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Show POLICE COURT REVENUE FALLS Fines and forfeitures collected In police court from traffic cases slumped to 3(7t.35 la January, In contrast to 17092.40 collected in January, 1939, the monthly report of L. L A comb, court clerk, showed Thursday. s While fines and forfeitures dropped, total traffic cases In-' eressed-3011 cases Being handled In January. 1940, against 2354 In January, 1939, an Increase of, 797 cases. Court attaches said a factor In the drop In revenue was parking meter cases. A yesr sgo. parking meters were not in operation and most numerous cases on. the calendar cal-endar were violations of the one-hour one-hour parking ordinance, carrying fines and forfeitures ranging from f 1 to as high as 13. Parking meter violations are punishable by a fine or forfeiture of 50 cents, and these cases make up a big majority of the calendar, sometimes running as high as 100 a day. - Minor traffic cases those exclusive, ex-clusive, of moving vehicle violations viola-tions totaled 2696 In January, 1940, compared with 1709 In January, Jan-uary, 1939. Parking meter violations viola-tions accounted for most of the difference. . |