The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-06-17
TUESDAY NEXT
NEW ROAD LAW
IS EFFECTIVE
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
WILL HAVE FULL CONTROL OF
AUTO REVENUE - CITY L.
CENSE A DEAD LETTER.

CENSE A DEAD LETTER.
Oklahoma City, June 16.-On the
stroke of midnight Monday new era
in road administration will be ushered
in in Oklahoma, as on Tuesday the
new road law will go into effect
The state highway department will
be reorganized and county commits
sioners will take hold Of organizing
state and county highway system
which, when completed, will give
Oklahoma the most complete system
of highways in the union.
The new law provides ways and
means for the raising of nearly six
million dollars annually as the county
levy has been increased from to S
mills for road purposes. The state
will aid every county which levles a
special quarter of a mill tax by giving
them like amount. Means have
been provided for dragging the roads
by contract, and convict labor can be
secured by counties at minimum
expense.
Automobile Tribute.
The tribute of the auto owners to
the road fund of the state will dur
ing the first eighteen months, reach
the half million mark, as for the
first six months % cents per horse
power will be paid, and for the full
year, so cents per horse power. With
approximately 10000 motor driven ar
ticles, including traction engines and
motorcycles in the state it will be
seen that the horse power will re-
veal enormous power being used on
the highways.
All Start Even.
Although the law provides for
graduated tax each year the first Ii
cense under the law will call for 30
cents per horse power, regardless of
the age of the car. The law reads
that after the first license of 80 cents
per horse power has been taken out
on any motor vehicle, that the second
shall cost 40 cents, the third 80 cents,
and 90 cents ever afterwards, while
the car is in use. Only one tag
shall be carried on the car and that
the one furnished by the state high
way department and it must be sta
tionary and not swinging.
Applications Sworn To.
Application for the license tag must
be made on forms supplied by the
state highway department and the in
formation given must be sworn tC
before tag is issued. These forms
will be retained as a part of the
records of the state and will bear
the same number as the tag issued.
The A. L. & A. NJ. formula is to
govern the amount to be paid AS
this rating is always lower than the
advertised horse power it will be nee
essary for all owners to secure cor
rect data in this regard. The formula
is based on the bore of the cylinder,
on a ratio of one thousand cylinder
feet per minute and will be furnished
by the department so that it will be
easy to determine the proper rating.
In some few instances the advertised
horse power is lower and occasionally
the same, the latter particularly in
the high priced car-and strangely
enough. the Ford car-advertised at
90 horses power is rated % A. L. &
A. NJ. The department OF highways,
however, has on hand a book con-
tanning every known make and model
with the two rates given so that all
information will be available at the
proper time.
City License Dead. 4
There will be no more city tags
issued to private owners, but there
is nothing in the law prohibiting mu-
inequalities from licensing livery cars
or providing traffic ordinances The
law however, lays down general rules
of the road which are also available
at the highway department.
The funds received from the auto
license is disbursed as follows: 10 per
cent goes to the state treasury and
the other 90 per cent to the counties
from which it is collected. OF that
amount 25 per cent goes to cities of
the first class and those under the
commission form OF government from
which auto money is collected. Au-
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