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ANORDINANCE.,. ..
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION.'6 OF THAT CERTAIN _
ORDINANCE-. "ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE .DEFINING_.CERTAINTERMS, •
DEC-LARING-,RAILROAD CROSSINGS AT CERTAIN STREET INTERSECTIONS
' AS .DANGEROUS--. TO._ -PEDESTRIANS APTD--_:VEHICULAR. TRAFFIC;PRO- -
HIBITING THE:_OPERATION`OF. ANY RAILROAD --TRAIN- ACROSS SAID
DANGEROUS'CROSSINGS•WITHOUT TRAIN=APPROACH:_SIGNALS AS',DE
FINED 'HEREIN BEING ,MAINTAINED. AND...�OPERATED; PROVIDING FOR.
THE FLAGGING BY'TRAIN.PERSONNEL.OR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES OF
OTHER. CROSSINGS.; PRESCRIBING' . A PENALTY. OF NOT_. -LESS THAN . $ 5 _
`NOR MORE -THAN $200': FOR. VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING- A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; :.AND `REP -EALING ' ALL "ORDINANCES' OR PARTS.- OR ORDINANCES,
`INCONSISTENT' .OR'. CONTRARY: THERETO,.". WHICH WAS PASSED,' -.BY.. THE _
CITY COU-NCIL` ON:. DECE1V,1BER=:22, 1.953..
BE IT; ORDAINED -"BY THE CITY ,OY BEAUMONT,'.. TEXAS,:
That .Section; 6 of ari`, ordinance` entitled:.
"AN' ORDINANCE DEFINING CERTAIN :TERMS, DECLARING: RAILROAD -
-,CROSSINGS AT CERTAIN STREET_.INTERSECTIONS:-AS=DANGEROUS .TO .
PEDESTRIANS -:.AND -".'VEHICULAR` TRAFFIC; ,PROHIBIT3NG- THE' .OPERATION ;
OF .,ANY RAILROAD TRAIN ACROSS SAID DANGEROUS -CROSSINGS. WITH-
. OUT TRAIN, APPROACH "SIGNALS':AS._DEFINED. HEREIN, BEING MAINTAINED
AND; OPERATED ; PROVIDING 'FOR' -"THE ,FLAGGING BY: _TRAIN PERSONNEL
OR' -RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.OF OTHER CROSSINGS';.' -PRESCRIBING A PEN-'-
ALTY OF NQT-LES&'THAN $5 NOR MORE THAN X200 FOR VIOLATIONS;
.PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; _ AND -".REPEALING. ALL'.ORDINANCES .ORS
PARTS .-OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT `OR -CONTRARY THERETO,"
passed -by the City Council on•December:22, 1953, be, and the same is .
hereby, amended :so .that` said Section 6 'of ' said ordinance .shall, read
'-hereafter" as follows : ;
"If trainapproach„ signals, as, .prowided.'for 'in this ordinance,
;are -not .'in existence. at any of the . afore_mehtioned :dangerous . .
crossings ,.at 'the' effective -date this brdi"dance; the railway
company. operating.. railroad', trains.'over . said -crossings shall
;have until October.20;. 1955- within' which:fo install said train-
approach:,..signals ;-at said,, crossings, prov ,dad, however, it shall
- "Le. unl-awfu,l, '-a•t such dangerous railroad crossings_ where said
"-.trairi-approach signals. do not exist at" the . effective date- of _
this.- ordinance, . for any -person to'.operate,.-or perm=it' =to betoper_.-ti,
C71tedfany railroad -train: at said, crossings, `without providing
for .a flagman -at ':said crossing "
ao .give notice 'of the approach
of. any; railroad .train- ' said .�flagmari shall ,be stationed in, the
center= of 'said',, 'treet or thoroughfare at its. intersection with
the, railroad .track prior to' the time the railroad train enters
the .ince"rsecti.on' sof said street o,r' thoroughfare. In the day-' ,
: light hours,- said flagman. shall :have a .red flag or_'. signal de-
,vice with-, the _word "STOP and _at night , said, flagman_ shall carry.
a lighted signal, so -.as to warn pedestrians: .and: vehicles approach-
irig. said crossing....,
-PASSED by the City^Council-.this, 26th day of July, A.D. 1955.
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- Mayor ;
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS j
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON 1
Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared
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who, being by me' duly sworn, says that the foregoing and
attached-------------mal-Nati a -------------------
was published on the following dates: -------- __________-
.._.Ju��_
in the BEAUMONT--- JOURNAL
________, a daily newspaper
printed and published at Beau mo , Jeff rso o nty, Texas.
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R. A. Bean, Credit Manage
SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me, this the-�-�A--day,
of--- A. D., 19-s� -
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NOTA Y -PUBLIC i nd for Jefferson County, Texas
!�-l9, S -S -
LEGAL NOTICE
This is to eertify that the City .Council
of the City of "Beaumont' gassed ' in
regular- session held July 26,. 1955; the
followins ordinance: ;
- ' AN ' ORDINANCE `.
ENTITLED *AN' ORDINANCE. A11KND-
Twr. SRCTT0N-''6.•OF THAT CERTAIN
OF "AN'
SAID -
CHO,U4
I AS DEE
BLESS THAN-$6:NOR MORE THAN $20U
4FOR VIOLATIONS; ;P R O V I D 114 G, A
I SAVINGS, CLAUSE;. -AND REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCESOR-PARTS:OF.OR-
DINANCES INCONSISTENT 'OR CON-
TRARY THERETO." W dd I CH WAS �
PASSED BY ,THE, CITY •COUNCIh ON
DECEMBER 22; 1953....
According., to the Provisions" of ;Article '
11Section.4 ol,the Charter of the City
bf Beaumont, the- ordinance shall, take.
-"effect 'and .be: In force from .and aftei
publication,
- "-'Jas. �' Garrard' -
city Clerk -