Show MAY INVALIDATE NEW MOTOR LAW Technical Discrepancy Between Legislative Acts Cited by Mayor Park DIFFERENT POWERS GIVEN One Gives Towns Authority to Regulate Speed and Precedence Precedence Precedence Prece Prece- dence of It I Is Cla Claimed led Mayor Samuel C. C Park Paric thinks ho he has discovered a technical discrepancy be- be two acts of or tho last legislature which may Invalidate tho the provision O ot of ho the new motor vehicle law prohibitIng prohibit prohibit- big Ing ng cities cites and towns town from enacting ordinances regulating the speed of ot vehicles ve- ve hides to an any other extent than that thal of or reasonable speed provided In the state law Tho The mayor maor pointed out yesterday that hat the tho law relative to motor vehicles ehl des cles ces and carrying tho the provision pro prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- cities from regulating speed limits was approved March 17 or five vc days as a's before of ore the approval nl by tho the governor governor gov gov- govI I of ot another act of the tho ture ure amen amending tho the powers of ot cities clUes and Incorporated towns which bill bin gives cities cites and towns tho the rl right ht to pass PaS or ordinances ordinances ordinances or- or regulating the tho speed of horses vehicles chicles and machines The Tho mayor contends that because e the theatter latter atter later measure was approved after aCor tho the former ormer that It takes precedence overt over O It t and that its Is provision relative to regulation of speed nullified that of tho ho motor vehicle law He lie says sas ho he will wil have the law la department Investigate investigate Invest Invest- gate the matter with a view to test test- In court mater If necessary Different View Hed Held Some however argue the mayors mayor's position Is Js not well wen taken for the reason reason rea rca son first that the motor vehicle law lawis laws Js is s a specific act relating to a n specific thinG while tho the other act was vas a general gon- gon eral act relative to general powers of oC cities cites and towns and that specific acts upon specific subjects always alwa's supercede general acts on general subjects second second sec see ond that the date or approval al of or abill n. n 1 bill bil does not determine Its precedence over O a conflicting measure passed b by byh bythe th h- h samo same Legislature but the date of ofIs Its Is ts passage as shown by tho the records of the Legislature the final recourse In n such matters maters The Tho motor vehicle bill bH was passed after tho the bill Il amending tho the powers of cities clUes and towns Provisions of ot the motor vehicle law laware laware laware are such that the they necessitate a a. com com- revision of or the city's traffic or ordinance ordinance ordinance or- or a creation creaton o of tho the mayors mayor's and tho the mayor maor objects to revising the measure if IC he ho can avoid old It I. I To make malte maket it t conform to the motor law the main features of ot the entire entre ordinance the sp speed e regulations would havo o ha to be beci ci eliminated I in i n a ted The mayor spent yesterday morning going over tho the traffic ordinance however however how how- ev ever figuring on tho the changes that have to o be made In it to make it conform to o the new law |