Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-05

plate shall contain the City regis
tration number printed In Arabic nu'
! mefals. not less than three inches IL
height. followed by the letters, IN
NJ" which said letters shall be OF red
| enamel and white.
And no person shall run. conduct
or operate such machine OH or along
or across any street or other public
way of the City OF Newport News, I'M
1 less the same shall he provided with
adequate brakes. and with suitable
1 horn, bell or other device for sig
nall ng, and unless the same shalt
during the period from thirty minutes
after sunse, TO thirty minutes before
| sunrise. display one or more white
lights ON the forward part thereof
so placed as. TO be seen from the
front. and Of sufficient Illuminating
power TO be visible at distance oil
five hundred feet and shall display al
so on the rear OF the same lamp
so place that II will show red light
from the rear, and white light at
the side, and so arranged as TO ell
fectually illuminate the rear number
or marker Such person running. con
Quoting or operating such machine
shall. when there is danger OF acct
dent or collision, sound such signal
ing device as to effectual!y warn the
person whom such accident or col
lsion is threatened.
The operator OF such machine shall
observe the commonly accepted rule
of road traffic. that is to say, he shall
turn 10 the right hand side when
nd .,.avf
or headed In a direction opposite 10
that In which he is moving or head
ed, and he shall turn TO the left hand
side in passing persons or vehicles
moving or headed in the same direc-
ton In which he is moving or headed.
IS. No person shall run. drive or
operate. or permit to be run. driven
or operated, any such machine on.
along or across any street or other
public way of the City OF Newport
News at a rate OF speed faster than
mt the rate of fifteen miles per
hour. When crossing any bridge or
yiaduct the said driver or operator
of said machine shall not drive, con
duet or operate. the same at rate
OF speed greater than al the rate OF
ten miles per hour. when turning
street corners or sharp surve. or
passing any street car when the same
Is standing still, the said driver or
operator OF said machine. shall not
drive. conduct or operate the same
nj a rate OF speed greater than at
the rate OF eight miles per hour.
Moreover, Notwithstanding the OPP
orator of such machine shall keep
within the above prescribed speed
limit. hc shall not run, conduct or OPP
crate such machine. or cause the
same TO be run. conducted or operated
over the streets and other public ways
of the City Of Newport News, In
careless or reckless manner. so as TO
either endanger or unnecessarily IN
convenience any person. And no per-
son shall operate such machine on
the public streets and other public
ways of the City of Newport News,
when he is intoxicated. or In race.
n. ANY person who shall violate
the provision of this ordinance as 10
running such machine over the street
and other public ways OF this City
without first olsaining a permit TO
do so, shall be fined not less than
Dollars: and any person violating any
of the other provisions of this ordi-
nance shall for the first offense. be
fined not less than FIVE nor more than
One Hundred Dollars: and for the
second offense he shall be fined not
less than ten nor more than One Hun
bred Dollars. and upon conviction OF
third violation of section three oil
this ordinance he shall be deprived
Of his permit to conduct such ma
chine over the streets and other pub
lie ways of this city. And no permit
shall be issued to the party convicted
for the space OF six months from t5e
date of conviction.
80. II shall be the duty Of the sew
eral officers of this City to report any
violations Of the provisions OF this
ordinance TO the Chief of Police.
&c This ordinance shall be in ef-
feet on and after July l. 1909.
-. Any ordinance or parts OF ordi-
nances is conflict herewith are hereby
repealed
Chief to Issue Permits.
Accompanying the ordinance is
ordinance tissEslyA shrdetao shrdm
resolution. prescribing the manner in
which the chief OF police shall issue
permits TO persons desiring to operate
such vehicles as are referred to in
the measure.
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