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dicatins a rather habitual tendency TO
get into trouble and violate the NV.
and the cancellation is ordere6 on
that ground.
The traffic act makes provfsa0xkfor
application to the Comf1issioneaN1or nor
A review OF the directors Withdrawal
of the permit and further for appeal
to a Justice of the Court OF Appeals
for a writ or error which provides
for a still further review OF the case.
The text of the traff1c act hxing>the
directors prerogatives follows:
Section 13. la) Except wherc Tor
any violation OF this act revocauon
Of the operators permit IL mandatory,
the director, or any assistant whom
he may designate for the purpose,
may with or without q prior hearine
revoke or suspend an operators per
NIT for any cause which he, or Sucn
assistant, may deem sufficient: Pro
vided, that in each case whers q per
NIT is revoked or suspended. the rea-
sons therefor shall be set out in the
order Of revocation or suspension:
Provided further, That such order
shall take effect 10 days after tts Is
suance unless the holder OF the per
NIT shall have filed, within such
period, written application with the
Commissioners of the District or Co
lumbia for a review Of the order OF
the director or his assistant; II, upon
such review, the Commissioners shall
sustain the order OF the director or
his assistant, such order shall ne
come effective immediately; but II.
upon such review, the Comrnissiof1ers
shall reverse the order Of the director
or his assistant, SUCH order shall
a. Ax.~,,xo., ,&n - cn<AH. ESvsSxv1AAN fhAt
any individual whose permit shall he
denied, suspended or revoked by the
director or such assistant may, within
80 days after such denial. revo-
cation or Suspension ID ordered. II
application for a review 4 by the
Commissioners OF an order for revo:
cation or suspension has not been
| filed, or, in case such application has
been flied, within 80 days after deci-
sion OF the Commissioners, apply to
any Justice OF the Court Of Appeals
| of the District Of Columbia for 4 writ
of error to review the order OF the
director OF traffic (or his assistanD
complained Of or the decision OF the
Commissioners. And said court is
authorized to promulEate rifles gov
erning the application for the writ,
and the record and proceedings there
on, and to affirm, modify or reverse
the order OF the director Of traffic Cor
his asslstant) or the decision of the
Commissioners, where the writ is al
lowed pursuant hereto: ana the deci-
sion OF said court shall be final: Pro-
vided further. That ths application
to said court for writ OF error snail
not operate a. stay of such order
OF the director or his assistant or the
decision of the Commissioners"
District residents are not the only
ones whose permits may be revoked.
Holders Of permits from other sec
tions Of the country or fcre4sn
countries also may be deprived OF
their right to drive within the
District. This authority Is granted
In paragraph &C. Of the same section
Of the act, which follows:
'(c) Any Individual not having an
operators permit issued by the
director but having in his immediate
possession an operators permit issued
by any State. Territory or possession
Of the United States. or foreign
country or political subdivision
thereof, shall, upon conviction OF q
violation OF any provision of this act
requiring the revocation or suspefir
sion for any period OF the operators 3
permit, have his right to operate In
the District under the permit Of SUCH
state, territory or POSSESSION OF the
United States, or foreign country or
political subdivision thereof. suspend
ed for such period az the director
may prescribe, and the proper
authority at the place Of issuance OF
the permit shall be notified OF such
suspension and the reason therefor"
Permits once recalled are returned &C.
cordine to q policy Of investigation and
determination OF the holders later rec
ord. II It appears that the person 80
deprived has, for instance, been drfv-
| ing without 4 permit or has been con-
victed Of further breaches Of the traf-
| fc code or of various crimes, the trafiic
Office has laid down the policy OF
| lengthening the revocation period, on
the assumption that such L person has
not indicated 4 siif1cierit change Of
conduct to be worthy holder OF the
authorization to drive motor car.
| Many cancellations have resulted
| from investigation which has attended
! the renewal OF permits. Before issuing
the new card the record OF the indi.
| vidual applicant was consulted, and
| in some cases a long list Of offenses
I was uncovered