jurisdiction, and where such consent is given, a deposit of money may be required 

 to insure the restoration of the said curbs, gutters, flagging, etc. 



XXIII. No person in bathing costume will' be permitted to walk or ride upon 

 any parks, parkways or beaches, except Pelham Bay Park, under the jurisdiction 

 of the Department of Parks. No boat or vessel shall be placed upon any of the 

 waters of the said parks, except by special permission from the Commissioner having 

 jurisdiction. No skating or sledding will be allowed on the lakes unless the ice 

 is declared by the Commissioner having jurisdiction to be in a suitable condition 

 for that purpose. 



XXIV. No one shall fire or carry any firearm, fire cracker, torpedo or tire- 

 works, nor make a fire, nor make any oration, nor conduct any religious or other 

 meeting or ceremony within any of the parks, parkways, squares or places in The 

 City of X T ew York under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks without 

 special permission from the Commissioner having jurisdiction. 



XXV. Xo one shall enter or leave the parks except at the established entrance- 

 ways; nor shall any one enter or remain therein after 12 o'clock at night, except as, 

 on special occasions, use thereof may be authorized beyond the regular hours. 



XXYI. The drives shall be used only by persons in pleasure vehicles, on 

 bicycles, or on horseback; the bridle paths only by persons on horseback. Animals 

 to be used on either shall be well broken, and constantly held in such control that 

 they may be easily and quickly turned or stopped ; they shall not be allowed to 

 move at a rate of speed on the drives or bridle paths of more than eight miles an 

 hour; and when it shall be deemed necessary to safety, good order, or the general 

 convenience that the speed of an animal or vehicle should be checked, or that it 

 should be stopped, or its course altered, and the officers on duty shall so direct, by 

 gesture or otherwise, such direction shall be obeyed ; and no horse or other beast of 

 burden nor automobile shall be driven or suffered to stand anywhere except on the 

 drive or bridle path. 



XXVII. No hackney coach or other vehicle for hire shall stand within the 

 public parks, parkways, squares or places under the jurisdiction of the Department 

 of Parks for the purpose of taking up passengers, other than those whom it has 

 brought in, excepting with the permission of the Commissioner having jurisdiction. 

 No public omnibus or express wagon, and no wagon, cart or other vehicle, carrying 

 or ordinarily used to carry merchandise, goods, tools or rubbish shall enter such 

 public parks, parkways, squares or places without permission of the Commissioner 

 having jurisdiction, excepting upon traffic roads provided for the purpose. No fire 

 engine or other apparatus on wheels for extinguishing fire shall enter or be allowed 

 upon any part of the park excepting the Transverse and Traffic roads. 



XXVUI. X T o military or target company and no civic, funeral or other proces- 

 sion, or a detachment of a procession, and no hearse or other vehicle or person 

 carrying the body of a dead person shall enter or be allowed on any part of the 

 public parks, except by the permission of the Commissioner having jurisdiction. 



XXIX. No person shall bring into or carry within the parks any tree, shrub, 

 plant or flower, nor any newly plucked branch or portion thereof without a permit 

 from the Commissioner having jurisdiction. 



XXX. No person shall solicit passengers for any coach or other vehicle for 

 hire within or upon any of the parks, parkways, squares or places within the juris- 

 diction of the Department of Parks. All drivers or attendants of vehicles for hire 

 standing upon or within any such parks, parkways, squares or places shall remain 

 in close proximity to their vehicles while so standing, and shall not follow, solicit 

 or importune any person entering or leaving the said parks, parkways, squares or 

 places. 



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