Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-26
AUTO LAWS WIDELY DIFFER
Notable Discrepancies in Regulation
of Motors.
NO TWO STATES ARE ALIKE
All the way from Twenty-FiNe Cents
I'm Alabama to One Dollar IN Ner-
mont by way Of Tax
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The seekers after federal automople
law have certainly only TO point 10 the
wide variance in the laws OF separate
states in order to have pretty elleclNo
.rgunent I'm favor OF reorganization OF
sorne sort some states have no laws re-
garding automobiles Arkansas, Coloraoo'
Arizona Idaho Kansas Kentucky Missis-
sippi. Montana New Mexico Nevada,
North Dakota South Carolina, Titan ana
wyoming have no state laws on rHgistra-
tion. There is the widest range In regis
tration fees. from % cents in Alabama UP
10 81 a horsepower in Vermont.
Some states give exemption TO motor
lists coming from states in which there Is
reciprocity. but several Of them require
that any one entering the boundaries shsli
provide himself with license.
The law in this state is one OF the easiest
For 81 a perpetual license for a car is IS
sued and the owner need not have a
drivers license. A perpetual license Tor a
chauffeur costs ST. This may all be
changed il the Callan bill becomes a law
Then this state will compare favorably
with several others in the matter oil chaFS-
ing for licenses. Nonresidents are exempt
display license pads of their home jurisdic-
lions. In this respect New Workers do not
fare so well away from home.
For instance, a New Yorker going into
New Jersey can get special license Good
for eight days at cost Of 81. This license
covers one cight-day trip or four tlps OF
two DAYS each It IS issued, however Just
once in a calendar year TO an owner OWu-
ers from outside New Jersey must get
licenses TO drive. il they do the DRIVING OF
else the chauffeurs must he licensed me
New Jersey tariff for driving Is based on
horsepower. From one to tWenty-horSe-
mower. s2 from thirty-horsepower up, a.
All registrations aud licenses when taken
within the state, expire January 81.
In New Jersey the tariff for registration
,s az for cars of from one to ten horsepower,
81 from eleven to twenty-nine horsepower
$40 from thirty horsepower up.
When a New Yorker goes into PennsSi l.
yania he should be, according TO the state
law, exempt for ten days. The Penhsyl-
vania law exempts all those from states
which act reciprocally. However shohiu
the New Yorker run to Philadelphla he
would have to take out a city license If
he happened to stay there more than forty
eight hours. Pennsylvania gets an annual
under twenty horsepower pay s., those
from twenty TO forty-nine horsepower
nav $40 and those from fifty horsepower
and over pay SIS. Chauffeurs have to have
operating licenses.
In Massachusetts non-residents are eX-
empt for ten successive days and owners
may. drive their cars. If, however, man
ia touring with Il chauffeur, the latter
must get a license and this he can obtain
only after an examination. lie must uenl
onstrate that he can actually drive a cal
and doesn't get his papers on ms mere
sayso, as is the case in some other states
There is flat rate Of s. for licensing
cars and of 81 for a private operating IL
cense. Chauffeurs get license for on
wear but may renew for 80 cents INT
owners license is perpetual.
II the state YOU come from has a Law
like that of Ohio, you are exempt IN ina
state Otherwise you pay a Zee OF 70 10
either a gasoline or steam car ana 20 TO
an electric Chauffeurs pay 81 for thel
, licenses. All these permits expire on Jan
uary 1.
Rhode Island is a state in which automo
bilists must pay for their cars at a prett
high rate Cars of twenty horse-powe
and under pay s.. over twenty horse-powe
thirty horsepower but not over 40 horse
power. SO, and over forty horsepower $2S
Manufacturers or dealers pay $50, but tina
applies to a great many cars. of course
Motorcycles and automobile trucks pa
only 20 cents for registrat ton in Rhode Isl
and
The operating license, however is small
only 81 is asked. Rhode Islands non-resl
dent law requires only that the home stat
laws shall be compiled with. If they ar
then the visitor to Rhode Island is exemp
for ten days.
Connecticut exempts non-resdents 10
ten successive days. Cars of less tina
twenty horsepower pay So: those betwee
twenty and thirty horsepower are license
at S.. and those over thirty horse-powe
must pay $40.
Alabama has the simplest code OF law
regarding automobiles OF those which ma
be said to have laws. The probate JUG
of the residents county licenses cars
% cents No laws regarding numbers
lights have been made. There has been Il
decision OF the courts as to the statui
that governs the conduct OF nonresident
automobuing in the state.
Georgia has a law applying to Catoos
county only and there is no fee for regi
tration with the clerk of that count
There is no rule regarding lights. MOI
residents are exempt from any condition
apparently. Illinois is very lenient, asl
ing s. for an annual license of the car ar
81 for the chauffeur A fee of 80 cen
must be paid for sales, Iowa Jumps a
fees for s.. In Michigan the fee amour
to 49, while Minnesota drops them to 81.
and nonresidents are exempt from TIN
While passing through, Nebraska charg
all only 81 for all fees. South Dako
charges ST. too.
Texas has almost small fee
Alabama only 80 cents. but the humble
given out for this fee are the largest 4
ouired by any state. They have to be $
inches high and put in some conspicuo
place. The 5o-eent license is perpetual
The state of Vermont provides the stiffe
of all tariffs on automobiles. The rate
81 horsepower for the first registratc
The second annual registration comes
10 cents horsepower and subseque
registrations are at 80 cents a horsepowt
All drivers pay license of 81 and a pr
fessiohal chauffeur must pay a spec
license OF 81 Nonresidents are exem
from registration entirely for ten days
they are registered in home state sra
ing exemption. From ten 10 sixty da
they must pay 50 on a car up to twer
horsepower; So for forty horsepower. a