New-York tribune., 1909-02-03
PlJlE y Horse Sale y Auomobng Curling y Other Sports
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
NAY AMEND JERSEY LAW.
Bills Introduced for Relief of Visit
ing Motorists.
LRv Telegraph o T-he Trlbune.I

Trenton Feb. 2-AssembIyman Austen Colgate,
of Essex County introduced three bills in the House
to-day as amendments TO the present automobile
law These measures said to have been pre-
pared bv the Newark Board of Trade, and also
said to represent the ideas of Governor Fort on
automobile regulation.
The first bill requires all vehicles, from one hour
after sunset TO one hour before sunrise to carry one
lighted Iamp showing white light visible two
hundred and fifty feet, under penalty or NO nhe-
The second measure amends the automobile act
so that every motor vehicle must nave a plalniy
audible signal trumpet and mus carry exhaust
pipes directly parallel to the ground or turning
slightly upward. 1t provides that the CoHnls-
sioner of Motor Vehicles shall receive all com
plants for violation Of the speed laws, the same 10
be in writing and verified. and shall promptly IN
vestgate the same within thirty days from the re-
cept thereof: and If in his judgment case Is maze
ont, he shall cause warrant to be issued ana
placed in the hands of the officer TO execute Inc
party 50 summoned shall be brought before JUS
tice of the peace in the municipality in which the
violation occurred. 1t provides further that any
nonresident complying with the automobile laws
of registration in the state or territory wnere he
resides as to the display of identification marks
and who shall cause the identification numbers OF
such state or territory together with the initial
letter letters of such state or territory to be
displayed motor vehicle while USED or operated
in this state, may the highways of the state
for period of not exceed ten successive days IN
any one year upon application to the Commissioner
Of Motor Vehicles and fee Of 81. It also foroids
the use OF mufler cut-o L In cities or towns or
within five hundred feet of another vehicle, changes
tt speed limit to thirty miles hour, and exeHpts
the driver from penalties regarding maximum speed
limit unless the excessive speed shall be proved to
have been made for full rpiie. Complaints made
and proved before the Commissioner OF Motor We
hcles upon his conceivng that there be cause afte
investigation and within thirty days shall cause the
person TO be apprehended in a summary manner
before justice Of the peace or any committing
magistrate in the municipality where the law was
violated
The ether bill provides that any person driving
a motor vehicle without the positive consent OF
the owner, or while N an intoxicated condition or
for any debt wager, fer the purpose Of break
ing any speed record, after mis- license has been
revoked, or shall wilfuily fail 10 display proper
registration Identification marks required by
law. who shall falsely display any registration
or identification marks shall be guilty of q misde-
meanor.
\ dinner Gance will be held by the Automobile
Club OF America ar the clubhouse February T.
iu the big reception room The affair is in charge
Of CrreI \. Parker a. II. WhijiHs and Elisha
Dyer Of the entertainment committee. and tickets
be had at s. each Al the clubhouse last night
Roger B. Whitman, Of the New York School Of
Automobile Engineers gave illustrated lecture
ignition with special attention to the magnetic.
A large number OF members were in attendance.
/ hag-to-hag reliability endurance contest Will be
held this month The start will be made Feb
ruary Is from Denver. Col, and the will be 10
the City of Mexico d distance Of 500 miles It
estimated by the promoters Of the contest that ten
days viii be consume4 ir covering the distance
The 1900 miles between Pixies Peak and the Alamo
Will be divided into ten controls More than a
dozen prizes will be offered. Although entry
blanks have not yet been issued Richard Bacon
has named two Haynes cars. to be driven by Frank
Mutt and Lorng WaEner. while a Jackson car has
been entered by Fred L Holmes