The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-11-25
E!Rs GAN GET
1922 TAGS NOW
In VEHICLE COMMISSIONER
hHMAN SENDS OUT APPLIcA-
bNs TO AVOID CONGESTION.
|lcatIons Being Mailed Out Al Rate
OF 10000 Daily During
This Month.

no obviate II possible the congestion
hich in past years has Swamped the
ice force, multiplied the chance for
rror, and caused delay to the motorist
nd confusion In the office, Motor We
icle Commissioner e. Austin Baush-
han started on Monday Of this week
4 the machinery for registering and IL
censing nearly 10000 motor vehicles
owned In Maryland. Every car must
be registered and receive license tags
for 1922. Where the motorist COOP
crates with the Commissioners force
and takes advantage Of the early start,
registration and actual issuance OF the
license tags will begin on Thursday
December LIST.
The new 1922 license tags will be
blue and white and in sharp contrast
\ to the old ones. The numerals In
AWhite will be on dark blue back
hound. In order that the mails anc
channels may not beccmt
Fiber with the outing app@ica
NON ranks or when these are mailed
in after being Allied in by the applicant
and to forestall as much as possible
congestion when the registration Ger
tifcate and the metal tags are sent out.
the application blanks will be released
each day until November 2Sth In
blocks of 10000 daily.
Last year great confusion was
caused and much delay resulted
through many of the applicants, wher
they received their blanks, tearing of
and retaining the registration coupon
This coupon is useless until 1t has
been returned to the Office of Commits
ioner Baughman and there ha6
amped upon it the number of the
etai license tag for that particular
Deputy Automobile Commissioner
IHchroeder th4s week pointed out that
what the applicant must do with the
application blanks before returning
them, is:
= First. sign the application, second
Rsert the number Of the operators
6hauffeur's license card, and third, IN
sert the name of the anti-glare head
light device with which the car IL
equipped This information must be
written in in ink and the application
be remailed to the Office of the Com
missioner with the required fee.
"This department would like to
impress as firmly as possible upon car
owners the saving in time and incon
venience to themselves as we'll as to
this Office which will result in imme-
date re.naiiing Of these application
blanks. This should be done imme
diately rather than waiting until the
time the applicant would ordinaril,
wait to apply for tags. Cooperation
now will save the rush in the last weel
Of the year. This will save the ap
plicant from having to delay several
days into the new year before being
able to use his or her car" said Mr.
Schroeder.
Mr.. Schroeder added that II the In
structions are carried out properly ane
no errors have been made and the
proper fee enclosed, the new iicens
plates and the next years registratio
card will be mailed out the same da
It is received beginning on December
LIST. This will give every moto-lst n
entire month Of December in which to
adjust any errors or mistakes whic
may have been made in the origina
application.
1t was pointed out by Mr. Schroede
that the habit OF great number o
motorists Of postponing their applics
ton for license until after Christina
Day results In an accumulation of sue
Q rush Of work as is physically in
possible for the clerical force at tn.
office of the Commissioner to handle
This, even when the force works da.
and night, rs 1t has had to do for sew
eral years past. results in congestion
and delays for the applicant. Such
rush also multipltes the chance TO
errors which It takes further time t.
straighten out.