GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GREATER NEW YORK-Continued Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brook lyn, 1425 Atlantic ave. R. C. Orphan Asylum Society for Boys, R. C. Orphan Asylum Society for Girls, Church Charity Foundation of L. I., Albany Howard Colored Orphan Asylum, Dean st., cor. Troy ave. Industrial School Ass'n, E. D., 141 S. 3d st. Brooklyn Brooklyn Industrial School Ass'n and Home for Destitute Children, Sterling place, near Flatbush ave. German Orphan Home, Graham, cor. Mon trose ave. Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, 273 Will- Sheltering Arms Nursery, 157 Dean st. REGULATIONS FOR PAWNBROKERS OF GREATER NEW YORK Pawnbrokers in New York City are regulated by statute. The rate of interest fixed by law is 3 per cent. a month or any fraction of a month for the first six months, and 2 per cent. a month for each succeeding month, upon any loan not exceeding $100; and 2 per cent. a month for the first six months and I per cent. a month for each succeeding month, on any loan exceeding $100. Pledges cannot be sold until after they have been kept one year, and then at public auction by a licensed auctioneer, after publication of at least six days in two daily newspapers designated by the Mayor. Pawnbrokers pay a yearly license fee of $500 to the City, and are under the control of the Mayor. The license is issued through the Bureau of Licenses, and their books must be kept open to the Mayor, Criminal Courts, Magistrates, and Police. EXCISE TAXES IN GREATER NEW YORK These excise taxes are imposed by the State of New York upon the business of trafficking in liquors, under Chapter 29 of the General Laws (Liquor Tax Law), approved March 23, 1896. LIQUOR TAX RATES IN GREATER NEW YORK (Sec. 11, Liquor Tax Law) The following information is officially furnished to THE MANHATTAN GUIDE by the State Commissioner of Excise, Albany, N. Y. NOTE. The classes of traffic covered by the different Subdivisions are stated below 1 GREATER NEW YORK RED BOOK LIBRARIES IN GREATER NEW YORK-Continued Young Men's Christian Association, 156 5th 24th st.; 132 W. 53d st.; 361 Madison ave.; 72d st. and 11th ave.; Governor's Island. Young Women's Christian Association, 7 E. 15th st. Open 9 a.m. to 9.15 p.m. Brooklyn Free Public Library, 29 Brevoort pl.; branches, 474 Bedford ave.; 29 Pennsylvania ave.; 1147 4th ave.; 185 Brooklyn ave.; 322 Smith st.; 822 Flatbush ave.; 372 9th st.; 198 Montrose ave.; 2d ave, and 73d st.; 186 Bridge st.; 4th ave. and 95th st.; Bath ave. and Bay 17th st.; 1031 Putnam ave.; 67 Schermerhorn st.; Tompkins Park. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Catholic Women's Association, 10 Prospect pl. Emanuel House Reading Room, 131 Steuben Hebrew Educational Society Institute, Pitkin ave. and Watkins st. Open Mondays and Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 7 to 9p.m. American Hebrew, 19th st., nr. Law, Room 29 Court House Open 8.45 a.m. to 11 p.m., except Saturdays and holidays; Saturdays, 8.45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Long Island Historical Society, Clinton and Pierrepont sts. Open 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. (To members) Medical Society of the County of Kings, 1313 1317 Bedford ave. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. New Church Library, 98 S. Elliott pl. Open 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1.30 to 6.30 p.m.; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 8 to 9 Queens 8th ave., Bar Ass'n, Jackson ave. cor. Court, L. I. C. Poppenhausen Institute, 2d ave. and 5th st., Richmond Hill, Arcanum building Queens Borough Library, 101 Steinway. Free. 874 Albert st., L. I. C. Richmond Woman's Exchange, New Brighton. |