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Show IMPORTANT AUTO BILL PRESENTED JN CONGRESS Tribune Special Sporting Service. ; XEW YORK, Feb. .1. The American Automobile association has issued an appeal to all owners and users of automobiles, and to manufacturers and agents, asking for support: of. thc Federal registration bill, introduced at the present session of Congress bv the Hon. William W. Cocks of New York, and known as House bill Xo. -128- The Federal bill is an attempt to establish a sane law throughout the Tjuitod States or the registration and ldjjiitifiont.ion of self-propelled vehicles, and has bCbn drawn with great caro with a view to making it acceptable, not only to users of automobiles, but to the commuuitv generallv. Tho bill does not a fleet State rights or take away the responsibilit v from the in-" dividual motorist. When passed it will establish a plan 'whereby homo registration registra-tion will permitl an automoljihst to tour tho country without the annoyance and inconvenience of registering in other States. Tt would appear that tho present condition, con-dition, which keeps a man bus3-registering bus3-registering in every State through winch ho passes, and tills his machine, fore and aft, with vari-eolorcd registration registra-tion tags and cabalistic letters and signs, exists because of thc lack of .pi st such a law. Whilo calling attention io thc immense im-mense inconvenience and injustice of the present method, tjic American Automobile Auto-mobile association does not seek to lav. the blame at the door of any class or community, but simplv advances the now measure as thc readiest and most i satisfactory means of adjusting condi- 1 tions. I |