Senate Passes National Auto Theft Law, Oct. 30, 1919

From The Review, High Point, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 30, 1919

National Auto Theft Law Is Passed

The national automobile theft law, which has been advocated for some time by the people of North Carolina, was recently passed by the Senate.

There is scarcely a town in the state whee automobile thieves have not been doing their stealing. The stealing had become a very crooked business, and cars form North Carolina have been carried to other states and sol, and there seems to be a syndicate of the thieves.

The bill approved by the Senate provides “That whoever shall transport or cause to be transported on interstate and foreign commerce a motor vehicle, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.

“That whoever shall, with intent to deprive the owner of the possession thereof, receive, store, conceal, barter, sell, or dispose of any motor vehicle moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000, or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.”