Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-16
POLICE ARE TO RECEIVE
 INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT JIrN

ANSIhCCTlONS ABOUT JITNEYe
 State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robbins B, Stoeckel was to issue Thurs oay afternoon to the. police authorities or every city and town in the state a summary of the new jitney law giving instructions as to how the operators who have received certificates are to be li- censed by the motor vehicle department. what the fees are to be- when the de- patrment expects 10 be able to begin this work and how, in the op;nion of the motor vehicle commissioner, the new law ought to be applied in the meantime.
 Teiegrams have already been sent to the police authorities informing them of the forthcoming statement rnG it is aS- sumed that the police will {. c guided b.. thls in making arrests, or rather in not making them until the motor Nehlc.e de- partment Is ready to proceed with reg;s- traitor and licensing under the new law.
 It Is not expected that the new rlark- CTS with J on them foi the certified Jitneys will be ready befora Monday and It Is the policy of the ne otor vehicle de- partment to allow reasonable time for the jitney men to shift from their pres- ent public service markers to the new I plates or to some othe form of registra- ton.
 Commissioner Stoeckel said Thursday that he desired to avoid an arbitrary att tltude in enforcing the new law and would give plenty of opportunity to the persons interested voluntarily to com ply with the new regulations.
 The statement which is to be sent ont 1 will also describe the course that is to ! be followed by persons who desire to operate public service cars other than jitneys
 The statement to be issued by the l commissioner is simply a guide to the ] police authorities" said Commissioner Stoeckel. This is purely an admInis- trative one working In cooperation with the police authorities. They are. of course, free to act in any way they see | it"
 1 The motor vehicle commissioner has received a ruling from the public utili- ties commission to the effect that the ttneys which the Connecticut company proposes to operate in various parts of the state under authority granted by the general assembly at IS last session do not come under the restrictions of the new >jitney law
 This means that the Connecticut com panyi does not have to apply to the pub ] lie utilities commission for a certificate to open jitney line as do individuals who contemplate such action. The law granting thee company authority to oper- ate 1itneys. exempts them from the cer. | tfhcate feature of the new law.
 It Is not likely that any arrests win De made under the jitney law for at least week and 1t Is possible that the authorities win allow an even longer De- riod before taking drastic action.
 The first appeal from an adverse de. cislon Of the public utilities commis- sion attacking the constftutionaIitv oi the new iitney law was filed wednesday on behalf of Edward P. French whose petition for certificates to operate hv, 1itney routes in New Britain was re. gently denied by the commission.
 In the appeal 1t Ia claimed that the law under which the utilities commits. sion has acted and Hrnder which the great majority of titney~ in the state are today placed under the ban, is "un. nstitutional and void under the pro visions of the fourteenth amendment o- the constitution of the United State, because 1t abridges the privileges ana fmmunfties of citizens of the Uni4et States and denies, persons within tn. Jurisdiction Of the state of Connecticui the equal protection of the lawS" k is also declared that public neces sfty and convenience require the opera
 ton of the 3ltneys oyer the several route, described In said Several applications
 The West Haven bus association ha.
 also taken an appeal on the ground tha
 the ruling of the commission has de-
 prived his clients of property right. without compensation and also that tn, utilities commission in reaching it's de cision. took the interests and welfare o
 the Connecticut company into consider 1 alton. This element does not enter th, } case at all, argues the West Haven. at, ? torney. except Insofar as the -Heltars