The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-18
Ordinance No. 450-C
An ordinance to adopt a traffic code
 of the city of Birmingham, and to provide for the publication thereof.

of the city of Birmingham, and to
 provide for the publication thereof. Section 1. Be it ordained by the com
 mission of the city of Birmingham that the qualification of the traffic laws ard ordinances of the city of Birming-
 ham, prepared by M. M. Ullman. city attorney. under the authority of the commission, as reported to the com mission on the 18th day of January. 1917, be and the same is hereby adopt ed as traffic code of The city of Bir- mingham.
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that the city clerk and the city attorney. under the supervision of the presi- dent of the commission, shall cause to be printed and bound 1000 copies of said traffic code for the use of the city of Birmingham. The said city att torney shall supervise the publication of said code: he shall read all the proof, correct all manifest errors, com pare the printed book with the orig inal manuscript and see that the code as printed corresponds accurately with the original as adopted, and upon the completion of the printing of safd code he shall certify these facts to the president of the commission. copy of said certificate and copy of this ordinance shall be printed in each copy of said code.
 Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained that upon the delivery to the president of the commission of said certificate he shall issue a proclamation announcing that fact and fixing a day, not moro than 30 days later. on which the code shall go into effect and become oper- ative. which proclamation shall be published once a week for three suc- cessive weeks in some newspaper pub lished in the city of Birmingham, Ala. and on and after the day so ftxA L.~ sion the laws and ordinance contained
 in said code shall be in full force and effect and shall become operative as
 the laws and ordinances of the city of Birmingham. Ala. in lieu of all oth- CT laws and ordinances relating to the subjects contained in said code, and all laws and ordinances hereto fore adopted by the city of Brming- ham, relating to the subjects con tained in said code. shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that three unbound copies of said printed ] traffic code shall be posted in three separate public places in the city of Birmingham. to-wit: in the city hall Of Birmingham, Ala; at the fire depart
 ment station at East Lake. Birining- ham, Ala. and at the fire department station in Ensley. Birmingham, Ala, which posting shall be made not more than 50 days nor less than three weeks
 prior to the date fixed by the procla-
 nation of the president for said code
 to take effect.
 Sec. B. Be it further ordained that
 it shall not be necessary for said code
 to be published in a newspaper or
 newspapers, nor shall the same be
 spread at length upon the minutes of
 this commission, provided that this or
 dirance shall be recorded on said min
 utes.
 Sec. 6. Be 1t further ordained that
 the original manuscript this day adopt
 ed by this ordinance shall be certified
 by the city clerk to be correct and
 to have been adopted by the commits
 sion in lieu of spreading said traffic
 code on the minutes and a copy Of
 such certification of adoption shall be
 published with each bound volume O..
 printed copy of said traffic code and
 when so published the copies of sueli traffic code shall be received by the inhabitants of the city of BirminS- ham and by the courts of the city and the state and county. officially. as the traffic code of the city of Birming- ham. Ala.
 Approved January 17. 1917 GEORGE B. WARD. President Board of Commissioners. A true copy:
 c. B. LLOYD. City Clerk
 Age-Herald January IS. 1917.