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New Federal Motor Law 
Plans to Care for Registration and Wipe Out Tourist Restrictions 
NCE more an attempt is to be made to put a Federal 
O law through that will wipe out the existing sections 
in some of the laws of the various states that insist 
on motorists taking out additional registrations when 
touring. For some years agitation has cropped up against 
this practice, says James rh Sullivan in the Boston Globe. 
All the New England states have such discriminatory 
sections. In Massach 1usetts, Rhode Island and New 
Hampshire the limit for a non-resident motorist to spend 
in the state without registration is 10 days in any one 
year. This does not mean to days at any one time, but 
collectively throughout the year. 
In Maine it is 30 days, a much more liberal allow- 
ance. Maine and New Hampshire have a neutral zone 
for those living within 15 miles of the border. Con- 
necticut does not impose any restrictions, and in Ver- 
mont the motorist is allowed as many days as his state 
allows a Vermont man. 
For example, a Maine motorist, may come into 
Massachusetts only to days throughout the year, yet a 
Massachusetts motorist may spend 30 days in ‘Maine. 
The Vermont law, being real reciprocity, allows a Maine 
motorist to spend 30 days in that state, but a Bay State 
motorist, because of our restrictions, is entitled to but 
10 days in Vermont. And Connecticut, having no limit, 
the motorist from that state may spend as much time in 
Vermont as he likes and the Vermont man is unrestricted 
in Connecticut. 
Attempts have been made to’ change the law without 
meeting any success. There was a bill before our Legis- 
lature last session to strike out the to days’ clause, but ‘the 
committee reported against it. When New Hampshire 
copied the Mz ssachusetts law without giving thorough 
consideration to the provision, trouble followed. 
Vermont motorists found that they were shut out. 
Sometimes a Vermont man in one day crossed the Con- 
necticut river into New Hampshire enough times to bar 
him for the rest of the year. And it was the same with 
a New Hampshire tourist. Reprisals were talked of by 
Vermont. 
As a compromise the neutral zone of 15 miles was 
brought into being and Maine and New Hampshire passed 
it. This is somewhat better, but it does not meet the sol- 
ution. ‘The proposed Federal law will do it, however, 
for it is simple and sane. It reads as follows: 
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with the laws and regulations of the state, territory or 
district of his residence to use and operate such vehicle 
or vehicles (self-propelled) shall be required, in any other 
state or territory or district into which he may go for 
business or pleasure to make any additional registration 
or to take out any additional license in order to use or 
operate any such machine.” : 
In the past when a Federal law was proposed it” 
planned to have cars registered at Washington and the 
fee paid to the National Government. There was object- 
ion to this naturally as states would be deprived of the 
revenue from fees. But there can be no objection to” 
this law, the A. A. A. officials argue. 
The American Automobile Association is behind the — 
movement and if concerted action is made throughout 
the country it should be put through. Of course there — 
will be opposition from officials of some states where 
there is a good summer registration. 
Massachusetts gets a lot of money from summer 
registration every year. But on the other hand the men 
who pay the few dollars for registering their cars spend 
a lot of money here so they should be made welcome, 
motor officials claim. The fact that visitors from other 
states who come here without motor cars are not taxed 
has made these officials feel that the law is not fair. 
The new proposed Federal law was put in by Con- 
gressman William P, Adamson of Georgia, chairman of 
the committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce. It 
bears the title “To regulate the interstate use of automo- 
biles and all self-propelled vehicles which use the high- 
ways in interstate commerce.” 
With the A. A. A. backing it, that means all the mo- 
tor clubs in Massachusetts will be asked to go on record 
favoring the bill, as they are part of the state associa- 
tion, and identified with the national body. It will be 
called to the attention of the Boston Automobile Dealers’ 
Association, the Boston Commercial Vehicle Dealers’ As- 
sociation, the Massachusetts Garage Association, and in- 
As the motor makers will also indorse it, no doubt, 
this means that petitions may be signed and sent to con- 
gressmen from all sections of the country. This is a 
good chance for Massachusetts to take the lead in send- 
ing word to its congressmen to favor the bill when it 
comes up this fall. 
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