Imperial Valley press., 1918-11-23
INSTRUCTIONS TO MOTORISTS
SEEKING 1916 LICENSES :.


SEEKING 1916 LICENSES :. :.
"New Licenses" as the term is
commonly used, are divided into two
crasses-thosc of renewals and those
where Ihe purchaser of car has
never hada license in his possession
before. All renewals mus be MAZE
throu&h the Sacramento office. The
upper half of the certificate is 10
act as an application for renewal Of
a license. Remove the certificate
from the container, delach he upper
half, mail The said upper half dlrecl
to the Motor Vehicle Department al
Sacramento and return the lower halt
with notice 10 conIainer and run on
same until receipt of new certificate, !,
The upper half of The certificate of
regis ration fully describes the car
and bears the owners signature upon
it's face, together with the propes
feet arrived at by multiplying The
given horsepower on The face of the
certificate by 40 cents.) Do not send
renewals 10 any branch office. IN
cases where owners of cars which
have moi been operated in previous
years do not make application for
renewals in The period assigned by
the department at The first of the
Year and who do not operate their
cars, then the upper half of he GER
tificac. fogether with an affidavit
sworn 10 before a notary public ID
the effect that the car has not been
operated lhal YEAR, together with the
proper fee. will clear The car.
Nv licenses can be applied for IN
any of The offices, including Sacra-
mcnto, San Francisco, Fresno and
Los Angeles, If the ear purchased
is a new one, then this must be COW
cred by Tie dealers report of sam,
together with an application made ouf
in The name of the owner of the car
and covered by The proper fee, gov
crued by he period of the Year. in
which The application is made. If
he car is a second h2aid car jus
purchased from an Individual, HE
seIle's upper half of The cerlifica
must be afoperlN si@ned upon the
race 9ElI turned over AMI signed up
on.ttlie back by tile seller and by The
Purchaser swing the names. ad-
dress and dales Of SALE Then his
upper half must be given TO The pur-
chaser 10 sign, who will hen forward
il, together with tle appIicaiion and
proper fee, to any of the branch of.
fices. II il is second hand car Just
purchased from a dealer, his mus
be handled in exactly the same man-
ner as an individual certificate.
In the transfer OF ownership in tie
case of a sale Of an old car and Tie
purchase Of new car by a parry
having plates in his possession, thr
upper half Of lhe certificate, properly
si@ned. mus be given to The purchas-
er of the old car. The lower half If
he certificate is then filled out,
showing o whom he old car was
sold or Traded, and signed in The
same manner as The original ceriifi-
cafe was issued. Then he applica
lion on he new car must be accom-
panied by eiIher a dealers report of
sale o. dealers certificate on second
hand car, AL properly signed This
transfer under the law, must be made
within len days and if moi made with
in thirty days . per cent penal!E
of The fee viii be added.
In case Of a sale of an ou of S at"
car in California, i viii be necessary
for he ncW owner to make an appli-
ca Jon, turn in tn he out t-of-stat
plaIes and nonresident permit, ana
also submit bill OF sale (from he oil
owner 10 himsrlf)g Tlien the nc,y
license will be issued.