The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-08-17
How to comply with the new State
wide Law regulating lights on
motor vehicles.

Few people seem to be familiar with
the new automobile headlight law, the
minimum fine for violation of which is
$25.
1t is always a difficult matter to get
the public to understand any new law.
due either to its inability to compre-
bend, or its lack of interest, generally
resulting in criticism being placed upon
those in authority designated to enforce
said law.
Before it was passed SO per cept. of
the motorists bitterly complained of the
dangers of driving upon the highways
at night, due to glaring headlights.
Now they are complaining of the law
being so complicated that they cannot
tell what to do to meet its require,
ments.
Suggestions for complying with the
law follow:
CLEAR LENS-If the motorist does
not wish to go to the expense of pur
chasing a non glazing lens, he can read
lily comply with the law by having his
headlights brackets tilted forward from
to / inch, as may be necessary, ST.
that the reflected beams of light will
not rise more than AZ inches from the
level surface on which the automobile
: is standing at distance of rs feet in
front of the car.
A clear glass tense may be used when
this is done and will conform with the
law
NON-GLARING LENS-If, on the
other hand. the motorist does not care
to bend his lamp brackets he must pro
coed as follows, in order to comply
with the law:
1st. BRACKETS that the head
light lamp brackets are not bent, so
that the axis of the front of the head
lamp, when mounted on the brackets
and measured up and down and from
side to side, will be perpendicular and
horizontal respectively to the level sur
face upon which the car stands.
End. BULBS-See that the electric
bulbs in the headlamps are both of the
same candle power, and preferably of
the same manufacture.
3rd. FOCUS-See that the electric
bulbs in the headlamds are properly
focused.
To do this turn the current into your
headlamps, cover one of them up, take
off the door of the remaining headiamp
and by means of the focusing device
move the bulb either backward or for
ward until the reflected beam of light
ahead of the car is parallel with the
road. Then remove the door of the
other headIamp and follow the same in
structions. Then while the doors are
still removed see whether the reflected
beams from both lamps are parallel
with each other and parallel to the
level surface upon which the car
stands.
If so, both lamps are properly focus
ed.
Next put on the doors of the lamp
containing the non-glaring lens yol
have decided to use, and your equip
ment then should comply with the law
Up to the present time non-glarine
lenses such as More-Lite, Warner, Os
good, Lancaster, Corning (clear glass;
Corning (novial glass; Legalite, etc.
have been inspected by the State Boar
of Headlight Inspection and duly APP
proved.
The maximum candle-power tina
may be used with Warner and More
Lite is eighteen.
A For car whose headlight equip
ment is operated by a magnetic con
nected with the fly wheel, and contains
a Warner or More-Lite lens, will no
comply with the law.
DASH LAMPS or DINNERS contain
ing refectors must not be used wit
bulbs over four candle-power.
THE REAR LAMP must be s
mounted that the light will shine o
the rear license tag making all of tn