The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-08-08
Quite Sensation Came Out of
Sheriff's Office When Deputies
Began to Get Busy.
VIOLATION OF
SEC. II CHARGED
About Five Dozen Warrants An.
peared to Have Already
Been Served.

| scores of warrants Were served ves-
terday by deputies from tile sherIn's
ohice on automobile drivers, practical
y all OF whom were charged with the
same oHense, that of violating section
!, cnaptef 721o. of the 1917 laws of
FLORIDA, governing the operation Of
and providing for the payment of state
license taxes for automobiles and other
motor driven vehicles, and by manu-
iacIuferS and dealers therein and
cnauffeurs,. effective January 1. last.
Up to last night, it was reported
there had been about five dozen war
rants served, and people of all classes
We're included in the sweeping service
from the sheriffs office. There VIII be
more served today, and for several
days yet, it is claimed. for practically
none of the cars here is kept strictly
up TO the letter OF the new state auto
tfiIfss are changed. Il Il saIu aug rrras anless
warrants already made out will he
doubled in number.
section Il OF the new 1918 law. is the
,,d ediei one violated, or which is SO not
ca In the affidayEts which were being
made out Yesterday This section re-
quires that each of the number n,a,es
Which are sent out by the state comu-i
.roiler De attached to the car for which /
IL Is intended. \ number is srnposed
TO De on both the front and the hack
OF the car, and very few cars are so
equipped In fact toll of fifteen
Nhleh passed given point yesteruayl
Vas taken. ana but one in this num-
per was so equipped There seems IN
lave peen 9 misunderstanding of the
law, and for the benefit of those so
afeeted. the section which is said to
laNe been subjected to wholesale vio-
ation is quoted as follows:
Sec. u. No person shall operate or | :
ifiNe motor vehicle on the pl1hIic i
highways of this state unless such We !
iicie snail have the distinctive num-
'er asslgned TO 1t by the comptroller ,
displayed on a METAL
nate attached to the front of said vel r
lIcle and to the rear of said vehicle. | :
ueh rear plate to be so placed as to =
alcn the side rays of the tail light by ! r
ieht and securely fastened so as to lsp
reVent the same from swinging. mol
efson snail display on such vehicle at r
he same time any number assigned L
u under any other motor vehiclet
wv"
Numbers are furnished by the statef
nd sent out by the comptroller on ap-I
Ication and paymet of fee required. =.
oyerning this distribution. the follow y.
wing section thus provides: - -
Section t3. Such number plates -
all be of metal. at least six inches
lde by not less than fifteen inches -
length. and shall show. in bold -. "a
aracters, tlle year, registration, serial -
d number, ad the abbreviation of - -
e name OF the state. No number -,
ates shall be used other than those -
rnished by the state comptroller. -. a.
ditionai number plates shall be fur - =.
med by the comptroller upon the =,
yment of fee of one dollar. as here 20 20
,efore provided for -. -.
sor the past day or two, Justice of 49,
Peaea VIII l. Johnson has been -
sy making out these warrants the - !
st of them having been signed by
putty Chas. G. Hartsfeld, who is un- -
stood to have been making a sort -
a census Of the cars for some time, 49,,
city taking notes and then makig -
ort Of the whole bunch at the same -,
e. Before the warrants are served o.,
Seyer. the deputy sees to it that cars nc
cerned are just as the charge stip-
tes-either that there is no number fnr
that the two numbers are not dis
yed, some eases. 1t is said, war
Is were not served, for the law ap-
rs to have been complied with in r
ry particular. Mo,
mere was question as to whether nfg
not the city's motor vehicles should Fiji
required to be so tagged. An opin- whs
given last evening however. caused cut
nded action on city officials to be and
oped, for municipal cars are ext ru II
'Ied from the application OF the ton
and
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