327G.13  Signals at road crossings.

A bell and a horn shall be placed on each locomotive engine operated on any railway, which horn shall be sounded at least one thousand feet before a road crossing is reached, and after the sounding of the horn the bell shall be rung continuously until the crossing is passed; but at street crossings within the limits of cities the sounding of the horn may be omitted, unless required by ordinance or resolution of the council thereof; and the company shall be liable for all damages which shall be sustained by any person by reason of such neglect.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 2072; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8018; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 478.19; C77, 79, 81, § 327G.13]


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