The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-03-25
CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION.
Ordinance Adopted Regulating Speed
of Automobiles.

Gil SCONllL I'm SE5SlOS.
Ordinance Adopted Regulating Spec,
of Automobiles.
Donaldsonville, La, March IA, 1916
A regular meeting of the commits
sion council was held this day at 6:3t
D. M, with Commissioners Walter lie
mann and Frank Milano present.
The minutes of the regular meet
! ing Of Feb. Is were read and ap
proved.
/ A committee Of gentlemen from
the Donaldsonville Fire Board ap
peared before the council relative tt
the fire alarm system, which they
stated has not been in satisfactory
working condition for some time
| However, as the entire committee was
not present, they were requested te
be present at a special meeting OF
the council to be held Monday, March
| 20, when the poWerhouse commission
will be present and the necessary
steps taken to remedy the trouble
complained of.
Several complaints being made to
the council about automobiles ex-
eeeding the speed limit on the streets
of the city, Mr.. Lemann offered the
following ordinance and moved its
|adoption:
An ordinance regulating the speed OF
automobiles within the corporate
limits of the city of Donaldson
vile and defining the penalty
for violations thereof.
See. |. Be it ordained by the
commission council of the city of
Donaldsonville, that from and after
this date it shall be unlawful for any
automobile or motor-driven vehicle
to operate within the corporate limits
of the city at a speed exceeding ten
miles per hour.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that it shall be the duty of the
operator or driver of every automo-
bile or other motor-driven vehicle to
sound the horn or other signal of
said automobile or motor-driven
vehicle at a distance not less than one
hundred and fifty feet from each cor
ner of street intersection.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
etc, that any one violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be sub
ject to fine not exceeding fifty
$500 dollars or thirty days I'M
prisonment.
The motion was seconded by MIR.
Milano and unanimously adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Lemann, second
- II I. j
was appropriated to the South Louis
lana Fair Association, toward de-
fraying the expenses of the inter-
parochial fair to be held under the
auspices of said association in Octo-
Der, 1916, said appropriation to be
represented by two certificates, each
for the sum of $500, payable re-
spectively on the 18th day of jan
uary, 1918, and 1919, out of the gen
eral revenues for the years 1917 and,
1918.
The clerk read the following re-
port Of cash receipts and disburse-
ments for the period ending Febru
airy %:
General Fund:
Jan. 31-Casht on hands 1885
Receipts:
Feb. 5-Market s--------- 108.33
Feb. 12-R. f. Dill, collec-
tor: Taxes ..-..... 1870
Licenses .-..-... 10000
Feb. 14-Wharf -..-.--..-..- 1917
Feb. 26-R. e. Dill, collec-
tor: Taxes ..... 1850
Licenses -.-..-----. 5000
Feb. 29-Fines ..-..- -..--. 400
Total. $2330.16
Disbursements
Feb. Transferred to bond
fund .-.-- ..-----.$ 51.90=
Feb. 26-Transferred to bond
fund -..............- .-----. 24.50
Feb. 29-Audited bills paid
during month ..-.-. 417.75
Feb. 29-Pay-rolls paid dur
ing month --..-...-......- 430.48
Total. 1924. SO
Feb. 29-Balance -.-.-.-...-. .-..$1405.53
Bond Fund:
ian. 31-Cash on hand. $2017.14
Receipts:
Feb. 12-Transferred from
general fund - 51.90
Feb, 26-Transferred from
general fund.- 24.50
Eeb. 29-Balance -.. $2093.54
The following bills were read and
Municipal 1t. & Water Com .S25.55