The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-04-28
rom Sundays Minneapolis Journal

: Robins egg blue automobile Ii
anse tags, perfectly lovely shade,
II begin to make their appearance
over Minnesota in about three
~. eks. The season for 1921 licenses
.tlayed by the wait for legislative
lotion, will open about May Is, Sec
'etary of State Mike Holm said Sat-
,rday.
Manufacturers are now turning out
he new license plates, and samples
A>f them on Mr.. Holm's desk show the
new spring styles for Minnesota.
They are decided change from the
plain black and white plates, with
white letters an black ground, now in
use. Under the new system there will
be six different series and in two
colors.
Passenger cars will have license
plates of the robins egg blue with
black lettering, and they will be in
cars paying the minimum $12 Ii
cense fee, and series B all cars pay
ing higher license. Each series vii
start at lone" so it is not likely that
there will be many numbers this year
running 100000.
All licenses for trucks, trailers and
cars run under dealers licenses will
have plates with light orange color
background and black lettering.
Trucks paying the minimum license
of SIS will be series "T," and those
with a higher rating will be series
ok" The trailers will fittingly bear
the last letter of the alphabet, series
"Z." The dealers cars as now will be
series 3D."
Attorney General C. L. Hilton is
being asked to rule right away on
two doubtful points:
What shall be done for the
man who buys car and wants
license before the new plates
can be delivered?
Up to now applicants have been
given 1920 licenses. This was speci-
fically allowed in the act of 1919.
But with the signing of the new law,
the old one is void, and no licenses
can, be issued under it.N Applicants
must either be allowed to "borrow'
an old license number fol. a few
weeks while waiting, or to run with
out any at all.
What does the new law do to
he 1919 act for registering titles
of automobiles?
The informal opinion around the
t,nitol is that this act was repealed,
,,t this point is not settled. 1t Will
] passed upon soon by the attorney
{,neral.
I, Application blanks now are beng
tinted, and as soon as they can pe
attributed the office will be open for
.,plications. But the new law IS
lore complicated than the old one
about license applications. 1t re-
ouires much detailed information
1ot all of it at every car owners
ngue tip. So Mr.. Holm is getting
rate book for distribution, showing
!, facts regarding every make ana
De of car.
] Weight of car is important
for one thing. While the tax is
a fiat 2 per cent on list price,
weight has a bearing on the
minimum tax. Light cars have
p, S12 minimum but cars weigh
hing oyer 1000 pounds must pay
DIT least SIS tax, no matter no"
e,id they are.
FIJI the road laws passed by the
tent legislature are being complleo
one pamphlet which will mciuae
~ automobile license law. 1t Will De
ready for distribution soon.
Certificates of title to automo-
biles will come in handy for car
owners who have them, when 1t
comes to making license appllca-
tions this year. Each one nav
ing a certificate is to send 1t IN
with the application. Those not