The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-09-25

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(Signed) H. H. Rog!llio,
President. Police Jury, Par
ish,of Caldwell, State, of La.
R. R. Redditt,
Secretary.
ORDINANCE NO. 60 R
Sec. l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish OF
Caldwell in regular adjourned
session convened, that it shall
be unlawful for any person or
persons to run an automo-
bile or motor cycle on any bridge
in the said Parish of Caldwell
when there is a team on same.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., that it shall be unlaw-
full to run an auto or motor.
cycle on any bridge in Caldwell
Parish at a higher rate of speed
than eight miles per hour.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., that it shall be the duty of
every person running an automo-
bile or motorcycle in the Parish
of Caldwell to stop said automo-
bile or motorcycle when signalled
so to do by any person riding or
driving any horse or team of any
kind and, if the said horse or
team is frighented, to assist the
said person or persons in pass
ing the said automobile or mo-
torcycle.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., that it shall be the duty
of any person or persons driving
any wagon, buggy or other vehi-
Gle on any of the roads of the
Parish of Caldwell, when ap-
preached from behind by an au.
tomobile, to permit or allow the
said automobile to pass them as
soon as they can conveniently
do so, and to give half the road
when met by an automobile.
Sec. S. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., that it shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to
run an automobile at night on
any of the roads in Caldwell
Parish without having lights on
both the front and back end of
same.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained,
etc., that every person in Cald-
we'll Parish owning an automo-
bile shall have displayed on the
back end of same a number,
which number, together with
owner of the car and the name
of the auto shall be registered
with the Clerk of Court for the
Parish of Caldwell in a book to
be kept by him for that purpose;
that these numbers shall be fur
nished by the Clerk of Court to
automobile owners at the cost of
manufacture plus Csc for regis
tration.
Sec. 7. Be it further ordained,
etc., that it shall be the duty Of
all automobile owners to provide
their car with horns or whis-
ties and to blow same and give
signals when approaching a road
crossing or short curve in a road.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained,
etc., that any person or persons
violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be sub
ject to prosecution by informa-
ton filed by the district attor-
ney or indictment by the grand
jury and on conviction shall be
fined not less than S. and not
more than SIS. and costs, and in
default of paying said fine and
costs shall be imprisoned in the
parish Jail for a period not ex-
ceeding 80 days.
Approved this the 18th day of
Sept, 1914.
H. H. Rogillio, Pres.
Attest:
R. R. Redditt. Clerk.
REOLUTION
By Mr.. Harris
Be it. resolved by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Caldwell,
in lawful session convened, that
due to the unsettled financial
conditions prevailing in this
country at this time, the Police
Jury of Caldwell Parish finds it.
self unable to secure the funds
necessary to meet its portion of
the cost of the construction of
the Columbia Rayville" and
the Columbia Colfax" high