HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 17-BAn Ordinance Regulating the..h'u_-ning'of Street Cars. within
The Limits .of the,, Cityof B0'auMont;. Viand for, rovi %ing. far •headlights.
ar�d gore s` .thereon, 1 anc�� the „burni•ng, an -ringing of sane, and, Providing,
a'penalty fo.r. the,, failiire.to.- observe this Ordinance.
Be It Ordained by -the.City C6unci1 .of'the City of Beaumont:
Sec.l: h1l str'et- ears. run.within the .limits of the.-City of
Beaumont._ she ell be provided,.,with a, good and, sufficient .he adlight,7Tiiich�
between the 15th .day ,of Octo-ber .ono. the 15th'rda.y of`. Mnreh-,crhil� said
cars are :being-.operated, shall be.kept burning from and after kkX
six -o clock P.M.', .and. until:,-Six- o' clock A. ME. and betwe_:r� the _';15th .day
of kRrch an the 15th day •o.f- October, said-"headlights: shall be .kpPt'
burning from and after the hour .0f.-zn3m.half east siren A: < i.,_ land
until half Past. Pro-
five-A.
t&chile. ' said cars:-,:are being � operated;
vi fed that any' persori or corporation. "operatin'g cars•.,tithin' the;: limits
of this City in violation of- this pro.vision..of this ordinance .,shall,
;upon conviction in 'the'.Corporation Court be. fined any sun not. less
than ,ten and not. more than ;One Hundred Dollars for-each car so , run; -
Sec.2 : -That 'all Street, .cars-.run,- and operated `v*z'thin_: the limits
`of the City of Beaum_oht shall be provided with a' suitable. gong, •cap-
able of being distihc-tly,..heard a distan'ce' of .three hundred.S, et; and,
that such.'gong sheah. be":soiarided. by the,.operator,mo.tona.an or_other
person in charge .of .oaoh` o.f` such cars,n6t1Iess th�rirty�is'eaueltbast `.
sovetty-five, feet' before reaching' the crossing or intersect on of
any: str,eet,.and said -driv.er' shall cont,irLue to. sound .same at "intervals
until such-crossings or inter-sections are passed, aInd on arriving at
such crossing or intersections ,o f 'streets , the car : must be completely,
under . th e e co nt ro 1. of the operator or iro tormah 'so th at it can be' imme-
diately stopped; pravided'.that each .and ..every person' violating. the
Provisions.' of: this. Seetion'of this Ordinance shall be,upon corvie-
tion in the corporation Court, .-fined -in any :sum_ :not lxzz more. than
Fifty dollars; and provided furtheT; that `aryperson or corporation
operating -.any line;.of street;, railway in. this City .wi•thout first r.,ro-
viding each and- every, ear''o.perated on said ;line, yr th such gong shall
upon conviction in.,,sa.id •Court. be fined in any sum not•more th,�:.n.One .'
Hundred Dollars.'
Sec.3':Al1, ..motormn:`'.^=.
in personal .charge '
;of 'electric. cars'`runf withirl' thee' limits o`fthe.
Ci ty.;of•.Bcaumorit; shall'
stop their''cars a -n �: rir their gongs at a distance
of noa 'less than.
five feet from the intersection or'cro'ssin�;
of any street r.Qilway
or steam railtray .•tra,ck .ons• which ''sa13 car:.,i,s
befnF -run;,'. and any, per-
son violating;, the 'provisions ,of' thi's :-Section
of ..this Or,di ranee, shall,
.."upon conviction in., the Corporation Court;- be.
-fin edin ary :'Surd not
ex'ceeding fifty AQ11ars;
Sec -4: All Ordiri'ancc�s wnd Parts of.ordinances
in 'con ict`�'7aith
any ,o,f the .prow ,kris of"'thi's'.ord 'nanaes, are-
hereby, rep'edled.