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carriages, or riding horses or other animals, 

 shall meet on any turnpike road or highway, 

 the persons so meeting shall seasonably turn their 

 carriages, horses or other animals to the right 

 of the center of the road, so as to permit such 

 carriages, horses or other animals to pass with- 

 out interference or interruption. 



(&) Any carriage, or the rider of a horse or 

 other animal, overtaking another shall pass on 

 the left side of the overtaken carriage, horse or 

 other animal. When requested to do so, the 

 driver or person having charge of any carriage, 

 horse or other animal, traveling, shall, as soon 

 as practicable, turn to the right so as to allow 

 any overtaking carriage, horse or other animal, 

 free passage on his left. 



(c) In turning corners to the right, carriages, 

 horses or other animals shall keep to the right 

 of the center of the road. In turning corners 

 to the left, they shall pass to the right of the 

 center of the intersection of the two roads. 



(d) Any person neglecting to comply with or 

 violating any provision of this section shall be 

 liable to a penalty of five dollars, to be recovered 

 by the party injured, in addition to all damages 

 caused by such neglect or violation. 



It must be borne in mind that all these rules 

 as to the use of highways are subject to a very 

 important limitation, to the effect that every per- 



