Show STATE PATROL STARTS TESTS TESTS' FOR DRIVERS jilt It lake City and Co nty Motorists Crowd Capitol for Examinations Scores of Salt Lake city and county count o motorists began taking drivers drivers' li 11 cense cease tests at the capitol Tuesday after at af- ter the tate state highway patrol u under der took the examining job refused by police arid and sheriffs sheriff's officers Alarmed at a situation caused when the local officers declared lu lack k of funds prevented them from gIvIng the examinations required of appU- appU cants after April I 1 Governor Henl HenryS H. H Blood caned called a conference at whIch it was decided the patrol part of oC the state road commission would give tests for Salt Lake city and county drivers In other municipalities and counties counties coun- coun ties local peace officers are conduct lag ing the tests State Soon to Give Tub Test Preston G. G Peterson vice chairman of the road commission said the highway high high- way patrol will wilI take over all examinations exam exam- in the state as soon as po i. i ble As soon as arrangements van an be made applicants will be to appear at a designated pl place ce at 3 a certain time and tests w willS be given n in groups Oral tests were given drivers at the capitol followed by driving through gh city traffic with a highway patrolman riding with the driver The tax commiSsion ann announced that nearly licenses have been issued issued is- is sued since the first of the year Examinations Ex Ex- are compulsory fr m now on Chez Asks Cooperation I Meanwhile Attorney General Joseph Jo Jo- seph Chez urged cooperation between law enforcement officers and the I courts in the states state's campaign f for r traffic safety Decrying leniency shown habitual traffic law viol iol tors in in some courts Mr Chez declared red the time to strike at the evil is when the accuSed first firstI I comes b before fore the judge I he wax warned the violator wm will in all probability reappear before the court charged with manslaughter after a 3 fatal accident The attorney generals general's views on the traffic problem were contained in inan inan an opinion requested by J. J O. O Meiling Meil- Meil ing city clerk and recorder at Lehi I who asked whether a city jUdge is bound o the dictates ot slate highway patrolmen with respect to fines for for persons I law violationS outsIde city limits r Court hiss lIu Prerogative Mr Chez replied that the pr rog live tive of judgment entirely with I the courts but ur urged ed cooperation be tween judges and law enforcement officers in such instances Recently it was br to y attention at at- that a city judge has persisted in imposing nominal fines on persons who have violated traffic regulations in a manner that manifests an absolute lute contempt for law and order and th the safety bt bf our citizens citizen n he be ex- ex Such per persons ons will continue to flout the law until they are made to understand tin un- by the imposition of a p penalty pen pen- n- n alt alty commensurate with the seriousness serious serious- ness of the offense that they owe a duty to their fellow citizens to OD- OD serve traffic rules and regulations I |