The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-14
BILL
WOULD insure.
ROAD SAFETY.
Short Wave Radio System
Would Help Apprehend
Criminals
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RALEIGH, Jan. IA state
drivers license which would not
impose a heavy burden on any
one, but which is designed to
increase the safety of North
Cardinals highways and reduce
the enormous death toll exactcd
annually, is provided under u
ELL introduced in the senate by
Senator Corey of Pitt. Another
measure, which would outlay the
practice of "thumbing" rides on
the highways, has also been intro
duced by the Pitt senator, and is
in conformity with anti-bummlng
laws enacted by many other
states.
The drivers license bill would
prevent issuance of similar IL
censeS by cities and towns, but
would allow them to continue
collecting automobile registration
fees and issuing registration tags;
SO far as it could be aSccrtained
here, there are but four cities in
North Carolina which issue a
municipal drivers license, these
being Raleigh, Charlotte, VIM
ston-Salem and Greensboro.
However, while taking the
right away from the cities to is
sue drivers licenses, it would
give them the benefit of state
wide short wave radio system to
be set up by the state highway
patrol and which would also be
available to city and county of
ficers in the apprehension of
criminals. This system would be
| similar to the police radio sys-
tens now in operation in many
of the large cities of the coun-
TRY and would, it is believ-
ed, be a great help to law en-
forcement in North Carolina.
The drivers license bill would
require every applicant for a IL
cense to undergo a physical and
mental examination, the exami-
nations to be made by the high
way patrol. The examination
would not be compulsory before
July / of this year. The license
would expire June 80 of each
year and would be renewed at
; the usual fee but the highway
department, however, would be
permitted, at it's discretion, to
waive the examination Of any
applicant previously licensed I'M
der the act.
The license fee for a single
Individual would be 75c; for a
whole family, $3.50, and for a
chauffeur, SIS. No person under
l16 years of age would be grant
ed license, and chauffeurs
would have to be IS years old
before they could get chauf-
feur's license.
Under Senator Corey's plan,
the courts would be required to
| file violations of the law with
| the highway department. The
following would be grounds for
revocation of licenses: man.
slaughter resulting from an au-
tomobile wreck; driving while
under the influence of liquor or
narcotics; perjury in registra-
ton; conviction of reckless driv-
ing twice within a year; hit-and-
run driving of any description.
Should a PERSONS license be re-
voked, he could not reapply for
a license until one year after the
revocation.
The funds collected from the
automobile license law would be
| kept in a separate fund by the
state treasurer, and this fund
would be used to operate and
enforce the law. Violation of
the provisions of the license law
would be punishable by a fine
of not more than $500, Or i'm
prisonment for six months, or
both.
The notwithstanding bill in
troduced by Senator Corey would
prohibit persons "thumbing"
or hailing an acquaintance for a
ride. Violation of the law, how
ever, would be punishable by a
fine of not more than $50, OF
80 days improvement. or both
Senator Boggan of Arson is
the author Of bill permitting
county boards of commissioners
to reconvey property sold fol-
collection of taxes to the own
ers upon payment to the county
of the amount bid. This pay
ment could be made either in
full, or 10 per cent cash and the
balance in three annual install
ments, plus six per cent inter;
est. The provisions of the law
would be effective only unit
January 1, 1884, the measure
being designed to. aid property
owners through the present crisis
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