The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-01-20
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Application Blanks Sent When New
Fee Schedule is Printed

OF NOFCn O6kOCa eXplreO at mlOnl&nCI
Dec. 81 and those who are operating
cars at present should see that their
machines are properly tagged as pro.
vided by law. Early attention to reg
istration will avoid congestion later at
a time when one can i'll afford to be |
without license tags. No cars should
be operated without tags, in fact the ]
law forbids it, because it is neces-
sary that car be at all times easy Of
Identification. Public sentiment should
make it impossible to operate an auto
without tags, even though peace Of
ficers who are supposed to enforce the
law are derelict in their duty. Dodg-t Z
ing a license is neither fair nor square
to the fellow who gets his.
All North Dakota auto dealers areI
required by law to take out the first
license on new cars. This license is |
recorded in the dealers name and
ownership Of such license must be
transferred to the person purchasing
the car within ten days after such
purchase.
In order that there shall be no con-
fusion as to the year of the tag, those
of. one year present contrast to those
of the preceding year. The 1920 tags
had Brewster green background
with cream colored numerals and let
ters while the 1921 tags have a.dark
blue background with white letters
and numerals. The contract for North
Dakota's 1921 tags calls for one de-
livery not later than Dec. 81, another
not later than Jan. Is, and the last not
later than March Is. The contracting
company has thus far fulfilled it's con-
tract and undoubtedly will so continue
to do. Conditions were different, as
concerned the 1920 tags. The COM
pany which had the 1920 contract had
much difficulty with it's employees, it |
could not obtain the needed steel, and1
its shipments were held up by railway
strikes.
The Motor Vehicle department at
Bismarck sends the tags by parcel
post to the applicants, using a mail
ing permit. The department has had
considerable trouble in getting tags
to the applicants, due to the fact that
some people do not give their correct
address and then again others fail to
call for the tags and postage has to
be sent for the return Of the tags to |
Bismarck. It is necessary to conspic-
uously display both of the tags sent
out, one on the front of the vehicle
and one on the rear. A great many
people probably are not aware that
the law provides that these tags be
kept clean and plainly visible. Some
of these tags crave bath OCCASION
ally. Auto owners should remember
that it is the car that is tagged and
not the owner. It is violation of the
law to place these tags on any other
car and if the car is sold, the tags
must go with the car.
The making of the fee schedule is |
interesting and involves considerable
work. AS basis, three production
items in the case of passenger cars
and an additional one in the case of
trucks, must be obtained. Usually in
November requests are made of the
various automobile manufacturing
concerns to furnish the Motor Vehicle
department with their. next years
production data as to model, type Of
body, factory serial number, weight
Of car assembled, factory retail price
as of Jan. 1, seating capacity of pas
senger cars, capacity of trucks, num-
ber of cylinders, and size of bore.
Many Of the companies respond read
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