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Show MAY REQUIRE LIGHTS 1 ON HORSE DRAWN RIGS: Commissioners of Weber county. Ihavo been asked by the state road! commission to require horse-drawn vehicle! to display lights when traveling trav-eling at night over the principal hlch-i ,wnys as a mea-sure of safety. Slml-I liar requests have been modr' of "com-mlssloners "com-mlssloners In other thlcklv populat-' cd counties of the state. The request reads "The Increasing number of accidents acci-dents to horse-drawn ehicles on our ;sr;ite hard-surfaced roads would seem to call for action on tho part of the ivarlous boards of county commission-era commission-era in the several counties or actlonj bv the state road commission, or both. I "Your attention Is respectfully dl-' reded tb paragraph B. section 0976 I Chapter S:?, of tho session laws of! 1921. The portion of the above section sec-tion that outlines the powers of your! h "i't.i ' : ' un; inl.-slon read i as ol-lows: ol-lows: " 'The county rommiFsioners are hereh authorized to designate such roads where all horse drown vehicles shall carry s1 least one lighted lamp' or lantern, so arranged that said light-1 ed lamp or lantern shall bo visible from the front and rear." "This commission. In tho interest of public safety, earnestly recom-l mends to your honorable commission that you pass an ordinanco making such design i1 ! .n ' ud :nc in tlm Igna'lon at ih'.s those ponW of your highways which ars e ' 9urfa "I where the records thMH larger part of the accidents occef |