James Clark McReynolds

Name: Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court
Author: James Clark McReynolds

Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

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“Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court”, is a work by James Clark McReynolds. It explores elements such as motor vehicles, motor and registration.

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ In the absence of national legislation covering the subject, a state may rightfully prescribe uniform regulations necessary for public safety and order in respect to the operation upon its highways of all motor vehicles,-those moving in interstate commerce as well as others. And to this end it may require the registration of such vehicles and the licensing of their drivers, charging therefor reasonable fees graduated according to the horse-power of the engines,-a practical measure of size, speed, and difficulty of control. ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ In that case a direct tax was laid upon the passenger for the privilege of leaving the state; while here the statute at most attempts to regulate the operation of dangerous machines on the highways, and to charge for the use of valuable facilities.
As the capacity of the machine owned by plaintiff in error does not appear, he cannot complain of discrimination because fees are imposed according to engine power. Distinctions amongst motor machines and between them and other vehicles may be proper, essential, indeed,-and those now challenged are not obviously arbitrary or oppressive. ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ The governor shall appoint a commissioner of motor vehicles, with power to designate assistants, who shall secure enforcement of the statute. Before any motor vehicle is operated upon the highways the owner shall make a statement to the commissioner and procure a certificate of registration ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ Registration fees are fixed according to horsepower-$6 when 20 or less; $12 when from 20 to 40; and $18 when in excess of 40 (§ 136) . No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon the highway until he has obtained at a cost of $2 an operator's license, subject to revocation for cause (§ 137) . ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ The movement of motor vehicles over the highways is attended by constant and serious dangers to the public, and is also abnormally destructive to the ways themselves. Their success depends on good roads, the construction and maintenance of which are exceedingly expensive; and in recent years insistent demands have been made upon the states for better facilities, especially by the ever-increasing number of those who own such vehicles. ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ All money collected under the provisions of the act go to the commissioner, and, except so much as is necessary for salaries and expenses, must be paid into the state treasury to be used in construction, maintaining, and repairing the streets of Baltimore and roads built or aided by a county or the state itself. Section 140a is copied in the margin. [1]
Plaintiff in error maintains that the act is void because-it discriminates against residents of the District of Columbia; attempts to regulate interstate commerce ”

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James Clark McReynolds, Hendrick v. Maryland — Opinion of the Court

“ Rep. 313; Monongahela Nav. Co. v. United States, 148 U.S. 312, 329, 330, 37 L. ed. 463, 469, 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 622; Minnesota Rate Cases (Simpson v. Shepard) 230 U.S. 352, 405, 57 L. ed. 1511, 48 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1151, 33 Sup. Ct. Rep. ”

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