Evening star., 1933-01-01
CONFUSION ON OLD
AUTO TAGS CLEARED
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT 7
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on their way home from parties aren't
likely to be stopped"
Second precinct-"The old tags go
out at midnight, but there won't be
any arrests until o'clock"
Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth precincts-"Old markers
will be absolutely no good after mid
night"
Ninth Precinct Lenient.
Ninth precinct-"The only official
order we've received says midnight is
the deadline. Until o'clock, how
ever, we'll be a little lenient with per-
sons returning from New Year eve
parties"
Eleventh 'Midnight's the
limit. We may use little discretion
about picking up motorists after that
hour. however"
Trafic Bureau-"So far as we know,
the time limit is midnight, and there
has been no extension"
Then, at 10:37 O'Clock, Maj. Brown
flashed the following order over the
police teletype system:
ITO Commanding Ofhcers-1932 d. Q,
tags will be recognized until am
January /, 1888. Motorists found op-
Grating after this time on 1882 D. C.
tags will be given opportunity to i'm
mediately remove the car from the
street until proper tags are obtained
Motorists disregarding this warning Will
be subject to arrest. Buses OF the
Nevin Lines will be permitted to oper-
ate on their State tags"
The order did not explain how a
policeman, stopping a motorist, would
know whether or not he had been
warned before.
Confusion among the precincts was
started Friday night when Lieut.. H. M
Lineburg, Traffic Bureau, sent the fol-
lowing order over the teletype system
"Notice-The use of 1882 tags has
been extended until midnight January
6, 1888"
Yesterday morning, however, Inspec-
tor Lewis I. H Edwards. executive Of
ficer of the Metropolitan Police De-
partment, countermanded the order, de-
claring 1t had been issued without au-
| thority. Lieut.. Lineburg was called
upon by Maj. Brown to explain why ne
broadcast the order.
Asked last night what explanation ne
would offer, Lieut.. Mneburg said he
had until Tuesday to make up his mind
what to say. Until then, he added, he
would say nothing.
Agreed to Period Of Grace.
First official extension of the time
limit was made by William A. Van
Duzer, director Of the Bureau of We
hicles and Traffic. In telephone con-
versation with Maj. Brown shortly after
Lieut. Lineburg's order was counter
manded, Van Duzer agreed to permit
motorists to use 1882 markers until
am. today.
When the precincts began giving out
varying information on the time limit
however, Maj. Brown was asked about
his agreement with Van Duzer, and he
said: mo official order regarding an
| extension has been issued yet, but I'll
see to it before the end of the night"
Maryland State police until shortly
before midnight were uncertain as to
! what attitude to take towal 1882 Dis
| trict tags, although they were pre-
pared, as usual, to arrest all Maryland
motorists operating on old markers
after midnight.
| Under the new law in Virginia mo-
| torists of that State have until March
| Is to obtain 1888 markers, and this
| time limit has been extended to April
washington motorists driving on 1882
| tags in Virginia will be liable to ar
rest, however.
Meanwhile. the 5000 or so motorists
| without new markers won't be able tc
get them until Tuesday, at the earliest
| as the Bureau of Vehicles and TRAFFIC
will be closed until then. AT the clos
/ ing hour Friday 100000 tags had been
issued.