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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 26-EE2 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDI- NANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS., SO AS TO PROVIDE MIN- IMUM SPEEDREGULATIONS FOR THE FREEWAY MAIN LANES OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10; AND PROVIDING A -PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED'BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: 1. That the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered Section 37--59, which said section reads as follows: ItSection 37--59. Minimum Speed Regulations. "It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any motor or other vehicle upon the Freeway main lanes of Interstate Highway 10 at a speed less than forty (40) miles per hour. Police officers are hereby.authorized to enforce the foregoing provision by directions to drivers, and a wilful disobedience to this provision shall be a violation of law punishable as provided in Section 1-8 of this Code . is 2. That .any person who violates any provision of this ordi- nance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1--8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. 1962. PASSED by the City Council this 10th day of April, Ao D. -- Mayor