Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-22
Governor ASKS AID
OF REERT N NAMING
MEMBERS FOR BOARD
0. A. C. Professor To Assist
In Selection OF Mea For
Auto Mechanics Examiners
Is Announcement.

Realizing the necessity of attsining
the highest degree of efficiency in the
board of auto mechanics exalnlnsar,
Governor 0leott has hit upon a unique
scheme for making appointments on
that board to be based entirely upon
merit.
Under law of the last legislature
which creates the board of three mem
bers TO be chosen by the governor TO
serve for terms Of one, two and three /
years respectively, subsequent appOin-
tees TO hold for terms Of three years
each.
Governor Oleott has asked Prof. N. L.
iGranning, in charge Of the auto me- /,
ehanics department at the Oregon Agri- |
Ieultural college, to confer with all APP
plieants for membership ON the new
board, such conferences to be relative
to the qualifications of the applicants.
Professor Granning viii then report TO
the executive as to the qualifications of
1.-THE men and the executive will in turn
make the appointments based upon such
reports.
1t is understood that the governor
will make the selections so as to cover
the state as nearly as possible from a
geographical standpoint, with due re-
gard to the qualifications Of the appoin-
tees aud their general fitness for serv-
ing on the board,
The new law is one Of vast import
anee to automobile owners and gives
wide scope of authority to members OF
the board. As a result every effort
win be made to secure the services of
men who will give the maximum of
earnest attention to the details OF tne
administration Of the act. Leading mo-
florists have called attention to the fact
that possibilities for abuse might grow
out of the administration of the law and
that it might also develop that 4 too
rigid application of its principles might
work severe hardships on the smaller
towns where tourists frequently find
the need for the aid of an automobile
mechanic the greatest.
The law provides that the board, aft
er its selection, shall organize by elect
ing president and q secretary treasurer
and provide for holding examinations al
such places as are specified in the act
itself.
Members of the board muss De guam
fled auto mechanics and shall receive
as compensation for their services $ll
per day for each day actually and nee
essarily employed in the performance
Of their duties and also travelling ex
penses. The expenses of the board arr
to be paid from the fees collected.
The law requires the board to meet a
least bi-monthly for the purpose of hold
ing examinations at Portland, Ii
Grande, Astoria, klamath Falls and Eu
gene.
Under the act an auto mechanic
defined "to be any person who sha
work for hire or hold himself out t
work for hire upon any automobile Q
auto truck and no auto mechanic sha
work for hire or hold himself out
work for hire upon any automobile
automobile truck within the state I
Oregon without first having compile
with the terms of this act; provide
that nothing herein shall be constru'
- to apply to any person not regular
employed in any garage whose empio
hat ment requires the use Of an automobi
pro- or auto truck and whose duties in pa
last consist of keeping such automobile
nds auto truck in repair and provided fl
will ,ther, that each licensed auto meehoI
ose- may have one helper or apprentice W
)ast need not be licensed under the provisiC
han A. a.. d lass'r M Z
one prentice shall work for hire upon d
5 of automobile or auto truck except I'm,
attic the direction of duly licensed auto II
Sing ehanie."
men Provision is made that every per'
hese desiring to secure a license as auto !
: chanic shall before the tNnetietn q
an of each month notify the secretary
goh. the board of auto mechanics examin
ana that he will appear at either Of
OIL meeting places mentioned at the n
tern regular meeting day Of such board {
'gni- he shall accompany such notice with
nave applieatin fee of $j which fee shall
'ome in full of all financial demands Of 81
elop applicant. In case sueh'applicant p;
vest. es a satisfactory examination the bo
ana shall issue him license permitting
'tate to work upon auto trucks or automob
that for hire for period Of one year. s
ouia license may be renewed at the end
the the year for which it was granted u
Il DC the payment Of the sum Of S. to
ne II secretary treasurer of the board.
peo' board, however, may at any time rev
'gon' license for ineOmpetency on the '
val Of The holder Of such license or for
'oast other good and sufficient cause.
ium- ease & license is revoked the seerett
pic treasurer is to notify the county ci'
"V'' The license provided for In the ae
-. to be issued in duplicate the Original
g. be filed bv the holder with the cou
.a'a - clerk Of the county in which the ap
,S ,Sa,,, cant desires 10 work as an auto
Con- chanie and the duplicate shall be pos
bv the holder Of it in the office ors
where he conducts his business or wi
he is employed. In event the holder
the license moves into another cou
he may, upon the payment of 80 &c
o47 70 the county clerk Of the county f
which he wishes to remove, reeeiv
a.. certified copy Of his license for I'll
with the county clerk Of the county
elton which he eontemplstes taking up his
,wav ployment.
stern Provision Is made by the law that
enif. and after six months after it takes
: Al feet any person violating any Of its
vent visions shall be deemed guilty Of a
= a., demeanoy and upon conviction the