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of the person in charge of such work to forthwith notify the su-
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<br />perintendent of the water works of such exposure. For failure to
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<br />give such notice the party in default shall be liable to a fine of $2.
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<br />Sec. 157. City employees, city animals, tools and materials.
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<br />The City Engineer shall employ such labor, and hire or purchase
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<br />such horses and mules and such tools and materials for the city's
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<br />use as the Committee on Streets and Sanitation may direct in
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<br />writing. All such employees and all such animals, tools and ma-
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<br />terials shall be under the direction and control of the City En-
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<br />gineer, who shall see that all such property belonging to or in the
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<br />care of the city is properly cared for and protected.
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<br />Sec. 158. Corner stones and posts.
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<br />Any person who shall unlawfully remove or displace, or in
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<br />any manner change, deface or alter any corner stone or post
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<br />marking the corner of any street or sidewalk, shall be punished
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<br />by a fine of $20.
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<br />Sec. 159. Hubs and monuments marking the corporate boundary.
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<br />Any person who shall unlawfully move, disturb or interfere
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<br />with corner hubs or monuments marking the corporate limits
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<br />shall be fined $100, and to move, disturb or interfere with inter-
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<br />mediate hubs or monuments shall be fined in the sum of $25 or
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<br />imprisonment in the jail at the discretion of the Police Justice in
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<br />lieu of the fines above mentioned.
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<br />Sec. 160. Erection of buildings along sidewalks.
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<br />Any person when about to erect any building, wall, fence, or
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<br />other stricture on any street in the city shall first make applica-
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<br />tion to the City Engineer to give him the line of such street at
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<br />the place where such building, wall, fence or other structure is
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<br />intended to be erected. Said City Engineer shall note the partic-
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<br />ulars in his book, and give the applicant a written memorandum
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<br />of such line by which the said applicant shall be governed in
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<br />making his said improvement; for every such service said En-
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<br />gineer shall make a charge against the person for whom the line
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<br />was given, if the line be fifty feet or less, $1.50, and two cents per
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<br />lineal foot for any excess, said fee to be turned into the city
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<br />treasury. Such applicant shall not, thereafter, be required to al-
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<br />ter or remove any such improvement which he may have erected
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<br />in accordance with such memorandum. If any person erea
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<br />any such building, wall, fence or other structure contrary to this
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<br />section and in such manner as to encroach upon the line of or in.
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<br />terfere with the grade of any street, he shall be fined $20, and
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<br />further required to remove such building, wall, fence or other
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<br />structure. For failure to make such removal after five days no-
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<br />tice from the City Engineer, lie shall be fined not less than $5 nor
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<br />more than $20 for each clay's default.
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<br />Sec. 161. Encroachments on streets.
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<br />In every case of an encroachment upon a street by a building,
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<br />wall, fence or other structure, the :Mayor may require the owner
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<br />or maintainer thereof to remove the same. Icor failure to make
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<br />such removal in the time ordered the Police Justice may impose,
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<br />penalty of $5 for each day said failure shall continue thereafter,
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<br />and may cause such encroachment to be removed at the risk and
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<br />cost of the party in default.
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<br />Sec. 162. Cellars and areas.
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<br />Every cellar or area hereafter constructed which opens in a
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<br />sidewalk shall have such opening covered with substantial iron
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<br />grating rough -surface iron, or iron and glass, which shall be
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<br />flush with the pavement; and no such opening to any existing
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<br />cellar or area shall be re-covered, nor shall the covering thereof
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<br />be repaired or renewed except with such material and in such
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<br />manner as above required. No entrance or other opening to any
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<br />cellar or area hereafter constructed in any sidewalk shall ex-
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<br />tend nearer to the curbstone than one-half the width of such side-
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<br />walk. The entrance to every cellar which opens in a sidewalk
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<br />shall be covered with two doors of equal width, without joints
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<br />and so constructed when closed that they shall be flush with the
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<br />pavement, and when open shall each stand upright and at right
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<br />angles to the pavement and be held in such position by connecting
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<br />bars or chains at the end of said doors nearest the curb-line. No
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<br />cellar door shall be allowed to fall back or lie flat upon the street
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<br />or sidewalk, ncr to remain open any longer than necessary and
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<br />while in actual use. The owner or occupant of any house the cel-
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<br />lar or area to which does not conform to the requirements of
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<br />this section who shall, after notification by the Mayor, fail or
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<br />refuse to comply with its provisions, shall be fined $5 each day
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<br />such violation continues. Any person violating the other pro-
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<br />visions of this section shall be fined not less than $2 nor more
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<br />than $10 for each offense.
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<br />Sec. 163. Vaults and coal -holes.
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<br />All vaults and coal -holes under any sidewalk in the city shall
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<br />conform to the following requirements:
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<br />(a) No such vault or coal -hole shall extend beyond the inner
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<br />line of the curb stone.
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<br />(b) The outer wall nearest the carriage way shall be of good
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<br />building stone laid with good cement; the side walls shall be of
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<br />good hard brick or building stone laid in cement mortar; the top
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<br />shall be formed of large flat stones, concrete, or iron plates, or
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<br />arched with stone or hard brick, with the crown of the arch not
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<br />less than one foot below the surface of the pavement.
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<br />(c) Any opening into the sidewalk shall be located not more
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<br />than ten inches from the curbstone and shall not exceed eighteen
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<br />inches in diameter, and shall be covered with a substantial iron
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<br />plate with a rough surface placed flush with the pavement.
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<br />(d) Such vaults or coal -holes hereafter constructed shall be
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<br />in accordance with plans first approved by the City Engineer as
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<br />conforming to this section.
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<br />The owner or occupant of any building, the vault or coal -hole
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<br />to which does not conform to this section, or the owner, user or
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<br />lessor of any such vault or coal -hole, who shall, after notification
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<br />by the Mayor, fail or refuse to comply with its provisions, shall
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<br />be fined $5 for each day such violation continues. Any person vio-
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<br />lating the other provisions of this section shall be fined $5 for
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<br />each offense.
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<br />Sec. 164. Cellar, vault and coal -hole openings.
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<br />Every cellar, vault or coal -hole opening in a sidewalk shall be
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<br />kept closed and the cover thereof securely fastened, except when
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<br />the same shall be actually in use by some person immediately
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<br />attending the same. For a violation of this section the penalty
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<br />shall be $5 for each offense, if it be committed in the daytime,
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<br />and $10 if the same be after nightfall.
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<br />Sec. 165. Same.
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<br />If any one wilfully or maliciously open or cause to be opened
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<br />any such cellar, vault or coal -hole opening in a sidewalk whereby
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<br />safety of users of the sidewalk is endangered he shall, upon con-
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<br />viction, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $15, or im-
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<br />prisoned in the city jail for not more than thirty days, or both.
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<br />sec. 166. Coal.
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<br />Whenever coal is handled or transported over or about any
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<br />sidewalk in the city, the person having such work clone $114
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<br />within one hour after such work is completed, have all particles
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<br />of coal or coal dust swept or removed from the siolewalk.
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<br />Sec. 167. Areas, cellars, etc.—defective covers.
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<br />Whenever the owner or occupant of any house to, which is at,
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<br />tacked any area, cellar, vault, or coal -hole opening in the side'
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<br />walk shall be notified by the Mayor that the covering thereof is
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<br />insecure or dangerous it shall be his duty at once to repair the
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<br />same. For failure to do so within five clays, he shall be fined $3;
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<br />and for each day of default after the expiration of said five
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<br />days, he shall be fined a like sum. And, provided further, that
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<br />in case of failure to repair within five days, the Mayor may
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<br />cause such repairs to be made at the cost of the city, and the
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<br />cost thereof, with twenty per centum additional as a fine, shall
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<br />be collected of the party in def&ult in like manner as fines sod
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<br />assessments are collected.
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<br />Sec. 168. Drippings from houses, eaves and gutters.
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<br />All houses the eaves of which project over the sidewalk shall
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<br />be provided with gutters so that there shall be no dripping from
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<br />the eaves upon the sidewalk. All gutters, the waters from which
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<br />empty upon a street or sidewalk, shall be so constructed as to
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<br />discharge such water only at or below the surface of the ground.
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<br />Tile owner or occupant of any house not complying with the
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<br />requifements of this section shall be fined $1 for each day such
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<br />violation shall continue after notification by the Mayor to remedy
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<br />the fault.
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