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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1209
BEING AF ORDINANCE REQUIRING VEHICLES TO
COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE APPROACH-
ING OR 1NTERING CERTAIN STREETS AND THOR-
OUGHFARIS AND THE AMENDED ORDINANCE PRO-
VIDING HAT ALL VEHICLES SHALL COME TO A
COMPLETE STOP BEFORE APPROACHING OR ENTER-
ING ANY STREET, ALLEY OR THOROUGHFARE
WHERE A STOP SIGN OR SIGNAL HAS BEEN PLACED,
PROHIBITING ANYONE EXCEPT MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE rFARTMENT FROM PLACING STOP SIGNALS
OR OTBER SIGNS IN STREETS OR THOROUGHFARES
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT 0 DAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION I.
That Ordinan e No. 1209 passed and adopted by the City
Council on the 28 h day of December, A. D. 1926, be and
the same is hereb amended and after being so amended to
read as follows:
Th8LO the driver of any vehicle on the streets or thor-
oughfares of the City of Fort Worth shall bring the vehicle
that he or she is driving to a full and complete stop when
approaching the intersection of any street or thoroughfare
where a stop sign signal or cther device has been placed
indicating that said vehicle should stop before passing
over the curb lin of such intersecting street or other
thoroughfare and that such full and complete stop shall be
made within twenty feet of the street or thoroughfare
being approached. a k
SECTION II.
It shall be unlawful for any person except a member
of the Police Department or someone acting under the
direction of the Police Department to place any stop sign
or signal of any kind upon streets, alleys or thoroughfares
of the City of Fort Worth, (A qk, Wa' -
V CTI ON III.
This ordinance is hereby declare Ito bd `�ati of
all of the provisions of Ordinances regulating and governing
vehicular traffic upon and along the streets of the City of
Fort Worth, and shall not be held to repeal any of the pro-
visions of any of such Ordinances except in those instances
where such Ordinances are in direct conflict with the express
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION IV.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be convicted of a fine not to exceed
One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars.
SECTION V.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after the date of its passage and publication as required
by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney.
I, I. L. Van Zandt Jr. City Secretary Treasurer of the
City of Fort Worth, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing ordinance was duly passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas on Tuesday
the let day of November A. D. 1927.
Witness my hand at Fort Worth, Texas, this let day of
November 1927.
City Secretary-Treasurer.