Arizona republican., 1913-06-08
FRENCH MAKE LAWS
 ID GOVERN AIRCRAFT
Chamber of Deputies Has Just Taken Over Regulation of Conflicts of
 Airships and Landowners

France has taken the lead in mak- craft. The French chamber of depu- l ties has just concluded the new code defining the restraints that may l legally be put upon all kinds of caro- ! nautical vessels. For the benefit of i those who may be interested in the l future making of laws restricting the aerial ambulations of sportive areo- 1 nauts the following excerpt of the 1 French laws is written:
 The proprietary rights of land l owners does not extend to the air 1 above their property at a greater 1 height than ten metres above the i tallest point of the buildings situated on the property. Therefor all pilots l of aeronautical vessels have the right i to pilot their craft over any property 1 other than that owned by the gov i ernment'
 "AViators and pilots of air craft are forbidden to land on enclosed property near dwellings without the 1 permissoin of the owner of the land i and all owners and pilots of air craft 1 are liable for the damage that may ! be done to property while alighting. CT in flight"
 All private air craft must at all ! times display their license number in letters not less than two metres long. Sc that the same may be easily dis cernable when the machine is at the height of 200 metres The use of false numbers on air craft is pun ishable by a fine of not less than 2o00 francs C$4oOD the confiscation of the machine. and a term of imprison- ment.
 The carrying of explosives, arms, ammunition, photographic apparatus. wireless telegraphic and teIephonic apparatus and carrier pigeons is strictly prohibited without a special license"
 These provisions are likely to be widely considered as providing a pos Sible model for legislation elsewhere.
 It Is certain that some such legfsla-
 ton will be necessary in all civil
 ized countries. It will be interesting
 to observe the action of other coun-
 tries upon the denial of land owners
 rights in the air above their land.
 Connecticut is the only state so far
 to pass legislation to restrict the abuse of aeronautics
 It is imperative that the states pass
 laws restricting the plotting of air
 craft by incapable persons. protecting
 the owners of land from the damage
 done by aircraft in landing and aris-
 ing. The states should issue uni
 form license for aviators. and no per
 son who is in ill health or who is abnornally nervous should be grant
 ed q license to drive d machine that
 travels with the speed of even an
 ordinary areoplane.
 Most of the deaths that have oc
 cured in the United States have re- suited from incompetence. either of
 the builder or the pilot. This science or rather method of travel has more possibilities than have ever been dreamed of for the automobile, it is infinitely more pleasant, used with caution it is the safest method of fast travelling known, and it is de stined to become so popular within the next stwo years that legislatures must begin to act at once in frilm- ing laws for the control of air States will have to provide for aerial traf- fife police, and the federal govern ment will have to provide the GUS toms officers with fast nOnococques in order to combat with the snug glers who will be real fly by nights in more senses than one At the present day it would be the easiest thing in the world to take a ma chine across the border take on four Chinese cOolies and to fly back to some designated place in the state and unload the cargo which could be safely hidden before the officers could arrive on the scene and even
 if they did arrest the pilot they would have much difficulty in finding the contraband. However the federal government has had quite a lot of experience with the few machines
 that 1t owns and could in q short
 time render the smuggling business more intarpctiOfr tha11 nrofit1