Pine City Ordinance No. 22

From the Pine County Pioneer, August 17, 1888:

AN ORDINANCE  Regulating the speed of railroad trains inside the corporate limits of the village of Pine City, Minnesota.

The Common Council of the village of Pine City do ordain:

SECTION I.  That the running of railroad trains inside the corporate limits of said village at a rate of speed exceeding six (6) miles per hour is hereby prohibited.

SECTION II.  Any conductor, engineer, or any other employee of any railroad company who shall run or cause to be run any railroad train, locomotive, car or cars, inside the corporate limits of the said village at a rate of speed exceeding six (6) miles per hour, shall be guilt of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than twenty-five (25) dollars or by imprisonment in the village lock-up not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty-five (25) days for each conviction or by both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

SECTION III.  This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed this 16th day of August, 1888.

R. Lueck, President