N.Y. HAY Law § 156
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Penalty, and notice on bridge
Official statutory text
§ 156. Penalty, and notice on bridge. The town superintendent may fix\nand prescribe a penalty, not less than one or more than five dollars,\nfor riding or driving faster than a walk on any bridge in his town whose\nchord is not less than twenty-five feet in length, and put up and\nmaintain in a conspicuous place, at each end of the bridge, a notice in\nlarge characters, stating each penalty incurred. Whoever shall ride or\ndrive faster than a walk over any bridge, upon which notice shall have\nbeen placed, and shall then be, shall forfeit for every offense, the\namount fixed by such town superintendent, and specified in the notice.\n
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