New Law Deprives Buffs of Fire Plates
Honorary chief officers, medical officers and department chaplains of the New York Fire Department are due to lose their automobile insignia on September 1, in accordance with a state-wide law recently enacted by the State legislature and signed by Governor Lehman. The law amends the penal code and makes it a misdemeanor to carry any sign, plate, insignia, etc. of any kind with the words "Fire" or "Fire Department” or “F.D.N.Y.” excepting on automobiles that are owned by the department and operated by a bona fide member of the department.
The legislation was sponsored by Fire Commissioner John
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