The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-26


 another vehicle is impeded.
 Sec. 3S. RATE OF SPEED.
 It shall be the duty of every person operat- Ing motor vehicle the public streets of Juneau to drive the same in careful and prudent manner. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or move any motor vehicle at rate of speed faster than fifteen G5) miles hour. or, over across any street intersection within the corporate limits of Ju- within one hundred O00) yards of any school house. on school days between eight clock in the morning and five o'clock in the evening, at rate of speed faster than ten l10) miles an hour, or in any case at rate of speed that will endanger the property of another the life or limb of any person. pro- vided however. that nothing contained in this section relating to speed shall. when bonding to emergency calls apply to the hicles of the Fire and Police Departments.
 Sec 39. THROWING NAILS, TAcKS. ETC ON THE STREET
 It shall be unlawful for any person tn throw. deposit place, in upon any public street any nails, taeks. erockery, scrap iron. tin wire, bottles glass, thorns thorny clip pings, or thorny branches of trees. bushes or any other articles or thing likely to pune ture or injure the tires of any vehicle
 Sec 40, GONG, BELL OR HORN ON ALL TOMOBIL.ES.
 It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or propel any bicycle, tricycle., velocipede. motor bicycle, automobile any other rid ing machine horseless vehicle, upon the streets without having attached to such bi- cycle. tricycle. velocipede, motor rnicycle or automobile gong, bell or horn in good work ing order and of proper size and character sufficient to give warning of the approach of such vehicle to pedestrians and to riders and drivers of other vehicles. Said gong, bell or horn shall be of such size only may be necessary to give such warning and shall not be sounded except when necessary to give such warning.
 Sec. Al. USE OF SIRENS PROHIBITED.
 IL shall be unlawful for any person operating vehicles. described in Section of this Ordi- nance to use thereon. while travelling through the streets, any instrument for the purpose of giving warning which shall produce sound of unusually loud, annoying or distressing character, such that will tend to frighten pedestrians animals 1t being the intention of this section to prohibit the of so-called ''sirens' other similar instrument for the purpose of producing unusually loud, distress ing or annoying sounds. provided. however. that the foregoing shall not apply to signal devices on vehicles of the Fire Department.
 Sec. f2. WARNING WHEN THERE IS DANGER OF COLLISION.
 It shall be unlawful for the rider of bicycle or driver of a motor vehicle to fail to sound his signal device as a warning when there is danger of a collision or accident. by reason of the approach of such bicycle motor vehicle: provided, that it shall be unlawful for any person operating or in charge of any such bicycle or motor vehicle other than vehicles of the Fire and Police Department. ambul- ances. vehicles of physicians and surgeons when such vehicles are responding to emer- gency calls. to sound such signal device cept a warning of danger
 Sec. 43. STREETS OF MORE THAN FIVE PER CENT GRADE.
 It shall be unlawful for any person operat. ing vehicle described In Section 1 of this Ordinance to leave such vehicles standing on grades exceeding five t5) per cent with only the brakes set except when the front or rear wheels of such vehicle shall have been thrown In towards the curb in such a manner as to prevent such vehicle from running down the grade if the brakes should be released pro- Nided, however, streets outside the busi- district where the grade exceeds five (5) per cent it shall be lawful for any person operating vehicles described in Section of this ordinance to leave same standing against the curb and at right angles to same with front or Wheels against the curb, pro- viding the length of the vehicle does not ob- struct interfere with other traffic such street; and provided further, that it shall be lawful on planked streets to place wooden ceats on the surface of the streets at dis tance not to exceed sixteen u6) inches from athe curb. said cleats. not to exceed two CD inches in height. four C) inches in width. nor twelve G2) inches In length.
 Sec. A. "ScORCHTNG' OR "cOASTING," "s
 It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive any bicycle, tricycle., bicycle tandem other vehicle machine of similar char acter upon or along any public street unless the feet of the person riding or driving the same shall be kept upon the pedals thereof at all times while such vehicle is in motion The practice of ''scorching' or ''coasting is here- by prohibited.
 It shall be unlawful for any person. while in an intoxicated condition. who is an habit ual user of narcotic drugs. to ride or drive any animals to ride, drive propel any vehicle to have charge or control of any animal vehicle any public street in tho City of Juneau. Any person violating the pro- visions of this section shall be punished by fine of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) or by Imprisonment in the City Jail for not less thirty (sO) days. by both such fine and im- prisonment in the discretion of the Muni- cipal Magistrate
 Sec. 4s. EMISSION OF SMOKE. ETC. FROM VEHICLES
 It shall be unlawful for any person oper- ating a self-propeed vehicle upon the streets. to permit the motors of the same to operate in such manner to visibly emit un- duly great amount of steam. smoke, pro- ducts of combustion from exhaust pipes or other pipes or openings.
 Sec 47. "MUFFLERS'' ON AUTOMOBILES.
 It shall be unlawful for any person to ride. drive prope to permit to be ridden. driven or propelled. any motor vehicle. in. upon or along any public street or other public place, to operate cause permit to be operated the motor in any such ve- hice. in any public street other public place. if such motor. vehicle. the motor in such vehicle is not provided with a good and sufficient muffler properly attached thereto. or if the exhaust from the motor in such vehicle Is ejected otherwise than through such muf fer. or if such exhaust is elected towards the surface of the street ground
 For the purpose of this section the term Motor vehicles shall include automobiles motorcycles and all other vehicles operated by power other than animal power.
 Sec 4s LOUD NOISES FROM "MUF. PLIERS"
 It shall be unlawful for any person operat- ing selfpropeing vehicle upon the streets to permit the pipes. 'mufflers or other de- vices to emit the sounds of exhaust in q loud and annoying manner; it being the in tention of this section to compel the operation of such propelled vehicle in noiseless 6 manner possible. AUTOMOBILES AT STAND STILL.
 It shall be unlawful for any person to leave unattended upon any public street. alley o'