N.Y. General City Law § 17: Operation of crematories for disposal of garbage

§ 17. Operation of crematories for disposal of garbage. A crematory in

any city or within ten miles of the corporate limits of any city, owned

or controlled by any person or corporation or by a city, for the

treatment or consuming of garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead

animals or fish, shall be so operated by the use of coke, charcoal, or

other fuel device and by such appliances and methods that the offensive

and noxious gases and fumes arising from the consumption or treatment of

such garbage or other refuse matter or offal, dead animals or fish shall

be burned or disposed of without offense or danger to the persons

residing in the neighborhood of such crematory. The city authorities or

the person or corporation owning or controlling such crematory shall

cause the necessary devices, and fuel or other supplies to be furnished

for the consumption or proper disposal of such gases and fumes. Any city

authority or other person or corporation owning or controlling such

crematory and any city employee or other person operating such a

crematory who shall allow or permit such gases or fumes arising from the

consumption of such garbage or other matter to escape and become

offensive or dangerous to the persons residing in the neighborhood of

such crematory, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon

conviction be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars

nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars for each day that such

offensive or noxious gases or fumes are permitted or allowed to escape,

or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.