Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-15
ofTY orTDRNEY MAKES IMPORT.
ANT RULING ON LicENsE
LAWS,
MACHINE NOT IN USE
SUBJECT TO STATE TAX
Attorney Holds Fact That Auto 10 in
Storage 10 No Bar to Liability Undsr
Law-Teils Justices to Get Busy and
Prosecute Vieiators - Good Reads
Promoters Interested.

Cedar Rapids, July 15.-If any auto
mobile owner thinks he can escape laws
by keeping his automobile in hts garage
until he obtains a 1914 license he is
much mistaken. The only way ne can
escape prosecution is to buy license
or sell his machine.
County Attorney Linville settled the
point today when he addressed a let
gent Justices of the peace of the city,
in which he made the following OBJ
servation:
Il have waited patiently for the Sec
rotary Of state for certified list of the
delinquent motor vehicle owners. but
I thus far have not received any such
list from his department. do NOT feel
as county attorney that l can be ex-
pec'ed TO delay prosecution for failure
To take out license as provided by
the law any longer Complaint reaches
me that several are running cars an
der 1913 numbers; tha. others are run
ming cars on demonstrating numbers
and have run demonstrating numbers
for many months without any en-
deavor on their part to procure the
statutory license, or 20 make the pay
menr Of the fee required by law.
No where in the law do I find that
II is incumbent on ne as county at
torney, to do detective work. or could
And time TO do detective work and
ascertain who are. and who are not de-
linquents should the law make this in
cumoent on me. But the Law does give
me the use of the peace officers OF this
county N the matter OF ascertaining
who is and who is not violating the
law. and who are subject to the penalty
provided by law.
Wants Aid Of Officers.
I am, therefore. writing you asking
that you direct -he consta bles and
other officers waiting on your court to
become Itgilant in the matter OF as
certaintng the viola,ors Of the auto
mobile law, and 10 report to you each
and every person that they shall and
operating an automobile or motorcycle
without having displayed thereon the
1914 number plate, and il you will ad-
wise me OF the names Of each and every
person SO operating a motor vehicle
snail file an information against him
or them.
You should bear in mind further
that it does not make any difference
whether the owner O: a motor vehicle
is using II or not. He may have his
/ motor vehicle In storage. but never.he-
/ less, he must pay the license fee and
procure the number plates. The license
| fee is in lien of taxes and most GER
tainly under the law before It was re-
quired 10 pay license fee. the owner
vas required TO pay taxes on his motor
vehicle whether it was in use or not
People owning vehicles must learn that
i is incumbent on them Immediately
on the first OF the year TO avoid prose-
cution for their failure to DO So
Mr. Linnvtlle has placed the matter
squareIy up 20 the justices and their
iconstables. It is now the duty Of con-
stables 10 get busy. II they are not
troubled with bad eyes they will have
no trouble in finding delinquent motor
| lists. The good roads people are be-
! hind these prosecutions and they are
( insisting the consrables do their full