An Act to regulate Travelling on Public Highways and Bridges.

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Carriages meeting to

drive to the right, giving half the road.

Carriages

overtaken to turn to the right.

Driver unable to turn out is to stop.

HIGHWAYS.

1. In case a person travelling or being upon a highway in charge of a vehicle drawn by one or more horses, or one or more other animals, meets another vehicle drawn as aforesaid, he shall turn out to the right from the centre of the road, allowing to the vehicle so met one-half of the road. R. S. 0. 1877, c. 183, s. 1.

2. In case a person travelling or being upon a highway in charge of a vehicle as aforesaid, or on horseback, is overtaken by any vehicle or horseman travelling at greater speed, the person so overtaken shall quietly turn out to the right and allow the said vehicle or horseman to pass. R. S. O. 1877. c. 183, s. 2.

3. In the case of one vehicle being met or overtaken by another, if by reason of the extreme weight of the load on either of the vehicles so meeting or on the vehicle so overtaken the driver finds it impracticable to turn out as aforesaid, he shall immediately stop, and, if necessary for the safety of the other vehicle, and if required so to do, he shall assist the person in charge thereof to pass without damage. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 3.

too drunk to

4. In case a person in charge of a vehicle, or of a horse or Penalty on other animal used as the means of conveyance, travelling or drivers, etc., being on a highway as aforesaid, is, through drunkenness manage their unable to drive or ride the same with safety to other persons horses. travelling on or being upon the highway, he shall incur the penalties imposed by this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 4..

5. No person shall race with or drive furiously any horse or Racing, swearother animal, or shout, or use any blasphemous or indecent lan- ing, etc., on highways, forguage upon any highway. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 5. bidden.

6. Every person travelling upon a highway with a sleigh, Sleigh horses sled, or cariole, drawn by horse or mule, shall have at least two to have bells. bells attached to the harness. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 6.

BRIDGES.

7. Every person who has the superintendence and manage- Notice to be ment of any bridge exceeding thirty feet in length shall cause Bridge posted at to be put up at each end thereof, conspicuously placed, a notice legibly printed, in the following form:

"Any person or persons riding or driving on or over this bridge at a Form of. faster rate than a walk will, on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine, as provided by law."

R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 7.

ing such no

8. In case a person injures or in any way interferes with Penalty on such notice he shall incur a fine of not less than $1 nor more than persons defac $8, to be recovered in the same manner as other penalties tice. imposed by this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183,.s. 8.

forbidden.

9. If, while such notice continues up, a person rides or Fast driving drives a horse or other beast of burden over such bridge at a over bridges pace faster than a walk, he shall incur the penalties imposed by this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 9.

RECOVERY AND APPLICATION OF PENALTIES.

10. In cases not otherwise specially provided for, if any per- Penalty for son contravenes this Act, and such contravention is duly proved this Act. contravening by the oath of one credible witness, before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the locality where the offence has been committed, the offender shall incur a penalty of not less than $1 nor more than $20, in the discretion of the Justice, with costs. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 10.

11. If not paid forthwith, the penalty and costs shall be le- To be enforced vied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offen- by distress, der, under a warrant signed and sealed by the convicting Justice, and the overplus, if any, after deducting the penalty and costs and charges of sale shall be returned, on demand, to the owner of the goods and chattels. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 11.

Or by impri

sonment.

Not to bar ac tion for damages.

Application of penalties.

12. In default of payment of distress the offender shall, by warrant signed and sealed as aforesaid, be imprisoned in the common gaol for a period of not less than one day nor more than twenty days, at the discretion of the Justice, unless the fine, costs and charges are sooner paid. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183,

s. 12.

13. No such fine or imprisonment shall be a bar to the recovery of damages by the injured party before any Court of competent jurisdiction. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 13.

14. Every fine collected under this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the local municipality or place in which the offence was committed, and shall be applied to the general purposes thereof. R. S. O. 1877, c. 183, s. 14.

Exemption from tolls in

certain cases,

Persons going

to or returning from divine service exempted from toll.

CHAPTER 196.

An Act exempting certain Vehicles, Horses and Cattle from Tolls on Turnpike Roads.

H

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as

follows:

1. Officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Volunteers, being in proper staff or regimental uniform, dress or undress, and their horses (but not when passing in any hired or private vehicle, unless when on duty or proceeding to or from the same), shall be exempt from the payment of any duty or toll on passing any turnpike or toll-gate, or any road, wharf or landing-place or bridge in this Province. R. S. O. 1877, c. 184,

s. 1.

2. All persons going to or returning from divine service on any Sunday or statutory holiday, in or upon and with their own carriages, horses or other beasts of draught, and also their families, and servants being in or upon and with such carriages, horses or other beasts of draught, shall pass toll-free through every turnpike or toll-gate on any turnpike road through which they may have occasion to pass, whether such turnpike road and the tolls thereon belong to the Province, or to any local or municipal authority, or body of trustees or commissioners for local purposes, or to any incorporated or unincorporated company, or to any other body or person. R. S. O. 1877, c. 184, s. 2.

by the road,

exempt from

3. No vehicle, laden or unladen, and no horses or cattle be- Vehicles, catlonging to the proprietor or occupier of any lands divided by a when tle, etc., using any turnpike road, shall be liable to toll on passing through a farm divided any toll-gate on such road (at whatever distance the same may be from any city or town) for the sole purpose of going from toll-when. one part of the lands of such proprietor or occupier to another part of the same: Provided such vehicle, horses or cattle do not proceed more than half a mile along such turnpike road, either in going or in returning, and are using such road for farming or domestic purposes only. R. S. O. 1877, c. 184, s. 3.

manure pass

and towns ex

empt from

4. Every vehicle laden solely with manure, brought from Vehicles, etc., any city, town or incorporated village in this Province, and laden with employed to carry manure into the country parts for the pur- ing from cities poses of agriculture, and the horse or horses, or other beast of draught, drawing such vehicle, shall pass toll free through every toll. turnpike-gate or toll-gate on any turnpike or macadamized road within twenty miles of such city, town or incorporated village as well in going from such city, town or incorporated village, as in returning thereto, if the vehicle is then empty. R. S. O. 1877, c. 184, s. 4.

of Act.

5. This Act shall not extend to any toll bridge, the tolls on Application which are vested in any person other than the Crown. R. S. O. 1877, c. 184, s. 5.

CHAPTER 197.

An Act respecting Double Tracks in Snow Roads.

H'

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. In this Act, the word "Team" shall be taken to mean a Interpretavehicle drawn by one horse or other animal, or a greater num- tion—“team.” ber of horses or other animals, as the case may be. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 1.

2. The county council of each county may provide, by bylaw, for the making of a double track, during the season of sleighing in each and every year, upon such public or leading roads within the county, whether county roads or not, as such council deems advisable. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 2.

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County Coun

cil may pass by-laws for

making double

tracks on roads during sleighing season.

Nature of tracks.

Right of road.

Duties and powers of

iers.

3. Whenever a county council has passed such a by-law, the double track to be made shall be so made that teams shall be able to pass without being obliged to turn out when meeting each other. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 3.

4. The right hand track shall always be that in which a team shall be required to travel, and if any person is driving his team in the wrong track, it shall be his duty to leave the same whenever he meets another team rightfully entitled to use such track. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 4.

5. A county council may also provide, by by-law, that pathDach-masters asters appointed by township councils shall cause the roads or road-mas- on which double tracks are to be made to be kept open for travel within their respective municipalities, or in the event of there being no such path-masters available, may appoint roadmasters to perform that duty; and such path-masters or roadmasters shall have full power to call out persons liable to perform statute labour, to assist in keeping open such roads within their respective municipalities, and may give to such persons as may be employed in so doing, certificates of having performed statute labour to the amount of the days' work done, and such work shall be allowed for to such persons in their next season's statute labour; and such county council may also provide for the application by such township council of so much of the commutation of statute labour fund as may be necessary for the keeping open such roads as aforesaid within their respective municipalities. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 5.

tracks, county

If townshipre6. In the event of a township council neglecting or refusing fuse to make to keep such roads open for travel as mentioned in the next may do so and preceding section of this Act, the county council shall be enimpose a rate. titled to do so, and to impose upon the township so in default a rate sufficient for that purpose, and such rate shall be levied and collected in the manner provided by The Assessment Act as to the collection of county rates. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 6.

Rev. Stat. c. 193.

Penalty for persons refusing to work under path

masters.

7. Any person who is liable to perform statute labour, and refuses or neglects to turn out and work under any path-master or road-master who warns him out for that purpose under the authority of this Act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $20, nor less than $1, over and above costs, and in case of nonpayment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twentyone days. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 7.

Penalty for 8. Any person travelling in the wrong or left hand track, travelling on and refusing or neglecting to leave the same when met by a left hand track andrefu- person who is travelling therein with his team as of right, shall sing to turn be liable to a penalty of not less than $1, nor more than $20, over and above the costs of prosecution, and in case of nonpayment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twentyone days. R. S. O. 1877, c. 185, s. 8.

out.