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 enacted, amended, supplemented 
 
 or repealed. 
 
 From JANUARY Ist 
 To DECEMBER 31st 
 1921 
 
 F. W. TYLER, City Clerk 
 
CITY OF BUFFALO 
 
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 SECOND 
 
 SUPPEEMEN Price 
 
 TO THE 
 
 ORDINANCES 
 
 With cross indices of all ordinances 
 enacted, amended, supplemented 
 
 or repealed. 
 
 From JANUARY Ist 
 To DECEMBER 31st 
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 OF BUFFALO 
 
 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 TO THE 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 CHAPTER 1. 
 
 June 15th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordin- 
 ances of the City of Buffalo, under Public Safety—J. 
 N. Adam Memorial Hospital, as reads as follows: 
 
 1-A, 
 1-A, 
 1-A, 
 1-A, 
 1-A, 
 
 1-A, 
 BIN, 
 1-A, 
 1eAS 
 PadN 
 TA 
 1-A, 
 1-A, 
 
 X-ray assistant, 
 typist, 
 
 clerk, 
 
 two cook’s helpers, 
 1 skilled laborer, 
 
 1 skilled laborer, 
 stenographer, 
 dietitian, 
 
 butcher, 
 
 chef, 
 
 assistant chef, 
 baker, 
 
 two cooks at $720.00 each, 
 
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4 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 1-A, laundry manager, 
 1-A, head laundry man, 
 1-A, head waitress, 
 
 painter at $2.50 day,’ 
 carpenter at $3.50 day, 
 
 —be arid the same hereby is amended to read as follows: 
 2-A, stenographer, 
 2-A, dietitian, 
 2-A, butcher, 
 2-A, chef, 
 1-A, assistant chef, 
 2-A, baker, 
 1-A, two cooks at $780.00 each, 
 2-A, laundry manager, 
 1-A, head laundry man, 
 1-A, head waitress, 
 2-A, painter, 
 2-A, carpenter, 
 1-A, assistant X-ray technician and photographer, 
 1-A, clerk-telephone operator, 
 1-A, bookkeeper, 
 1-A, two assistant cooks at $600.00 each, 
 3-A, farm manager, 
 2-A, grounds working foreman. 
 
 That so much as relates to labor, regular roll, be 
 amended to read as follows: | 
 
 HOSPITAL LABOR. 
 
 Twelve laborers, not to exceed $720.00 a year each. 
 Three laborers, not to exceed $780.00 a year each. 
 Four laborers, not to exceed $900.00 a year each. 
 Laborers, not to exceed $660.00 a year each. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 5 
 
 FARM LABOR. 
 
 Laborers, not to exceed $1,200.00 a year each. 
 
 WOMAN LABOR. 
 
 Waitresses, maids, laundresses, seamstresses and linen 
 sorter, not to exceed $420.00 a year each. 
 
 Housekeepers, not to exceed $600.00 a year each. 
 
 Cleaning women, not to exceed $480.00 a year each. 
 —and by striking therefrom the following: 
 
 2-A, chauffeur, 
 1-A, one baker’s helper. 
 
 Also by adding thereto the following: 
 
 2-A, X-ray technician and photographer, 
 2-A, electrician, 
 
 2-A, mechanic, 
 
 1-A, general repair man, 
 
 1-A, assistant baker, 
 
 1-A, head seamstress. 
 
 Effective July 1, 1921. 
 
 June 29th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo, under Department of Public Safety— 
 J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital—be amended so as to 
 read as follows: 
 
 INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION. 
 
 1-A, 1 head seamstress, 
 1 head waitress. 
 LER ERCLS Af ere Sul alee A hob ony Ee a ae $ 480 00 
 SIG CCIELINY CT Nem FOTN cer acy co ctade stant pose eine 540 00 
 BE Gr PMN SRR eee Tio c vss auhe ein cVeturansesss 600 00 
 
6 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 1-A, 2 assistant cooks. 
 
 First: year ted itesapacetarh-ctaeccs teed diac ieee emma $ 600 00 
 Second SVeancniyaetsecuentie eres eee! 660 00 
 
 1-A, 1 assistant X-ray technician and photographer, 
 
 1 -clerk-telephone operator, 
 18 nurses, 
 
 1 clerk, 
 
 1 watchman. 
 
 First iy Oa cto vis sree Rte aires ataces $ 660 00 
 Second year 
 
 1-A, 1 laboratory assistant. 
 
 ARB RSS MN gore f peg ee APRs AC MTS pelted ener ee Ne 70 0,0) 
 ECON uy eal Mw maven mee eed wk eeu, 780 00 
 
 1-A, 1 general repairman, 
 
 1 assistant baker, 
 1 bookkeeper, 
 
 1 assistant chef, 
 
 2 cooks, 
 
 1 head laundryman, 
 6 supervising nurses. 
 
 BirSh py CAUA cacti) eee avere eel ele vow $ 720 00 
 Dechndtvenn se aiace le eee Ae acre 780 00 
 PLPC Vero: Coca sme pita tes leeds Ome OA ati 840 00 
 Hoprths years sicechemneeane ead trees: uaa naa 900 00 
 
 2-A, 1 butcher, 
 
 1 baker, 
 
 laundry manager, 
 dietitian, 
 stenographer, 
 chef, 
 
 storekeeper, 
 
 ae ae ee oe ee ee 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 7 
 
 1 junior assistant physician, 
 1 X-ray technician and photographer. 
 
 REAM RR as cote ai cere a GABA PESVLLNIVE lool rieok $ 960 00 
 arecae as Gy 0 8 Cape iets a nel a Bag. SRE ae 1,020 00 
 BETIRECyYCAT Pacicuaces eurteves: et Bu RO NN 1,080 00 
 SOS ak Su Cy (Ragas | ts ag se EAB I ai ic aa 1,140 00 
 BUTE ULV aN OEIC Sebo ted hint ance ceter a ressckte devote 1,200 00 
 
 2-E, 1 grounds working foreman, 
 
 1 painter, 
 1 carpenter. 
 
 MMT eSes yigerche) | opbkr IMs ape ESS ot ta $ 960 00 
 BS COLIR EHV et Geran LWeon Man on tava estos «ant teaie an. 1,020 00 
 ARTE yo Penge Pos Peper ae ta EAS ams Mat es 1,080 00 
 RPOUIULIUE VEIN stents tts tevicstuatvtncost viscieeeo 1,140 00 
 Fifth year ....... fy eae Re al et aap AE TCC 1,200 00 
 
 2-E, 1 skilled laborer. 
 
 3-E, 1 farm manager. 
 
 BAS Tati WR TRE cite Gicsr teeh cintleetnteetascyei tebe eenabess Ges $ 1,260 00 
 Det MEIC LMDY Ciel EBA As rete, acute A wate weapons 70s 1,320 00 
 PRL ET CATA Me easinven tots Proasincinitartteatcashss seed 1,380 00 
 
 3-A, 1 matron. 
 
 ROPE W EG ek is Le VMraay sedan aos sUek (laabiies Ryvdsssnase $ 1,260 00 
 aera UI yo: hee Saat at FNL ES a en Pc 1,320 00 
 CASED eaters tdci dbed atid tah ecibss tens v ak eee 1,380 00 
 
 4-A, 1 steward. 
 
 TAS ME REET YEL Se Dh elaes sli sPovEasel)nchax cess $ 1,560 00 
 ORCL RHEE PN cas cca) sys cndadins oop piutstctewaleca stesso 1,560 00 
 PIED Ue CtLS A Teah: Rechts she) catdh gra scndvatasss 4aeaas vse’ 1,620 00 
 
8 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 6-A, 1 senior assistant physican. 
 
 First year. (15 EH Ne ott aie. t anes econ $ 2,100 00 
 Second oven, lore satiety occ team eaten Onreees 2,100 00. 
 PL aan | VGAT ater seers eet ee eee 2,280 00 
 Baurth, year ti-ncsueccce vecol sae sche yee tenet 2,280 O00 
 Fitth WvGar isc. aetacscsersstisecwtie eater eee 2,460 00 
 
 7-A, 1 assistant superintendent. 
 
 Per) Year rosy. ese veces ene eee Crees $ 3,500 00 
 1 superintendent. 
 Pek 2 yearieh erates. cci, eke ecm ee ee aee $ 5,000 00 
 MECHANICAL DIVISION. 
 2-A, 3 firemen, 
 1 mechanic, 
 1 electrician. 
 HirSPeyGata pies. to ccever cater tier tana eee meen ae S$ 960 00 
 SECON: VEd Tiere tacit. sors eee Piel 1,020 00 
 SIP VCAT a acres cere. cat pete ee eee ee 1,080 00 
 MI OUDLAPY CATA or nei reenter et researc, 1,140 00 
 Hitthfyvear ae. ei a cee eee 1,200 00 
 4-A, 1 engineer. 
 BRACST) VOCAL y eaceecercencecs cent eennae ee eee $ 1,320 00 
 SECON A EAL, eee coarse tie eee ed ee 1,380 00 
 Hite Vea, teers eer ey oe ee 1,440 00 
 LSrojthude® iieche ay Ae Mieee ory irrnr ee ria! 1,500 00 
 PIAL TI Ga Tater aces. dfupeese rte on Sarah aga 1,620 00 
 
 If quarters are not furnished the incumbent of this 
 
 position shall receive in addition to his an 
 
 nual salary 
 
 the sum of $180.00 annually, payable in semi-monthly 
 
 installments. 
 
 4-A, 1 assistant engineer. 
 ee: FE AE Nee eerste Ot nik sont teens LENCE MES i, Uo 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 9 
 
 LABOR DIVISION. 
 HOSPITAL LABOR, 
 
 Laborers not to exceed $660.00 a year each. 
 
 Twelve laborers, not to exceed $720.00 a year each. 
 Three laborers, not to exceed $780.00 a year each. 
 Four laborers, not to exceed $900.00 a year each. 
 
 FARM LABOR. 
 
 Laborers not to exceed $1,200.00 a year each. 
 
 WOMAN LABOR. 
 
 Waitresses, maids, laundresses, seamstresses and linen 
 
 sorter, not to exceed $420.00 a year each. 
 
 Housekeepers and nursing attendants, not to exceed 
 $600.00 a year each. 
 
 Cleaning women, not to exceed $480.00 a year each. 
 
 Effective: July 1, 1921. 
 
 July 13th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordin- 
 ances of the City of Buffalo, under the Department of 
 Public Safety, J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital, as reads 
 as follows: 
 
 2-A, One junior assistant physican, 
 
 be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 3-A, One junior assistant physican: 
 
 Svar ier gas 2 pha a Riprecna ena lly Ae en $ 1,260 00 
 PIC EA catenesdcnares secu pers cts Said ea erry 1,320 00 
 PEC UCT Te irate haps tbh oes teed tel leaks 1,380 00 
 RUSTE RATES ssi My citiicrctas ce vigbeh; coceess se 1,440 00 
 
 Si tT Tie V Or teasers. cents ees ulvek dash betaes/ait 1.500 00 
 
10 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 July 13th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public 
 Safety—Health—Laboratory Group, be amended by 
 adding thereto the following: 
 
 2-A, One messenger : 
 
 First, years ects oo in orem rene $ 960 00 
 Second yeah saan ater ee see eee ere 1,020 00 
 THird Wear nvciavicspetteme terres tener 1,080 00 
 Fourth “yearier cc wcsadrctescdteenseverevaseeas eset 1,140 00 
 Pith yea riers ee dvaen c eee ener ara 1,200 00 
 
 One laborer, $3.00 per day. 
 
 July 27th. 
 
 That Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public Safety, 
 be amended by adding thereto the following: 
 
 MECHANICAL DIVISION. 
 
 4-A, One assistant engineer (who shall relieve the 
 engineers at the Washington Market and Bath House 
 No. 1 on Amherst street, allowing each engineer one day 
 off in seven). 
 
 FAFSERVGOD sy eiossciscctiabe ure mire eaeas terres sere, $ 1,320 00 
 DOCONS VAT scsi tcc ss GUN ROM MN ahr cce ane 1,380 00 
 MW evewe Gif ch amano ee CIM A Sy cas aie tee 1,440 00 
 Hourthovea rioters seren ices: ertrnyedivcnteenas 1,500 00 
 Pafth yea) seven am cee anit anna aes 1,620 00 
 
 November 16th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordin- 
 ances of the City of Buffalo, under the Department of 
 Public Safety—Health, reading: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 11 
 
 “Director of Laboratory (Bacteriologist)” 
 —be amended to read: 
 
 “Superintendent of Laboratories.” 
 
 December 7th. 
 I make the recommendation that that part of Article 
 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances reading: 
 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY—FIRE. 
 6-B, one operator assignment clerk 
 —be repealed, and that that portion reading: 
 MECHANICAL DIVISION. 
 4-B, three fire alarm operators, 
 —be amended to read: 
 MECHANICAL DIVISION. 
 
 4-B, four fire alarm operators. 
 
 December 7th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public Safety, 
 Fire Division, be amended by striking therefrom the 
 following : 
 
 Thirty-four assistant engineers ; 
 Substitute drivers; 
 
 Drivers (as required). 
 
 December 16th. 
 
 That Section 1 of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public 
 Safety—Fire Division, be amended by adding thereto 
 
12 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 the following: 
 
 Thirty-four assistant engineers, 
 Substitute drivers, 
 
 Drivers (as required). 
 
 May 5th. 
 
 That Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo be amended by adding in the schedule 
 of positions under Skilled Trades, Group “B” (fore- 
 men), the following: 
 
 4 Foremen (Construction). 
 
 Also by adding under the Department of Public 
 Saftey—Police, the following: 
 
 SKILLED TRADES DIVISION. 
 
 4-B 1 Construction. Poremianiweeer ni $ 1,740 00 
 
 MECHANICAI, DIVISION. 
 
 AB; i Batteryman?.. cou merece ter. $ 1,620 00 
 
 April 6th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Buffalo relating to the De- 
 partment of Public Safety—Police—Custodial Division 
 which reads as follows: 
 
 5-B, 1 superintendent of motive power 
 
 —hbe and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: 
 
 5-B, 1 superintendent of motive power and supplies. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 13 
 
 July 27th. 
 
 I recommend that so much of Section 1, of Chapter 
 I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, under De- 
 partment of Public Safety—Police, as reads as follows: 
 
 1-A, three laborers, 
 
 7-A, one janitress, Headquarters, salary, expenses for 
 _ additional charwoman and feeding prisoners; 
 
 2-A, three engineers, 
 —be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 1-A, five laborers, 
 
 7-A, one janitor, No. 1 Police Station, salary and ex- 
 penses for additional help; 
 
 2-A, two engineers. 
 
 Effective July 31, 1921. 
 
 September 7th. 
 
 I, therefore, recommend that so much of Section 1, of 
 Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, 
 under the Department of Public Safety—Health, read- 
 
 ing: 
 
 2-A, one messenger : 
 
 EES an Wich Re SRR BE ge aN vn 3b $ 960 00 
 Sa) USN er Bo gt ate RR le ae ER 1,020 00 
 PTCA meres Siette tpein ead ts caccaenexces 1,080 00 
 BUCO A MR Ray aoe Oye ee ote Ud octet cdaviensee 1,140 00 
 AT VCAT Mcrae g ihe? Ac nbuipengytil, vonesd canteens 1,200 00 
 
 1 laborer, $3.00 per day, 
 be amended to read: 
 
 2: laborers, $3.00 per day. 
 
14 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 September 7th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, Department of Public Safety, Mar- 
 kets, under the heading Custodial Division, be amended 
 by adding thereto the following: 
 
 1-A, one gatekeeper, at $3.00 per day. 
 1-A, one assistant gatekeeper, at $2.75 per day. 
 
 September 14th. 
 
 I recommend that so much of Section 1, of Chapter 
 I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, under the 
 Department of Public Safety—Markets—Custodial Di- 
 vision, as reads as follows: 
 
 2-B, five assistant superintendents (Markets). 
 
 3-B, three senior assistant superintendents (Markets). 
 —be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 2-B, four assistant superintendents (Markets). 
 
 3-B, four senior assistant superintendents (Markets). 
 
 July 20th. 
 
 That so much of Chapter I, Section 1, of the Or- 
 dinances of the City of Buffalo as relates to the Bureau 
 of Accounting, Department of Finance and Accounts, 
 be amended by adding thereto the following: 
 
 3-A, 1 Income Tax Statistician. 
 
 January 19th. 
 
 That so much of Secton 1, of Chapter I, of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Buffalo as relates to the 
 salaries of Bureau of Public Welfare which reads as 
 follows: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 
 
 3-H, nineteen visitors. 
 
 —be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol- 
 
 lows: 
 
 3-H, twenty-two visitors. 
 
 December 7th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public 
 Affairs, Bureau of Public Welfare, be amended by 
 
 adding thereto the following: 
 3-A, 1 colored visitor. 
 
 UTE PUTA BREE Pec or sy Lash satya sank devads tasers $ 1,260 00 
 
 BICCOMCMRVED Ein ctecterafeitasathts att caaciesacavidasuan ts 1,320 00 
 
 PETE CCULU RAN Snead aca aheth cgay ouvenodieters 1,380 00 
 
 PUTER UV ODE Lance R e Weret Mates ccsten Hoseeneet cbooehcken 1,440 00 
 
 Pitthonea rm out pene uls Saris, erat 1,500 00 
 June 29th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordin- 
 
 ances of the City of Buffalo, as reads as follows: 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
 INDUSTRIAL AID BUREAU. 
 
 3-A, 1 placement woman. 
 
 ALU SEw VOOM. Oihiviys Rpm ce Uh ub Eeated vasesnvoer> $ 1,260 00 
 RAL ECHL A Adee ssh a de otce iia atic anew ese suadt basa 1,320 00 
 BU IEEE Pity eee feetret hss ttushl ats ipakee cess ostnncastyiavie 1,380 00 
 PES PCRPLY Ga TaM io pRreceta hy PAA tacial cvchertesdsirs 1,440 00 
 PUTER AVORT maior ra-eacmeess og) ehsiasys MEMES eer 1,500 00 
 
 —be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
16 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
 INDUSTRIAL AID BUREAU. 
 
 3-A, 2 placement women. 
 
 Birgt Wea tkctesacestecs eet tiret ire eegeeee eeetees $ 1,260 00 
 
 Second (year 2.cusws ui deere assert 1332000" 
 Third:vear sap teuthule a eee 1,380 00 
 Fontth ) Wear sec: ecgees-ce eee ee 1,440 00 
 Putthvvear.#..cca.2 ts eh tee ee ee 1,500 00 
 
 October 5th. 
 
 That Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo, Department of Public Works, Bureau 
 of Streets, monthly roll, be amended by adding thereto 
 the following: 
 
 Grade 7-A one manager (piggery) per year..$ 5,000 00 
 Grade 6-A one assistant manager (piggery) 
 PEL PVCAT NG cece .cstecetes art eeeen te ny ane ney ere 2,400 00 
 October 5th. 
 
 That Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the 
 City of Buffalo, Department of Public Works, Bureau 
 of Streets, weekly roll, be amended by adding thereto 
 the following: 
 
 Laborers (garbage disposal) per day.............. $ oe 
 
 July 20th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chatper I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, under the Department of Public 
 Works, Bureau of Water, be amended by adding thereto 
 the following: 
 
 Special laborers on high pressure fire lines not to ex- 
 ceed $4.50 per day. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 17 
 
 September 14th. 
 
 I would respectfully recommend that Section 1, Chap- 
 ter I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, relating 
 to the Bureau of Water, be amended by adding thereto 
 under the heading ‘Skilled and Unskilled Labor—Weekly 
 Roll” the following: 
 
 Tele CAL INSIIGCUOT G Nerkateviatsnistcdicitvavss sere $5 00 per day 
 
 September 28th. 
 
 I would respectfully recommend that Section 1, Chap- 
 ter I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, relating 
 to the Bureau of Water, be amended by adding thereto, 
 under the heading, “Skilled and Unskilled Labor—Week- 
 ly Roll’, the following: 
 
 PUIMASONS), (LEINIPOLALY ).2247.ihesssrsseccedesscoie $! OO per hour 
 
 October 26th. 
 
 I would respectfully recommend that so much of 
 Section 1, Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo, relating to the Bureau of Water, which reads 
 as follows: 
 
 Three masons (temporary), per hout............ $ 1 00 
 —be and the same is hereby amended to read: 
 
 Masons, as required (temporary), per hour....$ 1 00 
 
 December 28th. 
 
 That so much of Chapter I, Section 1, of the Or- 
 dinances of the City of Buffalo pertaining to the Bureau 
 of Water be amended by adding thereto the following: 
 
 7-A, 1 deputy water commissioner (temporary) 
 POA TE eee Wh asa est te cor auc tases ce tiatd bubeacses $ 4,000 00 
 
18 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 June Ist. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Or- 
 dinances of the City of Buffalo, relating to the De- 
 partment of Parks and Public Buildings, Division of 
 Parks, as reads as follows: 
 
 SKILLED TRADES DIVISION. 
 
 1-D 17 attendants, 
 —be and the same is hereby amended to read: 
 
 1-D 21 attendants. 
 
 June Ist. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, Chapter I, of the Or- 
 dinances of the City of Buffalo, under Department of 
 Parks and Public Buildings, Bureau of Recreation, Re- 
 creational Division, as reads as follows: 
 
 32 playleaders, 
 16 caretakers, 
 —be amended so as to read as follows: 
 17 playleaders (men), 
 17 playleaders (women), 
 
 17 caretakers. 
 
 April 20th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Buffalo under the head, Law 
 Department, Professional and Sub-Prpfessional Divi- 
 sion, and which now reads as follows: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 19 
 
 Grade 4-A, 1 Registrar: 
 
 (Or eB ges baba apieie ep ter | psaib gaint <r ecenas Sone eg Pat $ 1,620 00 
 BVSCOMEL VERT ctr, sess. dem orients, aerinkss coics 1,620 00 
 SEP On UOT hoaacss rarer ss vereniticpitres aetcnie tats: 1,740 00 
 
 Grade 4-C, 1 Junior Civil Engineer: 
 
 PATAUSY COL Acecctn itt Marien g lemacer tira areiscace $ 1,620 00 
 wae 888 orc aeeee ates MRO SHARE iy a RM, toma Me ey 1,620 00 
 Pee R OO alton kth Soak one deer ala mane a or da 1,740 00. 
 
 Grade 5-A, 2 City Attorneys: 
 
 PEARS uaed Ine cavtuts Waal io veadeesbtavesher i ecsabbes eat $ 1,860 00 
 SIRCUIIE ROC isostatic tvenfUee sat. aad eh avast 1,860 00 
 hird) year a, TET OSE fe gl oP Gla ae 1,980 00 
 
 Grade 6-A, 1 City Attorney: 
 
 FUER ER VEAL Merde riers ssaal cares igi Sindy coeds ee Cane Gat $ 2,100 00 
 CONCEALER Uren talent avi Nieesttert ey 2,220 00 
 STWR Ca LARS uA Per Sa BAP OV BE OE Eke alge - 2,340 00 
 PATHE WEA Ci ecctuer et te sank WeRlnuncting cast 2,460 00 
 
 —be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 
 
 Grade 4-C, 1 Junior Civil Engineer: 
 
 EEA Te ECAC. Pete TeAMN AS Siar stu aata ah aabinereas $ 1,620 00 
 PRCCICE: Vicar Byte, Reveisaeh dats yay! ctu ciitvdwttiund bev asot dy 1,620 00 
 Vis ae gah aig cfr ev Bh SM NLL on MR oa a 1,740 00 
 
 Grade 5-A, 1 Registrar: 
 
 PUGS VOB iste ahi cased te onsets tes uate. testers $ 1,860 00 
 SACOG LE EAU, BML ENR aaa dn ove ens agen givin 1,860 00 
 AR Va Sige eS Ay ANN Dati SACRED Ak 5 BOR ain cena 1,980 00 
 
20 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 Grade 5-A, 1 City Attorney: 
 
 FUPSE VEAL i ayeencsapehsevtacstessspenges ean gee rege $ 1,860 00 
 MECONG VEAL. inccsscsacatelsocrerls ey eeeerntr te memes 1,860 00 
 Dare VeAE icra tviree cists toc eer eee eee 1,980 00 
 
 Grade 6-A, 2 City Attorneys: 
 
 Birst year Nine niece nate eer eee ieee $ 2,100 00 
 
 ECON Od Sitters ston uke Once eeer een eaeercns 2,220 00 
 
 HLInI TC) Wear aiaewres ceca. tree, race erseme tee toe cee 2,340 00 
 
 Poturth syedie tatertc iene teeee ees tere 2,460 00 
 June 15th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, of The Council Department, City 
 Planning Committee, be amended by adding thereto, un- 
 der clerical division, the following: 
 
 2-A, one messenger-clerk. 
 
 PiEStivea ti irises, ce eee eee ee $ 960 00 
 
 PE CONC VERT accts meme et ae ser een re eae 1,020 00 
 
 aU iar cs yeas en teres ete eee ee ee 1,080 00 
 
 Bousth: year ao cheer hae ees 1,140 00 
 
 Pitthonyeat canchtn.ciiencue ee agen ame rae 1,200 00 
 June 15th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances of 
 the City of Buffalo, under City Court, clerical divi- 
 sion, be amended by adding thereto the following: 
 
 2-C, two stenographers. 
 2-A, one clerk. 
 
 Effective July, 1, 1921: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 21 
 
 October 19th. 
 
 That so much of Section 1, of Chapter I, of the Or- 
 dinances of the City of Buffalo under department City 
 Court as reads as follows: 
 
 3-H, six clerks, 
 —be amended to read as follows: 
 
 3-H, seven clerks. 
 
 December 7th. 
 
 I respectfully recommend that so much of Section 1, 
 Chapter I, of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, 
 under City Clerk’s Department, as reads as follows: 
 
 2 stenographers, 
 3-A, 4 clerks, 
 —be amended to read as follows: 
 1 stenographer, 
 
 3-A, 5 clerks. 
 
 February 9th. 
 
 That Section 2-A, of Chapter I, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be amended by striking there- 
 from in paragraph two after the words “his or her 
 salary” the following: “except sweeper drivers, sprinkler 
 drivers, ash and garbage drivers, pickup drivers, rollers, 
 lifters and gutter sweepers in the Department of Public 
 Works, Bureau of Streets. 
 
 For all sweeper drivers, sprinkler drivers, ash and 
 garbage drivers, pickup drivers, rollers, lifters and gut- 
 ter sweepers whose salary is not more than $20.00 per 
 _ week (six days constituting a week), a sum not to ex- 
 ceed 621% per cent. of his or her present salary,” effective 
 February 18, 1921. 
 
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 CHAPTER III. — 
 
 January 12th. 
 
 That Section 24, of Chapter III, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be and the same is hereby 
 amended to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 24. The Commissioner of Finance and Accounts 
 shall deliver all warrants for the salaries of employees 
 in the public schools, hospitals, police stations, fire 
 houses and Department of Public. Works to the prin- 
 cipal and assistant principal of each school to the super- 
 intendent of each hospital, to the captain or lieutenant 
 of each police station, to the captain or lieutenant of 
 each fire house, and to the cashier of the Department 
 of Public Works, in which the persons in whose favor 
 said warrants drawn are employed; and it shall be the 
 duty of every such principal or assistant principal of 
 a public school, every such superintendent of hospital, 
 every such captain or lieutenant of a police station, every 
 such captain or lieutenant of a fire house, and the cashier 
 of the Department of Public Works, to call at the office 
 of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts as often 
 as said warrants for salary shall be drawn, and receive 
 from the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts such 
 warrants for distribution to the persons entitled there- 
 to; provided that whenever the Commissioner of Finance 
 and Accounts shall certify that it is convenient and 
 proper to do so, the said salary warrants may be mailed 
 to any superintendent or cashier of a hospital or other 
 institution which is situated outside the City of Buffalo, 
 at the respective offices in the department he repre- 
 sents, and addressed to him at his proper post-office 
 address; and it also shall be the duty of every such 
 prinicpal or assistant principal of a public school, every 
 such superintendent of hospital, every such captain or 
 lieutenant of a police station, every such captain or lieu- 
 tenant of a fire house, and the cashier of the Depart- 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 23 
 
 ment of Public Works to return to the Commissioner of 
 Finance and Accounts within forty-eight hours after 
 receipt of such salary warrants a receipt for each war- 
 rant so delivered, signed by the person in whose favor 
 said warrant is drawn; except that where the salary 
 warrants are sent by mail, as above authorized, the above 
 required receipts for the same may be returned to the 
 Commissioner of Finance and Accounts by mail so that 
 the said receipts may be received by him in the regular 
 course within three days from the date that the said 
 salary warrants are received from the Commissioner of 
 Finance and Accounts. In all other cases the Commis- 
 sioner of Finance and Accounts shall deliver all war- 
 rants drawn for salary of officers or employees to the 
 persons in whose favor said warrants are drawn, same 
 to be called for at the office of the Commissioner of 
 Finance and Accounts; except that when an order for 
 a salary warrant, duly signed and acknowledged by the 
 person in whose favor said warrant is drawn, is pre- 
 sented to the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts 
 by a member of the family of the person in whose favor 
 said warrant is drawn, or by a person whom the Com- 
 missioner of Finance and Accounts knows to repre- 
 sent the family of the officer or employee in whose favor 
 the warrant for salary is drawn, the Commissioner of 
 Finance and Accounts may deliver the warrant to the 
 person so presenting said order. 
 
 April 13th. 
 
 That Subdivision 5, of Section 8, of Chapter III, of 
 the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, be and the same 
 hereby is amended by adding thereto the following: 
 
 The Council shall grant to each member of the Police 
 Department, when disabled by sickness, full pay for the 
 time that such sickness shall exist, provided it be for no 
 longer than six months, and it shall grant to any mem- 
 ber of said department who shall have become disabled 
 
24 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 while in the performance of his duty, full pay until he 
 shall be able to resume his duty, provided it be for no 
 greater time than one year. The Council shall also grant 
 to each member of the Fire Department, who is disabled 
 by sickness, full pay for the period of his disability, not 
 exceeding six months, and it shall grant to any member 
 of said -department, who is disabled by accident in the 
 performance of his duty, full pay for the period of his 
 disability, not exceeding one year. 
 
 September 22nd. 
 
 That Chapter III of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo be amended by adding a new section, to read as 
 follows: 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND. 
 
 Section 29. Deductions from the salaries of teachers, 
 officers and employees mentioned in Sections 295 to 304 
 inclusive of the Charter, shall be made in the amounts 
 specified in Section 301 of the Charter, from the first 
 regular payroll in the month of February and from the 
 last regular payroll in the month of June in each year, 
 except that where any such person becomes separated 
 from the service, such deduction from the salary of such 
 person shall be made from the last payroll containing 
 the name of such person. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 February 23rd. 
 
 That so much of Section 5, of Chapter IV, of the 
 Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, which reads as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 The fee for such permit shall be one dollar ($1.00) 
 per month for each thirty feet of space so occupied and 
 fifty cents (50 cents) per month for each renewal thereof, 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 25 
 
 and four cents (4 cents) a foot per month for each foot 
 over thirty feet so occupied and two cents (2 cents) a 
 foot per month for the renewal thereof, to be paid at 
 the time of the issuance or renewal of such permit, ex- 
 cept that the Street Commissioner may in his discretion, 
 and upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars 
 ($25.00), issue to sidewalk contractors an annual permit, 
 which said permit shall expire on the first day of April in 
 each and every year thereafter, and such permit shall 
 be in lieu of the monthly permit herein required. 
 —be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 The fee for such permit shall be one dollar ($1.00) 
 per month for each thirty feet of space so occupied and 
 fifty cents (50 cents) per month for each renewal thereof, 
 and four cents (4 cents) a foot per month for each foot 
 over thirty feet so occupied and two cents (2 cents) a 
 foot per month for the renewal thereof, to be paid at 
 the time of the issuance or renewal of such permit, ex- 
 cept that the Street Commissioner may in his discretion, 
 and upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars 
 ($25.00), issue to sidewalk and roofing contractors an 
 annual permit, which said permit shall expire on the first 
 day of April in each and every year thereafter, and such 
 permit shal be in lieu of the monthly permit herein re- 
 quired. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 November 2nd. 
 
 Chapter V of the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo 
 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section, 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of every railroad com- 
 pany or corporation operating or proposing to operate 
 locomotive engines or other machines or devices for 
 moving trains within the limits of the City of Buffalo, 
 
26 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 to file wth the City Clerk thereof, on or before Janu- 
 ary 1, 1922, plans for the abolishment of steam locomo- 
 tives or other power producing devices which emit 
 smoke or steam in moving trains within the City, and 
 for the substitution of electricity, or some other power 
 than steam. 
 
 On and after the first day of January, 1923, it shall 
 be unlawful for any railway to operate trains by the 
 use of locomotive engines propelled by steam power, 
 or by the use of any other power producing machine 
 or device which emits smoke or steam, within the 
 limits of the City of Buffalo. Any corporation or 
 company violating the provisions of this section shall 
 be subject to a fine of not less than $250.00 for each 
 and every offense, and the employee or agent of any 
 such corporation or company in charge of any such 
 locomotive or other device operated in violation of 
 the provisions of this section shall be subject to a like 
 fine or penalty. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 April 20th. 
 
 That Section 17, of Chapter VI, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo be and the same hereby is amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 17. Before receiving any license pursuant to 
 the last preceding section of this chapter, the applicant 
 shall furnish a bond approved by the Corporation Coun- 
 sel as to its form, and by the Mayor or the chief fiscal 
 officer of the City, as to the surety or sureties thereon, 
 which bond shall be in the penal sum of $10,000.00. Said 
 bond shall be conditioned that the licensee shall and will 
 obey all the laws of the State of New York and all the 
 Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, and that the licensee 
 shall and will at all times furnish and maintain the ser- 
 vice set forth in his or its application as amended or ap- 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 27 
 
 proved by The Council; and said bond shall be further 
 conditioned that the licensee shall indemnify and save 
 harmless the City of Buffalo against any loss, costs, 
 damage or expense which may accrue aganst said City 
 because of any happening or circumstance arising from 
 or in connection with the operation of any vehicle by 
 or for said licensee, pursuant to said consent of The 
 Council. 
 
 In addition, the applicant shall keep and maintain a 
 policy of insurance with a reputable insurance company 
 authorized to do business in the State of New York, in 
 the sum of $5,000.00 for each car owned or operated 
 by said applicant, which shall be conditioned that said 
 applicant will pay any and all damages accruing to or 
 judgments recoverable by any person, firm or corporation 
 on account of the operation of the bus line or route ap- 
 proved by the said Council. In addition, said applicant 
 shall also file a certified copy of each said contract of 
 insurance with the Commissioner of Finance and Ac- 
 counts of said City. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 December 28th. 
 
 That Sections 14 and 15, of Chapter VIII, of the 
 Ordinances, be amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 Section 14. Wharves, Docks, and Protection of Banks 
 or Margins of Public Waters. Every owner, lessee or 
 person in possession of premises abutting on the harbor 
 or abutting upon the channels of Buffalo river, Caze- 
 novia creek, Black Rock harbor, the basins, slips and 
 waters of the City, shall at all times keep the wharves 
 and docks on such premises in good repair and safe con- 
 dition; and shall at all times keep, maintain, build, alter, 
 repair and rebuild sheeting, sheet-piling, wharfing or 
 docking along the margin or banks of said channels, 
 
28 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 harbors and waters, to prevent the obstruction of such 
 channels and waters and to protect the banks thereof. 
 
 Section 15. Construction and Repair of Docks, 
 Wharves and Structures for the Protection of Banks 
 or Margins of Public Waters. It shall be the duty of 
 every person, firm or corporation, before repairing, re- 
 newing,-altering or constructing any dock within the 
 City, or any sheeting, sheet-piling, wharfing, or docking 
 along the margin or banks of the channels of Buffalo 
 river, Cazenovia creek, the Black Rock harbor, the har- 
 bors, basins, slips and waters of the City, to secure a 
 permit therefor from the Department of Public Works, 
 which permit shall specify the character and location of 
 such construction, repairing, renewal or alteration. In 
 the event of any such docking, sheeting, sheet-piling, 
 wharfing or docking along the margin or banks of said 
 channels, basins, slips and waters having been repaired, 
 renewed, altered or constructed without such permit, 
 the person, firm or corporation causing such work to be 
 done may be required at once and at his own expense to 
 remove the same; and in default of such removal of the 
 same, the Commissioner of Public Works is authorized 
 to cause such docking, sheeting, sheet-piling, wharfing 
 or docking to be removed at the expense of the owner 
 thereof. 
 
 The owners of a dock or wharf in and along the 
 harbor shall make suitable and sufficiently strong moor- 
 ing posts on or along the said dock or wharf, to which 
 the largest vessels may be tied up by lines or cables 
 strong enough to hold said vessel or vessels at any and 
 all times, especially during flood times and the move- 
 ment of all flood waters and ice. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 February 9th. 
 
 That Section 36, of Chapter IX, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, which reads as follows: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 29 
 
 Sec. 36. No scissors grinder, rag picker, or pur- 
 chaser of rags or second-hand clothing, or junk dealer 
 or other purchaser of abandoned or second-hand articles 
 shall enter any yard or any other part of any premises 
 in the City of Buffalo, used for dwelling or residence 
 purposes, with a view to soliciting for the purchase of 
 any said articles, or examining the same without the 
 express invitation or consent of the owner or occupant 
 of said premises or property. A violation of this sec- 
 tion shall subject the offender to the fine or penalty pre- 
 scribed by Section 30 of this chapter. 
 
 —be and the same hereby is redesignated and numbered 
 
 Section 40. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 February 16th. 
 
 That Chapter XI of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo be and the same is hereby amended by adding 
 thereto a new section to be designated Section 14, and 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 14. All the provisions of the foregoing Sec- 
 tion 13 of this chapter, which were to become effective 
 on July 1, 1921, are hereby suspended in their opera- 
 tion until July 1, 1922, at which time they shall become 
 of full force and effect. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 March 30th. 
 
 That Section 84, of Chapter XII, of the City Or- 
 dinances, known as the “Building Ordinance” be amended 
 by the addition thereto of the following paragraph: 
 
 Soil Tests. When a doubt arises as to the safe sus- 
 taining power of the soil upon which a building is to 
 be erected, the Building Commissioner may order bor- 
 
30 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 ings to be made, or he may direct the sustaining power 
 of the soil to be tested in accordance with the methods 
 established in the rules of the Building Commissioner, 
 by and at the expense of the owner of the proposed 
 building. Where a test is made of the sustaining power 
 of the soil, the Building Commissioner shall be notified 
 so that he may be present in person or by representative, 
 and the Building Commissioner shall determine the 
 proper load to allow superficially per foot. The record 
 of this test shall be filed with the Bureau of Buildings. 
 
 That Section 90 be amended to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 90. “A.” Walls surrounding stairways, eleva- 
 tor-shafts, shaving-pits and light-shafts shall not be 
 less than eight inches thick, but no eight-inch wall shall 
 be built more than 15 feet in height without lateral sup- 
 ports or anchorage; and the total height of any eight-inch 
 wall shall not exceed 24 feet. Stairways, elevator- 
 shafts and light-shafts in buildings of Class II must be 
 enclosed in brick walls. In case of fireproof buildings, 
 these may be of other fireproof material. In case of 
 frame buildings, these may be built as called for in 
 Section 38. Nothing in this section shall require the 
 enclosure of the flight of a required stairs, when orna- 
 mental in character, from the main entrance floor to the 
 floor next above, provided that such stairs are not the 
 only required stairs, that all other required stairs in the 
 same story are enclosed as in this section prescribed, and 
 that some other required stairs is accessible from the 
 upper part of the stairs in question. 
 
 “B.” Eight-inch walls may be used in buildings of 
 Class III subject to the following limitations: 
 
 First: In buildings of an area not exceeding 1,500 
 square feet. | 
 
 Second: Of a height not to exceed 24 feet, but no 
 eight-inch wall shall be built of a greater height than 15 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 31 
 
 feet without lateral support or anchorage. FEjight-inch 
 walls of buildings of Class III may have gables eight- 
 inch thick not over 13 feet high built on them, provided 
 such walls are not over 26 feet long. 
 
 Third: No eight-inch wall to exceed 60 feet in length 
 or between brick cross walls. 
 
 Fourth: If the horizontal section through a bearing 
 wall shows more than 30 per cent. area of flues and 
 openings, such part of the wall where the excessive open- 
 ings exist shall be increased four inches in thickness 
 Over minimum requirements for every 15 per cent. or 
 fraction thereof or flue or opening area in excess of 30 
 per cent., provided that if such wall be laid up in 
 Portland cement mortar, with lime not to exceed 10 per 
 cent. in volume of cement, the increase in thickness shall 
 be required only when the area of flues and openings 
 exceeds 45 per cent. 
 
 Fifth: Where buildings of Class III are built in a 
 group, the dividing walls may be eight (8) inches thick. 
 All joists or girders bearing on such walls to be sup- 
 ported by metal hangers. 
 
 That Section 114 be amended to read as follows: 
 
 € 
 
 MINIMUM LIVE LOADS REQUIRED. 
 
 Sec. 114. Every floor shall be of sufficient strength 
 to carry the minimum live loads specified in this sec- 
 tion for the class of buildings concerned in addition to 
 the total dead load of the materials of which the floor 
 construction consists as hereinafter defined. 
 
 (a) The live loads shall consist of all loads other 
 than the dead loads. 
 
 (b) The dead loads in all buildings and structures 
 shall consist of the actual weight of all walls, floors, 
 roofs, partitions and all other permanent construction, 
 
32 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 and shall be used without reduction in the calculation 
 of the strength of all portions of the structure. 
 
 (c) Each floor shall be constructed to carry the fol- 
 lowing minimum live loads in pounds per square foot uni- 
 formly distributed. 
 
 7: Cuass I. 
 
 All buildings in; Class I, except asynoted...1.15 praetor: 120 
 Warehouse.or, storage tbuildings:22).-4). sree 150 
 Cuass IT. 
 
 All buildings in/Class I1j-except-as notedii....0.,.c201::. 70 
 
 All office buildings, hotels, clubs, apartments, flats, 
 tenements, hospitals, asylums, convents and 
 
 schools wexcept as: noted stn aiatiat. tamer open eees 50 
 First floors of above buildings, if used as stores........ 120 
 Entrance halls and places of public assembly............ 100 
 Schools, rooms with movable seats, and corridors.... 80 
 
 Cuass III. 
 All buildings in Class III except-as. noted-...22...22.1. 40 
 Attics nots sede tor: Oa Dilation nsec ea eer ee 2 
 Floors df private garages used for storing auto- 
 MODULES ersnccesecehsrsscsteeaeeen Vente toot cette ete eer ne ear 100 
 Crass IV. 
 All buildings in-Class DV (except*as noted:....s.-.:-...:-.- 100 
 
 Theatres, assembly halls, churches, with fixed seats 8&0 
 Theatres and assembly halls, with movable seats, 
 
 and all dance halls and grand stands..............eeseeees 100 
 Loads on” rootsit:cssiiss terest sence ee eee ements 30 
 Loads:on stairways (Glass sl Tdi .tece secesseeiien esses 50 
 Loads on stairways—other buildings.............. sso 100 
 
 Lioadstfon isidewalks2.u cir gek, en coe te ee eee 300 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 33 
 
 REDUCTION OF LIVE LOAD. 
 
 No reduction of the dead load will be allowed in any 
 building. 
 
 A reduction of live load in Class II will be allowed on 
 all walls, piers, columns and footings, as follows: 
 
 “A.” The full live load of all roofs shall be taken. 
 
 “B.” All walls, piers, columns and footings shall be 
 designed to carry 85 per cent. of the live load on the top 
 floor, 80 per cent. of the live load for the next lower 
 story, and so on, reducing by five per cent. the live load 
 on each succeeding floor until 50 per cent. of the live 
 load is reached, after which each succeeding floor shall 
 be figured for at least 50 per cent. of the live load. 
 
 All beams, girders and trusses suporting less than 300 
 square feet of floor construction shall be designed to 
 carry the full dead and live loads. 
 
 Beams and girders in Class II buildings, carrying 300 
 square feet, or more, of floor construction, may be fig- 
 ured to carry 85 per cent. of the live load and the full 
 dead load. 
 
 Non-bearing partitions in Class II buildings shall be 
 considered as uniformly distributed dead loads. 
 
 CONCEN'TRATED LOADS. 
 
 Every construction floor beam in any Class I building 
 or garage shall be capable of sustaining a live load con- 
 centrated at its center of at least 3,000 pounds. 
 
 December 7th. 
 
 That paragraphs 4 and 5 of Subdivision 6, of Section 
 63, of Chapter XII, of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo, be amended to read as follows: 
 
34 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 Coarse aggregate shall consist of crushed stone, slag 
 or gravel which is retained on a screen having one-quarter 
 (14,) inch mesh and graded in size from small to large 
 particles. The maximum size shall be such that all the 
 aggregates will pass through a one and one-quarter (114) 
 inch ring. 
 
 All aggregate shall be clean, hard, durable and free 
 from deleterious material. Slag shall be clean, air- 
 cooled, blast-furnace slag, with same working stresses 
 allowed as for stone. 
 
 That Section 90, of Chapter XII, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be amended by adding thereto 
 the following: 
 
 Eight (8) inch walls, not to exceed twelve (12) feet 
 in height, may be used for the second story of two-story 
 buildings of Class II and III, where first-story walls 
 are twelve (12) inches in thickness. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 February 16th. 
 
 That Section 3, of Chapter XVIII, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be and the same hereby is amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 3. No person, firm or corporation licensed as 
 prescribed in this chapter shall permit or suffer any gam- 
 bling to be carried on in the licensed premises, nor shall 
 he or it permit or suffer any child actually or apparently 
 under the age of sixteen years to play billiards or pool 
 or to bowl on the licensed premises; or to be or remain 
 in or upon said premises unless accompanied by the 
 parent or guardian of such child No person, firm or 
 corporation obtaining a permit required by this chapter 
 shall permit his or its place of business to be open at 
 any time between midnight and 6 o’clock A. M. on the 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 35 
 
 following morning without special permission therefor 
 endorsed on said permit by the Mayor, nor at any hour 
 on Sunday. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 April 20th. 
 
 That Section 21 of Chapter XXIV, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be and the same hereby is amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 21. No gasoline or other similar pump shall 
 be located within the limits of any street or public place 
 in the City of Buffalo, nor shall any tank or other re- 
 ceptacle for the storage of coal oil, petroleum, kerosene, 
 naphtha, gasoline, benzine or other easily inflammable 
 or volatile liquid or substance, be placed within, above 
 or beneath any street, avenue, alley, highway or public 
 place in said city, outside the district defined in Section 
 10 of this chapter; nor shall any such substance be stored 
 within, above or beneath any street or public place with- 
 out: 
 
 1. The approval of the Chief of the Fire Department 
 of the plans for the location and structure of any such 
 tank, pump and appurtenances. 
 
 2. The approval of the Commissioner of Public 
 Works. 
 
 3. The consent of The Council, by resolution. 
 
 4. The giving of a bond to the City of Buffalo in 
 the sum of five thousand dollars for each tank, with or 
 without pump and appurtenances, to be approved as to 
 form by the Corporation Counsel, and as to the sufficiency 
 of the sureties by the Mayor or Commissioner of Finanfe 
 and Accounts, which bond shall be filed with the Commis- 
 sioner of Finance and Accounts, to be conditioned to save 
 and keep the City free from all liability by reason of the 
 installation or use of any such pump, tank or appurten- 
 
36 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 ances, and after the installation or removal thereof, to 
 restore the street to its previous condition, and in all 
 things to conform to and comply with the plans accom- 
 panying the application. 
 
 5. The duly acknowledged, written consent of the 
 owner of the premises in front of which the tank, pump 
 and appurtenances are to be located, shall be filed with 
 and be deemed a part of the application for the license 
 applied for. 
 
 6. A license to be granted annually by the Commis- 
 sioner of Public Safety. No such license shall be granted 
 by the Commissioner of Public Safety until the fees 
 hereinafter mentioned shall be paid. 
 
 There shall be paid to the City of Buffalo annually 
 the following fees for the privilege of maintaining tanks 
 or receptacles (with or without pumps) for the storage 
 of oil, petroleum, naphtha, gasoline, benzine or other 
 volatile liquid or substance, within, above or beneath any 
 street, avenue, alley or public place, as provided by this 
 chapter, viz.: for tanks having a capacity of 550 gallons 
 or less, each, $50.00; for tanks having a capacity of 
 more than 550 gallons, each, $100.00. 
 
 There shall also be paid to the City of Buffalo annually 
 the following license fees for the privilege of maintain- 
 ing gasoline or other similar pumps within the limits of 
 any street or public place, connected with tanks outside 
 of any street, as follows: For pumps connected with 
 tanks having a capacity of 550 gallons or less, each, 
 $50.00; for pumps connected with tanks having a ca- 
 pacity of more than 550 gallons, each, $100.00. 
 
 The license fees mentioned in this section shall be 
 payable April 1, 1921, and annually thereafter, shall be 
 in addition to the license fees mentioned in Section 22 
 of this chapter, and shall be credited to the Department 
 of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, “Street Re- 
 pair Fund.” 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 37 
 
 The license fees provided for by this section may be 
 reduced pro rata for periods of less than one year, where 
 any tank or pump is installed at a time other than the 
 first day of April; no reduced fee, however, to be for 
 a shorter period than one month. 
 
 Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the 
 provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine or 
 penalty not exceeding $250.00 for each violation. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 January 5th. 
 
 That Chapter XXV of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo, be and the same hereby is amended by adding 
 thereto the following to be known as Sections 170, 171, 
 LZ sos aps co and 1/7: 
 
 VENTILATION AND CLEANLINESS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
 
 Section 170. Public Buildings, Definition of. The 
 term “public /buildings’” as used herein, means any 
 building or part thereof used as a theatre, auditorium, 
 moving picture or vaudeville showhouse, dance hall, skat- 
 ing rink, assembly hall, school, church, waiting room, 
 exposition and exhibition halls, buildings used for the 
 sale, at retail, of dry goods and other articles of gen- 
 eral merchandise, saloons or other drinking places, public 
 laundries, restaurants, office buildings and other build- 
 ings to which the public resort, but not applying to public 
 school buildings, governed by separate laws, ordinances 
 or regulations. 
 
 Section 171. Ventilation of Public Buildings. No 
 person, being the owner, proprietor, occupant, lessee, 
 manager or superintendent of any public building in the 
 City, shall cause, permit or allow any room or space 
 therein to be overcrowded or to be inadequate, faulty 
 
38 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 or insufficient in respect to ventilation and sanitation. 
 Section 172. Ventilation of Auditoriums and The- 
 atres hereafter erected or converted. Auditoriums, the- 
 atres, motion picture and vaudeville show houses and 
 similar places, and other public buildings to which an 
 admission fee is charged and in which performances, 
 expositfons or exhibitions are given, hereafter erected 
 or converted to such use, shall be ventilated by an ap- 
 proved mechanical ventilating system, which shall pro- 
 vide 1,500 cubic feet uf fresh air for each person or 
 each seat for one person, per hour, and in a manner to 
 comply with this and other lawful ordinances, laws, rules 
 and regulations. In public buildings mentioned in Section 
 172 where seats are not provided for each person, at 
 least 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air shall be supplied for 
 each 20 square feet of floor space per hour, including 
 the main floor, balconies and galleries; furthermore, 
 
 The following rules and regulations shall be substan- 
 tially complied with: 
 
 1. A positive supply of fresh air shall be continu- 
 ously delivered and not less than 25 cubic feet for each 
 person per minute, properly distributed as required in 
 this section, while an audience is present. 
 
 2. No part of the fresh air supplied in compliance 
 with the requirements of this section shall be taken from 
 any cellar or near the ground, sidewalk or street pave- 
 ment. 
 
 Efficient air cleaning devices must be provided to pre- 
 vent contamination of the air by dust or other objec- 
 tionable matter. 
 
 Air washers are recommended. Cheese cloth or similar 
 screens will not be considered efficient air cleaning de- 
 vices within the meaning of this section. 
 
 Re-circulating systems are prohibited unless controlled 
 by automatic devices. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 39 
 
 3. Carbon dioxide not to exceed 10 parts by volume 
 in each 10,000 parts of air, at levels from two and one- 
 half to eight feet above floor. 
 
 4, Provision must be made for warming and regulat- 
 ing the temperature of the air introduced when artificial 
 heat is required and while an audience is preesnt. 
 
 5. Air should not be delivered at a temperature colder 
 than 60 degrees F., while an audience is present. 
 
 6. Temperature at the breathing zone should not be 
 lower than 60 degrees F. nor higher than 70 degrees F., 
 when artificial heat is required and while an audience is 
 present. 
 
 7. Relative humidity of the air should not be less 
 than 35 per cent. nor higher than 70 per cent. Con- 
 trolled automatically or by approved devices. 
 
 8. Upward ventilation under seats properly distri- 
 buted is recommended. 
 
 9. Velocity of air for ventilation purposes by upward 
 ventilation should not exceed 150 feet per minute at 
 openings. 
 
 10. Fans and ducts should be so designed as to avoid 
 noise, draughts or other objectionable conditions. 
 
 11. Fresh air registers or openings from hot air 
 flues or ducts must not be placed in any floor, to the 
 end that the floor may be swept and cleaned without 
 throwing dust or other substances into such registers or 
 openings. 
 
 12. Ventilation by currents is preferable to the prin- 
 ciple of ventilation by dilution. 
 
 13. When downward ventilation is used, the room 
 must be practically an air-tight enclosure above the 
 breathing zone. 
 
40 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 14. In the ventilation of public buildings in which 
 furnace heating is used, the space between the furnace 
 and its casing must be under pressure at all times 
 when the fan is in operation. 
 
 15. When furnace heating is used in the ventilation, 
 the furnace must never be under suction when the fan 
 is in operation. 
 
 16. The ventilating system must be kept in constant 
 operation while an audience is present and arranged to 
 avoid draughts, and to insure and maintain physical com- 
 fort as far as possible. 
 
 17. No mechanical ventilating system shall be in- 
 stalled in any public building without the approval of 
 the Health Commissioner. 
 
 Section 173. Ventilating of existing Auditoriums and 
 Theatres. Auditoriums, theatres, motion picture and 
 vaudeville showhouses, and similar places, and other 
 public buildings to which an admission fee is charged 
 and in which performances, expositions or exhibitions 
 are given, existing and now used as such, shall be ven- 
 tilated by an approved mechanical ventilating system, 
 which shall provide 1,200 cubic feet of fresh air for 
 each person or each seat for one person, per hour, and 
 in a manner to comply with this and other lawful or- 
 dinances, laws, rules and regulations. In public build- 
 ings mentioned in Section 173 where seats are not pro- 
 vided for each person, at least 1,200 cubic feet of fresh 
 air shall be supplied for each 20 square feet of floor 
 space per hour, including the main floor, balconies and 
 galleries. 
 
 The following rules and regulations shall be substan- 
 tially complied with: 
 
 1. A positive supply of fresh air shall be continu- 
 ously delivered and not less than 20 cubic feet for each 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 41 
 
 person per minute, properly distributed as required in 
 this section, while an audience is present. 
 
 2. No part of the fresh air supplied in compliance 
 with the requirements of this section shall be taken 
 from any cellar or near the ground, sidewalk or street 
 pavement. 
 
 Efficient air cleaning devices must be provided to pre- 
 vent contamination of the air by dust or other objection- 
 able matter. 
 
 Air washers are recommended. Cheese cloth or sim- 
 ilar screens will not be considered efficient air cleaning 
 devices within the meaning of this section. 
 
 Re-circulating systems are prohibited unless controlled 
 by automatic devices. 
 
 3. Carbon dioxide not to exceed 12 parts by volume 
 in each 10,000 parts of air, at levels from two and one- 
 half to eight feet above floor. 
 
 4. Provision must be made for warming and regu- 
 lating the temperature of the air introduced when arti- 
 ficial heat is required and while an audience is present. 
 
 5. Air should not be delivered at a temperature colder 
 than 60 degrees F., while an audience is present. 
 
 6. Temperature at the breathing zone should not be 
 lower than 60 degrees F. nor higher than 70 degrees F., 
 when artificial heat is required and while an audience is 
 present. 
 
 7. Relative humidity of the air should not be less 
 than 35 per cent. nor higher than 70 per cent. Controlled 
 automatically or by approved devices. 
 
 8. Upward ventilation under seats properly distri- 
 buted is recommended. 
 
42 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 9. Velocity of air for ventilation purposes by upward 
 ventilation should not exceed 150 feet per minute at 
 openings. 
 
 10. Fans and ducts should be so designed as to avoid 
 noise draughts or other objectionable conditions. 
 
 11. Fresh air registers or openings from hot air flues 
 or ducts must not be placed in any floor, to the end that 
 the floor may be swept and cleaned without any dust or 
 other substances being thrown into such registers or open- 
 ings. 
 
 12. Ventilation by currents is preferable to the prin- 
 ciple of ventilation by dilution. 
 
 13. When downward ventilation is used, the room 
 must be practically an air-tight enclosure above the 
 breathing zone. 
 
 14. In the ventilation of public buildings in which 
 furnace heating is used, the space between the furnace 
 and its casing must be under pressure at all times 
 when the fan is in operation. 
 
 15. When furnace heating is used in the ventilation, 
 the furnace must never be under suction when the fan 
 is in operation. 
 
 16. The ventilating system must be kept in constant 
 operation while an audience is present and arranged to 
 avoid draughts, and to insure and maintain physical 
 comfort as far as possible. 
 
 17. A complete set of plans must be filed in the De- 
 partment of Health, on tracing cloth or cloth prints, 
 showing each floor, including galleries and balconies, 
 the total seating capacity and the ventilating system com- 
 plete and also cross sections and elevations when neces- 
 sary. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 43 
 
 18. No mechanical ventilating system hereafter shall 
 be installed in any public building without the approval 
 of the Health Commissioner. 
 
 Section 174. Toilets and Dressing Rooms. Separate 
 toilets must be provided in all public buildings for each 
 sex. _Every room containing one or more water closets 
 or urinals shall have a window two square feet in area 
 for each water closet or urinal, and increased one-half 
 for each additional water closet or urinal, opening di- 
 rectly upon a street, or a court or shaft entirely on the 
 owner’s lot upon which said public building is located. 
 Shafts or courts shall extend above the roof and shall 
 not be less than three square feet in area and not less 
 than one foot in its least horizontal dimension for one 
 water closet or urinal and shall be increased one-half its 
 area for each additional water closet or urinal. 
 
 One or more urinals must be provided for males. 
 
 Water closet and urinal compartments may be ventil- 
 ated by an approved device for exhausting the air for 
 at least six complete changes every hour, when an au- 
 dience is present. Water closet and urinal compartments 
 shall be artificially lighted when dark, while occupied. 
 
 Dressing rooms used by performers, actors or actresses 
 shall be ventilated by a window or windows one-tenth 
 of the floor area of the room, opening upon a Street, 
 court or vent shaft. Courts or vent shafts shall not 
 be less than 25 square feet in area and not less than 
 four feet in its least horizontal dimension. 
 
 Dressing rooms may be ventilated by an approved 
 mechanical ventilating system to provide for not less 
 than six complete changes of air every hour when oc- 
 cupied. Dressing rooms shall contain from 250 to 300 
 cubic feet of air space for each person, and shall be 
 artificially lighted when dark, while occupied. 
 
 In further reference to toilet and dressing rooms, the 
 Health Commissioner may in his discretion waive certain 
 
44 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 requirements, or order additional reasonable ventilation 
 to be provided as is deemed necessary in each case. 
 
 Section 175. Ventilation and Construction of Booths 
 in which Picture Machines are operated. Each booth 
 in which a picture machine is operated shall be provided 
 with an-outlet opening in its roof, or in the upper part 
 of its side walls leading to the outer air. The vent flue 
 shall have a minimum cross sectional area of fifty square 
 inches for each machine in operation. Such booth shall 
 also be provided with a fresh air intake at the bottom 
 thereof, the area of which in each booth shall be not 
 less than the area of the outlet. Inlet and outlet flues 
 shall be constructed of fireproof material. While the 
 booth is in use there shall be constant current of air 
 passing outward through said vent or outlet at the rate 
 of not less than thirty cubic feet per minute for each 
 machine in use. The air from every booth shall be 
 effectively removed by an exhaust fan of suitable type 
 and dimensions. When miniature picture machines are 
 employed in conenction with private exhibitions, the re- 
 quirements of this section may be modified as to per- 
 mit, instead of the regulation booth, an approved fire-box 
 unventilated and of a size sufficient properly to enclose 
 machine. 
 
 Section 176. Cleaning of Public Buildings. The 
 floor when covered with wood, tile, stone, concrete, lin- 
 oleum, or other washable material, shall be mopped or 
 scrubbed with water or swept with moisture or by some 
 other dustless method at least once daily, when in use; 
 and shall be scrubbed with water and soap or water and 
 some other solvent substance at least once weekly. Car- 
 pets, rugs and other fabric floor covering shall be cleaned 
 at least once daily by means of suction cleaning, beat- 
 ing or dustless sweeping. Curtains and draperies shall 
 be cleaned at least once monthly by suction cleaning beat- 
 ing or washing. Cornices, walls and other dust holding 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 45 
 
 places shall be kept free from dust by suction cleaning, 
 washing or moist wiping. 
 
 The wood and all metal parts of all seats shall be kept 
 clean. Fabric upholstering of seats and railings and 
 other fixed fabrics shall be cleaned by suction cleaning 
 or other dustless method at least once monthly. Toilet 
 rooms shall be kept sanitary at all times. 
 
 Section 117. Any person violating any provision of 
 Sections 170 to 177, inclusive, of this chapter, or who 
 shall fail or refuse to'comply with any reasonable rule, 
 regulation or direction of the Health Commissioner given 
 with respect to such business shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not more than $250.00 for each and every offence. 
 
 November 9th. 
 
 That Chapter XXV of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo be and the same hereby is amended by adding 
 a new section thereto, to be known as Section 178 and 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 178. There is hereby created in the Depart- 
 ment of Health, a Bureau of Laboratories, the adminis- 
 trative head of which shall be Superintendent of Labor- 
 atories, who shall be subject to the directions of the 
 Health Commissioner. The Bacteriologist and his as- 
 sistants, clerks, stenographers, etc., shall be a part of 
 said bureau. 
 
 December 28th. 
 
 That Chapter XXV of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo be amended by adding thereto a new section to 
 be known as Section 150-A, and to read as follows: 
 
 “Section 150-A. Any provision, condition or restric- 
 tion contained in the foregoing Ordinance relating to 
 tenement and lodging houses in the City of Buffalo, may 
 be modified, altered, changed or suspended for particular 
 
46 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 occasions, upon the written recommendation of the Health 
 Commissioner and by resolution of The Council, adopted 
 by the unanimous vote of the members present.” 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 : January 5th. 
 
 That Chapter X XIX of the Ordinances of the City 
 of Buffalo be and the same hereby is amended by adding: 
 thereto a new section to be known as Section 21-A, and 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 21-A. Regulations for Household Use of 
 Kerosene. Distillate or Fuel Oil for Cooking or Heating. 
 
 Apparatus—Tanks—Burners—Piping, etc. 
 
 All equipment used in connection with household cook- 
 ing or heating shall be installed and maintained in ac- 
 cordance with the following requirements : 
 
 (a) All parts of the system and installation shall 
 be subject to the approval of the Chief of the Depart- 
 ment of Fire. 
 
 (b) Tanks must be substantially fastened to the wall, 
 floor or stand and be otherwise located so as to prevent 
 injury or spilling. Gauge glasses are prohibited. 
 
 (c) In apparatus which is equipped with a supply 
 tank, the oil burners or oil founts shall be supplied only 
 by pump gravity or approved vacuum or suction system. 
 The total capacity of the supply tank, fount or both, 
 shall not exceed five (5) gallons when oil is used for 
 cooking, and fifty (50) gallons when oil is used for 
 heating. 
 
 (d) Burners, unless of the wick type, shall be pro- 
 vided with a seamless drip pan at least one-half inch in 
 depth, connected with drain pipe not less than three- 
 eighth inch standard pipe size, discharging into a cup 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 47 
 
 of at least one quart capacity, so located as to readily 
 indicate the overflow of oil. 
 
 (e) All burners must have a readily accessible shut- 
 off and regulating valve, with a supplementary shut-off 
 valve at the tank. Valve must be of an approved type 
 and so designed that, in operation, the valve stem cannot 
 be separated from the body. 
 
 (f) All pipes shall be of standard, full weight, 
 wrought iron, steel or brass, with substantial iron or 
 brass fittings, or, if necessary to use capillary tube, it 
 shall be enclosed in standard weight pipe. 
 
 (g) Connections shall be made perfectly tight with 
 well fitted joints; unions if used in place of right and 
 left couplings shall be of approved type. 
 
 (h) Tanks and pumps used in connection with house 
 heating systems shall be located at least fifteen (15) feet 
 distant from burners and no combustible materia] shall 
 be kept within ten (10) feet of such tank or pump. 
 
 (1) A card giving complete instructions in regard to 
 the care and operation of the system shall be furnished 
 with each equipment and placed near the apparatus. 
 
 (j}) Before the installation of any system, plans and 
 specifications covering the system to be installed must 
 be submitted to the Chief of the Department of Fire 
 for approval. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 March 9th. 
 
 That Section 1, of Chapter XXXI, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo, be and the same is hereby amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall use, 
 or permit the use of, any building, structure or prem- 
 
48 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 ises within the City of Buffalo for the purpose of a livery, 
 boarding or sales stable, public barn where livestock 
 is to be kept, a public garage or a public laundry, with- 
 out first obtaining a permit therefor from the Mayor as 
 hereinafter provided. 
 
 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corpora- 
 tion to use, or permit the use of, any building, structure 
 or premises within the City of Buffalo for any of said 
 purposes, if said building or premises, or any part there- 
 of, is within five hundred (500) feet, measured in a 
 direct line, of any public playground, or entrance to a 
 public park, or of any building used primarily as a pub- 
 lic or parochial school, a Hospital or a building used 
 primarily for church purposes, and no permit or consent 
 therefor shall be granted by the Mayor or The Council, 
 except upon an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the 
 members of The Council. 
 
 Provided, however, that an affirmative vote of a ma- 
 jority of The Council shall be sufficient in the case of 
 a parochial school, hospital or building used primarily 
 for church purposes, where the trustees or authorities 
 having control of such property shall have consented 
 thereto in writing; and in the case of a public school, 
 where the Board of Education shall have consented there- 
 to by resolution, a copy of which, certified by the secre- 
 tary or a member of said board, shall have been presented 
 to The Council. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 January 19th. 
 
 To conform to our present meter rates as amended 
 by Your Honorable Body, under date of July 28th, com- 
 munication No. 112, page 1349 of The Council Proceed- 
 ings, I would respectfully recommend that so much of 
 Chapter XXXII which reads as follows: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 49 
 
 WATER RATES FOR MUNICIPAL USE. 
 
 Section 77 D-2. Two cents per thousand gallons. 
 Section 77 D-3. Two cents per thousand gallons. 
 Section 77 D-4. Two cents per thousand gallons. 
 Section 77 D-5. Two cents per thousand alone 
 
 —be and the same hereby is amended to read: 
 
 WATER RATES FOR MUNICIPAL USE. 
 
 Section 77 D-2. Four cents per thousand gallons. 
 Section 77 D-3. Four cents per thousand gallons. 
 Section 77 D-4. Four cents per thousand gallons. 
 
 Section 77 D-5. Four cents per thousand gallons. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 September 7th. 
 
 That Chapter XXXVI of the Ordinances of the City 
 of Buffalo be and the same hereby is amended by adding 
 thereto a new section to be known as Section 3, to read 
 as follows: 
 
 Sec. 3. No persons’ names signed to a petition for, 
 or remonstrance against, the paving, repaving, sprinkling, 
 cleaning or repairing of any street or public place, or 
 local improvement of any kind, shall be counted or re- 
 ceive consideration by The Council unless such person 
 shall affirmatively state under oath, duly sworn to, that 
 such petition or remonstrance was voluntarily signed by 
 him, that no compensation was paid therefor, directly or 
 indirectly, and that no promise, inducement or threat, 
 explicit or implied, was made to secure his signature 
 thereto. 
 
50 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 CHAPTER LII. 
 
 November 23rd. 
 
 That Chapter LII of the Ordinances of the City of 
 Buffalo be and the same is hereby amended so as to 
 read as’ follows: 
 
 Sec. 1. That unless otherwise required by law or by | 
 Ordinance, all bonds of the City of Buffalo shall be 
 signed as provided in Section 36 of Chapter III of the 
 Ordinances and shall be sealed with the seal of the City, 
 and if coupons for the payment of interest be attached 
 thereto such coupons shall be authenticated with the 
 fac-simile signature of the Commissioner of Finance and _ 
 Accounts, who shall be in office either upon the date as 
 of which said bonds are issued or at the time of their 
 actual issuance, and such bonds may in the discretion 
 of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts be is- 
 sued either in the form of registered bonds or in the 
 form of coupon bonds with the privilege of registra- 
 tion as to principal only, or of surrender in exchange 
 for registered bonds at the option of the holder. 
 
 Sec. 2. All registered bonds of the City of Buffalo 
 shall be in substantially the following form, subject to 
 the necessary changes in respect to number, date, date of 
 maturity, dates of interest payment, places of payment 
 of principal and interest, and where required by law or 
 where deemed proper by the Mayor and Commissioner 
 of Finance and Accounts a statement of law authorizing 
 the same or of the purpose of issue, or both: 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 51 
 
 United States of America, 
 Noa. s. State of New York, Niletssen 
 City of Buffalo. 
 
 The City of Buffalo in the State of New York hereby 
 acknowledges its indebtedness for value received and 
 
 principal sum. 
 
 Both principal and interest of this bond are payable 
 in lawful money of the United States of America at 
 the office of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts 
 of the City of Buffalo, in Buffalo, N. Y., or at The 
 Hanover National Bank of the City of New York, as 
 the holder hereof may elect. 
 
 This bond is registered in the office of the Commis- 
 sioner of Finance and Accounts of the City of Buffalo, 
 and may be transferred only on presentation to said 
 Commissioner of Finance and Accounts together with a 
 written assignment duly acknowledged or proved. 
 
 It is hereby certified that each and every condition, 
 act and thing, essential to the validity of this bond, ex- 
 ists, has happened and has been done and that all re- 
 quirements of the Laws of the State of New York af- 
 fecting the issue hereof have been duly complied with 
 and that the issuance of this bond has been authorized 
 by a resolution of The Council of the City of Buffalo 
 duly passed and signed, and that no debt or other limit 
 prescribed by the Constitution or Laws of said State has 
 been exceeded by the issue hereof. 
 
52 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 The faith and credit of the City of Buffalo are hereby 
 pledged to the punctual payment of the principal and 
 interest of this bond according to its terms. 
 
 In witness whereof, the City of Buffalo has caused 
 its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and this bond to be 
 signed by the Mayor and Commissioner of Finance and 
 
 Accounts of said sity: aSc0t ties erercet ete asentits day of 
 
 SOPHO TETHER EEE H HEHE SHEE EES ESHEEEEH EEE ES ESEHERSEEH EEE HY 
 
 SOPOT E EE HEHESEEOEHEEOHESHE HE HEH EEE SES ESEOEEOEE EE ESE 
 
 Commisioner of Finance and Accounts. 
 
 Sec. 3. All coupon bonds of the City of Buffalo shall 
 be in substantially the following form, subject to the 
 necessary changes in respect to number, date, date of 
 maturity, dates of interest payment, places of payment 
 of principal and interest, and where required by law °* 
 or where deemed proper by the Mayor and Commissioner 
 of Finance and Accounts a statement of law authorizing 
 the same or of the purpose of issue, or both: 
 
 United States of America, 
 NOs ti: State of New York, Nosh 
 $1,000 City of Buffalo. $1,000 
 
 The City of Buffalo, in the State of New York, hereby 
 acknowledges its indebtedness for value received and 
 promises to pay to the bearer, or, if this bond be regis- 
 tered, to the registered owner, his legal representatives, 
 
 SUCCESSOTSOF /ASSIONIS; (OMe thes y a: ahetnetre tae kieesemete ens day of 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 53 
 
 One Thousand Dollars, 
 
 with interest thereon at the rate of............ per centum per 
 PTMPIVATTL OA Va DIG ON TC accrcdspeensssanvecdsase CRE Ng ee ea VRP ol 
 RC ahstesharensstcatecacaseesnes in each year until the payment of 
 
 said principal sum on presentation and surrender of the 
 annexed interest coupons as they severally become due. 
 
 Both principal and interest of this bond are payable in 
 lawful money of the United States of America at the 
 office of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts of 
 the City of Buffalo, in Buffalo, N. Y., or at The Han- 
 over National Bank of the City of New York, as the 
 holder hereof may elect. 
 
 This bond may be registered as to principal in the 
 office of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts of 
 the City of Buffalo, and after such registration may be 
 transferred only on presentation to said Commissioner 
 of Finance and Accounts with a written assignment, duly 
 acknowledged or proved, or this bond with all unpaid 
 interest coupons may be delivered and surrendered to 
 said Commissioner of Finance and Accounts in exchange 
 for a bond registered as to both principal and interest. 
 
 This bond, together with other bonds of like date and 
 tenor, except as to maturity, and except that some of 
 said bonds may be issued in registered form and in 
 ' different amounts, is issued for the purpose of............... 
 
 SOCORRO EERE EEE EOE EEE EEE EEE EEE EHEE EE HESEE EE EEE EEE EEESE EET ESEEEEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE OEE EE ES 
 
 SOCORRO HEHE EEE HEHEHE EEE EEE HEHE EEE EEE EH HESEE EEO EEE HOES E HESS EEESE EEE EEE EEEEEESEEEE EEE EEHEEEEEOE ED 
 
 It is hereby certified that each and every condition, 
 act and thing, essential to the validity of this bond, ex- 
 ists, has happened and has been done and that all re- 
 quirements of the Laws of the State of New York, af- 
 fecting the issue hereof have been duly complied with, 
 and that the issuance of this bond has been authorized 
 
54 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 by a resolution of The Council of the City of Buffalo, 
 duly passed and signed, and that no debt or other limit 
 prescribed by the Constitution or Laws of said State 
 has been exceeded by the issue hereof. 
 
 The faith and credit of the City of Buffalo are hereby 
 pledged_to the punctual payment of the principal and 
 interest of this bond according to its terms. 
 
 In witness whereof, the City of Buffalo has caused 
 its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and this bond 
 to be signed by the Mayor and Commissioner of Finance 
 and Accounts of said City, and the interest coupons 
 hereto annexed to be authenticated with the fac simile 
 signature of said Commissioner of Finance and Accounts 
 
 Commisioner of Finance and Accounts. 
 
 Form of Coupons. 
 
 GUT, ore cake Mgesecasaes ALS Re ay , the City of Buffalo, in the 
 State of New York, will pay to the bearer at the office 
 of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts of the 
 City of Buffalo, in Buffalo, N. Y., or at The Hanover 
 National Bank of the City of New York, at bearer’s op- 
 
 {LON NAR eee eereent eer dollars, being the semi-annual in- 
 terest, due that day Ons 106s aise, ssncopenatseeesesn crores Bond, dated 
 <ceghea Ted Hens eters aE everest eR 
 
 Commissioner of Finance and Accounts. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 55 
 
 Back of Bond. 
 
 This bond may be registered as to principal under the 
 signature of the Commissioner of Finance and Accounts, 
 or his deputy, below, and shall thereafter be transferable 
 only by a written assignment of the registered owner or 
 his attorney, duly acknowledged or proved, such transfer 
 to be endorsed hereon and entered on the books of the 
 said Commissioner of Finance and Accounts kept for 
 that purpose. Such transfer may be to “bearer” and 
 the coupons will remain payable to bearer unless and 
 until this bond and all unpaid coupons shall be delivered 
 and surrendered to the said Commissioner of Finance 
 and Accounts in exchange for a bond registered as to 
 both principal and interest. 
 
 Name of Regis- 
 Date of Registry tered Owner Registered by 
 
 POPPE HEHEHE EHH EHEEH (=<= = FEET EE EH EH ET EEE EH -§=(§= SFOS ESEH EEE EE EEE EEO EES 
 
 Sec. 4. The enactment of this amendment is im- 
 mediately necessary for the conduct or administration 
 of the Department of Finance and Accounts and it is 
 to take effect immediately. 
 
 CHAPTER LV. 
 March 21st. 
 
 That Section 6, of Chapter LV, of the Ordinances 
 of the City of Buffalo be and the same hereby is amended 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Section 6. That the standard time throughout the 
 City of Buffalo is that of the 75th meridian of longitude 
 west from Greenwich, except that at 2 o’clock ante- 
 
56 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 meridian of the last Sunday in April of each year such 
 standard time throughout the City of Buffalo shall be 
 advanced one hour, and at 2 o’clock ante-meridian of the 
 last Sunday in September of each year such standard 
 time shall, by the retarding of one hour, be returned 
 to the mean astronomical time of the 75th meridian of 
 longitude west from Greenwich, and all courts public 
 offices and legal and official proceedings shall be regu- 
 lated hereby. 
 
 CHAPTER LIX. 
 January 12th. 
 
 Resolved, That the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo 
 be and they are hereby amended by adding thereto a 
 new chapter, to be designated Chapter LIX, and to read 
 as follows: 
 
 CHAPTER LIX. 
 
 BOARD OF AWARDS OF THE BUFFALO CITY FIRE 
 DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Section 1. There is hereby created the “Board of 
 Awards of the Buffalo City Fire Department.” 
 
 Sec. 2. Such Board shall consist of five members, 
 composed of the Mayor of the City of Buffalo, the City 
 Treasurer, the Chief of the Buffalo City Fire Depart- 
 ment, all ex-officio, and two civilian residents of the City 
 of Buffalo, to be appointed ye the Mayor and to serve 
 at his pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 3. Such Board and its successors shall have 
 power to adopt rules for its conduct and guidance, to re- 
 ceive such funds as may from time to time be given to it 
 under such terms and conditions as to it shall seem wise; 
 to invest and reinvest such funds in such manner as to 
 it shall seem proper, and expend the same or such por- ° 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 57 
 
 tions of the same, from time to time as to it shall seem 
 conductive to the benefit and advantage of the said Buffalo 
 City Fire Department and its members, and to exercise 
 such other and further functions as shall from time 
 to time be granted to it by The Council of the City of 
 Buffalo. The City Treasurer shall be the custodian of 
 said funds. 
 
 CHAPTER LX. 
 July 27th. 
 
 That Subdivision 1, of Section 22, of Chapter LX, of 
 the Ordinances of the City of Buffalo, be and the same 
 hereby is amended to read as follows: 
 
 1. The following streets are hereby designated as 
 “One Way Traffic” streets: 
 
 Swan street, from Pearl street to Ellicott street, 
 west bound traffic only. 
 
 South Division street, from Main street to Ellicott 
 street, east bound traffic only 
 
 North Division street, from Main street to Ellicott 
 street, west bound traffic only. 
 
 Clinon street, from Main street to Ellicott street, 
 east bound traffic only. 
 
 Broadway, from Main to Washington street, west 
 bound traffic only. 
 
 Myrtle street, from Michigan avenue to Spring 
 street, east bound traffic only. 
 
 All vehicular traffic is prohibited on that portion 
 of the streets above mentioned, except in the direc- 
 ion herein stated, unless otherwise directed by a traffic 
 officer. 
 
58 SECOND SUPPLEMENT 
 
 The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply 
 to any vehicle operated by the Police Department, the 
 Fire Department, the City of Buffalo, the Sheriff, an 
 authorized public utility company when on an emer- 
 gency call, the United States mail and miltary services 
 nor to a street car. 
 
 The direction in which vehicles may proceed shall 
 be so conspicuously shown by signs or signals as 
 to indicate the rule and regulation in regard thereto 
 and the direction in which all vehicles shall so travel. 
 
CITY ORDINANCES 59 
 
 INDEX 
 TO AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS 
 AND REPEALS 
 
 CHAP. SEC. VoLUME PaGE 
 1 1 PRUVEMCL Cit c.setesteseesteeers 1 1-37 
 1 1 PL THETIC EG tices gcc etre 2 1-21 
 as. Ae TICLE ards cuts ox crc tannseone 1 37-41 
 1 Pah ovigh ott lal 1¢a l(a Bincie, PE EERE 2 21 
 2 1 BN TVET CO cestitteecs carte 1 41-45 
 3 24° ‘Supplemented «............... 1 45 
 5 Pobeek, UN TIIOI OL OC irneaic ss tract ys yo2 ce 2 22-23 
 3 (Sub 5) 8 vacated sal slahap repay ep uee erie je re, 
 3 29° Supplemented) <...........5 2 24 
 4 Zoe Somat CLPCALEM Mirae sistecctesstoden, 1 100 
 4 5 BAT ITETIEL OC then paces tterteeaacaeee 2 24 
 5 12 Sees p PlemMente ch s.cssdese0,3e al 46 
 5 13° Supplemented © .....:.......: 2 ZA 
 6 9-19-20 Supplemented ............. 1 47-49 
 6 EA PATILONIAFE ME est, eee hee: 2 26 
 7 Patents CLE LEU mec teesiees toate nits: 1 50 
 7 1Z2A Supplemented. ............... 1 50 
 8 L4-LborA mended? inne. iicecccetees. Z 27-28 
 9 8 PRATIETIC OCLs, fase csvset das ce 1 51 
 9 ES ee wer COTLOTI Ns trecnierstedets oun. 1 100 
 9 Say opal Gounod uli Cvek SpA UN ee arean pat 2 28 
 
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 11 13: --Supplemented® oo5.3-5 51-62 
 11 14°= “Supplement edyaatisscen 29 
 12 21% Supplemented ............... 62 
 LZ 30 Se cA mended: Massiaseeccr ei 63 
 i? 84 A MENG Od feetensnsee ee tans 29 
 12 OU PGCE coe tne tye 30 
 2 1143. Aniend edits eee 31 
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 Vi 1 Amended: 3. a: pecans 63 
 Le 133" Supplemented. ..e8: 64 
 18 3 Amendedife wseiteasse 34 
 21 15 Re pealedmemnuue aes Laer 64 
 22 13-17 Supplemented ............... 64-66 
 22 14° Amendedw ye. Garces 66 
 Z2 17_ Amended gacaetenae 67 
 25 New. Chapter gaccmncc 67-70 
 23 4 AMendedah. out naan 70 
 24 21. “Amendedijar te oe 35 
 25 v7 /278 Repealedya-nuics: sso 70 
 2 77>. Supplemented accuse 70 
 25 SI = Amended. cokoah ee 71 
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 25 0025) Atetided’ ate ek ee 73 
 25 1O8%s eA mendedy uni aeeeh 74 
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 25 1434 Amended)" catsnatees 76 
 25 143351 A metided @ etnies ees 76-77 
 
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 25 166-169 Supplemented .............. 1 78-79 
 25 170-177 Supplemented ............. ee 37-45 
 Pa 178 Supplemented .............. im 45 
 25 150A Supplemented. .............. Z 45 
 29 [Roepe cu sstvvletars Latine werates pepe Op 1 79 
 29 BOM eCOrrectian ue senna 1 98-99 
 29 Z1A . Supplemented ...........%.. 2 46 
 31 7 Aamended tira scarce eto l 80-82 
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 32 1G ABV Ad sea ti Cciakel as Rien Ae eee 2 48-49 
 32 FeO MPA INETOES ices. caetaciasir ies. 2 48-49 
 32 A ADE ENS saWestel Nak Ye beige pears peo 2 48-49 
 32 (BAD ONAN G6 Chita Yah eptoeh hcp ee fy 48-49 
 36 3 Supplemented .............. 2 49 
 47 LO=1 Grete OEE CEIOM ot tare: vet easinds secs 1 97 
 52 [oA SUA mended «.ztvicscsovtfivaps 2 BOSS 
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 55 6 PEIMEN CEU Ho caseetenndatesaee tens re 55 
 58 3 Supplemented: vets: .s.t-<e. 1 93-94 
 59 ! New Chapter sccecsece 2 56 
 
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 INDEX 
 
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 CHAPTER NO. 
 
 Awards, Board of, in Fire Dept.. 59 56 
 Billiards, Poolrooms and Bowl- 
 
 inp Alleys. ccetacetNccns ceteors 18-3 34 
 Bonds salesoticce tee 52 50-55 
 Daylight Sawitie vino eats 55-6 55 
 Electrification of railroads in. 
 
 CIULY Pit ar eee rtiod Merteae eiet Se ALTA 6 
 Employes (see Salaries and Po- 
 
 BITLONS )i sre tattirces deste eae Uae A$ 
 Employes, sick and disabled...... 3-8 23 
 1Sy a baa Ratomrs eyes Ney Selena he tiated iY, A 11-14 29 
 Fire Dept., Board of Awards...... 59 56 
 Garayes rh UD Cacstsence arenes 31-1 47-48 
 Gasoline Tanks, Pumps, ete...... 24-21 35-36 
 Kerasenesuserots anaemia 29-21A 46 
 Laboratories, Bureau of Created 25 45 
 Waundty, se UDUG wren alee cuneie: 31-1 47-48 
 Petitions and Remonstrances.... 36-3 49 
 Public School Teachers’ Retire- 
 
 rade) head aur bes Meee yer Mero ae 3-29 24 
 Salaries and Positions.......0....4cs0 Leesa t 
 Scissors grinders, rag pickers, 
 
 CtCln iioede ere capil eae eee 9-36 28 
 Sidewalk permits, fees for.......... 4-5 24 
 Soilislests tere ee aes 12-84 29 
 Btonemolae Petcit ees 12-63 33 
 Streets, one way designated........ 60 aye 
 Taxicabs, bond for operation of 6-17 26 
 Tenement and Lodging Houses 25-150A 45 
 Ventilation of Buildings.............. 25 37-45 
 Walls, height and thickness olf.... 12-90 30 
 W artants}sdeltvery Ott. .c.0or 3-24 22 
 Waters Ratest tn.) eemaienrca: 32 48-49 
 
 Wharves and Docks, repair of.. 8-14 27 
 
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