The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-05-15
GOING AFTER THE AUTO.
MOBILE LICENSE DODGERS
TAX ON AUTOMOBILES
COSTS STATE HEAVILY

Unpaid License Taxes Amount to
$ou'oOO Tear-Mean to Enforce
LaW-HighWay Commission to Send
inspectors to See if Cars Have
Proper Tags.
I Raleigh, May O-ApproximateIv IN
per cent of the automobiles. motor
trucks and other vehicles in the state
are not properly icense-tagged. At
least 100000 is annually lost. by the
state as a result of non-enforcemeut
OF existing regulations of automobile
traffic: ~
FRANK Page, chairman of the state
highway commission, furnishes the es-
innate. Heeadnhitss that it's appalling
and ne is preparing to obtain correct
I've measures That money is needed
In tuftherance of road DEVELOPMENT in
North Carolina and it simply must
come. AT the same time, the principle
OF the thing is wrong and cannot he
tolerated longer, he says.
What measurSst-then are IN ba
taken. Well the highway commits
sion is preparation definite action.
which, it is confidently expected, will
bring. fruitful results. Within the
next week or So eight new inspectors
are to be placed on North Carolina
highways and one of their chief duties
VIII be the detection of autemobilists
guilty Of infractions of the laws.
While these men are to devote part of
their time to inspection of the high
ways, they will be particularly active
in the apprehension of violators of the
automobile laws.
Naturally, success Of these plans is
largely dependent upon the measure
OF cooperation obtainable from the
sheriffs, police and other officers
throughout the state. As a matter of
fact, the new inspectors will not be
vested with the police power which
would permit them to make arrests.
Their chief service along such lines
will be- fouC the collection OF evi-
dence, and, t00,Afn the performance of
missionary work among motorists. In
other wordsathey will spread the gos-
pei of rigid@adherence to- existing
statutes pertaining to traffic regula-
tion, etc. .>..t
Offieers Must Cooperate.
! But arrests are to be made by local
officers. Realizing the necessity Of !,
cooperation of local authorities,
Chairman Page is writing to the sher-
ifs Of North Carolina's 100 counties
and also to all of the police chiefs of
the state. In these letters he earnest
Iy requests that they be uniformly dill
gent as to automobile license tags.
The "slacker" must pay, says he.
The following is copy of the letter
which Chairman Page is sending to
the police chiefs:
Dear Chief
"Of course, if anybody would come
along and say you were playing favor
ties, you would resent it, wouldn't
you? Surely, and you are right, but
what about those fellows in your town
who haven't paid their automobile IL
,ense tax? Why do you let them get
0y when other folks have to pay? Are
you being entirely fair in enforcing
his law against one man and letting
he Stacker go without paying?
"The state highway commission
needs this money to build good roads
"a North Carolina, and if you will read
section % of the enclosed law you
will see that it is your duty to en-
'orce the law on every one and make
Ill pay their part of the road tax.
won't you go after this and make
get the proper tags on
heir cars? We are going to send out
some inspectors before long and we
nope to find all the cars in your town
inside the law.
Thanking you in advance for your
efforts, am,
yours very truly,
FRANK PAGE,