Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-24
ORDINANCE No, 80. 1910.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE SPEED AND USE OF AUTO
MOBILES INTHE CITY OF MA
CON, MISSISSIPPI.

SEC. /. Be it ordained by the May
or and Board of Aldermen of the city
of Macon, that it shall be un1aw fnl for
any auto mobile to be driven at a
greater rate of speed, within the cor
pOrate limits, than ten miles an hour,
and provided that no automobile shall
be driven arOuhd any corner in the
streets of said city at a greater rate of
speed than six miles an hour.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, that
each automobile driver, driving a ma
chine, shall blow a whistle, or give an
alarm at each crossing,
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, that
eaCq automobile driver, driving a ma
chine, shall give warning, by blowing a
whistle or other alarm, at least thirty
feet before turning any corner upon
the streets in said city.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, that
any auto mobile driver, in overtaking
any vehicle or animal, shall first give a
warnipp or
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, that
all auto mobile drivers shall always
take the right ride Of the street in meet
ing any vehicle.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, that
when it shall be apparent to u dri-
yer of a machine, when driving, that
any horse or other animal shall be-
come frightened. her it shall be the
duty of the driver to Immediately stop
his machine and shut of the steam.
SEC. 7. Be it further ordained, that
it shall be unIa wfuI for the exhaust to
be left open on the Main, or Jefferson
Street, of said city.
SEC. s Be it further ordained.
that no auto mobile snail be allowed
upon any OF the streets Of said city
after dark, unless SAID machine islight-
ed in front and in the rear. And it
shall be the duty of the Marshal, or
Police Officer, to Immediately arrest
any driver of any auto mobile, violat-
ing this section
SEC 9 Be it further ordained, that
it shall be unlawful for any person tC
teach another to drive an auto mobile
upon any street in said city.
SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, that
any person violating any of the pro
visions Of this ordinance, upon convic-
ton before the Mayor, shall be fined in
the sum not exceeding ONE HUMID
RED DOLLARS or thirty days in pris-
on, or by both, such fine and imprison-
ment, in the dis retion Of the Layor.
SEC. II Be it further ordained, thai
the occasion being urgent, this ordi
nance shall 60 into effect, and be II
force from and after its passage.
Approved by me, this 18th day
lSEAL of June, 1910.
CHARLES STRONG,
Attest: Mavor.
r. E. V. YATES, Clerk.
l, r.. f. V. Yates, City Clerk of Ma
con, Miss, do hereby certify, that thu
above as foregoing Ordinance, wa.
passed as provided by law at a pubic
meeting of the Mayor and Board O
Aldermen, held on the 14th day o
June, 1910, same having first been re
duced to writing, was considered anc
voted upon by sections and then as
whole, Aldermen Allen, Featherston
, Grace, and Patty voting YEA. Alder
men Horton voting nay, the said ordi
ance was ordered published as pro
vlded by law.
l further certify that the said ordi
nance is only recorded in Minute Bool
e. page 4S1, ct seq.
Witness my signature this Jun,
14th, 1910. R. E. V. YATES, Clerk