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MUNICIPAL LAW. 113
i^rlnvay 2. Carriciijus overtaken by another carriage, or on h(jisel)ack being
I rained ovort'-xkoii by another travelling at greater Hpeed, he .sliail quietly turn out
t'or tlio to the right and allow the otliei- to pass, and the person ho overtaking
another shall tiirn out t(j the lei't aH far as is necessary to avoid a collision.
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It is the same with bicycles and tricycles meeting each other, or being
overtaken, or overtaking or being overtaken by veliicles drawn by horses.
Tile bicycle or tricycle, however, overtaking a carriage, mu.st give I
audible warning before attempting to pass.
•*{. In case of vehicles meeting, (ir one being overtaken by the other,
ami one is too heavily laden to turn out, such vehicle is reciuired to .stop
while the other passes, and if necessary, to a.ssist the person in charge of
the other to pas.s.
of one
4. A person being on the highway in chiirge of a vehicle and horse, yet
thcr I)}-
too ih-inik to manage tin; .same, or any per.son I'aeing or driving furiously, m
.litcli
or using indecent or Ijlasphemous language upon the highway, incurs a
liicli it
penalty not less than !*! nor more than !^2().
up and
5. Every per.son driving upon the highway with an}' kind of a sleigh
is reiiuired to have at least two bi-Us attached to the harne.s.s.
0. In cities of over 100,000 inhabitants a jierson travelling upon a
liic^'cle or tricycle in a northerly or westerly direction upon the central
strij) (devil strip) between the doubk' ti'acks of a street railway meets
another travelling in tin' opposite diiection, he .shall turn out to the right,
allowing the other per.son going south or east ''e whole of .such central
.strip.
7. Persons who have the s\iperintendence of a bridge over thirty feet
in length may put up a notice forbidding any per.son riding or driving on
or over such bridge faster than a walk. The penalty for violation is a tine
not less than SI nor more than S20.
Any person who injures or interferes with such notice is liable to a
tine not less than S<1 nor more than ^8.
iiii't- Double Tracks on Snow Roads. 1. The County Council may
pass a by-law to provide in each year during the season of sleighing I'or
double tracks, .so that teams may be able to pass without turning out.
The right-hand track is that in which a team is always re(|uired to travel,
and any person travelling in the wrong or left-hand track and refusing to
leave the .same when met by a person travelling therein is liable to a
penalty of not less than Si nor more than i'^20 and costs, and in case of
non-payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-one days.
2. The County Council may also require the pathmasters appointed bj-
township councils to cause the roads on which double tracks are to lie
made to be kept open for travel within their respective municipalities: or,
in case of there being no such pathmasters available, may appoint road-
masters to perform that llutJ^ Such ])athmasters have full power to call
out per.sons liable to perform statute labor to assist in keeping open such
roads, and to give such persons certificates for having performed statute
lal)or to the number of days' work done, to be allowed on their next
sea.son's statute labor. The County Council ">ay also, if neces.sary, rei|uire
such township councils to apply so nuich of the connnutation of Statute
Labor Finul as may. be required to ket'p open such roads.