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That Eastward , Zone No. 3, begins at the east end of Zone Number 2, and
extends eastward along the said Street to the fast City Limits, and that
the maximum rate of speed on this zone is 35 miles per hour.
That Twelfth Street is hereby zoned for Yeatbound traffic thereon,
and speed rate for zones fixed as follows: That Vyestbound, 'Lone Number 1, be-
gind at the East City Limits and extends westward along the said Street to a
point that•is two tenths(2/10) of a mile west from the East City Limits and
that the rate of speed on this Zone Number 1, shall not exceed 35 miles per hours
That Westward, Zone Number 2, shall begin at the ',:est end of said Zone Number
1, and shall extend westward along the said Street to a point that is two
tenth (2/10) of a mile east from the i4est City Limits, and that maximum rate
of speed on this 'Lone Number 2, shall be 30 miles per hour. That Westward,
Zone Number 3, shall begin at the west end of said Zone Number 2, and shall con-
tinue westward along said Street to the tiniest City Limits, and the rate of speed
on this zone shall not exceed 35 miles per hour.
That the maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles upon each of
the remaining Streets of said City, and all parts of such remaining Streets is
here fixed at -30 miles per hour.
SECTION II
That all of the Streets of this City, and all portions of
any such streets, are hereby declared to be public streets, and that the
driving or operating of any motor vehicle on or along any portion of any
street of this City at a rate of speed that is greater than the maximum rate
of speed for said portion of said street, as fixed by this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, which is named, "The Offence of Speeding", and
that the said offence is punishable by fine of not less than one 01.00) dol-
lar nor more than two hundred ( $200.00) dollars. That the use of the word,
"Speeding" shall be sufficient to designaa the said offence, and shall mean
that a motor vehicle has been driven upona public street, at a greater rate
of speed, than that fixed by this ordinance, for the street, and for the zone
thereof, that such motor vehicle wads so being driven upon, if zoned.
That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offence of
speeding, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as
to the portion thereof seeking to allege the offence, be sufficient if it in
substance alleges that the defendent did while driving a motor vehicle in said
City commit the offence of "Speeding".
SECTION III
That should any Section, or any portion of any Section hereof
be decreed to be void, the invalidity of such Section or such portion thereof
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance s
and that each Section, and each portion thereof, not decreed to be invalid,
shall remain valid and enforceable.
That only all ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, and that it is cumulative of
all others.
That the fact that prompt action should be taken in the regula-
tion of traffic, on the streets of this City, in the manner provided for in this
ordinance, creates an emergency requiring that the rules that provide that an
ordinance shall be read at three separate meetings of the City Council before
final passages be suspended, and that the said rules are hereby suspended, and
this ordinance is here and now passed, and that it is ordered that it take
effect from and after its passage and publication.
Passed and approved this the 15, day of July A. D., 1957•
Mayo , Uity o : e orge own, Texas,
Attests
City Clerk, Uity o eorge own, e -Ras.