N.Y. Highway Law § 156: Penalty, and notice on bridge

§ 156. Penalty, and notice on bridge. The town superintendent may fix

and prescribe a penalty, not less than one or more than five dollars,

for riding or driving faster than a walk on any bridge in his town whose

chord is not less than twenty-five feet in length, and put up and

maintain in a conspicuous place, at each end of the bridge, a notice in

large characters, stating each penalty incurred. Whoever shall ride or

drive faster than a walk over any bridge, upon which notice shall have

been placed, and shall then be, shall forfeit for every offense, the

amount fixed by such town superintendent, and specified in the notice.