Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-07-02
Ordinance No. l55

An ordinance, amending section one
and repeating section threeof ordinance
No ia, regulating the speed Of auto
mobiles. auto-caTs, motor carriages, and
oil other self propelled machines or
vehicles. operated along, through or
across the streets OF the city Of Mont |
pelier, Idaho, and providing for the
registering and numbering of the |
same; also providing for the proper
lighting of said self propelled machines
or vehicles when operated at night and
providing for the proper signals to be
constantly carried thereon and provid-
ing penalty for violating this ordi-
nance, approved ON the l4th day of
October, 1909.
Be it ordained. by the mayor and
council of the City Of Montpelier, in
the county of Bear Lake and State of
Idaho, that section one of said ordi-
nance No. ia be and the same is here
by amended, SO as to read as follows
towit:-
Section /. II shall be unlawful for
any person to run or operate or Scause
to be run or operated any automobile,
auto-car, motor carriage, or any other
self propelled machine, or any vehicle
drawn by an animal, or animals at q
greater rate of speed than ten miles an
hour over street crossings or at the in
tersections of streets, and eight miles
per hour when turning corners within
the City of Montpelier, Idaho. That
all persons travelling the streets in any
vehicle, whether self propelled or
drawn by animals, shall on entering
any street, travel upon the right side
thereof, and continue to the right at
all corners which may be traversed by
such vehicle, that on approaching an
intersecting street unless it is desired
to travel in a continuous course on the
right hand side OF such intersected
street, such person shall continue in a
direct line to the opposite side of the
street intersected, and there turn to
the left following the right hand side
of the intersected street, that is to say,
all persons passing from cast to west on
the streets of said city shall keep to
the right side of such street while GO
ing east and if change of course is
made to the north, such person shall
turn and go straight across said street
and traverse the right hand side of the
street running north; all persons going
west on entering a street at any point
leading westerly shall traverse such
street on the right hand side thereof,
and the same rule shall be observed as
to entering and traversing all streets in
the said city of Montpelier, that is to
say, they shall keep the right hand
side of the street going in any direction,
turning all corners close and keeping
on the right hand side of the intersec-
ed street, and if it is desired to travel
to the left on entering intersected
streets the street must be crossed and
the right hand of the street intersected
shall be traversed.
That all cars and other vehicles when
stopped shall be headed in the direction
the car was running, and when stop
ped the right side of the vehicle shall
remain parallel to the side walk That
on crossing any street at any point the
vehicle shall be run across the streets
to the opposite side, and headed in
stopped in the direction of. the travel
on that particular side of the street.
That it shall be unlawful for any
person to operate or run ON any street
or alley in the city Of Montpelier, any
self propelled machine or vehicle with
out using good. and sufficient mufler,
so as to reduce to minimum the
noise produced by the escape of. said
machine.
That allspersons operating any self
propelled machine, shall appear before
the clerk of the city of Montpelier and
have his name and number of car
registered by said clerk in a book to
be kept for that purpose and failing so
10 do will be punished according to
law, and no charge shall be made by
the clerk for such registration.
That section three of said ordinance
be and the same is hereby repealed.
That no self propelled vehicle shall
be run upon any street in the city, un
less muller is used thereon.
An emergency existing therefor, this
ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after it's passage, aD-
prevail and publication.
Passed and approved this 10th day OF
June, 1915.
R. N. SNEDDoN, Mayor.
AttAat. THOMAS PApDLru,rs H;%. SyIo.a-