Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02
AUTO LICENSES
ARE ADVANCED
Buckman Bill Carries Many
Changes in the Motor We
hicle Regulations

Automoplle Incense teeS are IN
creased and the authority of the
State Highway Department in issuing
licenses is extended in the amend
ments which were made in the Sen
ate public roads committee to the
Buckman automobile bill, which took
the place of the Mearkle bill. which
was passed in the House. The bill
now presents the appearance of a
revenue raiser and it is estimated
that it will add thousands of dollars
to the States annual income If it
passes the Senate. where opposition
to IL has developed.
The fee from a pneumatic-tir We
hicle of less then ten horsepower
would be So; between 10 and 25 horse
power $40; between 25 and S5, SIS:
between So and so, $50, and for over
So s25. These figures are all higher
than in the original bill. Solid tire
machine licenses are also made high
er. The discretionary power of the
Highway Commissioner to issue a Ii
cense in less than a year to a per-
son whose license has been revoked
because of drunkenness or speeding is
taken away by an amendment.
The principal changes in the bill
follow:
The term motor vehicle" is to in
clude. in addition to all wheeled We
hicles operated or propelled by any
form of engine, motor or mechanical
power, vehicles operated by power
received from any sources other than
from engine, motor or mechanical
power forming part of such vehicle"
The size of the figures on the regis
tration tag are increased from four
to five inches in height and those on
81 % 4
one-half inches. The number tags on
vehicles equipped with solid tires
would bear in the corner or corners a
star or stars indicating the classifica-
tion of the vehicle.
The fee for a motorcycle is left at
SO and a motorcycle with a sidecar
attached, So. Under the present law
when a license is issued after July
for a motor vehicle the fee is cut in
half. The amended bill changes the
date to September and increases the
rates. The proposed law would read
as follows:
The fee for the registration of
other motor vehicles motorcycles ex-
cepted) equipped with pneumatic
tires. except as provided for in the
dealers class, when registration is
issued prior to September of any year
would be s5 for vehicle of less than
10 horsepower; $40 for 10 and less
than % horsepower; SIS for % and
less than So horsepower; $50 for 35
and less than 80 horsepower. and S25
for each vehicle of so horsepower or
more.
The original fees in the bill were:
$40 for any motor vehicle of less
than 35 horsepower; SIS for 35 and
less than so horsepower; $50 for so
horsepower or more.
The fee for motor vehicles with
solid tires have been changed as fol-
lows:
$40 for each vehicle of less than
5000 pounds gross maximum weight
of load and vehicle; SIS for 5000 and
less than 1000 pounds; $25 for more
than 1000 and less than $4,000 pounds
and $50 for $4,000 and not more than
$4,000 pounds.
The rates in the original bill for
the solid tire vehicles were:
IS for 1000 pounds; $40 for 1000
and less than 5000 pounds; $50 for
10000 and less than $4,000 pounds,
and s25 for 10000 pounds and not
more than $4,000 pounds.
These two provisions have been
added to the bill:
Motor vehicles. either solid or
pneumatic tire, used for hauling
freight over a regular route and on
a fixed schedule. shall be $3.50 per
ton capacity in addition to the regu-
lar fee for registration.
Motor vehicles, either solid or
pneumatic tire, used for transporting
passengers for hire over a regular
route and on a fixed schedule, shall
be 81 for each passenger seat in the
motor vehicle in addition TO the regu-
lar fee for registration.
10, ha ole ta
original bill was $40 and has been
raised to SIS. The fee for dealers in
motorcycles remains at s5. The min
imum number of sets of tags that
would be issued to one dealer would
be two.
Electric motor vehicles used for
pleasure purposes would be registered
in the pneumatic tire class and ac-
cording to horsepower.
The State Highway Commissioner
is given authority to refuse to issue
license to any applicant who, in his
estima ton, is an improper person to
operate a motor vehicle"
The following provision is also in
serted:
NO person who is mentally or
physically incapacitated shall be per-
mitted to operate a motor vehicle on
the public highways of this State.
Any person who has lost one hand
or both, or who has lost the use of
one hand or both. or who has lost
both feet, or who has lost the use of
both feet. or whose eyesight is so
impaired that with the aid of glasses
he cannot distinguish objects clearly
at a distance of $50 feet. or who shall
have less than 90 per centum OF nor
NAL vision, or who shall have lost
within two per centum of normal
hearing, shall be considered physical