St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-15
ORDINANCE.

buggy, carriage or surrey or any
| other similar vehicle on the
streets, alleys or other public ways
within the corporate limits of the
town of Covington, and providing
penalties for the violation of said
ordinance.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Town Council of the town
of Covington, That no person shall
wash Or clean by any process what
| ever any automobile, auto car,
wagon, jumper, cart, buggy, carriage,
or any similar vehicle, on the streets,
alleys or other public ways within
the corporate limits of the town of
Covington.
Sec. 2. Be it ordained, ETC., That
any person found guilty of violating
any of the provisions of this ordi-
ance shall be subjected to a fine not
exceedings ten dollars, Or imprison-
ment not exceeding ten days or both
at the discretion of the mayor.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That this ordinance shall go into
effect from and after it's promulga-
ton.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance regulating the opera
ton and speed of automobiles,
auto cars, or all other similar We
hicles, within the corporate limits
OF the town of Covington, and pro-
Vlding penalties for the violation
OF said ordinance.
Sec. /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Town Council of the town
OF Covington, That no automobile,
auto car or other similar vehicle
shall be propelled or driven upon or
along any street, alley or other pub
lie way within the corporate limits
Pf the town of Covington, unless the
person in charge or control of such
vehicle and acting as the operator
thereof, and as such operator, con-
trolls the means of propulsion of any
such automobile, auto car or any
other similar vehicle, shall be a per-
son over the age of sixteen years
and who shall first obtain a permit
from the secretary of the town and
unless said automobile, auto or
other similar vehicle shall bear il,
CONSPICUOUS place the same number
as the permit obtained from the town
secretary, made of white metal and
not less than four inches in size on
slx-lnch patent leather back
ground. Said number in all instances
shall correspond and conform with
the number of the aforesaid permit,
a record of which shall be kept on
lille in the office of the town secre-
tary and said numbers shall be from
NUMBER 90 ON up issued consecu-
lively.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., That for the purpose of this
ordinance the terms or names auto
mobile, auto car and such other
similar vehicles wherever and when
ever used in this ordinance shall be
held to embrace and mean and is
hereby defined to mean any vehicle
driven or propelled upon or along
the streets, alleys or other public
places of the town of Covington,
whether for the purpose of pleasure
or business, or both, the motive
power of which is electric, compress
sed air, nautha, gasoline, kerosene or
any other motive power, other than
amman power, or power supplied
solely by the muscular exertion of
human beins
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., That no automobile, auto car
or other similar vehicle shall be pro-
PEELED or driven upon or along any
street, alley or public way within the
town OF Covington, at speed ex-
ceeding ten miles per hour, provided
that at street Crossings the operator
or person in charge of said auto
mobile, auto car or other vehicle
snail lesson the rate of speed there
of not to exc eed six miles per houl
and that said vehicle when in motion
must be kept to the right, and shall
observe the rules of the road as laid
Town for all other vehicles.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained,
etc That each and every automobile,
auto car or other similar vehicle
1rVen Or propelled upon and along
any street. alley or public way with
N the town of Covingtcn shall be
equipped and supplied with an auto
mobile horn, the bell of which shall
measure not less than four inches
or an alarm bell or gong of not less
han four inches in diameter and
he same shall be sounded at all
streets and alleys crossings and to
De sounded whenever necessary for
he purpose of notifying pedestrians
'r others of the approach of any
such vehicle and no other alarm
'haH be used. Each automobile.
luto car or other similar vehicle
mall be equipped with at least two
brakes o.: sets of brakes, one of
which brakes or set of brakes shall
re 1ndept ,ndent of the driving gear
u such vehicle. Either of such
'rakes Or sets of brakes shall be of
ufflcient power, when applied, to
'rlng any such vehicle when at a
peed Of eight miles per hour to a
u!l stop within thirty feet from the
'olnt such vehicle was when the
'rakes were applied, ano all such
ehlcle's shall carry a lighted lamp
# lamps in conspicuous position on
ne front of such vehicle and lamp
n TIE rear, showing red on the rear
no white on the figures or numbers
'h enever in motion, or standing still |
n any street, alley or public way, at |
.ny time after dusk and before dawn.
70 part of the machinery of any
automobile, auto car or other SINH |
ar vehicle shall be left running when
UGH vehicle is left standing in the |
treet, alley OF public way without |
ny attendant.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, |
to-, That the operator Or person in
barge of each and every automobile,
uto car or other similar vehicle as
foresaid shall in case of danger or
When signalled to do so by the driver
IT rider Of any horse or mule or
ther animal, stop Immediately and
eman stopped until all danger
as passed.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained.
to-, That any person found guilty