§ 5. That it shall be the duty of the city constable and his deputies to arrest and apprehend without warrant or precept, all rioters or disorderly persons within said city, who may be seen by him or his deputy, doing or preparing to do any of the unlawful acts aforesaid, in the manner aforesaid, and forthwith convey such offender before the mayor, alderman, or justice of the peace within said city, if said offenders shall have been arrested by said constable in the day time, then to be dealt with according to the provisions of this ordinance, but if said offender shall be arrested by said constable or his deputy after the hour of eight o'clock in the afternoon, in the spring, summer and fall seasons, or after the hour of six o'clock in the afternoon in the winter season, the said constable shall commit said offenders to jail or some safe place of confinement in said city where said offenders shall remain until an early hour of the ensuing day, when it shall be the duty of said constable to carry such offenders before the mayor, some alderman or a justice of the peace within said city, to be there dealt with according to the provisions of this ordinance.

§ 6. That whenever the said constable shall in the night time, know of his own knowledge, or shall be informed by any creditable person, that any person or persons are engaged in the commission of, or have actually committed within said city, any breach of this ordinance, it shall be his duty and the duty of such of his deputies as may be present, forthwith to repair to the place or places within said city, where it is reported such breach is about to be or has been committed, and shall then enquire into the facts whether any breach or breaches of this ordinance have been or are about to be committed,and shall seek, hunt for, and arrest all such offenders, without warrant if he or they are satisfied that the person or persons by him or them arrested, are guilty of the offence charged, and shall commit such offenders to jail or some safe place of confinement, there to remain until an early hour on the succeeding day, when said constable shall carry said offenders before the mayor, some alderman, or justice of the peace within said city, to be dealt with according to the provisions. of this ordinance.

7. That the city constable shall be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered, whenever he or any of his deputies shall think it necessary in the execution of any process to him directed by the mayor or any alderman or justice of the peace within the city, or in discharging the duties enjoined on said constable by ordinance, to call to his

aid and active assistance all free male inhabitants of said city above the age of eighteen years, or so many as he may think fit.

§ 8. That if any such person or persons who shall have been called to aid said constable or any of his deputies, as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to obey said call or summons, such persons so neglecting or refusing shall forfeit and pay to said city, as a fine, any sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to be recovered by action of debt commenced before the mayor or any alderman or justice of the peace within said city, to be assessed and ascertained by a jury in the cause.

Passed by the board of aldermen, March, 14, 1835.

JAMES P. SPENCER, President pro tem.

APPROVED, March 18, 1835.

JOHN W. JOHNSON, Mayor.

CONCERNING THE POLICE, &c.

An ordinance concerning the police, and for other purposes.

SEC. 1. Slaves not to be in the streets at night, after certain hours.

2. Punishment of offenders against the preceding section.

3. Free uegroes and mulattoes not to be in the streets at night, after certain hours.

4. Punishment of offenders against the preceding section.

5. Persons suffering noises, &c. in their houses, to forfeit penalty.

6. Persons making noises, &c in houses, to forfeit penalty,

7. First and second sections not to effect market persons

8. Constable and watchmen to enter houses, and apprehend offenders against this ordinance. 9. Unlawful to pile straw, &c. on any lot in this city, without having the same enclosed. 10. Penalty on offenders against the next preceding section

11. Fires not to be built in plank houses, unless in a vault or chimney.

12. Penalty on offenders agninst the next preceding section.

Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St.. Louis, as follows:

1. No slave shall be in any of the streets of this city, between the hours of ten o'clock, post meridiem, and four o'clock, ante meridiem, from the first day of April to the thirtieth day of September; nor between the hours of nine o'clock, post meridiem, and five o'clock, ante meridiem, from the first day of October, to the thirty-first day of March, under any pretence whatever, unless such slave have a written pass, from his or her owner or owners, of that day's date.

§ 2. If any slave offend against the provisions of the next preceding section, such slave shall be fined, for the use of the city, in the sum

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of five dollars upon the first conviction, ten dollars upon the second conviction, and twenty dollars upon any subsequent conviction; and if the fines which thus may be imposed, together with the costs of suit be not paid forthwith, the constable shall keep such slave in custody, until the fine and all the costs are paid.

3. No free negro or mulatto, shall be in any of the streets of this city, within the hours prohibited in the first section of this ordinance, unless he or she be going to or coming from some lawful business or occupation, or going to or coming from some lawiul assemblage, held within the city.

§ 4. Any person offending against the provisions of the next preceding section, shall, upon conviction, be fined ten dollars upon the first conviction, fifteen dollars upon the second conviction, and twenty dollars upon every subsequent conviction, and upon each conviction, shall remain in the custody of the constable, until the fine and costs imposed are paid.

§ 5. Any person suffering hallooing, shouting, bawling, screaming, profane or obscene language, fighting, dancing, singing, whooping or quarreling, or any unusual noises or sounds, in his or her house, in such manner as to disturb the neighborhood, or those passing through the streets, such persons so offending, shall pay a fine of twenty dollars for the first offence, and for every subsequent offence, the sum of fifty dollars; and if the person so offending, be the keeper of a house licensed by the city, such person shall, upon a third conviction, incur a forfeiture of his license.

§ 6. Any person hallooing, shouting, bawling, screaming, using profane or obscene language, dancing, singing, whooping, quarreling, or making any unusual noises or sounds, in any house, or in any part of this city, in such a manner as to disturb the good people of the neighborhood, or those passing through the streets, he, she or they, so of fending, shall be fined twenty dollars for the first offence; for the second offence, thirty dollars; and upon any subsequent conviction, fifty dollars.

§ 7. Nothing contained in the first and second sections of this ordinance shall effect any country person, bond or free, coming from or going to any of the markets, for the purpose of selling his or her marketing.

§ 8. It shall be the duty of the constable and the watchmen, to enter into any house, where they, or either of them, have good reason

to believe that any person or persons, are offending against this ordinance, and take such person or persons into custody, if found so of fending.

§ 9. It shall not be lawful for any person to stack, pile, or throw in a loose manner, into any lot, out-lot, or any other part of this city, any hay or straw, without having the same enclosed in such a manner as to protect it from exposure to any flying spark of fire.

§ 10. Any person offending against the next preceding section, shall pay a fine of five dollars, and five dollars for every day he, she, or they, neglect or refuse to comply with said section, after being notified by any fficer of the city so to do.

§ 11. It shall not be lawful for any person to build or make, or cause to be built or made, any fire in any frame building, plank shed, or house made of plank and lumber, without having a chimney, stove, or vault, in which to build or make such fires.

§ 12. Any person offending against the next preceding section, shall pay a fine of five dollars for each time he, she, or they, so offend. Passed by the board of aldermen, December 11, 1835.

JAMES P. SPENCER, President. Presented to the mayor, for his approval, December 13th, 1835, and returned, with his objections thereto, December 16th, 1835. J. A. WHERRY, Register.

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The foregoing ordinance having been presented to the for mayor his approbation, and by him returned, within the time prescribed by the charter, unapproved, and with a statement of his objections thereto, the reconsideration of said ordinance was had by the board of aldermen, at their meeting on the twenty-second day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and, upon the re-consideration, the aforesaid ordinance, entitled "An ordinance concerning the police, and for other purposes," was passed in its original shape by the board, a majority of the whole members voting therefor.

JAMES P. SPENCER, President.

Attest, J. A. WHERRY, Register.

REGISTERING AND RESTRAINING DOGS.

An ordinance for registering and restraining dogs from running at large.

SEC. 1. Owners of dogs to have the same registered, collared, and their collars stamped.

2. Each householder may keep one dog free of tax.

3. Tax to be paid on dogs.

4. Dogs not collared and taxed, to be slain.

5. Penalty on persons preventing the killing of dogs not registered.

6. On apprehension of danger from mad dogs, mayor to issue his proclamation-dogs over a certain age, then to be kept up-if found running at large, to be slain. Proviso.

7. Owners of fierce and dangerous dogs not to permit the same to run at large-if permitted, proceedings to be instituted before the mayor.

8. Sluts in the season of their salacity running at large, to be slain.

9. Butcher permitting large and fierce dogs to go to market, to chain the same.

§ Be it ordained by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of St. Louis, as follows:

§ 1. It shall be the duty of every person residing within the limits of this city, owning or possessing a dog or dogs to register the same with the register of the city, on or before the fifteenth day of July in each and every year, and to procure and put on the neck of each and every dog intended to be kept or retained by him, her, or them, a collar, made of some metallic substance, at least one inch in width, with the name of the owner of the said dog legibly engraved or durably marked thereon, and which collar shall also be stamped at the time of registering the dog for which it is intended, with the letters of C. T. P. and with the year in which the said dogs were registered.

§ 2. Each and every householder in this city shall be entitled to keep one dog, free of tax, on his, her or their complying with the requisitions of the preceding section of this ordinance.

§ 3. For each and every dog, other than the one allowed to be kept by each householder as aforesaid, there shall be paid to the city register for the use of the city, the sum of two dollars per annum; and each and every person who shall permit or suffer any dog or dogs to be and remain in or about his house or premises, not being registered and having a collar, as herein before required, shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence the sum of ten dollars.

4. It shall be the duty of the city constable, and it shall also be lawful for any person duly authorized by the said city constable to slay any dog above the age of six months, owned, kept, or possessed by any person living or sojourning in this city, which may be found