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11 } ORDINANCE NO. 1 (09' An ordinance relating to the operation of motor vehicles within the city of Everett, amending rrdinances numbers 1531 and 1666 of the city of Everett, and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That Section 15 of Ordinance No. 1531 of the city of Everett as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1666 of said city, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 15: No person shall ride, drive, or propel any automobile or other motor vehicle between the hours of sunset and sunrise unless there shall be fastened to the front thereof two white lights, so arranged as to adequately light, illuminste,and of sufficient lighting power as to reveal any person, vehicle or sub- stantial object upon the roadway straight ahead of said motor vehicle at a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet. These lights must be permanently arranged so that no portion of the reflected beam of light when measured at a point fifty (50) feet or more ahead of the vehiCle' shall rise more than fortytwo (42) inches above the level surface on which the vehicle stands.Such lights shall also give suf- ficient side illumination to indicate any person, vehicle or substan- tial object within ten (1C) feet of the side of said motor vehicle, at a point ten (10) feet or more ahead of it. The term "beam" as used herein shall be construed as meaning the approximately parallel rays of light as gathered and projected by the reflector. And every automobile and motor vehicle either standing, or being ridden, driven or propelled upon any of the streets or alleys of the city of Everett between the hours of sunset and sunrise shall also carry one red light so fixed as to be invisible from the front and visible from the rear for a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet; and no person shall permit any headlight or other light on any motor or other vehicle being driven or in use by him to send out dazzling or blinding rays