St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-29
ORDINANCE,


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 its 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-
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-
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 in
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
six-inch patent leather back
ground. Said number in all instances
snail correspond and conform with
the number of the aforesaid permit,
a record of which shall be kept on
file 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 purpos. 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
animal power, or power. supplied |
solely by the muscular exertion of a
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 a 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
shall lesson the rate of speed there
of not to exceed six miles per hour
and that said vehicle when in motion
must be kept to the right, and shall
0hCaryn of /
down for all other vehicles.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained,
etc That each and every automobile,
auto car or other similar vehicle
driven 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
" an alarm bell or gong of not less
han four inches in diameter and
he same shall be sounded at all |
treets and alleys crossings and to
re sounded whenever necessary for
he purpose of notifying pedestrians
II others of the approach of any
UGH vehicle and no other alarm
hall be used. Each automobile,
uto car or other similar vehicle
hall be equipped with at least two
rakes or sets of brakes, one of
mich brakes or set of brakes shall I
e Independent of the driving gear | {
t such vehicle. Either of such |
rakes or sets of brakes shall be of
ufnclent power, when applied, to
ring any such vehicle when at a
peed of eight miles per hour to a
Ill stop within thirty feet from the
ONT such vehicle was when the l
rakes were applied, ano all such t.
ehicles shall carry a lighted lamp t.
lamps in conspicuous position on t.
lie front of such vehicle and lamp
q the rear, showing red on the rear
I'D white on the figures or numbers
henever in motion, or standing still .
1 any street, alley or public way, at y
ly time after dusk and before dawn. -
o part of the machinery of any x
ltomobile, auto car or other SINH "
+ vehicle shall be left running when %
|ch 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
arge of each and every automobile, sc
ito car Or other similar vehicle as b,
oresaid shall in case of danger or bl
hen signalled to do so by the driver II
rider of any horse or mule or dc
her animal, stop Immediately and
man stopped until all danger
S passed.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained,
=, That any person found guilty 4
violating any of the provisions of
Is ordinance shall be subject to be
e of not less than five dollars nor Ki