Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-13
OSBORN RAPS
 OUR AUTO LAWS
Secretary of State Says There Is No Justification for Chauffeurs-Registration

PHoENIX. Ariz.. Feb. l2.-A gen. eral cut in the fees Of his ofrice. the abolition of the chauneurs license and the lowering or the cost Of reg. istering motor vehicles are recon. mended by Secretary of State Sidney ?. Osborn in his annual report.
 In regard to the motor vehicle reg. istraton law. Osborn goes sc far as Co declare that it is unconstitutional. He states:
 Tn theory the license fee is charged in order to raise sufficient money to Lay fer the regulation of the automc- bile traffic The automobile traffic must be regulated but under the pres. ent law more money Is raised than is needed for the purpose: therefore it becomes a revenue law, and as socn as it does become such it is mani fesuy unconstitutional. being double taxation. Also. if it is not revenue law there is no Justification for bas. ing the license fee on horsepower, as 1t costs no more money or greater effort to regulate a ninety-hcrsepow CT car than one having but twenty horsepower"
 Under the present law the secre. tary of state is required to issue a chauffeurs license to anyone who ap. plies for it. On this subject he .e- ports.
 T recommend that the chaufeur's license either be abolished or au ex- animation. both technical and practi. cal. be provided for by law. finder the present law the chauffeurs' H. cense is a farce, also 1t is nothing more nor less than a revenue law The chauffeurs get nothing for thei' money and the public in general is in no way protected from incompetent. ! inefficient or careless triving" Osborn's report shows that he is- sued 35S3 licenses for motcr veh- cles and 703 licenses for chauffeurs between Sept 1. 1912. the date the law went into effect, and Dec. 31, 1913. The total revenue from the law was s2O, ,93S.
 The declaration made by Osborn in his last annual report that the fees of his office are entirely too high is reiterated. ITO my mind. fees for public service should not be fixed for profit hut should be set at a figure that will cover the actual expenses, and nothing more,' he states.
 
 S13,S4257, and his expenditures were only s12.O71O6. including salaries. This also included the cost of mot, T vehicle number plates and seals for 1914
 Osborn recommends that the labor law, initiative and referendum code recall code. dental laws, motor ve hicle laws and mining statutes be printed in pamphlet form for general distribution, as there is a great de mand for them. On the subject oi the revised statutes he says:
 "The revised statutes, 1913, will bt disposed of through the office of tho secretary of state at a price that will cover their actual cost of printing. feel that this method Is a decided iprovement over the enc used 1T printing and distributing the l9O code. By this plan the state will no be cut one dollar for the printing O the statutes and the people of Ari zcna purchasing them will save iron two to four dollars a volume each making saving in the aggregate O between s14,0OO,000 and s2O,OOO,O0O' { Under the head of proclamations l, Osborn reports:
 r "The governor has granted sevei g full and unconditional pardons. eight V cen paroles Qndustrial school, s e communications Of sentence; revoke @ two examinations of sentence, issue f seven proclamations of reprieve; l restorations to citizenship; holida e and other proclamations nine; requ } sitions honored from other states o ten; acquisitions refused, one; nc tary public commissions issued, 1SS s commissioners of deeds appointed t two: executive appointments mad'
 22; railway pclicemen's commission 0 revoked, l37"