Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-03-01 | Page 7 | License Plate Arrests Begin

LICENSE PLATE ARRESTS BEGIN Salt Lake City police were arresting arresting arresting ar ar- resting motorists driving with 1937 license plates Tuesday despite despite despite de de- spite a Monday announcement of Inspector O. O B B. Record that they M would be allowed one day of grace because courts have sometimes held motorists had to and including including including ing March 1 to purchase plates Inspector Records Record's explanation The sheriffs sheriff's office and state highway patrolmen began making arrests arrest and we e couldn't let them do all the work worl If any motorists arrested today have ha a justifiable excuse e they may come in and maybe they'll be excused The surplus in the motor motor motor mo mo- tor vehicle fund to be used for streets and roads not part of the state highway system represented the first time distribution was being being being be be- ing handled in this way Of this amount approximately will go for streets on a basis of population population population tion and about to county roads on a basis of mileage and population To Make Up Loss This distribution resulted from provision for losses anticipated inthe inthe in inthe the homestead exemption act which was vetoed by Governor Henry H H. Blood after passage by the 1937 leg leg- legislature The l law w provides that it be transferred transferred transferred trans trans- March 1 from the motor vehicle registration fund to the road fund if there be a surplus over the provided to pay interest on road bonds The surplus comes from part of 1937 registration collections collections collections col col- and all of 1938 collections thus far The law provides that after setting setting setting set set- ting aside the interest retirement of the balance go to the street and road fund all allover over that going back to the motor vehicle fund Indications Tuesday were that more than would beon be beon beon on hand Up to Tuesday noon the state tax commission motor vehicle department department department depart depart- ment had received applications applications from the capitol office and the branch in the city and county building in Salt Lake Lale City This compared on February 28 1937 Points that had not reported Tuesday were Ogden Logan Provo Prove Brigham City Santa Clara Price i Richfield Cedar City Tooele and Randolph Disappointment was in store for impatient motorists who mailed in checks with urgent requests that their plates be rushed to them so they could operate their vehicles Tax commission officials said that the checks must be cashed before the plates could go out which would require about 10 days to determine determine determine de de- termine if the paper is good