The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-11
MANY CHANGES IN auto Law
ClLLAN hill Is APPROVED
M GOV. HUGHES.
Higher License Rates for Cars. Graded
According 10 Horsepower nig Fees
LiiSrl, 20 Make Mare Than ~ .0OO,-
900 Difference IN state Revenue

Hughes. and q is slated % pass the senate
This new law will bring additional rev
enuo to the state each year Of between
si.OOOO0O and 81 5000 The hill pro.
vides that no person shall operate a motor
vehicle who is under n years Of age un.
less accompanied by duly licensed
chauffeur OF the owner The Secretary
OF state Is 10 issue a certificate Of regis-
tration TO each owner Of a car and two
number plates without expense to the
applicant
The new law is 90 take effect on August
1 next, but applications for registration
may bs made a. soon a. Gov. Hughes
signs the law. Thereafter egistratio Ger.
| tifcates will IN issued each year in Feb
ruary
The registration fee for a year IL fixed
a. IS for cars Of Is horsepower or les.
SO for cars Of more than % and less than
IS horse power; SIS Tor cars Of between
Is and So horsepower and S25 for cars
OF over 81 horsepower. Registration
certificates issued next August will he
for half a year and Tor half price.
IL Is provided that Il a motor vehicle
other than one used solely for commercial
purposes shall have been licensed for
four separate years and the regular fees
shall have been paid for that period the
annual registration fees thereafter shall
be one-half the above amount A regis
uation fee Of IS is fixed Tor cars used for
commercial purposes
IL 10 provided that these registration
fees shall be in lieu Of all taxes. general
or local. TO which motor vehicles NAV
b. subject Where a car IL sold which
has been registered the Secretary Of
State for lee Of o. will note such change
Of ownership person buying a new
car may operate il forn period Of ffteen
days while he is awaiting his certificate
Of registration and number plates from
the Secretary Of State. provided il bears
the registration number Of tho dealer.
Each car shall have number pla,e in .
front and in rear. securely fastened to .
prevent II from swinging. the plate to be I
o! metal al least siK inches vide and not .
less than fifteen inches long.
No car shall display the number plate
Of more than one state at any one time
and there is to be- a marked contrast be.
tween the color Of the plates and the
number II the car. The plates ara 20 be-
n a different color each wear
70 H. provided that manufactures NAV
Eet a registration certificate and number
plate for SIS and a. many additional
number plates A. they may require az
81 zach. Nonresident cars IN this state
sill BE- treated the same as resident cars
are treated in other States
The rear light on a car az night must
shine upon this number plate ~ a. tn
render the number visible NJ least ffty
'eet away. and when approaching a C-rozs-
road outside % a city or Incorporated
village the car must slow down and a
warning must be gwen from the signal
tevice. The new law includes the usual ,
aW for stopping and the Use u reason
able caution when passing a horse
A person operating a car shall drive
ne same in a careful and prudent manner !
md st a rate of speed ~ a. not d en-
LANCER the property Of another OF the !
ife or limb ~ any person. provided that a 7
ate Of speed In excess ot thirty miles an 4
iOur for a distance of ons-fourth OF a mile Z
hall he presumptive evidence II driving Q
q rate OF speed which ~ not careful
md prudent
Il is provided that this new law shall \
Iot impair the validity or effect - any
rdtnanCeS regulating the speed II motor .
ehicies or any traf1C regulations with
egard 20 the operation - motor vehicles =,
eretOiore or hereafter made. adopted ~
.resCribed pursuant 90 law IN the citis.s Of
lew York. Buffalo and Rochester
Ihs local authorities % other cities
nd Incorporated villages may establish q
rafic regulations and limit BY ordinance b
GREATER adopted the speed of motor b
ehicies on public highways. such sr,aed a,
mt u not 90 - less than fifteen miles ,
n hour and the maintenance II a greater :
ate II speed Tor one eighth 81 mile shall =
p presump,lya evidence 81 driving a. h
rete of speed which is not careful and d
rudeut p
Roads leading into cities and incor- l.
ora ed villages shall ne properly marked 81
lowing the -peei limit It such localities
ld local speed ordinances shall he filed o.
TN the secretary Il srate 10 orrter thai
itom0bilists ~ the stale NAV al An
mes iamlllarize themselves with such "
cal ordinances
tiaun"urs are To 10 licensed nv the
'tretary of state who - 10 app0if.t sr.
niner- who are 20 hold examinations a. =
n'"li"nt places throughout th" State AZ
test Their 9.sf'h0dtlonz along lines % ti
determined upon by tho Secretary u a,
at" An applicant fIr a chauffeur \,
'ense must HE he photograph with DO. ~
cretary n state and pay hCprsa fee of ~
and The Secretary II Stat. viii FURNISH e.
chauffeur l1dge free
Zach chauffeur must indOrEa his sigma a,
~ on the margin OF his license. which -
ust 10 renewed annually u il made a q,
,dem"anoT for Person who h lntoxi- M
TOD ~ operate an automobile a.
Any neraOn operating a motor vehicl. -
no, knowing that injury has hsen caused IN
a person or property due - the Gull
btity u the operator or 20 accident 80.
ives the place ~ the injury or accident ~
thout stopping and giving his nam. ~
'idanc" aud operators license number an
the injured party or 20 police officer ar
~ cass no police officer h. TO- he vicinity NJ
the place oi injury or acCident then re-
rting the same ~ the nearest police
l'iOn or judicial officer shall b. guilty Of
ebony punishable Nv fine u not mere
ln &Ao or by imprisonment for a term "a
eNcseding Two years. or by both fine
4 Imprisonment
The hill alsO provides that the Score.
" Of State h TO be- notified by IN. 80
~ clerks u all CONVICTIONS FOR vio- ofi
tons OF law by owners or chaufIeurs ~.
u provided that conviction Tor viDlat- ~
any ~ The provisions ~ this law shall ~
be lar 10 a prosecution for an "a rr
~ or for a homicide committee bv anv IAN
'son operat ne motor vehicle VIC
tTE RECORDT TRINSL TROY. ga
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