PARK POLICING 



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ings, cut, remove, plant, break or injure any tree or 

 plant in any of the streets or public places in the City 

 of Buffalo; nor shall any person injure or remove any 

 device placed and intended to protect any tree or shrub 

 in any part of the streets or public places of the said 

 city. No person shall fasten a horse or other animal 

 to any tree or shrub or to any device for the protection 

 of the same, or place a hitching post within five feet 

 of any tree or shrub in any of the streets or public 

 places of said city. 



Section 21. No person shall interfere with or in any 

 manner hinder any employee of the city while engaged 

 in constructing, repairing or caring for any portion of 

 the parks or park approaches, or while in the discharge 

 of the duties conferred by this chapter of the ordinances. 



Section 22. No person shall operate or cause to be 

 operated any street car across any park, which car has 

 not been brought to a full stop at the near side of said 

 park approach or entrance and before reaching the 

 same. No such street car shall be operated across any 

 park approach at a greater rate of speed than eight 

 miles per hour. No person shall cause or permit any 

 engine, street car or train to stop or stand on or across 

 any park approach, nor shall any track or tracks laid 

 across any such park approach at grade be used at 

 any time for switching purposes. 



Section 23. It shall be the duty of every person 

 operating a vehicle within the parks or park approaches, 

 to comply with all lawful orders, directions and regula- 



tions displayed upon any post, standard, sign, sema- 

 phore or device installed for the regulation of traffic. 



Section 24. The parks shall be closed each night 

 between the hours of 10.00 P.M., Standard Time, and 

 sunrise the following morning, and no person shall 

 lounge about or remain in any of said parks during said 

 hours. 



Section 25. Until otherwise directed by the Council, 

 the Commissioner of Parks and Public Buildings is 

 hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations for 

 the proper conduct and administration of the parks 

 and park system in the City of Buffalo, to grant per- 

 mits in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, 

 and to perform such other acts with reference to the 

 management of the said parks and park system in said 

 city as he may deem expedient to promote the beauty 

 and usefulness of said parks and to increase the com- 

 fort, safety and convenience of the citizens of Buffalo, 

 and other visitors to said parks, in their use of the 

 same. 



Section 26. All rules, by-laws and ordinances here- 

 tofore enacted by the former Board of Park Com- 

 missioners are hereby repealed; and all ordinances or 

 parts of ordinances of the City of Buffalo inconsistent 

 with the provisions of this chapter shall have no appli- 

 cation to the parks or park approaches. 



Section 27. Any person violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this chapter shall be liable to a fine or penalty 

 not exceeding $250 for each offense. 



REFERENCES 



"General Statistics of Cities," 1916, Bureau of the 

 Census, United States Department of Commerce, pages 

 25-27 and pages 59-60. Contains on pages 25-27 a 

 general discussion of the methods of policing parks 

 throughout the United States in cities of 30,000 popu- 

 lation and over, the number of park police, sources of 

 revenue for paying for policing and the salaries paid 

 park police; and on pages 59-60 presents a table show- 

 ing number of park police in different cities and appro- 

 priations from which salaries are paid. 



Policing, Bulletin No. 6, August, 1910. Published 



by the American Association of Park Superintendents. 

 Symposium by various park executives upon the general 

 subject of park policing. 



Note: Playground and Recreation Association of 

 America, 315 Fourth Avenue, New York City. A great 

 deal of material is on file at the office of the association 

 on the cost of park policing, salaries of officers, organ- 

 ization of park police forces in different cities, Civil 

 Service requirements, and rules and regulations for the 

 government of the use of parks. A copy of any of this 

 material can be had on application. 



