Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-09

mayor be. and hereby is authorized ard in
suucted to grant permits to wbeelmen who
may 20 desire to ride upon the sidewalk Of
that part OF East avenue east of Goodman
street. Such permits to be granted to these
who may apply for business purposes only.
Adopted.
BY Aid. Ashtoa-Re solved, That the
mayor be, and is hereby duly authorized
and Instructed to grant permits to Wheel
men who may SO desire to ride upon the
eidewalk during the winter months en- that
part OF Lake avenue north Of Cliff street
such permits to be granted to those who
may apply for business purposes only.
Adopted.
Syracuse, N. Y. which is the latest of
many cities to adopt the Rochester ordi-
nance, has modified it in many particulars.
The text Of the Syracuse ordinance is a.
follows:
BE it ordained by the common council.
CHAPTER XLvI.
CYCLES. b
SECTION /. No person or persons shall
ride any cycle upon any sidewalk intended
for the use of pedestrians through or upon
any street, alley,park, bridge, or other pub
lie place in said city of Syracuse or belong
ing thereto, unless the rider thereof shall
have in his possession and subject to ia-
spection by any police officer, written per"
NIT therefor, OF unless such cycle shall have
been duly registered and numbered, and
shall have such number affixed thereto, in a
conspicuous place, as hereinafter provided
under penalty of five dollars for each Of
Tense. This section shall not apply to Grip
pies, invalids or others unable to walk.
SECTION 2. Any person may ride cycle
with bell attachment registered and num-
hered as hereinafter provided, upon any
sidewalk of this city, except that between
the hours of 6 A. M. and IL p. NJ. no per-
son shall ride cycle upon the sidewalks of
the business streets of said city as deter
mined by the committee of public works
and annually published in two of the newe-
papers of said city of Syracuse on or before
May LIST of each year, acycle between the
hours above stated, or upon the foot-paths
of any and all bridges, under penalty of
SO for each offense. And no person shall
under like penalty, upon the sidewalks of
any street that is now paved or may here
after be paved with asphalt, brick, cedar
block or Medina block pavement unless
such street shall be impossible by reason of
excavations or repairs. 20 e.
SECTION 3. Any person who shall ride
or propel any cycle upon any sidewalk or
foot path between the hours of 6 A. M. and
IL P. M. at greater rate Of speed than
seven miles per hour or while riding cycle
at any rate of speed upon any sidewalk or
foot path in said city shall willfully or neg
ligently collide with or run against any per-
son walking or standing upon such side
walk or foot path shall be liable to a fine
of not less than $40 nor more than $25 for
each offense land any conviction under this
section shall work a revocation of any per-
nit, and forfeiture of all rights and priv.
leges under any registration, held by the
conviction.
rected to provide a book in which shall be re-
corded the name and residence fthe owner
of every cycle, a brief description of such
cycle, the name of the manufacturer, the
shop number, and any other details neces-
sary and proper to identify such wheel and
to carry into effect the provisions Of this
ordinance, and said city clerk shall assign
serial number to every such cycle in the or
der in which the same shall be. recorded;
such serial number shall be displayed upon
metal plate, of suitable size and shape, not
less than one thirty-second of an inch
in thickness, and such numbers shall be
attached to every such cycle by the city
clerk, or under his direction, upon the front
side of the right dle-bar, near the head,
in such manner as such city clerk may con-
slider best, and shall be furnished to each
person at the time of registering such cycle.
SECTION 5. In case the owner of any
cycle, registered and numbered as aforesaid,
shall sell, or otherwise lose possession and
ownership thereof, he, shall, forthwith,
report the facts to the city clerk, and the
same shall be duly recorded in the cycle
register provided for herein.
SECTION 6. In any suit or action for the
recovery of any damages, or penalties for
the violation of any ordinance, caused by
the use of such cycle, the records in the
office of said city clerk, herein provided
for, shall be presumptive evidence of the
ownership of such cycle.
SECTION Z. The said city clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to furnish to any
person, upon payment of the fee therefor.
as herein provided, written permit to use
a cycle for specified time upon the said
sidewalks and footpaths of said city, sub
ject to the provisions of section 2 herein,
without such cycle being registered and
numbered, as herein provided. Such per-
nit shall describe such wheel, and state the
name of the owner and applicant, and man.
ufacturer's number of wheel; and said city
clerk shall keep record of all such permits
in book to be kept for that purpose.
SECTION s. For the purpose of this or
dinance, the term ''cycle" shall be con-
strued to mean any unicycle, bicycle or tricy
Gle whose wheel or wheels, or either of
them, shall exceed "a inches in diameter.
SECTION 3. The fee for recording each
cycle shall be fifty cents; for furnishing
and attaching such numbers, fifteen cents;
for recording transfers, twenty five cents;
for permit, ten cents for each day covered
by such permit and the same shall be paid
to the city clerk by the person applying
therefor, and be deposited by said clerk
with the treasurer of said city to the credit
of the contingent fund.
SECTION 10. All ordinances and parts of
ordinances inconsistent with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION IL. This ordinance shall take
effect on the LIST day of July, 1894.