| Show t S S L MAY SEEK TO STRENGTHEN P LAWS Change Would Shift Burden of Proof to Motorists A declaration of authority that parking meters might be necessary to regulate traffic and a new law which will put more teeth into Salt Lake City's parking ordinance may maybe maybe maybe be sought at the next session of the legislature it was revealed Tuesday City Attorney Fisher Harris after a conference with Mayor John M M. I Wallace Vallace and prior to the mayors mayor's I special traffic safety committee meeting said he probably will seek legislative action to those ends I The proposed new law Mr Harris explained would put more teeth into the present ordinance ordinance ordinance nance in that the burden of proof concerning the driver of an over- over parked automobile would be shifted from the city to the owner of the machine Change Suggested SUJ At present the city must prove who parked the automobile Under proposed legislation the owner o othe of the machine would be more responsible responsible responsible sible for the ordinance Violation and would have to prove he didn't park the automobile in order to escape conviction No new law is necessary to lay a foundation for legal installation of parking meters in the Salt Lake City business district Mr Harris said but added It might be well to have the legislature legislature leg leg- make a declaration of authority authority authority au au- au- au that parking meters might be necessary to regulate traffic Debate Warm arm Meanwhile the p parking meter question still waxed hot with proponents proponents proponents pro pro- and opponents marshaling facts and figures for and against the devices Mayor Wallace Vallace said he hoped I that the Salt Lake district Utah Federation of Women's Clubs will wil make an expression of opinion on the meters before the month is out because we want the opinion of the women on the subject since they are the principal shoppers The mayor talked in favor favor of of the meters during a meeting of the district district district dis dis- dis- dis federation Monday United States District Attorney Dan B B. who said he represented the Pay Less Drug Stores spoke against the meters S Figures Cited I It was pointed out Tuesday that thata a reference Mr Shields made to the I deliberate falsehood of some statistics statistics statistics sta sta- cited by Mayor Wallace had no reference to the mayor himself but to the veracity of the statistics which were compiled in the east and included a quotation on meters as as- made by former Mayor E. E B. B Erwin Sergeant E. E J. J secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the mayors mayor's committee cited more figures Tuesday which he said were gathered by the police department department department depart depart- ment when meters were in operation operation operation opera opera- tion here formerly The survey showed for instance that where meters were in operation operation opera- opera tion ion on one side of a Main street block automobiles found parking parking parking park park- ing space during the day and there was no double parking Program Studied On the opposite side of the street however where th there re were no meers meters me- me I ers only automobiles found parking marking space during the day and double parking and traffic congestion congestion tion ion were heavy As the mayors mayor's committee went into nto session at 3 p. p m. m it had before before before be be- fore it 1 Recommendations from Third District Judge P. P C. C Evans that drastic action be taken in revocation revocation revocation revo revo- cation of drivers' drivers licenses for traffic lie fic ic law offenses and other facts The judges judge's recommendations were embodied in a seven-point seven program 2 Proposals that the Utah state prison make traffic safety signs for forthe forthe the he city 3 An offer for aid in the traffic safety program from the Utah State bar 4 Proposals not riot immediately disclosed to be bo made by Chief of Police William C. C Webb to the com corn Chief W Webb bb and Mayor Wallace Walla e conferred conferred in the latter's offices prior prioro to o the meeting I |
