61-12-101. Powers of local authorities to regulate traffic. The provisions of chapter 8 and chapter 9 shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
     (1) regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
     (2) regulating the traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices;
     (3) regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
     (4) designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;
     (5) regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
     (6) designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all the vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same, designating any intersection as a stop intersection, and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersections;
     (7) restricting the use of highways as authorized in 61-10-128(2);
     (8) regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring the registration and licensing of same, including the requirement of a registration fee;
     (9) regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
     (10) altering the speed limits as authorized herein;
     (11) regulating the driving of vehicles by any person who is an habitual user of or under the influence of any narcotic drug or who is under the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders him incapable of safely driving a vehicle within the incorporated limits of any city or town;
     (12) regulating or prohibiting any person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor from driving or being in actual physical control of any vehicle within the incorporated limits of any city or town;
     (13) regulating or prohibiting the driving of vehicles by any person in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property within the incorporated limits of any city or town;
     (14) enacting as ordinances any and all provisions of chapter 8 or chapter 9 and any and all other laws regulating traffic, pedestrians, vehicles, and operators thereof, not in conflict with state law or federal regulations and to enforce the same within their jurisdiction.

     History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 263, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 201, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 240, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2131.