Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-03-21
'UsiN1aRY AUTO LICENSE LAW.
egistration May BE Made Mt Any
Time Before July 1st.

Ia loss as to the registration of their
cars since the repeal of the county
license law and the passage of the act
creating State Highway Commits
sion and providing for license tax
on automobiles to be payable to the
State Highway Engineer. A sum-
mary of the new law insofar as it re-
lates to the license tax by automo-
bile owners follows:
Registration by July I.
The State Highway Commission
act has already gone into effect, and
the commissioners and the engineer
have been appointed. But the act
specifically provides that for the
year 1917 the owners of motor and
other self-propelled vehicles shall
have until July l, 1917, to secure
such registration and license herein
required, and shall be required to
pay only one-half of the annual IL
cense fee for such year"
Amount of License Tax.
Every owner Of a motor vehicle in
South Carolina shall pay to the State
Highway Engineer an annual license
of rs cents per horsepower, the
horsepower to be determined by the
rating established by the Association
OF Licensed Automobile Manufactu-
rers and known as the standard
horsepower formula Of the Society
OF Automobile Engineers. This IL
cense tax shall be in lieu Of all State,
municipal and county licenses, but it
does not abolish the property or ad
valorem tax on automobiles.
License Tax OH Dealers.
Every dealer in motor vehicles, be-
fore operating any such vehicle upon
the highways Of the State for the
purpose of demonstration or sale,
shall pay in lieu of all other State
and county licenses, an annual IL
'cense fee Of SIS for each and every
make Of such motor vehicle sold by
such dealer.
Expiration of Licenses.
All licenses issued to owners or
dealers expire on the 31st day of De-
cember of each year. After the pres
ent year all licenses are to be issued
between the 1st day of January and
the 1st day. Of February for the en-
suing year. In case Of motor ve-
hicles registered for the first time
paid for licenses issued between the
1st day Of January and the 31st Of
March, threefourths of the annual
fee for license betwee the 1st Of
April and the 30th of June; one
half OF the annual fee for license be-
tween the 1st fully and the 30th
Of September, and one-fourth of the
annual license fee for licenses issued
between the 1st OF October and the
31st of December.
Filled With Clerk of Court.
The State Highway Engineer is re-
quired to file with the Clerk Of Court
of the respective counties the names
of the owners and the registration
numbers of all motor vehicles regis.
tered and licensed in the respective
counties, but, Of course, the Clerk of
Court will have nothing to do with
issuing licenses as he has been doing
under the old law.
How Registration is Made.
Every owner and dealer is reuuir-
ed to file with the State Highway
Commission, on blank to be fur
nished him for that purpose. an ap-
plication for registration. Upon the
filing Of such application and the pay
ment Of the license fee for the cur
rent year or for such part of it as
may be required, the Highway Engi-
neer shall register serially and IL
cense motor vehicles in accordance
with such rules and regulations as
the State Highway Commission may
promulgate. A metal plate, showing
in plain Arabic numerals the num-
ber Of the license shall be furnished
to the licensee by the Highway Com
mission.
NOn-Rcsident Owners.
Nonresident owners of motor ve-
hicles, duly registered and licensed
in their own States, are not required
to secure registration in this State
unless such motor vehicle shall re-
main in the State more than thirty