The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-16
CITY AUTO TAGS
EXPIRE MONDAY
Then It's All Up To State Highway
Dept. And Ginks Who Have To
Dig Up 50 Cents Per H.P.
A. L. AND A. M. RATING GOES

On the stroke Of midnight Monday
Il new era In rond administration
viii be ushrred In Oklahoma, rs ON
Tuesday the new roud law viii go
into effect.
The state highway department will
BE- recognized und county cUmmi-
siuuCrs viii tax" hold u organizing
u state aud county highway system
witch when completed Will give Okla
homn the uust complete system Ot
highways In the union
The new law provides ways Rui
means for the raising ~ nearly six
million dollars annually Hs the county
levy has been increased from Q ~ X
mills for roud purposes The state
Will aid every county which lcNlrs a
sITcinl quarter NJ mill tax 10y giving
them Ike amount Means have been
provided Tor dragging the roads 10y
| contract and convict labor can be- So
cured 10y counties at II minimum cA
lrnse.
Automobile Tribute
Nv All'hl' Va NV NlAN' Wv Nv - -.
the road fund NJ the state Will, dur
lng the first eighteen mul tbs, reach NlN
| the half million mark, a. for the first
months - cents per horse power WIN be-
paid, aud for the full year. 80 cents
per horse power with approximate
| ~ 10000 motor driven article IN
Guiding traction engines and mOtorry.
cc4 IN the state 1t will be- seen that
the horse power will r'yonl enormous
power being used on the highways
All Start Even
Although the law provides for a
graduated tax cnch year the first II.
ccn-e under the law viii call for ~
cents per horse power, regardless ~
the uge Of the car. The law reads
thnt after the first license NJ - cents
per horse power hns been lnkcn out
on any motor vehicle that the second
shall cost ~ cents, the third 80 cents,
and 20 cents ever afterwards while tho
car is IN use. only one tag shnll be
Carried on the car and that the one
furnished hy the state highway depart
ment and II must be- stationary aud
not swinging.
Applications Sworn TO
Application for the license tag must
hc made ON forms supplied 10y the
stntc highway department and the In
| formation given must be sworn 10 he
fore tag Is issued. These forms will
/ be- retained as II part NJ the records
" the state and will hear the same
number az the tag issued.
The A l.. 4 A. NJ formula Is ia
govern the amount tO p paid. As this
rating IL always lower than the nd.
yertispd horse power II viii be mece'-
sary for all owners to secure correc
data I'm this regard The formula Il
} hnsed un the hnre NJ the cylinder ol
ratio " one thousand cylinder fee
per minute and will be- furnished b.
the department ~ that II VIII be- eas
10 determine the proper rating. Il
some few instances the advertise
/ horse power ls lower and occasionall
, the same. the latter particularly j
, the high priced car-und strange
enough the Ford car advertised at >
. horse power Is rated - A. l.. 4 A. n
~ The department NJ highway, howeve
I has ON hand book containing ever
known make aud model with the tw
/. rates given so that all informatlo
1 will be- available At the proper tim
. City License Dead
There will be- no more city tags i
Il sued 10 private owners, but there
!. nothing In the law prohibiting mum
!. cipalitlrs from licensing livery cars
10 providing traffic ordinances. The Ia
No however. lays down general rules
the road which ARE also available
10 the highway department
"a The funds received from the al
~ license Is dishursed as follows: 10 N
4 cent goes to the state treasury M
10 the other M per cent Ia the counti
~ from which II IL collected. Of tn
10 amount ~ per cent goes to cities
10 the first class aud those under q
~ commissioner form NJ governme
"a from which auto money II cnllecte
Automobiles are exempt from any kil
:, NJ taxation apart from the license
N the state.