The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-26
REGISTER YOUR AUTO NOW LAW IN EFFECT TO-DAY State Secretary Awaits Visit of 5,400 Who Must Re-
 Register.

There are 5,400 owners of automobiles in Connecticut who will have to re- register under the new law which goes into effect to-day To do this they will have to go to the state capitol, to the office adjoining that of the gover- nor on the second floor, not to the main office of the secretary of state as in former years.
 Newcomers are shown to a cushioned chair at the desk, and the first move is to fill out a white card, which is an application for registration of the vehicle in question The card calls for the name and address of the owner, and description of the ear, including statement of the horse power. If the applicant desires to operate the car, he or she must then fill out blue card, which, is an ap- plication for an operators license to run the vehicle described Every body who is to operate the ear must have a license One man wrote to the state secretary, to-day, saying that four in his family operate their rum about. Must I register the whole fam ly?' he asks plaintively. The answer was that all who operate the car must be licensed, and that members of the family, if accompanied by licensed 1 operator, need not be licensed.
 Having filled out the two cards, the next step is to pay the fees. Under the old law the registration fee was $1, and the same fee was charged for renewal. The new law makes the registration fee $3 for registration of cars of less than twenty horsepower; i $5 for cars of twenty horsepower and less than thirty horsepower, and $10 for cars of thirty horsepower and higher. The registration fee for a dealer covering all his cars is $10, and the registration for manufacturer is | $100. All renewals must be annual The fee for license to operate an automobile is $2, and for license to operate motor cycle 50 cents.
 After the person who Is taking out the license pays the fee, he is told that his certificate will be mailed to | him. The certificate certifes that the holder is the owner of the vehicle described therein and that the descripl tion has been filed in the office of the secretary of the state, in accord ance with section of the chapter 22 of the public acts of 1907. The operator receives blue card and must carry it at all times while operating the car The card bears an accurate de- scription of the person whose name 1t bears, giving age, weight, height color of eyes, color of hair. The question over which there is the most balk- ing on the part of applicants is that of age, where the applicant is of the 1 feminine gender.
 The state ,secretary's office has pre- pared small circular giving hints to those who are about to register. Among the suggestions are the fol- lowing:
 The sale of machine cancels it's registration; the purchaser must regis ter it before he can use 1t.
 The seller, if he purchases a new machine, cannot transfer his number plate Gas under the present law) but must register the new machine and pay the registration fee required
 All operators of automobiles and mo- tor bicycles, including owners must obtain a license annually The fee for a license to operate an automobile will be $2; for the operator of motor bi- cycle, 50 cents.
 The markers now in use may be re- ta.ned under the new law by permis- sion of the secretary, but each ma chine will hereafter be required to bear different number, so where a person ] Continued on Eighth Page.)