Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-02
ZS Miles an Hour In the Open
Country Under Bill Passed
Finally
NONRESIDENT LICENSES
Citizens Registered In Other
States May Tour Upon Pay
ment OF 81
From the Public Ledger.


day concurred in Senator Bradley's
bill to increase the speed limit for auto
mobiles in the open country from 20 to
25 miles. The bill also limits the costs
of constables and Justices of the Peace
who arrest motorists for violations of
the law. Assemblymen from the rural
counties, led by Messrs. Matthews, of
Hunterdon, and Nichols, of Cumber-
land, made a hard fight against raising
the speed limit, but were outyoted by
friends of motoring.
Assemblymen Potter, of Camden,
was in charge of the bill, and in advo-
eating its passage was assisted by Mr..
Colgate, a wealthy member from
Essex, whose face bore scars resulting
from a recent accident, which occurred
while be was speeding in a touring car
at the old limit.
Assemblymen who voted against the
% mile an hour proviso were Messrs.
Bedle, Poole and V~redenburgh, of
Monmouth; Buck and Nichols, Cum
berland Crosby, Ocean Davidson,
Kackenmester, dwell, Hudson Herr
tage, Gloucester; Matthews, Hunter
don Meyer, Sussex Schade, Salem
Smalley, Somerset, and d. B. Smith,
Morris.
Senator Frelinghuysen, the majority
leader in the Senate and author of the
present motor law Of the State, intro
duced a bill providing for a more gen.
erous treatment of nonresident motor
lists who are now required to pay the
same license fee as Is imposed upon
citizens of the State.
Provisions Of the new Frelinghuysen
bill follow:
"Any nonresident of this State
who shall have complied with the
laws of the State or Territory of the
United States in which he resides
requiring the registration of owners
of motor vehicles and the display
of Identification marks on such
vehicles, desiring to operate such
motor vehicles within the State of
New Jersey, may obtain permission
to do SO for four periods of two days
~--esch in-ene ealendar~.5fear, or-ene
period OF eight days in any one
calendar year, upon application to
the Commissioner OF Motor Vehicles
for such purpose, who is hereby
authorized, in his discretion, to is
sue a license to such nonresident as
hereinafter set forth.
1.-THE applicant shall make appli-
cation 10 the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, or his duly consti-
tuted agent, as hereinafter pro-
vided, which application shall
state the name and residence ofthe
owner of such motor vehicle, the
makers name and number and the
horsepower thereof, and the inden-
LITIGATION number issued by the
State in which said nonresident
shall be resident. Such application
shall be accompanied by a license
fee of one dollar.
1.-THE Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall thereupon, at his
discretion, issue to such applicant
a license, which shall be valid for
any eight days, or for four periods
of two days each, during the bal
ance of the calendar year in which
said license is issued. Said license
shall be so prepared that it will en-
dure in IA legible condition under
ordinary atmospheric or weather
conditions for at least eight days,
and also that the l~icensee may
indicate plainly and conveniently
each day he desires to use such Ii
cense. 1t shall also contain the
name of the State, the name and
vehicle, the makers name and
number, the horsepower thereof,
and the registered number of said
vehicle in said State.
'The said licensee, when running
said vehicle in this State shall affix
said license to the said vehicle in
as close proximity as possible to
the naturalization mark of the
State of residence (above and at the
middle of such mark, unless con-
ditions are such that it cannot be
done without injury to the vehicle);
but in no case 80 that it shall OBJ
scure any part of the said identii-
cation mark. The said licensee
shall also plainly indicate in such
a way as shall be prescribed by a
rule of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, on the license the day or
days he intends to run his vehicle
in this State, and shall also, on de-
mand, allow any peace officer to