Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-21
ORDINANCE NO 84

An Ordinance Relating to the Use of
 the Public Highways and Regula-
 tion of Vehicle Traffic in the Town
 of Seward, Providing Penalties for
 the Violation Thereof, and Repeal
 ing all Ordinances and PartL of Or
 dinances in Conflict Herewith, and
 for Other Purposes.
 Be it Ordained Dy the Common Coun-
 cil of the Town of Seward:
 Section l. This Ordinance shall constitute the traffic code of the Town of Seward and may be cited as such. It comprises all general regu- lations relating to travel and traffic and parking and standing upon the public highways and all other places of said Town open to the public for the use of vehicles, and the rights, duties and restraints of persons as the same pertain thereto.
 Section 2 This Ordinance is here by declared to be an exercise of the police power of the Town Of Seward for the public safety and its provis- ions shall be lberally construed tol the accomplishment of that purpose
 Section 3. OPERATORS IL ' person to operate or drive a motor ve- hicle upon the public streets of the Town of Seward unless licensed by the City Clerk as hereinafter provided Before operating motor vehicle upor the public streets, application for li- cense to operate such vehicle shall be made in person to the City Clerk upor a blank to be prepared and furnished on request by said City Clerk. The fee for the issuance of the license shall accompany the application. Tc each person shall be assigned some distinguished number and the City Clerk shall issue to the licensee a cer- tificate in such form as the City Clerk shall determine Every person licensed to operate motor vehicles as afore- said, shall indorse his or her usual sig nature in the space on the license cer- tificate provided for the purpose jim mediately upon the receipt of said cer- tificate and the license shall not be valid until the certificate is so indors- ed The license certificate issued tc each person, under the provision ot this section, shall be carried by the licensee at all times when operating ol driving motor vehicle upon the pub lie streets, and shall be produced fol inspection upon request of any peace officer. Duplicate license certificates shall be issued by the City Clerk tC operators upon application therefor, ir case of loss of the original license upor payment of fee of twenty-five cents
 No person shall use a fictitious name in applying for such operators license, nor shall any operator licens- ed as herein provided permit any oth- CT person to possess or use his or hel license certificate; nor shall any per son while operating or driving mo- tor vehicle use or possess any license certificate belonging to another per son. No license shall be transferred from one person to another person. Nc license shall be issued to any person under sixteen years of age.
 Section 4. The fee for an opera tors license as above provided, shall be S250. All operators licenses under this Ordinance shall expire June 30th of each year and shall be renewed an nually in the same manner and upon the payment of the same fee as pro- vided for original registrations, such renewals to take effect on the first day of July of each year. All licenses shall be dated upon the date of the ap- plication therefor
 PROVIDED, That operators ot motor vehicles owned by the town of Seward, the Territory of Alaska, and the United States, shall not be requir- ed to pay the license fees herein pro- vided, however, they shall make ap- plication for license and shall at all times be subject to all the other pro- visions of this Ordinance. Such licenses shall be valid only while such opera tor or operators are operating or driv- ing said motor vehicles exclusively on official business.
 Section 5. REVOCATION OF IL GENESIS, Immediately upon the re- ceipt by the City Clerk of information concersing the Conviction of any per son for the violation of Section 34 of this Ordinance, or concerning the 3rd conviction within one year of any per- son for the violation of Section 25 of this Ordinance, the City Clerk shall forthwith revoke the operators i- cense issued to such person and shall issue no operators license to any such person within sixty days thereafter It shall be unlawful for any person whose license has been revoked as herein provided to operate motor ve- hicle upon the public streets of Sew ard during the term for which said li- cense is suspended or revoked.
 Section 6. Drivers of vehicles must at all times comply with any direction