§ 61-a. Sounding of certain signals on railroad cars by unauthorized
persons. A person who shall ring or sound a signal bell or device for
starting or stopping a passenger car, of a street or other surface
railroad, or subway or elevated railroad, while such car is in use for
the transportation of passengers, unless such person be the conductor of
the car or a person employed to operate the car, or unless the bell or
device so rung or sounded be one expressly provided for direct use by
passengers in stopping the car, is guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable by a fine of not exceeding twenty-five dollars.