Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-25
STANDARD SYSTEM OF
 SIGNS AND SIGNALS s
For Prevention of Accidents at
 Grade Crossings.

At joint cooEerence with com mittee of the National Associatio of Railroad Commissioners, it was decid- cd to procure, as far as possible, uni form legislation in the several states, establishing a standard system of signs and signals for the prevention of accidents at grade crossings, and a draft of proposed legislation was sent to all state commissions.
 At the last general assembly the Public Utilities Commission of this state. presented such proposed legis- lation resulting in the passage of Chapter 373 of the Public Acts, which rears as follows:
 Chapter s79-An act concerning the Protection of Grade Crossings.
 Section Livery town, city or borough shall. within six months aft CT the passage of this act, place and 1 maintain warning signs on every highway approaching crossing at grade of such highway and the tracks of any railroad within the respective limits. of such town, city or borough. Such signs shall be furnished by the railroad company crossing such high way.
 Section 2-Such signs shall, consist | of a metal disc twenty-four inches in
  white, with an enameled black border l fine one inch wide. with an enameled 1 black perpendicular and horizontal cross fine two and onehalf inches l wide; the reverse side of such disc col 1 ored black. In each of the black en- l quarteri1gs shall appear in black en- 1 amel the letter "R,'' five inches high, 1 thre and three-quarters inches wide, { the lines thereof being one inch 1 stroke. Such signs shall be placed in conspicuous locations beside the high way at a distance of not less than three hundred feet nor more than five
 hundred feet from the nearest rail l of such crossing.
 Section S-The public utilities com mission shall investigate. conditions surrounding all railroad crossings with
 public highways at grade, and Sh-
 teru1fne at which of such crossings public safety reasonably requires that self-propelled vehicles on the high ways shall come to stop. Said com. mission may require the railroad com
 pany at each of such crossings, SC designated as stop crossings, to ereci
 and maintain on the highway, within
 the limits of it's right of way, a cir cular sign twenty -four inches in di-
 anfeter, painted with a, white field and
 having a black border line one incl wide and bearing the word stop ir
 black letters five inches high, three and three quarters inches dive. ths l, lines thereof being one inch stroke !, The public utilities commission shaI
 have authority to require any sucl !, sign to be lighted at night, or 10 bt
 accompanied by red warning lights.
 Section If in the case of any suci !, crossing 1t appears that the placing 0. , the signs prekcribed by section on, : hereof is impractieable or unnecessar, the public utilities commission. on pc tition of the municipality in whicl such crossing is situated; may releas, such municipality from the obliga : tion of placing and maintaining suei signs on the highway near such cross ? ling.
 Section 5-If any municipality shal ' 1 neglect for sixty days afer the eKpira
 tion of the six months prescribed il 3 section one hereof to comply with tn 3 I requirements thereof, unless release, r therefrom by order of the public utii -3 ities commission, it shall forfeit on : dollar for each day during which i 2 shall neglect to place or maintain sucl fsign required by this act to be plae ed by the attorney general in the nam : and for the use of fhe state.
 Section 6-Any person ho shal