HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 08.11.1930 - Stop SignsAN ORDrTVTCR PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR ANY ORATOR OF
A'TY MOTOR VEHICLV' OR AUTOIT013ILE FAILING TO OBS,''RVE " STOP "
SIGNS PLACED AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS OF STRFETS OF SAID
CITY CF GEORGETC', TEXAS.
B& IT ORA rT^D by the City Council of said City of
Georgetown, Texas.
Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any
operator or driver of any motor vehicle or automobile to fail
to bring his motor vehicle or automobile to a full stop at any
place in said City where there isplaced atp on or near the
intersection of its streets, a sign upon which is printed or
painted thereon the word "STOP" Any person failing to observe
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
fined in any sum not exceeding Ten Dollars,
Section 2. The fact that at certain intersection of
the streets of said ctiy many serious accidents have occured,
and wholly because drivers of automobiles and motor vehicles
drive their cars or motor vehicles recklessly at such places,
has caused stid city to place signs at said places, and the
further fact that many do not observe the "STOP" signs now
at said dangerous places, necessitates the suspension of the
rule requiring ordinances to be read on three separate ocoasions,
and that the ordinance be placed on its third and final
passage.
APPROVHD THIS llth, day of August, 1930.
ATTEST: Y.L. Cates
City Secretary.
M.F. Smith
or .
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