Sec. 497. Shall Issue Writs and Collect Fines.-The clerk of the Municipal Court shall attend all sessions of said court, keep all records thereof, prepare all writs and other necessary papers, collect all fines and costs, pay all witness fees, taking proper receipts therefor, and assist the judge whenever requested in any and all duties pertaining to said office.

Sec. 498. Shall Prepare Executions.-Whenever a fine is imposed by the court, the clerk of said court, as soon as possible, shall furnish to the Chief of Police a statement of the amount of punishment assessed, and, at the hour of three o'clock of every afternoon, such clerk shall have executions prepared in duplicate for the signature of the Chief of Police, and shall do whatever else is necessary for the speedy delivery of all persons convicted in said court into the custody of the Superintendent of the Workhouse should such delivery be required.

Sec. 499. Receive Fines.-The clerk of the Municipal Court shall receive all fines which may be paid by prisoners who shall have been committed to the workhouse, and shall record the release of said prisoners, as provided by ordinance.

Sec. 500. Record of Municipal Court.-There shall be kept in the Municipal Court, by the clerk thereof, a record in which shall be entered every complaint filed in said court, and in which shall be fully kept minutes of all proceedings under such complaint and the disposition thereof, together with the punishment assessed. if any, and the amount of the fine unpaid. Said record, when fully entered as above provided, shall be signed by the judge. In addition to that part of the record signed by the judge, said records shall show fully the amount of each fine collected, the full amounts of costs col

lected and paid, and the names of the persons to whom such costs are paid, and the final disposition or settlement of each case.

Sec. 501. Preservation of Complaints.-The clerk of the Municipal Court shall carefully preserve every complaint filed in said court, whether the person named therein be prosecuted or not, and regardless of what disposition may be made of the charge against the person named in the complaint.

Sec. 502. Payment to Treasurer.-On the first and third Monday of each month, unless required to do so oftener by the City Comptroller, the clerk of the Municipal Court shall pay to the City Treasurer all money received by him from any and every source due the City, except such as may be paid for costs in any case; and shall, at such time, file in the City Comptroller's office a true and full statement of all such money received by him since the last payment to the City Treasurer, and containing an itemized account of all such money received during said period, and not paid to the City Treasurer, and the disposition thereof. Said report shall also show the total number of persons tried during said period, and the disposition of each case, whether discharged, found guilty, committed to the workhouse, appealed, pardoned, dismissed by the prosecuting officer of the City, paid fines or otherwise disposed of.

Sec. 503. Shall Give All His Time to Official Duties.— Such clerk shall give his full time to the performance of the duties of his office, for which said clerk shall receive such salary as is now or may hereafter be provided by ordinance.

Sec. 504. Access to His Records. The records, books and accounts required to be kept by the provisions of this chapter, shall at all times be open to the inspection of the City Comptroller or other authorized City officer, or committee of the Council, and the City Comptroller shall have the right at all times to take charge of said records, books and accounts for the purpose of examining them.

506. Appointment of City Chemist- 508. Expense of Department-From
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Sec. 505. City Chemist's Department-Duties.-There is hereby created a Department of Chemical and Physical Research, to be known as the "City Chemist's Department." It shall be the duty of such department to make such analyses, examination and test as may be necessarily required by the various departments of the City Government. It shall act in an advisory way in all sanitary chemical engineering and technical matters pertaining to the City's business whenever called upon by the head of any department of the City Government, and shall so co-operate with the head of each depart ment, so as to enable such department to keep chemical control of all operations or materials, the manufacture, handling, or supervision of which such department is undertaking.

Sec. 506. Appointment of City Chemist-Term of OfficeQualifications-Salary.-The City Chemist shall be the head of the City Chemist's Department. He shall be appointed by and shall hold his term during the will of the Hospital and Health Board, subject to the provisions of Article XV of the Charter, relating to Civil Service; provided, however, that the present City Chemist shall serve under his present appointment until the beginning of the fiscal year, 1910, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The City Chemist shall be a graduate of a reputable medical college and in addition shall have such chemic and technic training as is equivalent to a full course in the Scientific Department of the State University, and he shall have had prior to his appointment at least three years' experience in the practice of medicine and at least three years' experience in such chemic and technic work as is by the terms of this article required of the City Chemist's Department. He shall receive a salary of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month.

Sec. 507. Assistants-Appointment of-Removal-Qualifications-Salary.-There shall be a first Assistant City Chemist and a second Assistant City Chemist, each of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor and who may, for good and sufficient cause, be discharged by the City Chemist, subject to the provisions of Article XV of the City Charter, relating to Civil Service, provided that the first and second Assistant City Chemists shall serve until the beginning of the fiscal year, 1910, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The first Assistant City Chemist shall have had training equivalent to a full course in the Scientific Department of the State University, and at least one year's experience in general chemical laboratory work. He shall receive a salary of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00) per month. The second Assistant City Chemist shall have had training equivalent to at least two years in the Scientific Department of the State University, and at least three months' experience in general chemical laboratory work, his salary shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per month.

Sec. 508. Expense of Department-From What Funds Paid. Inasmuch as one-third of the work required from the City Chemist's Department will be required for work in the Water Department, one-third of the expense of the City Chemist's Department shall be paid out of the Water Department, and two-thirds thereof out of the City Hall Department.

Sec. 509. Accounting for Money.-All city officers and employes who shall, in the discharge of their duties, receive any money belonging to the City, shall, unless otherwise specifically directed by ordinance, on the last business day of each calendar month, and on the third Monday in May, pay to the City Treasurer such sums as they may have on hand, taking triplicate receipts therefor; one of which shall be filed with the City Auditor, another with the City Comptroller, and the third retained. The last two receipts, before

they shall be valid for any purpose, must be countersigned by the Auditor.

Sec. 510. Residence of Employes. No person shall be employed by the City at an annual or monthly salary unless he shall at the time of such employment and for at least one year next preceding such employment, have resided within the territory at the time of his employment included within the corporate limits of the City, and any such employe ceasing to reside within the City shall thereby be disqualified for such employment.

Sec. 511. Assignment of Salary, Wages, Etc.-Penalty.— No assignment of the salary, wages or earnings, whether earned or unearned, of any officer or employe of the City shall be valid and all such assignments are hereby declared to be void. No person shall combine his claim against Kansas City for salary or for any other demand with that of another or others, thereby procuring one warrant for both or all of said claims, instead of two or more warrants, and no warrant shall be issued by the City Auditor, or countersigned by the Comptroller or paid by the City Treasurer, to any person other than the one who has actually done the work, performed the services, supplied the material, furnished the supplies, or has complied with a contract out of which his claim arose.

The City Auditor shall allow no person to receipt the Auditor's book for warrants issued, other than the person actually doing the work, performing the services, supplying the materials, or has complied with the terms of a contract existing between him and Kansas City; provided, however, that in the event of non-residents desiring to receipt for warrants on said Auditor's book, they may do so by resident agent or attorney, duly authorized in writing; provided, further, that where such non-resident has no resident agent, the City Comptroller shall forward to him his warrant.

Any person failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of this section, shall be fined by the judge of the Municipal Court not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and any officer or employe of the City who shall sell or assign his salary, wages or earnings, whether earned or unearned, shall thereby be deemed to have committed an act which is hereby declared to be sufficient cause for his removal; and all officers and employes who shall sell or assign their salaries, wages or earnings, whether earned or unearned, shall thereby be subject to