Regulating the Use of Streets, Alleys and Courts in the City of South Bend

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ordinance, or if such is not possible or practicable, then the same shall be entirely removed from such part of the street within 90 days after the passage and taking effect of this ordinance under the supervision of the Chief of Police. Section 47. School Zones. -- It shall be lairful for the Board of Public Safety to designate by appropriate signs points in the vicinity of public, private or parochial schools cautioning drivers of the pres- enoe of school children and to slow down their vehicles, and it shall be unlawful for drivers to refuse or neglect to obey such signs. Section 48. Zones of Quiet. -- The Board of Public Safety may declare any street or alley within two hundred feet of a hospital, infirmary, sanitarium, school, church or sick chamber to be Zones of Quiet, and when properly designated by signs by authority of the Board of Public Safety there shall be no ringing of bells, sounding of gongs or unnecessary noises within such zone. Section 49. Penalties for violatin . -- Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions, rules or regulations of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Twenty-five Dollars; for any second or subsequent offense committed within one year after the first conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding Thirty days, and in the event of a fine being assessed such convicted person shall be confined in the county jail until such fine and the costs are paid or replevied. Section 50. Saving Clause. -- If any section or provision of this ordinance shall be construed or held as void, it shall not affect the validity of any other provision or section which if standing alone shall be held valid. Section 51. Repeal. -- All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 52. Effect. -- This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and legal publication. i 0 -14— . /i.-ta ��!' a'■ uember of the Common ouncil.