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interrupt the carrying into effect any part of this chapter, or any regulation of the said board, shall, in cases where no other penalty is provided, on conviction, pay a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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1. GUAGE ESTABLISHED.] Rev. Ord. 1866. The guage of all horse or other city railroads in the city of Chicago, now laid, or hereafter to be laid. is hereby fixed at four feet eight and one half inches.

2. RAIL DESCRIBED HOW TO BE LAID.] All rails which shall hereafter be laid on any horse railroad track, or other railroad track, on the streets, alleys, or other public grounds of the city of Chicago shall be a tram rail, having a profile, taken crosswise of the rail, such as is shown on the sketch following, marked "A":

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The width of said rail from outside to outside shall be five (5) inches. The width of the tram shall be three (3) inches horizontal. The height along the wagon edge, or the height from the tram to the highest part of the rail, shall not be more than seven-eighths (7-8) of an inch. The upper part of the rail shall be laid below the level of the surface of the street, and the whole manner of constructing said railways, so as to carry out the provisions of this chapter, shall be under the direction of the board of public works.

3. OTHER RAILS TO BE REPAIRED WHEN.] In all streets where a railway is now laid with rails of a different form from that hereby prescribed for use, such rails shall be displaced by rails of the form herein prescribed, whenever the common council shall order the streets, in which such railways are laid, to be paved, graded, macadamized, planked, or otherwise improved. 4. STREET SPRINKLING PENALTY.] Rev. Ord. 1866; amend. June 17,

1867. The several horse railroad companies having their railway tracks located in and along the different streets within the city of Chicago, shall, from and after the first day of May, and during and until the first day of November, in each and every year, keep moistened and well sprinkled with water the several streets within the city of Chicago, upon and along which they, or either of them, may use or operate their respective railway tracks. And each and every of such horse railroad companies shall for each and every day they, or any of them, shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section, be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor exceeding one hundred dollars.

5. TRACKS AND STREETS TO BE MAINTAINED IN REPAIR.] Rev. Ord. 1866. Said companies shall keep the tracks of their respective roads in such condition, that said tracks shall not at any time be elevated above the surface of the streets on which they are laid; so that vehicles can easily and freely, at all times, cross said tracks at all points, in any direction, without obstruction. They shall also keep in good repair, such portions of the streets as they severally have agreed, or may agree, with said city, so to do.

6. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TO ENFORCE-COMPLAINT BOOK TO BE KEPT.] The board of public works shall see that the provisions of the last section are complied with, and shall require inspectors of side-walks and foremen of street labor, to report to said board all cases that come to their knowledge of any neglect or failure of any of said companies so to comply. Said board shall also keep a book, accessible to the public, in which any resident in said city may enter complaint of the condition of said tracks, or the streets in which the same are laid.

7. FAILURE TO REPAIR-PROCEEDINGS TO COMPEL.] Whenever said companies, or either of them, shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of section five, the board of public works shall cause a notice to be served upon such company or companies, requiring the track or tracks, or part of track or tracks, or the portions of the streets required to be kept in repair by such company or companies mentioned in such notice, to be put in the condition required by section five, within five days after the service of such notice.

8. PENALTY-CITY ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE.] Either of said companies who shall neglect or fail to put their track or tracks, or part of track or tracks, or any portion of the streets, mentioned in such notice, in the condition required by section five within five days after the service of such notice, shall forfeit and pay not less than one hundred dollars, and not more than five hundred dollars for every day such neglect or failure shall continue after the expiration of said five days; and the said board shall report every such case to the city attorney, who shall immediately prosecute the offending company to judgment and execution before any court of competent jurisdiction. 9. CARS NOT TO RUN WITHOUT CONDUCTOR-PENALTY.] Ord. July 18, 1867.] It shall be unlawful for any of the horse railway companies of the city of Chicago to suffer any of their cars to be run on any of the streets, or any portion or part thereof, in the said city, at any time, unless the same shall be in charge of and under the control of some competent conductor. For each and every violation of the provisions of this section the said companies, or

either of them, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor exceeding one hundred dollars.

10. NOT TO OBSTRUCT CROSSINGS-PENALTY.] Rev. Ord. 1866. All proprietors, conductors or drivers of horse railroad cars or omnibuses are prohibited from stopping their cars or omnibuses at any street crossing, so as to interfere with or interrupt the travel of the several streets which they in their respective routes are required to cross. In stopping their cars or omnibuses, for the accommodation of passengers, they shall in all cases pass over the respective cross streets and not stop until the rear of the car or omnibus, as the case may be, shall arrive at the last sidewalk crossing in the direction in which the car or omnibus shall be moving. All persons violating the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of not less than three dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every offense.

11. VEHICLES TO GIVE WAY TO CARS-PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTING.] In all cases where any team or vehicle shall meet a car upon either of the horse railways upon the streets of said city, such team or vehicle shall give way to said car. Nor shall any person wilfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder or interfere with any of said railway cars, by placing, driving or stopping, or causing to be placed or driven at a slow pace, or stopped, any team, vehicle or other obstacle, in, upon, across, along or near to the track of said railways, or either of them, in said city, after being notified by the ringing of the car bell. Whoever shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for every such offense.

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1. LOCATION DESCRIBED.] Rev. Ord. 1866; act Leg. Apr. 25, 1871; Ord. Mar. 2, 1868. The buildings and enclosures erected and now standing, or that may be erected on that part of E. of S. W. of sec. 25 town. 39 N., R. 13 E., lying N. of the W. branch of the S. branch of the Chicago river, being between Twenty-sixth street and the west branch of the south branch of the Chicago river, situate and lying within the city of Chicago, are constituted and established a house of correction for the said city; and

any buildings and enclosures that may hereafter be erected on any lot or lands purchased, owned or leased by the city of Chicago, for the purposes of a house of correction, whether within or without the limits of said city, shall be subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter.

2. SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE CUSTODY UNDER INSPECTORS.] The superintendent of the house of correction shall have the custody, rule, charge and keeping of the house of correction, and of all persons committed thereto, under the supervision and direction of the board of inspectors.

3. WHO TO BE RECEIVED IN.] It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the house of correction to receive into the said house of correction, such persons as may be committed thereto by any criminal court or magistrate in and for the city. And from and after the date of the execution of an agreement to that effect, between the city and the board of commissioners of Cook county, he shall receive into said house of correction any person or persons who may be sentenced or committed thereto by any court or magistrate in and of Cook county, when such commitment is for a time not less than thirty days; and he shall keep such persons at labor, or otherwise, according to the respective sentences or commitments of such persons, in such manner as the board of inspectors shall, from time to time, direct, and as is provided by "An act to establish houses of correction," etc., approved April 25, 1871.

4. OBEDIENCE REQUIRED OF INMATES-ESCAPE-VIOLATION OF RULES -PENALTY.] Every person committed to the house of correction shall obey the superintendent thereof in all his lawful commands, and shall not molest or hinder him in the discharge of his duty, and shall not escape or attempt to escape, or assist others to escape or attempt to escape therefrom, or destroy or injure any property appertaining to the house of correction and shall not transgress or violate the rules of discipline or any of them. Any person violating this section shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars and imprisoned not exceeding ninety days, or either, in the discretion of the magistrate or court convicting.

5. RESISTANCE TO SUPERINTENDENT-PENALTY.] It shall be lawful for the superintendent of the house of correction, and it is hereby made his duty, to arrest, or cause to be arrested and taken before a police justice of the city, every person who shall molest or in any manner interfere with the said superintendent or with any person in his custody or charge as a prisoner, while in the discharge of his duty, either in the house of correction or elsewhere; and any person who shall so molest or interfere with the superintendent of the house of correction, or person in his custody or charge, shall be fined a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.

6. POLICE TO RETURN PROCESS OF COMMITMENT.] It shall be the duty of all members of the police force of the city of Chicago delivering any person to the house of correction to return immediately to the comptroller the mittimus or execution, or a duplicate thereof, by virtue of which said person was committed.

7. COMPTROLLER TO KEEP RECORD OF COMMITMENTS.] It shall be the duty of the comptroller to keep a record of the names of all persons committed to the house of correction, in a book or books to be provided for that purpose, showing the date of committal, days of imprisonment, amount of fine, etc.

8. TREASURER TO RECEIVE FINES PAID-REPORT-DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS.] It shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive all fines of persons who may have been committed to the house of correction, and to make a duplicate receipt of the payment thereof to the comptroller; and when it shall appear by the books of the comptroller that the term of imprisonment of any person is ended by virtue of such payment, or the expiration of his term of sentence, or both, the comptroller shall certify the fact to the superintendent of the house of correction, who shall carefully preserve said certificate and thereupon discharge the prisoner named.

9. HOW PRISONERS TO BE DISCHARGED.] No person shall be released from the house of correction by the superintendent thereof, except on the certificate of the comptroller, as provided in the last preceding section hereof, or by an order of the mayor or some court of competent jurisdiction.

10. SUPERINTENDENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT.] It shall be the duty of the superintendent of the house of correction to make out and deliver to the comptroller on the first day of each quarter, a statement, duly sworn to, showing the names of all persons who have been confined in the house of correction during the quarter past, the number of days of their several confinements during said quarter, the date of their committal and the names of all persons discharged or released during said quarter, and by what authority they were discharged or released.

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1. ONLY BY AUTHORIZED INSPECTORS.] Rev. Ord. 1866. It shall not be lawful for any person not duly appointed and qualified as fish inspector, or assistant, under the revised charter of 1863 as amended by act of the legis lature, approved March 10th, 1869, to act, or assume to act, as inspector of fish, or hold himself out to the public to be such inspector, in and for the city of Chicago.

2. OBSTRUCTING, OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE INSPECTOR PROHIBITED.] No person shall, directly or indirectly, obstruct or wilfully interfere with the fish inspector of the city of Chicago, lawfully appointed as aforesaid, or any of his assistants or employes, in the legitimate exercise of any of the rights, or the performance of any of the duties given, imposed and prescribed in and by section ten of chapter three of said charter.

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