Requiring NY Central Railroad Co, New Jersery, Indiana and Illinois Railroad Co to Provide & Maintain Automatic Flash Light Signals at Crossing Tracks Where Intersect with South Walnut Street

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ORDINANCE NO. 3�3 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, THE NEW JERSEY, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS RAIL- ROAD COMPANY AND THE INDIANA NORTHERN RAILROAD COM- PANY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FLASH LIGHT SIGNALS AND SHORT -ARM GATES AT THE GRADE CROSSING OF THE TRACKS OF SAID RAILROADS WHERE THE SAME INTERSECT WITH SOUTH WALNUT STREET FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE, PRO- VIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of The New York Central Railroad Company, The New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad Company and The Indiana Northern Railroad Company, to install, maintain, operate and renew automatic flash light signals and short arm gates at the crossing of South Walnut Street in the City of South Bend, Indiana, where the same intersects the tracks of said railroad companies. SECTION 2. That said railroad companies coming under the pro- visions of Section 1 of this ordinance are granted and given a period of six (6) months from and after the passage of this ordinance to comply with the terms thereof; that it shall be the duties of such companies to notify the City of South Bend any time within the period granted herein that they have complied with the requirements as herein set forth as to such installation of gates and flash light signals and, until such notification is received, the said railroad companies shall maintain such protection at the crossings as now exist. This period may be extended upon proper showing by the Railroad Companies that difficulty is being encountered obtaining the necessary materials. SECTION 3. Any persons, person, firm or corporation who vio- tes any of the provisions of this ordinance or any section or ause thereof, or shall fail or refuse to perform any of the re- irements or duties herein required of him, or it, to be performed all, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not to exceed Fifty