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~.~ ~ ~I~Q~'~v.~ providing for the licensing o'f~ v~hicl~s.: u~a~fa~ ?a~senger
freight, express or mes~engek' service, within th~ Oi~y of Bremerton, fixing ~:e:.
for said licenses, establishing the rates to be 6harged foz: service by said lie~'
prohibiting the leavin~ of teams ~hi~ched and re~la~ing the ~raffic on
tile ~trect~ of ~he '"+
Oi~,,- off Bremerton, pzoviding penalties for ti~e violation there-
:~' of, and reapcaling ordim~nce~ o~ p~lrts of ozdim..noes in conflict ttlerewith
Tile City J. onnctl of t e City Of Brei~erton do ordain a:~ follows:
Sec. 1-. it shall be the duty o:~ ~h~ arid all person or 1)~rsoiis, fiz'~ns
or corporations, owning or oper~.~tinff teams, wagons automobiles or o~he; vmhioels
for the carz'ying of passeng~z's, f~.ei~ht, e~pres~, or doing m~ senger service,
first obtain froa~ ~.~ Ci~ Cl~rk of the City aY .Bremer~on a license for th~
:lng on of said busines. , for the p~ri_~d of one year ~ach, except i~ t',~e first,; in-
~;c~ stanam such license shall b~ made to terminate on the Jlst d:..~y of December, 1913,
and Cli~'~afC...~z' i'or th~ psciod of one year
~ n-~. fi. ~he f~e- for suoli lic~nu~ shall be ss follo~
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~lpel'iod les~ ~~ing of ~mid license ,
· ~ i:~er:~ls-- ~:~ of andy yecr in i~,hich a~id license is
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~:'~:~ See. 3. Each and eve~-y p..~rson, 'firm or corporatioii, ov/ning, o!)er~tin~ a team
:~:~/gnd w~gon, or horse ~nd w~.~jon, shall be required at all times to provide and carry ·
a hitching w~i~j~t of n:,~ les~ than t~n (lO) pounds, and at all times when leaving
said ~eam or horse s~nd on the s~reet shall drop, or cause to b~ dropped, ~h~ w~igh
liiCching ~aid teaia or tiorse, or securly fasten said C~am or tio~se, to pre~-eiit run-
gway~ cz accidents, iff ~hall 'b~ mxlmvfful for any t)e~son, or perso~m, ~ir,a o~' cor-
poration, to leave mu~h t~r~ rmhitche&, or to occupy any off til~ streets ~o such
ex~ng as ~o ,~-ev~nt a ffr~c pasm~t~ of ~aa.mS, au~:~ ~obiles o~' oghex' vehicles, and to
all ~im~m to proviRe against dan~er or damage by accident.
~ec.' 4. The word s~reet whez'~eve.~' used in tlli~ ordin-~nce shall bs conhtrued
to mean ~nd include st~'eets, avenues, ways, boulawirdm, drives, highways, alley~
and all !~lac~s open ~o tl~:~ public for the use of vehicles; th~ word vehicles shall
be held and construed to mean and include equesti~;,na, led horses, and every thing
on wheels or r~mners, d~'an by anim~ls or men, propelled by any motive power, except
Baby carriages, stree~t c=rs, and stemn railway locomotives and ca, cs; :tke word "ho
shall be held und oonotrued to mean and i.ncludm any and all domestic animals; the
word "driver" shall be h,ld
am~ construed to m~an an~ include ~he rider or driver
of a horse or ho~'ses, ~he rider off wheels and the opera$or of a motor vehicle or
a~re~ ~ oar
It shgll be ~mlaw~ul for t'nm owner, operator, driver or p~rson in charge
Of any v~hiole on th~ Stre~s o~ t]:e City of rem~rton to fail, neglect or refuse
tO conform to a~nd obese'ye the, following rules and refula~ions:
~ 1. 2 vehicle, exc~p~ when passing a wehiole mhead, shall keep ms n~ar
right t~.~md curb as possible · .
~ ~, ~. ven~,~le meeting another shall press to the r~ght,
-~ .. ~ vehicle over'taking another shall pamm o$ th~ lmlb side of tlm ov~takmn
v~hicle an] not ~)ull ovor ~o ~he.righ~ side ~til ~ntirely cl~:~r of i~.
4. ~ehiol~s moving slo..,~lysh:ill k~p aa'~ sloss as .pos:::~ible Co ~h~ z'igh~ curb
allo~'~ing mor~ swiftly moving vehicles free pgssaga ~o ~heir left,
~ ~. A vehicle turning into =nother s~remt to the ri~ii~ h~nd shall turn the
oornez' as near ~h~ x'if~ht.liand curbas practible, thus:
6. a vehicle turning into another s~re., t to ~he ri.~:h~ hand shall turn the ~he righ~ h,~,~nd curb =s praoeible.
~his wa~:
g, Vehicles crossing from one side of the str~2~ ~o the other shall do so
~urning to tt{o left so as to ~ead in ~he s~m~e .dires~tion as ~ho ~raffic on tha~
of' th~ ~reet towards which the oros~ng i.k~ made, excep~ on tti~:~ t~reets where
g~ade exceeds five p~r cen~, thus:
~hls way:
8. N) vehicl~ shall ~g,~nd basked u~ to ~h,::~ curb ~xcept when actually loading
~mloading, and if s: id vohicle is. horso dra;¥n, and ha~ four whoels, the. horse
hor~es must a~Fnd a~t near par~llel to the curb as is possibl~ and face i~
~r~ction of traffic,, but no vehicle shall stand so backed up i? it interf.c't'cs ~ith
9.' Bmfor~ bao!:ing ami)l~ warning shall bo given, cud while backing,
igil~noe m~st bo exoeroised ac ac no~ to injure ~h}se behind,
lO. ~he &'olic~ d,parCm.snt shall hays all powure and duties in relation to
}~::?}~%he'nl~na~ement of ~he vehioula, r tr~fflo.
ge~;/:5. ~y person, persons, firm cz' corporation o~ni~g, oo~,~ro].=~.~a or
?~:;:opora~in~ wggons,~oama or outomobilem or othe~' vehicle~ for the car~'yit~g of
~nger~,~.~rhigh~ or express, or doing ~he me~sengor buaines~ ~n Che City of
m~a:i~l he mntitled to charge fo~' such s~rvices an amount not exoeedi~]g the fo:l-
r~es, to-wit:
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Each adal~ional mile or fraction ~h~reoZ
Each additional trunk or peioe of b,ag~;agm .50
~0R CON~YING PAssENGERS,
One person, on,-half mile or leas .
Over one-half mile and no~ o~ exceed one ~ile 1.00
Over one mil~ .for ~ach additional mile or fraction ~hereof 1.00
Each additional pa~enger regaz'dl~ss of distance. 1,00
Hand baggag~ free wi~h automobiles, Emek rand bus passengers
U~ O~ HACk,. 2d~D C~tI~GES 3~0R CON~YING PASSENGERS T0
, T~.~Ti{ES, B&LLS ~rD P~IES.
One or ~o pcrs6ns within ~wo miles ~.00
Thr~e or ~our p .~'sons within ~,.o miles 5.00
Each ~dditional mile pot 7ehiole 1.00
Sec. 6. ~y person violating ~ny of ~:.e proTisions of this ordinu~ce shalt
be g~il~y of ~ ~ I misdemoanor, and~ gpon conviction thee'eof, shall be fined, in any
stun no~ exceeding Three H~drod (~30..).00) Dollars, or for impriso~'~ent
~erm not mxceeding nin~ty~90) days, or by both such finm and imprisonment.
Geo, 7, This o'rdin~n¢o shall not be oons~rued to any other ordinance now
tn effe¢~ bu~ shall be conslde:r, ed ~o be supplemental ~o aha in oom~eo~ion
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take effee~ and be in force from five(5)
days after its pass.go and app,'oval according ~o law.
2a~sedby ~he Oi~y Co~cil a;d approved by m~ ~hts 20~h da~ of October,
A. D. 1913.
A~tes~:
~tled wi~h me this 21s~ dsy o:f October', &. D, 1915.