05/22/1908 Board of Public Works Minutes

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152 Friday May 22nd. 1 The Board met in regular sessionat 10 A. M. All members present ORDINANCE NO. 1. 1909. Be it ordained by the Board of Public Works of the City Of South Bend, Indiana, that the following rules and regulations are hereby approved and adopted for the proteetion•of.the parks in said City of South Bend, Indiana: Rule 1. No person, or persons shall ride or drive any horse or other'animal, or any carriage, buggy or other vehicle along Ior upon any of the drive ways within any of the parks of this City at such an immorderate rate of speed as to endanger" any persons standing or walking or riding therein. Rule 2. No deliverer wagons, delivery trucks or heavy teamster's wagons shall be allowed to drive over the park drives or boulevards. , Rule 3. No horse, or horses or other animal or animals shall be left unguarded or unattached by the driver, unless properly hitched at such place -or places as are designated for the same. Rule 4. No person, or persons shall pick, gather or take any flowers, either wild or cultivated, growing within any park in said City, or walk upon any of the flower or shrubbery beds; nor. shall any person or persons pick, cut down -or injure in any way or manner any of the trees, shrubs or flowers within said parks. Rule 5. No person, or persons shh 1.break, cut, write upon, discolor, or otherwide disfigure any seat, bench, swing. fence or other structure within any of said parks. Rule 6. No person, or persons shall be allowed to play base -ball within any of the parks, or within the limits of the same. Rule 7. No person, or persons shall be allowed to fish in, or.take from any of the ponds, either artificial*or natural, any fist from the same. Rule S. No person, or persons shall be allowed to sleep, loiter, orlie down on any bench, siring or other structure within the parks. Rule 9. No person, ozpersons shall be allowed to discharge any gun, pistol, revolver, fire -cracker, or other fire arms within the limits of any of the parks. - Rule 10. No person, or personG shall be allowed to enter upon, or loiter aroun; or within the limits of any of the parks of this city after twelve (12) o'clock midnight. Any person or persons violating an,. of the rules or regulations of this ordinance shall be fined in any stun not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more than fifty ($50.00) Dollars, and each violation of the same shall be considered a separate and distinct offense. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and legal publication. ATTEST: "Nelson ?-I. Kyser CLERK. Adopted -this 22nd day of May, 1c08.. APPROVED: "Qli. A. Melnerny" "J. W. Papezynski" "Edwin Nicar" BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.