St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-01
ORDINANCE NO. 70,

1eas-J. w ocnoonnaker, W.. smith, Gus Rosenberg, Thos. Capps,
ORDINANCE NO. 10.
Regula adfsb tEnae s ? streets es "a and o public aht ways 4Sn,o Of the Town n,9 q Melville, md La,
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Section ! Be it ordained BY the Mayor and Board q Aldermen Of the
tFaysuo Of m me stlsst La = IN nn FsEul nsv session IS On e9n Y e, M That al y vehicles sasn g Ehsn
TO the right o the eenterane Of the street a nea the right hand curb as
Section ]. Be it further ordained,ec, That vehicles meeting shah pass
each so Other to : the r. right CHI t Of the center ta. Of the street
others 9th SIS shall in passing keep to the left of the center Of the street and shall
passed The vehicle ahead shall be required to pull over and make room fr
,,sD5 ss imo. a : Be it 5as sn oEda thsn ts etc, ,o That a. vehicles e. turning a1sats, to the he
section 5 Be it further ordained, etc, That all vehicles turning to the
left into another street shall pass to the right and beyond the center of the
=. Section zee lon s. BE Be it further ordained, etc. That no vehicle shall cross or
S. section Z Be it further ordained, etc. That all vehicles shall stop
section $ Be it further ordained, etc, That no vehicle shall stand
4 horse drawn eehiIe is backed up to the curb the horse no l or aossss a sha Ih BE-
tpapef for se n h g sm sea q 1 paIa .trsst Fa . uS5e dp9 + aR nab headed ed T. n direction q
section enna = Be . tursaer ordained aa etc. That unless in az senergeney
stop and stand 9 any public street = wy q the tOvnof Melville a. .
Sc. Section ion = a Bs It further ordained etc, That ~ motor vehicles before
crossings except IN case Of accident n other emergency, or when directed
section II Be il further ordained. etc, that ali vehicles shan have the
q osa p9 q t rn t those ' aopro aepIo afroa 4 hps ri s5s left nDR Ref tsy must mas give re- right sa
paTatus. ambnlanees. police patrol and vehicles Of physicians, when properly
DESIGNATED, shall have thesright| Of way through any street or highway of
the Town Of Melville, La
onelhalf hour after sunset ad onehalf hour before sunrise shall carry two
number Of car; every bicycle 9 motorcycle shall carry white light IN front
and every other vehicle used for public conveyance shall carry n O more
lights.
Section II. Be it further ordanedetc, That all electric lighted auto
mobiles, when running on any of the streets OF the Town OF Melville. La.
shall i some manner dim their headlights either by use of DINNERS or frosted
lenses, Of other practical methods when within one hundred C00) feet of
an approaching vehicle, and shall not put on its large headlights until it
has passed said vehicle
Section Is. Be it further ordained, etc, That no vehicle operating within
the Town of Melville. La shall make undue noise. Every motor propelled
vehicle shall be equipped with a mufner or slencer which shall be used at
all times while the car is being operated on any of the highways within the
town limits.
Section 16. Be it further ordained, etc, That no vehicle shall travel 1T
q greater rate of speed than eight 81 miles per hour in turning the corners
of any public street and automobiles shall be required to give notice OF their
approach when about to turn by sounding horn or other signal
Section II. Be it further ordained, etc. That all vehicles shall be
vehicles and pedestrians, nothing herein stated, r omitted herefrom shall
be construed to relieve any person operating a vehicle upon any road way
of the town of Melville, La, for any purpose whatsoever from the exercise
OF reasonable care 40 avoid o. prevent injury through collision with other
persons or vehicles.
Section Is. Be it further ordained, etc, That it shall be unlawful for
any person under the age of fifteen G0 years to drive Or operate al auto
mobile on any public roadway of the town of Melville, La
Section 10. Be 1t further ordained, etc. That n person o. nersons
violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall m conviction thereof
be fined in a sum not to exceed One Hundred ($100O0) Dollars, and in de-
fault of payment thereof imprisonment for not nor than thirty 104 days.
or both said fine and Imprisonment at the discretion of the Mayor
Section 20. Be it further ordained, etc, That this ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its PRONUNCIATION.
Thus done and passed in regular session convened on this 7th day of
May, A. D. 1913.
l. H. LYONS, Mayor.
Attest-R. H. JONES, JR. Clerk.
Moved by Smith and seconded by Jones that the above and foregoing
ordinance be passed.
On a call of the roll the vote was al follows:
Yeas-Smth, Capps, Jones; nays-Schoonmaker, Rosenberg. Motion
carried.