The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-11

1 Director or Public Works. Whenever such 1 permission Is granted, the work shall be done as directed or approved by the City Engineer. sec. o4O. Any person opening any street or private way within the limits of said City. except under and by virtue of an order of 1 the Court of Common Council and any person | who shall aid or assist in so offending, shall forfeit and pay penalty of one hundred I dollars Tor every such Qffense; and the person | or persons opening such street or private way, | or procuring the same to be opened shall | forfeit and pay an additional penalty of o1e | hundred dollars for every month that such l street or private way shall continue open In VlolaCon or the provisions of this section. sec. 54l. Whenever an order shall have been | passed for paving or re-paving with wood, stone or other material any street or streets or tne Clty, In or through which there shall pe pelore the execution of such order, any sewer or any gas or water mains laid down, l It shall be the duty of the Department of Pub lie Works. to examine the land and buildings upon sad street, to prescribe the connec- | uons proper to be made with such sewer, gas l or water mains, by the proprietors of such ! lands, and to give to such proprietors reason able notice, requiring them to make such con- neetions before such pavement is laid or re- | lald, as the case may be.
 l Sec. S42. If the requirements of said notice l snail not be complied with it shall be and hereby Is made the duty of said Department | unless otherwise ordered by the Court of common Council, to cause all such connec- tlons, so ordered by it as aforesaid, to be | l shall be paid by the proprietors of said lands | respectively, and shall be a lien upon said | lands in favor of said City, to be secured ana enforced in the manner now provided ] by the Charter and Ordinances of the City 1 in other cases.
 Be 1t ordained by the Court of Common
 Council of the City of New Haven;
 That Section S52 of the Ordinances of the | Clty or New Haven be, and the same hereby | Is repealed, and that the following be in- serted as a substitute for and in the place ! of the same
 Section 1. Any person duly licensed or permitted to occupy any part of any street l within the City limits while erecting or re- pairing any building, and any person making l any excavation in any sidewalk, or who shall l remove the pavement or material of which the sidewalk is composed for any purpose, l shall provide safe and convenient passage around or over that part of the sidewalk or I street removed or excavated by them or oc- 1 cupied by them while so erecting or repair ing any building, for public travel, by erecting \ and maintaining plank walk not l6ss than l three feet in width over or around so much 1! of the sidewalk as they may have removed or excavated, or they may occupy while erect ing or repairing any building; shall at ell by them and the excavation made by them ! properly lighted in accordance with Section S46 of the Ordinances of the City of New Haven; and shall at all times keep the street gutters free and clear from anything which | will prevent or retard the flow of water there- I in The opening left in the gutters for water shall not be less than twelve inches in width, l and if covered the interior space shall not be less than eight inches in heighth.
 Section 2. No license shall be given at any time for any of the purposes mentioned in this section for longer period than three months, but license may be extended from time to time without extra charge to a period not ex- ceeding one year in all if the superintendent of streets is of the opinion that such extension is necessary.
 Section 3. If any person shall remove any portion of the sidewalk before any premises for any of the purposes hereinbefore men, tioned, the owner of said premises shall upon the order of the Director of Public Works and within thirty days of the time when notice of such order shall have been served upon them, relay said walk with such material as tho said Director shall decide upon and specify in said order.
 Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions Of this section shall pay penalty of not more than $50 for each offense and shall be responsible to the City for any damage l caused by aNid violation. s,
 Section 5 The Director of Public Works whenever he discovers any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall inlme- diately leave with the owner of the building, or his agent. notices of such violation. and an order that the requirement violated shall be immediately compiled with. If after three hours, the order of the Director of Public Works has not been compiled with, it shall be his duty to execute the same, and the expense thereof shall be a lien or real incumbrance in favor of said City upon said land and build ings, or both. And it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to record his certificate of hen for such expense, to be re- corded within sixty days thereafter, unless the same shall previously have been paid.
 Section 6. Section 352 of the Ordinances of the City of New Haven is hereby repealed.
 Section S55 No person shall cut or dig up any sods or turf in any of the streets or public squares of said city, except under the direc- | ks ~Q n..L1s ~1x.
 shall any person remove or carry away any sods or turf, cut or dug, contrary to the pro- visions of this section.
 Section 356. No person shall take or remove any surplus Or excavated material from the roadway of any street in said City, without the authority of the Director of Public Works. I Any person offending against the provisions of this Ordinance shall forfeit and pay pen- alty Of twenty dollars for each offense.
 Section 359. When draw is to opened after the usual signal is given of sounding a gong or blowing whistle. no person shall stand upon the draw span within fifty feet of the end, and if required by the bridge tender or police officer, all persons shall either leave the draw span or occupy the draw span for the space of not more than thirty feet each side of the center as directed by said tender or police officer; and no person shall stand upon the fixed span within thirty feet of the opening if the opening is unprotected. and If the opening is protected by gates, no per- son shall stand on the bridge between said gates and opening.
 Section S61 No person shall throw, cart or lay any offal vegetables. garbage, dross, straw, shavings dirt filth, or rubbish of any kind whatever. in or into any street, or in any of the public squares of the said City; or shall suffer any brine or wash or dirty water to flow into any street, or throw or permit the same to be thrown into or scattered op any street; or shall throw, cart. or lay any ashes, cinders or shells in or upon any street in said City, without the authority or permission of the Director of Public Works.
 Any person who shall post up, display dis- tribute publicly, exhibit or attach to any bill board, fence or other public place, any ob- scene, lewd or lascivious wood cut, print pic- ture or paper, on conviction thereof shall for felt and pay penalty of not more than fifty dollars.
 , Section 364. No person shall take or remove any street dirt or manure collected from any premises, without the authority of the Direct or of Public Works.
 Section S65. Every owner of any lot of land which abuts upon any street In said City shall when ordered so to do by the Court of maintained on the line of such lot adjoining the street suitable fence of rails, boards. or other materials; and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect such fence where after the passage of such order, the owner or owners neglect to provide the same. and the expense of erecting such fence shali he paid by the owner or owners of said land. Section 366. No person shall make a stand in any street, or in any of the public squares of said City with wagon, wheelbarrow or other vehicle, or shall erect any booth for the