The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-07-27
AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING RAIL ROAD CROSSING AND
LOAFING AROUND DEPOT.

Be ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen
of tho town of Union, 5. c., In Council
assembled and by the authority of the same.
SECTION |. That it shall be the duty of the
3. U. & c. Rail Road Company or any other
company or corporation operating the said
S. U. & C. Rail Road to have at the Main
street crossing "a. Nicholson 81 n man with
a red flag, Of sufficient size to attract due
attention; and it shall be the duty Of the
man to show whenever an engine or train
may be shifting or approaching and near the
crossing and Immediately before the train
shall move back for coupling and until said
coupling is complete, and to prevent, if pos
sible, the crossing of the railroad track by
vehicles or pedestrians when locomotive
or train may lie approaching with the pur-
pose Of crossing.
SECTION 2. Any person or persons at
tempting to cross said railroad track at said
crossing, after being warned by the aagman.
or crossing the same e\shall do it Mt his own
peril and in addition thereto shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and subject to the penal
ties hcrin after set forth.
SECTION ,. That it shall be unlawful for
any railroad engine or train Of cars on said
railroad to pass over Academy, Main or
Church street crossings in said town at any
greater raic Of speed than would enable q
man to walk along the railroad track in
front Of said engine or train of cars and
the engine bell shall commence ringing when
approaching any Of the railroad crossing in
said town at least by the time the engine
gets within one hundred yards thereof ami
shall continue ringing until the last car of
the train has crossed said streets.
SECTION !. That il shall be unlawful for
any car, engine or train of cars on said rail
road to obsruct any Of the streets of said
strcet by remaining stationary upon any
than m, road crossing for any longer time
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person or NO, ~; II shall be unlawful for any
any engine, train to go or get upon or into
at any of said street Sr5Ssiiieso ~ GplroH
between any of said crossings or within the
corporate limits Of the town of Union, cX &.
ccpt at the depot station, and it shall be
unlawui for any one to get upon or into
any engine, car or train Of cars at the depot
station unless in good faith Intending to
become passenger on said train at that
time or unless accompanying as an escort to
some other person or persons intending in
good faith to be n passenger or passengers
on the train or unless 80 going upon aud
entering said engine, car or train Of cars
for the purpose of seeing passenger there
on upon business, which b. necessity must
be tran9aG'ci on said engine, oar or train
or for the purpose of finding out if some
one with whom such person has actual bust
ness is passenger on said engine, car or
train Of cars.
SECTION 6. 1t shall he unlawful for any
person or persons to loaf and idle or stand
about the railroad train at The depot station
go as to in any way intcfcrc with the free,
comfortable and unrcstrained movement
ingrcss and cgrcss, to and from the cars and
railroad station house and on the station
house yard, Of all officers. employees and
passengers of said Railrod Company, and
for tho purpose Cf "nforoiug this ordinance
every railroad Engineer, Fireman, Brake
man, Flagman, Baggage Master, Porter and
Conductor are hereby appointed and con-
siitutcd Town MNrShals for the purpose,
within tic corporate limits of The town of
Union, Of arresting any parties offending
under the 9TH and 9th sections o: this ordi-
nance, and turning them over to the Town
Marshal, and SAID section shall not apply to
any town official and it is made the special
duty OF the Chief of town police in the day
time and of the night police in the night
time 10 enforce this ordinance.
SECTION I. That any railroad company or
corporation or person offending against this
ordinance or any part thereof shall, upon
conviction, be punished bya fine not exceed
ing tWch'y uo'ars OF imprisonment not cx-
cesding twenty days for each and every
offence, at the discretion of the rown Coun.
Gil.
Done and ratified under the corporate
seal cf sail Town Council Of Union, S. c.,
on the 29th day of June a. D.. 1894
SEAL
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Attest
H. G. lorNG, JOHN A. FAINT,
Clerk MaVor.