"An ordinance to prevent the destruction or injury of shade and ornamental trees" (1868)

TRUSTEE'S PROCEEDINGS.
Regular Meeting, May 25, 1868.Present—Wm. Allin, Jr., President, and Trustees Spicer, Weaver, Lansing, Eddy and Higgins.Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. [...]Trustee Spicer moved that the following ordinance be accepted after being published according to law,—Carried.AN ordinance to prevent the destruction or injury of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery, within the village of Lansingburgh. Passed May 25, 1868.The Trustees of the village of Lansingburgh do enact as follows:—§ I. Any person who shall willfully injure, mutilate or destroy any shade or ornamental tree growing upon any sidewalk or Avenue, or upon the Public Square of said Village of Lansingburgh, shall for each and every such offense, forfeit and become liable to pay a penalty of ten dollars and cost of suit, to be sued for and recovered by, and in the nature of, and for the use of said village.§ II. No person shall hitch or fasten any horse or mule to any tree growing upon any sidewalk, avenue or the public square, within said village. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, and cost of suit, to be sued for and recovered, by and in the name of and for the use of said village. WM. ALLIN Jr., President.JOHN HIGGINS, Clerk.Lansingburgh Gazette. May 28, 1868