The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-01
LOCAL AUTO|STS
ARE INTERESTED IN
BILLS IN ALBANY
Hamn Measure Passed Is of
Moment to Jersey
Motorists.

If. Governor Hughes gives his sane
ton. New York will have a new auto
mobile law, as the Hamn bill passed
both houses of the Legislature at AL
bany this week.
The measure requires every automo-
bile owner to register his car with the
Secretary of State, and the applicant
must be over Is years of age. The reg
istration must be renewed annually.
For cars of less thar 2~O-horsepower
the fee will be 81. For cars of more
han 20, but less than 80, Sc will be
charged. For cars above S0-horse-
power the fee will be $40.
Chauffeurs must register annually
and pay a registration fee of IS.
1t is expected that the law will fur
nish from $500, 900 to $500, 900 annually
to the State, which will be applied to
maintenance of improved roads.
Briefly summarized, the bill contains
these provisions: 1t requires every
owner of a motor vehicle to file a verb
fled application with the secretary of
state for registration Of his car. A
blank will be supplied by that State
official. The application must contain a
description of the vehicle to be regis
tered, with reference to make, the
| style and factory number. the charac-
ter and amount of motor power in
horse power, in accordance with the
! rating and the speed established by the
association of licenses. The application
must further give the name, residence
and business address of the applicant,
the county in which he resides, a sworn
statement that he is over Is years of
age, and. IL that be the case that the
vehicle is to be used solely for comm
cial purposes within the limits of a city.
Upon the filing of an application, the
secretary of state will assign a dis
tinctive number to the motor car in
volved, and without expense issue to the
applicant a certificate of registration.
which can be renewed in case 1t Is lost
or mutilated. upon filing an affidavit.
The registration must be renewed an
nually in the n described.
The registration fee for motor vehi-
Giles used purely for commercial pur-
poses, or propelled by electric battery.
or used solely within the confines of a
city, the annual registration fee would
be 81.
The bill provides that these fees, ex-
cept those on vehicles coming within
the two-dollar class, shall be in lieu or
all taxes, general or local. to which the
cars registered would otherwise have
been subject. II a motor vehicle Is
sold, the vendee upon application and
payment of 81 will be registered by the
secretary of state.
After August 1, II the bill becomes
law, every motor vehicle must carry
both on its front and rear a plate con-
tanning the numbe of the registration
certificate issued by the secretary of
state, and until that date the present
registration numbers will remain In
effect. The bill provides that no driver
of a motor vehicle shall display any
other number on his vehicle at the
same time as he displays the registra-
ton number issued in this State.
Manufacturers of or dealers in auto
mobiles are authorized under the bill
to make an omnibus application de-
scribing the different types n powers
of the machines, the manufacture, and
upon the payment of a fee of SIS receive
a distinctive certificate of registration
which shall be in the form of a plate,
duplicates of which hall be carried on
or displayed by every motor vehicle
belonging to such a manufacturer or
dealer when operated on the public
highways. Duplicates in n desirable
number can be obtained by a nan
facturer on the payment of 81 for each.
Renewals must be made every year
and will take effect on January l. Nom
resident owners of automobiles are ex-
empt from the tax, provided they can
show that they have complied with the
automobile laws or regulations of some
other State or Territory.
The bill provides that automobiles
shall be amply supplied with brakes.
horns and lamps. The arrangement of
the lights is provided as follows:
At least two lighted lamps on the
front and one on the rear of such We
hicles. which shall also display a red
Hight visible from the rear. The white
rays OF such rear lamps shall shine
upon the number plate carried on the
rear of such vehicle. The light of the
front lamps shall be visible at least 200
feet in the direction in which the motor
vehicle is proceeding.
The bill prohibits the use Of nor skid
ding devices composed In whole or part
of metal, except when the roads are
wet and slippery.
Henry Young, jr., has placed an
otder with n I.o1ifs FitzceraJd agent