Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
new LICENSE LAW
HITS AUTO OWNERS
NOW COSTS So INSTEAD OF 81 TO
REGISTER MACHINES AT
STATE CAPITOL.
WORK FOR jim MAC KENZlE.
Genial Colonel Will Have to Transfer
Accounts in Secretary of
States Office.
ARRANGE FOR SPECIAL SESSION

MADISON, Wis, June 19.-[Special.]
DO you own an automobile? If you
do you are elected member of the
Bumped Again club, the president of
which is Col. Jim Mackenzie. Col. Mac
Kenzie is in charge of the great files, the
great seal of Wisconsin and lot of
other things in the department of state
of the commonwealth of Wisconsin. lie
is more than feet tall, has long reach,
tremendous strength and next to Charles
X. Lush is the most skillful angler ID
Madison. Part of his work in the capt.
toll is to keep lists of the 5000 or more
owners of automobiles in Wisconsin. He
keeps track of their licenses and num-
bers. Just now he is devising a system
by which every auto owner is to be ad-
viseC, of the fact that in addition to the
dollar he already has paid the state as
license fee, he is to pay in another dol
lar. From July / and after automobile
licenses will cost So. Those who already
have licenses must. pay, the addltlohal
81 before October /. That is why the
present owners of autos have been elect
ed to membership in the exclusive
Bumped Again" club.
New Law the Cause.
All this comes about through the en-
actment by the last Legislature of new
automobile statute. The act provides
that every auto, motor cycle or similar
motor vehicle shall be registered. Ap-
plication for the favor of being regis
tered must be made on the blank sent
out by the state department through
Col. Mackenzie, or they may be secured
from county clerks: Ihe Zee to De pal9
upon registration is 81 for autos and
ST for motor cycles. Every person who
registers is to receive from the secre-
tary of state number plate much like
those now in use.
Complications arising from the trans
fers of autos or their sale from one per
son to another are to be avoided in the
future by the following provision III the
new law:
Upon the sale of such automobile the
certificate of registration and number
plate shall be returned to the secretary
of state and the new owner shall make
application for a certificate of reglstra-
ton and pay the fee OF SZ III the manner
nreinbefOre provided"
Thus, when an auto in Milwaukee runs
down a common pedestrian and runs
away, the noting OF the machines num-
Der will not get an innocent eX-oWner
into trouble. In cases where more than
one autos are owned by the same person
the secretary of state is to issue a gen
eraI distinguishing number to the appl'
cant, so that all his machines will bear
the same number. The fee of garages IN
which there are several machines f.
hire is to be So.
Get Ready f. Session
Arrangen7o Already have ii made
fa, -. u1.s La Of -slslature when
r--a ra. special session next
ra. ne Assembly will meet in its
Lar quarters, but the. Senate must
suffer with another makeshift, its cham
Der not being ready next January. The
Senate will be provided with quarters IN
the present law library of the supreme
court the library being moved by that
time into it's new rooms in the east wing
of the new building. The room is more
airy and spacious than the small room
in which it held it's sessions during the
session just closed and there will be
more room for spectators.