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17-552. Railways; crossings; safety regulations.Second-class cities and villages shall have power to regulate the crossing of railway tracks and to provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating the same, and to regulate the running of railway engines, cars or trucks within the limits of said city or village, and prescribe rules relating thereto, and to govern the speed thereof, and to make any other and further provisions, rules, and restrictions to prevent accidents at crossings and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXI, p. 215; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXI, p. 183; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXI, p. 174; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXI, p. 302; R.S.1913, § 5126; C.S.1922, § 4301; C.S.1929, § 17-450; R.S.1943, § 17-552.AnnotationsAn ordinance limiting the speed of trains, even though they carry United States mail, within the city limits to ten miles per hour is not void as imposing an unreasonable restraint on interstate commerce. Peterson v. State of Nebraska, 79 Neb. 132, 112 N.W. 306 (1907).

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Nebraska > Chapter17 > 17-552

17-552. Railways; crossings; safety regulations.Second-class cities and villages shall have power to regulate the crossing of railway tracks and to provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating the same, and to regulate the running of railway engines, cars or trucks within the limits of said city or village, and prescribe rules relating thereto, and to govern the speed thereof, and to make any other and further provisions, rules, and restrictions to prevent accidents at crossings and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXI, p. 215; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXI, p. 183; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXI, p. 174; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXI, p. 302; R.S.1913, § 5126; C.S.1922, § 4301; C.S.1929, § 17-450; R.S.1943, § 17-552.AnnotationsAn ordinance limiting the speed of trains, even though they carry United States mail, within the city limits to ten miles per hour is not void as imposing an unreasonable restraint on interstate commerce. Peterson v. State of Nebraska, 79 Neb. 132, 112 N.W. 306 (1907).

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Nebraska > Chapter17 > 17-552

17-552. Railways; crossings; safety regulations.Second-class cities and villages shall have power to regulate the crossing of railway tracks and to provide precautions and prescribe rules regulating the same, and to regulate the running of railway engines, cars or trucks within the limits of said city or village, and prescribe rules relating thereto, and to govern the speed thereof, and to make any other and further provisions, rules, and restrictions to prevent accidents at crossings and on the tracks of railways, and to prevent fires from engines. SourceLaws 1879, § 69, XXI, p. 215; Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XXI, p. 183; Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XXI, p. 174; Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XXI, p. 302; R.S.1913, § 5126; C.S.1922, § 4301; C.S.1929, § 17-450; R.S.1943, § 17-552.AnnotationsAn ordinance limiting the speed of trains, even though they carry United States mail, within the city limits to ten miles per hour is not void as imposing an unreasonable restraint on interstate commerce. Peterson v. State of Nebraska, 79 Neb. 132, 112 N.W. 306 (1907).