Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-03
hNDS CHARGES
'OF IOWANS ARE
ALL INCORRECT
,.nher of Commerce Committee
investigates Arrests OF
DaVenporters.
,or TO Nab THE SHOPPERS
,u.ois Motor Vehicle Laws 10 BE
Enforced, says Chamber
of Commerce.

rollowing the protests OF loWans
.s,r9 recent arrests made in
80 Island of Dayenporters who
~. driving cars Of others without
,bsuHeur's license, committee
:. he Rock Island Chamber Of
commerce today issued a statement
-h,cb should rectify any misappre-
s.nsion on the part Of Davenport
-'.izsns Not only Davenporters
~ Table 10 arrest for not having
. cbaufeur's license or for hiring
van who has not a permit. but
- islanders and all others as
ri, ri The law applies, however, to
nsvenporters only when they are in
m state of Illinois.
Is UnfOunded.
The Chamber of Commerce issued
,5e following statement today: n
m effort to obtain a better inter
,-atation and understanding Of the
actor vehicle chauffeur's license
law a committee from the Cham
hsr Of Commerce called upon both
Vsyor William McConochie and Po-
lice Magistrate c. J. Smith and find
mat the charge made by Iowas to
he effect that motor vehicle drivers
eoming to Rock Island on shopping
rips were being pTomiscuously ar
rested is unfounded, to say the
least.
shoppers driving their own cars
are as free from arrest as they
would be in Davenport. Des Moines.
Nuscatine or any other Iowa city,
and arrests are only being made,
4 is understood, where individuals
are acting in the capacity of cham-
feurs and not properly licensed.
The committee believes that the &C
ton Of the police in making arrests
Ct this time is not as insinuated to
smbarrass the business interests of
the city because many of them were
both directly and indirectly inter
ested in the elimination of licensing
tie sale of liquor
1T has been pointed out that this
motor vehicle chauffeur's license
law Is a state legislative enactment
amended and put in force Jan. /,
1915. and every spring since the en-
sctment Of the law Secretary of
States Louis L. Emmerson has call
ed upon the local administration TO
enforce this law. 1t is understood
that the same condition and the
same protests were made last year
that are being made this year.
Many arrests We're made in the
spring OF 1916 and 1917 and the mat
ter of enforcement is now being
pushed IL is understood at the re-
quest Of the secretary of state.
Motor Laws.
The provisions OF the law are as
follows:
AN application for a license to
operate motor vehicles as a chaur-
ieur who Is hereby defined to mean
any person operating a motor We
hicle as mechanic CT employee and
any person regularly operating a
motor vehicle for hire or for pecu-
mary profit, shall be made by mail
Or otherwise to the secretary on
states or his duly authorized agent,
upon blanks prepared under his au-
lhority. Such applications shall be
accompanied by the fee provided
acre, by photograph of the appli-
can't In such numbers and forms as
NE secretary of state shall pre-
scribe two and such photographs
shall have been taken within 80
Gays prior to the filing of such ap-
phcation. Before such a license is
granted the applicant shall pass
such an examination as to his quail
ncations as the secretary OF state
snail require and no license sha4@
be issued until the secretary of
sate or his authorized agent is sat
shed that the applicant is the prop
e person to receive il and no
faauneur's license shall be issued
% any person under IS years of
age.
A distinguishing number or
mark shall be assigned to each
Iaaufeur to whom a license shall
'e Issued and the license shall be
= such form as the secretary OF
'lste may determined l. may con-
am special restrictions and limita-
IONS concerning the type Of motor
az, horsepower. design and other
eatures Of the motor vehicle whic'
ne Ilcensee may operate. II she
'ohtain the distinguishing number
Z mark assigned to the licensee his
,&ne' place Of residence and ad-
tIess' a bright description of tn
lcehsee for the purpose of identifi-
@uon and a photograph of the Ii
.ehsee. Such distinguishing num-
w or mark shall be of a distinctly
lnerent color each year and in
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