The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-02
MEASURE
PUTS AUTOS UNDER
general STATUTES


-. y. \ ~. \. + =. Z ~ a. '-f
|isinnds ~ anected py radical changes
/ in registration, taxation and operation
proposed In 4 new bill drafted bv the
N su...;.t.. ~, 81 !, y. 4. :. "a,
Z w. 4, , ~ ~ ane
hoftly 70 De introdnced an me legisia-
tufe.
f,Patterned closely after Tho caiifo,.
nia statutes tbe new III, .iitrers f,or,l I.
NY ~" W .'onl -
~ two important' particalafs' ealifor7
ala, New York and other States make
{ a felony for any person 20 drive
~, ,h,io ir,ax,.st.d !. -, !, 49,,
~ $3.50 - s,'' ~ '''R
Hnen announcer venicie Or foot-traveier
Wy Desh STUCK ~ me ST. Inc pro
'ose'i ha"niian aet would make speh
~ 1 Snls noshing more than SIMPLE
nlsaemeanor.
May Be Amended
This serious denartnya fyn,, a. h.st
| practise has been brought n The atfen.
| ion the mavor and fha .a,rcrt,isers
| and .fhev NAV cause fhe hill - 4. III,
The draft now stands. 4 ehanliienr' ,sbo
goes iov.ridino IN hia masker u "a can
| be eenf Al iaii for Ave veare i = tkiaf
land the owner of that same can .nII
| drunk, 1iolzao thro,,oh fhe r;fv sireefa
Al. any speed he plesses- "a f6e terror
and DANGER az ali nersons abroad win
no worse nnnishment fhap & nominal
are On 4 short sentence mot more chan
thirty days) in the county Jail on the
frat oifense, and not more than ninety
days sentence IN the county jail on the
third Or any subsequent number OF Of.
lenses
one Code TOT Islands
these plemisnes aside the most inn
portant thing about the statue Is that
y brings All existing ordinances under
control o. tine territory. lt establishes
one code for all the Islands Where
local ordinance conflicts with the Terri,
.o :a statute, me statute prevails, pnt
cities and towns may supplement u
with ordinances Of their own, provided
such ordinances do not eonfiict with
the territorial law.
Herein the territorial bill patterns
s1ter the Cahofnia act. IN recent
test case, the district attorney OF Ala.
media county, California, was arrested
Dy the oakland ponce for driving
through residence district at 2 rate
o. speed forbidden by Q city ordinance
but allowed by the state law he APP
Pened 70 the superior court and was
sustained. The city appealed again 20
the supreme court which upheld the
lparamountey Of the state statute and
dismissed the district attorney 3. !.
Wide Powers Conferred 81
Wide powers Of discretion are con.
\ ferred by the proposed Act on the
lsheriffs They NAV refuse licenses 10
lany person or any vehicle that for any
reason they think unfit. All fees arc
Il paid into the county treas1fies. where
they are segregated I'M 4 special fund.
to be known as the motor vehicle fund.
i from which they are 10 be extended on
Il the upkeep and repair Of roads within
1.-THE collecting county. some Of the other
Il more Important provisions Of the bill
follow.
Re9istration-The sberiffs receive ap!
lplications. issue licenses and collect
ices. annually. licenses expire on the
LAST day of The wear. Only registered
ears nav be driven for three consecu.
/ tive months in counties where they are
\ not reoistered. without APPLYING for
new registry. n.
4 Number plates and Fees
Number plates-Must be not less
than two inches across at shortest
width and must be conspicuously dis
PLAYED. Each owner entitled to I'VE
A pairs.
Fees -Twenty dollars annually for
each ear Of twenty-horse power or less
ami seventy Ave cents for each add.
tional horsepower.
Manufacturers and dealers operating
3 not more than Ave ears. a lump sun, Of
( sb0 and AID each for each additional
; ear. irrespective Of horsepower. Motor.
, cyeIes nav SIo. nnless they are u more
I than ten ,borsepower. when the excess
CHARGE A. the same 50 for motor ears.
california computes Eorse,,owef by
. the cylinder content. mcasured IN cubic
: ;,shcs rha ,,,o,,osed ta,ri,nriai vtatuta