Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-04-27
MOTOR VEHICLE o.,
AVN va AAA 70
Law EXPLAINED
Application Blanks Will Be Sent Out
For Distribution in the
Near Future.

A communication from Mike Holm,
secretary of state, in regard to the
motor vehicle tax Incorporated in the
new law covering motor cars gives the
outstanding features Of the necessary
steps to be taken by motor owners to
register their motor vehicles for 1921.
The secretary of states letter in part
is as follows:
The law provides that the applica-
ton must contain, among other things,
the name of the motor vehicle, year
manufactured, year and number of
model, engine and car number, type Of
body, list price at the factory, weight
Of the motor vehicle in pounds, its
rated load carrying capacity or seating
capacity, and the number of cylinders.
Car owners will save time if all of
these facts are ascertained before any
one is asked to make out the applica-
ton Applications should not be
made except on the regular form. The
application, this year, should be i'll by
May Is.
"Applicants who already have GER
Lificates of title are required to send
their copies with their applications.
Those who have not, must have affida-
Wits of one neighbOr on each applica-
ton who has examined the numbers on
the motor vehicle and who will swear
that the statements in the applicable
are true.
"All certified checks, bank drafts,
and money orders should be made pay
able to Mike Holm. Secretary of State.
and should be sent together with the
application to him. It is very i'm
portant that a separate check. draft
or money order is made out for each
application and attached to the appll-
cation for which it is to pay. Appll-
cants will be given a receipt upon the
approval of the application and the
payment of the fee and will be allowed
TO operate their motor vehicles upon the
191S-192O license plates until the new
plate can be issued In anticipation
Of the great rush Of applications at
the time of the annual re-registra ton.
the law gives the Secretary of State
three months in which to issue the
plates. Every effort, however. will be
made to get these out as soon as pos
sible.
.tTle rate for automobiles, trucks.
tractors, and semi-trailers is two per
cent of the list price at the factory
with q So. co mini MIN for automobiles
weighing less than 2,UOU pounds and a
$500 for automobiles weighing more
than 1000 pounds and for, trucks under
2-ton carrying capacity. For trucks
whose carrying capacity is more than
TWO tons and less than four tons, the
minimum is $4,000, and for all trucks
Of over alton carrying capacity the
minimum is $1,000. The minimum for
trailers and semi-trailers is $500. The
value Of the vehicle during the fourth
and fifth years of it's life is reckoned
at. IS per cent less than the factory
list price After the fifth year the
factory list price. r e.. =
AS soon as they are printed appli
cation blanks will be sent out for dis
tribution to banks as before. to regis
ters of deeds who by reason of their
experience in connection with registra-
ton under the previous law are es-
pecially qualified to make out the APP
plicatiOns, and to others that may ap-
ply for them Rate books showing
factory list prices and weights Of the
various models of standard makes OF
motor vehicles together with the regis
tratiOn fee computed in each case, will
also be distributed for use by those who
make out applications. The first dis
tribution of the law will be in the
legal supplements that will be distrib-
uted through the newspapers of the
state Every motor vehicle owner
should take particular notice Of chap
ter 461, which deals with motor vehicle
registrations"