The Era-leader., 1921-09-15
ORDINANCE,

or the parish OF aolIlngtOn, and
providing penalties for the viola
ton Of this ordinance.
Whereas it appears that the
Parish Of Washington cooperating
with the State Highway Depart
ment and the United States Gov
ernmnnt has spent and is spending
thousands of dollars to erect good
roads in the Parish of Washington;
and it further appearing that
traffic over those roads is heavy,
and when the traffic is by auto.
mobile, at very great speed 1t has
a tendency to tear up the road and
to endanger life and limb Of the
citizens travelling thereon, and
there already having been several
serious accidents on account OF
the great speed and different sorts
of vehicles using the said highway;
Wherefore be it ordained by the
Polio Jury of Washington Parish,
Louisiana, in regular session con.
vened.
Section |,
That on and after the passage
of this ordinance, any person
operating vehicles OF all descrip'
tions using tie public highways.
roads and streets in the Parish of
Washington shall use them under
the circumstances, and shall com.
ply with the rules hereinafter set
out.
Section II.
No person shall operate a vehl-
Gle, automobile or motorcycle over
the public roads Of the Parish at a
greater rate of speed than twenty
miles per hour, provided that all
vehicles shall keep to the right OF
the road and upon approaching an
automobile, motorcycle or Other
vehicle coming in the opposite
direction shall slow down to 8
speed of not more than ten miles
per hour and keep we'll to the right
When two cars are going in the
same direction, and it is the desire
of the car in the rear to procedt
to the front ample warning shall
be given by blowing of the horI
to the car in front, which shal
bear we'll to the right and the ca
behind shall always pass to tn
left of the car i'll front, provlde'
that no car in the rear shall pas
to the front of a car if there be {
, car coming in the opposite direc
4 ton at the same time. since tn
! car coming in the opposite dlrec
ton would have right OF wa
3 over the other part of the street Q
road meant to be used, and pro
! viding further that if the car l
: the lead was travelling at the rat
. of speed limited above that tn
7 car in the rear would not haV
Q authority to pass to the 'front.'
Section ".
;, speed limit over bridges, cu]
}, yerts and high embankment
!, Whenever any person driving a.
II tomobiles or any vehicle over tt
r highways shall approach a pa,
y of the road where the embanl
y ment is high or where there is
: culvert. or a bridge, or a sho
1t turn in the road they shall imm'
D. diately slacken, their speed dow
d to l5 miles per hour and ke'
u we'll to the right, and If there
a car coming in the opposite d
5, rection when near or on a hl|
a- embankment, cuIvert or brids
D. each party shall slacken the spe
Mt Of his car or vehicle down to t
le miles per hour and keep we'll
'g the right.
PENALTIES.
ly ANY person violating any Q
nd of the provisions Of this ordlnar )!
i. shall upon conviction be fined a
&c sum not less than $500 nor M
than $4,000, or be lmprlsloL on
~, not less than five or more tn
on thirty days in the discretion
on Court.
"a SECTION V.
70. No vehicle of four wheels OF le
IT. whose gross weight including nc l'
is more than Ten Thousand
ly, vehicle having a greater well
nd thau Five Thousand pounds
in. axel, and no vehicle hayin' vi
ng greater weight than Two Tho
to and pounds on one Wheel and
i'd. vehicle having load of over
ard Hundred and Fifty pounds
inch width of tire upon any WI