Section 307. Penalties and the enforcement thereof

Every person violating
  the provisions of  this  article,  relating  to  the  test  for  refined
  petroleum  and  oil, shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of
  five hundred dollars for each violation.
    Every person violating any provision of this article, relating to  the
  storage  or keeping for sale of any article, substance or product herein
  specified, shall forfeit to the people of the  state,  the  sum  of  two
  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  each  day and part of a day that such
  violation continues.
    Every person violating any provisions of this article, relating to the
  incumbering of  any  sidewalk  or  street,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of
  twenty-five  dollars  for each day and part of a day that such violation
  continues, to be paid, if in a city or village, to such city or village,
  and elsewhere, to the town in which such violation occurs.
    The mayor and common council of every city or other proper authorities
  thereof, shall, by ordinance  or  resolution,  provide  for  the  proper
  enforcement of the provisions of the preceding sections of this article,
  and  in  every  such city, the moneys collected by the city as penalties
  for the violation of any such ordinance or resolution or of any of  such
  provisions,  shall be applied to the support of the poor therein, except
  in Brooklyn, where they shall be paid into the widows and orphans'  fund
  of  the fire department, and except in Buffalo, where they shall be paid
  to the treasurer of the firemen's benevolent association of the city for
  its use and benefit.