The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-07-20
MOTORISTS
OWE LICENSE TAX
NOW SUBJECT TO ARREST AND
FINE.
State Highway Commission Re-
ceived $S4.626.43 From April
IL to July l.

The South Carolina highway COM
mission realized $S4,626.43 from April
II to July l from the registration of
automobiles, motor trucks and motor
cycles by owners and dealers through
out. the State. Of this amount klcn-
land, Spartanburg, Greenville and An
derson counties furnished more than
20 per cent, Richland leading the
counties of the State with total lee
of $5,S52.95, Spartanburg coming sec
ond with $5,790.S6, Greenville third
with $5,747.43 and Anderson fourth
with $5,O19.59. Fees from Charleston
county amounted to $4,969.32, those
from Orangeburg county totalling $4,-
362.38.
In South Carolina on July 1 there
were 2S,750 owners of pleasure cars
and motor trucks, 5S6 owners of mo-
torcycles and 332 dealers in motor
vehicles. Since July l the State high
way commission has registered $50
automobiles, the additional receipts of
the commission from this source since
that time being $5,S45.4S. The total
receipts since April IL is the generous
sum of $92,014.36. Eighty per cent of
the fees received from each county
will be placed in the State depository,
subject to the call of the county, which
shall use the sum upon it's highways
In such manner as the people or the
county commissioners may determine.
In spite of the fact that the people
of the State have been informed since
February 20 that after July 1 any
owner or dealer of motor driven
vehicle, who had not by that time had
his vehicle registered by the State
highway commission, would be sub
Ject to a fine of $25, there are in the
State about 1900 new cars which have
not been registered. There are, be-
sides, approximately, 5000 cars which
have been transferred recently, the
present owners of which have not ap-
Piled to the commission for a trans
fer and are subject to a fine of $25.
The commission has addressed several
letters to police and sheriffs through
out South Carolina pointing out the
advantage of the law to the car owner.
to the towns and cities, to the coun-
ties and to the highway department
and asking these officers to enforce
the law, but the commissions appeals
have met with little response. The
town city or county government, the
officer of which enforces the law, will
be the sole beneficiary of all fines i'm
posed, no part of any fine imposed by
o1llcers of any of these governments
to recur to the State highway COM
mission.
The amount of the registration fees
resulting April II to July 1 in the
counties of the State are:
Abbeville $1,121.87; Aiken $2,355.67:
Anderson $5,019.5O; Bamberg ST.
387.94; Barnwell $2,15S.19; Beaufort
b474.SO; Berkeley $37O.O2; Calhoun
1,121.98; Charleston, S4,969.
Cherokee $1,577.46; Chester 81 1896:
Chesterfield $1,423.74; Clarendon ST.
o63.56; Colleton $1,24O.61; Darling
ton $2,247.37; Dillon $1,156.97; Dor
chester $784.S2; Edgefield S1,1O2. go:
Fairfield $717.39; Florence S2,631.75:
Georgetown $681.25; Greenville S5.-
747.43; Greenwood $2,186.86; Hamp-
ton $1,112.75; Horny $623.O3; Jasper
$23S.51; Kershaw $1,1O9.48; Lancas-
ter $779.78; Laurens $2,328.18: Lee
$1,245.69; Lexington $2,28s.7O; Nc
Cormick $5S9.2O; Marion S946.78:
Marlboro $2,069.65; Newberry ST.
96I6O; Oconee $1,418.78; Orangeburg
$4,362.38; Pickens $1,455.O9; Richland
$o,S52.95; Saluda $91O.O1; Spartan
burg $5,79O.S6; Sumter $2,4O5.05; Un-
on 81, ,l94.O6; Williamsburg $928.36;
York $2,148.99.-The State.