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~ `7 3 Section 11. Every person riding or operating a bicycle on an;T street;~_ alley, or public place in the City of Eugene shall keep said bicycle on tY~ extreme right of the traffic lane, and it shall be unlawful for two or more operators of bicycles to travel abreast on .any street, alley or public place in tYie City of Eugene or to operate said bicycle on traffic lanes otherwise than in single f ile. Section 12. Every person riding or operating a bicycle on ar.~y street, alley, or public place in the City of Eugene shall be subject to all provisions of the laws of the State of Oregon and the ordinances of the City of Eugene applicable to the drivers of vehicles, except the provisions thereof that by their very nature can have no application. Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to run or engage,or cause to run or to be engaged in any bicycle race on ar_y street, alley or .public: place within the corporate limits of the City of Eugene, except under permit from and supervision of the Chief of Police of said City. Section 14. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall., upon conviction thereof in the Recorder's Court of the City of Eugene, be punished by a fine not to exceed X100.00 and in default of the payment of such fine, may be imprisoned in the city- jail one day for each ~~°.2.00 of the fine unpaid. In addition to such penalt;;r the City Recorder may, either in lieu of or in addition to such fine, prohibit the operation upon the streets, alleys, and public places of the City of Eugene for a period not to exceed thirty days, of the bicycle so used in such violation, in which event the bicycle so used in such violation shall be impounded with the Chief of Police and retained by him for the period that the operation thereof is prohibited, or the owner's card or certi- ficate shall be hula for they period during which the operation of the bicycle is prohibited. Section 15. All ordinances and parts o~ ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 16. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to be, nor shall be in conflict with any of the provisions of the state law. Sect ion. l7. 'dyhereas, bicycles are ridden on sidewalks in residential sections and are ridden two and the°ee abreast all of tivhich constitutes traffic hazards, and to exist and the Common Council declares that health, and safety of the City of Eugene that upon its passage by the Comr,~on Council and it or°dered. and with more than one passenger an emergency is t'rierefore declared it is necessary for tYie peace, this ordinance take effect immediate s approval by the Islayor, and it is so Passed by the Common Council this 24th day of February, 1942. ~1/s John Fields I~tecorder Pr•o Tem Approved by the Nayor this 2nd day of I~Agrch, 1942. _/s/ Elisha Large Nayor