New-York tribune., 1909-04-29
AUTO MEASURE DEAD
Aids BILL AMENDED.
assembly Leaders, Defed, ReP0rf
Almost Identical Hamp BIZ.

.r,sr,. Ar-il -T,er7a!ncins the removal of the
speed limit or automobiles and declaring 'ha1 any
tax on motor vehicles received by the state unot'
those conditions would he blood money the A.
ser,hIv to-day dealt blow To- the Assembly ma
chine defed Speaker Wadsworth ana AsseIh'ls
man Merritt the majority leader. ana pTac'i'a'S
killed tl,e Aids motor vehicle tax bin 10y ain'iu-
ing Z, ,r important respects The vote by Thich
these amendments were adopted "as al 1" =
Immediately thsreafte- Speaker NadsWorth &c
clared ina. the Rules Committee would report ''e
Hann bill practically Identical save tat ii Pc
r,lite the Secrstarv % State To retain super'
over registering and licensing automoh'es, "'le"
the Aids biz transferred To The state Hisn"8H
Tlepar1rnert-4 shift termed clever patronage
grab to-day 10y irate New York Legislators l"lS
was done tonight, and the Hamn bin VIII be on
the calendar tomorrow. Speaker AddSNV''il u"
clared his intention 10 make those who are hoo-
ing ,Ip this bill 60 record on slow Foilcai'-
The amendments offered by AsseInelYinah now
xrd Of TIoga. which were adopted were ueslentI
10 remedy what many Of the Assernolynlen &C
nounced as obvious defects ia oh "rich iIlS
machine was attempting 20 railroad ulIruS"
the last DAYS Of the session. They "oulo a'i"
rnunicipa titles 20 make their OWE auiononie reg
lations. and provided reciprocit. sectoh 'ia' '7
automohilists from other states which dio h"' re-
ocntze The New York State license should h9l De
allowed TO ride OH New York State roads ShuI
they had secured license here
MURRAY OFFERS AMENDMENT.
When 4he Aids bill was reached on the calendar
Assernblyrnan Murray offered TO amend It nE sun
xtit1tine the bfT of Asseniblyman Hamn- he saio
4. Nc +l,a same Is the Aids bilI in every respect
eXcept that il provided that the Secretary '' o'e
sboud continue his supervision over the ieets'ia a
rio7 and licensing of automobiles Inc 7i'as "''
rave this function the state Highway 'oii-
mission Mr. Murray said that Senator Aiios II
,7-ena-t7e the biH had consulted the Secretary
OF State. ~.
81 believe he continued, that Secretary ot
s..ta t5oenie has conducted this department Win
hat
no ir1proveu nt by turning the department over 70
the Highway Commission. believe that Secretary
Koenig should least be consulted before su0i' "
farreac ching change is made in iais once
Mr. Merritt declared there vas no reason Why 'iie
,,ire control of highways and the users Of high-
vvars should not be under the Highway Corninis
sion. 80. /.
I think a whole lot of Secretary hoenig ne
said In fact I once told him that did not hio"
49,. ,ot rs wa. the best Secretary the state ever
be5 should have TO modify that opinion very
greatly now il he insists placing his personal
r,r3ae in the M-ay OF regular legislative action
F5e said that the measure would bring the stare
ssee coo a year and would settle the question ol
a,tornotiIe licenses After reading an extTacL from
the Governors message on automobile legisis'lon
he declared that Il was the duty OF the L%gSia'u's
10 pass this bill
STORM OF PROTEST BREAKS
Assemblyrnan Hamn said that 1t was a most i'm
1,ortaut bill and that ne would not favor the SUD
.i,,,,I,o az his hill as an amendment because he
believed the amendment would defeat ne ieeisi@
lion Then came storm Of protest against 'ie
hill from beth sides Of the House Assemolyhial'
Lansing Of Rensselaer,. referred TO the money ooi
Iected from licensing automobiles after the speed
limit had heeu removed as blood money. Assem-
sl1rnan Stern. Of New York asked II in a CROWDED
h New York district eutomobihst was goins
II through the street, reckless rate OF speed WI"
n ncud determine whether he was Vloiaung ue
speed law Both Assemblymen Bennett and Levy
Objected 10 the the ground that 1t took from
The localities the right 10 make their own auto
mobile traffic regulations. Mr- Levy said the' te
provision that the state tax should oe III ieu Vi "
other assessments on automobiles was UNFAIR 10
New York CITY.
The bill he said. allows the use OF non-sKid-
ding devices which Go much harm to the road
WAYS in New York City parks as they 40 10 ule
state highways. Yet New York City Is allowed
nothing TO repair this damage all the money for
licensing the automobiles Of the city going Tor the
repair Of the states highways.