White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-21
TRUCKS AND TAX|S MAY OPERATE IN
SEVERAL COUNTIES ON ONE LICENSE

Although county commissioners
have been given the power by law
passed by the last Legislative session
to issue licenses to autos ard trucks
in the public service, they may not
be taxed in more than one county,
yet they may operate through two or
more, and the fees shall be divided
pro rata among the counties affected
The supreme court has rendered a
decision requiring the state publle
service commission to take the mat
ter out of the hands Of the county
commissioners where two CT more
counties are affected, and the pub
lie service commission has complied,
making such ruling and fixing rates
1t was a case affecting the counties
Of Washoe, Ormsby and Douglas, but
the effect is to establish the same
rules .hroughout the state.
The particular question involved
is the right of the public service
commission to rcview, modify, an
null or approve ordinances passed by
the various boards Of county commits
sioners throughout the state for tn
carriers.
Such authority is conferred on the
state commission by section OF the
act passed at the last session of the
legislature, the particular purpose OF
which is to confer original jurisdic-
ton in the matter of granting certifi-
Gates and generally regulate the taxi
and auto freight business on the
county commissioners in their respec-
tive counties.
Shortly following tie passage o.
the act it appeared in the case OF
Ginocchio brothers that if they were
compelled to pay the licenses N the
three counties through which they
operate it would impose an addi-
tional burden in the nature of taxes
amounting in the aggregate to
S1503.62. The copartnership is en-
gagged in operating freight auto
truck service from Reno to Gardner
through Carson City and Minden,
vile, serving intermediate points.
and with it's route passing directly
The service is one of extreme fm"
portance to the town Of Gardnerville,
which is situate less tlan two miles
from Minden but has no railroad ser
vice. The tracks of the Virginia &
Truckee railroad have never beer
extended beyond Minden and due to
that fact the thriving community Of
Gardnerville is largely dependent
upon the auto freight service furnish
ed by Ginocchio brothers.
Early this year Ginocchio brothers
applied to the public service COM
mission for 4 certificate OF public
convenience to extend their lines to
Lake Tahoe points. This the COM
mission refused to do on the ground
that the act passed by the last 1egIs-
lature conferred original iurisdic-
tion in such matters on the boards
of county commissioners in the re-
spective counties
The case was thereupon taken to
the supreme court upcn application
for writ of mandamus to compel
the commission TO act August 6.
1928, the supreme court handed
down decision in which it reviewed
all the sections of the act in question
except section 8. holding that the
court was not called upon to pass
on that particular section by the
application for writ of mandamus.
which was merely to compel the com
mission to assume original jurisdic-
tion in the granting of permit. This
decision was further strengthened
last Tuesday when the same court
denied a petition for rehearing ir
the matter,
The next step taken by the auto
operators was upon application to
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