Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-11-05
AUTO PLATES on
SALE HERE DEC. 1
Applications May he Made at COun.
ty Treasurer Christians Office
for License Numbers Il.
Law Takes Effect Dec. g
WINNEsHIEK COUNTY
ALLOTTED 1900 Plates
Color Of Plates Will be Light Green
With Black Figures. First Plate
to be Issued in This County
No. 352, 400

No. 352, 400
The first supplies necessary in tho
handling OF automobile plates and
licenses thru the Office of the coun-
ty treasurer have been received by
Treasurer l.. G.. Christen and the
plates allotted to Winneshiek county
are expected within a few days.
Automobile license plates for the
coming year will be secured in the
county treasurer's Office instead o.
state treasurer's Office at Des Moines
as formerly. The change was made
following the delay in issuance OF
numbers last year and is expected to
result in supplying the license NUM-
ibers much more rapidly and con-
wenieutly.
Applications for plates can be made
after Nov. 1, and the plates will be
on sale after. Dec. 1. Lipense fees
become delinquent Jan. 1. Winnie
.shiek county has been allotted 1900.
plates. the allotment being based on
the number Of licenses applied for in
1919. The first Winneshiek county
number will be 349.5O1 and the last
number 352,4O0, the plates being
distributed to the counties in alpha
betical order, Should the number Al
1otted to Winneshiek county prove
inshsicients the treasurer will have to
file q reqnisition for. more plates.
which probably will bear ntmbers
higher fnan those last assigned IN
regular order to the counties.
Adair county is the first in the list
and will get No. l. Winneshiek
comes toward the last, and conse-
quently gets larger numbers.
There are Just eighteen: different
kinds Of blanks being mailed out by
the secretary OF states office to the
county treasurers for use in carrying
out the provisions Of the new auto
mobile regulation law. Registrations
under the new law will start Nov. 1,
and the full law will take effect Dec.
4.
The various blanks furnished to
the county treasurers follow: APP
plication blanks for automobile licen'
ses, truck licenses. motorcycles
licenses, trailer licenses, chauffeur's
badge or certificate, dealers licenses,
applications for lost plates, dis
mantled car certificates report
blanks, two kinds, license applied
for cards, car In transit cards, GER
tificate containers, certificate OF
registration and two or three diner
ent kinds of receipt blanks.
The blank which the applicant for
license must All out this year In
addition to the Information former
" required calls for statement OF
the list price and the weight Of the
car. The fee will be one per cent OF
the value Of the car plus forty cents
for each one hundred pounds OF
fraction thereof OF weight. The
minimum FEE. however, Is $40. II
the motor vehicle has been register
ed fiye times that part Of the license
Zee which is based on the value o.
the vehicle will be one-half of the
rate otherwise charged, or 80 cents
a hundred.
The force in the automobile de-
rartment of the secretary of state''
office has already been reduced ma
terially in view OF the Tightening vi
OF the work, Under the new law th'
work will beyery much simplihed y
the state office but viii add consider
able.to the duties Of the county
Treasures. /,