Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-26


 are cited. During the summer the man ufacturers of this product have a large number of delivery trucks, but when. the demand falls off in the winter almost
 all of these trucks are retired All of
 these matters can be adjusted and
 adapted, the commissioner feels, If the
 motor, vehicle department j is given dis cretion to rebate fees, upon proper eVi-
 dence, in specific classiflcatioas-, He all so suggests that any minimum fee rat ing prescribed by law for commercial motor vehicles ought to be taken out and the department authorized by law l to do justice to. the various classes re- Serred to. Particular mention is made | 1f the fees charged for. Fords carrying box in the rear. and claSSed as: com | nercial motor vehicles r.., The dealers bond, lso called, has in l he main apparently proven to be, a | Gsirable proposition. It has weeded out f the, ranks of the dealers some persons vho were taking out dealers markers ! or purposes other than for the demon vision is considered to be toq direct; i however. It requires the. commissioner 1 to- call the bond of a dealer for any ! infraction of the law relating to. the
 use of dealers markers. There are in
 stances of minor infractions for which 1 the calling. of a $1,000 bond is exces- sive, and. if. this feature of the law is to be retained, the commissioner rec
 omnends that his department should be authorized to compromise any onehse. He also calls attention to. the fact that there is nothing in the present law, as there formerly was, to the effect that a dealer may use car for his per sonal use. This was apparently inad-
 vently left out of the law, and the com missioner says that there should be a distinct determination as to just what
 may or may not be done. under the marker. The suggestion offered is that
 the marker and fees be graded, and that there be an unlimited marker by which
 the dealer may do anything he pleases
 and for which, he pays a higher fee, and Ia limited marker by which he may only
 demonstrate a car, and the demonstra-
 tion of the car must be defined so that
 there will be no escape from the appli-
 cation of the definition.
 The gasoline tax is commended as a success. Certain exemptions are rec commended, however. The professional !. oysterman of fisherman who uses his
 boat for the gathering of oysters ol sea product ought to be exempt iron payment of the tax ron his fuel, in the
 opinion of the commissioner. The farm CT who blows lhis fields for agriculture : purposes ought to/be exempted Undei the present law, no fuel used in ana ) motor boat is exempt, and 1t is sug 3 geSted that the law be, changed 50 'tha the motor boat user may benefit, in pro 7 ductive business where he. uses fuel. g Pointing out, that Connecticut, unde s Governor Baldwin, was the first state t s ] consider the subject of supervision o s aircraft, and reciting activities, of tn f department under the amended aircraf T law, particularly with regard to tn F desirability of seeing to it that all wh 0 operate aircraft over Connecticut ar, : qualifieb, it is projected by the commis T sioner, that the most available dyin . fields in the. state be charted, so tha - whenever an airplane alights in Con = necticut the state police department wi l. forthwith have notice by wire of the fac t that such plane is in the state an f then. through the agency of the polio, 1t the aviator can be prevented from agai Ir flying until he is examined and quail ,- flied. It is noted that Lieutenant ( : Freeman, qualified aviator with flare l. experience, has been appointed ayiatio e inspector of the department.
 Several of the other activities of th IS department which have been told of d the newspapers from time to time al ! reviewed in the report :, with the con st missioner's conclusions, according to ,tt > report When this movement; spread l. and extends into these, people who are { l. be guided from those, whose business
 is to guide them. the results are sure t. follow D ..r el .s. .5 z. ss.
 The organization this year of safet t committees and safety Organizations ]
 these scenters where accidents are; IS large predominance is also explaine of Not a little credit for the department
 success in combating the traffic hazart t. by the commissioned is. laid to new
 ipaper publicity Moreover, he ,. sal Tt there is no question but what. on Il ve administrative side for revenue, the pnI
 lieity run in the newspapers has savt in the state and the motor vehicle depaI or ment alone great amounts of money q ch making the citizen more prompt to fu a fill his obligations and pay his tax ra
 ings to the state. "a Concerning motor vehicle market $, the report says that 1t is no longer q to solutely necessary forl purposes of I m dentfacation to secure the registry nur le, Der of a motor vehicle, but if a genar ss description of the car can be had wi l-4 g