Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-03
AUTO LAW IS
BEING ENFORCED
TO THE LETTER
Many VioIators Are Rounded
Up by the Local
Police.
CRUSH STILL CONTINUES
FOR NEW LICENSES
Tardy Motorists Cause Much
Inconvenience to the
Authorities.

With numerous arrests for violation
Of the State motor vehicle law in not
having 1916 auto license tags on their
cars January l, with the recording of
licensing offices throughout the State.
and especially this city, for the last
few days of the old year and for the
days of the new year including to-
day, the enforcement of the new
statute which requires all cars to be
operated after January l to have 1916
tags, is being enforced TO the letter
Autoists who failed to take heed OF
the admonition of the state motor
vehicle department found themselves
IN trouble, both with the police who
rounded them UP, and with the differ
ent licensing officers, where they
were compelled to wait because of the
jam. What discontinue that was ex-
perienced by the autoist, though. was
due to his own fault, as there has
been ample time and ample notice TO
secure his license,
State Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles William l.. Dill estimated that
S450,o00 had been collected at the va
rious agencies throughout the State
before January l for 1916 licenses.
Newark was probably the busiest
center oe activity in the State.
The too previous automobilist. who
had the brown and white 1916 license
tag on his machine Friday afternoon
was arrested. The too tardy automo-
bilist who had the green and white
1915 tag on his machine Saturday
was arrested.
Several of the men arrested were
found to be without drivers licenses
One of these, Lois Wamor, of 440
Morris avenue, was fined $40 by Judge
Grice In the First Precinct Police
Court today. Wamor is said TO have
admitted to the police that he had
been driving for nearly a year with
out a license. Judge Grice fined Carl
Bum, of 7S5 South Fifteenth street,
81 for driving with a 1915 license Sat
urday. Three men arrested for using
1916 licenses Friday were let go, and
tine others arrested will be arraigned
tomorrow.
4 Nine motorists were afraigned be-
fore Judge Manciisi- Ungaro in the
Second Precinct Police Court today
for the license tag violation and were
permitted to go with suspended SEN
tences.
Fourteen persons who had failed to
obtain their license tags for 1915 were
arraigned before Judge II. Edward
Wolf, in the Sixth Precinct Police
Court today and fined 81 each Seven
of the men who had also failed to
obtain their drivers licenses for 1916
were dismissed under suspended sem
tence. The arrests were made by
Motorcycle Policemen Brodsky,
Jewell, Truck and Traffic officer Heit-
zenroeder.
Police Were Active.
They were busy days at all of the
police precincts. Some of the auto
mobiists were summoned to appear
in court. and others were brought
into the station houses and slated.
Al! of the summonses were not re-
turnable today. and the police do not
yet know the exact number of arrests
made.
No automobiles bearing the green
and white tags were permitted TO
proceed. When an autoist was
brought into a station house one of
the motorcycle policemen accompanied
him with the machine to a garage or
to his home. If the autoist had the
new license tag in his car he was
permitted to af1lx it and continue on
his way All of the men arrested
were later paroled or released on de-
post.
Six of the arrests were made Friday
afternoon of drivers who displayed
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