274 SHADE-TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES 



horse or other animal to stand so that said horse or animal can 

 injure such a tree. * 



SEC. 4. No person shall, without the written permit of the 

 Shade-Tree Commission, place or hereafter maintain upon the 

 ground in a public highway, stone, cement, or other substance 

 which shall impede the .free passage of water* and air to the roots 

 of any tree in such highway, "without leaving an open space of 

 ground outside of the trunk of said tree in area not less than 

 four feet square. 



SEC. 5. In the erection or repair of any building or structure 

 the owner thereof shall place such guards around all nearby trees 

 on the public highway as shall effectually prevent injury to 

 them. 



SEC. 6. No person shall pour salt water upon any public 

 highway in such a way as to injure any tree planted or growing 

 thereon. 



SEC. 7. No person shall, without the written permit of the 

 Shade-Tree Commission, attach any electric wire, insulator, or 

 any device for the holding of an electric wire to any tree grow 

 ing or planted upon any public highway of the City of East 

 Orange. 



SEC. 8. Every person or corporation having any wire or 

 wires charged with electricity running through a public high 

 way, shall securely fasten such wire or wires so that they shall 

 not come in contact with any tree therein. 



SEC. 9. Every person or corporation having any wire or 

 wires charged with electricity running through a public high 

 way, shall temporarily remove any such wire or wires or the 

 electricity therefrom when it shall be necessary, in order to take 

 down or prune any trees growing in a public highway, within 

 twenty-four hours after the service upon the owner of said wire 

 or wires, or his agent, of a written notice to remove said wire 

 or wires or the electricity therefrom, signed by two members of 

 the Shade-Tree Commission, or its secretary, upon the order of 

 such Commission. 



SEC. 10. No person or corporation shall prevent, delay, or 

 interfere with the Shade-Tree Commission or its employees, in 



