INSECT PESTS OF OHIO SHADE AND FOREST TREES 179 



in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 7 hereof as to the 

 area of open ground to be maintained about the base of the trunk of each shade 

 tree in the public highways of the city. 



Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section, shall upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for 

 each and every such offense. 



Sec. 10. Injury by wire or electricity. It shall be unlawful for any per- 

 son, firm or corporation to cause, authorize or procure a wire or other con- 

 ductor, charged with electricity, to come into contact with any tree in a public 

 highway in the city of Cleveland in such manner as may injure or abrade such 

 tree or plant. 



Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for each 

 and every such offense. 



Sec. 11. Killing by wire, or electricity. It shall be unlawful for any per- 

 son, firm or corporation to cause or authorize or procure a wire or other con- 

 ductor charged wit^i electricity, to come into contact with any tree in any public 

 highway in the city of Cleveland in such manner as shall destroy or kill such 

 tree or plant. 



Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for 

 each and every offense. 



Sec. 12. Attaching wire, rope or sign. It shall be unlawful for any per- 

 son, firm or corporation to attach or keep attached to any tree in any public 

 highway in the city of Cleveland, or to the guard or stake intended for the 

 protection of such tree, any rope, wire, sign or any other device whatsoever, 

 except for the purpose of protecting it or the public. 



Peanlty. Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) for each 

 and every such offense. 



Sec. 13. Horse injury or possible injury. It shall be unlawful for any 

 person, firm or corporation to tie any horse or any other animal to any tree in 

 any public highway within said city of Cleveland, or having charge of such 

 horse, or other animal, to allow or cause or procure it to injure any such tree; 

 or for any person in charge of such horse or other animal to cause or allow 

 it to stand so that it can injure such tree. 



Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon conviction 

 thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for each 

 and every such offense. 



Sec. 14. Permit to plant necessary. It shall be unlawful for any person, 

 firm or corporation to plant or set out any shade tree or cause or authorize 

 or procure any person to plant or set out any shade tree, in or oti any part 

 of any public highway within the city of Cleveland without first obtaining from 

 the Director of Parks and Public Property a written permit to do so or without 

 complying in all respects with the conditions set forth in such written permit. 



Before any permit shall be issued for planting more than twenty-five trees 

 *>n any one permit, the Director may request from the applicant a detailed 

 declaration of intentions oiflier in the form of a planting plan or written state- 

 ment in duplicate. All planting plans shall be drawn on tracing cloth in ink. 

 One copy of each plan or statement of intentions shall, when approved by the 

 Director, be returned to the applicant and the other copy shall be kept on file 

 t>y the Director. 



All planting plans shall show accurately: 



(a) The proposed street width, together with its subdivisions of pave- 

 ment, curb, gutter, parking strip and sidewalk areas, to a definite indicated 

 scale. 



