Mexico Missouri message., 1916-06-22
NO. 02s.

SUrcetS ana BOuicVafuS OF MeXcOs
and Providing Punishment for Amy
Violation Thereof.
Be it ordained by the Council OF
the City Of Mexico, Missouri, as fol-
lows:
Section /. The owner, operator,
driver or person in charge of any
cart, dray, wagon, hackney coach,
omnibus, automobile, taxicab, car
riage, buggy, motorcycle, tricycle.,
bicycle, or other vehicle used, pro-
PEELED or driven upon the streets OF
Mexico shall conform to and observe
the following rules and regulations
upon all streets, alleys, avenues, bou-
levards, park roads and public places
in said city.
Section 2. The word vehicle" in
cludes equestrians, led horses and
everything on wheels or runners, ex-
! cept baby carriages.
Section 3. The word "horses"
includes all domestic animals.
| Section 4. The word driver" in
cludes the rider or driver of horse,
the rider of wheels and the operator
of vehicle or motorcycle.
Section 5. The term "congested
district" as used in this Ordinance,
shall include all that part of the city
included in the following: All those
streets bordering on the Court House
Square; on Jefferson street from the
North line of the Chicago and Alton
Railroad track to the South line of
Love street; on Washington street
rom the North line of Liberty street
to the south line of Love street; on
Liberty street from the West line OF
Coal street to the West line of Wash
ington street; on Promenade street
from the West line of Coal street to
the West line of Clark Avenue; or
Jackson street from the West line OF
Coal street to the West line of Clark
Avenue: on Monroe street from the
West line of Coal street to the West
line of Clark Avenue.
Section 6. The roadbeds of high
ways are primarily intended for We.
hicles, but pedestrians have the right
to cross them in safety, and all driv'
ers of vehicles shall exercise all prop
err care not to injure pedestrians
Pedestrians in crossing a street shall
not carelessly or maliciously inter
fere with the passage of vehicles.
Section Z. The driver or person
in control of a vehicle in slowing OF
stopping shall signal those in the real
by raising whip or hand.
Section 8. No vehicle shall b.
turned unless a signal shall be pre-
viously given by the whip or hand in
dicating the direction in which thu
) turn is to be made.
Section 8. No person in control o
vehicle, shall back the same with
NIL in hnnn o
en-, and while backing care must b,
exercised not to injuTe those in tn
f rear.
charge of a vehicle shall pull to tn
Y right of street or road when signale'
from a vehicle behind desiring t
pass.
: Section II. That upon the ap
proach of any fire apparatus polio
patrol or ambulance, every vehicl
a shall draw up as near as practicabl
to the right curb of the street and re
main at standstill until such appa
; ratus, patrol or ambulance shall hav
. passed.
; Section -. No person in charge c
:, any vehicle shall drive the same pass
ing any. school faster than ten mile
an hour during any part of the schoc
}, year, when children are going to an
from school, or are in the street nea
- such school.
v Section 10. No vehicle shall so OF
:, cupy any street as to interfere with G
y interrupt the passage of other veh
J. cles.
v Section, IA. Vehicles shall nc
stop on cross walks so as to il
terfere with the passing of pedestr
=. ans.
Section 49,. Vehicles shall b
driven in careful manner and wit
(; the regard of the safety and CONVEX
, fence of pedestrians and all other W
hicles.
n Section 16. Every person usin
: any vehicle on any street in tn
y City of Mexico, shall operat,
; drive or ride such vehicle O
, the portion to the right of the cente
= of the street, except where the rigf
" side of the street is in such cOnditio
. as to be impossible.
Section II. Vehicles movin
J.; slowly shall keep as close to the cur
q on the right as possible, allowin
more swiftly moving vehicles FIRE
T.; passage to their left.
G Section IS. A vehicle overtakir
another shall pass on the left sic
}; of the oVertaken vehicle and not pu
4 over to the right until entirely clet
of 1t.
Section 10. A vehicle turning II
to another street to the right sha
turn the corner as near to the rigl
I" hand curb as possible.
'. Section 20. A vehicle when tur
ing to the left to enter an interseC
~ ing street, where an electric ligl
q. post is maintained in the center
such interesting street, shall pa
around and to the right of said ele
trio light post; and at all other int
: sections of streets where electr
a light posts are not maintained,
vehicle when turning to the left
enter an interesting street shall n
turn until 1t shall have passed b
yond the center of such intersectil
street.
sll Section 81. Vehicles crossiI
ha from one side of the street to q
other shall do an nv turning to n