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An Ordinance to Provide for a Weight County by reason of the operation or
Limit for Vehicles Operating on the moving of said vehicle under the terms
County Roads of the County of Con- of said permit. Such special permit
tra Costa: To Provide for Certain shall at all times be carried in the
Exceptions to said Ordinance and vehicle to which it refers and shall on
for the Carrying Out of the Objects demand be open -to the inspection of
of said Ordinance and a Penalty for any peace officer or any officer or
Violation thereof, and to Provide for employee of the County Engineer.
the Time That This Ordinance Shall SECTION 4. Any person, firm, co-
Go Into Effect. partnership or corporation violating
The Board of Supervisors of the any of the provisions of this ordinance
County of Contra Costa do ordain as shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
follows: upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
SECTION 1. Definitions—The word ished by L a fine not exceeding five
hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or by im-
"vehicle" as employed in this ordin- prisonment in the County jail of the
ance shall include all vehicles and County of Contra Costa,, State of Cal-
carried which are moved over the
other objects howsoever propelled or ifornia for a period of not exceeding county roads, or any portion thereof, in six (6) months, or by both such fine
the said County of Contra Costa, State and imprisonment.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall
of California. take effect fect and be in f orce from and
SECTION 2. No vehicle with or
without load, weighing in excess of after the 7th day of October, 1921,
twenty thousand pounds, shall be op- and before the expiration of fifteen
erated, moved, or transported on or days after the date of its passage the
over any county road or any portion same shall be published, with the
thereof, in the County of Contra Costa names of the members voting for and
except vehicles running exclusively on against the same, for one week in the
stationary rails or track, without first Contra Costa Standard, a newspaper
,obtaining a permit as hereinafter pro- printed and published in the said Coun-
vided. ty of Contra Costa.
SECTION 3. Anything to the con- The foregoing Ordinance was passed
trary herein notwithstanding, upon and adopted by Board of Supervisors
application in writing to the County of the County of Contra Costa, at a
Engineer, said County Engineer may regular session of said Board held on
in his discretion Issue a special writ- the 6th day of September, 1921, by
ten permit to the owner or operator following vote, to wit:
of any vehicle allowing a heavier load Ayes: Supervisors Knott, Casey,
than in the preceding section of this Hayden, Buchanan and Trembath.
ordinance permitted. Such permit Noes: None.
shall be valid for a period not to ex- Absent: None.
ceed thirty (30) days after the date W. J. BUCHANAN,
of Issue and shall describe the route Chairman of the Board of Supervis-
or course over which said permit auth- ors of County of Contra Costa, State
orizes the operation or Moving of said of California.
vehicle, and the said County Engineer (SEAL)
may in his discretion require a good ATTEST:
and sufficient bond to the County of J. H. WELLS,
Contra Costa or cash deposit as se- County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
curity for any damage which may be of the Board of Supervisors, County of
caused to the public property of said Contra Costa, State of California.