82 TREES IN WINTER 



ester and Street Commissioner . Many states have in their statute 

 books laws relating to shade trees in towns and cities. The most 

 progressive legislation along this line is found in the laws of ^ew 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Each of these states 

 leaves the towns and cities free to supplement the statutes by local 

 ordinances. For the guidance of municipalities that are contem- 

 plating the problem of municipal control, the shade tree ordinance 

 of the city of Newark, N. J., is here given in full : — 



BE IT ORDAINED by the Shade Tree Commission of the City of 

 Newark, New Jersey, as follows : 



1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, without 

 the written permit of the Shade Tree Commission, to cut, break, climb 

 or injure any tree or portion of tree planted or growing in any public 

 highway within the City of Newark, or cause, authorize or procure 

 any person to cut, break, climb or injure any such tree or any portion 

 thereof ; or to cut, break, climb or injure any tree or plant, or any 

 portion of any tree or plant, planted or growing in any city park or 

 parking strip within the City of Newark, or cause or authorize or 

 procure any person to cut, break, climb or injure any such tree or 

 plant or any portion of such tree or plant ; or to injure, misuse or 

 remove, or cause, authorize or procure any person to injure, misuse 

 or remove any device set for the protection of any tree or plant in 

 any public highway or city park of said City. Any person, firm or 

 corporation desiring for any lawful purpose to cut, prune or trim any 

 tree in any public highway of said City of Newark may apply to the 

 Shade Tree Commission ; and if in the judgment of said Commission 

 the desired cutting, pruning or trimming shall appear necessary, and 

 the proposed method and workmanship thereof such as said Commis- 

 sion approves, the Shade Tree Commission may thereupon issue a 

 written permit for such work. Any work done under such written 

 permit must be performed in strict accordance with the terms thereof. 



Any person, firm or corporation which shall violate or authorize 

 or procure a violation of any provision of this section or of any 

 permission given as aforesaid shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit 

 and pay a penalty of Five Dollars ($5) for each and every such 

 offense. 



2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to kill 

 or remove, or cause, authorize or procure the death or removal of, 

 any tree planted or growing in any public highway, or any tree or 

 plant planted or growing in any city park, within the said City of 

 Newark. Any person, firm or corporation desiring for any lawful 

 purpose to take down or remove any tree in any public highway of 

 said City of Newark may apply to the Shade Tree Commission ; and 

 if in the judgment of the said Commission the desired taking down 

 or removal shall appear necessary, the Shade Tree Commission may 

 thereupon issue a written permit therefor. Any work done under such 

 written permit must be performed in strict accordance with the terms 

 thereof. 



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

 procure a violation of any provision of this section shall, upon con- 



