Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-18 | Page 8 | Car Inspection Law Balks City

OAR CAR INSPECTION LAW BALKS CITY The legal puzzle of at drafting a a city city ity ordinance in accord with a state tate law low which fails falls to grant municipalities concurrent authority was before Salt Lake City attorneys attorneys eys Wednesday Tossed In the attorneys attorneys' lap by Commissioner John M. M Knight the situation involves an attempt to prosecute in c city ty courts motorists who have not complied with the state tate law requiring inspection of automobiles every six ix months At present there is no such nanco anco in Salt Lake Lako City and police making arrests for violations of at the statute would be fo forced to swear to complaints in Sn the county attorneys attorney's office No requests for such s complaints have lavo been received City attorneys expressed a belief that hat such an ordinance cannot be enacted legally because it smacks of f class legislation on For example they pointed out salt Lake City can no more marc prohibit prohibit prohibit pro pro- hibit a man from driving an automobile than it can prohibit prohibit pro- pro hibit a man with one leg from driving ing ng any machine upon the streets In other words said the attorneys tho ho city can legislate only omy as to use of ot the tho streets and the present Jaw aw takes tokes the he form of legislation against unfit vehicles a power rest rest- lug ing ng entirely with the sta state e. e Charges against four tour men who were tagged by police for driving trucks rucks without stats state inspection li licenses licenses li- li censes were stricken I in police court Wednesday because of lack of ofa a city ordinance Those accused were Marion Marlon J. J Clark 25 GO Third avenue Dougas Douglas Douglas Doug- Doug las as Phelps 28 1155 East Second South street G. G S. S Frazier 35 North First West Vest street and R. R A. A Go Gould d 4 42 Captain O. O B. B Record head of tho ho police traffic squad said more than han 50 motorists had tags this for or driving automobiles without sUck stickers rs since Tuesday