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which ticket receipts, together with the unused ticket receipts issued to him, shall equal the number of the same issued to said officer.

Sec. 241. Paying Over to Treasurer.-At or before the hour of twelve o'clock, noon, of each day, the said Market Master shall turn over to the City Treasurer all money received by him in the issue of the aforementioned ticket receipts, taking his receipt for the same. which receipt shall be by said Market Master presented to the Comptroller, together with all unused ticket receipts, which receipt from the City Treasurer and unused ticket receipts shall equal in amount the total ticket receipts furnished said Market Master by the Comptroller on the previous day, and which amount, in total, shall be credited to the said Market Master in the book aforementioned.

Sec. 242. Disorder. No person within any of the public markets of this City shall be guilty of any lewd, lascivious or disorderly conduct, or make any loud or boisterous noises or use any profane or vulgar language, or stand about without business and obstruct the passage ways of any market buildings or places, or to do any act which is calculated to lead to a breach of the peace, or which tends to disturb the good order and decorum thereof.

Sec. 243. Obstructing Market Master.-No person shall resist or obstruct the Market Master or any other officer in charge of the markets in the execution of his duties.

Sec. 244. Slaughtering in Market.-No person shall kill or slaughter within the limits of any public market, or clean any fish, except under such regulations as the Finance Committee and Comptroller may prescribe, or lay or throw or deposit any dirt, filth, dung. garbage or offal therein.

Sec. 245. Market Master's Duties.-The Market Master and other officers shall examine all articles offered and provisions exposed for sale in the markets and see that the same are of good and wholesome quality. They shall also promptly report to the Comptroller the names of all persons renting stalls and stands in the markets, who are in arrears for rent, and immediately after their collection, they shall pay into the city treasury all money received for the rent of stalls and stands, or for fees received from wagons and other vehicles. On the first Monday in each month they shall report in writing to the Comptroller the names of all per

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sons renting and occupying stalls or stands in the markets, the time for which such stalls or stands are leased or rented and the amount of rental for each.

Sec. 246. Rules and Regulations.—In addition to the rules and regulations prescribed by this chapter, authority is given the Comptroller, Market Master and Finance Committee, and it shall be their duty, to make all other needful rules and regulations touching the designation, location and arrangement, stationing and removal of all wagons, carts and other vehicles used or brought within the limits of the market; and for the control and management of the business in said markets, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance.

Sec. 247. Publication of Rules.-Immediately after the making of any rules and regulations for the market, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to cause such rules and regulations to be printed in hand-bill form in sufficient numbers for posting, and deliver the same to the Market Master, to be posted, and he shall post the same in the most public and conspicuous places in the market house and about the market.

Sec. 248. Curb Selling.-No person or persons shall be allowed to sell their wares at the market square curb, with the exception of gardeners and farmers, who, by paying the market fee, may be permitted to remain on the curb until they have sold out. or from the time the market opens until it closes.

Sec. 249. Same.-That no farmer or gardener shall sell anything at the market square curb except such as has been raised on his own farm or garden.

Sec. 250. Selling at One Place. That no stall-renter shall be permitted to sell at more than one place, and only at the place for which he pays rent.

Sec. 251. Reserved Space for Unloading Wagons.-That the Market Master be and he is hereby directed and authorized to reserve a strip of sidewalk and street ten feet in width, north of the market house, making an entrance from Fourth Street into the market house, which strip shall always be kept open by the Market Master in such manner as to afford ingress and egress for teams to un

load at the market at all hours. And said ten foot space shall not be rented or leased by the Market Master at any time or to any person or for any purpose.

Sec. 252. Penalty.-That any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or failing, neglecting or refusing to pay any fee or rent provided for in this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars.

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Charter, Art. III, Sec. 1, Cls. 16, 19. Art. III, Sec. 16. Art. XIV, Secs. 1, 8.

Sec. 253. Prohibition of.-No person shall permit, cause, keep, maintain or do any nuisance, as defined by the Laws of This State, or Ordinances of Kansas City, or cause or permit to be committed, caused, kept, maintained or done any such nuisance within Kansas City or within one mile of the corporate limits thereof.

Sec. 254. Nuisances Declared. The following are hereby deemed and declared to be nuisances:

1. All substances which emit or cause any foul, noxious, unhealthy or disagreeable odor or effluvia in the neighborhood where they exist.

2. All carcasses of animals remaining exposed one hour after death.

3. All green or salted hides left or deposited in any open place.

4. All slaughter houses or pens outside of the City and within one mile of the City limits which are kept in such a condition as to be offensive, annoying or disagreeable to anyone.

5. Every soap factory, tallow chandlery, grocery, cellar, shop, tannery, brewery, distillery, meat shop, sausage factory, beef or pork packing house, stable or barn which emits or causes any offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell or odor.

6. All slop, foul or dirty water, liquor or beer washings, all filth, refuse or offal, discharged through drains or spouts, or otherwise thrown or deposited in or upon any street, avenue, sidewalk, alley. lot, park, public square, public enclosure, or any pond or pool of water.

7. All vegetables or other articles that emit or cause an offensive, noxious or disagreeable smell or odor.

8. All articles or things whatsoever caused, kept, maintained or permitted by any person, to the injury, inconvenience, or annoyance of the public.

9. All pursuits followed or engaged in, or acts done by any person, to the injury, annoyance or inconvenience of the public.

10. All hanging signs, ropes, net work or other advertising device stretched over or across any street, avenue, alley or sidewalk.

11. All ashes, cinders, slops, filth, excrement, sawdust, stones, rocks, dirt, straw, soot, sticks, shavings, oyster shells or cans, dust, paper, trash, rubbish, manure, refuse, offal, waste, water, chamber lye, fish, putrid meat, entrails, decayed fruit or vegetables, broken ware, rags, old iron or other metal, old wearing apparel, all animal or vegetable matter, all dead animals or any other offensive or disagreeable substance or thing thrown, left, deposited or caused to be left, thrown or deposited by any one in or upon any street, avenue, alley, sidewalk, park, public square, public enclosure, lot, vacant or occupied, or pond or pool of water.

Sec. 255. Rock Crusher.-The running or operating of a rock crushing machine in any block or square wherein there are three or more residences or dwellings occupied, is declared to be a nuisance, and is by this section prohibited.

Sec. 256. Runner Same-Penalty.-The running or operating of a rock crushing machine, nearer any occupied residence or

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