Evening journal., 1917-03-21
HIGHER Licenses
FOR AUTOMOBILES
House Passes Bill TO Grade
Fees According TO
Weight of Cars
NINE MEMBER CITY
COUNCIL PROPOSED
STAFF Correspondent.

DOVER, Del, March 21.-At the
session OF tho House last night, Rep
resentative Marvel's bill. prescribing
a new schedule Of automobile Ii
censcs was passed. The new sched-
ule is passed on the weight Of ma
/ chimes.
This bill is a companion bill 20
the new State Highway act and is in
! tended to provide revenue for the
new road building project. IL pro-
/ vides that motorcycle owner shall
pay license of S5 a year, while all
other motor vehicles pay at the rate
OF $3.50 per 500 pounds or fraction
thereof In the case OF a pleasure car
! 10 the weight OF the car is to be added
the weight OF each passenger il can
carry, averaged at 125 pounds. Armon
/ d. Chaytor, Jr.. explaining the
bill, at the request of Representative
/ Marvel He stated that Il IS figured
that a Ford car will come within tho
present $40 license, while larger cars
/ will pay more In the case OF COM
mercial cars the weight OF the car
and tonnage are TO be added. Mr..
1 Chaytor expressed the belief that 80
miles OF good roads can be built next
year by the Highway Commission
using the motor licenses, and more
roads the next year.
Mr.. Culver thought the rate was
too high, but Messrs. Connolly and
McNabb thought the automobile men
were getting much Of the benefit Of
the good roads and they should not
object to higher rates
Amend Automobile Laws.
The House passed the uniform
warehouse receipts bill. which had al
ready been passed by the Senate.
A series of bills to amend the au-
tomobile laws. which were advocated
by the Delaware Automobile Associa-
ton, were passed by the House. as
follows:
Providing that lights on automobiles
must be dimmed and providing a pen
atty Of from So to s25 for violations.
Providing that every automobile
having a fixed top also provide a mir
ror.
Exempting from prosecution per-
sons arrested for not having an auto
mobile license with them at the time
Of arrest providing they produce the
license at the trial.
/ Providing a fine OF from 500 to
$500 and Imprisonment for not more
than two years for driving of a car
without the permission Of the owner.
Requiring motor vehicles TO show
two white lights after dark.
i, Exempting motor vehicles from
7 taxation as personal property for
b county, city or school purposes.
b Exempting from payment Of license
/ AnCPofnH htr manufacturers and
l dealers for testing, selling or demon
! strating purposes.
, Prohibiting the enforcement by any
: incorporated town or city of any rule
ordinance or fine not In accord with
the automobile laws OF the state.
& Exempting the owner OF an automo-
bile who has lost his tags from prose-
cutlon in case he makes affidavit that
the tag or tags have been lost.
Reducing the drivers licenses from
IS to 50.
Other Bills Passed.
other bills passed by the House
were as follows;
Senate bill increasing the amount
OF tax that the town OF Frankford
can raise.
Mr.. Burris' House bill extending
the jurisdiction OF justices OF the
peace IN replevin cases.
Kill Cunning Licenses.
The House killed the Senate bill
to restore the S1.10 resident hunters
license.
The House passed the Senate joint
Resolution authorizing the Governor
TO appoint commission TO mark the
line of the Delaware troops on the
battlefield OF Guilford Court House
The House passed the Senate bill
to assess property in Selbyville for
school purposes on the real value in
stead OF the rental value.
The committee on municipal cor
porations OF the House reported IA
vorably the following House bnl of
the series amending the Wilmington
, city charter (the only one so far re-
b ported: Reducing the membership
, of City Council from thirteen mem.
bers 70 nino, one TO be elected from
each OF the flve Representative dis.
tricts and two from each of the Sena.
torial districts, the president TO bs
n elected by the nine from one Of theil
@ number. The original bill called fol
!. seven Councilmen, elected in Tx,
4 manner.
;, The Senate passed Senator Joseph,
- substitute bill providing for the Lit
tie Legislature"
Other bills passed by the Senat
follow:
Senator Frazier's bill TO increas
the pay OF the officers and crew o
the oyster watch boat. The captain
I salary is increased from S65 to sS5
J month; mate from $50 to S65. an,
members OF the crew from $40 4
10 $50.
Senator walkers bill TO appropri
y ate $4,000 TO the Ferris Reform
4 School 10 pay for repairs and exten
y sions. and appropriating $1,000 an
4 nually 10 the institution for teachers
u Senators Walker and Gormley. wit
! were members OF the legislative com
: mittee that visited the Ferris School
advocated the bill.
a The Senate concurrei in the Hous
joint resolution increasing the ap
: preparation for the erection OF a new
+ State Armory az New Castle from
s. 800 TO $500
BY unanimous vote the Senate pass
cd the House bill providing the samS
J open season for doves as for part
ridges, from November is TO Decenl-
Der 81.
Measures Pass Senate.
other bills passed the Senate as
follows:
Senator Hohecker's bill. authoriz-
ing the Levy Court Of New Castle
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