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ference of color, and the appropriate lettering to indicate the streets or routes upon which the same run; and in the Light shall, in all cases, be sufficiently distinguished by the form or color of their signal lights, so as to prevent the cars of different routes being mistaken for each other. (Id., sec. 8.)

§ 64. No person who shall be indecent or scandalous in behavior, or filthy or foul in person, shall be carried in the cars; nor shall any conductor allow any such person to remain in the cars. (Id., sec. 9.)

§ 65. It shall be the duty of every conductor and driver to give his name to any passenger who shall request the same. (Id., sec. 11.)

§ 66. The Brooklyn City Railroad shall be subject to the following regulations: (1) There shall be at all times when practicable, between the hours of six-thirty A. M. and twelve-thirty at night, from the fifteenth of November to the first of May, and the hours of five-fifteen A. M. and twelve-thirty P. M., in the other months, cars running on the respective routes of the said company from the ferries to their respective depots as the public travel shall require; and beyond the respective depots of the said routes, and on Hamilton avenue, the said company shall run cars at such times as shall be required by the Board of Aldermen. (Id., sec. 14, with verbal changes.)

§ 67. The said companies shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars for any violation on their part of any provision of this article and it shall be the duty of the police to enforce the provisions of this article. (Id., sec. 18.)

§ 68. It shall be the duty of the police to daily report all violations of laws, ordinances and regulations appertaining to railroads, or other public conveyances, to the Corporation Counsel. (Id., sec. 19, with verbal changes.)

§ 69. It shall not be lawful for any railroad company to lay more than a single track on any street or highway therein when the roadway of such street or highway shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in width. (Bk. ord. adopted Oct. 15, 1894.)

§ 70. No engine (running upon the railroad track laid upon and along Atlantic avenue) eastward bound shall depart from the station of the Long Island Railroad Company at Flatbush avenue more frequently than once in five minutes, and that no engine westward bound and running upon said track shall depart from Jamaica to run over said Atlantic avenue more than once in five minutes. That is, there shall be an interval of five minutes between the departure of all engines eastward or westward bound from Flatbush avenue, or from the point where the Manhattan Beach Branch joins the main line. The blowing of whistles and the ringing of bells shall not be permitted. No freight or passenger car detached from an engine shall remain longer than ten minutes in any public street. Bituminous

coal shall not be used on any engine running upon said railroad. At each street crossing between Linwood street and Flatbush avenue men shall be continually stationed at all hours of the night and day when trains are in motion, and all crosswalks between such street crossings shall be properly guarded by gates which shall also be closed during the passage of each train. Strong heavy gates at least twenty feet in width shall be placed at each street crossing and closed before the passage of any engine or train. Whenever platforms are placed in the streets for accommodation of passengers, the railroad company shall at its own expense keep the entire street between the platform and the curb wherever paved, and where unpaved, in a cleanly and passable condition. This shall be construed to apply to each station and each platform wherever erected within the said limits along said avenue. The penalty for each and every violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be $100. It shall be the duty of the police to make daily reports of any violation of this ordinance, and on the complaint to the President of the Borough by any three citizens of any violation of this ordinance, he may proceed against the Long Island Railroad Company in due manner for the enforcement of this ordinance and the collection of said penalties. (Bk. ord. adopted April 8, 1895, with verbal changes.)

CHAPTER 6.- MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES.

I. The Use of Court Yards on Bushwick Avenue Boulevard.

§ 71. No person or persons shall erect or construct upon the twenty feet on each side of the Bushwick Avenue Boulevard, by law set apart to be used as court yards only, any piazza veranda, covered or inclosed porch, platform, or erection other than stoops, steps or platforms, with open backs and sides, or railing not to exceed seven feet in height, or to extend upon said court yards more than seven feet, or of a greater width than is necessary for the purpose of a convenient passageway into the houses or buildings to which the same shall be attached; nor shall any person or persons dig, build or construct any area into said court yard. (Bk. ord. 1886, ch. VI.)

II. Fence Line Privileges on Newkirk Avenue.

§ 72. All court yard, fence line and stoop privileges are hereby prohibited and withdrawn on Newkirk avenue, between Flatbush avenue and Coney Island avenue, and that it will be unlawful to build, project or place any fence, stoop, piazza, projection or encumbrance whatever beyond the private property line of the said street between Flatbush avenue and Coney Island avenue. (Ord. app. Oct. 11, 1905.)

III. Display of House Numbers.

§ 73. The owner or occupant of every private dwelling house in the Borough of Brooklyn shall cause the street number of the same to be plainly and legibly displayed in such manner that the same may be seen and read at all times of the day or night.

Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be liable to pay a penalty of ten dollars. (Bk. ord. adopted Oct. 25, 1897.)

IV. Canarsie Cemetery.

§ 74. The cemetery situated on the southerly side of Church lane, in the Thirty-second Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn, in The City of New York, which was formerly owned by the Town of Flatlands, shall hereafter be known as Canarsie Cemetery, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York. The Mayor of The City of New York is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of three members, each of whom at the time of his appointment shall have been a resident of the Thirty-second Ward for three years, to have full charge and control of said cemetery. Each of the members of said commission shall serve without compensation during the pleasure of the Mayor. The commission shall have power to charge fees for the opening of graves sufficient to pay for the maintenance of the cemetery, and also to make and enforce such rules and perform such other acts as said commission decides are necessary for the proper care of said cemetery. (Ord. app. July 3, 1899.)

V. Watering Horses.

§ 75. No person shall suffer or permit any horse or other animal to drink from a pail or other vessel while the same is suspended from or attached to the spout or other part of any public pump or hydrant in any street or public grounds. (Bk. ord. 1886, ch. III, art. VII, § 8.)

VI. Dog Snatching.

§ 76. Any person who shall remove, or cause to be removed, the collar to which is attached the license tag or either or them from the neck of any dog, or shall entice any properly licensed dog into any inclosure for the purpose of taking off its collar or license tag or either of them, or shall for such purpose decoy or entice any animal out of the inclosure or house of its owner or possessor, or shall seize or molest any dog while held or led by any person, or while properly muzzled, or while wearing a collar with a proper license tag attached, or shall bring any dog into the Borough of Brooklyn for the purpose of taking up and killing or selling the same, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not more than twenty dollars ($20). (Id., art. III, sec. 14, with verbal changes.)

VII. Speed on Bridges.

§ 77. No person or persons shall drive or cause to be driven over or upon any of the bridges in the Borough of Brooklyn, any animal or vehicle at any other pace than a walk, under a penalty of five dollars for each offense.

VIII. Bells on Junk Carts.

§ 78. No junkman or other person engaged in the buying or selling of goods, chattels or merchandise of any kind in the Borough of Brooklyn, shall use or employ on any street, lane or avenue of said borough, either by having the same attached to his vehicle or horse, or in any other manner, any bell exceeding six ounces in weight, or more than three bells at any one time, or cause or allow the same to be done under a penalty of ten dollars for each and every offense, to be severally paid by the person doing and the person causing the same to be done. (Bk. ord. 1886, ch. III, art. VII, sec. 30, with verbal changes.)

IX. Marking Hay Bales.

§ 79. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within the limits of the Borough of Brooklyn any hay or straw by the bale, unless the exact gross or net weight shall be legibly and distinctly marked on every such bale of hay or straw, under a penalty of ten dollars ($10) for each bale of hay or straw so sold or cffered for sale. (Id., sec. 31, with verbal changes.)

X. Injury to Bridges.

§ 80. Every master or owner of any steamboat, steamtug, canal boat or sailing vessel, who shall through his fault or negligence, or through the fault or negligence of his servant, agent or employee, injure, or cause or permit to be injured, any bridge belonging to the Borough of Brooklyn, or in the charge or under the management of the said borough, or of any officer, officers or department of the said borough, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than ten dollars nor more than $250 for each and every such offense.

XI. Theatrical Billboards.

§ 81. Billboards or signs (not exceeding two in number), to advertise theatrical performances or public entertainments, may be placed upon the sidewalk in front of theatres and places of public entertainment adjacent to the curb, but each of said billboards or signs shall not occupy a space across the street of more than nine inches and shall not be more than three feet in width parallel to the street, and shall not be less than fifteen feet apart.

XII. Protection of Piers at Wallabout, Etc.

§ 82. No person or persons shall use or employ any horse or other animal on any public dock, bulkhead or pier at the Wallabout or at the foot of Washington avenue, for the purpose of loading or unloading any vessel lying at said docks, bulkheads or piers, with any description of apparatus necessitating the going to and fro in a direct line of said horse or animal, unless he or they shall place upon the same a temporary flooring of planks to prevent the wearing or rotting of the deck of the dock, bulkhead or pier so used, and such temporary flooring shall be removed immediately after the loading or unloading of said vessel by the person or persons using the same, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section.

PART IV.

Ordinances Relating to that Section of the City of New York Formerly Known as Long Island City.

CHAPTER 1.- PUBLIC SAFETY AND ORDER.

Article I.- Hydrants.

Section 1. If any person, except one of the engineers or foremen of the fire companies, or by special permit from the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, shall unscrew any of the hydrants belonging to the City Water Works, erected for the extinguishment of fires, or interfere with the same, or any part of the works belonging to the said establishment, or any or either of the pipes, hydrants, stop-cocks, or any part of the works may be injured, or the water taken therefrom or wasted, they shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every such offense. (L. I. ord. 1893, ch. XII, sec. 1, with verbal changes.)

Article II.- Washing Horses and Carriages.

§ 2. No person shall wash, or cause, or procure, or permit to be washed, any horses or carriage within twenty-five feet of any pump in any street in that section of the city formerly known as Long Island City, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offense. (Id., sec. 2.)

Article III.— Cellar Doors, Steps and Street Obstructions.

§ 3. No person or persons shall construct or continue any cellar door which shall extend more than one-twelfth part of any street, or more than five feet into any street, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense. (Id., ch. XVII, sec. 2.)

§ 4. Every entrance or flight of steps projecting beyond the house-line of the street and descending into any cellar

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