84 TREES IN WINTER 



7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to inter- 

 fere or cause or authorize or procure any interference with the Shade 

 Tree Commission or any of its employees, ag-ents or servants while 

 they are engaged in and about the planting, cultivating, mulching, 

 pruning, spraying or removing of any tree in any public highway or 

 city park within the said City, or in the removing of any device 

 attached to said tree or in such removing of stone, cement, sidewalk 

 or other material or substance as may be necessary for the protection 

 and care of any such tree in accordance with the requirements set 

 forth in Section 6 hereof as to the area of open ground to be main- 

 tained about the base of the trunk of each shade tree in the public 

 highwaj'^s and city parks of the City. 



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 Ten Dollars ($10) 

 for each and every such offense. 



8. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cause, 

 authorize or procure a wire or other conductor, charged with electricity, 

 to come into contact with any tree in a public highway or with any 

 tree or plant in a city park in the City of Newark in such manner 

 as may injure or abrade such tree or plant. 



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

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

 viction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of Five Dollars ($5) for 

 each and every such offense. 



9. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cause 

 or authorize or procure a wire or other conductor, charged with 

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

 or any tree or plant in a city park in the City of New^ark in such 

 manner as shall destroy or kill such tree or plant. 



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

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

 viction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50) for 

 each and every such offense, 



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

 attach or keep attached to any tree in any public highway or city 

 park in the City of Newark, or to the guard or stake intended for 

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

 whatsoever. 



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 Five Dollars ($5) for 

 each and every such offense. 



11. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tie 

 any horse or other animal to any tree in any public highway or city 

 park within said City of Newark ; 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 anim.al to cause or 

 allow it to stand so that it can injure such tree. 



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

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



