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sum of $5,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 103, with verbal changes.) § 481. The Supervisor of the City Record hereafter appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city, with one or more sureties to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned upon the safe keeping of the money of the city in his charge and upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office; and the Deputy Supervisor of the City Record shall, after his appointment, and before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 7, with verbal changes.)

§ 482. Each Commissioner of Public Works, before entering on the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the city, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller and filed in the office of the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $10,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 136, with verbal changes.)

§ 483. The Water Register, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the city, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $15,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 151, with verbal changes.)

§ 484. The Collector of Assessments and Arrears, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the city, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller and filed in his office, in the penal sum of $20,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 38, with verbal changes.)

§ 485. The Collector of City Revenue and the Superintendent of Markets shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond to the city, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $15,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 40, with verbal changes.)

§ 486. The Deputy Collectors of City Revenue shall, respectively, before entering upon the duties of their office, execute a bond to the city, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $2,000. (Id., sec. 41, with verbal changes.)

§ 487. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Clerk to the Collector of City Revenue and the Superintendent of Markets shall execute a bond to the city, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Comptroller, in the penal sum of $5,000, conditioned for the faithful erformance of the duties of his office. (Id., sec. 42, with erbal changes.)

II. Public Sessions of Boards.

§ 488. All meetings of the boards or commissions constituting departments of the city government of The City of New York, for the transaction of public business, shall be held openly, and shall in all cases be accessible to the public. Such meetings shall be held at such times and places as may be determined upon by each of such departments, and due notice thereof shall be published daily in the City Record. (R. O. 1897, sec. 369.)

III. Office Hours.

§ 489. The office hours of all public offices in The City of New York, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be from nine o'clock A. M. to four P. M., except on Saturdays, when such offices shall be closed at twelve o'clock, noon, and the heads of all departments, may, when public business requires it, keep the said offices open after four o'clock.

The office hours of the City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Aldermen shall be from ten o'clock A. M. until four o'clock P. M., except on Saturdays, when the office hours shall be from ten o'clock A. M. until twelve o'clock noon. Provided, however, that during the months of July and August all public offices in The City of New York, except as otherwise provided, shall be closed at three o'clock P. M., except on Saturdays, when such offices shall be closed at twelve o'clock noon, and further provided that the heads of all Departments may, when public business requires it, keep the said offices open after three o'clock. (Amend. app. July 3, 1906.)

IV. Sale of Waste Material.

§ 490. All old and waste material under the care of any department shall be sold from time to time as it may be deemed best for the public interest so to do, in accordance with the provisions of law as so provided, the sale of such material to be under the immediate supervision of the head of the bureau having charge of such material, the proceeds therefor to be collected by said head of bureau and transmitted within twenty-four hours by him to the head of the department for deposit in the city treasury, except as otherwise specially provided. (R. O. 1897, sec. 368.)

V. East River Bridges.

§ 491. The New York and Brooklyn Bridge shall be designated as the Brooklyn Bridge.

The new East River Bridge shall be designated as the Williamsburg Bridge.

Bridge No. 3, crossing the East river, shall be designated as the Manhattan Bridge.

Bridge No. 4, crossing the East river, shall be designated as the Queensboro Bridge. (Ord. app. Oct. 8, 1908.)

VI. Payment of Jurors.

§ 492. In pursuance of section 3314 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it is hereby directed that the sum of two dollars be allowed to each trial juror for each day's necessary attendance by him as such a juror at a term of any court of

record of civil jurisdiction held within the county of New York; provided, however, that no such juror shall be so paid for attendance on any day on which he shall be excused from service at his own request. (Ord. app. Feb. 13, 1903.)

VII. Flags and Decorations at the City Hall.

8 493. All power and authority to display flags or other decorations on, in or about the City Hall, or other public buildings, within the City Hall Park, is hereby vested in the Mayor of The City of New York, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Aldermen by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to the Board. (R. O. 1897, sec. 722.)

VIII. Public Worship in the Streets.

§ 494. No person shall be concerned or instrumental in collecting or promoting any assemblage of persons under the pretense of or for public worship or exhortation in the Battery or any of the markets or streets or parks or any public place in The City of New York laid out and appointed for the common use of the citizens, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense. (Ord. app. Dec. 28, 1903, sec. 1.)

§ 495. It shall be the duty of all police officers of The City of New York to prevent all such assemblies and to prosecute, apprehend and report to the Corporation Counsel all persons concerned or instrumental in promoting the same. (Id., sec. 2.)

§ 496. Every police officer who shall neglect or refuse to perform his duty in the premises shall for every such neglect forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars. (Id., sec. 3.)

8497. Nothing contained in the three preceding sections of this article shall be construed to prevent any clergyman or minister of any denomination or any person responsible to or regularly associated with any church, missionary association or incorporated missionary society located in or working for New York City, or lay-preacher or lay-reader, from preaching in any specified place or places in The City of New York, providing that such person shall have obtained the written permission of either the Mayor, Commissioner of Police or one of the Aldermen of the city therefor.

"Provided, also, that such written permission shall have indorsed upon it the approval or consent of the Aldermen of each district in which any place specified in said written permission shall be located." (Id., sec. 4.)

§ 498. This ordinance shall not be construed to prevent any ministers or people of any church, usually called Baptists, from assembling in proper places in The City of New York for the purpose of performing the rites of baptism according to the ceremonies of such church. (Id., sec. 5.)

§ 499. No person shall disturb, molest or interrupt any clergyman, minister, missionary, lay-preacher or lay-reader

who shall be preaching and have obtained permission according to this ordinance or any minister or people who shall be performing the rites of baptism as permitted by this ordinance, nor shall any person commit any riot or disorder in any such assembly, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense. (Id., sec. 6.)

IX. The Display of Immoral Pictures.

§ 500. No person shall expose, display, post up, exhibit, paint, print or mark, nor place or cause to be placed, any placard, poster, bill or picture of any show, exhibition, theatrical or other performance in or on any building, billboard, wall or fence on any street, nor in or upon any public place, in The City of New York, which shall be of lewd, indecent, immoral, immodest, vulgar or suggestive character, calculated to debauch the public or shock the sense of decency or propriety. (Ord. app. Oct. 24, 1905. Amend. by ord. app. July 2, 1906.)

§ 501. Any violation of the provisions of section 1 of this ordinance shall be deemed a minor offense, and upon conviction thereof, before a city magistrate, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the city prison, or by both; but no such imprisonment, however, shall exceed a term of ten days.

X. Car Transfers in The City of New York.

§ 503. Every car owned, operated, managed or controlled by a street surface railroad company in the streets or highways of The City of New York, shall carry throughout its route on the outside, in front and on top of each and every car so operated, a signboard or placard, upon which shall appear conspicuously the destination of the said car. Every such company must carry for a single fare upon such car, without change therefrom, each and every passenger to any regular stopping place desired by him, upon said car's route, in the direction of the destination so designated; and for every violation of the ordinance there shall be recoverable against the company so offending a penalty of $100 in an action to be brought in the name of The City of New York. (Ord. app. July 22, 1902, sec. 1.)

§ 504. This ordinance shall not apply to a transfer made to a connecting line, going in a different direction from that in which such car may be going, nor where, by reason of any accident, compliance with the ordinance is rendered impossible. (Id., sec. 2.)

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This is the so-called "car-ahead" ordinance. Held within the powers conferred on the Board of Aldermen and that State Railroad Act was not intended to deprive city authorities from regulating similar matters within precincts of the city. City of New York vs. Interurban Street Ry. Co., 86 N. Y. Supp. 673, 43 Misc. 29. See also City of New York vs. N. Y. & Queens Co. R. R. Co., 89 App. Div. 442,

XI. The Heating of Street Cars in The City of New York. § 505. Each street, surface or other railroad company operating or running cars on the surface of any street, avenue or thoroughfare in The City of New York shall, between the first day of October and the first day of April of each year, properly heat and keep heated at least every second car on its line or lines whenever the temperature upon the street shall fall below forty degrees Fahrenheit. (Ord. app. April 21, 1903, sec. 1.)

§ 506. A failure to so heat and keep heated each second or alternate car where the thermometer shall record a temperature below forty degrees Fahrenheit shall subject the company or companies so violating the conditions of section 505 to a penalty of twenty-five dollars fine for each and every failure so to do. (Id., sec. 2.)

§ 507. There shall be conspicuously displayed on each side of each heated car, when all the cars of the line are not heated, a placard or sign containing the words "Heated Car " in large type. (Id., sec. 3.)

§ 508. The above sections shall apply only to cars running a distance of three miles or more. (Id., sec. 4.)

XII. Contracts for Supplies and Work for the City.

§ 509. All supplies to be furnished or work to be done for The City of New York, whether they are to be paid for out of the city treasury or out of trust moneys under the control of or to be assessed or collected by The City of New York, shall be furnished or performed by contract, except where otherwise provided by law. (R. O. 1897, sec. 344. Renumbered by ord. app. Nov. 23, 1906, infra.)

§ 510. The several departments and officers empowered by law to make contracts on the part of the city shall issue proposals for estimates therefor, and advertise the same, as provided by law. There shall be kept by each of said departments an appropriate box, to be designated "Estimate Box," with a proper opening in the top thereof to receive estimates for which proposals have been issued. Such box shall be kept locked, except at such times as it may be necessary to open the same to examine and decide upon said estimates, and the key thereof shall be retained by the head of the department. It shall be the duty of the head of the department to deposit in said box all estimates duly presented to him for work to be done under the direction of the department, immediately on the receipt thereof by him. (Id., sec. 345.)

§ 511. The proposals for estimates shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the department making the same, and shall contain the following particulars:

1. They shall require that the person making the estimate shall furnish the same in a sealed envelope to the head of the appropriate department, at his office, on or before a day

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