refusal, or delay, and in case of any such omission, neglect, refusal or delay, it shall be lawful for the President of the Borough to cause any such work to be done at the expense of said person or persons, or corporation, who shall be liable to The City of New York for all expenses which it may thereby incur, as well as such aforesaid penalties in this ordinance. (Id., sec. 21.)

§ 13. No person or persons shall injure, damage or disturb, or cause to be injured, damaged or disturbed any main or service pipe now laid or which may hereafter be laid in that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Flushing for the purpose of supplying the same or the inhabitants thereof, or any part or portion thereof, with gas. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not exceeding thirty dollars. (Id., sec. 22.)

Article IV.- Public Sewers.

§ 14. It shall not be lawful for any person to make any connection with or any opening into any of the sewers except upon the conditions prescribed in this ordinance. (Ord. Aug. 8, 1883, sec. 1.)

§ 15. Application must be made to the President of the Borough for permission to make such connections or openings, and his written permit shall be the proof that such permission has been granted. (Id., sec. 2.)

§ 16. The price of each connection shall be ten dollars, and it shall be understood that that price is for one house or building only. (Id., sec. 3.)

§ 17. No larger opening shall be made in the sewers than will admit a six-inch pipe, and the work must be done by a licensed plumber or such other person as the President of the Borough may designate and also under the supervision of the Superintendent of Sewers. (Id., sec. 4.)

§ 18. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of ten dollars. (Id., sec. 5.)

CHAPTER 2.- PUBLIC SAFETY AND ORDER.

Article I.- False Alarms of Fire.

§ 19. No person or persons shall raise, create or continue a false alarm of fire, or aid, abet or assist in raising, creating or continuing a false alarm of fire within the limits of that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Flushing. (Ord. Aug. 8, 1883, sec. 1.)

§ 20. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each and every offense. (Id., sec. 2.)

Article II.- Bathing.

§ 21. No person shall bathe or swim publicly, in a state of nudity, any where within the limits of that section of The City of New York formerly known as the Village of Flushing, or on the shores of Flushing Bay, between the hours of five A. M. and eight P. M. (Ord. Aug. 8, 1883, sec. 1.)

§ 22. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of three dollars. (Id., sec. 2.)

§ 23.

CHAPTER 3.- VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Article I.- Rules and Regulations.

The Fire Department of that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Flushing, shall consist of a Chief Engineer, a First and Second Assistant Engineers, a Treasurer and such enginemen, hose men and hook and ladder men as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen. The Chief Engineer, First and Second Assistant Engineers and Treasurer shall each hold office for the term of two years, and shall be elected on the second Wednesday in December of every second year, as heretofore. Each of said officers shall be voted for separately, the ballots being deposited in separate boxes. One or more of the members of the Board of Aldermen shall act as inspector or inspectors of each and every said election. (Village ord. Aug. 8, 1883, sec. 1.)

§ 24. The Board of Aldermen may, in their discretion, appoint two Fire Wardens, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board. The Fire Wardens shall, when requested, or when directed so to do by the Board of Aldermen, examine and inspect dwelling houses and other buildings or places in that section of The City of New York formerly known as the Village of Flushing; shall report the result of such examination and inspection to the Board of Aldermen, and shall perform the other duties usually appertaining to the office of Fire Warden. (Id., sec. 2.)

§ 25. The firemen shall be divided into engine, hook and ladder and hose companies, and each company shall consist of as many members as the Board of Aldermen shall from time to time order and direct. It shall be the duty of the firemen to attend to the engines, hose carriages and trucks committed to their charge and the buildings wherein the same are kept. (Id., sec. 3.)

§ 26. Each fire company shall be under the direction and control of a foreman and two assistant foremen. The forement shall be responsible for the proper care of the engine, hose or truck house, the engine, hose or truck and other fire apparatus or property belonging to The City of New York entrusted to the company under their command; they shall preserve order and discipline in the company at all

times; when on duty at fires they shall obey all orders of the Chief Engineer or Assistant Engineers. In the absence of the foreman, the first assistant, and in his absence the second assistant foreman shall act. Foremen shall report annually to the Chief Engineer a full account of the duty performed by their respective companies, together with a full account of the membership of the same, noting all losses by discharge, death, expulsion or transfer; also a detailed statement of the property entrusted to their care, noting the condition of the same. (Id., sec. 4.)

§ 27. Each fire company shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep a record of the proceedings of the company at its business meetings; also a record of all appointments or elections, resignations or removals of firemen attached to such company, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the ordinances of that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Flushing, the rules and regulations of the Fire Department, or the by-laws of the company to which he is attached. (Id., sec. 5.)

§ 28. Every member of the Fire Department shall receive a certificate of membership duly executed and signed by the City Clerk and Chief Engineer, to be delivered by the Chief Engineer to the person entitled to receive the same. The commencement of the term of service of each member shall be computed from the date of such certificate. (Id., sec. 6.)

§ 29. The Chief Engineer shall have and exercise supreme command, at all times, over the officers, members and property of the Department. He shall make a yearly report to the Board of Aldermen of all fires occurring in that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Flushing, with the cause thereof, when it can be ascertained, and a description of the building or buildings injured or destroyed, the names of the owners or occupants, the amount of loss in each case, and, as far as can be ascertained, the amount of insurance. The report shall also give a detailed inventory of all the property in charge of the different companies, together with a statement of the condition of such property; also a correct statement of the number of officers and men in each company at the end of the year. It shall also be his duty to take notice of all violations of laws or ordinances relating to the department, and to report the same to the Board of Aldermen at the next meeting thereafter. (Id., sec. 7.)

§ 30. The Assistant Engineers shall be subject to the order of the Chief, and it shall be their duty to cause order to be observed by the members of the department in going to, working at, or returning from fires, and all other times when the companies are on duty. In the absence of the Chief, the First Assistant, and in his absence the Second Assistant Engineer shall perform the duties of Chief. (Id., sec. 8.)

§ 31. Each member of the department shall provide himself, at his own expense, with a uniform and such insignia of office as is prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Department. Each member shall also be furnished by the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen with a department badge, and shall be required to conspicuously wear the same at all times when on duty. On receiving such badge he shall deposit with the Clerk the sum of seventy-five cents, which sum shall be refunded to him when said badge is returned. (Id., sec. 9.)

§ 32. It shall be the duty of all firemen, whenever an alarm of fire shall be given, to repair forthwith to their respective company houses and proceed at once with the apparatus to the scene of the fire, and there perform such duties as may be assigned to them by their officers. At all times when on duty they shall behave in an orderly manner, and when not engaged at a fire shall repair to their respective apparatus, and there await orders from their officers. (Id., sec. 10.)

§ 33. Every person not a fireman who shall be present at a fire shall be subject and obedient to the orders of the Chief or Assistant Engineers in extinguishing the fire, preserving order, and the removal and protection of property. (Id., sec. 16.)

§ 34. All complaints by the Chief, or an Assistant Engineer, or by any other person, made against firemen for misconduct, shall be referred by the Board of Aldermen to the Committee on Fire of said board, to ascertain and report the facts, and a full opportunity shall be given by the committee to the party complained of to be heard in his defense. Any member complained of may be suspended until the final action of the board on such complaint. (Id., sec. 12.)

§ 35. No person shall, during any alarm of fire, or at any other time, under any pretence whatever, take or remove any fire apparatus out of its house, unless the Foreman, or an Assistant Foreman, or a member of the company shall be present and consent thereto, under a penalty of five dollars for every such offense. (Id., sec. 13.)

§ 36. No engine, hose carriage, or hook and ladder truck shall be taken outside the limits of that section of The City of New York formerly known as the Village of Flushing, except by the consent of the Fire Commissioner of The City of New York. (Id., sec. 14.)

§ 37. The right and privilege of any member of the department to entertain and express freely such political or partisan opinions as he may see fit, and his right to take part in and vote at primary and nominating conventions will be deemed sacred and inviolate, but the members of any engine, hose, or hook and ladder company belonging to the department shall not combine or act together in their capacity as firemen to compass the election or defeat of any candidate or candidates for any political or public office

whatsoever, nor shall any engine, hose, or hook and ladder house in the use or possession of any company in the department, under any circumstances, be used or occupied for any political or partisan purpose of any nature whatsoever. (Id., sec. 15.)

§ 38. No person shall, during a fire, or at any other time, drive a wagon, cart, carriage or other vehicle over any hose or over any other fire apparatus, under a penalty of five dollars for each offense. (Id., sec. 16.)

§ 39. No person shall wilfully hinder or molest or attempt to do any violence to any officer or member of the Fire Department while in the performance of his duty in going to, working at, or returning from a fire, under a penalty of five dollars for each offense. (Id., sec. 17.)

§ 40. Any member of the department who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, or who shall violate any of the rules and regulations of the department, or who shall be guilty of any riotous or disorderly conduct while on duty shall forthwith be expelled from the department. (Id., sec. 18.)

PART VI.

Ordinances Relating to that Section of the City of New York Formerly Known as the Village of Jamaica.

CHAPTER 1.- GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Article I.- Filling in Streets.

Section 1. No person, unless previously authorized by the Borough President, shall fill in or raise, or cause to be filled in or raised, any road, street or other public place within that section of The City of New York, formerly known as the Village of Jamaica, or any part of such road, street or other public place, or take up, remove or carry away, or cause to be taken up, removed or carried away, any turf, sand, stone, clay, gravel or other earth, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every such offense. (Ord. Village of Jamaica, June 11, 1855, with verbal changes.)

Article II.-Unlawful Noises.

§ 2. It shall not be lawful for any person to blow any horn or beat upon any tin pan or kettles, or make any improper noise tending to disturb the peace and quiet of that section of The City of New York formerly known as the Village of Jamaica, or build any bonfire, or burn tar barrels in any of the highways, streets, lanes, alleys or public grounds of the village under a penalty not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both such penalty and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court having cognizance thereof, for each and every person violating this ordinance. (ld. June 26, 1856.)