The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-08-12
RUBBER-TIRED VEHICLES.
Law Passed by Legislature Being Ig
nOred

nored.
Here's a law passed by the last leg
islature that is being ignored by many:
Section /. All rubber-tired vehicles
while in use in the public streets and
| highways shall show, from one hour
after sunset until one hour before sun
rise, light or lights so placed as to
! be seen from the front, except that no
lights shall be required on such vehi-
Giles between the hours of five o'clock
in the morning and seven o'clock in the
evening. Such light or lights shall be
of sufficient Illuminating power to be
visible at distance of two hundred
feet.
Sec. 2. Any person driving or di-
recting any such vehicle upon a public
street or highway between the hours
mentioned in section /. of this act
without q light, as prescribed in said
section, shall be fined not more than
| five dollars.
Sec. 3. The court before which the
accused is tried may suspend judgment
or remit the penalty provided herein
whenever In its judgment the circum-
stances will warrant such action.
( Sec. 4. Any rider or driver Of such
vehicle whose light has become extin-
guished, and cannot be relighted, or
| who is necessarily absent from his
home without light, may proceed to
| his destination, provided he travels at
a pace not exceeding six miles an hour,
and gives an audible signal as often as
five hundred feet are passed over.
Sec. 5. Any person arrested for the
violation of any of the provisions of
this act may tender at the time Of his
arrest. or at any time before trial,
either five dollars or his rubber tired
vehicle, as security for his appearance
in court to make answer to the charge
of violating the provisions of this act;
and the officer making the arrest shall
accept the security which the rider
may offer. as aforesaid, for his appear
ance before the most convenient court
or magistrate to be specified by said Of
ficer at the time said money or security
shall be forthwith delivered by such
officer to such court or magistrate, or
to the chlef-of- police or head Of the po-
lice department of the town or city to
which said officer may belong.
In case the person arrested shall fail
to appear to answer to such charge at
LIE tlIlFS 81 SpeGll6u Or aL SUCH IuT-
Their time to which said matter shall
have been adjourned, such security
shall be forfeited and such money shall
be disposed Of in the same manner as
fines are disposed of by such court or
magistrate; and If said security be a
rubber tired vehicle it may be sold I'M
der the direction Of such court or mag
istrate at public sale, and notice of
such sale shall be posted on the public
sign post in such city or town and
copy thereof served upon the person
who rendered the same. either person
ally or by being deposited in the post
office, postage prepaid, addressed to
such person at his last known address,
at least six days before such sale, and
the money received from such sale
shall be disposed of in the same man
ner as fines collected by such court or
magistrate,
Sec. 6. If the person arrested for
violation of this act presents himself
for trial, said money or security ten
dered as above shall be returned to
him. upon completion of the case or at
any time upon the substitution of a
proper bond for his appearance
Sec. 7-Chapters 1893 and 1876 Of the
Public Acts of 1899 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall, take effect |
from its passage