HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 12.14.1908 - Speed LimitsAN ORDINANCE FIXING THE LIMITS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN IN WHICH AN AITTOMOHILF OR MOTOR VEHTCDj'
SHALL NOT BE DRIVEN OR OPEP.ATED AT A GREATER RATE OF SPEED
THAN EIGHT MILFS AN HOUR.
WHEREAS by Chapter XCVI, Section 2 of the General Laws of
Texas passed bir the Thirtieth Legislature, page 193, it is
provided among other things that no automobile or motor vehile
shall be driven or operated upon a.public road, street or
driveway within the builtup portions of any city, town or
village, the limits of which shall be fixed by the municipal
officers thereof, at a greater rate of speed then eight miles
an hour;
Now therefore, for the purpose of fixing such limits so
as to put said eight mile.an hour limit of speed in effect in
the city of Georgetown, Texas,
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of George-
town, Texas: --
That the limits'�_withli rbhich an automobile or motor ve-
hicle shall not be driven or operated upon any public road, e.
street or driveway within the City of Georgetown as provided
in Chapter XCVI, Section 2, of the General Laws of Texas
page 193 passed by ther Thirtieth Legislature of the State of
Texas are hereby fixed so as to include all the public roads,
streets and driveways within the corporate limits of the City
of Georgetown, provided that said speed limit shall not apply
to race courses or speedways.
. Passed and a1pproved this the 14th day of December,A.D;,
1908.
ATTEST: Geo. Ke a hev, R. R. W.-1RD, y.
Secretary of the City of Georgetown. Yavor of the citta of Georgetown.