Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-12-01
auto PLATES on
HAND BY DEC. /
Delay Like That of Last Year Will
be Avoided in Every County, as
Shipments of Plates are
Being Sent Out Fast.
TWO-THIRDS OF STATE
ALREADY HAVE SUPPLIES
Plates Now Being Shipped at Rate
of Carload Per Week Many
Auto Owners Still Misunder-
stand Registration Law

County treasurers throughout the
state are now preparing for the
registration of all motor cars in their
respective counties. About two-thirds
of the counties are now supplied
with plates and all of them will be
supplied With the necessary numbers
before Dec. l.. Sufficient supplies
other than plates are now in the
hands of all the county treasurers.
In those counties where supplies
are ready automobile owners can
now make application for next years
licenses. All licenses must be renew
ed before Jan. 1, or they become de-
linquent whether the car is in use
or not.
Under the new license law, which
has now been in effect a year, the
bulk of the registration of cars
takes place during the month of De-
cember. There are still automobile
car owners, officials declare, who for
get that their cars are to be licensed
before the first of the year and ne
glect it until fines are imposed.
Under the old law registration did
not start until the first of the year.
There will not be the delays in Sc
curing auto license plates this year
that has been experienced in years
past. Secretary of State w. G. RAM
say reports. With two-thirds of the
counties now supplied, plates are be-
ing shipped at the rate of a carload
Per week, so that all should be sup
piled by Dec. L, he reports.
Under the old law application
cards We're mailed out to auto own
ers to be filled in and forwarded, to-
gether with check, to the proper
officials. Under the new law no such
cards are forwarded and owners are
expected to present themselves to the
county treasurer and secure the
cards, which must be- filled out and
sworn to before a notary. In many
counties arrangements are made for
auto owners to secure these cards
from the local banks and garages as
well as from the county treasurer's
office.
Under a recent ruling by the Iowa
supreme court used car dealers can
not operate on dealers numbers
hence 1t will be necessary for them
to register the cars in their possess
sion before January 1. A revision of
this phase of the law will be under
taken by automobile interests when
the next legislature meets.
The numbers for Winneshiek coun-
ty for automobiles, trucks, motor
cycles and trailers for 1921 will be
as follows:
Automobile numbers from 393101
to 10000.
Trucks will have separate num-
bers from 52S3O1 to 52S50O. lt,-
Motorcycles from 4646 to 470O.
Trailers from TAB to 745.
New cars purchased on or after
Dec. 1, 1920, may be registered for
1921 without being previously regis
tered for 1920, or in other words the
car may be run through the month
of December 1920 on 1921 registra-
ltion.
All nonresident owners must reg
lister through the state department
at Des Moines.
If an auto owner has changed his
residence to another county from
that which he registered his car in
I 1920 and wishes to register foi
1921 in the county in which he row
resides, he should request the treas.
urer of the county from which ht
ihas removed to send removal
lcertiticate to the treasurer of the
dconnty to which he has moved. I'm
less this is done he can not get {
1921 license until a verification o.
his application is received by the
Icounty treasurer.