Show MAY BE ASKED IN MOTOR VEHICLE SJ STATUTE A mn Restoration of Affidavit vit Clause Urged CONFERENCE CONFERENCE- CALLED r Declaration of f Own Ownership r h p Held Important t Changes and corrections Jn jl th the e elaw law pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles will probably be asked of the coming legislature the thc committee appointed b by 11 Governor George H. H Dern to consider the matter matter matter mat mat- ter being scheduled to hold hotd a a. conference conference con con- ference on that subject Friday Frida Under the motor vehicle law of 1923 an affidavit was required from any person desiring to register a a. vehicle but the legislature of or 1925 In Jn amending the law Jaw left out the affidavit requirement when it substituted section for s section atlon As a n result the law for the last last- two years jears has not required the ownership of such vehicles to to be under oath or ot affirmation USING OLD FORMS Nevertheless Q less th the secre secretary ary of aLl HUB ne LLe says say continued to use the old forms with the affidavit at attached attached at- at t- t holding that under certain general provisions of the r revised section it was within his discretion to require an affidavit Examination Examination Examina Examina- tion of the records in the secretary secre secre- tary of states state's office discloses that enforcement of the law has been so lax that even under unde-r the old act which required an affidavit the applications ap ap- ap- ap filed were wele a as as' asre re reqUired required required re- re by law These Thes records show that practically all of the n for licenses from flom communities communities ties out out- in the tile state were duly at attested at- at tested Imd Ind sealed b by a notary while only a small l percentage of th those se from Salt Lake Lalie Lake and and its suburbs ever passed through the hands of a ano no notary tan WITHOUT SEALS The Tho affidavit forms forms' on many applications turned in from Salt Lake City arid and vicinity th the r tc- tc or s show SIOW were filled d out an and signed by motor vehicle inspectors who vho were not notaries and licenses were vere issued on the strength o of ot such such applications Some of these inspectors tors toes declare that the they had had- had heen been een in r to the effect th that thab t- t they h hl mid had mida l a authority to administer oaths and they did not need a a. seal as long as as- s. s the they confined themselves to motor motor motor mo mo- mo- mo tor vehicle work This however is denied L by Secretary of or State H. H E. E Crockett who says says he knows of no such instructions having been is is- is sued Mr Crockett recently declared himself In favor of replacing the af- af requirement in the law so as asto asto to Lo clear up the uncertainty In n the general terms of the revised re act un under cr which he is still mak- mak ing ng the forms used in 1923 and 1924 serve the purpose under the terms of the thc rev revved ed act |