The north Mississippi herald., 1920-11-12
AN ORDINANCE

STREETS OF WATER VALLEY,
MISSISSIPPI BY PERSONS OWN
ING AND OPERATING WAGONS,
BUGGES, CARRIAGES, AUTO
MOBILES, AUTO TRUCKS AND
OTHER VEHICLES, AND TO
PROHIBIT INSTRUCTIONS OF
THE STREETS OF THE SAID
CITY IN ANY MANNER OR BY
ANY MEANS, AND TO PRE-
SCRIBE THE PLACES AND
MANNER IN WHICH AUTOMO-
BILES AND AUTO TRUCKS MAY
BE PARKED AND WHERE
OTHER VEHICLES DRWN BY
ANIMALS MAY BE LEFT
STANDING.
Be it ordered by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Water Valley, Yalobusha county,
Mississippi, that
Section One 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
to in any manner obstruct the free
and reasonable use of the streets of
said City in any manner or by any of
the following acts, methods or means,
towit:
merchandise thereon; or
(2) By leaving boxes, barrels, ice
cream cars, ice ,ream freezers, tools,
implements, lumber, planks, kindling,
rubbish or any other things on the
streets or sidewalks, but this shall not
prevent the use of the streets for a
short time reasonably necessary for
unloading coal, goods, wares or mer-
chandise; or
(3) By placing wagon scales in
said streets or by weighing cotton or
other bulky articles therein, but this
shall not prohibit the weighing of
articles such as meat, ice or other
things which can be weighed with
hand scales or scales carried in
wagons; or
(4) By repairing automobiles,
wagons or other vehicles in the streets
except such small repairs as may be
necessary to the removal of such vehi-
Gle without injury to any part there
of; or
(5) By parking automobiles and
auto trucks or by leaving wagons,
buggies or other vehicles standing at
any place prohibited by any other
The naming Of the foregoing acts,
and methods of obstructing
the streets shall not be held to
authorize the obstruction of any
street, avenue or alley in said CITY
by any other means or methods. but
the obstruct'ons of the streets,
avenues or alleys of the City by any
means or methods other than the
and usual use of the same
for travel, is hereby declared to be
Section Two 1t she'll be unlawful
to park any automobile or auto
truck, or to leave anv wagon, buggy,
carriage or other vehicle standing in
any street, avenue or alley not ex-
ceeding thirty feet in width.
Section three-All automobiles and
auto trucks parked on Main street be-
tween Martin street and Dupuy street
shall be turned with the TOM End
thereof against the curb. Cars shall
not be parked in front Of the Post
Office building, or in front Of any
but ding occupied and used as place
of business or vehicles left standing
at such places if the occupant of said
building shall object thereto and will
post the sign. "Do not park cars or We
hicles here" Cars shall be parked
en- the south side of Church street
only. No automobile or auto truck,
wagon or other vehicle shall be left
standing in the street in the rear of
any car that is so parked so as to pre-
vent the removal of such car at the
pleasure of the person using same.
The parking of autom b'les and
auto trucks mentioned in this ordi-
nance shall mean the leaving of such
automobiles or trucks standing with
the motor not running for a longer
period than five minutes.
Section four-It shall be unlawful
FIR anv person using wagon, car
riage, buggy or any vehc.e drawn by
animals to 'eave TIE same standing
in or near the center of the street,
and any person desiring to ,eave such
Vehicle shnl' leave it on one side OF
the street at such place as that it
will not obstruct or hinder the free
use of the street by those travelling
thereon. All persons peddlng or sell
ing produce from wagons or other We
hicles shall stop such vehicle on one
Sl0e OF Lne street. anu OuI VI lHS UcdI-
en- path of travel in su"h way as to
all w the free use of the street by
other vehicles.
Section 6ve-There shall be placed
in the center of Main street directly
opposite the center line of the fol-
lowing streets, viz: Cay, Martin,
Church, Wood, Wagner, Pamela,
Cemetery and Dupuy streets posts
with the sign board on the top thereof
with the words "turn to the right"
printed thereon in letters large E.
nough t. be easily read and so ar
ranged that thev NAV be read from
any part of either of the intersecting
streets, and all persons on horse
back, automobiles or any other ve-
hice when passing from one street
to the other shall drive to the right of
such post. All persons driving auto
mobiles or auto trucks shall immedi-
ately before turning to the left in
passing from one street to another
blow his horn and hold out his hand to