Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-20

automatic gates or other mechanical
devices within their respective terri
torial Jurisdictions at any highway or
public road crossing at which the
public safety may in the opinion of
said courts require.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the Commonwealth of Ken
lucky:
1. If, in the opinion of the Fiscal
Court of any county within this State,
evidence by a majority vote of the
members of said Court, the public
safety requires that an, automatic.
alarm bell automatic gates OF other
mechanical device be erected and main
tanned at any place, within the county
of said Court, where a public highway
or road is crossed at the same level
by e. railway over which are operated
trains or cars propelled by steam,
motor or electrical power land said
crossing has, by an order of majority
vote of the members of said Court,
been declared to be dangerous or
menace to the public safety, the Els
cal Court shall by written notice,
showing the date and substance of the
order of said Court declaring such
crossing to be dangerous or menace
to the public safety, signed by the
County Judge as member of the Fis-
cal Court of the county in which such
crossing is located, notify the superin-
tendent, manager OF other officer in
charge of such railway of what type
of automatic alarm, automatic gate or
other mechanical device is required,
and such person, corporation, COM
pany, partnership or association OPP
Grating such railway shall erect such
automatic alarm, automatic gates, OF
mechanical device at such crossing
and within such reasonable time as
may be prescribed by a majority vote
Of the members Of said court.
g. All automatic alarm bells or au-
tomato gates or other mechanical de-
vices erected under the direction of
any Fiscal Court as herein above pro-
vided shall be built within the time
in the manner land of materials APP
proved by a majority vote of the mem
hers Of such Court. Any gates so re-
CURED shall be constructed so that
when closed they shall obstruct and
prevent passage across such railway;
and shall close before the approach OF
every car, train of cars or locomotive
within five hundred feet or more OF
such crossing and remain closed unit
same has passed the crossing. Such
bell so required shall be constructed
SO that it will ring before the ap'
proach of every car, train of cars o.
locomotive within five hundred fee
or more of such crossing, and continue
to ring until same has passed the
crossing. All such automatic alarm
bells, automatic gates or other~me
charical devices shall be kept at al
times in good repair and working or
der ty the owner or owners Of sale
railway.
3. When two OF more railway:
cross a public highway Or road at
dangerous crossing, the expenses in
crrred in the erection and maintain
ance Of automatic alarm-bells, auto
matte gates or other mechanical de
: vices shall be borne equally by sucf
always; but nothing herein shall pre-
vent the use of automatic alarm-bells
automatic gates OR other nech&Eica
devices by the owner or owners O.
anv railway at a public crossing no
declaring dangerous, or a menace tt
the public safety, by such Flsca
Court in the manner as herein befor'
provided.
d. In the event that a dangerou
crossing as hereinabove described
i: located on public highway which con
: stitutes the boundary between tw
counties or touch the boundary o
+; two or more counties, then the Fisca
{: Court of any one of the countie
Whose boundary is so touched shal
!! have the power to declare such cross
:: ing dangerous and have such auto
: matte alarm-bell, automatic gates o
: other mechanical devices erected an
i maintained in the manner and b
such means as hereinbefore directed
II 5. Nothing herein shall in an
llmanner be construed as repeating
any way either Section 773 or Sectio
liza, kentucky Statutes Carroll 1915
| or to divest the Railroad CommissiO
of any power or authority which
now possesses under the present law
existing at the time of the passae
of this act.
| 6. Any person, corporation, con
| nanv nartnerShip or association fai