Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-16
SECRETARY OF STATE TURNS PROFITS INTO
 ARIZONA TREASURY
Of Total Income of $4S, ,429, Motor Vehicles Supplied S45,579 and Indications Are for Bumper Year in 1916.

! PH0ENIX. March 15.-That the Of-
 fee of Secretary of State Sidney P. Osborn is not only self-supporting but | is bringing in the neighborhood of thiIty thousand dollars each year to the state. is amply explained by Os- born's report to the governor for the year 1915. The report has just been 1 finished and will be handed to the governor in a day or so.
 The total receipts for the office for the year were $4S.429.22. of which .,579OO wa sfurnished by motor -shicles. The total for the year is ai advance of about $10,00000 over the year 1914. while the money ob- tained for motor vehicles advanced from s29.S64.
 The expenditures fo rthe office amounted to S16,672.3S. making net earnings for the year S31.765.S4. The report is exhaustive to a de- gree. Secretary Osborn has spent a great deal of time in it's preparation, and the result is both valuable for the figures shown, and the suggestions which he makes for revising the pfes- ent laws governing the operating and licensing of cars.
 In speaking of the increase of cars, Osborn says in part, ''I wish to cali your attention to the fact that the foregoing tables show the increase in the number of automobiles registered in 1915 over the number registered in 1914 to be 2.275. an increase of 45 1-5 per cent and in an increase in revenue of s11,045.50.
 All indications tend to show that the year 1916 will be an unusually prosperous one. If this proves to be true, it is fair to presume that the increase in machines in 1916 will be much greater in proportion than that during 1915"
 In speaking of changes to be made to the motor laws. the secretary ad- vocates that all foreign machines, that is autos from other states, be made to register their machines. here. in the same time, as the state laws of the state from which they came, reuire Arizona machines to be regis tered there. He points out that in some states, it is required that ma chimes be registered after a stay of three months, while machines from those states in Arizona are allowed six months.
 That licenses issued to chauffers are mere farces, is the opinion of the secretary. Under the present law, he points out that anyone, without the can apply for and obtain license. On the other hand, it takes a man three years to obtain a license to run a locomotive. In the opinion of Secre- tary Osborn, the running of an auto mobile is many times as intricate as piloting a locomotive. He advocates that his office be given power to re- yoke all chauffer's licenses. in case a driver is proven incompetent It is also recommended in the re- port that all autos be required to De equipped with good and efficient brakes. and that all electric lights on machines be frosted over the upper half.
 Secretary Osborn. recommends that the following changes be made in the prices of licenses:-That the fee to be paid for motor vehicle licenses to be regulated as follows:-All licenses applied for from January l to March 30 of each year be charged for the full annual rate; that all licenses ap- piled for from April l to June 30. of each year be charged three-fourths of the annual rate. all licenses applied for from June to September 30 be charged one half the annual rate. and