The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

| All certificates OF registration, HUH
Der plates and chauffeur badges IS
sued for use during 1917, expire jan
uary 81, 1918, and should be re-
newcd on or before February /.
1918 application blanks will be
mailed to all who have registered au-
tomobilcs during 1917. Should Your
blank fail to reach you. make appli-
cation for same during January. i:
is not necessary that the application
be sworn TO. Applications will DC re-
cei, ed on and after January /, 1918,
but not prior thereto.
Ry filling out your application and
forwarding to the Secretary OF state,
Jefferson City, during the month OF
January, you can save money for the
Good Road Fund, avoid congestion IN
the department, enabling you to re-
ceive your number plate during Feb
ruary.
Do no, forget to give the motor
number OF your automobile.
The new law requires an index 20
be kept by this department according
to motor number. This TO AID n the
location of stolen cars.
The Legislature has doubled the
registration fec Such fee is p-ora'-
ed. however To illustrate; The an
nl,al registration fee for 4 >. lorsc-
power car, is $500 If application Tor
registration is made after August /.
one-hali of the annual lee only stall
be paid; ii application is made a''c-
November I, onefourth Of the aEnua!
fee shall be paid.
The registration fee for a dealer is
$1,000. Extra plates $500 per set.
Two number plates will be Issue
during 1913; one for the from, AMI ore
for the rear Of each motor vehicle,
Motorcycles and motortrvcyc,e> shall
display but one plate on the rear
thereof.
The fee for registration q: :. chaui-
fcur is SI.so,
All automobiles while in use on :l'c
public highways shall carry on the
front at least two lighted lamps. not
exceeding e candlepower each. show
ing white lights visible under normal
atmospheric conditions, at least i've
hundred feet in tie direction towards
which the car is facing. Such light
to produce sufficient light u rc!c:h
objects one hundred and fifty Jet
ahead, and adjusted anl directed -
that on level ground the main shaft
of clear condensed light shall he pro
icctci straight forward. no portion O:
it above the level oi the lamp. nor
norc than forty-two inches above the
ground; such adjustment and dlrec-
ton to be permanently maintained.
Electric headlights shall have the en-
tire inside surface OF their door
glasses etched or ground to sucii a
degree that the lights shall appear
blurred. and the light emitted de
fused and free from brilliant or metal
lie lustrc. One red LIGHT 10 be carried
on rear OF all automobiles.
Dir,gibNc headlights shall ~. be
used on the public highways within
cities or towns, except in emergency.
ur when the headlights are made
oua'e, and then only providing the
shaft OF condensed light is dire tel
downward below the middle al the
lamp and 1T no time into the eyes NJ
persons. Scarchlights may he used
on public highways outside TIE limits
81 towns or cities. provided TIE li;ht
is directed downward
Muff'cr cut-outs shall not he used.
Any cnt-out or opening IN the en-
haust pipe, between the engine or
r,ufilcr on any car, shall! nc complete
-ly closed and disconnected from its
operating lever. and so arranged that
it cannot automatically open or ie
opened or operated while the car J,
IN motion.
Before purchas sing ,Scd or second
hand automobile, require the owner
or dealer to turn over 70 YOU. the Ger.
tificate of registration and metal tag
Examine the factory or motor num-
Der on the car to see that it core
| Sl''itiS win t!iC Huli.pNl SINSH oi lhS
certificate of registration. II they do
not correspond. do no, purchase the
car. II the owner Of second hand
car claims the registrati.n certificate
has been lost or misplaced. do NOT
purchase such car until re procures
from this department a duplicate GER
tiiicatc and turns the same over to
you with the metal tag when he de-
livers the car. Have nothing to do
with a car which mas the motor num-
Der chiseled off. oblitcratcd or COW
cred. Do not rely on the metal tag
alone. because there are hundreds OF
lost and stolen tags in the State
which have been switched to Others
cars.
If purchasers of secondhand cars
will heed the advice ii: en- above by
this department, it viii, break the ne
farious traffic in stolen cars, save the
State thousands of dollars in registra-
ton fees and an inca!culable amount