The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1918-05-07
WILL ENFORCE
SPEED LAWS
Mayor W. r. Mckee Gives Written
Instructions to the City
Police Force

police force the following written III
structions regarding the enforcing of
the speed laws. Mayor Mckee also
request us to announce the ordinance
requiring machines and vehicles to
park on the right side of the street
will also be enforced.
To The Police Force of Mt. Sterling
Kentucky:
You are instructed that the run
ming of automobiles at the rate of
speed that is now done in Mt. Sterl-
ing is exceedingly dangerous to life
and limb. The law as now consti-
tuted provides a speed of not exceed
ing 8 miles per hour at the intersec-
tiOns and 15 miles at other places.
When you see any one exceeding
these limits, you will warn them the
first time and call their attention to
this law, and then upon the second
offense you will arrest and prosecute
to the full extent of the law.
SO that the entire police force can
be kept fully advised, each member
of the force is instructed to have a
note book or memorandum book, and
on this memorandum book he will
place the date and name of the party
whom he has warned, and state what
he was doing when he was so warned.
The policeman who has warned the
party will then give to the other po-
lcemen the name of the party he has
so warned and the date and the cause,
so that if this party repeats the Of
fense in the presence of the police
he will know whether he has been
previously warned, and can then at
once arrest.
Not only are the police instructed
to see that the speed limit is adhered
to, but thew are also instructed that
noises, especially from
cut offs, cease, and will warn parties
in the same manner as above indi-
Gated as to speed, and for the second
Offense will arrest and vigorously
prosecute And a note of this warn
ing will be placed in the memorandum
book and given to the other police
men, so they can place same in their
memorandum books.
The police force is further in
structed that, especially after the
moving picture shows, it has become
the fashion, Immediately after pass
ing the intersection of Main and
Streets, for automobiles TO
speed. There is no trouble to ascer-
tain this speed and who the party
IS offending, and a warrant must be
sworn out for such offending party
md prosecution had. The Chief Of
police, or one of the policemen, will
station himself after the shows at
.he intersection of Main and Mays
vile Streets, and can easily see the
number of the automobile that is
passing, and he can use the second
land Of his watch in ascertaining the
ate Of speed For the information Of
he police, the distance from the in
ersectiOn of Main Street to the hill
n front Of Frazer's residence is
300 IT,, and machine going at the
ate of Is miles an hour would take
70 seconds to reach that point. Any
lumber of seconds under that would
'e an excess of the speed limit. The
distance from the intersection of
lain Street to the north corner of
lay and Maysville on Maysville
Street is 1903 feet and machine go
ng at the rate Of Is miles an hour
vill take so seconds to reach that
'Oint The distance from the inter
ection of Maysville and Main |
streets to the center of intersection |
; $50 feet, and q machine going at
he rate of Is miles an hour will take
o seconds to go that distance, and
o it can readily be ascertained |
'hether or not the driver is exceeding |
he speed limit,
l am giving these instructions in
'riting so there can be no mistake
S to the law and as to my desire
nat this law be enforced, in order
D preserve the lives and limbs of the |
itizens, and it must be rigidly en-
Oreed. Therlaw has been too lax on
lese matters.
w. r. MCKEE,
Mayor.