O#29 ORDINA~CE NO. 29
An Ordinance regulating the use of mufflers and
cut-outs on motor vehicles in the Town of Boynton,
Florida; regulating the quipment of my motor vehicle
in said Town of Bo~rnton; regulating the use of lights
on motor vehicles in the Town of Boynton; prescribing
a penalty for the violation of this Ordinance and pro-
riding for the Repeal of all Ordinances in conflict
herewith; fixing the time when this Ordinance shall
become effective.
Be It Ordained by the Town Commiss~ on of the Town of
Boynt on, Florida t
Section 1. That the term "motor vehicle" as used
in this Ordinance shall be held to include all motor
vehicles, automobiles, motor trucks, motorcycles and
all vehicles operated over public streets and highways
of the Town and propelled by power other than muscular
power.
Section 9. It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate, or stay owner to permit to be operated, any
motor ve~icle or motorcycle on the streets of the Town,
which said motor vehicle has not at said time a suitable
muffler for proper and efficient work, and it shall fur-
ther be unlawful for any person to operate, or for the
owner of any motor vehicle to permit to be operated,
any motor vehicle with the muffler cut-out or not in
operation.
Section ~. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to operate any motor vehicle on the public
highways of the To~,m of Bo~uaton unless said motor vehicle
shall be provided at said time with adequate brakes, in
good working order and sufficient to control such vehicle
at all times when the same is in use, and said motor vehicle
shall further be provided ¥~ith an adequate horn or other
device for signalling, sufficient under all conditions to
give timely warning of the approach of the motor vehicle,
and said motor vehicle shall during the period, from one
half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise,
display at least two lighted lamps in front, and one on
the rear of such vehicle; provided, that one light in
the front and one in the rear of a motorcycle shall be
sufficient. The lights of the front lamps shall be
visible at least two hundred (~00) feet in the direction
which the motor vehicle is proceeding, and shall be pro-
vided with dimmers, or some other device equally suffi-
cient, in protecting the driver of the vehicle travelling
in the opposite direction. The person so operating said
vehicle shall always use the dimmer's when said motor ve-
hicle comes within two hundred (~00) feet of another ve-
hicle travelling in the opposite direction, or where
some other device is used, it shall be so arranged that
the rays of the lights attached to said motor vehicles
shall not shine more than four (~) feet from the ground
at a distance of two hundred (~O0) feet ahead of said
motor vehicle. Every person operating or driving a motor
vehicle on the public highways of the Town shall also,
when approaching any railroad crossing or a crossroad,
or street or curb or corner in a hgihway or street, where
the operator's view is obstructed, slow down the speed of
tt~e same, and shall sound his horn or other device for
signalling in such manner as to give notice and warning
of its approach. Spotlights or lights commonly used and
known as "spotlights" may be used on any motor vehicle
in the Tovm; provided, that said spotlight shall have the
rays of its light directed in front of and to the right
of a center longitudinal line of said motor vehicle, and
on the ground, not more than thirty (30) feet in front of
said motor vehicle.
Section 4. ~at any person, firm or corporation vio-
lating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
punished upon conviction by f~.ne not exceeding ~100.00 or
by imprisonment not exceeding ten days, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Section 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect
16th day of June A. D. 1923.
Section 6. That all Ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed.
The above Ordinance No. 29, having been read in full
at a meeting of the Town Commission of ~e Tovm of Boynton,
Florida, held on the 15th day of ~ay A. D. 19~3, was
adopted and passed at a regular meeting of said Commission
held on the Sth day of June A. D. l~, and a copy thereof
posted at the front door of the Town hall at Boynton,
Florida, on the 8th day of June A. D. lg~S.
C. F. Knuth (Signed) ¥~. B. ~iller (Signed) J.C.Powell (Signed)
Commis~oners of the Tov~n of Boynton, Florida.