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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - n/a - 07/01/1904 - Automobile RegulationsAn Ordinance Controlling the Speed, Operating and Management of Automo- biles and Other Similar Vehicles and Providing for Lights on Automobiles. Sec. I. Be it ordained by the Presi- dent and Board of Trustees of the Vil- lage of McHenry, in the County of Mc- Henry and State of Illinois, that on and after the,passage and taking effect of this Ordinance it shall be unlawful for .any person or persons to drive, run, con- duct or propel any automobile, or any other conveyance of a similar kind used for pleasure or for the purpose of trans- porting or conveying passengers, or freight, or for any other purpose whatever, where said automobile or con- veyance or other such vehicle is pro- pelled by steam. gasoline, electricity or other mechanical power along or upon any street, alley or public highways within the corporate limits of the Vil- lage of McHenry at a rate of speed in excess of eight miles per hour. Sec. II. Be it further ordained by the President and Board :)f the said Village of McHenry that whenever it shall ap- pear that any horse being driven or ridden by any person or persons upon any of the said streets, roads, allays or highways within the limits of said Vil- lage of McHenry is about to become frightened by the approach of any such automobile or similar vehicle it shall be the duty of the person or persons driv- ing, operating or conducting such auto- mobile or similar vehicle to at once turn as far as possible, with safety, to the right of the beaten or travelled track of such highway, and cause the said auto- mobile or similar vehicle to come to a' full stop until such horse or horses have passed such automobile or similar ve- hicle. Sec. III. Be it further ordained by the President of Trustees of said Village )f McHenry that when any such auto- mobile or other conveyance of a similar type or kind is driven, run, conducted lr propelled along or upon any of the streets, roads, alleys or highways with- n the corporate limits of the said Vil- age of McHenry after day light and when it is dark or dusky there shall be me or more lights on or near the front and of such automobile or such other imilar vehicle, in a conspicuous place vliere the same can be seen by anyone 6pproaching from the direction which aid automobile or other similar vehicle s going; and the same shall each at all imes be kept lighted while such auto- nobile or other similar vehicle is mov- ng, Sec. IV. Any person or persons vio- lating any provision of the foregoing Sections I, II, or III or failing to com- ply with the same, shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged to pay a fine of not less than Five Dollars nor, more than Fifty Dollars for each and every such violation or failure to comply with any such provision, with costs of suit. Sec. V. All offenses for any viola- tion of any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance, or for a failure to ob- serve any such provision or provisions, may be prosecuted before the Police Magistrate of said Village or Justice of the Peace of said County, by warrant or summons as authorized by the State Law, and the Marshal or any policeman of said Village is hereby authorized to arrest any person seen violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance or fail- ing to comply with its provisions. in the same way and manner that they are authorized to make arrests for the vio- lation of other ordinances of said Vil- lage. Sec. VI. Be it further ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of said Village of McHenry that this Or- dinance shall take effect and be in full force ten days after its publication, as provided by State law. Passed this First day of July, A. D. 1904. Approved this First day of July, A. D. 1904. Published this Seventh day of July, A. D. 1904. JOHN I. STORY. Attest: JOHN STOFFEL. President. Village Clerk. 155