Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-09-22 | Page 11 | Self-Service Court Chances Reported Good

SERVICE SELF-SERVICE COURT CHANCES REPORTED GOOD McConkie Believes Main Features Will Be Retained City Commissioner Oscar W. W McConkie planning a meeting with city judges said Monday that main objectives of a new ordinance creating a traffic violations bureau can be retained despite objections by the Judiciary to some features The commissioner was to meet with the four city judges in his office Monday After the ordinance became ef effective effective effective ef- ef upon official publication judges met last week and criticized criticized criticized some aspects asking Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner McConkie whose de department department de- de includes the city legal division to study th the law anew Judges voiced two main objections objections objections That the police court is placed in the enforcement business business business busi busi- ness and that the ordinance is not clear as to which judge should establish and direct the bureau Hopes for tor Compromise If the ordinance is found to tobe tobe tobe be unworkable I believe corrections corrections corrections can be made that will carry earry carryout carryout out the object of improving the present system of acc accounting for arrest tickets and tightening upon up upon upon on their final disposition Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner McConkie said It is isi very important to have havea a system of following up on tickets tickets tick tick- ets eta to enforce traffic laws If a amore amore amore more careful study of the ordinance ordinance ordinance nance shows there should be changes they will be made Iam I Iam Iam am hopeful we can work it out with the judiciary Commissioner McConkie t in indorsed indorsed indorsed in- in the principle of handling all save major cases through a violations bureau an accepted national national national na na- na- na practice urged by the National National National Na Na- Safety council and one of the provisions of the ordinance Old System in Force Judge Frank E. E Moss of police court said that pending the study the bureau would not be set up and on Monday the usual practice of accepting bail at police court was still in force The ordinance provides that the presiding judge is to designate personnel of the bureau which is empowered to accept designated bails in settlement of specified cases The bureau also is directed to issue summons for persons who fail to to report with arrest tickets Judge Moss raised the question of whether he as police court judge or Judge Reva Beck Bo- Bo Bosone sone as presiding judge of city court which has four divisions has the responsibility of setting up the bureau