Show Speed Ordinance of 1757 The Time quaintness of ot Boston's oston's Colonial da days s as It seems to us now how lives and und breathes In lu the words of a regulation adopted by 11 the time selectmen of ot 1737 1757 Those dt city fathers dech declined ed that owIng ow ow- Ing lag to great grent danger t rising i-rising often otten- times from ruin coaches conches slays chairs and other carriages en the Lords Lord's d days 1 ys 8 us as people are going to or coming coining from tram the time several chur churches hes In this town belag beIng be be- ing lag driven with great grent rapidity and the public worship bing oftentimes much disturbed b by such carriages i It Is there there- tore fore voted and ordered that no coach slay chair chaise or other oIlier carriage shall at nt such times bo ho E driven n at aIn a greater grenter rate than a foot pace on nen penalty pen pen- alty to the master of the slave or ser ser- servant vant so driving of the sum sUll of ten sh shU- shU lings Boston Bosto Boston Transcript |