People ex rel. Knoblauch v. Warden of City Prison

The relator has been held by a city magistrate for violation of section 80 of the Sanitary Code. “ No unmuzzled dog shall be permitted at any time to be on the public highway or in any public park or place in the City of New York.” She now claims that her detention is illegal on the ground that the regulation is unconstitutional. This section of the *244Sanitary Code was enacted by the board of health by virtue of the provisions of section 1772 of the charter giving them power to amend the Sanitary Code “to publish additional provisions for the security of life and health in the City of New York…