Putnam patriot., 1915-07-09
AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING STREET TRAFFIC
 OF THE CITY OF PUTNAM
Be It Ordained by the Common Coun
 cil of the Citv of Putnam,

used in this ordinance shall apply to all vehicles whether propelled by muscular or other power, including hi. cycles. tricycles. motorcycles. motor vehicles of all kinds. vehicles drawn by horses or other animals; except road rollers. street sprinklers, fire engines and other fire department apparatus, police patrol wagons. ambulanCes aud such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks
 Section ?. X vehicle. except when passing a vehicle going in the same direction or standing still shall keep to the right and as near the righthand curb as practicable
 Section 8. A vehicle meeting an other vehicle going in the opposite direction shall pass te the right
 Section {. X vehicle passing an other going in the same direction shall pass to the left of the overtaken vehicle. pulling back again to the right when entirely clear of if and SD far ahead as not to interfere with its progress.
 Section ,. X vehicle turning to the right into another street shall turn the corner as near the right-hand curb as is practicable.
 Section 6. X vehicle turning to the left into another street shall pass to the right of and beyond the center of the street intersection before turning.
 Section ' X vehicle crossing from one side of the street to the other side shall do so by turning to the left, so as to head in the same direction as the traffic on that side of the street. Section & Vehicles moving slowly shall keep as close as practicable to the right-hand curb, SO as to allow | faster moving vehicles free passage on the left,
 Section g. When two or more vehi- 1 cles travelling on streets that inter | sect approach the intersection at the same time, the vehicle or vehicles on l the right shall have the right of way. Section is regarded as very im- pnrtant. and so is Section !. The lat | ter will stop the practice. followed by | auto drivers, of coming up Front l street and turning into Main close to ] the curb at the First National bank l corner. mourning the danger of run l hing into a vehicle travelling south on 1 Main street.
 Section 10. Owners sr drivers of | vehicles, when stopping on the streets I of the city, shall do so on the right | hand side of the street only, and hav- | ing the right side of the vehicle next l to and parallel with the curb. except on Main street between Front and l Union streets there. standing yehi- l cles shall face out from the curb, on I the right-hand side of the street at I an angle Of from 40 to 45 degrees. l Vehicles that are being loaded or un. I loaded shall be exempt from this pro- | vision.
 l Section II. Drivers of vehicles | when about to stop or reduce speed shall signal their intention by rais. 1 ing the whip or hand, or when about to turn shall so indicate by raising | whip or hand on the side toward which they intend to turn.
 Section 12. Unless in an emergen- 1 ey or to allow another vehicle or q l pedestrian to cross it's way. no Yeht= ele shall stop in any public street. 1 except near the right-hand curb there l Of and so as not to ohstract an inter secting street or crossing.
 Section 13. No vehicle shall pass any standing street railway car from l which passengers are being received or discharged so as to interfere un= reasonably in any way with such pas l senger
 Section 14 No vehicle shall stop abreast of another vehicle lengthwise of any street, except in ease of acct dent or emergency.
 Section l5 No vehicle shall stop or stand within the intersection Of any streets, nor within ten feet Of @ 1 street corner or fire hydrant OF in | front of any fire station.
 Section 16. Fire engines or other | fire department vehicles, police patrol | wagons. ambuances, and vehicles of | physicians whose owners are travel ing in the performance of their pro fessional duties, shall have the right of way in any street and through any | procession.
 l Section IT. The driver of yehi- cle. on the approach of any fire ap- | paratus or an ambulance. shall imme- | diately draw up said vehicle as near as practicable to the righthand curb l and parallel thereto, and bring It to l a stand-still until the fire apparatus or | ambulance has passed.
 Section IS. No vehicle shall pro | ceed at any time at a greater speed l than IS Sufe anu pIppSi hhNNi tHN l conditions then obtaining.
 Section f9 No horse, whether at | tached to a vehicle or not, shall be | left unhitched on any of the streets l or thorouehfares of the city.
 Section 20 No horse or vehicle shall stand upon any sidewalk, or be | placed or left in such position as to l obstruct or interfere with public l travel
 Section 21 Any person or persons violating any of the provisions Of thls ordinance shall be fined not less than l two dollars nor more than fifty dol lars for each offense.
 Section 22 The police department 1 of the city of Putnam shall have en- | tire control and supervision over all traffic in the streets of the city of l Putnam.
 Section 23. All ordinances and | parts of ordinances inconsistent here | with are hereby repealed. | Voed: That the City Clerk be and l he is hereby authorized to cause the | foregoing Ordinance of the City or l Putnam to be published twice in newspaper published in said City, l and said City Clerk is hereby directed to make an entry of such publication on the records of the Common Coun- 1 cil
 Passed, July 6, 1915.
 ARCHIBALD MACDONALD,
 Mayor.
 FREDERICK W. SEWARD, l C{tv CIork