The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-05
GRANITE STATE TO
CHANGE AUTO LAWS
Bills to Reduce Rates Paid By Tourists
and to Impose Liabilities on Own
ers of Machines.

New Hampshire has grist Of automo-
bile bills ut this session of the legislature.
and it is significant that most Of the pro
posed measures have been referred to the
committee upon revision OF the statutes,
indicating that a general overhaulng OF
the laws affecting motoring may be made
at this session so far, the measures
which are OF most interest outside the
state are those regarding the fees for IL
censes and the imposition of a liability
bond upon tho holders Of motor vehicle
licenses. The state commissioner OF motor
vehicles, former Speaker DIN II. Chase Of
Newport, has 50 far taken no hand in the
Introduction of new legislation. The auto-
mobiists themselves are not agreed upon
what they want, and talk OF forming a
! New Hampshire Automobile association is
being revived
| Another matter in which the automobile
owners of other states are taking an inter
est is that OF highway legislation in New
Hampshire The state has a comprehen-
! sive system OF good roads and two years
ago authorized lot Of new cross-state
and other lines which will be extensively
.
the money is not coming in as fast as are
the applications toi more macada,n roads
i Governor Ketcs is strongly i'll favor OF
Iretrenchrnent in this direction. and until
the present planned roads are completed
Tor well under way it is unlikely that any
/ OF the new projects on paper viii get very
far
Three bills have been introduced with
the object of lowering the automobile
fees. Generally speaking. these bills reduce
the various class fees - each. Mr.. kee-
nan Of Concord has bin by which auto
mobiles not exceeding = h. D. would pay
s. and ears from Is b. ,. to 50 h. =. would
pay SO Out-ot-state automobilists would
pay half these sums. The Mckay and
Stackhouse bills are substantially the
, same The latter provides fee for non
residents of only s. 80 for registration O
every automobile under % h. p; - ion
, cars from % II. p. to % h. p; 500 iron
, 30 h. +. to 30 h. D.. and $500 Tor every
automobile exceeding 90 h. p.
For the three months of July, Angus
and September special nonresident certifi
Gates would be issued good for 81, as unde
the present statute Inasmuch as New
Hampshire is going to need every dollar
can raise for the support OF the existin
4 state highways and the completion OF tn
lines planned, the Legislature IS likely t
ii get all it can from the nonresident aut
/ tourist, there being an inclination to eA
). tend him greater privileges IN the matte
/ Of time rather than in the way of reduce
- fees.
Four bills substantially the same i
terms, provide for the furnishing Of
5000 liability bond by every applicant fo
: the registration of motor vehicle. Tn
looks like good thing for the insuranc
= liability companies, but there IS stron
feeling in this state that the owner OF a
le automobile should have some responsible
lie ity for damage he may cause.
II Under the present law, upon the tran
re fer OF any motor vehicle its reglstlatic
Us expires, but under a new bill any sta
p resident holding a license may sell h
re auto and transfer his license to the pu
MS chaser by paying the state a transfer 4
Ii of 81 4 change is also proposed IN II
r. law which allows the dealer to loan c
stssszshdai ht licenses recurring Z