Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-23

GENERAL CHANGES MAY
BE MADE THIS WINTER
f'ethcd Of Handling Fees and Divis-
ion Of Auto Licenses May Be
Brought hbout--Dealers in Used
Cars Seeking Needed Relief-Trusk
Licenses Alleged to Be Excessive.
sne4'al. TO TIncs Republican.

81 't'e' 9 =, " L iioFS -ltepNGIiCaIt.
Ges Mones. Dec %. The highway
hA aia the motor vehicle law as
ns.s cd BY the Thirty-Si2hsh general
assembly will without question re-
ceiNe much attention IN the forth
coming session. Various amendments
:'id revisions are already being pro-
posed SO that the Thirty ninth gem
.erali assembly probably will not lie
Ike noe of the past ten years in
The matter OF giving prominence to
HIGHWAY hesitation. LEGISLATION at
$teetins these Two laws already being
discussed includes the following:
80. ~ senator Perry c. Hol-
eccsel. of Rockwell CSty providing
Tor the Keeping of automobile fees
IN the county treasures instead OF
forwarding this money to the state
treas,rery.
Y Sc of portion OF the automobile
tee money within the corporate linz
It OF cities rather than using it all
) on the primary roads OF the state
outside the cities This plan is be-
lug advanced by Mayor Rober, S.
MONTH. of Muscatine.
Reduction in amount of license
fees required for trucks which con
Germs dealins in these machines
claim are excessive.
10 provide that dealers in used
cars may operate under dealers
snuInbers
These are seme of the proposed
,seiils which have already come to
lsIlt ana others as IN prospect.
tatutes OF such far-reaching i'm
portance as the highway law and
motor vehicle law naturally arc due
Tor mere or less revision after they
nave been tried out for q while.
I'he work Of road building lust
the same as other construction work
mas been hit hard by the high prices
n.ad there has not been as much
PAVING done as was anticipated. Con-
stdera!tle paving is in prospect for
the coming season.
Auto Fund Huge.
The state highway commission hos
completed grading and draining of
the primary roads in number OF
counties and 1t is the intention TO 50
forward with these improvements
and complete the paving the com
ing year II prices Of paving materials
ana construction are not too high.
ne state treasurer distributed thru
inc highway commission more than
ao'souuoo, III The automobile fund mn,
20 dec. J. of this year and another
distribution is to lie made this month
or the 1920 fees. The balance ON
hahd In the. state automobile find
on Dec. ! was S2S43.4S2.
- senator Holdoegels bill would pro-
Z wac lor the Keeping OF this automo-
bile money paid lin by the motor
owners to the count treasurers In
The home counties unit, il is 20
B CURED for distribution.
IS Mayor MeNutt, of Muscatinn b.s
i addressed letters to the mayors of
Iowa cites urging their co-opera t;on
gu securing LEGISLATION to use /. por-
h .soii ~ these ices for city paving. He
4 points out that in Muscatine county
1 s'Nts-hVe pei. cent of the automobiles
owned by persons living within
.s'iie clSy or Muscatfne and eiehty-f five
per cent OF the mileage of these car,
lis WITHIN the city. Yet the fees these
s'iiotofists pay are to be used entirely
Son roads outside the city ais is nro-
~ pF the present state law.
me truck manufacturers and
& ueiiefs have contended from the
siirst enactment of the motor We
8hicle law that fees were too high on
trucks. The theory on which tho
ssoions worked however was that th,.
weight of the trucks with their
.sheavy loads caused much of the wear
ana tear on the pavements and that
a.hcy should therefore be taxed moro
heavily than automobiles.
Dealers in used cars were given /.
BLOW when the supreme court recent
ssiS held that they could not oner,+.
8 aiioer dealers numbers. This there
8iore necessitates their registering the
7tar' thev have on hand before the
s,Ise or the Year. An adjustment of
. TINS. section of the law will come ba-
lore the legislature.