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Home My WebLink About1930-04-16 AMemors Cert]flmte of Assessment for Presentation to Registrors by Applic~t for Registration Commonwealth of Mas~chuset~ h~ been asses~ a poll~a remdent of Nantucket on the first day of Aptfl 19~o at ~To ~ s~gned by all or a majority of t 560 ~ect~on 16 Acts of 1~7 . /~ TrafTlo Rules for the To~m of Nantucket At ~ regular setting of tho Selectmen of Hautuokot~hel~ April/~-~930 the follow~nE Traffic Rules and Regulations were enacted and adopted in acoordanoc with the provis~ons of ~hapter 40,Section 22, of the General Laws, or any act perta~ing thereto These Rules and Re~lat~ons shall be observed by dPlvers of ail .ehlcles, who 8h~ll comply w~th ali orders, by voice,hand or wh~stle,ff~om ~ng from ~y place,the manner of taking on or letting off passengers, an~ Oho loa~ng o~ unloading of ~e~ohan~se Article ~1 One ~ay Streets Vehicles shall pass in but one way on the ffollowlng n~ed streets to oentro~mssey Street from Centre to North Liberty,Quince Street from Westminster to ~entre, Flora from Union to Orange In 'Sconse~---Bro~way from ~{ain to Shell, Shell Street ~rom Junction of B~adway to Ma~n Vehicles shall pass to the ~t of the David Grey ~emor~al Article ~ Par~g Section 1 Ve~oles shall park~side of white lines on streets so ma~ked ~orth Un~on Street~and that for the Surfs~de and Bathing Beach Busses on Lowe~ Pe~l Streets but not In ~ront off the f ~2 Street between ~ddle pearl and ~hestnut Streets Section 3 No vehicle shall park witht~ ten fe&t of a corner of an intersecting street Section 4 Yehiclesmust park diagonally on an a~gle of 45 ~ight front whe~l to curb on Main Street between Orange and Union on the south side and between ~entre and ~oal Lane on the North side Section 5 No vehicle shall stop on any crossing used by pedestrains on any street in the ~own of Nantucket Section 6 Parking of vehicles is prohibited on the West side of Clifff Road between the Sea ~liff Annex on the North and the Sarrah Folger property on the South Section 7 No vehicles shall be parked at night on any of the streets lanes or high-ways of tim town of Nantucket with-out lights both front and rear, the he~d-lights to be d~mmed on cars not equipped with park- ing lights or ~ suitable side parking llght~ except when parked on Ma~n , South Water~ Broad , ~entre , or on streets within that square Section 8 No vehicles shall be parked on the west side of ~entre street between Main and Broad streets, and no vehicles shall be parked on the south side of Pearl and Middle Pearl Streets Article~3 Speed Section 1 It shall be considered unreasonable fo any vehicle to exceed 10 mzles an hour when approaching an intersecting way or in crossing an intersectin~ way~ or in goint around a corner or curve or when through the business section of Main Street 4 &rtlole ~ ~ehlcles in ~otlon~ Section I - A vehicle,except when passing a vehlcle ahead, shall keep to the right and as near the rlght hand curb as practical Section 2 - A vehicle meeting another vehicle shall pass to the right Section 3 - A vehicle overtaking another vehicle shall in passing keep to th e left, but it shall not leave the line on the right unless there is a clear way ~ at least one hundred feet in advance on the left Section 4 - Avehiole ~n turning to the right into another street shall keep as near the right curb as practical Section 5 - A vehicle turning to the left into another arrest shall pass to the~of and beyond the centre of the Intersecting street be- fore turn~ng Sectlon 6 - A vehicle crossing from one side of tile street to the other shall do so by turning to the left so as to head in the general direction of the traffic on that slde of the street Sect/on 7 - Before backing, ample warning shall be glven by volce, horn, or uplifted hand, and while backing unceasing vigilance must be excerclsed by the driver not to lnJure those behlnd Section 8 - No person shall attempt to turn a vehicle around by golng ahead and then backlng, but shall drive ahead until the street is wide enough to turn ln~ or until he can turn or back lnto a slde street Sectlon 9 - No vehicle shall stop in the centre of the street, but shall be drlven as near as practical to the rlght hand curb and then stop Section 10 - All vehlcles shall stop before enSerlng the lntersectlo~ when maklng a left hand turn at the Monument Section 1 No vehicle shall drive closer th~ 300 feet behind any piece off f~re apparatus Section 2 All yehicles shall driye to the curb and stop until the apparatus has passed Section 3 All vehicles approach~g the scene of the fire shall step ~ the ri~t h~d curb net ~ess than 600 fleet from the fire or apparatus Section 4 No park~g is pe~ited on narrow or ese way streets next to the scene of a fire Article ~ Section ! Whoeyer yiolates any of the pro?~s[ens off the fer~ol~g ~les and re~lation8 shall Be p~nished by a fine not ~ e~cee~inE twenty (~20 00) flor each offense Selectmen of the To~ of Nantucket i ~OWN 0F NaNTUCKLT PCLIbE RFGULATIONS 1st The uniforms and bad~es shall be unifom and approved by the Board 2~ Patrols shall Be arranged by the ~hief 3rd The Chief shall appoint a sergant~ such a ~pointment shall be approv- ed by the board 4th The duties of the ser~an~ shall be to have charge of the men du~n~ the Chief's absence 5th rThe ~llce station shall be use~ only for the police work and no loitering shall be allo~e~ by the Ch~ef~or the serg~t ~hen he ~s on ~u~ty 6th In thc event that an officer's work is not satisfactory to the Chief he sh~ 1 notify the board ~ ~ltinE an~ such officer shall be called before them for a hearing 7th, No offxce~ shall smoke ~hile on duty an~ ~n unifon, except between 12 ml~i~t an~ 6 AII them they 8th Office~s shall keep a note book vith R~ in which ~e slmll keep a recor~ of ~tS work This book shall be subject to the vhief's sem~ monthly lnspectxon 9th ~ny property which comes into the po~lt~on on an ofC~c~er %~h~le in his oCfmcal cap~cty shall be properly p~esePve~, carefully kept aha m~rkcd an ~ delivere~ to the officer in charge of the statxon 10th Patvol-men at night while on duty shall ex~lne all doors an~ windows of stores to see t~at they are secure,and,~f not give noticeto ~ ~e oEevs o~ mana~ePs 10th 0ffice~s shall see that the si~e-walks are not obst~cted ~y persons loiter~ng o~ by any other cause which would inconvienco ped~strains