The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-11-15
ORDINANCE no, 80.

Ringing of Bells Thereon When
in Notion. Also for F7agmen to
be Stationed at Street and Road
Crossings and for the Erecting
and Maintaining of Lamps and
Signs, and Prohibiting the OBJ
structing of Public Streets or
Highways by Railroad Com
panies, Employees, &c., with
Railroad Cars and Locomotive
Engines Within the Corporate
Limits of the City of Virginia,
st. Louis County, Minnesota.
The Common Council of the City of Virginia
do ordain:
Section l. That no railroad COMPANY or
corporation, or their agents or EMPLOYEES
shall run locomotive or train Of cars within
the limits of the City of Virginia without
having and ringing a bell of sufficient size at
all times when so in motion and approaching
any street or crossing.
Section 2. Whenever so required by reso-
luton OF the common council, it shall be the
duty OF every railroad company whose track
limits, to keep and employ flagman at such
particular street. avenue or road crossing as
the common council may direct. and such
Hagman shall give the necessary warning of
the approach of all locomotives. trains or
cars to avoid danger to person or property.
Section 3. Every railroad company run
Mug cars and locomotive engines within the
city limits, shall erect at all points where
or road IN said limits, a sign with large and
distinct letters placed thereon to give notice
of the proximity of the railroad and warn
persons OF the necessity of looking out for
the cars,
Section 4. Whenever public safety may
require It, and whenever so directed by reso-
luton Of the common council, it shall be the
duty of the several railroad corporations
running trains cars or locomotives in the
city limits to erect. keep and maintain
lamps at any railroad crossing over any par
tlcular street. avenue, road or public ground,
and to keep such lamps lighted by night at
the time or times when the city street lamps
are lighted. Such lamps shall be of suf6-
Gent size and placed at sufficient elevation.
Section S. All railroad tracks at the
crossings and their approaches over any
street, avenue or road in the city for at least
three feet shall be properly planked by two
and One-half inch planks for the full width
OF the street, avenue or road. The planks
TO be laid even with the top Of the rails; the
space between the planking and the rails
shall not exceed two inches. Said planking
to be renewed whenever necessity may re-
quire it or when directed by the common
council.
Section 6. No railroad company nor any
conductor, engineer, yard or track master or
other agent or employee of said company,
nor any person whatever, shall obstruct or
cause to be obstructed any pubic street,
avenue, road Or highway within the city lin
its with any locomotive car or cars freight.
goods, wares or merchandise. nor in any way
obstruct the clear and free passage for We
hic1es or foot passengers over any street,
avenue or public road, nor shall any railroad
company, or its officers, or employees, or any
other person. stop train OF cars, or any car
or cars or any locomotive, on any street
crossing for any purpose whatever, except
such stoppage is caused by accident, or ex-
cept to prevent accident in case of imme-
date danger, or except for sufficient time
to couple and separate cars, but for that
purpose not to exceed ten minutes
Section Z. It shall be unlawful for any
person to run any car, cars or locomotive up
on any railroad within the limits of the City
OF Virginia at a higher rate of speed than six
f6) miles an hour.
Sections. Any railroad company or cor
pOration, or their agents, employees, con-
ductors. engineers or any other person who
shall violate or refuse or neglect to comply
with any Of the provisions of this Ordinance
or OF any resolution passed under this Ordi-
nance. shall, upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by fine not to exceed One Hundred
Dollars and costs of prosecution, or by i'm
prisonment in the city or county Jail not to
exceed thirty days for each offense, provid-
ed, that whenever any conductor, engineer
or other employees of any railroad company
shall violate any of the provisions of this Or
dinance or any resolution passed under this
Ordinance. contrary to the Instructions and
regulations of such railroad company, and
whenever such railroad company snail fur
nish to any city official applying therefor
the name OF the person so. violating. and upon
conviction Of such person such railroad COM
pany shall be relieved from the penalties i'm
posed by this Section.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its pass
age. apprOval,and publication,
Passed on motion of Alderman GeOrge by
the following vote:
Ayes-Aldermen Burchell, Walbcrg, St. Oyr,
WATSON, Eaton George. Romberx. Mr.. Pres
dents.
Nays-no1e
Approved Nov. 5, 1901.
A. N. THOMPSON, Mayor.
Attest: ALBERT Z. BICKrORD,
City Recorder.
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