Evening star., 1927-10-02

lumbia, where he operates an ice bust.
ness. Daily he uses one OF these
trucks from Washington to Tysons
Corner and returns. delivering ice at
various points in the said county on a
d. c. tag. His defense Is that he does
not believe he has to take out license.
Milton Walters and G. G. Grimes
are legal residents of Fairfax County.
They operate various machines daily
In said county and spend the night
with said machines here. They claim
the machines are the property of
Washington corporation, which fact Is
undisputed, and they do not have to
obtain Virginia license.
H. D. Davidson resides in Virginia
six months of the year. operates on
District of Columbia tag, and claims
that his lawyer says he does not have
to have Virginia license.
II any nonresident Is required to
to SO, then why are the Corby Baking
Co., the Havenner Baking Co., the Fus-
sell Ice Cream Co., s. kann Sons Co,
The Evening Star, the Washington
Times. and many others who operate
at least 100 machines from Washing.
ton through Fairfax County and as
far as Warrenton, Va. permitted to
do so and no cognizance taken Of the
fact?'
1.-THE cases of DR.. Jones and wife,
Thomas T. Taylor Co., Inc; H. c.
Ayres and H. D. Davidson, in my
opinion, are governed by subsection ta)
Of section Of chapter 149 of the acts
Of 1926. This paragraph of section 7
reads as follows:
LIVERY person or corporation and
express, telegraph or telephone COM
pany owning a motor vehicle, trailer
or semi-trailer intended to be operated
| upon any highway in this State shall
before the same Is so operated apply
to the department for and obtain the
| registration thereof and a certificate
Of title therefor except as otherwise
provided for in this section and except
the owner Of any vehicle which is ex-
empted by section and excepting
also when an owner Is permitted to
operate a vehicle under the registra.
ton provisions relating to manufac-
| turers. dealers and non-residents con.
tanned in sections Is and 20 of this
act
Therefore, the owners or operators
| OF the cars and trucks referred to
| should obtain Virginia licenses.
The cases of Milton Walters and
| G. G. Grimes, in my opinion, are gov.
erned by subsection (c) Of section 20
| Of chapter 149 Of the Acts of 1925.
| This subsection reads as follows:
Every nonresident. including any
| foreign corporation carrying on busi-
ness within this State and owning
and regularly operating in such bust.
ness any motor vehicle, trailer or
semi.trailer within this State shall be
required to register each such vehicle
and pay the same fees therefor as II
\ ,tt 20
owned by residents of this State.
II am Of the opinion that these ma.
chimes cannot be operated in this
state without obtaining a Virginia
license.
| "With reference to the trucks oper.
ated by the baking companies, the ice
cream companies, the stores and news.
papers, in my opinion subsection tc)
Of section 20 Of chapter 149 OF the
Acts Of 1928, quoted above. Is appli-
cable, and these corporations should
be required to register their vehicles
and pay the fees required by law"
Motorists Seek Information.
c. P. Clark, assistant general man.
ager Of the American Automobile AS.
sociation. said yesterday that the Of
fees had been besieged all day by tele.
phone. calls from automobile owners
making inquiries about the situation
and asking specifically II they could
go into Virginia tomorrow without
fear OF running afoul Of the police for
not having license plates of the Old
Dominion State attached. The fears
of these were allayed.
Mr.. Clark also said that the pro
vision In the Virginia motor vehicle
law exempting commercial vehicles
I %v~. In ff0y iS 1nk
tanned in the automobile laws of most
of the States of the Union.
The local automobile associations
are watching with interest the out
come Of the :ision; The Greater
statement warGng against "preciph
tate actioa" iRfWashinGton.