St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-08

wagon, jumper, cart, buggy, carriag
or any similar vehicle, on the street.
alleys or other public ways With
the corporate limits of the town {
Covington.
! Sec. 2. Be it ordained, ETC., Tha
any person found guilty of violatin
any of the provisions of this ordi
ance shall be subjected to a fine no
exceedings ten dollars, or imprison
ment not exceeding ten days or bot
at the discretion of the mayor.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained
ETC., That this ordinance shall go int,
effect from and after it's promulga
ton.
1t was moved and duly seconded
that above ordinance be adopted a.
read:
Yea-E. j. Frederick, M. P
blanche, J. Louis Smith P. J
Lacroix and Emile Beaucoudray.
Nay-None.
Carried unanimously.
The following ordinance was read
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.
viding 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 automobile
auto car or other similar vehicle
shall be propelled or driven upon or
along any street, alley or other pub
Tic way within the corporate limits
OF 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-
tro!s the means of propulsion of any
such automobile, auto car or any
other similar vehicle, shall be 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 in
a 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
a six-inch patent leather back
ground. Said number in all instances
shall correspond and conform with
the number of the aforesaid permit.
record of which shall be kept on
lille in the office of the town secre-
tary and said numbers shall be from
number SO 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
acid to embrace and mean and is
hereby defined to mean any vehicle
1rlven or propelled upon or along
he streets, alleys or other public
places of the town of Covington,
for the purpose of pleasure
'r business, or both. the motive
'oWer of which is electric, compress
ed air, nautha, gasoline, kerosene or |
ny other motive power, other than
power, or power supplied |
olely. by the muscular exertion of a |
uman beins
Sec. 3. Be 1t further ordained, |
to-, That no automobile, auto car
+ other similar vehicle shall be pro-
elled or driven upon or along any
treet, alley or public way within the
own OF Covington, at a speed ex-
eeding ten miles per hour, provided
nat at street crossings the operator
T person in charge of said auto
lobile, auto car or other vehicle
hall lesson the rate Of speed there
not to exceed six miles per houl
nd that said vehicle when in motion
lust be kept to the right, and shall
bserve the rules of the road as laid
own for all other vehicles.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained,
tc That each and every automobile,
uto car or other similar vehicle
riven or propelled upon and along
ny street, alley or public way with
the town of Covingtcn shall be
quipped and supplied with an auto
lobile horn, the bell of which shall
leasure not less than four inches
r an alarm bell or gong of not less
IAN four inches in diameter and
he same shall be sounded at all
reefs and alleys crossings and to
e sounded whenever necessary for
Re purpose of notifying pedestrians
others of the approach of any
lch vehicle and no other alarm
hall be used. Each automobile.
uto car Or other similar vehicle
lall be equipped with at least two
rakes or sets of brakes, one of
hich brakes or set of brakes shall
E Independent of the driving gear
such vehicle. Either of such
rakes or sets of brakes shall be of
lfnclent power, when applied, to
ring any such vehicle when at a
iced of eight miles per hour to a
III stop within thirty feet from the
pint such vehicle was when the
rakes We're applied, ana all such
ehicles shall carry lighted lamp
lamps in conspicuous position on
lie front of such vehicle and a lamp
the rear, showing red on the rear
Id white on the figures or numbers
henever in notion or standing still
any street, alley or public way, at
~ time after dusk and before dawn.
o part of the machinery of any
ltomobile, auto car or other SINH
r vehicle shall be left running when
lch vehicle is left standing in the
rect, alley or public way without
~ attendant.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained
c., That the operator or person in
large of each and every automobile,
Ito car or other similar vehicle as
oresaid shall in case of danger or
hen signalled to do so by the driver .
rider of any horse or mule or
her animal, stop Immediately and
man stopped until all danger
Is passed. Il
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained
c., That any person found guilty /
violating any of the provisions of
is ordinance shall be subject to
lie OF not less than five dollars nor
ore than fifty dollars for each of