Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19
MUST TAKE AN OATH PLEADS FOR GENIUS
MARYLAND Autosts Will Have to Sacrifice Deficient Child Dr.
Swear as to Residence. White Urges.
NEW LICENSES READY SOON AT GEORGETOWN DINNER
Notary Will Added of Backward Pupils
NONRESIDENT Permits No Importance, He Claims
BRIGHT TAGS PLANNED OTHER FAMOUS MEN SPEAK
Police Justice Could
Governing tor MARITIME George
Credit GivenL Leroy Mark. nton Address Alumni
NEW LICENSES READY SOON
Notary Fee Will Be Added to Cost of
Non-Residents' Permits.
BRIGHT RED TAGS PLANNED
Police to Rigidly Enforce Regula-
tons Governing State Motorists.
Credit Given Leroy Mark.

New blank applications for nonresident
automobile licenses are being prepared by
the District of Columbia auto authorities,
and will be ready for use within a few
days. The auto tags to be issued to nom
residents under the new regulation also
are being made. end will be decided de-
parture from existing styles in automobile
license tags. The nom resident tags, it is
stated, probably will be lettered in white
| on a brilliant red background. and will
bear below the number. the words non
resident
In applying for District Of Columbia
license nonresident autOists will be COM
PEELED to make affidavit to their place of
actual residence. declaring under oath
where they maintain their voting resi-
dence. For such affidavit a notary fee
will be required, which will be added to
the cost of the nOn-residents license. 1t
is the purpose of the Commissioners and
the police department to institute vigOr-
Gus prosecutions for perjury in any cases
in which false or misleading statements
are made in the applications for non-resi-
dent auto licenses, and it is the further
intention of the police department to en-
force the new regulations with all the
rigidity possible
Much Credit Due Mr.. Mark.
Much credit for the adoption of the
new regulations is given to Leroy Mark,
former deputy of the Maryland motor
vehicle commissioner for the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Mark was the first to
take up the question of reciprocity in
the matter of auto licenses between
Maryland and the District of Columbia
with former Gov. CrOthers of Mary
land. when the law of 1910 was adopted.
Marks conference with the
governor at Annapolis he was told that
the particularly drastic provisions of the
new law were aimed especially at Dis
trict autOmobilists. and that no meas
ure of reciprocity would be established.
The governor at that time stated that
a great part of the receipts of the Of
flee of the commissioner of motor
vehicles was derived from District auto
adopted which would cut off this large
revenue.
Soon after this Mr.. Mark took the
question up with the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia. who wrote
to the Maryland authorities suggest
ing a reciprocal agreement between
Maryland and the District. The letters
of the Commissioners were ignored. 1t
is stated here, and a short time later
Mr. Mark was Informed by the Mary
land commissioner Of motor vehicles
that no reply would be made to the
communications.
His Draft of Regulations Adopted.
Mr. Mark was active in endeavoring
to have the Maryland auto laws modi-
fed or made less rigorous against Dis
trict autOists at the 1912 session of
the Maryland legislature. and for a
time it appeared as if reciprocity would
be established. Political consideration.
it is stated, brought the matter to a
halt. however. and in place of relief.
new laws and amendments were adopt
ed making matters harder than ever
for District aut0ists venturing into
Maryland After exhausting what is
said to have been every possible con-
ciliatory effort Mr.. Mark then took up
the question of establishing exactly
reciprocal regulations at this end of
the line. He drafted a regulation.
which. after long consideration and
many discussions. was finally adopted
and promulgated by the District Com
missioners last week
Maryland automobilists have been I'M
der the impression that no new auto
license regulations could be adopted in
the District without congressional ac
ton. The Commissioners, by act OF
Congress, it is explained. are given pc
lice powers to establish whatever regu
Iations of the kind deemed necessary
or advisable.
Maryland Autoists Exercised.
Members of the Automobile Club of
Maryland are highly exercised over the
new regulation, and a meeting OF the
clubs board Of directors is to be held
in Baltimore early next week for the
purpose of considering ways and means
of bringing about better state of at
fairs Osborne /. Yellott. general coun-
sci of the club. stated yesterday all OF
the clubs officers and directors are at
the automobile show in New York and
that as soon as they returned to Balti-
more steps would be taken to bring
about relief for the Automobiles of
both Maryland and the District Of CO.
lumbia.
influential members of the club will con-
fer with Gov. Goldsborough in the effort
to have the present drastic provisions OF
the Maryland law suspended until the
LEGISLATURE can act next winter. 1t IS
not known il this can be done, but the
officials and members of the automobile
club, as we'll as the many Maryland resi-
dents who daily drive their machines into
the District of Columbia on business or
for pleasure are greatly exercised and
intend to leave no stone unturned in the
effort to bring about more equitable re-
lations between the automobile commits
sioner of their state and the District
authorities and police.