Show I Automobile Licenses Licenses' 4 i j 4 i POLICE Chief Joseph E. E Burbidge announces t that at from now on automobiles bearing the 1921 license plates will vill not be allowed on the I Ir streets of Salt Lake The same rule should I apply everywhere in the state because the time I allowed for getting the new license plates has j I r lapsed Chief Burbidge announces that he will vill willI I t immediately begin the prosecution of all automobIle automobile auto auto- i mobile owners who drive their cars without 1922 licenses He lie undoubtedly will have the general support of the public as well welt as s t the e motorists I lo 4 who vho I have complied with th the law f fLaws i Laws are supposed to be general in in their I effect applying equally td to all concerned There i 5 is nothing in the law to require one man to i renew renew ney Ills his is license while permitting another to operate S. S under an old license The law gave motorists i until until March 1 I to equip their cars with the new plates but a period of grace extended the time Ii it fifteen i days Th There re was was no reason why i i is extension should have been granted It It i would have been as easy to force compliance ith f it M the thc law on March arch 2 as on March 16 I j Moreover it is poor practice for a state official S Pit S S i J L l i i t 1 4 t r p J o t tto to grant grant privileges which are re not contemplated by the law and sound public policy When one man complies with the law and another does not and rind there is no prosecution the delinquent individual becomes favored Th The marl man who vho should enjoy the advantages and arid benefits of government is the one who respects and obeys the law Judging from the number of licenses issued this year and last there are about as many delinquents in Utah as there are tare are motorists who have complied with the l license cense require require- ments Some allowance may be made in the number of delinquents delinquents' on the grounds that a ala S la large ge number of cars are in storage and so are re e enot not operating in violation of the law No allowances allowances allowances allow allow- ances however can be made for those who operate their cars on the public highways without the 1922 license plates They should be arrested L and fin fined in justice to those w who readily complied complied com conI- plied with the the law and paid their fees to the he x S state S |