Identifier: manualofcorpora1859newy (find matches)
Title: Manual of the corporation of the city of New York
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Common Council Willis, Samuel J Valentine, David T. (David Thomas), 1801-1869
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Publisher: New York
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d all persons so carting or transporting any such poles, plank,timber, spars, or other things, in any other manner, shall be deemed guilty of aviolation of this article. It shall not be lawful for the driver or other person having charge of any pub-lic cart, dirt-cart, or any other vehicle, to be oftor away from any such cart, orany other vehicle, while the same is moving or passing along any of the streetsor avenues of said city; nor shall it be lawful for any public cartman, whilewaiting for employment, at any place assigned for his cart to stand while wait-ing for employment, or at any other place, to snap or flourish his whip, or to beaway from his cart, unless from necessity or on business, or to sit or stand aboutthe door-steps or platforms in front of any house, store, or other building, to theannoyance of the occupants thereof. It shall not be lawful for any person who has been licensed to keep publiccarts, or to be a public cartman, and whose license has been suspended or re-
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385 voked by the Mayor, to keep, drive, or use any public cart in the city of NewYork under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for every such offence. The stanchions of every public cart employed in the transportation of any fire-wood shall be shouldered with a band of iron around the part which enters themortice, and the mortice cased with iron, so as to prevent the wearing of thestanchion or mortice ; or, at least three feet distant from the floor of the cart,there shall be fixed across, from one stanchion to the other, an iron chain, so asto prevent the stanchions from spreading, and no public cartman shall cart anyfirewood in violation of any of these provisions. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep, drive, use, or employ, any cart,wagon, truck, dray, or other vehicle, other than such as are licensed as hereinprovided, for the transportation or conveyance of any article or thing, fromplace to place, in the city of New York, unless the name and residence,or placeof busines

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