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ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF AUTOMOBILES
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All automobiles operated within the City shall be provided with horns of reasonable capacity to warn of their approach; and each automobile shall be provided with reasonable and sufficient lights, which shall be lighted when such automobile is operated at night; the horn shall be sounded on turning all corners, and at all streets crossings, and each turn, at a corner or elsewhere shall be made at a low rate of speed and with great care.
It shall be unlawful to operate an automobile upon any street or alley of the City at an unreasonable or excessive rate of speed, or in a reckless, careless or negligent manner; and within the meaning of this Ordinance, a speed of more than ten miles rate per hour shall under all circumstances be considered excessive upon the following streets: Main Street, Union Street, Church Street, and all the streets intersecting these streets, from the right of way of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, south to Matthews Avenue; and a speed of fifteen miles or more per hour rate shall be considered under all circumstances excessive upon all other streets or alleys of the City.
Each person controlling an automobile who shall in any respect fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined any sum not less than Five nor more than Twenty-five Dollars for each offense.
Passed and approved this 6th day of February, 1911