one hundred (100) feet of the high-water mark in any lake, pond or reservoir, or within fifty (50) feet of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream or water-course tributary to said lakes, ponds or reservoirs.

Nineteenth.-No stable, pig-sty, hen-house, barn-yard, hog-yard, hitching or standing place for horses or cattle or other place where animal manure accumulates, shall be arranged or maintained in such manner that the washings or drainage therefrom may flow through open or covered drains or channels into any pond, lake or reservoir, or into any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto, without having undergone proper purification.

Twentieth.-The foregoing rules shall also apply to composts and to masses of fermented or decayed fruit, vegetables, roots, grain, sawdust, leaves or other vegetable substances, which may be used either alone or in combination with other matter as manure, or as food for domestic animals.

DEAD ANIMALS, VEGETABLE REFUSE AND MANUFACTURING WASTES.

Twenty-first.-No dead animal, bird, fowl, fish or reptile, or parts thereof, nor any filthy or decaying matter of animal or vegetable origin derived from human habitations, barns or stables, nor any putrescible matter or waste product or polluted liquid from any slaughter-houses, creameries, condensed milk factories, cheese factories, breweries, distilleries, cider-mills, wine or beer vaults, sugar or glucose factories, tanneries, woolen mills, paper mills, pulp-mills, saw-mills, or other manufactories, shall be thrown, discharged, drained or washed into any lake, pond or reservoir, or into any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto.

Twenty-second.-No dead animal, bird, fish, fowl or reptile, or any part thereof, shall be buried in the ground within two hundred and fifty (250) feet of the high-water mark of any lake, pond or reservoir, or within one hundred and thirty (130) feet of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto.

Twenty-third. No live sheep or other animal shall be washed in any lake, pond or reservoir, or in any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto; neither shall any person swim, bathe or wash in any of said lakes, ponds or reservoirs, or in the streams tributary thereto.

Twenty-fourth.-The waste liquids which may be polluted with putrescible or deleterious organic matter from any of the operations above indicated shall all be thoroughly filtered or otherwise purified before being allowed to escape into any lake, pond or reservoir, or into any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto.

CEMETERIES.

Twenty-fifth.-No interment shall be made in any cemetery or other place of burial on the entire watershed of the Croton river, or on those portions of the water-sheds of the Bronx and Byram rivers now used for the water supply of the city of New York, within two hundred and fifty (250) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark in any lake, pond or reservoir, or within one hundred and thirty (130) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream or water-course tributary to such lakes, ponds or reservoirs.

Twenty-sixth. Whenever it shall be brought to the notice of the State Board of Health that, owing to the porous character of the soil, the height and flow of the subsoil waters, the steepness of the slopes or other special conditions of the locality, the percolation or drainage from any cemetery or place of burial is polluting the waters of any lake, pond or reservoir, or of any spring, stream or water-course tributary thereto, the aforesaid limits within which the interments are not permitted shall be extended as much further from said high-water marks as shall be considered safe and proper by the State Board of Health

PROVISION FOR APPEALS TO STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Twenty-seventh. Wherever any system of treating excremental matter from any dwelling, hotel, stable, factory or other building from which such matter may be discharged, by means of subsurface irrigation, filtration, chemical process or otherwise, has already been established, and now discharges the effluent liquid or solid matter anywhere within two hundred and fifty (250) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark in any lake, pond or reservoir, or within one hundred and thirty (130) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream or water-course tributary to such lakes, ponds or reservoirs, on said water-sheds, such discharge shall no longer be permitted, but must be carried to some suitable point beyond said limits respectively, unless especially allowed by the State Board of Health.

Twenty-eighth.Wherever any system of treating house-slops, sink-wastes, laundry water, stable drainage, factory wastes or refuse, garbage or any other putrescible waste matter or the drainage therefrom by means of subsurface irrigation, filtration, chemical process or otherwise, has already been estab

lished and now discharges the effluent liquid or solid matter anywhere within fifty (50) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark in any lake, pond or reservoir, or within thirty (30) feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any tributary spring, stream or water-course, such discharge shall no longer be permitted, but must be carried to some suitable point beyond said limits respectively, unless specially allowed by the State Board of Health.

PENALTY.

In accordance with section 2 of chapter 543 of the Laws of 1885, a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars is hereby imposed upon any corporation, person or persons, guilty of a violation of, or non-compliance with, any of the above given mandatory rules or regulations, to be recovered under said act.

At a special meeting of the State Board of Health, held on the 15th of March, 1889, at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, the foregoing rules and regulations were made, ordained and established, pursuant to chapter 543 of the Laws of 1885, for the protection of the water-shed of the Croton river and its tributaries in the counties of Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess, and of so much of the Bronx and Byram rivers and their tributaries in the County of Westchester as are now used for the supply of water for the city of New York. THOS. NEWBOLD, President, LEWIS BALCH, M.D.,

Secretary and Executive Officer.

The above Rules and Regulations were amended by the State Board of Health, on August 25th, 1893, as

follows:

"That, taking into consideration the character of the soil, and of the substrata of the soil, and the angle of slopes, the distance at which privy vaults, slaughter-houses, hog-pens, barn-yards, or any and all places or things which tend to pollute and render impure and dangerous water taken from the several sources enumerated and set forth in said rules, may be maintained, is increased to 300 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark in any lake, pond or reservoir in said water-shed, and to 250 feet, horizontal measurement, of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any spring, stream or water-course tributary to said lakes, ponds or reservoirs."

REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING A SCALE OF WATER RENTS AND RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF WATER, FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

By order of THOMAS F. GILROY, Commissioner of Public Works.

Under chapter 410, Laws of 1882, sections 350, 351, 352 and 353, and as amended by chapter 559, Laws 1887, as follows:

"The Commissioner of Public Works shall, from time to time, establish scales of rents for the supplying of water, which rents shall be collected in the manner now provided by law, and which shall be apportioned to different classes of buildings in said city in reference to their dimensions, values, exposure to fires, ordinary uses for dwellings, stores, shops, private stables and other common purposes, number of families or occupants, or consumption of water, as near as may be practicable, and modify, alter, amend and increase such scale from time to time, and extend it to other descriptions of buildings and establishments. All extra charges for water shall be deemed to be included in the regular rents, and shall become a charge and lien upon the buildings upon which they are respectively imposed, and if not paid, shall be returned as arrears to the clerk of arrears. Such regular rents, including the extra charges above mentioned, shall be collected from the owners or occupants of all such buildings, respectively, which shall be situated upon lots adjoining any street or avenue in said city in which the distributing water-pipes are or may be laid, and from which they can be supplied with water. Said rents, including the extra charges aforesaid, shall become a charge and lien upon such houses and lots, respectively, as herein provided, but no charge whatever shall be made against any building in which a water-meter may have been, or shall be placed as provided in this act. In all such cases the charge for water shall be determined only by the quantity of water actually used as shown by said meters. * * * The said Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized to prescribe a penalty not exceeding the sum of five dollars for each offense, for permitting water to be wasted, and for any violation of such reasonable rules as he may, from time to time, prescribe for the prevention of the waste of water, such fines shall be added to the regular water rents."

The regular annual rents to be collected by the Department of Public Works shall be as follows, to wit:

Croton Water Rates for Buildings from 16 to 50 feet, all others not specified subject to Special Rates.

The rent of all tenements which shall exceed in width fifty feet shall be the subject of special contract with the Commissioner of Public Works.

The apportionment of the regular rents upon dwelling-houses are on the basis that but one family is to occupy the same, and for each additional family, one dollar per year shall be charged.

Meters will be placed on all houses where there is an extra use of water; where required to ascertain the amount used and where waste of water is found, and they will be charged at rates fixed by the Department for all the water passing through them.

The extra and miscellaneous rates shall be as follows, to wit:

Bakeries. For the average daily use of flour, for each barrel, three dollars per annum.

Barber shops shall be charged from five to twenty dollars per annum each in the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works; an additional charge of five dollars per annum shall be made for each bathtub therein.

Bathing-tubs in private houses, beyond one, shall be charged at three dollars per annum each, and five dollars per annum each in public houses, boarding-houses and bathing establishments. Combination stationary wash-tubs, having a movable division in the centre and capable of use for bathing, shall be charged the same as bathing-tubs.

Building Purposes. For each one thousand bricks laid, or for stone work-to be measured as brickten cents per thousand. For plastering, forty cents per hundred yards.

Cows. For each and every cow one dollar per annum.

Dining saloons shall be charged an annual rate of from five to twenty dollars, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works.

Fish Stands (retail) shall be charged five dollars per annum each.

For all stables not metred, the rates shall be as follows:

Horses, Private. For two horses there shall be charged six dollars per annum; and for each additional horse, two dollars.

Horses, Livery. For each horse up to, and not exceeding thirty in number, one dollar and fifty cents each per annum; and for each additional horse, one dollar.

Horses, Omnibus and Cart.-For each horse, one dollar per annum.

Horse Troughs. For each trough, and for each half-barrel or tub on sidewalk or street, twenty dollars per annum; each trough to be fitted with a proper ball-cock to prevent waste.

Hotels and Boarding-houses shall, in addition to the regular rate for private families, be charged for each lodging-room, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works.

Laundries shall be charged from eight to twenty dollars per annum, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works.

Liquor and Lager Beer Saloons shall be charged an annual rate of ten dollars each. An additional charge of five dollars per annum shall be made for each tap or wash-box.

Photographic galleries shall be charged an annual rate of from five to twenty dollars, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works.

Printing Offices, when not metered, shall be charged at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner of Public Works.

Soda, Mineral Water and Root Beer Fountains shall be charged five dollars per annum each.

Steam Engines, where not metered, shall be charged by the horse-power, as follows: For each horsepower up to and not exceeding ten, the sum of ten dollars per annum; for each exceeding ten, and not over fifteen, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents each, and for each horse-power over fifteen, the sum of five dollars.

Water-Closets and Urinals -To each building on a lot one water-closet having sewer connections is allowed without charge; each additional water-closet or urinal will be charged as hereinafter stated. All closets connected in any manner with sewer shall be charged two dollars for each seat per annum, whether in a building or on any other portion of the premises. Urinals shall be charged two dollars per annum each. Water-Closets of every description that are supplied with water from a measuring tank or cistern from which only a limited quantity can be drawn, say about three gallons at each pull, two dollars.

Water-Closets of every description that are supplied with water from a tank other than a measuring tank, from which an unlimited quantity can be drawn by holding or fastening the valve open, or when the supply is received direct from the Croton supply, five dollars.

Cistern answering this description can be seen at this Department.

METERS.

Under the provisions of section 352, Consolidated Act 1882, water-meters of approved pattern shall be hereafter placed on the pipes supplying all stores, workshops, hotels, manufactories, public edifices, at wharves, ferry-houses, stables, and in all places where water is furnished for business consumption, except private dwellings.

It is provided by section 352, Laws of 1882, that "all expenses of meters, their connections and setting, water rates, and other lawful charges for the supply of Croton water, shall be a lien upon the premises where such water is supplied, as now provided by law." ***

All manufacturing and other business requiring a large supply of water shall be fitted with a meter.
Water measured by meter, ten cents per one hundred cubic feet.

The rate charged for steam-vessels taking water daily, or belonging to daily lines, is one-half cent per ton (Custom House measurement) for each time they take water.

Steamers taking water other than daily, one cent per ton (Custom House measurement).
Permits for tugs, etc., to take water are granted for six months.

No extensions will be granted on permits for tugs that have been laid up.

No unexpired permits will be transferred to other boats.

Attention is called to chapter 6, article III., section 26, Revised Ordinances, New York, 1880:

"IN RELATION TO THE OPENING OF HYDRANTS WITHOUT PERMISSION."

"No person or persons, except the Mayor and Aldermen of the respective districts, shall, without previous permission in writing from the Commissioner of Public Works, unscrew or open any hydrant belonging or attached to the Croton Aqueduct Works, erected for the extinguishment of fires, except in cases of fires in the neighborhood; nor shall leave said fire hydrant open for a longer time than shall be limited in said permission; nor shall use the water for other purposes than may be mentioned in said permission, under the penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense, in the discretion of the magistrate before whom the complaint shall be made."

All matters not hereinbefore embraced are reserved for special contract by and with the Commissioner of Public Works.

HYDRANTS, HOSE, TROUGHS, FOUNTAINS, ETC., ETC.

No owner or tenant will be allowed to supply water to another person or persons.

All persons taking water from the city must keep their own service-pipes, street tap, and all fixtures connected therewith, in good repair, protected from frost, at their own risk and expense, and shall prevent all waste of water.

The use of hose to wash coaches, omnibuses, wagons, railway cars or other vehicles or horses, cannot be permitted.

No horse-troughs or horse-watering fixtures will be permitted in the street or on the sidewalk, except upon a license or permit taken out for that purpose. All licenses or permits must be annually renewed on the first of May. Such fixtures must be kept in good order and the water not allowed to drip or waste by overrunning the sidewalk or street, or to become dangerous in winter by freezing in and about such troughs or fixtures.

No hydrant will be permitted on the sidewalk or in the front area, and any hydrant standing in a yard or alley, attached to any dwelling or building, must not be left running when not in actual use, and if the drip or waste from such hydrant freezes and becomes dangerous in winter, the supply will be shut off in addition to the penalty of five dollars imposed.

Taps at wash-basins, water-closets, baths and urinals must not be left running, under the penalty of five dollars for each offense, which will be strictly enforced.

Fountains or jets in hotels, porter-houses, eating saloons, confectioneries or other buildings are strictly prohibited.

The use of hose for washing sidewalks, stoops, areas, house-fronts, yards, court-yards, gardens, and about stables, is prohibited. Where premises are provided with wells, special permits wil be issued for the use of hose, in order that the police or inspectors of this Department may understand that the permission is not for the use of Croton water.

Opening fire-hydrants to fill hand-sprinklers or other vessels will not be allowed.

The penalty for a violation of any of the preceding rules and regulations will be five dollars for each offense, and if not paid when imposed will become a lien on the premises in like manner as all other charges for unpaid water rents. By order,

THOMAS F. GILROY,

Commissioner of Public Works.