Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-04-29
new AUTOMOBILE
LICENSE RULES
GIVEN OUT BY
SECRETARY OF STATE ON
NEW LAW

new system of automobile licensing and
taxation, under the recently enacted
state law, whereby licenses will be is
sued for only one year and the license
zee supplants personal property tax on
the cars, hence summary Of the new
law and it's provisions, together with
other information of a general nature
regarding the new system, rs givcr out
by Secretary of State Mike Holm, is
given herewith.
Application Blanks
As soon as they are printed, :pplica-
ton blanks will be sent for distribution
to banks as before, to registers of deeds
who by reason of their experience in
connection with registration under the
previous law are especially qualified to
make out the applications, and to
others that may apply for them. Rate
books showing factory list prices and
weights of the various models of stand
ard makes of motor vehicles, together
with the registration fee computed in
each case, will also be distributed for
use by those who make out applications.
The first distribution of the law will lie
in the legal supplements that will be
distributed through the newspapers of
the state. Every motor vehicle owner
should take particular notice Of chapter
46l, which deals with motor vehicle
registrations.
The law provides that the application
must contain, among other things, the
name Of the motor vehicle, year manu-
featured, year and number of model, en-
CINE and car number, type Of body, list
price at the factory, weight Of the motor
vehicle in pounds, its rated load carry
ing capacity or seating capacity. and
the number of cylinders. Car owners
will save time if all of these facts are
ascertaincd before anyone is asked to
make out the application. Applications
should not be made except on the rcgu-
lar form. The application, this year,
should be in by May Is.
Certificates Of Title
Applicants who already have certif-
Gates of title are required to send their
copies with their applications. Those
who have not, must have affidavits Of
one neighbor on each application who
has examined the numbers on the motor
vehicle and. who will swear that the
statements are true. ).
| All certified checks, bank drafts, and
money orders should be made payable
to Mike Holm, Secretary of State, and
should be sent together with the appli
cation to him. It is very important
that a separate check, draft, or money
order is made out for each application
and attached to the application fol
which it is to pay. Applicants will be
given a receipt upon the approval OF
the application and the payment of the
fee, and will be allowed to operate thei1
motor vehicles upon tho 1880 license
plates until the new plate can be issued
! License Rates
The rate for automobiles, trucks
tractors, trailers, and semi trailers is :
per cent of the list price at the factory
with $1,000 minimum for automobiles
weighing less than 1000 pounds and 6
$500 minimum for automobiles weigh
ing more than 1000 pounds and fo1
trucks under 2-ton carrying capacity
For trucks whose carrying capacity is
more than 2 tons and less than tons
the minimum is $4,000, and for all
trucks of over Atom carrying capacity,
the minimum is $4,000. The minimum
for trailers and semi-trailers is $500.
The value of the vehicle during the
fourth and fifth years of its life is reck.
oned at Is per cent less than the factory
list price. After the fifth year, the
valuation will be so per cent Of the fac
! tory list price.
Description Of Tags
Passenger cars will have license
plates of robins egg blue with black
lettering and will be in two series, Ser
les A including cars paying the mini
mum fee and Series B including all
other passenger cars. Each series will
be numbered from "l.' License tags
for trucks, trailers and cars run under
Dealers licenses will have plates will
light orange background and black
lettering. Trucks paying the minimum
license fee will have tags marked "T'
and those with higher rating will be
marked tx" Trailer tags will be
marked "Z' and dealers cars "D.'