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 All court yard, fence line and stoop privileges are hereby prohibited and withdrawn on Newkirk avenue, between Flatbush avenue and Coney Island avenue, and that it will be unlawful to build, project or place any fence, stoop, piazza,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

or basement story of any house or other building, where such entrance or flight of steps shall not be covered, shall be enclosed with a railing on each side, permanently put up, from three to three and one-half feet high, with a gate to open inwardly, or with two iron chains across the front of the entranceway, one near the top and one in the centre of the railing, to be closed during the night, unless there be a burning light over the steps to prevent accidents, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every offense, to be recovered from the owner or lessee thereof, severally and respectively. (Id., sec. 3.)

§ 5. The owner of any such building shall not be liable for the said penalty for not keeping any such gate closed or chains fastened across the front of such entrance or flight of steps, when not the actual occupant thereof, until after five days' notice, in writing, from the President of the Borough, anything to the contrary in this chapter contained notwithstanding. (Id., sec. 4, with verbal changes.)

§ 6. No person or persons shall hereafter construct any porch over a cellar door under the penalty of fifty dollars. (Id., sec. 6.)

§ 7. No person or persons shall construct or continue any platform, stoop or step in any street in that section of the city formerly known as Long Island City which shall extend more than one-tenth part of the width of the street, nor more than six feet, nor with any other than open backs or sides, or railing; nor of greater width than is necessary for the purpose of a convenient passageway into the house or building; nor any stoop which shall exceed five feet in height under the penalty of fifty dollars. (Id., sec. 7, with verbal changes.)

§ 8. All persons who wish hereafter to erect balustrades projecting beyond the street line shall first obtain a written permit from the President of the Borough. (Id., sec. 9, with verbal changes.)

§ 9. No balustrades shall hereafter be erected, excepting from the second story of any house, nor shall it project more than one-twentieth of the width of the street wherein it may be erected, nor more than three feet in any case whatever. (Id., sec. 10.)

§ 10. No braces or railings shall be used for balustrades unless the strength and firmness shall have been tested or approved by the President of the Borough, and in case he shall object to the same, it shall be made as he shall direct or removed, under the penalty of five dollars for each day's maintenance. (Id., sec. 11, with verbal changes.)

§ 11. No person shall place or fix, or continue in any street in this city, any awning-post, or any cloth or canvas for an awning, unless under the direction of the President of the Borough and made comforably to the next section of this chapter, under the penalty of five dollars for each offense. (Id., sec. 12, with verbal changes.)