New Ulm review., 1921-05-04
APPLY FOR AUTO
TAGS BY May IS
REGISTER OF DEEDS EXPECTS
4 LICENSE APPLICATION
Il BLANKS DAILY.
CONSIDERABLE RED TAPE IS
CONNECTED THEREWITH. /
il FEES s12 UP. Il

az FEES Siz OP. M
Owners of automobiles are interested
IN the provisions of the new motor
vehicle license act, passed by the last
Legislature to provide money to be
spent on state highways under the new
good roads amendment, also known
as the Babcock system.
Apply by May Is.
Register of Deeds Fred Christensen
informs us that he is daily expecting
to receive supply of. application
blanks for owners of motor vehicle
under the new law and it is possible
that these will also be sent to local
banks throughout the state. Quite
number of car owners are becoming
impatient, waiting for these applica-
ton blanks to arrive, but in the mean
time, temporary applications can be
filed with the register of deeds, as all
requests for new licenses must be
made not later than May Is.
Fees $12 and Up.
The license fee is two per cent of the
list or factory price of the car or truck,
but a sliding scale is provided After
the first three years of the life of a
machine the fee will be based on rs
per cent value, and after five years on
so per cent value. Thus the age of a
car or truck has bearing on the fee.
However the minimum fee on light
passenger cars is SIP per year, and on
passenger cars weighing over 1000
pounds, $15 per year, regardless of age:
For trucks under two-ton carrying
capacity the minimum fee is SIS; for
trucks with carrying capacity Of
more than two tons and less than four
tons, $50, and for more than four tons,
$50. The minimum for trailers and
semi -trailers is So.
Considerable Red Tape.
On account of the fact that cost, age,
weight, and, in the case of trucks, the
capacity, must be known in determine
ing the fee, considera BILE information is
asked for and must be given in the ap-
plication blanks. Application blanks
will be sent to the registers of deeds,
but they can also be secured from
banks or direct from the secretary of
state. They are now being printed
and will be distributed in few days.
Publishing Rate Book.
Motorists will save time and trouble
by providing themselves with such in
formation bout their machine as is re-
quired. Since some of the required
data is not handy to get, the secretary
Of state is publishing rate book,
showing the list price and weight of
cars of all makes and types, which will
be distributed to registers of deeds and
banks with application blanks.
Information Required.
/ Applications must contain, among
other things, the name of the motor
vehicle, year manufactured, year and
number of model, engine and car num-
Der, type of body, list price at the
factory, weight of motor vehicle in
pounds, its rated load-carrying capa-
city or seating capacity, and the num-
ber of cylinders. Applications must
be made on regular forms and this year
should be sent to the secretary of state
/ by May Is.
/ Applicants who already have GER
tifcates of title are required to send
their copies with their applications.
Those who have not must have the
affidavit Of one neighbor who has ex-
amined the motor vehicle and who will
swear that the, statements in the ap-
4 1plications are true.
/ Applicants will be given a receipt
| for the application and fee which will
i permit them to run on the 1920 license
tags until the new ones can be issued.
4 Registration Law Repealed.
| The old law for the registration Of
titles Of automobiles with the county
register of deeds is repealed by the new
motor license law, the attorney gener-
ais Office ruled in an opinion given last
/ Tuesday.
/ The opinion Of Assistant Attorney
4 General Markham is as follows on this
point: Chapter 461 of the laws of
a 1921 provides that the registration
shall be with the state registrar, the
secretary Of state, and that he shall is
! sue the certificate on the payment OF
! tax or license. While there is no ex-
ipressed repeal Of the 1919 act requiring
) registration with the register of deeds
the new law requiring registration
t with the secretary of state is full ano
complete and operates as an implied
d repeal of the previous requirements
t with the register Of deeds"