The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-12

pernuSslOu IS BrHuteu, the WOTK Buull DC uolie as directed or approved by the City Engineer.
 Sec 3l0. Any person opening any street or private way within the limits of said City, except under and by virtue of an order Of the Court Of Common Council, and any person who shell aid or assist Ill so offending, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars for every such offense; 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 ofle hundred dollars for every month that such street or private way shall continue open in violation of the provisions of this section.
 Sec S4l. Whenever an order shall have been passed for paving or re-paving with wood stone or other material any street or streets of the City, In or through which there shall
 be, before the execution of such order, any sewer or any gas or water mains laid down, it shall be the duty of the Department of Pub- lie Works to examine the land and buildings
 upon said street, to prescribe the connec- tions proper to be made with such sewer gas
 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-
 laid, as the case may be.
 Sec. 342. If the requirements of said notice
 shall 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-
 tions, so ordered by it as aforesaid, to be
 made, and the expense of making the same
 shall be paid by the proprietors of said lands
 respectively, and shall be lien upon said
 lands in favor of said City, to be secured
 and enforced in the manner now provided
 by the Charter and Ordinances of the City
 in other cases.
 Be it ordained by the Court of Common
 Council of the City of New Haven
 That Section 352 of the Ordinances of the
 City of New Haven be- and the same hereby
 is repealed, and that the following be in-i
 serted as substitute for and in Che place
 of the same
 Section l. Any person duly licensed or
 permitted to occupy any part of any street
 within the City limits while erecting or re-
 pairing any building and any person making
 any excavation in any sidewalk, or who shall
 remove the pavement or material of which
 the sidewalk is composed for any purpose,
 shall provide safe and convenient passage
 around or over that part of the sidewalk or
 street removed or excavated by them or oc-
 cupied by them while 80 erecting or repair
 ing any building. for public travel, by erecting
 and maintaining plank walk not less than
 three feet in width over or around so much of the sidewalk as they may have removed
 or excavated, or they may occupy while erect,
 ing or repairing any building; shall at all
 times keep that part of the sidewalk occupied
 by them and the excavation made by them
 properly lighted in accordance with Section
 34B 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- in. The opening left in the gutters for water snail not be less than twelve inches in width, | and if covered the interior space shall not be less than eight inches In heighth. Section ?. 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 Q period not ex- ceeding one year in all if the superintendent of streets Is of the opinion that such extension is necessary.
 Section 8. If any person shall remove any portion of the sidewalk before any premises l for any of the purposes hereinbefore men, toned, the owner of said premises shall, upon 1 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 the said Director shall decide upon and specify in | said order.
 | Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions or this section shall pay g penalty
 of not more than $50 for each offense and shall l caused by said violation.
 Section D. The Director of Public Works l whenever he discovers any violation of any l Of the provisions of this section shall imme- | diately leave with the owner of the building, l or his agent, notices of such violation, and 1 an order that the requirement. violated shall be | immediately compiled with. If, after three | hours, the order of the Director of Public l Works has not been compiled with, it shall be | HIS Auly tO execute the SatIle, ana Ine expense | thereof shall be lien or real incunbrance in l favor of said City upon said land and build l ings, or both. And 1t shall be the duty of the 1 Director of Public Works to record his corded within sixty days thereafter. unless the 1 same shall previously have been paid. l Section 6. Section 352 of the Ordinances of
 the City of New Haven Is hereby repealed. l Section 355. No person shall cut or dig up
 any sods or turf in any of the streets or public i squares of said city, except under the diree- | tion of the Director of Public Works; nor i shall any person remove or carry away aiiy l 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 l authority of the Director of Public Works. I Any person offending against the provisions | of this Ordinance shall forfeit and pay q pen- 1 alty of twenty dollars for each otfense. | Section S59. When q draw is to opened after the usual signal Is given of sounding a | gong or blowing whistle, no person shall l stand upon the draw span within fifty feet of 1 the end, and If required by the bridge tender or police officer, all persons shall either leave l the draw span or occupy the draw span for 1 the space of not more than thirty feet each l 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 l 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 361 No person shall throw, cart, or l lay any offal, vegetables, garbage, dross, | straw, shayings, 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 1 suffer any brine, or wash or dirty water to | flow into any street, or throw, or permit the l same to be thrown into or scattered on any | street; or shall throw, cart. or lay any ashes, I cinders or shells in or upon any street In said | City, without the authority or permission of | the Director of Public Works
 1 Any person who shall post up, display, dis- l tribute publicly, exhibit or attach to any bill | board, fence or other public place, any cb- i scene, lewd or lascivious wood cut print pic- | ture or paper, on conviction thereof shall for 1 felt and pay penalty of not more than fifty | dollars.
 Section ss4. No person shall take or remove l any street dirt or manure collected from any l street in said City, except in front of his own premises, without the authority of the Direct l or of Public Works.
 | Section 365. 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 l Common Council, cause to be erected and
 maintained on the line of such lot adjoining | the street suitable fence of rails, boards, or l 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 shall i be paid by the owner or owners of said land. | Section 366. No person shall make a stand 1 in any street, or tn any of the public squares I IL =