The Mena weekly star., 1921-05-05
NEW AUTO LICENSE
 PROVISIONS MAY 1
Graduated Tax According to Tonnage and Gross Weight-Popular Fliyver Can Go st Old Rate--Limit to
 Truck Tonnage.

The new automobile license law be- comes operative Monday, May l, and then the owner of the fiivver can have the laugh oA the owners of the more pretentious cars, for the fiivver is one of the few that will be enabled to do business on the roads in the same old way at the same old price.
 The new license law is designed to provide revenue for the highways and also for their protection. The cars are taxed Upon their tonnage and gross weight. The latter is ascer- tained by the weight of the car plus its capacity, the passengers being es- timated at l50 pounds each.
 Limit on Tonnage.
 Use of trucks larger than six tons is prohibited. All motor driven ve- hicles, except farm tractors, are re- quired to be registered and pay the fees required by the new law. Motor cycles will pay license of $5 and $7.50 if they have side car. With the exception license for Ford sedan, which will cost SIP, the Ford licenses will remain the S10 level.
 The sheriff has received from H. R. Wilson, chairman of the state high way department, 400 receipts that are to be used after April 20, when the license receipts now in use must be returned to the state.
 He also received lengthy letter of instructions on the new law, and ten charts, giving the new scale of prices. Those who have neglected paying H. cense on their cars will be strictly up against it if they fail to get their li- cense before the expiration of this month.
 High Penalty Charged.
 One of the provisions of the new law is that s!ssss the power tto waive peTaii- ties is taken away from the sheriff. The penalty is charged up to the sher- if and he must settle, whether he has collected from the automobile owner or not A penalty of $3 each ten days delay after January 10, when the per for of grace expires, is charged to the sheriff. Thus an owner who pays his license on January 21 must pay $6 ad- ditionai and 1t cost S9 if the matter was put of until January 31.
 Owners of two or more cars, must register each one and ret:eive sepa- rate receipt for each. Dealers are not permitted to operate their private cars under their dealers licenee, but must pay license the same as on other private cars.
 Government, state, county and city cars must be registered under the new Io4 r,nI III raks fks tfaas.n "a. is paid before July 1, must pay for the full year. After July 1, only half years fee is collected.
 There are no fractional dollars in computing the fees. If it amounts to less than 50 cents, the owner gets the benefit If 1t is 50 cents or more an- other dollar is taxed
 Cars coming from other states, on which the license has been paid will be permitted to be operated in this state on that license not exceeding g days Heavy penalties are provided for violation of any of the sections Tags must be properly displayed on each end of the car, and no tags are allowed painted, reproduced of trans ferred from one car to another If q car is sold application must be made to the state department and new tags secured
 The sheriff is required to settle on the first day of each quarter and in full on December 31 of each year.
 Schedule of Fees.
 The fee on trucks Is based on the use of pneumatic tires. Three-ton trucks, or larger, having two or more solid tires are charged one and one half times the rates for trucks of similar tonnage having pneumatic tires, those fees being.
 One-ton, $15; 1h ton, $20; 2-ton, $25; 2K ton, $35; 3-ton, $50; 3h-ton, $65; 4-tcn, $50; 4h-ton, $100; 5-ton, $125; 6-ton, $150. Trailers are charged $10 to $50 according to ton mage.
 Cars cut down or stripped must pay fees on the original style of the car.
 As stated the Ford is not affected seriously by the new license fees. The Packards run from $15 to $25 and the Pieree-Arrow ! passenger tops the list with $971fflfeess re4airrdn n1 an- pear t1 <l<k higA9hystof tliis skdf< a
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