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3 Ordinance No.
4 AN ORDINANCC, providing for licensing bicycles, regulating
5 their use, and providing a penalty for the
violation thereof.
6 THE CITY MUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT T019,1SEND Do ORDAIN
7 AS FOLLOWS:
9 Section 1. No person shall ride or propel a bicycle
9 upon any street or other rublic highway in the City of Port
10 Townsend or upon any part thereof without kaxtng first having
11 secured and attached to such bicycle a proper license tag as
12 provided hereinafter.
13 Section 2. Application for a license to own and
14 operate a bicycle shall be made to the Chief of Police of the
15 City of Port Townsend upon a form to be approved by the
16 City Council. Upon receipt of aueh application and after
17 examination of the bicycle sought to be licensed, the Chief of
18 Police shall provide, at the expense of the city, a proper tag
19 which he shall cause to be attached to the frame of the
20 bicycle in a substantial manner. The removal of any such tag,
21 except by proper authority, shall be a violation of this
22 ord nos. No fee shall be exacted for a bicycle license.
23 Section 3. Every license issued hereunder shall be
24 deemed to be granted subject to each and every provision of
25 Chapter 189, Laws of Washington, 1937, that pertains to the
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use and regulation of bicycles, which chapter is hereby refdrred
to and by this referenoe made a part of this ordinance as fully
as if incorporated herein; and to the rules and regulations
Atated in the application for license.
Section 4. Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeantaxor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $10.00,