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22. RUBBISH IN STREETS-PENALTY.] No person shall place any straw, dirt, chips, shells, ashes, swill or other rubbish, though not offensive to health, in any street or alley in the city of Chicago (except that ashes may be placed in the middle of the carriage way of streets not improved, if leveled off so as not to obstruct the street) under a penalty of five dollars for each offense, and a like penalty for every hour the same shall be suffered to remain after notice given by any officer or agent of the city to remove the same.

23. TEARING UP PAVEMENTS AND WALKS-PENALTY.] No person shall injure or tear up any pavement, side or crosswalk, or any part thereof, dig any hole, ditch or drain in, or dig or remove any sod, stone, earth, sand or gravel from any street, alley or public ground in the city of Chicago, without having first obtained, from the board of public works, written permission; or hinder or obstruct the making or repairing any public improvement or work ordered by the common council or being done under lawful authority for the city of Chicago, under a penalty, for each offense, of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

24. INJURING TREES, ETC.-PENALTY.] No person shall fasten any animal to, or destroy or injure any fence, railing, ornamental or shade tree or shrub, in or upon any public ground, street, alley or other public place in the city of Chicago, under a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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1. LINE OF TREES ESTABLISHED.] Rev. Ord. 1866. All shade and ornamental trees shall be planted on a line two feet inside of the outer line of the sidewalk as defined and established by the chapter relative to sidewalks. If any person shall plant any tree as aforesaid on any different line, he shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars.

2. INJURING TREES-PENALTY.] Any person who shall cut, break, or otherwise injure or destroy any shade or ornamental tree, other than his own, upon any sidewalk or elsewhere, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor exceeding fifty dollars, in every case.

3. TREES OUT OF LINE REMOVAL OF.] If any trees shall have been heretofore planted, within or without the line established at the time the same were set out, or shall hereafter be planted in violation of this chapter, the board of public works shall have power, in their discretion, to cause the same

to be taken up and properly set out: Provided, that in no case shall such discretion be exercised unless such tree shall form a material obstruction to the street or sidewalk; nor unless the season shall be favorable for transplanting the same.

4. OBSTRUCTION BY TREES.] If any trees shall be suffered by the owner or occupant of the premises to grow in such a manner as to obstruct the reflection of the public lamps, it shall be the duty of the board of public works to notify the owner or occupant of the premises forthwith to trim the same, in the manner to be specified in the notice. If any person shall refuse or neglect to comply with such notice, it shall be the duty of the said board to cause such trees to be trimmed, and the person so refusing or neglecting shall be subject to a penalty of one dollar for each tree he was so notified and refused, or neglected, to trim.

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1. RATE OF SPEED OF VEHICLES IN.] No person shall ride, lead or drive any horse, or other animal, nor any vehicle of any sort, through any street tunnel in the city of Chicago, or either of its approaches, at a greater speed than four miles an hour.

2. LOOSE ANIMALS NOT TO ENTER.] No person shall drive, or assist in driving, into or through any such tunnel, or its approaches, any loose horse, horses or loose cattle, or any loose animals of any sort.

3. DIMENSIONS OF LOADS PRESCRIBED.] No person shall lead or drive into any such tunnel, or into either of its approaches, any cart or other vehicle loaded with loose hay or straw, or like bulky or combustible material, or any vehicle, the dimensions of which, including its load, shall exceed ten feet in height or eight feet in width.

4. PENALTY.] Any person violating any of the provisions of either of the sections of this chapter shall, on conviction, pay a fine of not less than five dollars nor exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offense.

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1. TO BE LICENSED LICENSE, HOW GRANTED-CONDITIONS.] Rev. Ord. 1866. No person or persons shall hire out, keep or use for hire, or cause to be kept or used for hire, for the carrying or conveying of persons or any article or thing whatever within the city of Chicago, any hackney coach, cab, coach, omnibus, dray, cart, wagon or other vehicle or vehicles, carriage or carriages of any description or name whatever without a license so to do. And the mayor is hereby authorized to license under his hand, attested by the clerk and the seal of the city, any person or persons, residents of said city, over the age of twenty-one years and being the owner or owners of any or either of the said vehicles or carriages, to keep and use for hire and the conveyance of persons, or any article or thing as aforesaid, any or either of the said carriages or vehicles. All licenses granted under this section may be transferred by the mayor, in his discretion, attested by the clerk : Provided, that the keeper or keepers of livery stables shall have the right to do the ordinary business of such stables without obtaining such license.

2. LICENSE-REGISTRATION OF WHEN TO EXPIRE.] It shall be the duty of the clerk to keep a register of the names of the persons to whom each license is granted or transferred, the date when issued or transferred, the number of the license and the description of the vehicle licensed. All licenses, unless revoked, shall continue in force until the first day of April after the date of the issuing thereof.

3. SIGN PRESCRIBED.] Every person so licensed shall forthwith cause the name of the owner and the number of his license to be plainly painted in letters, at least one and a half inches in size, in a conspicuous place on the outside of each side of the vehicle, and shall keep the same plain and dis

tinct at all times when used, during the continuance of such license; but upon the expiration of said license (unless renewed) such person shall immediately cause the said name and number to be erased from said vehicle, and shall not allow said vehicle to be used with said name or number thereon.

4. NIGHT SIGNALS PRESCRIBED.] Every hackney coach, cab, carriage or other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, except omnibuses running upon established lines, when driven or used, or waiting or standing for use, on any public street or place in the night time, shall have fixed upon some conspicuous part of each of the outsides thereof a lighted lamp with plain glass front and sides, with the number of the license painted with black paint on the sides and front of each of said lamps, in distinct and legible figures, at least one and a half inches in size, and so placed that said numbers and lamps may be distinctly seen from the inside and outside of such vehicle. All omnibuses running within the city and required to be licensed shall, when runnning in the night time, have fixed in some conspicuous place, in front thereof, so as to be distinctly seen from the inside and outside, a lighted lamp, with the number of license distinctly painted thereon in figures of one inch and a half in size.

5. LICENSES FOR DRIVERS-FEE-REVOCABLE WHEN.] Rev. Ord. 1866; amend. Oct. 23, 1872. No person except a licensed owner, shall hereafter drive any licensed hackney coach, cab, dray, cart or other vehicle for the conveyance of passengers or any thing whatever for hire or reward, without first obtaining a license, as such driver, and no such driver shall drive any other carriage or vehicle than the one for which he shall be licensed; nor shall the owner or owners permit any person except a licensed driver or owner, to drive any licensed carriage or vehicle owned or used by him or them; nor shall any such owner permit any licensed driver to drive any other carriage or vehicle than the one for which he shall be licensed. No more than one driver shall be licensed for each of said vehicles or carriages. Such drivers shall be licensed by the mayor and clerk, on request of the owner of any of the vehicles herein mentioned, and such licenses may be transferred on such request, and it shall be the duty of the clerk to keep a list of the drivers so licensed and the number of the vehicle for which each driver shall be licensed, and of all transfers of such licenses. All such licenses shall expire on the first day of April after the date of the issuing thereof. All licenses granted under this chapter shall designate the coach, cab, omnibus, dray, wagon or vehicle by their number or name, and the owner or owners, driver or drivers, shall be severally liable for each and every violation of this chapter, by such owner or owners, or their driver or drivers. every person so licensed (except drivers of omnibuses on established lines, running at regular hours, on regular routes in cases where the name or names of the owners of such line of omnibuses, together with the number of the vehicle, shall be legibly painted on the outside upon the door of such omnibus), shall, while acting as driver of such vehicle, wear conspicuously, a badge, consisting of a rectangular silver plate, or plated metal, one and threefourths inches long and one and one-eighth inches wide, having the corners cut off; on said plate shall be engraved the word "hack" or other word designating his kind of vehicle, in letters not less than five-sixteenths of an

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inch long, and the number of the hack or other vehicle in figures not less than seven-sixteenths of an inch long, said letters and figures to be boldly cut in roman characters and filled in with black; said badge shall be provided with a pin or other fastening, by which the same may be and shall be worn in a conspicuous place on the outside of the breast of the coat, so that it may not be hidden either by accident or design. The city clerk shall collect a fee of one dollar and no more for every driver's license so issued, und such driver's license may be revoked by the mayor in his discretion.

6. LICENSES-CHARGE FOR. All omnibuses and accommodation coaches running in connection with hotels shall be charged for license, each, the sum of ten dollars per annum.

All omnibuses and accommodation coaches, running upon established lines and at stated periods, from place to place within the city, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of ten dollars per annum.

All hackney coaches and carriages, drawn by two horses or other animals, and occupying any public stand, or that shall run for the conveyance of passengers, for hire or reward, within the city, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of twelve dollars per annum.

All cabs or other vehicles drawn by one horse or other animal, and occupying any public stand, or that shall run for the conveyance of passengers, for hire or reward, within the city, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of five dollars per annum.

All baggage, express and furniture wagons, and vehicles drawn by two or more horses or other animals, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of ten dollars per annum.

All baggage, express and furniture wagons and vehicles drawn by one horse, or other animal, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of five dollars per annum.

All drays, carts, wagons and other vehicles, running within said city for hire or reward and not otherwise expressly provided for, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of five dollars per annum.

All wagons and other vehicles drawn by four or more horses, or other animals, for the conveyance of any heavy article or thing for hire, from place to place in said city, shall be charged for license, each, the sum of ten dollars Fer annum: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall include omnibuses and baggage wagons running to and from hotels free of charge, and no fees shall be charged for any license issued under this section.

7. TARIFF OF FARES.] Rev. Ord. 1866; amends. Ord. Feb. 25, 1867; Apr. 22, 1867. The only prices to be charged, received or taken by the owners or drivers of any hackney coach, carriage or other vehicle, except omnibuses, for the conveyance of passengers for hire within said city, shall be as follows, to be regulated and estimated by the distance on the most direct route, namely:

For conveying each passenger from one railroad depot to another railroad depot, fifty cents.

For conveying a passenger not exceeding one mile, fifty cents.

For conveying a passenger any distance over one mile and less than two miles, one dollar.

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