Evening star., 1955-02-02
Car Inspection
Bill Studied
For Changes
Maryland Measure
Provides for 81
Stute Stations
BY Gene Goodwin
Sior StuH Correspondent

SfoF Stuft Correspondent
ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 2.-Backers
of compulsory automobile in
spection-the Iinx proposal of
the Maryland legislature-were
busy preparing amendments to-
day which they hope will make
their bill palatable to this Gen.
eral Assembly.
Maryland was one Of three
States that pioneered in the
of automobile in
spection laws but never passed
one.
The proposal this year is mod
eled after the New Jersey law
and provides for semiannual in
spectiens of motor vehicles in
State -owred and operated in
spection stations.
Maryland is surrounded by
States with inspection laws and
has become a dumping ground
for vehicles which can not pass
inspection in neighboring juris-
dictions, Delegate Joseph S. Tyd-
ings. Democrat, of Hartford
County. told the House Ways
and Means Committee at a hear
ing on the bill yesterday.
81 Inspection Fee.
Mr.. Tydings and House Ma
jority Leader A. Gordon Boone
are coSponsors of the new in
spection proposal. Their bill
would charge motorists a 81 for
each inspection which would go
to pay for 80 State inspection
stations. The legislature is being
asked to appropriate $1.3 million
to build the stations until the
dollars start rolling in.
Mr.. Tydings told the COM
mittee he would submit amend
ments limiting the inspections
to one year at a So fee and pro-
viding that owners of a feet Of
more than 20 or 80 vehicles could
have their cars or trucks in
spected at their plant.
Mr.. Boone said fatty that he
would kill the bill rather than
amend II back to the old system
Of auto inspection by private
garages tried by Maryland. be-
fore World War II.
Recent Death Cited.
Arthur e. Miller. director Of
the Montgomery County Depart
ment of Public Safety, said a
mother was killed in his county
on January II in an accident
caused by faulty tires on an
other car.
Other proponents included:
Mrs. Stanley Cook, legislative
of the Maryland PTA:
George Hammond of the D. c.
division of the American Auto
mobile Association: Henry H.
Smelling of the Montgomery Civ
ic Federation: DR.. M. F. Burrill
of the Montgomery County
Safety Board, and Thomas E.
Widerman, executive secretary of
the Maryland Motor Truckers
Association.
Maryland's commissioner of
motor vehicles, Thomas B. R.
refused to take a stand
on the bill or auto inspection
but he told the Legis-
lators they should be careful
because the bill was serious"
and risky" in its present form.
Although the Ways and Means
Committee put off a vote on the
bill until amendments
can be studied, it reported out
favorably a companion measure
aimed at stopping nearby States
from dumping many of their un-
safe vehicles on the Maryland
market.
Requires Sticker.
The bill requires that a car
being registered in Maryland
from a State with an inspection
system must have an up-to-date
sticker or certificate
from that State.
In other developments at the.
legislature, the House Education
Committee named a four-mem-
ber subcommittee to study and
report back on the University Of
Maryland accreditation report.
Named to the subcommittee were
delegates Gilbert Guide. Repub-
lican, of Montgomery; Ernest A.
jr.. Democrat. of Prince
Georges; Myrtle Polk, Democrat.
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