Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

lative board, at the recent annual
meeting of the A. A. A. in New YORK
city. As a further evidence of the IN
creasing interest in the importance OF
equitable automobile legislation II Is
worthy of note that Mr.. Terry has been
invited by the officers of the National
Civic Federation to speak before lhat
body on this subject at the national
conference on Uniform legislation to
be held in Washington January II, lS
and IL, Just one month before the con-
vention under the auspices of the ma
tional automobile body of the United
States.
At this February convention dele
gates from all the clubs in the national
organization have been requested to at
tend, and invitations have been eX-
tended to the governors of all the
states in the Union, inviting them to be
present in person or by one or more
officially accredited representatives.
The purpose of the convention Is
twofold-first, to secure the passage IN
congress of the federal motor venice
registra ton bill, and second, to BRING
before the official delegates of the va
rious states the necessity of enacIlng
uniform state motor vehicle law.
Uniformity in automobile legislation
in the United States must be attained
in these two directions. The federal
registration bill, which has been adNo-
Gated persisteutly by the legislative
board of the American Automobile as
ISOLATION for more than two years
seeks to permit interstate travel OF
motor cars by simple method of one
registration through a national regis
tration bureau, this regulation to be
operative in all states, without the ne
cessity of securing a special license to
tour in a dozen or more states, as Is
uow the prevailing system.
The national registration bill was in
troduced into congress last year. but
owing to the tariff agitation it failed to
obtain a hearing before the judiciary
committee, to which it was refer red.
The bill will be reintroduCed into con-
eress at an early date. A hearing will
then be asked for and 1t is the inten-
tion to have the hearing set for one OF
the days during which the convention
will be in session, thus permitting all
of the delegates to bring their argu-
ments to bear for the reporting of the
bill favorably to congress.
In referring to the work accomplished
since 1907 for a uniform state motor
vehicle law Mr.. Terry said that the
rrogress made thus far was highly en-
couraging. In twenty-eight sta tes.
which he cited at considerable detail.
some of the more important features
Of this state law have already been en-
acted. Those states which now eX-
empt non-residents from paying an ad-
ditional reeistra tion fee, provided such
motor users have complied with the law
in their home states. are: New York,
California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Nebros-
la, New Hampshire. North Carolina
Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah,
washington and Wisconsin. In Massa-
chusetts. Vermont and Pennsylvania
ron-residents are exempt from regis
tration and license fees for ten days;
in Rhode island for twenty davs
The registration fees, however vary
greatly. In Nebraska and South Da-
kota the fee is 81 in Minnesota. 81 So
in Tennessee. Utah. Marie Virginia
WASHINGTON, Wisconsin and Florida
80: in OREGON, MichiPan and MARYLAND
So: in Ohio, North Carolina. Missorr,
and Iowa, SIS; in New Hampshire, S10'
all these being a fiat registration fee
without resard to the horsepower o.
the machine
The new Michiean law. enacted at tho
last session of the legislature, is copied
more nearly upon the nlan Of the A. A
A. uniform state bill tNan that of anv
other state, demonstrating, says Mr..
Terry. the effectiveness Of the narsist-