Proclamation! To all Citizens of The City of New York

Proclamation! To all Citizens of The City of New York

Victory gardens

World War, 1914-1918

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951

Proclamations

1918 Proclamation signed by John F. Hylan, the 96th Mayor of the City of the New York, declaring the punishment of any person caught destroying crops or entering gardens illegally with negative intentions.

M.B. Brown Printing & Binding Company, printer.

New-York Historical Society

1918-07-25

Angela Zhinin

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English

Proclamation!
To all Citizens of The City of New York
Under the provisions of the Penal Law of this State, any person who destroys or injures produce or crops on the land of another, or who enters any garden without consent of the owner or occupant with intent to take, injure or destroy anything growing therein, may be punished by imprisonment for one year in a penitentiary, or by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars, or by both.
In view of the necessity of increasing the production of food on account of the war, the police and all other public authorities having jurisdiction, will protect gardeners and their crops in New York City by vigorously enforcing the law.
(Penal Law, Sections 1425, 1426 and 1937)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of New York to be affixed.
Done in the City of New York, this 25th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen
John F. Hylan
By the Mayor:
Grover A. Whalen,
Secretary to the Mayor
M.B. Brown Printing & Binding Co, New York

Cardstock

56 x 36 cm

New York (N. Y.). Mayor. Proclamation!: To All Citizens of the City of New York: Under the Provisions of the Penal Law of This State, Any Person Who Destroys or Injures Produce or Crops on the Land of Another, or Who Enters Any Garden without Consent of the Owner or Occupant with Intent to Take, Injure or Destroy Anything Growing Therein, May Be Punished by Imprisonment for One Year in the Penitentiary, or by a Fine of Five Hundred Dollars, or by Both. ... New York, N.Y.: MBBrown Printing & Binding Co, New York, 1918.