Flagmen at crossings.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 38-13
in effectSec. 38-13. - Flagmen at crossings.
It shall be the duty of each railway company operating a railroad within the corporate limits of the city to keep, by day and night, at such public crossings as may be designated from time to time by the city council, one or more flagmen, whose duty it shall be to warn traffic of the approach of trains, and to see that such crossings are kept free of standing trains, locomotives and other obstructions, except at crossings where the railroad company maintains electric warning devices approved by the traffic engineer.
(Code 1968, § 39-13; Ord. No. 90-635, § 88, 5-23-90)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH38RA_S38-13FLCRFetched: 10/26/2026
