Evening journal., 1905-04-27
LICENSE FOR
AUTOMOBILES
Secretary of State Cahall
Issues Tags. B. Martin
Gets First One
COPIES OF THE nAUTO" Law HERE

License tags for automobiles are be-
ing issued by Secretary Of state Cahali
The tags start with number TO- which
was allotted TO John b. Martin, the Well
known undertaken. who drives an auto
car runabout.
Persons desiring copies of the new auto
mobile law can secure them from the
Wilmington Automobile Company. Chief
Black win have each patrolman furnished
with a copy OF the law.
The new law requires the owner OF
every motor vehicle, excepting bicycles or
tricycles 10 file with the secretary OF
State a general description of his auto
mobile, the horsepower. makers name
and number Of machine. accompanied by
two dollars registration fee. Non-resi-
dents are exempted for forty-elght hours
from the registration requirement. The
Secretary of State shall issue the license
rag. with number. to the person comply
ing with the registration provisions. Such
tag must be displayed oonspicuously on
the automobile. but no other Identifying
marks are required.
/ Every motor vehicle shall carry from
one hour after sunset to one hour be-
fore sunrise. two lighted lamps showing
white lights. visible at least two hundred
feet in the direction toward which such
motor vehicle is proceeding, and shall
also exhibit one red light so hung that
it may make visible the register number.
Every motor vehicle shall also bee pro-
vided with a good and efficient brake or
brakes and bell, horn. or other signal
device.
c'.- following rates of speed shall not
be eXceod-s ,..~u any public street. pub
lie road or turnpike, pupiie ~ark or park
way or public driveway or public hirn
way 80 this state by any one driving a
motor vehicle.
a speed of one mile IN six mi.a'~e upon
the sharp curves Of a street or highway
and at the intersection Of prominent
crossroads where such street. road or
highway passes through the omen coun-
! try where houses are more than one hun
dred feet apart.
a speed of one mile in seven minute,
/ where such street or highway passel
through the built up portion Of a city
town. or village where the houses are m
. average less one hundred feet apart.
t Elsewhere and except as otherwise pro
g vided a speed of one mile in three min
utes. provided. however. that nothing ID
this section contained shall permit am,
person 20 drive a motor vehicle at an,
speed greater than is reasonable. having
regard TO the traffic and use of highways
or so as 10 endanger the life or limb o
TO injure the property OF any person.
Every person driving n motor vehicl,
shall, al request or upon signal by put
ting up the hand or otherwise from
person riding or driving a horse in IN,
opposite direction, cause the motor We
l hicle 20 stop and remain stationary 81
long as may be necessary TO allow sal,
horse TO pass ON.
No owner OF a motor vehicle who shal
have obtained a certificate from the sec
retary Of State, shall be required TO oh
4 tain any other license or permit TO us
\ or operate the same.
ANY person driving a motor vehlcl
il the owner or which shall not have com
n piled with any Of the provisions of thi
o. act. or which motor vehicle shall displa
n a fictitious number other than that desie
}, mated for such motor vehicle 10y the Sec
"a retary of state. shall, upon conviction
be fined not exceeding one hundred dol
To- lars. and. I'm default Of payment Thereof
% be punished by Imprisonment in the cour
II ty jail for period not exceeding thirt
"a days.
h, Any person driving a motor vehicl
d upon any public streets public highway
public roads. turnpikes, parks, publ
d, parkways or public driveways in III
h State I'm a race or on a bet or wag,
n shall. upon conviction, be fined in SUI
~ not exceeding nifty dollars, and in defau
IN of payment thereof, be punished by in
prisonmont In the county Jail for peric
not exceeding twenty days.
n Any person unlawfully tampering wit
- an automobile without the owners COZ
y, sent shall be fined not more than Si00.
IN default be imprisoned not more tina
,s 30 days
10 Any police officer, or constable. Is en-
i, powered TO make arrests. Justices of Il
4 peace nave jurisdiction to try such case
ts and an appeal may be taken to the upp
i, court