The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-06
Ordinance No. 50.
An Ordinance defining Motor
Vehicles and regulating their
use on the public streets of the
City of Ely, MINES sofa.

ELY DO ORDAIN:
Section /. That the term Motor
Vehicle" as used in this ordinance
hall INCLUDE all vehicles propelled by
my, other than muscular power. ex-
,ept traction engines, road rollers,
ire wagons. and engines, police patrol
wagons, ambulances and such VEN
icles as are run on rails or tracks.
The term owner shall include any
person, firm, association or corpora
ton owning or renting a motor yeh-
icle, or having the exclusive use
Thereof under lease or otherwise for a
period of thirty days or more.
Sec. 2. No person shall operate or
drive motor vehicle on the streets OF
the City of Ely, unless such vehicle
shall have been registered and shall
have thereon registration tags, ade-
auate brakes, bell or horn or some
other device for signalling, lamps and
lights, and when such vehicle uses
gasoline for motive power a muffier
which shall not be cut off or discon-
nected, and as provided by section
eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve,
chapter 259, laws Minnesota, 1909.
Sec. 3. A person operating a motor
vehicle, at request or on signal by
putting up the hand from a person
riding, leading or driving FESTIVE
horse or horses or other draft animals,
or on any evidence Of fright of any
animal so riden, led or driven suf-
ficent to attract the attention of the
operator of motor vehicle shall
bring such motor vehicle Immediately
to stop, and. if travelling in the OPP
posite direction, remain stationary so
long as may be reasonable to allow
such horse or animal to pass and if
travelling in the opposite direction,
use reasonable caution in Thereafter
passing such horse or animal;
PROVIDED, that in case of such horse
or animal appears badly frightened,
or the person operating such motor
vehicle is requested to do so, such per-
son shall cause the motor of such Veh-
icle to cease running so long as shall
be reasonably necessary to prevent &C
cident and insure the safety of others;
PROVIDED, however, that no person
shall unreasonably obstruct or impede
the right of travel upon the public
streets of driver of a motor vehicle,
or of horse, and any one so doing is
amendable to punishment as provided
by this ordinance.
Sec. 4. Whenever person walking
in the travelled portion of the street,
or person riding, driving or leading
horse or other animal therein, or
driving or operating vehicle therein,
shall meet another person thus walk
ing or thus driving or operating a
vehicle, if such persons are moving in
opposite directions, each shall slacken
his pace, if necessary, and seasonably
turn to the right so as to give half of
the travelled street, if practicable, and
a fair and equal opportunity to pass,
to the other; or, il they are moving
in the same direction, the person over
taking shall pass on the left side of
the person overtaken, and The person
overtaken shall, as soon as practic-
able, turn to the right so as to give
half the travelled road to the other.
Any person shall, at the intersec-
ton of public streets, keep to the
right of the intersection of the CEN
tiers of such streets when turning to
the right and pass to the right OF
such intersection when turning to the
left.
In any place where the traffic Is
large, or on streets that may be con-
gested with traffic or horse drawn
vehicles, slow drawn vehicles must
keep near the right curb, allowing
those moving more rapidly to keep
nearest the center of the street.
All vehicles, however, must keep to
the right of the center Of the street.
Sec. 5. No person shall operate a
motor vehicle on the public streets at
a rate Of speed greater than is reason
able and proper, having regard to the
width, condition and use of the street
at the time and the geneaal and usual
rules of the roads, or so as to endang-
er property or the life or limb OF any
person, PROVIDED. that upon approach
ing a bridge. sharp curve or decent,
and upon approaching crossing or
interesting highway or in passing
from a side street into main thor
oughfare where persons or vehicles
are plainly observable, a person
operating motor vehicle shall have
such vehicle under perfect control and
the rate of speed shall not exceed one
mile in eight minutes. nor on any
street or highway shall the speed ex-
coed, Fifteen miles an hour.
Sec. 6. The provisions of this ordi-
nance in regard to registration shall
not apply to motor vehicles owned by
a non resident of this state, who is
temporarily within the state. PROvID-
ED. that such nonresident shall have
displayed in CONSPICUOUS way on the
motor vehicle he is operating, a num-
Der and tag which shall make it and
the place from which it comes easily
Unidentified.