Show ATTORNEY GENERAL V ON STION RAISED BV TOWN BOARD OP HOLDEN regulation of 0 speed on state highways within the corporate limits of 0 cities and towns lies with the municipalities and not with the state it Is held in an opinion rendered tuesday by harvey 11 cluff attorney general at the request of 11 S kerr chief engineer of 0 tho the state road commission it Is pointed out by the attorney general that the authority to regulate speed within the corporate limits of 0 a city or town was conferred upon the municipalities long before tile the enactment of the state road commission law the opinion of the attorney general declares the law gives the state road commission power to adopt regulations la in regard to traffic on state roads not t contrary to or in fit conflict with existing laws As the cities and towns were given tile tho authority to regulate traffic within their corporate limits long before the road commission law was passed the opinion points out ou tabe abe attempt by the commission to regulate traffic within those cities and towns would be in conflict with existing laws the regulations lations ol of the tha municipalities must be reasonable I 1 W mr cluff declared the question regarding the authority to regulate speed on state highways within the corporate limits of cities and towns arose in holden where the town board had posted signs limiting the speed of traffic through the municipality to twenty miles per hour these signs were taken down by the employees of the state road commission and president john C bennett of the town board wrote to mr air kerr inquiring what power the town board had to control traffic within the corporate limits of the place the matter was referred to mr air cluff tor for an opinion the tribune |