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The Sun
New York, New York County, New York
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On March 10 in Albany, the Assembly Committee on Internal Affairs agreed to report Assemblyman Callan's bill to regulate automobile traffic abuses while protecting owners' rights. The bill sets speed limits by city class, grades licenses by horsepower, requires illuminated numbers, and imposes penalties for careless chauffeurs.
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Assembly Committee Agrees to Report the Callan Measure.
ALBANY, March 10.—The Assembly Committee on Internal Affairs agreed to-night to report the bill of Assemblyman Callan of Columbia which is aimed to check abuses in automobile traffic and not impair the rights of automobile owners.
A final hearing was given the bill to-day when representatives of national and State bodies of the automobile associations appeared. They told the committee that all they wanted was to be met half way and have at least common sense legislation.
The Callan bill gives cities of the first and second class the right to formulate their own regulations governing the use of automobiles, especially as to the speed limit. In cities of the third class and in villages fifteen miles an hour is specified as the speed limit. Thirty miles is the speed limit in the country.
Licenses for automobiles are graded as follows: Five dollars for cars up to 25 horse-power, $10 for over 25 and not more than 35 horse-power, $15 for cars 35 horse-power and under 45, and $25 for all cars over 45 horse-power.
The license bureau is retained in the office of the Secretary of State. Automobiles must carry their numbers on both the front and rear of car, those in the rear to be not less than four inches in height and five-eighths of an inch in width, and must be illuminated.
Heavy penalties are provided for careless chauffeurs, especially those who run away after an automobile accident.
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Albany
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March 10
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assembly committee agreed to report the bill; heavy penalties provided for careless chauffeurs.
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The Assembly Committee on Internal Affairs held a final hearing on Assemblyman Callan's bill to check abuses in automobile traffic. Representatives of automobile associations advocated for common sense legislation. The bill allows first and second class cities to set their own regulations, specifies speed limits of 15 mph in third class cities and villages, 30 mph in the country, grades licenses by horsepower from $5 to $25, requires illuminated numbers on vehicles, and retains the license bureau in the Secretary of State's office.