A Few Pointers to Tourists

PURCHASES OF U. S. TOURISTS

To the amount of $100 purchases of personal and household effects, Souvenirs,
ete., by United States tourists, are admitted to the United States free of duty,
when the stay in Canada exceeds one week. Such articles, nevertheless, must be
declared.

AUTO TOURISTS CANADIAN CUSTOMS REGULATIONS

Travellers on entering Canada must report to the frontier office of Customs
where, on filling out a Certificate, a non-resident bona fide tourist will be granted a
permit for a period not exceeding 30 days, for touring purposes only. If a longer
period is desired, and not exceeding six months, a permit may be granted at a
Customs Office where a cash deposit of $25.00 and a Bond executed in Canada on
approved form for the value of the automobile, can be arranged.

MOTOR VEHICLE ACT

See. 12. No person shall drive or operate a motor-vehicle upon any highway
within any city, town or village at a greater rate of speed than fifteen miles per
hour, or upon any highway not within a city, town or village at a greater speed
than thirty miles per hour in open country or fifteen miles per hour in country
where, by reason of it being wooded or of any other cause, the driver cannot have a
clear and unobstructed view for a safe distance of the highway ahead, or any
obstruction thereon, or of any approaching vehicle, or of any intersecting roads or
crossings.

Sec. 12a. Every person driving a motor-vehicle on any street or highway in
any city, town, or village, or municipality shall slow down to a rate of speed not
exceeding ten miles per hour when approaching a curve, turning a corner of any
Street or highway, approaching or crossing any street or road intersection, or
driving through a lane or alley.

Sec. 18. Every person driving or operating a motor-vehicle on any highway
shall drive and operate the same in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate
of speed not greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to all the circum-
stances, including the nature, condition, and use of the highway, and the traffic
which actually is at the time or might reasonably be expected to be on the highway;
and shall slow down to ten miles an hour when approaching or passing any school
Where signs are displayed sufficient to warn a driver that he is approaching a
school; and no person shall drive or operate a motor-vehicle on any highway at
such rate of speed as to endanger the life or limb of any person or the safety of
any property.

Sec. 14. The provisions of section 10 to the extent to which those provisions
relate to the stopping of motor-vehicles, the provisions of section 11, and the
provisions of section 12 shall not apply in respect of any motor-vehicle while it is
being driven or operated by the fire department of any municipal corporation in
responding to an alarm or fire, or by any police officer or constable in the discharge
of his duty; but every person driving or operating a motor-vehiele to which this
section applies shall drive and operate it with due regard to the duties and obliga-
tions imposed on him by all other provisions of this Act, including the provisions
of section 13

Sec. 15. In case an accident occurs to any person, whether on foot or horse-
back or in a vehicle, or to any horse or vehicle in charge of any person in proximity
to any motor-vehicle or owing to the presence of any motor-vehicle on any highway,
the person in charge of the motor-vehicle shall return to the scene of the accide nt
and give in writing to any one sustaining loss or injury his name and addre and
also the name and address of the owner of the motor-vehicle, and the number of the
license of the motor-vehicle; and from and after the happening of such accident, if
in a city municipality, shall as soon as possible furnish by delivering or mailing to
the chief of police or other officer of police of such city, and if in a district muni-
cipality shall within twenty-four hours furnish by delivering or mailing to the
clerk or to some police officer of the municipality, and if an unincorporated locality
shall as soen as possible furnish by delivering or mailing to some Provincial police
officer or constable, a written report of such accident, setting forth with particu-
larity all material facts.

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