protected from syphonage of air pressure by special vent pipes of size not less than the following table: Size Maximum de- No. of Traps No. of Traps No. of of veloped length 1%-in. 2 -in. Water Pipe in feet or less or less Closets 1 ^-inch vent 20 1 1 ^-inch vent 30 2 1 2 -inch vent 40 14 6 3 2 ^-inch vent 65 24 12 6 3 -inch vent 100 48 24 12 3^-inch vent 130 100 50 25 4 -inch vent 160 160 80 40 For five (5) inch traps and over, the vent shall be one-half the diameter of the trap. § 42. Material for Vent Pipes. All vent pipes must either be of cast iron, brass or lead. All house drains and Plumbing 219 soil lines on which a water closet is located must have a four- inch main vent line. Relief vent for water closets must not be less than two (2) inches in diameter. § 43. Horizontal and Vertical Vent Pipes. Where rows of fixtures are placed in a line, fittings of not less than forty- five (45) degrees to the horizontal must be used in vent lines to prevent filling wkh rust or condensation; except on brick or tile walls, where it is necessary to channel same for pipes, ninety (9G) degree fittings will be allowed. Trapped vent pipes are strictly prohibited. No vent pipe from house side of any trap shall connect with ventilation pipe, or sewer, soil or waste pipe. Where a vertical re-vent is run a distance of more than ten (10) feet, same shall connect back into the soil or waste pipe below the lowest fixture, with fittings not less then forty-five (45) degrees. Vent pipes from several traps may be connected together, or may be carried into the main vent lines above highest fixture, when the distance is not more than ten (10) feet to main vent. Branch vent pipes must be connected as near to the crown of trap as possible. No re-vent shall be run di- rectly horizontal from a trap over twelve (12) inches, nor more than two (2) feet for the re-vent of any closet bend. All re-vents must be run above the highest fixture, and all branches must be taken out and run not less than one (1) foot above the fixtures. § 44. Overflow Pipes. Overflow pipes from fixtures must in all cases be connected on the inlet side of traps. § 45. Sediment Pipes. Sediment pipes from range boilers must not be connected directly to any sewer, soil or waste pipe ; same may empty into an open fixture. § 46. Safe and Refrigerator Waste Pipes. Safe waste pipes must not connect directly with any part of the plumbing system. Safe waste pipes must discharge over an o])en, water- supplied, publicly placed, ordinary used sink or floor drain, placed not more than three and one-half (3j/2) feet above the floor. The safe waste from a refrigerator must be trapped and 220 Plumbing must not discharge upon the ground floor, but over an ordin- ary portable pan, or some properly trapped, water-supplied sink, as above. In no case shall the refrigerator waste pipe discharge over a sink located in a room used for living pur- poses. The branches on vertical lines must be made by “Y” fit- tings, and carried to the safe with as much pitch as possible. Where there is an offset on a refrigerator waste pipe there must be clean-outs to control all the horizontal parts of the pipe. In tenement and lodging houses the' refrigerator waste pipes must extend above the roof, not larger than two (2) inches, nor the branches less than one and one-quarter (1^) inches, each refrigerator branch or waste must be separately trapped. Lead safes must be graded and neatly turned over beveled strips at their edges. Same shall be tested and ap- proved. § 47. Material to be Approved by the Plumbing In- spector. All material, traps, floor drains and valves used in a drainage or plumbing system must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector before same will be allowed to be in- stalled. § 48. Durham System. The Durham system of house drainage may be used in fire-proof buildings only. All fittings and pipes must be galvanized. It shall comply with a special permit from the Plumbing Inspector, and shall in all respects be subject to the approval of the health department. § 49. Diameter and Weight of Ferrules. Brass ferrules must be of best quality, bell shaped, extra heavy cast brass, not less than four (4) inches long and two and one-quarter (2^) inches, three and one-half (3^) inches, and four and one-half (4j4) inches in diameter, and not less than the fol- lowing weights : Diameter, 2^ inches ; weight, 1 pound. Diameter, 3^ inches ; weight, 1 pound, 12 ounces. Diameter, 4^^ inches ; weight, 2 pounds, 8 ounces. Plumbing 221 § 50. Clean-outs. Screw caps for clean-outs must be extra heavy brass, not less than one-eighth (34) of an inch thick. The screw cap must have a solid square nut, not less than one-half (^) inch high. The body of the clean-out fer- rule must at least equal in thickness and diameter the caulk- ing ferrule for the same size pipe. Clean-outs must be placed as follows : At the front or rear wall where house drain enters. At the bottom of each vertical soil or waste or inside rain leader pipe that runs to the height- of one or more stories. In every horizontal line of waste that is run more than five (5) feet from the main stack. In all horizontal lines of waste twenty-five (25) feet apart. In horizontal sink wastes run under ground, every twenty (20) feet apart. § 51. Hangers, Rests and Supports. All horizontal lines of piping above ground must be practically constructed to a uniform grade not less than a quarter inch fall to a foot and suspended with neat durable hangers of iron, steel or brass, placed not to exceed five (5) feet apart; same to be in place when roughing-in inspection is called for. Horizontal lines of lead work shall be supported under its full length with permanent supports, in such a manner as to prevent sagging of lead. Vertical line^;’ of piping shall be supported on metallic and heavy cast iron rests on each floor, and must be plumb. Each stub vent or waste run through floor or wall must be securely stayed in its respective position. § 52. Grease Traps. Grease traps for restaurants and hotels shall be of such size and pattern as will be approved by the Plumbing Inspector. Same must have a cold water jacket or cooling coil- to congeal the grease. § 53. Garage Drains. Auto and carriage washes shall discharge into a cast iron catch basin; the size and pattern of 222 Plumbing same must be approved by the Plum1)ing Inspector before same shall be installed. § 54. Bar Wastes and Soda Fountains. To connect any bar vcaste or soda fountain, a special permit must be obtained from the Plumbing Inspector. Such work and material must be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inspector when completed. § 55. Testing Tools and Machines. Every master plumber shall maintain his own testing tools and machines. Such tools and machines must be approved by the Plumbing Inspector before any tests will be allowed or approved. § 56. Connections for Closet Vents. Rubber connections for back vents will not be permitted. § 57. Ventilators Prohibited. No brick, sheet metal or earthenware flue, or chimney flue, shall be used as a sewer ventilator or to ventilate any trap, drain, soil or waste pipe. § 58. Soldering Nipples. Soldering nipples must be extra heavy brass, or brass pipe, iron pipe size. § 59. Setting of Fixtures. The closet and all other fixtures must be set open and free from all inclosing wood or other wo'rk. Where water closets will not support rim seat, the seat must be supported on galvanized iron legs, and a drip tray must be used, which tray must be porcelain, enameled on both sides and secured in place. In tenement houses and lodging houses, sinks must be entirely open, set on iron legs or brackets, without any inclosing wood or o1»her work. § 60. Closets Prohibited. Pan, plunger or hopper closets will not be permitted in any building. No range closet, either wet or dry, nor an evaporating system of closets, shall be constructed or allowed inside of any building. § 61. Water Closet Connections with Soil Pipes. All earthenware traps must have heavy brass floor plates soldered to the lead bends and bolted to the trap flange, and the joints made permanently secure and gas-tight by means of grafting wax or other approved substance. Plumbing 223 § 62. Water Closets, Where Located. Water closets must not be located in sleeping apartments, nor in any room or com- partment which has not direct communication with external air by window of at least four square feet, or approved air shaft. § 63. Water Closets, How Supplied. No water closet except flush meters, volumeters or similar devices shall be supplied directly from the supply pipes. -§ 64. Flushing Rim Bowls. All water closets must have flushing rim bowls. § 65. Water Closets to be Supplied from Flushing Tanks, except as provided in Section 53. Water closets within build- ing shall be supplied with water from special tanks or cisterns, which shall hold not less than six (6) gallons when full to the level of the overflow pipe for each closet supplied, excepting automatic or syphon tanks, which shall hold not less than five (5) gallons for each closet supplied. A group of closets must not be flushed from the same tank, excepting flush meters, volumeters or similar devices. The water in said tanks must not be used for any other purpose. § 66. Fixtures in Basement. Where fixtures are to be set in a basement or cellar where same is liable to back sewerage, a back pressure valve and gate valve must be installed in such a manner as not to interfere with any other part of the plumb- ing or. drainage system. A special permit is required from the Plumbing Inspector before same is installed or approved. § 67. Water Closets for Tenement Houses. In no case will the water closet system of tenement or lodging houses be permitted in cellars, basements or under sidewalks, unless approved by the Plumbing Inspector. § 68. Number of Closets Required. In all sewer con- nected buildings hereafter erected there must be at least one water closet, and there must be additional closets so that there will never be more than fifteen persons per closet. In lodging houses where there are more than fifteen persons on 224 Plumbing any floor there must be an additional water closet on that floor for every fifteen additional persons or fraction thereof. § 69. Water Closet Apartments. In tenement houses, lodging houses, factories, work shops and all public buildings the entire water closet apartments and sidewalls to a height of six (6) inches from the floor, except at the door, must be made water proof with asphalt, cement, tile or other water- proof material, as approved by the Plumbing Inspector. In tenement houses and lodging houses the water closets and urinal apartments must have a window or windows opening into the outer air of sufficient size, all of which shall be shown on plans, and shall be subject to the approval of the Plumbing Inspector. Except that tenement or lodging houses three stories or less in height may have such window opening on a ventilating shaft not less than ten (10) square feet in area. In all buildings the outer partition of such apartments must extend to the ceiling or be independently ceiled over, and these partitions must be air tight. The outside partitions must include a window opening to outer air on the lot whereon the building is situated, or some other approved means of ventilation must be provided. When necessary to properly light such apartments, the upper part of the parti- tions must be of glass. The interior partitions of such apart- ments must be dwarf partitions. Water closet apartments must not be placed in a dining room, kitchen or sleeping apartment, nor be placed in any room or compartment which has not direct communication with external air, either by window or air shaft, of at least four square feet. And when any window ventilating any water closet compartment or bath room opens directly into a vent shaft, no window of any room, other than water closet compartment, bath room, pantry or hall, shall open into such vent shaft. * § 70. Construction of Urinals. All urinals must be con- structed of materials impervious to moisture and that will not corrode under the action of urine. The floor and walls of urinal apartments must be lined with similar non-absorbent and non-corrosive material. Plumbing 225 § 71. Flush Pipes. Water closet flush pipes must not be less than one and one-quarter ( 134 ) inches, and urinal flush pipes one-half (34) inch in diameter. § 72. Lining for Closets and Urinal Cisterns. The cop- per lining of water closets and urinal cisterns must not be lighter than twelve (12) ounce copper. Where lead is used for lining, it must not weigh less than three (3) pounds to the square foot. All other materials are prohibited. § 73. Fixtures Prohibited. Wooden wash trays, sinks Or bath tubs are prohibited inside of buildings. Such fixtures must be constructed of non-absorbent material. Cement or artificial stone tubs will not be permitted, unless approved by the Plumbing Inspector. § 74. Yard Water Closets. Water closets, when located in yard, must be so arranged as to be conveniently and adequately flushed, and the water supply pipes and traps pro- tected from freezing by being placed in a hopper pit at least four (4) feet below, the surface of the ground, the walls of which pit shall be constructed of hard-burned brick or stone laid in cement mortar, or of concrete. The walls for pit, where one (1) closet is installed, may be four (4) inches in thickness; or salt glazed sewer pipe thirty-six (36) inches in diameter may be used. Where pit is for more than one (1) closet, the wall shall be eight (8) inches in thickness. The soil pipe and traps used insvde^pit must be extra heavy cast iron, and the trap to have hand hole for cleanout purposes with cleanout caulked in. If the closet is located in the rear of a soil or vent pipe, the drain on which it is located shall be vented with a four (4) inch pipe, carried above roof of closet, away from any opening or window. All outside closets shall be of the tank pattern. The water to be supplied to tank through an automatic seat action valve. The waste from valve may be permitted to discharge into house drain on the house side of trap. The enclosure of yard water closet shall be ventilated by slatted openings, and there shall be a trap door of sufficient size to permit of convenient access to the 226 Plumbing hopper pit ; or tank may be placed in house, operated with chain and pulley through wall. Pitless closet may be used, in which case cleanout must be brought out above closet floor. § 75. . Cesspools dnd Privy Vaults. No privy vault or cesspool for sewage shall hereafter be constructed in any part of the city where a sewer is at all accessilfle; the necessity of such construction shall be determined by the Plumbing In- spector. Nor shall it be lawful to continue a privy vault or cesspool on any lot, piece or parcel of ground abutting on or contiguous to any public sewer within the city limits, when in the opinion of the health department same is a nuisance. The health department shall have the power to issue notice giv- ing at least thirty (30) days’ time to discontinue the use of any cesspool or privy vault and have it cleaned and filled up. No connection for any cesspool or privy vault shall be made with any sewer; nor shall any water closet or house drain empty into a cesspool or privy vault. § 76. In Districts Where No Sewer Exists. In rural dis- tricts, or districts where no sewer exists, privy vaults shall not be located within two (2) feet of party or street line, nor within thirty (30) feet from any dwelling. Before any privy vault shall be constructed application for permission therefor shall be made to the health department; and such privy vault shall have eight (8) inch walls, constructed of hard burned brick or stone, laid in cement mortar, or of concrete, with bottom and sides cemented so as to be water-tight ; size to be not less than four (4) feet in diameter and six (6) feet deep. § 77. Material and Workmanship. All material used in the work of plumbing and drainage must be of good quality and free from defects. The work must be executed in a thor- ough and workmanlike manner. § 78. No Person to Allow Name to be Used. No person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of plumbing and house drainage shall allow his or her name to be used by any person, directly or indirectly, either to obtain a permit or permits or to do any work under his or their license. Plumbing 227 § 79. Terms Used. The term “private sewer” is applied to main sewers that are not constructed by and under the supervision of the Board of Local Improvements. The term “house sewer” is applied to that part of the main drain or sewer extending from a point five (5) feet outside of the outer wall of a building, vault or area to its connection with public sewer, private sewer or cesspool. The term “house drain” is applied to that part of the main horizontal drain ancfiits branches inside the walls of the build- ing, vault or area and extending to and connecting with the house sewer. The term “soil pipe” is applied to any vertical line of pipe extending through the roof, receiving the discharge of one or more water closets, with or without fixtures. The term “vent pipe” is applied to any special pipe pro- vided to ventilate the system of piping, and to prevent trap syphonage and back pressure. § 80. Changes to be Made. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the health department, or complaint in writ- ing shall be made by any citizen, that the plumbing or drain- age in any building has become a nuisance, or is contrary to the provisions and requirements of any ordinance of the city, or is of faulty construction, and liable to breed disease or endanger the health of the occupants, or upon the request of any owner or occupant of any building fitted with plumbing or drainage prior to the passage of this ordinance, then the health department shall direct the proper officer to examine the ])lumbing or drainage in an)^ such building, and the said officer shall make a drawing of the plans of said plumbing, drainage and sewer and ventilating shaft connec- tions. He shall report his findings in writing to the health department and suggest such changes as are necessary to make the same conform to the ordinances governing such matters. The health department shall thereupon notify the owner or agent of any such building of the changes which 228 Plumbing are necessary to be made in said plumbing or drainage. Said changes shall be made within the time fixed by the health department; and upon refusal or neglect to obey such orders, the health department shall institute legal proceedings to have such changes made and said nuisance abated. § 81. First Inspection. When drain, soil, waste, vent and other pipes in the building connected, or to be connected, with the sewer have been placed in position, a preliminary water or air test of the same shall be applied in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector. § 82. Final Test. When the work has been completed a final notice shall be filed with the Plumbing Inspector, when a final air test shall be made in the presence of said officer, when, if found satisfactory, a certificate of approval of the work will be issued; but no such plumbing or drainage work or system shall be used until said test has been made and cer- tificate issued. That the Plumbing Inspector shall, when inspecting plumbing in any property, also inspect and report to the City Clerk, on cards to be furnished him by the City Clerk for that purpose, giving the number of rooms in said property and the number of fixtures or other things on the premises for which a charge is made for water furnished from or through the Rock Island City Waterworks. § 83. Inspection. When work is ready for inspection the plumbing contractor shall make such arrangements as will enable the Plumbing Inspector to reach all parts of the build- ing easily and readily, and also have present the proper apparatus and appliances for making said tests, and furnish such assistance as may be necessary to a proper application of the same. § 84. In Case of Disputes. In case of any dispute or difference of opinion existing between the Plumbing In- spector and any person, firm or corporation as aforesaid, re- garding the construction of plumbing, house drainage, or cesspools, the same shall be submitted by either party to the Plumbing 229 Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, who shall pass upon the same, and whose finding's therein, after hearing, shall be final and conclusive upon all parties. § 85. Power of Inspector. For the purpose of enforcing the requirements of the laws and regulations relating to plumbing and house drainage, the Plumbing Inspector shall be permitted to enter any house or building, ground or premises in the City of Rock Island at all times during the twenty-four hours, day or night, to thoroughly examine said plumbing, drainage or any nuisance that would afifect the public health; and he shall notify, or cause to be notified, the owner, agent or occupant of the ground or premises in or on which such violation or nuisance shall be found to correct, remove or abate the same. No person or persons shall hinder or obstruct, or in any manner interfere with the Plumbing Inspector of the Depart- ment of Public Health of the City of Rock Island in the per- formance of his duties as such. § 86. Unsanitary Buildings. When unsanitary condi- tions exist in any public building, school, church or college of the City of Rock Island, which, in the opinion of the De- partment of Public Health, is a menace to the health of the people who may assemble therein, and notice having been served to correct same, and said notice not having been com- plied with, the Department of Public Health shall thereupon order such building or buildings closed until said conditions are corrected and a certificate issued for the reopening of said building or buildings. § 87. Sinks and Closets in Tenement Houses and Public Buildings. All tenement houses and public buildings shall be provided with properly wasted, trapped, vented sinks and water closets, with running water, for the accommodation of each family occupying said house, houses or building. § 88. Floors of Water Closet Apartments. Floors of water closet apartments, when in cellars or basements, shall be 230 Plumbing of some non-absorbent materiab Floors of market houses, restaurants or hotel kitchens shall be of some non-absorbent material, such as tile, cement or asphalt. § 89. Permits for Sewer Connections. Before any per- mits for any sewer connections are issued, the plumber will be required to file plans and specifications for plumbing of said building or buildings, and no permit will be issued to carry sewer or drains farther than the curb line without said plans and specifications for the completion of the entire work of plumbing and drainage in said proposed building or buildings. § 90. Violations and Fines. Any person or persons who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this ordi- nance regarding the procuring of a license or certificate to engage in or work at the business of plumbing or house drain- age, except in case of the repairing of leaks, shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor exceeding fifty ($50) dollars for each and every day he or they shall engage in or work at said business without first having obtained said certificate or license; and any person or persons who shall violate any of the requirements set forth in this ordinance regarding the construction, re-construction or testing of plumbing, house drainage or cesspools shall be liable, for* every such offense, to a fine of not less than ten ($10) dol- lars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars. All fines and penalties imposed by this ordinance recoverable by summary proceed- ings before any police magistrate or justice of the peace, and all actions at law instituted for the recovery thereof shall be in the name and for the use of the City of Rock Island, and upon recovery thereof, all such fines and penalties shall be paid to the City Treasurer of the City of Rock Island. In default (ff the payment of any fine or penalty imposed by any police magistrate or justice of the peace, under the provisions of this ordinance, the person or persons so offending may be committed to the jail or other penal institution for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days. Police 231 CHAPTER 41 POLICE Section 1. Police Department — How Constituted. The police department of said city shall consist of the Chief of Police, an Assistant Chief or Nigdit Captain, _ one Police Matron, city detectives, and such policemen as shall from time to time be appointed by the Commissioner of Health and Public Safety, by and with the consent of the Council, who shall act and be known as police officers of said city. § 2. Head of Department — Powers to Establish Police Regulations. The Commissioner of Health and Public Safety shall be the head of the police department, and shall superin- tend and direct the police generally, and from time to time give such directions as he may deem proper and necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order and the enforcing of the laws and ordinances of said city; and may, from time to time, by and with the consent of the Council, make and establish such police regulations as may by him be deemed expedient or necessary for the government and con- trol of the police department and to promote the efficiency and usefulness of the members thereof. Such police regula- tions may prescribe the duties of the police officers and police- men more specifically than is herein contained, and may pro- vide such penalties and forfeitures for neglect of duty or im- proper conduct (such as removal, suspension from pay, line or reprimand) as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the proper regulation of the different members of the police department, which rules shall be in writing, or printed, signed by the Commissioner of Health and Public Safety, and be binding on all officers connected with the department after notice thereof. A copy of such rules shall be delivered to each policeman, and also be posted conspicuously in the police station. He shall have power, .on the application of any person or pe’rsons, showing the necessity thereof, to appoint and swear in any additional number of special patrolmen on the police 232 Police force to do special duty at any fixed place within the city, at the charge and expense of the person or persons by whom the application is made, and shall keep a correct list of all per- sons so appointed ; and persons so appointed shall conform to and be subject to all rules and regulations governing the police force of the city, and to such special rules and regula- tions as the said Commissioner may make concerning such police patrolmen. They shall possess all the powers, privi- leges and duties of the regular police patrolmen at the places for which they are respectively appointed, and may be re- moved or discharged from service at any time by the said Commissioner without assigning any cause therefor. § 3, Chief of Police — Duties — Monthly Reports. The Chief of Police shall be the acting head of the police, depart- ment, and all policemen shall be in subordination to him. It shall be his duty to cause the public peace to be preserved and to see that all laws and ordinances are enforced, and whenever any violation thereof shall come to his knowledge, or be reported to him, he shall cause the requisite complaint to be made and see that the proper evidence is procured for a successful prosecution of the offender or offenders. He and his subordinates shall obey all such police rules as may be established for the regulation of the police department, and shall (in subordination to the said Commissioner), in case of riot, tumult or insurrection, or threatening thereof, take com- mand in person of the police officers and direct their move- ments and operations in discharge of their duties. He shall keep a record and make report to the Council monthly, and also at and before the close of the fiscal year, of the opera- tions of the police department in conformity with the require- ments of the police rules. He shall be responsible for the efficiency, general conduct and good order of his department, and shall promptly report to the said Commissioner in writ- ing all complaints made to him or in any way coming to his knowledge prejudicial to the honesty, sobriety and faithful- ness- of any of his subordinates. § 4. Policemen — Powers and Duties — Daily Reports "to Chief — Record to be Kept by Chief. Each member of the Police 233 police department shall have power to arrest all persons in the city found in the act of violating any law or ordinance, or aiding or abetting in any such violation, or any person whom the officer has reasonable grounds for believing has committed a public offense, and who is liable to escape before a complaint can be filed and a warrant issued for his or her arrest, and forthwith take all such persons so arrested to the office of the police magistrate or some justice of the peace for trial. They shall have power and authority in the city to serve and execute warrants and other processes for the appre- hension and commitment of persons charged with, held for examination or trial for, or taken in the act of committing any crime or misdemeanor, or violating any law or ordinance of the city, in the same manner and with like authority as a con- stable by the laws of the state. All policemen shall daily report to the Chief all arrests made during the day or night, and all material facts relating to them; and the Chief shall keep a book in which shall be recorded all arrests made by the police department, and .the offenses for which the arrests were made, and where the same were made, by number and street. § 5. Policemen May Enter Building by Force and Make Arrests Therein in Certain Cases, The Mayor, any Commis- sioner, the Chief and x\ssistant Chief, and all police officers shall have power and authority in a peaceable manner, or if refused admittance after proper demand made, with force, to enter into any house, store, shop, grocery or other building whatever in the city in which any person may be or be reasonably suspected by any such officer to be for any unlawful purpose; and if any person or persons shall be found therein guilty of any crime or misdemeanor or violation of any ordi- nance for the preservation of the peace and good order of the city, or who may by such officer be reasonably suspected thereof, or of aiding or abetting in any such offense, said police officer shall apprehend and keep in custody such person or persons as in case of other arrests made by police officers. § 6. Duties of Policemen — Not to Engage in Business that May Interfere, nor Absent Themselves Without Permis- ( 234 Police sion. The Chief, Assistant Chief and all police officers shall devote their time and attention to the discharge of the duties of their respective stations, according to the laws and ordi- nances of the city and the provisions of such police regula- tions as may be established; and it shall be their duty, to the best of their ability, to preserve order, peace and quiet, and enforce all laws and ordinances throughout the city. They shall not engage in any business which may withdraw their attention from the police service, or interfere with or unfit them for the duties required of them, and they shall not absent themselves from the city, nor from their duties, unless by permission of the Chief or the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. § 7. Chief to Keep an Office — Require Policemen to Re- port. The Chief of Police is hereby required to keep and maintain for the purpose of his office an office or place of business at the City Hall, where he shall attend at all reason- able hours when not called elsewhere on duty, and shall cause to be fixed in some conspicuous place upon the front of his office a sign with the words “Police Station” legibly painted thereon. He shall require all other police officers, at such times and in such manner as he shall designate, to attend at his office or such other rendezvous as he may appoint, and shall put them upon such duty as the existing emergency may require, subject to the direction of the Commissioner of Pub- lic Health and Safety. § 8. Policemen to Report and Render Assistance to Chief. The several policemen shall report themselves for duty at the office of the Chief, or at such rendezvous as he shall appoint, at such times as directed by him, and shall render him prompt and energetic assistance in the execution of his duties, and shall devote their time and attention to the preservation of the peace, quiet and good order of the city, and especially in the respective districts to which they may be assigned. § 9. Police Guilty of Neglect of Duty, etc. — Penalty. Any member of the police department who shall neglect or Police 235 refuse to perform any duty required of him by any law or ordinance of the city, or who shall, in the discharge of his official duties, be guilty of any fraud, extortion, oppression, favoritism, partiality, or willful wrong or injustice, or who shall enter any saloon while on duty, except in the discharge ' of his official duty, or who shall use any intoxicating liquors, or engage in any game of chance while on duty, shall be dis- missed from his office by the said Commissioner. § 10. Police Matron — Duties. The Police Matron shall perform her duties under the direct supervision of the Com- missioner of Public Health and Safety, and such Commis- sioner may assign her to such special duty, in either the police or health departments, as he may think necessary and de- sirable. The Police Matron shall render all such service as may be required of her by the Chief of Police in relation to female prisoners ; and she shall render, as a part of her monthly report, a statement of the disposition made of the cases of all female prisoners. She shall have charge of all matters arising within the police jurisdiction of the city relative to delinquent and de- pendent children, and all cases relative to the neglect and abandonment of children. She shall maintain as far as possible a supervision over depots, parks and other public places, and shall at all times take such action and render such services to those falling under her supervision as she in her judgment shall deem necessary and desirable. The Police Matron shall make a monthly report in writing of the services rendered by her as such. § 11. Penalty for Resisting Officer. Whoever in the city shall resist any police officer or member of the police department in the discharge of his duty, or shall in any way interfere with or hinder or prevent him from discharging his duty as such officer, or shall attempt or endeavor so to do. 236 Police and whoever shall in any manner assist any person in custody of any police officer or member of the police department to escape from such custody shall be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars, in the discretion of the court or magistrate before whom a convic- tion may be had. § 12. Persons Must Assist Police When Called On. It shall be the duty of all persons in the city, when called upon by any member of the police department or other police offi- cer, to promptly aid and assist him in the execution of the duties of his office; whoever shall neglect or refuse to give such aid and assistance shall be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. § 13. Falsely Representing Police — Penalty. Any per- son who shall falsely represent himself to be a member of the police department of this city, or who shall maliciously or with the intent to deceive use or imitate any of the signs, signals or devices adopted and used by them, shall, on con- viction thereof, be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. § 14. Taxicab Drivers, etc., to Obey Policemen at Depot, etc. Taxicab drivers, hackmen, coachmen, omnibus drivers, draymen, porters, runners and other persons, when at or about any railroad depot or station or steamboat landing or other public place in the city, shall obey the commands of the police officer or officers who may be stationed or doing duty at or about such depots, stations or buildings or other place, for the preservation of order and enforcement of the ordi- nances of the city. Whoever shall refuse to obey the com- mands and directions of a police officer as aforesaid shall, on conviction of such ofi’ense, be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. It shall be the duty of all policemen to see that all ordi- nances relating to taxicab drivers and others engaged in carry- ing passengers for hire are strictly complied with, and may order away and remove from the stands and other places any Police 237 such person not having a license or not having the number of his license upon his vehicle, as herein required, or not having proper and suitable vehicle, harness or horses, or w'henever his horses are unruly, or he is improperly obstruct- ing any street or public w'ay, or is intoxicated or in any man- ner misbehaving himself ; and all such orders shall be obeyed by such person to whom the same may be given by any police- man as aforesaid. § 14. Blacklisting Habitual Drunkards. That any per- son making complaint to the Chief of Police of some other person being guilty of habitual drunkenness shall furnish the Chief of Police with a photograph of such habitual drunkard. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to send a notice to each saloon keeper, wholesaler or cafe proprietor of the City of Rock Island, stating the name, age, residence and general description, with a copy of photograph of such habitual drunkard, providing that Chief of Police is furnished with a copy of photograph. The person making such com- plaint is to pay for all printing necessary to give such notice. 238 Popcorn and Peanut Stands CHAPTER 42 POPCORN AND PEANUT STANDS Section 1. License. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own, manage or control any building or stand, or to own, manage or operate any wagon where popcorn and peanuts, ice cream, candy or lunch are sold, located wholly or in part upon any street, avenue or alley in the City of Rock Island, without first having secured therefor a license signed by the Mayor and City Clerk. § 2. Term — Fee. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and empowered to grant such license upon the payment as a license fee on or before the first day of May of each year, for the term of one year fifty ($50) dollars and for a term of six months thirty-five ($35) dollars, to be paid on or before the first day of May or the first day of November. § 3. District. No wagon or stand as specified in section one (1) hereof shall be located in that part of the city lying within the fire limits, as the said fire limits are established by ordinance, nor shall business be transacted from any such wagon or stand within said limits. § 4. Penalty. Every violation of this ordinance shall subject the ofifender to a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars and not more than twenty-five ($25) dollars, and said license may be suspended or revoked in the discretion of the Council. Powers and Duties of Commissioners 239 CHAPTER 43 POWERS AND DUTIES OE COMMISSIONERS AS ' SUPERINTENDENTS OF DEPARTMENTS Section 1. Distribution of Official Powers. That the executive and administrative powers, authority and duties in the city are distributed into and among the several depart- ments, and the powers and duties to be performed are de- termined and assigned to the appropriate departments and officers all as hereinafter set forth. ’ § 2. The Council. The Council has and shall exercise all legislative powers, functions and duties conferred upon the city or its officers. It shall make all orders for the doing of work or the making or construction of any improvement, bridge or building. It shall levy all taxes, apportion and appropriate all funds, and audit and allow all bills, accounts, pay rolls and claims, and order payment thereof. It shall make or authorize the making of all contracts, and no contract shall bind or be obligatory upon the city unless either made by ordinance or resolution adopted by the Council ; provided, however, in all contracts involving the expenditure of a less amount than five hundred ($500) dollars it shall not be neces- sary that same be made by ordinance or resolution. All con- tracts and all ordinances* and resolutions making contracts or authorizing the making of contracts shall be drawn by the City Attorney or examined by such officer before the same is made or passed. All superintendents of departments and offi- cers are the agents of the Council only, and all their acts shall be subject to review and to approval or revocation by the Council. Every superintendent or officer shall from time to time, as required by law or ordinance, or when requested by the Council, or whenever he shall deem necessary for the good of the public service, report to the Council in writing respecting the business of his department or office or matters connected therewith. The Council may by ordinance or resolution assign to a superintendent, officer or emjiloye duties in respect to the 240 Powers and Duties of Commissioners business of any other department, office or employment, and such service shall be rendered without additional compensa- tion. § 3. Department of Public Affairs. The Mayor shall be Commissioner of Public Affairs, and as such shall be superin- tendent of that department, and he shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties provided or prescribed by law or the ordinances of the city appertaining to such office and not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. The Mayor shall be superintendent of the Department of Public Affairs, and as such shall have general supervision and oversight over all departments and offices in the city; he shall be the chief executive officer and representative of the city; he shall preside at all meetings of the Council; he shall sign all contracts on behalf of the city, and all licenses issued by the city, and shall have charge of and cause to be prepared and published all statements and reports required by law or ordi- nance or by resolution of the Council. The City Attorney, City Engineer, City Stenographer, the police court, the police magistrate, the city library and library building, and library trustees, and other officers and employes in the library and all other officers or functionaries not by law or ordinance distributed or assigned to some other department, are distributed and assigned to the Department of Public Affairs. § 4. Department of Accounts and Finances. The Com- missioner designated by the Council as the Commissioner of Accounts and Finances shall as such be superintendent of that department. He shall have charge of and supervision over all records and accounts of the city, unless otherwise provided herein, and all officers, boards or departments required to keep or make, accounts, records or reports. He shall have supervision of the collection of all moneys due the city. He shall also be City Clerk. He shall inspect or cause to be in- spected all records or accounts required to be kept in any of the offices or departments of the city, and shall cause proper accounts and records to be kept and proper reports to be made. Powers and Duties of Commissioners 241 He shall audit or cause to be audited at frequent intervals the accounts of every officer or employe who does or may receive or disburse money. He shall have charge of the purchase, care and distribution of all supplies and other articles not otherwise provided by law. He shall have charge and super- vision over all printing by or for the city, unless otherwise provided by law. He shall examine or cause to be examined and report to the Council upon all bills, accounts, pay rolls and claims before they are acted upon or allowed, unless otherwise provided by law. The Commissioner of Accounts and Finances shall, before taking over the duties of his office as such, in addition to the bond to be furnished by him as Commissioner as provided by law, also furnish a good and sufficient bond to the City of Rock Island in the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, the period of such bond shall be the term of service to which such Commissioner was elected, and said bond shall be con- ditioned upon the true and correct accounting by him to said city of all moneys and other things of value that are re- ceived and disbursed by him, or that are received into his possession by virtue of any of the powers, rights or duties delegated to him as such Commissioner of Accounts and Finances. Said bond may be executed by any surety company duly authorized to do business in the State of Illinois, and shall be subject to the approval of the Council. The premium on the same shall be paid by the city. § 5. Department of Public Health and Safety. The Commissioner designated by the Council as Commissioner of Public Health and Safety shall as such be superintendent of that department. The Chief of Police and police department, and all policemen, officers and employes therein, and all police stations and property and apparatus used in said police de- partment; the Chief of Fire Department, and the fire depart- ment, and all firemen, officers and employes therein, and all fire stations and property and apparatus used in said fire de- partment ; the fire and police alarm system, and all property 242 Powers and Duties of Commissioners and apparatus belonging thereto; the City Physician and all officers and employes in their respective offices and in the health department of the city; the City Inspector; the city hospital and employes therein, and all buildings, property and apparatus belonging to or used in said offices and depart- ment ; Inspector of Plumbing, Electrical Inspector, City Electrician and their offices and all property and apparatus used therein, are all distributed and assigned to the Depart- ment of Public Health and Safety. The superintendent of the Department of Public Health and Safety shall have charge of and supervision and direction over all officers and employes assigned to said department, and over all said buildings, property and apparatus. He shall have charge of all purchases of horses, apparatus and supplies for said department, or the offices and departments assigned thereto. He shall have charge of and supervision over the construction and rej)air of all buildings assigned to said de- partment and may, on application, receive assistance therein from other officers and departments of the city. § 6. Department of Streets and Public Improvements. The Commissioner designated by the Council as Commis- sioner of Streets and Public Improvements shall as such be superintendent of that department, and ex-officio Commis- sioner of Public Works. He shall superintend and take charge of all pul)lic work such as the cleaning of streets and public places, the entire erection, making and reconstruction of all street improvements, sidewalks, sewers, bridges, via- ducts, and other imj^rovements and of the repair tliereof, ex- cept where otherwise provided for by the act concerning local improvements and all amendments relating thereto, and perform such other duties as may be provided or required by ordinance or resolution. He shall have control, management, and direction of the lighting of streets and alleys and of pub- lic grounds and buildings not otherwise assigned, and of all lamps, lights, lighting materials and persons charged with the care thereof. He shall have charge of enforcing the pro- visions of law or ordinances relating to billboards. He shall Powers and Duties of Commissioners 243 have control and supervision over all public dumping grounds and dumps. He shall have supervision over all pub- lic service utilities and all persons or corporations rendering service in the city under any franchise, contract or grant made or granted by the city or state, and shall report to the Council or other proper officer any failure of said person or corpora- tion to render service or to observe the requirements or condi- tions of the franchiae, contract or grant under which such public service utility is operated. The assistant superintendent of streets and all other offi- cers and employes employed in connection with the work of said department are distributed and assigned to the Depart- ment of Streets and Public Improvements, and shall be under the supervision and direction of the superintendent thereof. The Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements shall also be and he is hereby designated superintendent of streets, and shall exercise all the duties of such office. § 7. Department of Public Property. The Commis- sioner designated by the Council as Commissioner of Public Property shall as such be superintendent of that department. He shall have charge of and supervision over so much of the Mississippi river and its banks as belong to the city or are under its control, and of all other public parks and pleasure grounds in the city and of all officers and employes, including park policemen, employed in or about said parks and pleasure gounds, or kept or used in connection therewith. He shall have charge of and supervision over the City Hall and janitor thereof and the grounds adjoining said City Hall. He shall have charge of and supervision over all public parks and squares and over all property owned or controlled by the city and not assigned to some other department. He shall have charge of and supervision over all boulevard and street park- ings and parkways. He shall have charge of and supervision over the improvement, maintenance, lighting and care of all said parks, pleasure grounds and of all fowls and animals therein or to be placed therein and the buildings therein or tliereon not otherwise provided for by law or ordinance. He shall have charge of enforcing the provisions of law and ordi- 244 Powers and Duties of Commissioners nances relating to the improvement and care of street park- ings and the planting of trees 'therein. He shall have such assistance from the Civil Engineer and engineering depart- ment as may be necessary in surveying, laying out improve- * ments, and otherwise improving the parks, and may on appli- cation receive assistance from other officers and departments of the city. The superintendent of public property shall also be super- intendent of waterworks and assume all the duties of said office. The Commissioner of Public Property shall, before taking over the duties of his office as such, in addition to the bond to be furnished b}^ him as such Commissioner as provided by law, also furnish a good and sufficient bond to the City of Rock Island in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, the period of such bond shall be the term of service to which such Commissioner was elected, and said bond shall be condi- tioned upon the true and correct accounting by him to said city of all moneys and other things of value that are re- ceived and disbursed by him, or that are received into his possession by virtue of any of the powers, rights or duties delegated to him as such Commissioner of Public Property. Said bond may be executed by any surety company duly authorized to do business in the State of Illinois, and shall be subject to the approval of the Council. The premium on the same shall be paid by the city. § 8. Appointment of Assistants and Employes. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the superintendent of each department shall appoint or employ such assistants and employes as may be authorized by the Council and neces- sary to the efficient conduct of the service in said department. § 9. Rules and Regulations of the Departments. That the superintendent of each department shall make and enforce such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law or the ordinances or rules and regulations adopted by the Council as may be necessary to secure efficient conduct of the service of his department or the business in charge thereof. Railroads 245 CHAPTER 44 RAILROADS • Section 1. Speed of Trains. That no railroad corpora- tion, by itself or agent, shall run any passenger train within the limits of said city at a greater speed than ten miles per hour, nor any other train, locomotive, engine or car at a greater rate than six miles per hour. § 2. Not to Obstruct Streets — Exception. No railroad corporation, railroad engineer, railroad conductor or other person shall obstruct any public highway in said city by stopping any train upon or by leaving any car or locomotive engine standing on its tracks where the same intersects or crosses such public highway, except for the purpose of re- ceiving or discharging passengers or. to receive the necessary fuel and water, and in no case to exceed ten minutes for each train, car or locomotive engine, except that at the inter- sections of First avenue with Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nine- teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-fourth streets, a period of occupation of two minutes only shall be allowed. § 3. Bell to be Rung. The bell of each locomotive shall be rung continually while such locomotive is running within said city. § 4. Escape of Steam Prohibited — Proviso. No railroad corporation shall, by itself or agent, cause or allow the cylinder cock or cocks of any or either of their locomotive engines to be opened so as to permit steam to escape there- from at any time while running upon or along any railroad track laid in any street of said city or when the engine is in immediate proximity to any street or railroad crossing in said city. Provided, however, that when such engine shall be standing at such point in said city, and for three revolutions of the driving wheel after being put in motion, the said cocks may be opened for the purpose of allowing condensed steam to escape. 246 Railroads § 5. Engineers and Conductors to Have Copy Hereof. F.ach superintendent of any raifroad shall furnish each en- gineer and train conductor of any railroad running within this city a copy of this Chajjter ; and shall, moreover, furnish to any officer of said city applying therefor the name of any person in the employ of said railroad company who shall have been charged with having violated any of the provisions of this Chapter. § 6. Gates, Guards or Other Protection. Whenever on any street crossed by the track or tracks of any railroad com- pany or companies the Council shall deem it necessary to require said railroad company or companies to provide pro- tection against injury to persons and property at such cross- ing by the erection and maintenance of gates, guards or other protection, or the construction of a viaduct, said Council may by resolution so declare and direct that any such railroad company shall, within a certain time to be fixed by the Coun- cil, erect, construct and maintain a sufficient safeguard at “such crossing, specifying the kind of protection to be erected, con- structed and maintained as aforesaid, whether it be a gate or gates, or viaduct, or other efficient protection; and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police or any other police officer to |3e designated by the Council to serve upon the said railroad company or companies named in said resolution a certified copy thereof within thirty (30) days after the passage of said resolution, and at the same time to notify the said rail- road company or companies in writing of the time fixed by the Council within which the protection so ordered shall be constructed. § 7. Penalty. Whenever any railroad company or com- panies shall have been directed by the Council to erect, con- struct and maintain at any street crossed by its or their track or tracks any gate or gates, viaduct or other protection as pro- vided in the last preceding section, every such company shall within the time prescribed by the Mayor erect, construct and thereafter maintain the protection specified in said resolution, under the penalty of two hundred ($200) dollars for every Railroads 247 offense; and for each and every ten (10) days after the ex- piration of the time so fixed for the construction of such pro- tection any such company or companies shall refuse or neglect to proceed to the erection and construction of the kind of protection specified in such resolution shall con- stitute a new and distinct offense. § 8. Construction Under Supervision of Mayor and Street Commissioner — Maintenance, Every such gate, guard, viaduct and the approaches thereto, or other protection, when so ordered as aforesaid, shall be erected and constructed at the sole cost and expense of said railroad company or com- panies, under the supervision of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, and the same shall forever there- after be kept and maintained by such railroad company or companies in proper repair and condition at its own cost and expense and without expense or cost to the City of Rock Island, under the supervision of the street commissioner and to his satisfaction. § 9. Maintaining Sewers Under Tracks. No railroad company operating within the limits of the City of Rock Island shall, in the construction of its roadbed or the mainte- nance of its line or lines of railway, hinder or obstruct any water-way, sewer or gutter, but shall provide, in accordance with specifications approved by the City Council, construct and maintain sufficient sluice-ways, extensions of sewers or gutters under its tracks and right of way at its own expense ; and if said company fails so to do, the city shall construct the same at the expense of the said company. § 10. Railroad Gates. That it shall be the duty of each railway company using or operating trains over the railroad tracks along Fifth and Fifth and One-Half avenues from Forty-second street to Forty-sixth street in the City of Rock Island to provide gates or guards at each and every street crossing between said Forty-second street and Forty-sixth street in the City of Rock Island, inclusive. 248 Railroads Said gates or guards shall be in use from 6:30 o’clock a. m. to 6:30 o’clock p. m. in each day in each year, except Sundays. And that the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, Rock Island and Peoria Railway Company, and Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Company he and are hereby required to place and retain flagmen at the railroad crossing near the intersection of Twelfth street and First avenue in the City of Rock Island from the 1st of April to the 1st of November of each year, and from ten o’clock a. m. to ten o’clock p. m. of each day during said time. It shall be the duty of the flagmen stationed at said rail- road crossing to give warning of approaching trains to all persons coming toward the crossing. § 11. Penalty. Any railroad corporation who shall of themselves, or by any agent or employe, violate or fail to observe any of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, or by any agent or employe of any railroad corporation or other person who shall violate or fail to observe the same, shall for each violation or failure to observe the same, where no other penalty is imposed, be fined in the sum of not less than five ($5) dollars nor exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars for each oft'ense. Runners 249 CHAPTER 45 ' RUNNERS Section 1. Not to Use Deceit, nor Create Disturbance — To Obey Police — To Wear Badge. No runner shall make or use any deceit in position or false representation in relation to any railroad, steamboat, depot, hotel, public house, or other thing or person, for the purpose of procuring business, or make any unusual noise or disturbance, or use any profane, obscene, or boisterous language, or do any act calculated to disturb the peace or vex, harass or disturb any citizen or stranger; he shall obey the commands of any police officer while on duty for the preservation of order and enforcing the ordinances of the city. He shall, when on duty, wear con- spicuously in front of his hat, cap, or breast a badge with the name of the company, house, thing or person for whom he is acting plainly painted or engraved thereon. § 2. Penalty for Violation Hereof. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than one ($1) dollar and not to exceed one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense, in the discretion of the court. 250 Salaries CHAPTER 46 SALARIES The several officers and employes of the City of Rock Island herein named shall receive in full payment for their services as such the following compensation, payable out of the city treasury ; Mayor — The Mayor shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars per annum. Commissioners — Each Commissioner shall receive the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars per annum. No. 1 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS City Attorney — The City Attorney shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars per annum, besides a reasonable compensation for professional services required in suits and business outside of the County of Rock Island. City Engineer — The City Engineer shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars per annum. Assistant City Engineer, Draughtsman, Transitman, etc . — The Assistant City Engineer, Draughtsman and Transitman shall each be paid at the rate of four dollars ($4.00) per day while employed as such for the city. Stenographer — The City Stenographer in the Mayor’s office shall receive a salary of eighty ($80.00) dollars per month. No. 2 DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCES First Deputy City Clerk — The First Deputy City Clerk shall receive a salary of one hundred thirty ($130.00) dollars per month. Second Deputy City Clerk — The Second Deputy City Clerk shall receive a salary of eighty ($80.00) dollars per month. Salaries 251 Third Deputy City Clerk — The Third Deputy City Clerk shall receive a salary of seventy ($70.00) dollars per month. City Treasurer — The City Treasurer shall receive a salary of three hundred sixty ($360.00) dollars per annum. No. 3 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY Police Department Chief — The Chief of Police shall receive a salary of one hundred thirty ($130.00) dollars per month. Assistant Chief and Night Captain— The Assistant Chief of Police or Night Captain shall receive a salary of one hundred fifteen ($115.(X)) dollars per month. Detectives — Each Detective shall receive a salary of one hundred fifteen ($115.00) dollars per month. Patrolmen — Each Policeman shall, during the first 'year of his service, receive a salary of ninety-five ($95.00) dollars per month; and during the second and succeeding years of his service shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dol- lars per month. Police Matron — The Police Matron shall receive a salary of sixty-five ($65.00) dollars per month. Janitor — The Janitor shall receive a salary of seventy ($70.00) dollars per month. Each member of the Police Dej^artment, except the Police Matron and Janitor, shall receive, in addition to the stated salary, the sum of two and one-half ($2.50) dollars per month as a clothing allowance. Fire Department Chief — The Chief of the Fire Department shall receive a salary of one hundred thirty ($130.00) dollars per month. Assistant Chief — The Assistant Chief of the Fire Depart- ment shall receive a salary of one hundred twenty ($120.00) dollars per month. 252 Salaries Captains — Each Captain shall receive a salary of one hundred ten ($110.00) dollars per month. Firemen — Each fireman shall, during the first year of his service, receive a salary of ninety ($90.00) dollars per month; and during the second and succeeding years of his service shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month. Mechanician — The Mechanician shall receive a salary of one hundred ten ($110.00) dollars per month. Electrician — The Electrician of the Eire and Police De- partments shall receive a salary of ninety-five ($95.00) dol- lars per month. Each fireman shall be entitled to 24 hours leave from duty every fourth day. Each member of the Eire Department who has been in continuous service for one year or more shall be entitled to_ a 15-day furlough each and every year thereafter. Each member of the Eire Department, excepting the Electrician, shall receive, in addition to the stated salary, the sum of two and one-half ($2.50) dollars per month as a cloth- ing allowance. Health Department City Physician — The City Physician shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month. Plumbing Inspector — The Plumbing Inspector shall re- ceive a salary of one hundred twenty-five ($125.00) dollars per month. City Inspector — The City Inspector shall receive a salary of one hundred five ($105.00) dollars per month. Operators at Incinerator — The Chief Operator at the In- cinerator shall receive a salary of seventy-five ($75.00) dol- lars per month, and the Assistant Operator shall receive a salary of seventy ($70.00) dollars per month. Salaries 253 Collectors — The Garbage Collectors shall each receive a salary of sixty ($60.00) dollars per month. Barn Boss — The City Barn Boss shall receive a salary of seventy ($70.00) dollars per month. City Electrician — The City Electrician shall receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars per annum. No. 4 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY Head Engineer — The Head Engineer at the Waterworks shall receive a salary of one hundred twenty-five ($125.00) dollars per month. Assistant Engineers — The First and Second Assistant En- gineers at the Waterworks shall receive a salary of one hun- dred ten ($110.00) dollars per month each. Firemen — The Firemen at the Waterworks shall receive a salary of ninety ($90.00) dollars per month each. Outside Foremen — The Outside Foreman at the Water- works shall receive a salary of one hundred ten ($110.00) dollars per month. Meter Man — The employe known as Meter Man at the Waterworks shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month. Assistant Meter Man — The Assistant Meter man at the Waterworks shall receive a salary of eighty ($80.00) dollars per month. Head Operator — The Head Operator at the Reservoir Pumping Station shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100.00) dollars per month. Assistant Operators — The Second and Third Operators shall receive a salary of eighty-six ($86.00) dollars per month each. Valve Man — The Valve Man at the Reservoir shall receive a salary of eighty-six ($86.(X)) dollars per month. 254 Salaries Analyst — The Analyst at the Reservoir shall receive a salary of one hundred ten ($110.00) dollars per month. Janitor of City Hall — The Janitor of the City Hall shall receive a salary of sixty-five ($65.00) dollars per month. No. 5 DEPARTMENT OF STREETS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS Superintendent of Buildings — The Superintendent of Buildings shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars per annum. Assistant Superintendent of Streets — The Assistant Su- perintendent of Streets shall receive a. salary of one hundred five ($105.00) dollars per month. Foreman — Each Foreman on street work shall be paid at the rate of two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) per day. Laborers — All laborers employed by the city in any of its departments shall be paid at the rate of thirty cents (30c) per hour. Kd.ch teamster, with team, to be paid at the rate of seventy cents (70) per hour. No. 6 PARK COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF LIBRARY BOARD The persons appointed as members of the Park Commis- sion or on the Library Board shall serve without compensa- tion. Scavengers 255 CHAPTER 47 SCAVENGERS Section 1. Scavengers to be Appointed. The Commis- sioner of Public Health and Safety, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, shall, biennially, at or as soon as practicable after the first regular ^meeting of the Council held next after the general city election, appoint one or more persons, as may be deemed necessary, to be the city scaven- ger, whose business shall be -that of cleaning, emptying and removing the contents of privy vaults and cesspools within the limits of said city; who shall be commissioned and sworn, and give bond in the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned for the faithful per- formance of the duties of their office, and then hold their office for four years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. § 2. Duties Prescribed. It shall be the right and duty of the city scavenger so appointed, when ordered by the said Commissioner of Public Health and Safety of said city, or when requested by any owner, tenant, occupant or agent of .any premises within said city, to clean, empty and remove the contents of any privy vault or cesspool situated upon such premises, and to dispose of and deposit the same in such manner and at such place or places as shall be ' designated by the Council, or the regulations of the health department of said city. Said scavenger shall, upon order or request as aforesaid, speedily and without unnecessary delay proceed to comply therewith and prose- cute the same with all diligence until completed. In the performance of his duty he shall, before the removal of night soil, the contents of privy vaults and cess- pools, cause the same to be disinfected and rendered in- ofifensive as nearly as practicable, and shall not do or omit any act which shall cause the cleaning, emptying and removal of such contents needlessly offensive to the occupants of the premises or the neighborhood; he shall provide and use in 256 Scavengers the removal and conveyance thereof proper vehicles, with boxes and receptacles which shall be strong and tight, so that no part of the contents or load shall fall, leak or spill there- from, and tightly covered so as to prevent the same from being offensive ; and no privy vault or cesspool shall be opened and the contents thereof removed between the hours of six o’clock a. m.*and ten o’clock p. m., except by what is known as the odorless process ; and after the removal of the contents, such privy vaults and cesspools and the same and the adjacent premises shall be left clean and in good con- dition. § 3. Privy Vaults, etc., to be Cleaned by Owner on Notice. Whenever in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety any privy vault or cesspool within said city is offensive and needs cleaning he shall notify the owner, agent or occupant of the premises wherein the same is situated to cleanse the same within a period named in said notice, and it shall be the duty of the person so notified to comply with said notice and caiHe said privy vault or cesspool to be cleaned and removed by the city scavenger within the time mentioned in said notice ; and any person so notified who shall fail to comply with said notice shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. Provided that nothing in this section contained shall discharge the owenr, agent or occupant of the premises from any liability to pay all the expense of such cleaning or other liability. § 4. Owner Not to Permit Contents to be Disturbed Without Permission. No owner, tenant, occupant or agent of any premises in this city shall cause or permit any part of the contents of any privy vault or cesspool situated upon such premises to be disturbed, exposed or removed by himself or any other person not being a regularly appointed city scavenger. No privy vault or cesspool shall be filled in until all of its contents have been removed. § 5. Scavenger to Report to Chief of Police. It shall be the duty of the city scavenger, in person or by agent, to Scavengers 257 report at the office of the Chief of Police as often and at such times as he may direct, for notices, instructions and di- rections ; and report to said Chief of Police all privy vaults and cesspools that need cleaning, and all other nuisances in said city that may come under his notice ; and in general to conform to the rules, regulations and orders of the Commis- sioner of Public Health and Safety in the discharge of his duties. § 6. Compensation of Scavengers. Said scavengers shall be allowed to charge and receive for cleaning, emptying and removing the contents of any privy vault or cesspool twelve and one-half cents for each cubic foot of such contents taken and removed therefrom; the number of cubic feet to be ascer- tained by actual measurement of such privy vault or cesspool. They shall be entitled to demand and receive payment in advance, except when the services are performed under the order of the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. If, after payment and measurement as aforesaid, it shall be ascertained that any scavenger has been overpaid, he shall refund all excess over his legal fees. § 7. Penalty for Violation Hereof. Any person without license as aforesaid who shall within said city engage in business as a scavenger, or who shall undertake to remove any contents of any privy vault or cesspool in said city without license or permit as aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense; and any city scaven- ger appointed as aforesaid, or any owner, tenant, occupant or agent as aforesaid, acting under permit as aforesaid, or other person who shall violate, disobey or fail to ol:>serve or comply with any of the provisions, requirements or regulations in this Chapter contained shall, upon conviction, be subject to a' fine of not less than one ($1) dollar nor more than one hundred ($1(30) dollars for each offense. 258 Sewerage CHAPTER 48 SEWERAGE Section 1. Sewerage Fund Tax. For the purpose of establishing, constructing, providing and maintaining public sewers or drains the Council shall annually levy and collect a tax upon the taxable real and personal estate of the city not to exceed one mill on the dollar, which tax shall be known as “The Sewerage Fund Tax,” and shall be levied and col- lected at such time and in the same manner that other general taxes of the city are levied and collected; which said fund shall be kept by the City Clerk as a separate and distinct ac- count, and shall not be used for any other purpose than that for which it is levied. Provided, however, the said fund shall be used for constructing and maintaining sewers or drains in any part of the city, as the Council may order and direct; and provided, further, no money shall be expended or paid, ' either for comriiencing, constructing, completing or main- taining any principal or lateral sewer or drain, or any sewer- age or draining device of any kind whatsoever, except such as, the Council shall from time to time establish and order to be built or maintained, and for which, in each and every case, they shall have designated the amount and specifically ap- propriated moneys therefor. § 2. No Person to Connect Without First Paying Equit- able Proportion of Cost. No person or persons shall be per- mitted to connect with any “private sewer” heretofore built or hereafter to be built, or to flow therein any liquid or other matter, without first paying to the City Clerk of said city their equitable proportion of the cost of the construction thereof up to the date of such connection, the amount so paid to said City Clerk to be divided between said city and the subscribers thereto in proportion to the amount originally paid by them, respectively, for the construction thereof, under a ]:»enalty of five ($5) dollars, and a further penalty of ten ($10) dollars for each and every day he shall maintain sucIt connection after said conviction. Sewerage 259 § 3. Private Sewer Property of City. Any private sewer laid or constructed by authority of a private sewer ordinance and in accordance with the terms of this Chapter shall, on completion, be and become the property of the City of Rock Island, to be used by said city as a public sewer, subject, how- ever, to the conditions imposed in section 2 of this Chapter. § 4. Permit Required for Private Sewer. No person shall construct, cause or permit to be constructed any private drain or sewer leading into any city sewer or drain, or lead- ing into any sewer or drain laid in any street, alley or public ground, or leading into any sewer or drain from which matter may pass directly or indirectly into any city sewer or any sewer or drain laid in any street, alley or public ground, without a special permit from the Council. § 5. Plan of Construction Required. No such permit shall be granted except upon application accompanied by a plan of construction approved by the City Engineer. In the construction of such drain or sewer no variation shall be made from the plan presented with the application for permit ap- proved by the City Engineer without his approval of the change proposed and a further permit from the Council. The construction of such drain or sewer shall be made under the supervision of the City Engineer, and no ditch shall be filled without the consent of the Plumbing Inspector, and after his inspection and approval of the work. § 6. Payment for Connection. Nor shall any such per- mit be granted to connect any premises with any sewer built either wholly or in part by special assessment or taxation, where such premises were not assessed for the construction of such sewer, or to connect with any ])ublic sewer built by the city by general taxation, except after application made to the Council and approved by the Council, and the payment to the City Clerk of the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars, where the property so to be connected has a frontage of 'fifty (50) feet or less, and ten ($10) dollars additional for each twenty- 260 Sidewalks five (25) feet or major fraction thereof in excess of fifty (50) feet. § 7. Penalty. Any person who shall in any manner violate any of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this Chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten ($10) dollars for each offense, and to .a like penalty for each day such offender shall continue thereafter to use such sewer, and shall also be subject to the payment of all damages caused by such violation. CHAPTER 49 SIDEWALKS Section 1. Construction of Sidewalks. All sidewalks, other than reinforced sidewalks, constructed in the City of Rock Island shall be laid in accordance with the follonving specifications : All walks shall be laid to the established grade of the streets and avenues. The ground shall be so graded as to be five inches below the established grade of the streets. Upon this sub-grade shall be placed four and one-half inches of concrete, composed of four parts of clean, hard limestone or washed gravel, two parts of clean, sharp sand, and one part cement; or a mixture of one part of cement and four parts of clean river gravel may be used. The stone shall be of such size that the largest dimension will not be over one and one- half inches. The sand and cement should be well mixed before stone is added, then stone shall be mixed, and no more water shall be used than is necessary for a good mixture. Upon the. concrete above provided there shall be a one-half inch wearing surface, composed of one part of clean river sand and one part cement, to be put on before the concrete is set, and to be finished smooth and true with a brush. There shall be placed in the walk at each five feet a strip of wood while the concrete is being rammed, after which the Sidewalks 261 wood is to be taken out and the concrete to be faced with sand and marked for joints. In finishing the top one-half inch, the joints are to be straight and true and shall coincide with the lower four and one-half inches, and shall be one-half inch deep and finished with a one-fourth inch radius groover. The sides of all walks are to be straight and true, with the corners finished to one-half inch radius. All cement used shall be any American Portland cement up to the American standard of Portland cement specifications. All work shall be done first-class in every particular and under the supervision of the inspector and to the satisfaction of the Board of Local Improvements. § 2. Business of Sidewalk Construction — Bond. That every person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of the construction of cement walks, before entering upon the construction of any such walk in or upon any public street or avenue in the City of Rock Island, shall file with the City Clerk of the City of Rock Island a bond in the penal sum of two thousand ($2,000) dollars, running to the City of Rock Island. with sureties to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all the duties required by the ordinances, rules or regulations of the City Council, and that he (jr they will suital)ly guard and protect any excavation or obstruction, and defend, save, keep harmless and indemnify the said City of Rock Island from all actions, costs, damages and expense whatsoever, including attorney fees, which shall or may at any time happen to come to it for or on account of any injuries or damages received or sustained by any party or parties, caused by any negligence in either the execution or protection of the work being done. It shall also be necessary for any person, firm or corpora- tion engaged in the business of building cement sidewalks to furnish to the said City of Rock Island a good and sufficient bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, in which said bond the builder of the cement sidewalk will guarantee to kec]) same in good rej)air for a period of five (5) years 262 Sidewalks ensuing after the date of its acceptance by the Board of Local Improvements. Said bond shall be approved by the Mayor before being filed. It is hereby provided that the bonds referred to in sec- tion one and section two hereof may be combined, and the entire amount of said combined bond shall be three thousand ($3,000) dollars. The bonds above referred to shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk on the first day of May of each year and shall be renewed from year to year during the time of work of side- walk builders as above referred to. § 3. Inspection of Sidewalks — Fees of Inspector. That the Building Inspector be and he is hereby designated as the Inspector of Sidewalk Construction. It shall be his duty as such inspector to act at all times for and under the direction of the Board of Local Improvements in enforcing all ordinances and rules relating to sidewalks and sidewalk construction. He shall issue all permits for sidewalk construction on and upon the streets of the City of Rock Island, and shall duly inspect the same. He shall charge a fee of one-fourth (34) cent per square foot for issuing the permit and including his inspection; and where city water is used in such construction work, he shall also charge and collect the sum of one-fifth (1/5) cent per square foot for such walk so constructed. All fees are col- lected when permit is granted. He shall make such reports of his work as such inspector as may be required by the Board of Local Improvements; and all of his collections hereunder shall be turned over monthly to the City Clerk. § 4. Location of Gutters — Shade Trees. All gutters hereafter made shall be located on the lines between that part of the street devoted to vehicle travel and that part set Sidewalks 263 off for sidewalk purposes, and all shade trees hereafter planted shall be placed on each street on that part set off for sidewalk purposes and immediately adjoining that part of the street devoted to vehicle travel. § 5. To be Laid at Grade — Elevation of Sidewalk. All sidewalks shall be laid at the proper established grade. All sidewalks shall be constructed so that the outer edge shall be upon a level with the grade of the center of the street and so as to incline upwards from the outer edge of the sidewalk towards the buildings or boundary of the lot at the rate of one inch in three feet. § 6. Ordinance for Construction of — What to Contain — Proceedings to be in Conformity with the General Laws. Whenever the City Council shall desire to cause any side- walk or sidewalks to be constructed on any street within said city they shall pass an ordinance for such purpose, specifying therein the class, character, description and local- ity of such improvement, and also providing the way and manner in which the costs and expenses thereof shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid, whether by general taxa- tion, by special taxation of contiguous property, or by special assessment, or all or any one or more of said ways, or other- wise ; which ordinance and all proceedings for such purpose shall be in conformity with the general laws of this State applicable thereto. § 7. Injury to Sidewalk to be Repaired at Once. If any cartman or other person shall break or otherwise injure any tile, brick, plank, or any part of any sidewalk, footpath or curbstone, he or she shall within twenty-four hours there- after cause the same to be well and sufficiently repaired and mended, and no person shall break, injure or remove any brick, tile, stone or plank, or any part or portion of any walks in said city, except for the purpose of replacing the same with new material, under the direction of the Superintendent; of Streets and in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. 264 Sidewalks § 8. Hitching Posts to be Fixed — Awnings. The own- ers of each building in front of which a sidewalk is now or may hereafter be constructed may fix in the edge cf the space allowed for such sidewalk, next to the curbing, a suitable iron post with ring or other proper device attached for fastening horses; such posts shall be securely fixed, and such owners may provide one post for each twenty (20) feet of frontage. No wooden post or rail shall hereafter be erected for any pur- pose within the fire limits of this city, and no awning or porch shall be supported by posts or in any manner other than by , being firmly attached to the building. All awning or porch posts heretofore erected on any street within the fire limits contrary to the provisions of this section shall be removed at once after notice to do so from the Chief of Police. § 9. Duty of Officers to Notify Owners and Authorities of Violation and Defects. It is hereby made the duty of the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, Chief of Police, and all police officers of this city, whenever a violation of any of the provisions of this or any other ordinance of this city is found to exist or to have occurred, to forthwith notify the party or parties causing, permitting or sufifering such violation to occur or continue to remove, repair, abate, or cease such violation, and such Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, Chief of Police, or other police officer shall give any notice required by ordinance, or shall notify the owner or occupant of any premises to remove, repair or abate any nuisance, or violation of any of the provisions of this or any other ordinance, whenever so directed by the Mayor or any Commissioner. It shall be the duty of all policemen to report to the City Engineer or Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements all defects in sidewalks, and in case of accident, they shall report the same to the City Attorney and Council, together with the names of an}' wit- nesses to said accident, if known to them. OBSTRUCTIONS § 10. Signs Over Sidewalks — Bond. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of hanging signs Sidewalks 265 on the streets and avenues of the City of Rock Island shall be licensed so to do by the Council of said city, upon the filing of a good and sufficient bond in the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars, with such sureties as may be approved by the said Council. The said bond to be conditioned upon the faithful observance of this ordinance and such other ordi- nances now in force or which may be passed hereafter relat- ing to the duties of sign hangers. All electric signs erected in any street or avenue .shall be constructed of a frame work of steel or iron, the body of such sign to be of metal or wood ; both'the frame and body of such sign to be of such weight as may be approved by the Build- ing Inspector. All signs erected or maintained under authority of this ordinance overhanging any public street, sidewalk, alley or public place must be at least ten feet above the surface thereof. No sign shall be erected or maintained in front of any building or structure so as to extend over the public street, sidewalk, alley or public place adjacent thereto more than three feet from the face of any building erected on such public street, avenue, alley or public place. § 11. Inspection of Signs — Repairs. No alteration shall be made in any such electric sign unless authorized in writing by the Building Inspector and the City Electrician. No other sign or board shall be hung or attached to an electric sign. If any such electric sign shall at any time need repairs, the same shall be repaired at the expense of the owner, and when- ever the owner shall be given notice in writing to repair such sign by the Building Inspector, and upon the expiration of five days time the necessary repairs have not been made, the Building Inspector may cause such sign to be removed, and the City of Rock Island shall recover the costs of said re- moval ; provided, however, that if any such sign shall be in a dangerous condition the Building Inspector may remove, or 266 Sidewalks cause same to be removed, without notice to the owner thereof, and the City of Rock Island shall recover the costs of such removal. No part of a sign shall be attached to a fire escape or placed so as to interfere with the ingress or egress to or from the windows of the building. All portable or movable signs not in compliance with the requirements of this ordinance shall be removed from the sidewalks and streets within ten days after this ordinance becomes operative. All electric signs now overhanging sidewalks shall be made to comply wifh the provisions of this ordinance within six months of its passage. d'he Building Inspector shall, immediately upon this ordinance becoming operative, cause an inspection to be made of all overhanging signs, and during the month of March of every year thereafter, and report to the Council the result of his inspection. § 12. Stoops, Platforms, Railings, Cellar Doors. No stoop, porch, platform, railing, cellar door or steps shall be allowed to extend from any building or lot into or upon any sidewalk more than two feet, where the sidewalk is twelve feet or less in width, nor exceeding three feet where the sidewalk is upwards of twelve feet in width; nor shall any cellar door rise or project above the surface of the sidewalks. § 13. Windows, Show Case, Steps. No bow window or other window shall extend into, upon or over any sidewalk, nor shall any sign, except as provided in this Chapter, nor shall any show bill, show case or other thing be placed upon or project over the sidewalk in front of or from the wall of any building, nor shall any steps be hereafter constructed or placed upon or over any sidewalk, street or other public way. No bow window or other window, porch or awning shall be erected or placed, or if heretofore erected or placed shall be permitted to remain, in, upon or over any sidewalk, unless Sidewalks 267 the same be elevated at least eight feet at the lowest part thereof above the top of the sidewalk. § 14. Goods, Barrels, Boxes or Other Articles. No per- son shall place upon or suspend over any sidewalk any goods or merchandise, or cause or permit the same to be done, except as provided in the next section; or place or deposit on any sidewalk, or cause or permit the same to be done, any cask, barrel, wood, stone, plank, board, salt, or any other article or thing whatsoever. § 15. Goods in Front of Stores — Hitching Posts. It shall be lawful for any person to place, hang or set out for sale any goods or merchandise on or over the sidewalks in front of and within two and one-half feet of his store or build- ing; it shall also be lawful for any person to place for a period of not exceeding one hour on four feet of the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of his store or building any goods or merchandise. § 16. Horses, Vehicles, Hand Carts Forbidden on Side- walks. No person shall ride, drive or place any horse or other beast of burden or any vehicle upon any sidewalk, or propel, haul or carry thereon any hand cart; nor shall any person at any time fasten any horse or horses in such a way that the horse, vehicle, reins or lines shall be an obstacle to the>free use of any sidewalk, and the person in whose pos- session or use such team shall then be shall be deemed the offender, unless he shall prove to the contrary before the magistrate before whom he may be prosecuted. § 17. Cross Walks to be Kept Free of Obstructions. All cross walks, foot ways and crossings at/or near the intersec- tion of any street, lane, avenue or alley shall at all times be kept and reserved free from any sleighs, carts, drays, wagons or carriages, and horses or other animals shall not be placed or suffered to stand thereon, except so far as may be neces- sary in crossing the same. § 18. Sidewalks to be Kept Free from Snow and Ice. Every owner or occupant of any house or other building. 268 Sidewalks and the owner, proprietor, lessee or person entitled to the possession of any vacant lot, and every person having the charge of any church, jail, public building or public hall in this city which shall front or adjoin upon any public street shall, during the winter season, and during the time snow shall continue on the ground, by twelve o’clock noon of each day clear the sidewalks in front of or adjoining such house or other building and in front of such lot from snow and ice, and keep them conveniently free therefrom during the day; or shall, in case the snow and ice -are so congealed that they cannot be removed without injury to the pavement, cause the said snow and ice to be strewed with ashes or sand ; and shall also at all times keep such sidewalks free from dirt, filth or other obstructions or incumbrances, so as to allow citizens to use the said sidewalks in a safe, and commodious manner. § 19. No Painting, etc,, on Sidewalks. No person shall paint, paste, post, print or nail any handbill or sign, poster, advertisement or notice of any kind, or any other matter or thing whatever, on, nor in any manner whatever deface any curbstone, or any part or portion of any sidewalk, or any tree, lamp post, hitching post, telegraph pole, electric light pole, hydrant, public building or any other thing, or any private wall, door, building, gate or fence. § 20. Width of Sidewalk. That all cement or concrete sidewalks hereafter to be constructed in this city shall be of the following widths in the territory described, viz: All walks on First and Second Avenues from Fourteenth Street to Twentieth Street, and on Third Avenue from Fourteenth Street tO'Twenty-sixth Street shall be the full width from the property line to the curb ; all other sidewalks in the fire limits are to be not less than six feet in width, and all sidewalks out- side of the fire limits are to be not less than five feet in width. § 21. Penalty. Every violation of any provision of this Chapter shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than one ($1) dollar and not more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense. Soft Drink Vendors 269 CHAPTER 50 SOFT DRINK VENDORS Section 1. License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell at retail waters, car- bonated waters, cider, near beer, or soft drinks of any kind without first having obtained a license so to do in accordance with this ordinance. § 2. Applications — How Acted Upon. Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license to engage in the business of selling at retail waters, carbonated waters, near beer, cider or soft drinks of any kind shall make written application to the Council, stating the name and residence of the applicant, if an individual, or all the members of the firm, if a co-partner- ship, or the names and residences of the principal officers, if the applicant is a corporation, and also the location and de- scription of the premises where such business is to be car- ried on. The Commissioner of Public Health and Safety shall thereupon examine into such application from a sanitary standpoint, and transmit the same to the Council with his recommendation for or against the issuance of such license. If the Council shall be satisfied that the applicant or appli- cants, or its chief officers, if it be a corporation, is or are of good character and reputation, and that the business will be carried* on properly from a sanitary standpoint, the Council shall cause to be issued a license in accordance with this ordinance. § 3. License — Fee — Period. lA'ery such applicant, on compliance with the aforesaid requirements and the ’])ayment in advance to the City Clerk of two ($2) dollars per annum, shall receive a license under the corporate seal of the city, signed by the City Clerk, which shall authorize the persc^n, firm or corporation therein named to carry on the business named in the license at the place designated therein. Every such license shall expire on the first day of May following the date of its issuance. 270 Soft Drink Vendors § 4. Not to Endanger Health. No person, firm or cor- poration, either as principal, clerk, agent or servant, shall sell any of such waters, carbonated waters, cider, near beer or soft drinks of any kind containing ingredients detrimental or deleterious to health. § 5. Premises to be Kept Sanitary. It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation licensed to carry on a business under the provisions of this ordinance to at all times kee]) the premises where such business is carried on clean and in ])roper sanitary condition. All persons employed or work- ing in such premises shall be clean and cleanly clothed. All utensils, appliances, vessels, receptacles, refrigerators, or any other places or things whatsoever which are used for the pur- pose of storing must at all times be kept in a clean, whole- some and sanitary condition. § 6. Inspection of Premises. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety and he is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to cause to be inspected and examined all premises wherein the business of so selling waters, carbonated waters, cider, near beer, or soft drinks of any kind is carried on for the purpose of ascertain- ing whether all the ordinances of the City of Rock Island and the laws of the State of Illinois relative to carrying on such business are being complied with at such premises. It shall be the duty of every such person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of this ordinance to permit such inspec- tions to be made, and. when required, to furnish samples of any waters, carbonated waters, cider, near beer, or soft drinks of an}^ kind, which samples shall be examined or analyzed by or under the direction of said Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, and a record of such examination or analysis shall be made and kept on file in his office. § 7. Revocation of License. The Commissioner of Pub- lic Health and Safety may at any time recommend the revoca- tion of any license issued under the terms of this ordinance, and the Council may revoke such license by notice in writing whenever it shall appear to its satisfaction from the recom- Streets 271 mendation of the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, or otherwise, that the licensee has violated the provisions of any law of the State of Illinois or of any ordinance 'of the City of Rock Island relating to the carrying on of the busi- ness named in the license. § 8. Penalty. Any person, hrm or corporation who shall \ iolate any of the foregoing provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than twenty- five ($25) dollars, and a further sum of five ($5) dollars for each and every day such person, firm or corporation shall persist in any such violation after a conviction for the first offense. I— STREET NAMES \ II— STREET NUMBERS III— REGULATION AND CONTROL OF I\ — LAYING PIPES IN STREETS \ — EXCAAhATIONS IN STREETS Section 1. Names of Streets. The streets of this city, unless otherwise specially designated by ordinance, shall be named and designated as follows: ddie streets running north and south shall be called “Streets” and shall be numbered from one upward, com- mencing at First Street as the extreme western street in the city and numbering toward the east. ddie streets running east and west shall be called “Ave- nues” and shall be numbered from one upward, commencing at First Avenue as the avenue bordering on the Mississippi River and numbering toward the south. Half streets and CHAPTER STREETS I— STREET NAMES 272 Streets avenues and courts may be specially designated by the Council. § 2. Street Names — How Designated. The names of all streets and avenues as the same have been established by ordi- nance shall be plainly designated by suitable metal signs con- spicuously placed. There shall be at least one such sign placed at each street intersection. II— STREET NUMBERS § 3. Houses and Lots Fronting on Streets, etc., to be Numbered — How. The following shall be and is hereby adopted as the plan of numbering the houses, lots and parts of lots fronting on any street, avenue or public place of said city, to-wit : The numbering of streets running north and south shall commence at First Avenue, and the numbers shall run from one hundred up to two hundred, so far as necessary, and shall be used consecutively for the distance of the first block or fractional block, the even numbers for the right hand or the west side of the street, and odd numbers for the left hand or east side of the street. One number shall be left for and applied to each twenty feet of distance, and in any case where a 'building or place of business occupies less than twenty feet a fractional number shall be used. The numbers from two hundred to three hundred shall in like manner be used for the second block, and in like manner for succeeding blocks, consecutively. The numbering of avenues running east and west shall be done in like manner, commencing at First Street, even numbers being used for the right hand or south side of the avenue and odd numbers for the left hand or north side of the avenue. Each lot and part of lot fronting on any street, avenue or public place of said city not already correctly numbered shall be numbered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. § 4. Numbers — How to be Affixed to Buildings. Each of the figures of every number shall be not less than three inches in length and plainly marked so as to be easily read Streets 273 and be firmly and conspicuously affixed on the front part of the buildings to which the same are attached. § 5. Owner or Occupant to Number Building. Any per- son being the owner or occupant of any building now erected and fronting on any street, avenue or public place of said city, which is not already correctly numbered, who, after being notified as aforesaid that the proper street numbers are of record in the City Hall, shall for thirty days refuse or neglect to number any building or buildings owned or occu- pied by him or them in conformity with the provisions of this 'Chapter, or who shall number any such building with any number other than that designated therefor by the aforesaid record, shall be subject to the penalty provided in this Chapter. § 6. Notice to be Given and Owners to Number their Buildings in Thirty Days. When notified by the City Clerk to install house numbers, it shall be the duty of the owners or occupants of all buildings fronting on any street, avenue or public place of said city to proceed and number their build- ings as herein required within thirty days after such notice has been given. Ill— REGULATION AND CONTROL OF STREETS AND ALLEYS § 7. To Make Excavation Forbidden Except as Herein- after Provided. It shall be unlawful for any company or corporation, their agents, servants, employes or any person whomsoever, to make or cause to be made any opening, ditch or excavation whatsoever in or upon any street, alley, lane or sidewalk within said city for the laying of pipes or making any change or alteration in or repairs to any pipes already laid, or for any purpose whatever, except such work shall be done in the manner hereinafter provided. § 8. Application for -Permit — What to Contain. Any company, corporation, or person or persons desiring to lay, lower, change, repair or remove any sewer, gas, water or other 274 Streets pipe or pipes, or to make connections therewith, or to make any change, improvement or alteration within the, right of way on any street, sidewalk or’ alley, shall first apply to the Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements for a per- mit to enter upon such street, sidewalk or alley and make an excavation therein, and shall in such application describe the portion of such street, sidewalk, or alley where such work is to be done and which is to be excavated or obstructed, and shall also give a bond conditioned that he or they will suitably guard and protect any such excavation or obstruction, and defend, save, keep harmless and indemnify the said City of Rock Island from all actions, suits, costs, damages and ex- penses whatsoever, including attorney’s fees, which shall or may at any time happen to come to it for or on account of any injuries or damages received or sustained by any party or par- ties by or from the acts or omissions of the applicant or his or their servants or agents in doing- such work ; and that he or they will restore all streets, sidewalks or alleys to their former condition, to complete such work as speedily as possible, and when completed to notify the City Clerk of such fact, so that the said Commissioner may see that the same has been promptly and properly restored to their former condition by the party receiving such permit; and further conditioned that he, it or they will within thirty days from the date of such application pay to the City Clerk, for the use of said city, the cost of refilling, repairing and replacing the surface or pave- ment of such street, sidewalk or alley; if said work shall be done by the city, or be necessary to so be done, the cost in all cases to be certified by the said Commissioner; such bond, with sureties, to be approved by the Mayor. § 9. Commissioner to Issue Permit. Upon application being made as required in tiie preceding section, the said Commissioner shall issue a permit to the applicant, stating ther-ein all the privileges thereby granted. § 10. Moving Houses on Streets. It is further provided that hereafter no person or persons shall be allowed to move on or along the streets or avenues of the City of Rock Island, Streets 275 Illinois, a building or a structure of any nature the height of which exceeds twenty-three (23) feet, including the blocking and apparatus used in so moving it, and the width of which exceeds twenty-four (24) feet, unless by special permission of the Council. § 11. House Mover — License — Bond. No person, firm or corporation shall move any building or other structure along the streets, avenues or alleys of said city unless he shall have first obtained a license as a house mover, under a penalty of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200) dollars for each offense. Any person may obtain a license as a house mover upon the payment of a license fee of twenty-five ($25) dollars per annum and the execution to the city of a bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, with at least two (2) good sure- ties, to be approved by the Mayor, conditional, among other things, that said party applying for such license will pay the owner or owners any and all damages which may happen to any trees, pavements, streets or sidewalks, or to any telegraph, telephone, electric light or electric street car pole or wire within said city, whether said damage or injury shall be inflicted by said party or his agent, employes or workmen. Said mover shall cut no wires, but shall give twenty-four hours notice to the owners of the same to remove and adjust them, and shall pay such owners of the same their reasonable expense therefor, and conditioned also that said party will save and indemnify and keep harmless the City of Rock Island from all liabilities, judgments, costs and expenses which may in any way accrue against said city in consequence of the granting of such license or any permit, and will in all things comply with the ordinances of the city and all permits granted to him. § 12. Permit to Issue. Whenever such application shall have been filed as aforesaid, the Superintendent of Buildings shall have authority, in his discretion, to issue a permit to any of such parties applying for the same to occupy such 276 Streets ])ortions of the streets so prayed for, specifying in the per- mit all the privileges therein granted, w^ith the terms and conditions of the same, and the said Superintendent of Build- ings shall see that they are fully and completely 'complied with. § 13. Penalty for Non-Compliance With Conditions of Permit — Permit to be Revoked. Whenever any party or parties to whom such permit may be granted shall fail through wilfullness or neglect to perform any of the condi- tions or comply with any of the requirements of the same, each party so failing shall forfeit and pay not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars for each offense; and the Superintendent of Buildings shall have authority, in his discretion, to revoke such , permits and all privileges granted therein, and to recjuire the removal forthwith of all material, dirt, rubbish and obstruction of any kind placed upon such street. IV— LAYING PIPES IN STREETS § 14. Laying of Lead Water Pipes in Streets. That whenever any street or alley in the City of Rock Island is hereafter to be permanently improved by paving or otherwise, one extra strong lead water service pipe shall be laid from the water main on such street or alley to the lot line for each lot or part bf lot having a separate water service, and all iron water service pipes in the streets so to be improved shall be removed to the lot line on each side of such street or alley. § 15. Cost of Laying — How Paid. The cost of laying such lead Avater service pipes shall be borne by the owners of the property to be served, and if after a reasonable notice from the city to lay such lead service pipe any property owner shall neglect or refuse to lay the same, the city may proceed to lay it and collect the cost thereof from the property owner. The city may order the installation of said lead service pipes as a separate improvement, by special taxation or special assessment, in the judgment of the Council. Streets 277 All conuectioiis with water, sewer or gas pipes and all other supply and outlet pipes of whatever kind or nature along said streets so to be improved must be made and laid when the said streets, alleys, etc., are open and excavated for the said improvements, or prior thereto. V— EXCAVATIONS IN STREETS § 16. Excavating — Restoring Street. That any person, firm or corporation, licensed or unlicensed, who shall fail, neglect or refuse within a period of ten (10) days after ex- cavating in street, avenue, alley or highway in this city to restore the same to the condition existing before the said excavating was done shall forfeit and pay to the city double the amount of the expense incurred by the Superintendent of Streets or the officer under whose supervision the work is done in restoring said street to said prior existing condition. This section ai)plies as well to all excavations made under sidewalks in this city. Whenever the Superintendent of Streets or the properly authorized officer is obliged to do the work of restoring any street, avenue, alley, highway or side- walk to its former condition after an excavation has been made therein, which said work of restoration has been neces- sitated by the failure of any person, firm or corporation to comply with the requirements hereof, then, and in that event, said person, firm or corporation shall be deprived of the privilege of opening and excavating in any of the streets, alleys, avenues and highways of this city until the sum stated herein shall ha\-e been paid in to the City Clerk. Whenever any street, avenue, alley or highway in this city is improved by paving the same with brick, wooden or stone blocks or asphaltum, the said paving and street shall not be opened nor shall any excavations be allowed to be made therein for a period of seven years, dating from the time of the com])letion of said improvement, except upon permission granted by a two-thirds vote of the Council. § 17. Poles for Street Lights. Permission is hereby given pro])erty owners to establish on the streets and avenues 278 Street Traffic in ‘front of their respective properties poles to be used in street lighting, upon the property owners complying with the requirem-ents of the city ordinances. § 18. Penalty. Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, unless otherwise pro- vided herein, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one ($1) dollar and not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense. The police department is hereby authorized, empowered and ordered to direct, control, restrict and regulate, and when necessary, temporarily divert or exclude (in the interest of public safety, health and convenience) the movement of pedestrian, animal and vehicular traffic of every kind in streets, parks and on bridges, and to adopt and enforce regula- tions in regard thereto. The term “Street” shall apply to that part of a public highway intended for vehicles. The term “One-way Traffic” shall apply to a , street when and where vehicular traffic is restricted to one direction. The term “Curb” shall apply to the boundaries of a street. The term “Horse” shall apply to any draft animal or beast of burden. The term “Vehicle” shall apply to a horse, motor vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle and to any conveyance except a baby carriage. The term “Street Car” shall apply to any conveyance confined to tracks. CHAPTER STREET TRAFEIC DEFINITIONS Street Traffic 279 The term “Driver” shall apply to the rider, driver or leader of a horse, to a person who pushes, draws, propels, operates, or who is in charge of a vehicle. The term “Parked” shall apply to a waiting vehicle and to waiting vehicles drawn up alongside of one another, at an angle of 45 degrees. The term “Ranked” shall apply to a vehicle drawn up with the two right wheels within eighteen (18) inches of the curb, and at least four (4) feet from any other vehicle. Section 1. Parking and Ranking of Cars. That it be and is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to rank or park any vehicle, except as herein provided, for a period of more than thirty minutes at any time between the hours of seven o’clock a. m. and seven o’clock p. m., excepting Saturdays, when the hours shall be extended to nine o’clock p. m., within that portion of the City of Rock Island bounded as follows, to-wit : On the north by the south side of First Avenue; on the south by the south side of Third Avenue; on the east by the east side of Twentieth Street, and on the west by the west side of Fifteenth Street. Except that cars may be parked on all streets running north and south within that portion of the city above defined, excepting on Fifteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets between Second and Third Avenues, where vehicles shall be ranked and are not appli- cable to the thirty minute rule. On Second and Third Ave- nues within that portion of the city above defined cars shall be ranked only, and cars shall neither be ranked nor parked on the east side of Seventeenth Street between Second and Third Avenues. It is provided that in any street or part of a street in which traffic is so congested as, in the judgment of the Chief of Police or other police officer, recjuires the entire width of such street or part of street, then there shall be no portion of such street used for ranking or .parking during the time of such congestion. All vehicles shall be excluded from ranking or parking in such a manner as to obstruct the entrance to any theater, 280 Street Traffic auditorium or other public or office building except to take on or discharge passengers or freight, and, furthermore, draying and hauling vehicles shall not so obstruct such part of the street in front of any theater between the hours of six o’clock p. m. and twelve o’clock midnight. No vehicle in the district described in this section shall be ranked or parked within twenty feet of a corner. No vehicle shall be parked or ranked within twenty-five feet of a fire hydrant unless such vehicle is in charge of some person capable of driving same. A vehicle shall always stop with the right wheels toward the curb. In turning while in motion, or in starting to turn, or in backing, or in starting ahead, or when about to stop, the opera- tor of a vehicle must signal either by hand, whip or special device, indicating the direction in which the turn is about to be made. § 2. Right of Way — Who Has. It shall be distinctly understood that within the limits of this city, when traffic approaches street or avenue intersections, the vehicle to the right shall have the right of way. And, furthermore, vehi- cles turning to the left into another street shall give the right of way to vehicles traveling the street into which same are turning; and, furthermore, vehicles turning to the right from one street into another shall have the right of way over vehicles traveling on the street into which same are turning. All vehicles passing along streets or avenues shall have the right of way over vehicles exiting from alleys. § 3. Speed at Street Intersections. At all street inter- sections within the district described in section one (1) vehicles shall not proceed across or turn at such intersections at a speed to exceed six (6) miles per hour, and in the case of undue congestion, the vehicle or vehicles crossing or turn- ing at such intersections shall slow down to a speed which assures safety to other vehicles and pedestrians. § 4. Auto Passing Street Car. Ever^j person riding, driving, propelling, operating, or in charge of any vehicle Street Traffic 281 when approaching or about to pass any street car, which car is stopping for the purpose of taking on or discharging pas- sengers, shall stop until such passengers are loaded or dis- charged at a distance of not less than five (5) feet from the said street car and until the car starts. § 5. Pedestrians. In the City of Rock Island pedes- trians crossing the street must do so in the most direct line from curb to curb, and must not cross diagonally or obliquely, except upon a cross walk. Crowds in Streets. At the time of 'any public parade, accident, riot, public peril or other circumstance causing people to congregate or assemble a person must not enter or remain within the danger lines or other bounds established by the police or by or under the direction of an authorized city official for the preservation of public safety, peace and order, unless such person be duly authorized by an officer there in charge. At the time of the gathering of any number of persons at a hall, auditorium, theater, or public building, people must not stand or congregate in such a manner as to in any way obstruct the entrance or obstruct the traffic of other persons upon the sidewalk or obstruct the traffic of vehicles upon the public street in front of such hall, auditorium, theater, or pub- lic building. All street cars carrying passengers traveling along Second Avenue from Sixteenth to Nineteenth Streets, or in the oppo- site direction, shall make one stop in each block on the near side of each street between the hours of nine o’clock a. m. and ten o’clock p. m. All east bound street cars on Third Avenue shall stop at the east intersection of Twentieth Street and Third Avenue. All vehicles or street cars passing along Fifth Avenue and approaching the intersection of Twenty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue shall have the right of way over vehicles pass- ing along Twenty-fourth Street. 282 Street Traffic § 6. Unlawful to Drive Through Funeral. It shall be unlawful for a driver of any vehicle to drive or lead his \ehicle through any funeral parade within the limits of the City of Rock Island. § 7. Intoxicated Person Shall Not Drive. It shall be unlawful for any person while in an intoxicated condition to drive any vehicle upon the streets of this city. § 8. Speed Allowed. No person shall drive a vehicle within the limits of this city where the same passes through the closely built up business portions of the city at a speed ' to exceed ten (10) miles an hour, or where same passes through the residence portion of this city at a speed to ex- ceed fifteen (15) miles an hour. § 9. Crossing Must be Made at Intersection. A driver of a vehicle crossing from one side of the street to the other shall do so by turning to the left at the street intersection. § 10. Lights — Horns, etc.. Required. A person driving an automobile within the limits of this city must have same properly equipped with a horn, bell or other device for signaling by sound to give notice of its approach, and between a period from sunset to one hour before sunrise shall carry two lighted lamps showing white lights visible at least two hundred (200) feet in the direction which said automobile is proceeding, ranked or parked, and also shall exhibit one lighted lamp which shall be situated as to throw a red light in the reverse direction. All other vehicles shall carry at least one light on the left side of said vehicle, with a white light visible forward and a red light visible in the reverse direction. § 11. Dimmer Required on Headlight. It shall be un- lawful for any person operating any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle, while operating the same upon the public streets, highways, parks and parkways within the city, to use any acetylene, electric or other bright headlight or spotlight, or any headlight the rays from which shall be intensified by any parabolic or condensing lens in front of the light, unless such headlight or spotlight shall be shaded or dimmed so as Street Traffic 283 not to blind or dazzle other users of the highways or make it difficult or unsafe for them to ride, drive or walk thereon. The shading or dimming of the upper half of the lens shall be deemed a compliance with the provisions of this section. § 12. Cut Out — When Prohibited. That no driver or operator of any motor-driven vehicle shall use or permit the use of on any vehicle operated by him or under his immedi- ate control of what is commonly called “cut-out,” between the hours of seven (7) o’clock p. m. and seven (7) o’clock a. m. § 13. Fire Department Has Right of Way. That when running or responding to fire calls the various fire department trucks and vehicles shall have the immediate right of way on and over all streets and public places in this city. All drivers of automobiles or vehicles of whatever kind or description who shall find the automobile or vehicle so driven by them to be in the way of any truck or vehicle of the fire department which is responding to a call shall immediately clear the roadway and shall take steps so as to give the fire department trucks or vehicles, as far as possible, a clear and uninterrupted right of way. ' § 14. Not Applicable to Post Office Employes. The provisions of this ordinance are not intended to be applicable to persons in the employ of the post office department while engaged in the performance of their duties as such employes, or to vehicles, whether the same are motorized or horse drawn, that are used by such employes in the performance of their said duties. § 15. Speed of Sprinkling Car. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning, operating or con- ducting any wagon sprinkler, street car sprinkler or other vehicle used for the sprinkling of water on the streets and avenues of the City of Rock Island to operate or manage said wagon sprinkler, street car sprinkler or other such vehicle while sprinkling the streets and avenues so that it shall exceed in speed the rate of ten (10) miles per hour. 284 Taxicabs and Motor Busses § 16. Violation — Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a hue of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than fifteen ($15) dollars for the first offense, and not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than twenty-five ($25) dollars for the second oft'ense, and for the third and all succeeding offenses not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. Section 1. License Required. No automobile, autocar, cab or other similar vehicle shall be used for the transporta- tion of persons for hire within the City 'of Rock Island, whether the said automobile, autocar, <3r other similar vehicle secures its passengers from a public stand or stands upon the street or whether the same is kept in a private garage, unless every such vehicle be licensed as hereinafter provided. § 2. Application — Fee — Term. The owner of any such automobile, autocar, cab or other similar vehicle for which it is desired to secure a license shall make application to the City Clerk of the City of Rock Island,- setting forth therein the name of such owner or owners, a description of the vehicle for which it is desired to secure a license, and the place where such vehicle is kept, if the same is kept in a private garage. The application shall be provided by the said City Clerk. The City Clerk, upon receipt of such application, shall issue or cause to be issued a license for such vehicle upon the payment by the applicant of a license fee of twenty ($20) dollars per annum. Such license fee shall be paid to the City Clerk, and upon the payment thereof a license shall be issued, attested by the City Clerk, authorizing the use of such vehicle in ac- cordance with the provisions of this Article until the expira- tion of such license. And each and every license when TAXICABS AND MOTOR BUSSES Taxicabs and Motor Busses 285 granted shall expire at the end of the municipal year follow- ing the issuance of such license. § 3. Public Stands — Restrictions. Any automobile, auto- car, cab or other similar vehicle licensed under the provisions of this ordinance may stand at such places, and at no other places, as may from time to time be designated by the Council for that purpose. No automobile, autocar, cab or other similar vehicle en- titled to use such stands shall be permitted to stand anywhere thereon in such manner as to obstruct the entrance to any building, structure, or place, nor shall any automobile, autocar, or other similar vehicle entitled to use stands be permitted to stand within thirty feet of any of the intersecting streets or avenues upon which any of the stands are located. % § 4. How Car Shall be Designated. Every automobile, autocar, cab or other similar vehicle licensed under the pro- visions of this article shall have the name of the owner thereof plainly painted in letters at least one and one-half inches in height, and the number of the license plainly painted in numbers at least four inches in height, in a con- spicuous place on the outside of each side of such vehicle, and such name and number shall be kept so painted plainly and distinctly at all times while such vehicle is in use during the continuance of such license. Upon the expiration of such license (unless same is forthwith renewed) such name and number shall be at once erased from such vehicle and such vehicle shall not thereafter be used with such name or num- ber thereon. § 5. Property Left in Car by Passenger. Whenever any package, article or baggage or goods of any kind shall be left in or upon any vehicle licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, the operator of such vehicle shall, upon dis- covery of such package, baggage or goods, forthwith deliver the same to the Desk Sergeant at the Police Station in the City of Rock Island. 286 Taxicabs and Motor Busses § 6. Rate of Fare. The rate of fare to be asked or de- manded by the operator or person in charge or control of any automobile, autocar, cab or other similar vehicle licensed hereunder and operated for the conveyance of passengers for hire or reward within the city shall not be in excess of the following : (1) For one passenger, not exceeding one mile, fifty (50c) cents. (2) For each additional passenger twenty-five (25c) cents for the first mile. (3) For one or more passengers, for the second mile and subsequent miles or part thereof, twenty-five (25c) cents for each passenger for each mile or part thereof. (4) For the use of any vehicle mentioned in this section, conveying one or more passengers, when hired by the hour with the privilege of going from place to place and stopping as may be required, for the first hour two and one-half ($2.50) dollars, and for each additional hour or part thereof the rate of two ($2) dollars per hour, and for each passenger carried in excess of the seating capacity of the car, fifty (50c) cents for each additional passenger for each hour. § 7. Passenger Not to Sit on Running Board. No per- son, firm or corporation operating under such license shall, either as principal, agent or employe, permit any person to stand or sit upon the running board, fender, or hood of the automobile, autocar or other similar vehicle while said vehicle is in operation. § 8. Penalty for Not Conveying Passengers When Ap- plied To. No person, firm or corporation licensed as afore- said when unemployed and his legal fare is paid or tendered to him shall, without lawful excuse, refuse to convey within said city any person, with or without baggage, as aforesaid when applied to for that purpose, or having undertaken to convey such person, shall omit or neglect so to do, under the penalty herein prescribed. Taxicabs and Motor Busses 287 § 9. May Demand Fare in Advance — Must Give Name and Number of License. Any person, firm or corporation licensed as aforesaid may demand his legal fare to be paid in advance by any person seeking to employ him, and may refuse to convey any person who shall fail to comply with such demand. Any person, firm or corporation so licensed shall give to any person requesting the same his name and the num- ber of his license. § 10. mPenalty for Violation. Every person, persons, or corporation who shall keep, use or operate, or be in charge, possession or control of, or cause to be kept, used or operated upon any of the streets or public ways of the City of Rock Island any automobile, autocar, cal) or other similar vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire or reward which has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, or who keeps, uses or operates, or causes to be kept, used or operated, any such automobile, autocar, or other similar vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense, and each and every day on which any such^ person or corporation shall so keep, use or operate, or cause to be kept, used or operated, any such automobile, autocar, or other similar vehicle after the first offense shall constitute a separate and distinct off'ense. 288 Wagons and Other Vehicles CHAPTER 54 WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES Section 1. Width of. Tires. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to drive, or having authority and control thereof, permit to be driven over any of the streets or public grounds of the City of Rock Island any automobile, wagon or vehicle which, with the load thereon, weighs gver 4,500 and not more than 5,500 pounds and the tires of which are less than two and one-half inches wide, or any automobile, wagon or vehicle which, with the load thereon, weighs over 5,500 and not more than 8,000 pounds and the tires of which are less than three inches wide, or any automobile, wagon or vehicle which, with the load thereon, weighs over 8,000 pounds and the tires of which are less than four inches wide. No automobile, wagon or vehicle shall, with the load thereon, weigh in excess of 25,000 pounds. § 2. Wagon to be Weighed by Public Weigher. When- ever any policeman or other officer of the city may see any loaded wagon or vehicle driven on the streets or public grounds of the city which may appear to him to be driven in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance he shall direct the person or persons driving such wagons or vehicles, or in charge thereof, to drive the same to the scales of the nearest or most convenient public weigher, in order to have said wagon with the load thereon weighed, and in case of a refusal so to do, the said policeman or officer may himself take and drive such wagon or vehicle to such public weigher. § 3. Owners Shall Drive to Scales When Directed. Whenever any person or j^ersons driving or in charge of any such wagon or vehicle may l)e directed to drive the same to the scales of a public weigher as provided in section 2 hereof, it shall be the duty of such person or persons to immediately drive sucl) wagon or vehicle to the scales of such public weigher and permit the same to be weighed. , Wagons and Other Vehicles 289 § 4. Weigher Shall Weigh Free of Charge. Every pub- lice weigher of the City of Rock Island holding license as such public weigher shall, when requested by any officer or policeman of the city, weigh free of charge any wagons or vehicles brought to his scales to be weighed under sections 2 and 3 hereof. And all licenses hereafter granted to public weighers shall be deemed granted upon condition of weigh- ing free of charge in such cases. § 5. Weight of Loads on Seventh Avenue Boulevard. That it shall not be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to draw or have drawn, to propel or have propelled, any vehicle carrying a load in excess of three tons in weight, in- cluding vehicle, on that part of Seventh Avenue from Thir- tieth Street to Forty-sixth Street in said city, except in crossing said avenue.. § 5. Penalty for Violation. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, whether in relation to driving wagons or vehicles weighing too much for the width of the tires, or in relation to driving such wagons or vehicles to the scales of a public weigher, or in relation to weighing such wagons or vehicles when driven to the scales of a ])ub- lic weigher, and every person obstructing or interfering with an officer or policeman enforcing the provisions of this ordi- nance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- tion, be fined not less than five ($5) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars. 290 Waterworks CHAPTER 55 WATERWORKS Section 1. Public Hydrants — Meddling With. All hydrants constructed and to be constructed in the City of Rock Island for the purpose of extinguishing fires in said city are hereby declared to be public hydrants, and no person' or persons (other than the members of the fire department of said'city, for the uses and purposes of said department, and those having a written permit from the Superintendent of the Ivock Island city waterworks) shall open any of said hydrants, or attempt to draw water from the same, or in any manner interfere with or injure any of said hydrants. § 2. Breaking of Hydrants — Pollution or Waste of Water. No person or j)ersons shall wilfully or carelessly break or injure any of the pul^lic hydrants in said city or shall ])ollute or unnecessarily waste the water at any such h};drants. § vk Wrongful Use of Hydrants. No member of the fire (lei)artment shall let out or suffer or permit any person or persons to take the wrenches furnished to the fire department of said city to be used in case of fire, or shall suffer or permit any of said wrenches furnished said department to be taken from any of the engine houses of said department, excej)t as they accompany the engines on occasions of fire or for other purposes connected with the fire department. § 4. Obstructing Stop-cocks. No person shall in any manner obstruct the access to any public hydrant or any stop- cock connected with any water pipe of said city, by means of any lumber, brick, building material or other article, thing or hindrance whatsoever. § 5. Rules and Regulations of Water Supply. The fol- lowing rules and regulations are hereby adopted and estab- lished for the government of water takers in said city, and it is hereby made the duty of the Su|)erintendent of the City W'aterworks to enforce the same, viz: Waterworks 291 1. No occupant or owner of any building into which water is introduced will be allowed to supply water to any person not living on the premises. For a violation of this provision the supply shall be stopped and the amount paid forfeited. Nor shall any such occupant or owner permit any service pipe conveying water into or through such premises to be connected with any service pipe leading to any other lot or building, nor shall any person introducing water into any premises use any other than iron service pipe valve boxes, and in case of decay or breakage of boxes heretofore put in, such owner or occupant shall replace same by iron boxes and shall keej) such boxes at all times free from obstructions and in good repair. 2. Whenever two or more parties shall be supplied from one pipe connecting with the distributing main, the failure on the part of any one of said parties to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall authorize the Superintendent of the W'aterworks to shut off and withhold the supply of water from such service pipe without any liability whatso- ever, and all payments made shall be forfeited. And in all cases hereafter of making connections with street mains a separate connection shall be made for each residence and for each division of a tenement house, or other arrangement satisfactory to the Su])erintendent of Waterworks whereby he can at any time readily shut off* the water from each sepa- rate division, excepting in cases where one meter is used to measure all the water, and in cases where, on ])etition of all the parties interested, the Council may find sufficient reason for making an exception. 3. No person without a written permit from the Superin- tendent is allowed to turn a public or priVate stop-cock. 4. No addition or alteration whatever in or about any conduit, ])i])e or water cock shall be made by any j)erson. firm or corporation without ])ermission in writing from the Sui)er- intendent of the Waterwemks. 5. All persons taking water shall keep their service pipes, stop boxes, cocks and all attachments and a])])aratus in good 292 Waterworks repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and^ shall prevent all unnecessary waste of water; and it is ex-' pressly stipulated that no claim shall be made against the city \ by reason of the breaking of any cock or service pipe. All attachments to water mains hereafter shall be made with a screw tap, and where, in replacing old by new pipe a drove :: tap is found, the same must be replaced by a screw tap. i 6. There shall be placed on all service pipes immediately within the wall of the building supplied a brass stop and waste cock at such a point that all water may be drained out of pipes for the protection of the occupants, enabling them in case of leaks or bursted pipes to shut off the water and drain pipes to prevent freezing in cold weather. 7. Applications for water must state fully all purposes for which it is required ; and upon the payment of the semi- annual charges parties must answer truthfully all questions put to them relating to its consumption. In case of fraudu- lent representation by the applicant, or the use of water for purposes not embraced in the applicant’s application, or of wilful or unreasonable waste of water, the Superintendent of the City Waterworks shall have the right to stop the supply of water unless the offender shall promptly pay a double rate for the water so used or wasted during the period of time in question. 8. No person shall be permitted or allowed to use or receive water of or from the city waterworks of said city in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever other than as designated and named in the permit; no person shall be per- mitted or allowed to sprinkle streets, sidewalks, houses or other buildings, or to wash automobiles, carriages, wagons, omnibuses, cars or other vehicles without first obtaining a written permit therefor from the Superintendent of , the Waterworks; no person shall be allowed to operate a hose for sprinkling, washing or other private purposes without a nozzle thereto, the diameter of which shall not exceed one- fourth of an inch ; no owner or occupant of any lot, house. tmmmtrnimmisaim Waterworks 293 building or premises receiving water from the city water- works shall suffer or permit any continued leakage in the services, connections, stop-cocks or attachments in or upon the said premises, nor allow any unnecessary flow or waste of water while using it for any of the uses and purposes granted in the permit; and no builders, contractors or other persons, or their agents, workmen or employes engaged or employed in or upon any work, construction, masonry or building of brick, stone, cement or other material, or the plastering, cementing and flnishing of the same, requiring the use of water therefor, shall have or use the water of the city water- works taken from any source whatever without first obtaining a special permit from the Superintendent of the Waterworks, the Superintendent of Buildings or City Clerk, and the pay- ment of the water rate in advance. 9. Water supplied through the city waterworks shall be used for the purpose of hose sprinkling of yards or streets only between the hours of six and eight a. m. and six and eight p. m. in the day. No hose sprinkling is allowed in time of fire. This section does not apply to houses or buildings where the water is metered, except in time of fire. 10. All officers and employes in the waterworks depart- ment of said city shall have free access at proper hours of the day to all parts of every building in which city water is consumed, to examine the pipes and fixtures and to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste of water. 11. For a violation of any of the preceding rules and regulations the Superintendent of the Waterworks shall have the right to stop the supply of water without any previ- ous notice thereof ; nor will it be restored except upon the payment of the sum of one ($1) dollar for the expense of shutting it off and putting it on, besides the amount of water rates then due, and upon satisfactory assurance that no future cause of complaint shall arise. 294 Waterworks § 6. Penalty for Violation of Water Regulations. Any person who shall violate or fail to observe or comply with any or either of the rules and regulations for the govern- ment of water takers specified in section five hereof shall, on conviction, in addition to the enforcement of the forfeitures, liabilities, stipulations and reservations therein contained, pay a fine of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than twenty ($20) dollars. § 7. Water Rates to be Paid Semi-annually in Advance in the Months of May and November — Meter Rates to be Paid Quarterly — Discounts Allowed. The water rates or taxes hereinafter established shall be paid semi-annually in ad- vance, in the months of May and November, respectively, at the office of the City Clerk, who is hereby made the collector of water rates ; provided, that meter rates shall be paid quarterly. Every person who shall fail to pay his water rate or tax dur- ing the month of May or during the month of November for the current six months, commencing on the first day of said months, respectively, or in case of meter rates, within fifty days from the first day of the quarter, shall have the use of the water sto])ped until full ])ayment thereof and all arrear- ages and charges for shutting olt and turning on the water be made. A discount of five (5) per cent sliall 1)C allowed to all per- sons who ])ay water rent for the current period as follows: ( )n all flat rate bills for the period from May 1st to Novem- ber 1st, that are paid in advance on or before May 15th. On all flat rate bills for the period from November 1st to May 1st, that are paid in advance on or before November 15th. On all meter bills for periods ending February 1st, May 1st, August 1st and November 1st, if paid on or before the fifth day of the following month, that is March 5th, June 5th, September 5th and December 5th, respectively. On all monthly meter bills if paid within fifteen days after date of bill. Waterworks 295 § 8. Water Rates Established. 1. The water rates or taxes for water used 1)y every person using water from or through the Rock Island city waterworks shall be as follows, to be paid by the owner of the premises where the water is taken : Per Annum For residences, boarding houses and hotels, four rooms or under $ 4.00 For residences, boarding houses, each additional room.... 1.00 For offices, each 5.00 For stores, tailor shops, shoe shops, etc., 1,500 sq. ft. floor space or under 6.00 For stores, tailor shops, shoe shops, each 500 sq. ft. ad- ditional 2.00 For barber shops, with one chair 5.00 For barber shops, each additional chair, extra 2.50 For blacksmith shop, with one fire 3.50 For blacksmith shop, each additional fire 1.75 For watering troughs in pastures, 50 cents each head of horses and cattle, estimated average during the sea- son, but in no case less than 5.00 (No watering troughs allowed without automatic stop-cocks.) For bath tubs, private, each.. 3.00 For water closets, private, each... 2.00 For private garage, including washing of auto, for each auto 3.00 For ])rivate stables, including washing of carriage, each horse up to two 2.00 For each horse over two 1.00 For dray and team horses, each 1.00 For washing machine motors 3.00 For private fire hydrants, each 10.00 For use in laying brick, per thousand 07 For use in laying stone, per cubic yard 03 For use in plastering, per square 100 yards 20 For use in making cement, per cubic yard 05 For use in laying concrete blocks, per cubic yard 03 296 Waterworks Per Annum For use in laying hollow tile, per cubic yard 03 For use in laying cement sidewalks, per square foot l/5c For churches, each 5.00 For use in filling cisterns, per barrel 05 For street sprinklers, each team used, per month 15.00 For street and lawn sprinklers, with nozzle approved by the superintendent, for use as required between 6 and 8 a. m. and between 6 and 8 p. m., for sixty feet front or under 3.00 For each additional foot front 04 (For special permit for use during four additional hours as specified in permit, double these rates, that is, one additional rate.) It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector, in addition to his other duties, to collect water rent for water used by builders in all building operations. In all cases the regular rates for residences, stores, or other premises must be paid additional, and in all cases where the rate has not been paid on the premises the water shall be shut off as soon as practicable after same is due. No person shall either wilfully or negligently violate this provision or permit a street or lawn sprinkler to run outside of the specified hours or within them in time of fire. 2. The charge for water to consumers supplied with meters shall be in accordance with the following table, pro- vided that in no case shall any meter rate be less than seventy (70c) cenis per month ; Cubic Feet Used Per Quarter. Per 100 cu. ft. First 10,000 cu. ft. at the rate of 14c Second 10,000 cu. ft. at the rate of 12c Third 10,000 cu. ft. at the rate of : 10c Next 10,000 cu. ft. at the rate of 8c In excess of 40,000 cu. ft. at the rate of 6c Waterworks 297 The charge for water consumed by public and parochial schools, hospitals and sanitariums shall be a flat rate of six (6c) cents per one hundred (100) cubic feet. 3. When more than one meter is required by one con- sumer, owing to the arrangement of the connections with the mains, the rate shall be computed separately for each meter. 4. No occupant or owner of any premises in which water is introduced, unless paying meter rates, will be allowed to supply other persons or families not paying for water. Any .person violating this provision will be charged double the usual rates for each person or family so furnished with water. 5. The Superintendent of the Waterworks shall place meters as rapidly as practicable on all consumers where, on account of uncertainty as to quantity consumed, probable waste of water or other causes, he believes that the interests of the city require it. 6. Any consumer of water supplied from a connection with a street main shall within six months after making writ- ten application be supplied with a meter at the expense of the city, the consumer to pay the cost of setting and repairs. Such meter shall be set in a suitable place so that it will be safe from frost, and must be kept so that it will be accessible at all times. 7. The Superintendent shall, in cases where there is no special ca'use for making exceptions, examine all meters where he supposes the consumption will exceed 200,000 gal- lons per month, monthly, and all other meters quarterly. 8. All water takers shall be responsible for all damages done to a meter on their premises, and no person shall break the seal of any meter, or tamper with the same, under the penalty provided in this Chapter. Wherever repairs are made upon a meter or parts are furnished by the city the same shalLbe charged for and collected with the water rent. 9. In case a meter is not set at the time the work is being- done there shall be a suitable space left for placing the meter 298 Waterworks l)y a coupling and union, the space for a ^-inch meter, 12^ inches; for a ^inch meter, 14j/2 inches, and for a one-inch- meter, 16^4 inches. 10. The rate for residences, hotels or places of business shall in no case be construed as covering the use of water for bath tubs, water closets, motors, or other special purposes, but shall include wash basins and all ordinary uses of such resi- dence or ])lace of business not al)ove enumerated as specific items. 11. No claim shall be made against the City of Rock Island by reason of the breaking of any main or service pipe, cock or meter, or any other temporary interruption of the water supply, or by reason of the breaking of the machinery or stoppage for necessary repairs. 12. It shall be the duty of all police officers at time of relief each day to report to the Superintendent of Water- works all waste of water and all other violations of this ordi- nance which have come under their notice and to give such assistance in detecting such violations as is possible without interfering with their other duties. 13. I'hat the rates for water taken from the water mains and ])i]3es which are outside the city limits of the City of Rock Island shall be double the rates charged for water drawn from pi])es u'ithin the city limits. § 9. Superintendent of Waterv/orks to Have Full Control Over All Employes, etc. The Superintendent of the Whater- works, having been duly appointed and given bond, shall have full control over all the employes and the employment of new men in case of vacancy. He shall have. full power to discharge all inefficient or insubordinate employes, and shall be held strictly responsible for all his acts and for the efficient and economical administration of the department. The en- gineers and firemen at the waterworks shall be regarded as eni])loyes (T the department, and employed by the superin- tendent. Waterworks 299 It shall be the duty of the superintendent to enforce all ordinances, rules and regulations relating to the waterworks and its maintenance and operation; and he shall make all necessary purchases of materials and supplies for use in the waterworks department. He shall inspect or have inspected all homes or buildings . supplied with water through the Rock Island waterworks and file a card with the City Clerk showing the items to be charged and the total charge to be made for same. He shall inspect or cause to be inspected all taps made in the city water mains, and all services from mains to the inside of foundation shall be under his direction and supervision. § 10. Report to City Clerk. The Superintendent of Waterworks shall file every Monday a report with the City Clerk showing all water turned on or shut off the previous week. Also a monthly report showing all materials and sup- plies received and showing what they were purchased for. The Superintendent of W^aterworks shall prepare or have prepared a correct map or profile of all water mains now laid or hereafter laid in the city, with their dimensions, locations, connections, hydrants and c-ut-otfs, and keep the same up-to- date. § 11. Turning Water on Before Final Test. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation within the City of Rock Island to turn water on in any plumbing job in any building within the corporate limits without first ha\- ing had made the final test of the Plumbing Inspector. § 12. Leaving Water Turned On. Any plumber who makes a connection with a water main and leaves the water turned on shall be subject to the following penalty, to-wit ; First, his license as such plumber may.be suspended or re- voked ; or second, he may be fined in a sum not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than ten ($10) dollars for each such offense. § 13. Weight of Service Pipes. That no service connec- tions or other attachments to any of the city water mains shall 300 Waterworks be made except by brass corporation cock not to exceed one- inch in diameter. All service pipes from the street main to the property line not exceeding the diameter of t^vo (2) inches shall be of lead of the vv^eight known as extra strong and not weighing less per foot than the following: ^4-inch — 3 pounds per foot. %-inch — 3 pounds 8 ounces per foot. 1 -inch — 4 pounds 12 ounces per foot. 1^-inch — 6 pounds per foot. 1^-inch — 7 pounds 8 ounces per foot. 1^-inch — 8 pounds per foot. 2 -inch — 10 pounds 8 ounces per foot. All larger service pipes shall be of cast iron with a gate valve at the curb with a suitable box. § 14. Rebates on Water Rent. That the City Clerk as the collector of water rents is hereby authorized to make such rebate on water rent paid, or such reduction on any bill for the same because of the non-use of the city water, as shall by him be deemed just and equitable under the facts shown. Such rebate or reduction shall not be given or allowed for a period of non-use of less than thirty days or more than one year, and then only upon the written declaration of the owner of the premises in question, or his agent, of the truth of the facts alleged, which declaration shall be filed with the City Clerk. _ • A printed copy ^ of the waterworks ordinance shall be furnished by the City Clerk to each water user on application for same. § 15. Rebate on Special Assessment. That whenever water mains shall have been laid by special assessment or special taxation the owner or owners of the lot or tract of land on which such special assessment or special taxation shall have been levied shall be credited on their water rents with the amount paid on such assessment, including interest paid, and shall be allowed to use water to the amount of the Weights and Measures 301 payment on such assessment so levied ; and an account shall be kept by the City Clerk of the amount of such payments and the charges for the use of Avater as aforesaid, but such credits shall not be allow^ed for water used on any other premises than those upon which such special assessment or special taxation shall have been levied. § 16. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, where the punishment is not otherwise pro- vided, be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or less than one ($1) dollar for each ofifense; and shall be^ subject to such other forfeitures and liabilities as are in this Chapter provided. CHAPTER 56 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Section 1. Inspector of Weights and Measures. That the office of Inspector of Weights and Measures be and the same is hereby established. The City Inspector shall be in the department of and under the direction of the Commis- sioner of Public Health and Safety, and is hereby vested with the general power and authority of a policeman. The City Inspector shall be the inspector of weights and measures, whose duty it shall be to inspect, regulate and stamp all weights and measures as provided in this ordinance. The City Inspector shall also perform all of the duties of milk and cream inspector and shall seek the enforcement of all ordinances relative to food stufifs and their protection, as such duties are defined by ordinances now in effect as well as such other and additional duties as may be assigned him by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. He shall have such assistants as may be necessary in the performance of his duties, the same to be designated by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. 302 Weights and Measures § 2. Standards of Weights and Measures. The present recognized standards of weights and measures used by the United States Bureau of Standards and adopted by the State of Illinois, are hereby ado])ted and accepted as the standards of weights and measures for the City of Rock Island, Illinois. Whenever any of the following articles ‘shall be contracted for or sold or delivered and no special contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, the weight per bushel or barrel, or divisible merchantable quantities of a barrel, shall be as follows : Articles. Pounds Wheat flour, per barrel ' 196 Wdieat flour, per one-half barrel 98 Wheat flour, per quarter barrel sack 49 Wheat flour, per eighth barrel sack , 24}d Cornmeal, per bushel sack 48 Cornmeal, per half bushel sack 24 Cornmeal, per quarter bushel sack 12. Alfalfa seed, per bushel 60 Apples, green, per bushel 50 Apples, dried, per bushel 24 Barley, per bushel 48 Beans, green or string, per bushel 24 Beans, wax, per bushel 24 Beans, white, per bushel 60 Beans, castor, per bushel 46 Beets, per bushel 60 Blue grass seed, per bushel 14 Bran, per bushel 20 Buckwheat, per bushel 52 ^ 'arrots, per bushel - 50 Cha bushel 20 ^ " seed, per bushel 60 Clove^ ^ Coal, K ® p 1 bushel 40 Coke, perv i i i room, per bushel... 48 Lorn seed.-b ’ i - /V 1 -1 olted, per bushel 48 kornmeal, unb - Weights and Measures 303 Articles Pounds Corn, in ear, per bushel.. 70 Corn, Kaffir, per bushel 56 Corn, shelled, per bushel 56 Cotton seed, per bushel 32 Cranberries, per bushel 33 Cucumbers, per bushel 48 Emmer, per bushel 40 Flaxseed, per bushel.../ 56 Gooseberries, per bushel 40 Hair, plastering, unwashed, per bushel 8 Hair, plastering, washed, per bushel.... 4 Hemp seed, per bushel .'.... 44 Hickory nuts, per bushel 50 Hungarian grass seed, per bushel 50 Indian corn or maize, per bushel 56 Lime, per bushel 80 Malt, per bushel ^ '. 38 Alillet, per bushel 50 Millet, Japanese barnyard, per bushel. .' 35 Oats, per 1)ushel 32 Onions, per bushel 57 Onion sets, top, per bushel 30 Onion sets, bottom, per bushel 32 Orchard grass seed, per bushel 14 Osage orange seed, per bushel 33 Parsnips, per bushel 50 Peaches, per bushel 48 Peaches, dried, per bushel 33 Peanuts, green, per l)ushel :.... 22 Peanuts, roasted, per bushel 20 Pears, per bushel ! 58 Peas, dried, per bushel 60 Peas, green in pod, per bushel 32 Popcorn, in the ear, per bushel 70 Popcorn, shelled, per bushel 56 Potatoes, Irish, per bushel 60 Potatoes, Sweet, per bushel 50 304 Weights and Measures Articles Pounds Quinces, per bushel..... 48 Rape seed, per bushel 50 Red Top seed, per bushel..... 14 Rough rice, per bushel 45 Rutabagas, per bushel 50 Rye, meal, per bushel 50 Rye, per bushel 56 Salt, coarse, per bushel 55 Salt, fine, per bushel 50 Shorts, per bushel 20 Sorghum seed, per bushel 50 Spelt, per bushel 40 Spinach, per bushel 12 Sweet clover seed, unhulled, per bushel 33 Timothy seed, per bushel 45 Tomatoes, per bushel . 56 Turnips, per bushel 55 Walnuts, per bushel , 50 Wheat, per bushel 60 The following named articles of produce shall be sold only by weight or numerical count: Asparagus, beets, beans (green, wax, navy and lima), carrots, cranberries, cabbage, grapes, hickory nuts, herring, honey (in comb), lettuce, mackerel, onions, potatoes, peaches, pears, plums, peas (dried and fresh), popcorn, parsnips, rutabagas, sauer kraut, sweet potatoes, spinach, turnips, tomatoes and walnuts. § 3. Inspections — When Made. It shall be the duty of said Inspector to inspect and examine, at least once in each year, all weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards and other instruments used for weighing and measuring in the City of Rock Island, except track scales and scales of a capacity of three (3) tons or upwards, which shall be inspected at least once in every six months, and to stamp with a suitable seal all weights, measures and scales so used which he may find accurate, and to deliver to the owner thereof a certificate of their accuracy. Weights and Measures 305 § 4. Register Kept by Inspector. It shall be the duty of said Inspector to make a register of all the weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards, and other instru- ments used for weighing inspected and sealed by him, in which he shall state the names of the owners of the same and whether they are conformable to the standard of this State. § 5. Inspector Not to Vend Scale or Measure. It shall not be lawful for the Inspector to vend any weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards or other instruments to be used for weighing, or to offer or expose the same for sale, or to be interested directly or indirectly in the sale of the same in the city, under a penalty of fifty ($50) dollars for every such offense. § 6. Condemned Weights and Measures. The said In- spector shall examine, inspect and seal all weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards and other beams used for weighing at stores and places where the same may be used ; but in case they, or any of them, shall not be conform- able to the standard of this State, they shall be marked “Con- demned” and the owner thereof shall within ten days there- after have the same properly adjusted and sealed, and the Inspector may at any time after the expiration of the time aforesaid seize and destroy any and all such condemned weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards and other instruments used for weighing found in use. § 7. Charge lor Inspection — When Made. It shall not be lawful for the said Inspector to make charges for inspecting and examining weights, measures, scale beams, ^ patent bal- ances, steelyards and other instruments used for weighing more than once each year (except charges for inspecting and examining track scales and scales of a capacity of three (3) tons or upwards, which shall not be made more than once in every six months), unless such weights, measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards and other instruments used in weighing and measuring shall not be found to be conform- able to the standard of this State. 306 Weights and Measures § 8. Report of Inspection Fees. The Inspector of Weights and Measures shall ])ay over to the Commissioner of accounts and Finances each month all fees, charges, moneys or valuable consideration of any kind whatsoever collected or received by him by reason of or on account of performance by him of the duties of his office, and each such payment shall be accompanied by a report in writing, and verified by affidavit of said Inspector, and which report shall show in detail all fees, charges, moneys or valuable consideration of any kind paid to or collected or received by said Inspector during the month, and such report shall be made monthly and shall accompany such monthly payment as hereinbefore provided for. §9. Inspection Fees — Amount. The Inspector of W eights and Measures shall demand and receive for the use of the City, before the delivery of the certificate provided for in and by section 2 of this ordinance, the following fees: F(W inspecting and sealing scales of a capacity of 6,000 pounds and upward, each $1.50 h"or inspecting and sealing scales of a capacity of 2,500 pounds up to 6,000 pounds, each 1.00 h'or inspecting and sealing scales of a capacity of 240 pounds up to 2,500 pounds, each 35 l^'or inspecting and sealing scales of a capacity of 2 pounds to 240 pounds, each 20 1^4 >r inspecting and sealing ho|)])er scales, each 1.25 For inspecting and sealing two bushel, one bushel and one-half bushel, each •. 15 For inspecting and sealing any other dry measures, each.. .10 h'or inspecting and sealing any automatic weighing ma- chine or any instrument or device of a capacity of less than three tons used for weighing or measuring any person or animal for hire or reward, each 50 h4>r inspecting and sealing all pumps used for pumping and measuring oil (same to be insj)ected at least four times each year), each 25 Weights and Measures 307 For inspecting and sealing liquid measures of a capacity of one gallon and upward 10 For inspecting and sealing any other liquid measure, each .10 For inspecting and sealing milk bottles, each 02 P'or inspecting and sealing yard measures, each 05 In every case where said Inspector may at the request of the owner or person in possession, charge or control of any scale, weight or measure employ labor or material in making such scale, weight or measure accurate, he shall charge or receive from such owner or person for use of the city a just and reasonable compensation for such labor or material. § 10. Correct Standards to be Furnished. The Commis- sioner of Accounts and Finances, at the expense of the city, shall procure correct and approved standards of weights and measures of the standard adopted by the State of Illinois and the United States, with the necessary sub-divisions, together with the proper beams and scales for the purpose of testing the weights and measures of said standard used in the city. § 11. User Must Ask Inspection. Fvery person using- weights. measures, scale beams, patent balances, steelyards or any instrument for weighing or measuring any article in- tended to be purchased or sold in the city, or in weighing or measuring any person or animal for hire or reward, shall cause the same to be inspected and sealed by the Inspector (T' Weights and Measures in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. § 12. Peddlers’ Scales Inspected Annually. All itiner- ant peddlers and hawkers using scales, balances, weights or measures shall take the same to the office of the Inspector of W'eights and Measures before any use is made thereof and have the same sealed and adjusted annually; and any such person failing to comply with the ])rovisions of this section shall be fined as ])rovided in section 19 hereof ; and every day such person shall use such scales, balances, weights or meas- ures without having the same adjusted and sealed as herein- before provided shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. 308 Weights and Measures § 13. Deceit or Fraud in Sale. No person or corporation shall practice deceit or fraud of any kind whatsoever in the sale of wood, coal, grain, berries, fruit, vegetables, liquids or fluids of any kind, or any other commodity or article of mer- chandise of any kind whatsoever, whether sold by dry meas- urement or liquid measurement, by selling or offering for sale any such wood, coal, grain, berries, fruit, vegetable, liquids or fluids of any kind or any other commodity or article of merchandise of any kind whatsoever in quantities of less weight or measure than the weight or measure represented by the vendor or his agent or employe upon such sale or offer for sale, or shall sell or offer for sale any article by dry measurement in other than a legal dry measure, or any article of liquid measurement in other than the legal liquid measure, or in other than a measure which has been inspected and sealed by the Inspector of Weights and Measures in accord- ance with and pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. § 14. Size of Milk Bottles. No person or corporation shall sell or offer for sale within the city any milk or cream in bottles or in glass jars unless such bottles or glass jars be of a capacity of either one-half pint, one pint, or one quart; and no milk or cream shall be sold or offered for sale within the city in any bottle or glass jar of size or capacity other than or different from the sizes and capacities herein pre- scril)ed. Each such bottle or glass jar in which milk or cream is sold or offered for sale shall have blown into it in legible and conspicuous manner the capacity thereof, and the In- spector of Weights and Measures shall have the right at any time to examine any bottle or glass jar in which milk or cream is sold or offered for sale in order to ascertain whether such bottle or jar is of the capacity it purports to be. If any such bottle or /ar is of less capacity than that which it pur- ports to be, the person or corporation selling or offering for sale milk or cream in any such bottle or jar or having in his or its possession any such bottle or jar to be used or which has been used for the purposes of containing milk or cream to be sold or offered for sale shall be fined as provided in section Weights and Measures 309 19 hereof ; and each and every bottle or jar found in the pos- session of any person or corporation used or to be used or which has been used by such person or corporation for the purpose of containing milk or cream to be sold or offered for sale in the city which shall be found to be of a less capacity than blown into same or to be of a different size than that authorized in and by the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate and distinct offense on the part of such person or corporation. § 15. Officer May Compel Weighing. It shall be lawful for any policeman or the Inspector of Weights and Measures to demand of any person having coal, wood, hay, grain or other commodity in wagon load lots which has been weighed and is about to be sold and delivered that he accompany said officer or officers to the city scales or other accurate scales wliere the wagon load can be weighed. 'Idle officer demanding the weighing of such commodities lias authority to inspect the ticket showing weights made by the vendor so as to compare same with the weights made at the scales used by the officer. § 16. Use of Scale Not Inspected and Sealed. No per- son shall in weighing or measuring any article for the pur- ])ose of sale ’within the city use any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steelyard or other instrument, or shall maintain or operate any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steelyard, or other instrument, whether automatic or otherwise, used for the purpose of weighing or measuring any person or animal for hire or reward which has not been sealed or for which the aforesaid certificate has not been olitained from the Inspector as required by this Chapter. § 17. Use of Scale or Measure Not Standard. No per- son, firm or corporation shall use, maintain or operate in the city, in weighing or measuring as aforesaid, any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balances, steelyards, or other instrument which shall not be conformable to the standard of this State, or shall use in weighing as aforesaid any scale 310 Year beam, patent l)alance, steelyard or other instrument which shall be out of order or incorrect, or which shall not balance. § 18. Obstructing Inspection. No person shall refuse to exhibit any weight, measure, scale beam, patent balance, steelyard or other instrument to said Inspector for the pur- pose of its being so inspected or examined. And no person shall in any way or manner obstruct, hinder or molest the Inspector of Weights and Measures in the performance of the duties as hereby imposed upon him. § 19. Violations — Penalty. Any person, firm or corpora- tion who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter, or who shall violate any of the rules, regulations or requirements set forth herein, shall for every such offense ])e hned in a sum of not less than three ($3) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, unless a diff'erent punish- ment is provided herein. All fines and penalties imposed by these rules shall be recoverable by summary proceedings before any Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, and all actions at law instituted for the recovery thereof shall be in the name and for the use of the City of Rock Island, and upon recovery thereof all such fines and penalties shall be paid to the City Treasurer of the City of Rock Island. Section 1. d'he fiscal year of said city shall commence on the 1st day of April of each calendar year. § 2. The municipal year of said city shall commence on the first Monday in May of each calendar year. CHAPTER ,YEAR Revised Ordinances of 1918 311 CHAPTER 58 Ri:\'ISED ()RD1NANCP:S of 1918 An Ordinance adopting the foregoing Ordinances as the "Re- vised Laws and Ordinances of 1918” and repealing all other Ordinances in conflict therewith. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Rock Island, Illinois ; Section 1. That the foregoing ordinances, numbered from Chapter One to Chapter Fifty-seven, are hereby adopted as and shall constitute and be denominated the "Laws and Ordi- nances governing the City of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois,” said ordinances being as follows: Chapter > 1. An ordinance relating to Amusements. 2. An ordinance relating to Animals. 3. An ordinance relating to Auctioneers. 4. An ordinance relating to Bill Posting. 5. An ordinance relating to Brewers. 6. An ordinance relating to Building and Construction. 7. An ordinance relating to Burial of the Dead. 8. An ordinance relating to Butchers. 9. An ordinance relating to City Attorney. 10. An ordinance relating to City Council. 11. An ordinance relating to City Engineer. 12. An ordinance relating to City Jail. 13. An ordinance relating to City Tools and Implements 14. An ordinance relating to Clairvoyants. 15. An ordinance relating to Corporate Seal. 16. An ordinance relating to Dogs. 17. An ordinance relating to Electrical Regulations. 18. An ordinance relating to Expressmen. 19. An ordinance relating to Ferries. 20. An ordinance relating tn I'ines and Penalties. 21. An ordinance relating to Eire. 22. An ordinance relating to Carnes. 23. An ordinance relating to ( lasol ine. 312 Revised Ordinances of 1918 24. An ordinance relating to Health. 25. An ordinance relating to Health Regulations. 26. An ordinance relating to Ice Cream. 27. An ordinance relating to Insurance Tax. 28. An ordinance relating to Levee — Landing of Boats. 29. An ordinance relating to Library. 30. An ordinance relating to Licenses. 31. An ordinance relating to Maps and Plats. 32. An ordinance relating to Milk Inspection. 33. An ordinance relating to Misdemeanors. 34. An ordinance relating to Nuisances. 35. An ordinance relating to Officers. 36. An ordinance relating to Ordinances. 37. An ordinance sioners. relating to Parks and Park Commis- 38. An ordinance relating to Pawn Shops and Junk Yards. 39. An ordinance Traders. relating to Peddlers and Transient 40. All ordinance relating to Plumbing. 41. An ordinance relating to Police. 42. An ordinance relating to Popcorn and Peanut Stands. 43. An ordinance missioners relating to Powers and Duties of Com- as Superintendents. 44. An ordinance relating to Railroads. 45. An ordinance relating to Runners. 46. An ordinance relating to Salaries. 47. An ordinance relating to Scavengers. 48. An ordinance relating to Sewerage. 49. An ordinance relating to Sidewalks. 50. An ordinance relating to Soft Drink Vendors. 51. An ordinance relating to Streets. 52. An ordinance relating to Street Traffic. 53. An ordinance relating to Taxicabs and Motor Busses. 54. An ordinance relating to Wagons. 55. An ordinance relating to Waterworks. 56. An ordinance relating to Weights and Measures. 57. An ordinance relating to Year. 58. An ordinance relating to Revised Ordinances of 1918. Revised Ordinances of 1918 313 § 2. That all public or general ordinances or parts thereof not included in this revision and the foregoing ordinances, except ordinances granting franchises or rights to individuals and corporations, and extensions and limitations of such rights, and ordinances establishing the grades of streets, alleys and avenues, and ordinances making appropriations for public expenditures, and ordinances establishing, alter- ing, widening, contracting or vacating streets, alleys, or ave- nues, or establishing the width thereof, and all ordinances for public improvements, be and the same are hereby re- pealed so far as they conflict with the provisions of the ordi- nances in this Chapter mentioned; but no fine, forfeiture, penalty, right, action, suit, debt, claims or liability whatso- ever created, instituted, incurred, accrued or in any manner arising out of any ordinances hereby repealed shall be re- leased, discharged, annulled, repealed, or in any way affected, but may be prosecuted, recovered, enjoined or defended, or any suit or other proceeding be commenced or completed thereon as fully and in the same manner in all respects as if such ordinances or part thereof had remained in full force. Nor shall any existing term of office or the emoluments thereof be in anywise affected by this repeal. § 3. Private ordinances, orders, resolutions and by-laws passed by the Council are not repealed unless repugnant to the provisions of the foregoing ordinances, and ordinances granting privileges or which expire after a term of years shall not be enlarged or abridged by their want of incorpora- tion herein, but shall cease to be in force at the time and under the conditions as provided in the original ordinance. WILLIAM M’CONOCHIE, Mayor. Passed, November 12th, 1918. Attest: MARTIN T. RUDGREN, City Clerk. [Corporate Seal of City of Rock Island.] Published December 9th, A. D. 1918. 314 City Clerk’s Certificate CITY CLERK’S CERTIFICATE State of Illinois City of Rock Island County of Rock Island ss: CITY CLERK’S OFFICE. I, M. T. Riidgren, City Clerk of the City of Rock Island, do hereby certify that the foregoing “Revised Ordinances” of the City of Rock Island, Illinois, published by authority of the Council and revised and arranged by John K. Scott, and printed by Drifhll Printing Company, were duly t)assed by the Council of the City of Rock Island, approved by the Mayor and published according to law as of the dates therein mentioned, both as to the original ordinances and to those parts amendatory, the same as noted therein. Tha't the afore- said ordinances, both original and amendatory, are true and perfect copies of the original ordinances, as passed and ap- pro\'ed, and now of record and on hie in my office as pro- vided by law. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the cor]:>orate seal of said City of Rock 'Island, this 19th day of November, A. D. 1918. M. T. RUDGRFN, City Clerk City of Rock Island. ISeal.l INDEX Actions — See fines and penalties '108 Adulteration — Dilution of milk 156 A 11 ey — Filth not allowed in 132 A musements — Ordinance concerning L 33 License required — F"ee 34 Hours of closing 173 Animals — Not to run at large 36 Presumption of owner’s guilt 36 License required to slaughter 70 Bringing in with contagious disease 138 Sick or diseased cow 158 Cruelty to animals '. 168 Leaving horses untied 169 Howling and barking dogs 172 Not to leave animals unburied 169 Slaughter of animals 182 Keeping cattle and fowls in city 183 A ppointments — Of assistants and em])loyes 244 Assault and Battery — Ordinance concerning 170 Assignment — Of licenses 145 Assistance to Officers — May be required. 113 Assistant City Engineer — Ordinance establishing 73 Salary of 250 A ttorney — Duties of City Attorney 71 316 Index Automobile — Passing standing street car with auto 280 Auctioneer — License — Bond 37 Fraudulent sales prohibited. 37 Awnings — Ordinance concerning 264 Bathing — Bathing in public place 165 Barn Boss — Ordinance concerning 188 Salary of 253 Births and Deaths — Record of to be kept 128 Birth record to be kept 136 Bill Posting — Ordinance concerning 38 Bill Boards — Ordinance concerning 58 Billiards — License for required 117 Blowing Up Building — At time of fire ' 112 Board of Local Improvements — Ordinance establishing 187 Board of Examiners — For plumbers 203 Bonds — To be given by a circus 36 Of auctioneers ^ 37 To be examined by City Attorney 71 Of city officers 186 Of inspector on improvement work 187 Improvement bonds 191 Of park commissioners 193 Of sidewalk contractor 261 Of house mover 275 Index 317 Bottles — Size of milk bottles 308 Use of old bottles prohibited 158 Books — Infected books in library ...144 Boats — Loading of regulated 141 Brewers — Ordinance licensing 39 Breach of the Peace — Ordinance concerning .*....172 Building and Construction — Requirements — Penalty 39 Foundations 40 Walls — Material and workmanship 40 Skylights — Chimneys 46 Floors 48 Boiler rooms ; 48 Joists — Partitions 50 Stand-pipe 50 Fire escapes ! 51 Elevators and stairs 52 Space under sidewalks 52 Use of streets while constructing building 52 Fire-proof buildings 53 Theatres 54 Repairs and additions 55 Wooden buildings prohibited 56 Wooden buildings — Removal — Repairing 57 Bill boards 58 Superintendent of buildings : 58 Application for construction 59 Fees for construction 59 Permits — When revoked 60-62 Doors to open outwards 60 Records and inspections .’ 61 Wrecking buildings 63 Definition of terms 64 Strength of brick or tile 64 Ventilation 65 Hardware for doors 66 Unsafe and unsanitary building 130-229 Dangerous and unsafe building 181 318 Index Buttermilk — Ordinance concerning r 157 Butchers — Ordinance licensing 68 Storage of meats 68 Burial of the Dead — Wliere burial is allowed 66 Registry — Record — Permit 67 Cesspools — Ordinance concerning 226 Chief of Police — Powers and duties..... 232 To keep an office 234 Bond of Chief 186 Salary of Chief 251 Chimneys — Construction of.. 46 When in dangerous condition 46 City Officers — At time of revision 3 Since incorporation of city 9-30 Ordinance concerning 185 City Departments — How constituted 240 City Attorney — Duties of City Attorney 71 Salary of City Attorney 250 Bond of City Attorney 186 City Engineer — Duties of City Engineer 73 Salary of City IHigineer 250 Bond of City Engineer... - 186 City Physician — Power and duties of 120 When to render services free 122 To vaccinate all a])plicants 123 May establish quarantine ..124 To keep record of births and deaths 128 Index 319 City Physician — (Continued) ro keep office hours 128 Bond of City Physician 186 Salary of City Physician 252 City Clerk — Duties of City Clerk 240 Bond of City Clerk 240 Deputy City Clerk — Salary. 250 Clerk’s certificate to revised ordinances 311 City Electrician — Duties of City Electrician 81 Bond of City Electrician 186 Salary of City Electrician ....253 City Stenographer — Ordinance establishing office ....188 Salary of City Stenographer... 250 City Inspector — Right to enter premises 153 Bond of City Inspector 186 Salary of City Inspector 252 Ordinance establishing office 301 Inspection, when made 304 Duties of Inspector 305 Report of inspection .' 305 Obstructing inspection 310 City Tools and Implements — Ordinance regarding 76 Circus — License and bond required. , 33-36 Clairvoyants — Ordinance regulating 77 Corporate Seal — Ordinance concerning 78 Coasting on Streets — Ordinance concerning 170 Combustible Material — Ordinance regulating same 116 320 Index Concealed Weapons — Ordinance concerning 173 Permit to carry 174 Commissioners — Duties of City Commissioners 239 Salaries of City Commissioners 250 Council — Place and time of meeting 72 Powers and duty of City Council 239 Curfew Law — Ordinance concerning 171 Department of Public Affairs — Ordinance concerning ! 240 Department of Accounts and Finances — Ordinance concerning 240 Department of Public Health and Safety — Ordinance concerning 241 Department of Streets and Public Improvements — Ordinance concerning 242 Department of Public Property — Ordinance concerning 243 Denkmann Square — Ordinance concerning 194 Dimmer — Required on headlight 282 Disorderly House — May be entered forcibly 167 Disorderly Conduct — ' Ordinance concerning 172 Disturbing the Peace — Ordinance concerning 170 Disturbing School or Assembly — Ordinance concerning 172 Distillery — Ordinance concerning 181 Index 321 Doors — Shall be constructed to open outwards 54 Dogs — Ordinance licensing 78 Tax checks required 79 Dangerous dogs not to run at large 79 Definition of word “dog” 80 Douglas Park — Ordinance concerning 194 Drains — Construction of - 209 Driving — Driving over fire hose forbidden 114 Fast driving prohibited 282 Drunkenness — Ordinance concerning 164 w Drunkards — Blacklisting habitual drunkard 237 Electrical Rules and Regulations — Lighting and wiring 81-89 Rules and regulations for interior work 90-91 Rules and regulations for overhead and under- ground work 92-97 Moving picture machine regulations 91-101 Expressmen — Ordinance concerning 102 Charges allowed 102-103 Expectorating — On sidewalk 138 Excavation — When made in streets and alleys 273 Restoring street after excavation 277 Not to be made in paved street 277 Falsely Representing Police — Ordinance concerning 236 False Alarm — Ordinance concerning 173 322 Index Fare — Of expressmen 102 Of taxicabs and motor busses 286 Driver may demand fare in advance 287 For traveling on ferry 106 Fees — Of Sidewalk Inspector 262 Of Inspector of Weights and Measures 306 Of Building Inspector.... 59 Of Plumbing Inspector 208 Of City Electrician.. 86 Ferries— Ordinance concerning 104 Fare allowed to be charged 106 Fire Limits — Wooden buildings prohibited within 56 Fire limits defined 114 Fire Department — Ordinance concerning 109 Powers and duties of Fire Chief 110 Assistant Chief and firemen Ill Blowing up buildings 112 Buildings of fire department 113 Fire Chief to regulate storage of fireworks 116 False alarm of fire 173 Salary of members 251 Department has right of way on streets 283 Fire-Proof Buildings — Ordinance concerning 53 Fire Escapes — Ordinance concerning 51 Fireworks — Sale and storage of same 115 Not to discharge within city limits 168 Firearms — Use of same regulated 168 Fines and Penalties — Ordinance concerning 108 Index 323 Films — ^ Protection of moving picture films 98 Fiscal Year — Ordinance concerning 310 Floors — Construction of 48 Foundations — Construction of t 40 Forestalling — Ordinance concerning 178 Fortune Teller — Fortune tellers, clairvoyants and palmists 77 Free Transportation — For city officials .189 Fraudulent Sales — Ordinance concerning 37 Deceit or fraud in sales 308 Funeral — Unlawful to drive through 282 Furnace — Hot air furnaces regulated 47 Games — Billiard tables- — License required 117 Pool hall — Petition for license,' etc 117 Gambling — Gaming house defined 166 Gaming instruments to be destroyed 166 Garbage — Receptacle required for * 136 Garnsey Square — Ordinance concerning 193 Gasoline — Storage of same regulated 119 Gates and Guards — Required to be constructed by railroads 246 324 Index Grades — To be given by City Engineer 73 For sidewalk construction 263 Gunpowder — Sale and storage of same regulated 115 Gutters — Where same are to be located 262 Health— Duties and power of City Physician 120 Persons when to be vaccinated 123 Quarantine, when to be established 124 Salaries of members of department 252 Health Regulations— Fumigation 129 Unsanitary and unsafe building 130 Filth deposited in alley 132 Outside privy 133 Stables and manure 134 Physician to report diseases 135 Vaccination 135 Garbage disposal 136 Stable manure receptacle 136 Foodstuffs to be elevated over walk 136 Expectorating on sidewalk 138 Historical Note — On organization of city 5 Hitching Posts — Ordinance concerning 264 Houses — Consent to move required 57 Unsanitary and unsafe houses 130 Numbering of houses 272 Owner to number when requested 273 Moving houses on streets 274 House Mover — License and bond required 275 Regulation for moving houses 274 Humane Officer — Ordinance concerning 187 Index 325 Hydrants — Use of public and private hydrants 290 Ice Cream — Ordinance concerning 139 111 Fame — Houses of ill fame 166 May be entered forcibly 167 Indecent Acts — Indecent exposure of person 165 Indecent exposure of stud horse or bull 165 Insurance Tax — Ordinance concerning 140 Inspection — Resisting City Inspector 152 Inspection of plumbing 228 Inspection of Aveights and measures 301 Inspector — Duty and powers of City Inspector 301 Jail— Ordinance concerning city jail 75 Junk Yard — Ordinance regulating establishment of 199 Laborers — Wages of laborers for city 254 Levee — Ordinance concerning city levee 141 Lincoln Park — Ordinance concerning 195 Library — Ordinance concerning 143 Salary of members of board 254 Licenses — Ordinance regulating the issuance of 145 For amusements 33 Public garden or park 35 326 Index Licenses — ( Continued ) What licenses are to specify - 35 Auctioneers 37 Bill-posting 38 Brewers 39 Butchers 68 Clairvoyants and fortune tellers 77 Expressmen ^ 102 Billiard and pool halls 117 Milk vendors 148 Pawn brokers 197 Peddlers 200 Plumbers :....206 Popcorn and peanut stands 238 Soft drink vendors 269 House mover 275 Taxicabs and motor busses 284 Lights — On autos and other vehicles 282 Dimmer required on headlight 282 Maps — Ordinance concerning maps and plats 147 Mayor — Duties and powers of 240 Salary of the Mayor : 250 Meters— Meter bills 294 Meter rates established 296 When meters are to be installed 297 Injury to meter 298 Milk— Ordinance regulating inspection of 148 Milk vendor’s license required 148 Vehicles, premises, cleanliness 150 Resisting inspection 152 Right of entry of Inspector , 153 Milk and cream tests 154 Skimmed milk 155 Impure milk 155 Adulteration or dilution ^ * 156 Condensed milk 156 Confiscation of impure milk 157 Index 327 Milk — ( Continued ) Buttermilk 157 Certified milk 159 Standard for pasteurized milk 159 Grades of milk — Scoring 160 Size of milk bottles 308 Misdemeanors — Ordinance concerning 164 Animals running at large 36 Throwing filth in street 68 Dangerous dogs not to run at large 79 Misdemeanors defined 164 Offenses against good morals and decency 164 Indecent exposure 165 Bathing in public 165 Indecent exposure of stud horse or bull — 165 Gambling 166 Disorderly houses 167 Cruelty to animals 168 Use of firearms and explosives.. 168 Leaving horses untied 169 Obstructing streets and sidewalks 169 Flying kites 169 Coasting on streets.... 170 Assault and battery 170 Disturbing the peace 170 Curfew law 171 Disorderly conduct 172 Disturbing school or assembly 172 False alarm of fire 173 Processions to have permission 173 Places of amusements — Hours of closing 173 Concealed weapons 173 Resistance to officers 174-235 Injury to streets or sewers 174 Eave trough required • 175 Injury to fences, trees, etc 175 Depositing rubbish in streets 175 Littering streets 176 Combustible matter on streets 177 Riding bicycle on sidewalk 177 Damaging public squares or parks 178 Scattering debris in public park 178 Forestalling 178 Street car advertising on the outside 179 328 Index Misdemeanors — ( Continued ) Mail boxes — Unlawful use of 179 Obnoxious weeds 179 Trimming of trees required 180 Vagabonds 180 Falsely representing the police 236 Railroads not to obstruct streets 245 Privy vaults to be cleaned on notice 256 Passing street car with auto ....280 Driving through a funeral 282 Intoxicated person not to drive 282 Plumber to turn on water before final test 299 Deceit or fraud in sales 308 Use of scale or measure not standard 309 Moving Picture Theatre — Petition for required :.. 35 Construction of theatre 54 Construction of machine enclosure 97 Operator of machine 101 Moving Buildings — Moving wooden buildings requires consent 57 Regulations for moving 274 Municipal Year — Ordinance concerning 310 Names — Of city officers : 9-30 Of streets 271 Numbers — Of streets 272 Of houses 272 Nuisances — Ordinance concerning 181 Dangerous and unsafe building.. 181 Distillery and rendering works 181 Running offensive matter into river 181 Oath — Oath of city officers 186 Obstructing — X Obstructing streets and sidewalks 169-264 Index 329 Offenses — Against good morals and decency 164 Affecting public property 168 Affecting public peace and quiet 170 Affecting streets, property and merchandise 174 Officers — List of, from incorporation of city 9 Superintendent of Buildings 58 City Attorney 71 City Engineer 73 City Electrician 81 City Physician 120 Library Board 143 City Inspector 153 City officers — Ordinance concerning 185 Humane Officer 187 Visiting Nurse : 187 Barn Boss 188 City Stenographer 188 Park Board ' 192 City Clerk 240 Superintendent of Streets 242 Plumbing Inspector ' 207 Scavenger 255 Superintendent of Water Works 298 Office Hours — Of Mayor and Commissioners 72 Operators at Incinerator — Ordinance concerning 252 Ordinances — Publication of ordinances 4 An ordinance revising the general ordinances 33 Construction of ordinances 189 Repeal of ordinances 191 Revised laws and ordinances of 1918 312 Parking and Ranking — Of automobiles and other vehicles 279 Parturition of Cow — Ordinance concerning 158 330 Index Parks and Park Commissioners — Damage to contents of park 178 Ordinance designating and regulating 192 Plays and games in parks 196 Salary of commissioners 254 Pawn Shops — Ordinance concerning 197 Pedestrians — On streets and sidewalks 281 Peddlers and Transient Traders — Ordinance concerning 200 District for peddlers defined 201 Transient traders — Who are 202 Scales and measures to be inspected 307 Plumbing — Ordinance regulating 203 Plumbing Inspector 207 Inspection fees 208 Drain construction 209 Soil and leader pipes — ...212 Traps required for fixtures.. 216 Setting of fixtures : 222 Water closets 223 Urinals .....224 Water closets in yards .....225 Cesspools and privy vaults 226 Changes ordered in plumbing....... 227' Final test — -Inspection ,... 228 Sinks and' closets in tenament houses 229 Plumber leaving water turned on ....299 Plumbing Inspector — ‘Ordinance concerning 207 . Powers of Inspector...... 229 Salary of Inspector.. 252 Pipes — Laying pipes in streets 276 Poles — For street lights 277 Index 331 Police — Ordinance concerning 231 Chief of Police, duties 232 Policemen, powers and duties 232 Policemen, neglect of duty 234 Police Matron 235 Resisting an officer 235 Must render assistance to officer 236 Falsely representing the police 236 Blacklisting habitual drunkard 237 Salary of members 251 Police Matron — Ordinance ^concerning 235 Popcorn and Peanut Stands — Ordinance concerning 238 Post Office — Employes not subject to traffic ordinance 283 Powers and Duties of Commissioners — Ordinance concerning ' 239 The Council 239 Department of Public Affairs. i. 240 . Salary of 250 Department of Accounts and Finances 240 Salary of 250 Department of Public Health and Safety 241 Salary of 251 Department of Streets and Public Improvements 242 Salary of 254 Department of Public Property .'... 243 Salary of .- 253 Rules of the various departments 244 Prefatory 5 Private Sewer — Connection with private sewer 258 Ordinance concerning 259 Privy Vault — ^ Regulations concerning 133 Ordinance concerning 226 To be cleaned on notice 256 Contents not to be distributed 256 332 Index Property — When left in taxicabs 285 Processions — Permit required on Sunday 173 Provision of City Charter — Bill passed by Legislature 8 Public Garden — Ordinance concerning 35 Public Property — Injury to 174 Injury to fences, trees, etc 175 Public Squares — Damage to contents 178 Scattering debris 178 Publication of Ordinances — Ordinance authorizing same 4 Quarantine— When services are to be rendered free by City Physician 122 How established and regulated 124 Railroads — Ordinance concerning 245 Not to obstruct streets 245 Gates and guards required 246 Maintaining sewer under tracks 247 Rates — Water rates and discounts 294 Water rates established 295 Rebates — On water rent 300 On special assessments 300 Rendering — Rendering offal 69 Rendering works 181 Resistance to Officers — Ordinance concerning 235 Offense of resisting an officer 174 Index 333 Revised Ordinances — Ordinance adopting the revised ordinances 312 Right of Way — In street traffic 280 When fire department has 283 River — Not to run offensive matter in river 181 Roller Skating Rink — Ordinance concerning 35 Salaries — Ordinance concerning 250 In Department of Public Affairs 250 In Department of Accounts and Finances 250 In Department of Public Health and Safety 251 In Department of Public Property 253 In Department of Streets and Public Improvements. ...254 Park Commissioners and Library Board 254 Sales — Fraudulent sales prohibited 37 Deceit or fraud in 308 Scavengers — Ordinance concerning 255 Duties of Scavenger prescribed .....255 Privy vault to be cleaned on notice 256 Report to Chief of Police 256 Compensation of Scavenger 257 Seal- Corporate seal of city 78 Sewers — Breaking or opening into forbidden 174 ' Permits required for connection 'with 230 Sewers under railroad tracks 247 Ordinance concerning sewers = 258 Not to connect with unless on payment 258 Private sewer 259 Payment for sewer connection 259 Signs — Over sidewalks 60 Inspection of signs, repairs 265 334 Index Sidewalks — Use of space under sidewalks 52 Expectorating on sidewalk ..138 Obstructing with team 169 Riding bicycle on sidewalk 177 No encroachments allowed on 183 Space on sidewalks 184 Construction of sidewalks 260 Sidewalk contractor — Bond 261 Inspection of sidewalks — Fees 262 Location of gutters and shade trees 262 Grades and elevation .263 Ordinance for construction of 263 Injury to sidewalk to be repaired 263 Hitching posts — Awnings 264 Obstructions on walks 264 Inspection of signs, repairs 265 Stoops, platforms, railings, etc 266 Windows, showcases, steps 266 Snow and ice on sidewalks 267 No painting allowed on walk 268 Widths of walks established 268 Slaughtering — Ordinance concerning 70 Snow and Ice — To be kept off of sidewalks 267 Soft Drink Vendors — Ordinance concerning .269 Inspection of premises 270 Speed — At intersections of streets 280 Within city limits .282 Of sprinkling car 283 Sprinkling — Of yards or streets 283 Spencer Square — Ordinance concerning 193 Standard — Of weights and measures 302 Standard to be furnished on request 307 Index 335 Stephenson Square — Ordinance concerning 193 Street Cars — Advertising on cars 179 Automobiles passing cars : - 280 Streets — Use of street while constructing building 52 To be kept clean 132 Obstructing same with team .....169 Coasting on streets 170 Excavation in forbidden .....* 174 Depositing rubbish in streets 175 Littering streets forbidden 176 Placing combustible matter on ....177 No encroachments allowed on 183 Opening streets ...184 Railroads not to obstruct streets 245 Names of streets 271 Street and house numbers 272 Owner to number house-. 273 Excavation in street or alley 273 Moving house on streets 274 Laying pipes in streets 276 Excavations in streets 277 Poles for street lights 277 Street Traffic — Ordinance concerning 278 Parking and ranking of vehicles 279 Right of way 280 Pedestrians — Crowds 281 Speed within city limits 282 Driving through a funeral 282 Lights, horns, dimmers 282 Cut-out 283 Fire department has right of way 283 Post office employes exempt from acts 283 Superintendent of Buildings — Ordinance concerning ^ 58 Salary of 254 Superintendent of Streets — Ordinance concerning 242 Assistant Superintendent of Streets — Salary of 254 336 Index Superintendent of Water Works — Ordinance concerning 243 To have control of all employes 298 To make report to City Clerk 299 T annery — Ordinance concerning 132 Taxicabs and Motor Busses — Drivers to obey police .....236 Ordinance concerning 284 Public stands 285 Designation of cars 285 Rate of fare allowed 286 T erms — Definition of building terms 64 Definition of street traffic terms ..278 Theatres — Ordinance regulating construction of 54 T ires — Width of established ....288 Tools and Implements — City tools and implements 76 Traffic — Street traffic regulations 278 Transient Traders — Ordinance concerning 202 Trees — Injury to forbidden 175 Trimming of trees required 180 Location of shade trees 262 Undrawn Animals — Sale of undrawn animals prohibited 68 Unwholesome Foods — Ordinance concerning 138 Urinals — Ordinance concerning 224 Index 337 Vaccination — To be given free by the City Physician. Who to be vaccinated Of school children Vagabonds — Ordinance concerning Vehicles — Ordinance concerning Ventilation — Of buildings Visiting Nurse — Ordinance concerning Wagons — Ordinance concerning Weight of load and width of tires...- To be weighed by weigher Walls— Material and workmanship Inclosing and party walls Increase and decrease of thickness Fire walls Hollow walls — Division walls Party walls, use of W aterworks — Superintendent of Waterworks Employes of — Salaries Ordinance concerning Use of hydrants Rules and regulations of water supply.. Application for water Hours for hose sprinkling Free access of employes to all premises Penalty for violation of regulations Water rates — Discounts Water rates established Meter rates established When meters are to be installed Water users outside of city Superintendent to have full control 123 123 135 180 . 278-288 65 187 .288 .288 .289 40 41 43 44 45 56 .243 .253 .290 .290 .290 .292 .293 .293 .294 .294 .295 .296 .297 .298 .298 338 Index Waterworks — ( Continued ) Superintendent to report to City Clerk 299 Turning on water before final test .299 Leaving water turned on by plumber 299 Weight of service, pipes 299 Rebates on water rates and assessments 300 Water Rates — Ordinance establishing* water rates 295 Meter rates 296 Rates to users outside of city 298 Rebates on water rent 300 Rebates on special assessments 300 Water Closets — Ordinance, concerning ; 223 Yard water closets. 225 Weeds — To allow growth of forbidden 179 Weights and Measures — Ordinance concerning 301 Inspector of Weights and Measures 301 Standard of weights and measures 302 Inspection, when made 304 Fees of inspection 305 Report of Inspector 305 Standard to be furnished... 307 Peddlers’ scales to be inspected 307 Deceit or fraud in sales -. 308 Size of milk bottles i 308 Officer may compel weighing i.. 309 Use of scale or measure not standard 309 Obstruction of inspection 310 Windows — Ordinance concerning bow windows, etc 266 Year — Fiscal and municipal year .-... 310