Morris tribune., 1921-12-16
LICENSE TAGS
ARE NOW READY
Automobile Tags For 1922 Must Be
Secured Before January
31st.

Minnesota auto1sts will pay from
10 to 20 per cent less for their 1922
auto license tags than they did this
year, according to secretary of State
Mike Holm, who said the drop was
due. to reduction in prices of all
makes of motor vehicles. Autoists
may begin paying their 1922 state
motor tax Dec. I, and new number
plates will be available on that date.
Car owners throughout the state
will pay 1922 taxes on basis Of the
factory list price for Nov. 1, 1921, as
compared with the 1921 taxes on a
! ier and a date before most of the mot
orcar price reductions had been put
into effect, -
Practically the only taxes that will
net, be lowered will be those on Fords
which carry $12 charge for pleas
ure vehicles and SIS tax for trucks.
These figures are set by law as the
Minnesota highways, and cannot be
-changed except by the legislature.
Taxes in 1921 were based on a
rate book which was practically a re-
production of the 1920 Iowa rate
books, taken over because it had
proved satisfactory in that state and
because an immediate rate announce
ment was necessary after the legisla-
ture passed the motor tax law last
spring. The new rate book, on which
the secretary of state is now at work,
will be the first strictly Minnesota
rate book to be issued. -~
Applications for licenses are being
opened month before the expiration
of the current year because the limit
: for payment before penalty begins
will be Jan. 31st, 1922, instead oi
July 1, as it was this year.
Every car owner must present 9
certificate of title, signed by the Sec
l retary of State, before he can receive
his number plates for 1922. .~-..-
Thousands of car owners have lost
or thrown away their certificates o
: dicated in getting these replaced un
less persons without them apply fo
substitute certificates Immediately.
All grades of license plates, includ
: ing the ''T' and "X" plates, will b.
: ready for prompt distribution thi
year, obviating much of the delay in
Cured last year because of the late
ness of the laws passage and en-
= forcement.
Car owners were given until mid
summer last year to pay the new
state motor tax because it was pu
: into effect so late in the year. TIL
law will be in effect to the letter thi
year, and it requires payment o
Il taxes by Jan. 81. After that date
> penalty of 25 cents day becomes eff
+ fective and continues until it ha
!, reached a total of $3.50. After tha
: point, owners attempting to use tn
Il roads with the old 1921 license plate
! will be subject to arrest.
n Hundreds of individuals who re
c ceived their certificates of ownershi
by mail last year did not realize thei
Importance and threw them away Q
treated them so carelessly that the
were mislaid The law requires, no
Le ever, that these must be shown bt
> fore number plates are issued. TIL
y is safeguard against issuance {
y license to stolen cars, which woul
= cover up their illegal status and max
y their recovery doubly difficult. Ever
car owner who has no such certificat
must apply to the secretary of stat
for one.
m Applications for 1922 licenses ma
at be sent in directly by the individu
e. provided he gets a notary public
Id witness his signature. Banks an
n many motorcar dealers will provit
n the notarial services for the car owl
ers.