COURT UPHOLDS
NEW JITNEY LAW
OFFICIALS OF TOWN AND CITIES
CAN REGULATE OPERATION
Of Motor Vehicle* on Streets and
State Has Power to Regulate Them
on Highways
The application ol New Haven Jit
ney bus owners for an injunction to
prevent state, country and city offi
cials from enforcing the new slate Jit
ney bus law has been denied by the
federal judges who heard the appeal.
The judges who heurd the appeal
were Judge Martin T. Mantua oi the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge John C. Knox and Judge Udwin
S. Thomas of the United Slates Dis
trict Court. All concurred in the deci
sion. the text of which will be pub
lished, tomorrow morning by the Jour
nal-Courier.
The decision says in part.
"The state legislature may tegulate
the use, by automobiles, o( the high
ways of the state. It may also author
ize municipalities to regulate the use
of streets by vehicles uud may ex
clude vehicular traitlc.
"The legislature of Counecticut, by
the enactment referred to, provided
tor the use of highways through the
grautmg of licenses. It declared the
operation of the jitney bus to be that
of a common carrier, and subjected
persons to the restrictions of lluj pub
lic utilities commission. It provided
that seasonable rates aud regulations
should be made by the commission
with respect to routes, fares and ached
ules. it reuuired that a certificate of
operation be obtained from the public
utilities commission.
“The constitutionality of the act is
><uestioned. The superior court of the
state has held the act constitutional.
We think the several objections urged
as to the constitutionality of the act
are not well founded.
