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--- (3) --- State Law reference— Town authorized to regulate traffic by means of traffic-control devices, G.L. 1956, §§ 31-12-12, 31-13-3.
Sec. 16-76. - Placing, maintaining or displaying of unauthorized signs and signals.#
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any street, any unofficial sign, signal or device, which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, other than signs denoting construction or obstructions in the street, or which hides from view any official traffic sign or signal. Every such prohibited sign, signal or device is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the police department is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed, without notice.
(Code 1972, § 11-16)
Sec. 16-77. - Moving, defacing, interfering with, obstructing or injuring signs and signals.#
No unauthorized person shall willfully deface, injure, move, obstruct or interfere with any official traffic sign or signal.
(Code 1972, § 11-17)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, §§ 31-13-10, 31-13-11.
Sec. 16-78. - Marking of crosswalks.#
The police department is hereby authorized to establish and to designate and shall thereafter maintain, or cause to be maintained, by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections where in its opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places as it may deem necessary.
(Code 1972, § 11-18)