HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 05.10.1937 - Railroad Speeds in City'May l0s1
An Ordinance of the City of Georgetown, Texas, fixing the limit of the
rate of speed at which railroad engines and railroad trains may be
operated within the corporate limits of said City and fixing a penalty
for its violation, and declaring an emergency.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas'*
That it shall herea.f'ter be unlawful for any railroad train or any
railroad engine to be operated at a rate of speed greater than 20 wiles
an hour, while beim run or operated within she corporate limits of said
itye That any en ineer, conductor, or other person running or operating
any such engine or train, who shall run or operate within the corporate
limits of said City at a rate of sped greater than that above set out shall
be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance and upon conviction
therefor shall be fined in any suxri not to exceed ten ($10.00) dollars.
That the fact that there is no reasonable and adequate ordinance
limiting speed of railroad engines and trains within. said City creates an
emergency and it is therefore further ordained that the rules be suspended
and that this ordinance at once pass and that it take effect from and
after its passage and publication.
Passed and approved this 10th day o
attest%
h. L. Cates, City Clerk
City of Georgetown,, Texa:se
Tei, pti Smith, Mayor