Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1909-05-15

Secretary of the Police Jury ................ 300
Parish Treasurer, salary 800
Sheriff, in criminal cases................... 500
Sheriff, feeding and maintaining prison.
2,ouu
Collector of taxes, commission. 800
Clerk of Court, 600
For public schools purposes......... 500
Contingent fund .....................2.6 900
| Adopted by the following vote: Yeas,
Granier, Barre, Borurgeois, Lasseigne
LeBrun and Nagel; nay, none.
! Moved by Mr.. Bourgeois and second
ed by LeBrun. that the tableau of prob
able expenses as adopted be published
for thirty days in the Official Journal as
required by law. Adopted.
Moved by Mr.. LeBrun and seconded
by Mr.. Nagel, that four signs showing
Police Jury regulations as to speed of
automobiles be made. Mr.. Barre is
authorized to have same made.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parish of St. John the Baptist
Section /. No automobile, autocar or
other similar vehicle shall be propelled
or driven upon or along any public high
way in the Parish of St. John the Bap-
tist unless the person in charge or con-
troll of such vehicle and who is acting as
the operator thereof and as such opera
tor controls the means of propulsion OF
any such automobile, autocar or other
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the. age of sixteen years, and for the
purpose Of this ordinance the terms or
names ]. automobile autocar and
.other similar vehicles whenever and
wherever usedin this ordinance shall be
held to embrace and mean and are here
by defined to mean any vehicle driven
or propelled upon or along the public
highway of this parish whether for the
purpose of business or pleasure, or for
both, the motive power of which is cleo
tricity, compressed air, naptha, gasoline,
kerosene. or motive power other than
animal power or power supplied solely
by the muscular of human being.
Section g. No automobile, autocar or
other similar vehicle shall be propelled
or driven upon or along any public
highway in the Parish of st. John the
Baptist near and while going around
curves at a speed exceeding eight (8)
miles per hour.
Section 8. Each and every automo-
bile or other similar vehicle driven or
propelled upon or along any public
wghway in the Parish of st. John the
Baptist shall be equipped or supplied
with an automobile horn, the bell of
hihich shall measure not less than four
a. inches, or alarm bell or gong of not
more than four 4 inches in diameter
and same shall be sounded before reach
ing road crossings and curves and before
passing vehicles and pedestrians from
the rear and Whenever else deemed ad-
visable by the operator of such vehicle
to be sounded for the purpose of notify
ing pedestrians or others of the approach
of such vehicle; and no other alarm
shall be used. Each autocar, automo-
bile or other similar vehicle shall be
equipped with at least two (2) brakes
or sets of brakes, one of which brakes
or sets of brakes shall be independent
of the driving gear OF such vehicle.
Either of said brakes or sets of brakes
shall be of sufficient power when apph
ed to bring any such vehicles, when at
a speed of eight e. miles an hour, to
full stop within thirty 500 feet from
the point such vehicle was when such
brake was applied, and all such vehicles
shall carry lighted lamp or lamps in
conspicuous position on the front of
such vehicle, and lamp in the rear,
showing red light on the rear, and white
light on the figures or numbers when
ever in motion or standing still on the
public highway at any time after dusk
and before dawn. No part Of the ma
chinery of any automobile, autocar or
other similar vehicle shall be left run
ming while such vehicle is standing in
any public highway without an attend
ant
Section 4. That the operator or per-
son in charge of each and every auto
mobile. autocar or other similar vehicle,
as aforesaid, slaii. in case OF danger, or