The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-20

FHlllp HaTman, OF.
Rudolph Henschen,
d. F. Brister,
The matter of pumps for the Tuber-
culosis Sanatorium was taken up and
discussed by representatives from the
Plan and Perry Companies.
| Supervisor Yu1e moves to refer the
matter of pumps to the Building Com
mittee with power to act.
/ Motion carried.
| The District Attorney appeared be-
fore the Board in regard to the follow
ing ordinance:
The County Board of Supervisors Of
the County Of Kenosha, do ordain
as follows:
! Section One. No person under the
| age of sixteen years, unless accom-
panied by parent, guardian or other
| adult person, and no intoxicated per-
| son shall operate, ride or drive any
automobile, motorcycle or other SINH
lar motor vehicle along and upon any
public highway of the County of Ke-
nosha. No person shall operate or
1 drive any automobile, motorcycle or
other similar motor vehicle reckless
ly or at a rate of speed greater than
is reasonable and proper having re-
gard to the width, traffic and use of
the highways and the general and usu-
al rules of the road, or SO as to en-
danger the property, life or limb of
any person, and no person shall oper-
| ate or drive any automobile, motor
cycle or other similar motor vehicle,
along any public highway, within the
corporate limits Of any city or village
in the county Of Kenosha at a speed
exceeding fifteen miles per hour, nor
on any Of the public highways within
the County Of Kenosha and outside of
the corporate limits Of any city or vii
lage at a speed exceeding twenty-five
miles per hour; and provided further
that no person shall operate or drive
any automobile, motorcycle or other
similar motor vehicle through any
cemetery or through any county or
state hospital or poor farm grounds
or through any park or in passing any
school ground where persons are or
may be in said highway at speed ak
ceeding eight miles per hour; and pro-
vided further, that in turning corners,
in going around curves, at sharp de-
clines, at the intersections Of any
street or cross road, and where, FOR
hn xy11
in which the vehicle is proceeding,
shall be INSTRUCTED, the speed shall be
reduced to such rate as will tend to
avoid danger Of accident; the operator,
when such automobile, motorcycle or
other similar motor vehicle is in mo-
ton, shall observe the rules of the
read by keeping to the right upon
meeting vehicles and by passing to the
left Of all vehicles overtaken on any
public highway of this county, and at
all times giving to the vehicles passed
or overtaken one-half of the road. At
the intersection of any public street
or highway with any other public
street or highway Of this county, the
operator or driver of any vehicle shall
have the right Of way over the opera
tor or driver of any other vehicle APP
| preaching him on such cross street or
highway from the left, excepting only
in cases in cities where a police officer
shall be in actual charge Of the regu-
| lation of traffic at such intersection
| of street. The operator or driver of
any vehicle when any street car is act
ually taking on or discharging pas
sengers at the crossings or intersec-
tions of any public streets or high
ways, shall stop such automobile,
motorcycle or other similar motor
vehicle, until such passengers shall
have been taken on or discharged
from such car.
It shall be unlawful for any person
| to operate any automobile, motorcycle
or other similar motor vehicle without
a sufficient modern and improved muf-
| f1er to prevent noise, or with it's
muffler open upon or along any public
! street within the corporate limits Of
any city or village of this county.
i Section Two. 1T shall be unlaw-
/! full for any person to drive or operate
an automobile, motorcycle or other
similar motor vehicle upon and along
any public highway of this county at
| a rate of speed exceeding ten miles
per hour while within one hundred
fifty feet and passing upon the same
| travelled track of said highway any
other automobile, motorcycle or other
vehicle going in an opposite direction;
and it shall be unlawful in passing to
60 within three feet of any other au-
tomobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle
! going in the same direction upon any
single track of any such highway at a
| greater rate Of speed than ten miles
per hour.
Pit shall be unlawful for any per-
son when travelling on the left of the
center line of the travelled portion Of
any public highway of this county, to
drive or operate any automobile,