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CHAPTER XIX.

OF PUBLIC WELLS, PUMPS, CISTERNS AND HYDRANTS.

ARTICLE I.

OF BUILDING WELLS AND PUMPS.

for Wells and

§1. All applications for wells and pumps, in any part Applications of the city of New York, shall be made to the Croton Pumps. Aqueduct Board.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the said Board, as soon as Ibid. may be after the receipt of such application, to submit the same to the Alderman and Councilmen of the district of the ward in which the well is to be located, and if approved by them, the said Board shall present to the Common Council the ordinance necessary to carry the application into effect, in the manner provided for by law.

Public Wells.

§ 3. All public wells hereafter built by order of the Inspection of Common Council, shall be examined and inspected by the Water Purveyor, and shall be paid for by the Croton Aqueduct Board, in the usual manner, on receiving from the said Water Purveyor a certificate of his approval of the work, and that the same is built in conformity to law, the said work to be done in accordance with the provisions of law and ordinances as to all work done for the Corporation.

avenues.

§ 4. No public well shall hereafter be built in any of No Wells in the avenues of this city.

§ 5. No person shall build any well in any of the ave- Ibid. nues of this city, under the penalty of fifty dollars, and the Croton Aqueduct Board shall cause the same, in all such cases, to be filled up.

Removal of
Wells and

Pumps.

§ 6. The Croton Aqueduct Board is hereby authorized, under the direction of the Alderman and Councilmen of the district of each ward respectively in which any well and pump may be so located as to incumber the carriageway or sidewalks of any street in the city, to remove the same to some more proper and convenient place in the vicinity.

Regulations as to use of water.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Pumps.

ARTICLE II.

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO PUBLIC WELLS, PUMPS, CISTERNS
AND HYDRANTS.

§ 7. No person or persons shall take the water from any public well, pump or cistern in the city of New York, for the purpose of selling or offering the same for sale, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense.

§ 8. No person shall take or use the water from any public cistern or hydrant, except in case of fire, and for the purpose of extinguishing the same, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense.

§ 9. No person having charge of any public cistern or hydrant, shall suffer or permit any water to be taken therefrom, except for the purpose of extinguishing fire, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every such offense.

Protection of § 10. No person shall willfully do, or cause, or suffer to be done, any damage to any of the public pumps in the city of New York, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense.

Regulations

og to use of water.

§ 11. Every person who shall place, or assist in placing or cause, or procure to be placed, any hogshead, barrel, tub, or other vessel of greater capacity than ten gallons, in any street in the city of New York, within twenty-five

feet of any public well or pump, for the purpose of filling the same with water from any such well or pump, or who shall put, or cause to be put, into any such vessel any water from such pump or well, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each offense.

as to use of water.

§ 12. The last preceding section shall not be construed Regulations to prevent the immediate filling of any vessel therein mentioned, provided the same shall be forthwith removed.

Hydrants.

§ 13. If any person except one of the engineers or fore- Unscrewing men of the fire companies, shall unscrew any of the hydrants belonging or attached to the Corporation water works, erected for the extinguishment of fire, or interfere with the same, or any part of the works belonging to the said establishment, whereby 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.

Washing of

Carriages.

§ 14. No person shall wash, or cause, or procure or per- Horses and mit to be washed, any horse or carriage within twenty-five feet of any pump, in any street in the city of New York, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offense.

§ 15. No person shall water, or suffer or permit any horse to drink or be watered, at or within ten feet of any pump or well in any street of the city of New York, under the penalty of five dollars for each offense, to be paid by the owner or person watering or permitting such horse to water, severally and respectively.

Watering

When a fence

or railing to

CHAPTER XX.

OF THE ERECTION OF BARRIERS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.

§ 1. It shall be the duty of every person or persons enbe erected. gaged in digging down any road or street, in paving any street, building any sewer or drain, trench for water pipes, or digging and building a well in any of the public roads, streets or avenues, under contract with the Corporation of this city, made through either or any of the departments of the said Corporation, or by virtue of any permission which may have been granted to them, by the Mayor and Common Council, or either of the said departments, or either of them, where such work, if left exposed, would be dangerous to passengers, to erect a fence or railing at such excavations, or work, in such a manner as to prevent danger to passengers who may be traveling such streets, roads or avenues, and to continue and uphold the said railing or fence, until the work shall be completed or the obstruction or danger removed. And it shall also be the duty of such persons to place upon such railing or fenee, at twilight in the evening, suitable and sufficient lights, and keep them burning through the night, during the performance of said work, under the penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for every neglect.

Ibid.

§ 2. The provisions of the preceding section shall apply to every person who shall place building materials in any of the public streets or avenues, or be engaged in building any vault, or constructing any lateral drain from any cellar to any public sewer, or who shall do or perform any work causing obstructions in the public streets, by virtue of any permit from any executive department; and also to all public or Corporation officers, engaged in performing

any work in behalf of the Corporation, whereby obstructions or excavations shall be made in the public streets.

fence or rail

§ 3. The extent to which such railing or fence should be Extent of built, in the several cases, is hereby defined as follows, to ing. wit:

In digging down any street or road, by placing the
same along the upper bank of such excavation,
or by extending the fence so far across the street
or road, as to prevent persons from traveling on
such portion as would be dangerous. In paving
any street or avenue, by extending it across the
carriage-way of such street or avenue, or if but
a portion of the width of such carriage-way be
obstructed, across such portion, in which case the
obstructions shall be so arranged as to leave a
passage-way through, as nearly as may be, of uni-
form width.

In the building of a sewer, by placing it across the
carriage-way, at the ends of such excavations as
shall be made.

In the building of a well, by inclosing the same, and
the obstructions connected therewith, on one or
more sides.

In building vaults, by inclosing the ground taken for
the vaults.

In placing building materials in the streets, by placing
it across so much of the street as shall be occu-
pied by such materials; and the materials shall be
so placed as to occupy a space of uniform width,
except brick or stone piled solid at least seven
feet high. In all cases sufficient lights are to be
placed upon such building materials, fences or
railings, and kept burning during the night, as
provided by the preceding sections.

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