Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

AN OBDUTANCE TO BEGULATE TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC UPON THE STBEETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF BEJfSSELAEB, INDIANA; TO FBEVENT THE OBSTRUCTION OF STBEETS OF SAID CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOB THE VIOLATION THEREOF. Section 1. Be It ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, that the owner, operator, driver or person in charge of any vehicle, driven or propelled upon the streets, alleys or public places of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana shall conform to and observe the following, “rules of the road,’’ and the term, “Vehicle,” shall include wagons, carriages, omnibuses, sleighs, push carts, automobiles, motor-cycles, bicycles, tri-cycles of whatever kind or by whatever force or power driven, ridden or propelled. It shall also include equestrians and led horses. Section 2. A vehicle, except when passing another vehicle ahead, shall keep as near the right hand curb as safety and prudence will joermit Section S. A vehicle rinieting another vehicle shall pass on the right. Section 4. A vehicle overtaking a vehicle shall pass on the left side of the overtaken vehicle and shall not pull to the right until entirely clear of the overtaken vehicle. Section 5. A vehicle turning into another street to the right shall turn the corner squarely as near the right hand curb as practicable. I jpws Section 6. A vehicle turning into another street to the left shall pass to the right of and beyond the center of the street intersection before turning. THUS I iWrTWKMYI -qpV Section 7. No vehicle, unless in an emergency, or upon order of the marshal, night watch or other police officers, or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross its path, shall stop in any street or highway except near the right hand curb thereof, ana so as not to obstruct the crossing. Section 8. No vehicle shall be backed without ample warning having been given, and while backing unceasing vigilance must be exercised. Section 9. Every vehicle shall pull to the right side of the street or road, when signalled from a vehicle behind whose driver desires to pass. Section 10. All vehicles going in a northerly or southerly direction at any street intersection, shall have the right of way over vehicles going in an easterly direction. Section 11. The driver of any vehicle when desiring to stop the same shall stop said vehicle on the right hand side of the street, parallel therewith and not more than two (2) feet from the curb line. Section 12.N0 horse shall be unbitted in any street of the city, unless secured by a halter. Section 13. No person in any street shall remove a wheel, pole, shaft, wintfietree or any part of a vehicle or any part of the harness of the horse attached to it likely to cause an accident, if the horse should start, without first unhitching the horse or horses from said vehicle Section 14. It shall be the duty of any -person driving or in charge of any vehicle driven or propelled upon the streets, alleys or public places of this city at once to stop such vehicle or turn to the right or left whenever signalled so to do by any police officer of the city. . x Section 15. Every automobile and motorcycle operated in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, shall be equipped with a , “muffler," and the “cut out" shall at all times be closed when the machinery of such vehicle is in tion of every such automobile and motorcycle the amount of oil used in such operation shall be so regulated so as to prevent smoke from issuing from such machine or vehicle. Section Ifc Any firm, person or cor - poration who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than one ($1.00) dollar nor more than five ($5.00) dollars for the first offense, and not less than five ($6.00) dollars nor more than ten ($10.00) dollars for a second or subsequent offense. Section 17. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with any provision of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 18. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in the Evening Republican. Approved by me this 23rd day of Septem , 1912. OBORaB p MEYERS, Mayor, City of Rensselaer, Indiana Attest: CHARLES MORLAN, Clerk, City of Rensselaer, Indiana Passes in council and approved by the Mayor this 23rd day of September, 1912. CHARLES MORLAN, City Clerk. State of Indiana Jasper County, —’ — City of Rensselaer, Mtz' - X, Charles Morlan, 21erk of the City of Rensselaer, in the State of Indiana do hereby certify tin t the above and foregoing is a full, tuo and complete copy of an ordinance v ! said City, passed on the 23rd day of September, 1912, and which now remains on file in my office. (Seal) witness my hand tod the official seal of said City on the 25th CHAR MORLAN^’Ry Clerk.