In re the Sound Transit Co.

Citations

• 119 Wash. 684
• 206 P. 931
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 869

Syllabus

<p>Carriers (3) — Municipal Corporations (353) —Regulation by State Commission — Powers Conferred. In view of the title to the auto transportation act, providing for “additional regulation,”' and section 11 [Rem. Comp. Stat., § 6397] providing that the act shall not repeal any existing act, the act was not intended to repeal existing laws or to deprive a city of the power to regulate the use of its streets, directly delegated by Const., art. 11, § 11, as part of its police powers.</p> <p>Cabbiees (3) —Regulation by Commission — Powers — Certificates of Public Necessity. The director of public works may grant a certificate of convenience and public necessity to a motor transportation company which was in operation prior to January 15, 1921, and provide therein that it is subject to the ordinances of the city whose streets were part of the route; notwithstanding, Rem. Comp. Stat., § 6390, makes the certificate a matter of right as to companies in operation prior to such date; since such companies are not free from all regulations in view of Id., §-6389, which confers upon the director of public works power and authority to supervise and regulate auto transportation companies.</p>