Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-08-31
$3.50 AUTOS in
WINNESH|Ek co.
Total Number Aut 8, Trucks, Motor
cycles and Train @ Owned in
Winneshiek Z %ty
Total 4,195. o..
REVENUE FROM q
REGISTRATIONS s61,S.E
Ninety-four Per Cent of This Sum is
Credited to the Primary
Road Fund.

County Treasurer c. P. Seim has
had a busy year in his Office this
year. Besides taking care of the
regular county business he has had
the registration of automobiles add
ed which has made a tremendous
amount of work.
For 1921 for Wineshiek county
he has registered 1910 automobiles,
besides many trucks, motorcycles and
trailers, bringing the total of all
motor vehicles up to 4,195. Below
is given the number of registrations,
etc in this county for 1921.
Automobiles registered 1920
Trucks Ia
Motorcycles ............ 40
Trailers ..................
Total Registrations ..... .4,193
Cars sold into Winneshiek from
other Iowa counties ........ 65
Trucks
Total :. .4,260
Winneshiek County autos sold
and removed to other Iowa
counties ..............,. 40
Wineshiek county autos sold
and removed from the state 10
Trucks sold and removed to
Iowa counties ..............
Total ........ 65
Total number of autos, trucks,
motorcycles and trailers own
ed in Winneshiek county, as
of record, Aug. 30, 1921. A, ,195
-. - tnaa
since Jan. /, 1921 to Aug.
80, 1921 ooo
The total revenue derived from
the above registrations and trans
fers is $61,S75.40.
WheIs~-geA,nsiders the fact that
49, evsZ W yistration and applica-
ton requiring a variety of informa-
tion must be made and filed, a re-
ceipt issued, also a registration GER
tifcate; besides handing or mailing
out a set of number plates, and in
addition to this an alphabetical card
index for all vehicles, and a regis
ter of motor vehicles must be made
and kept at the county treasurers
Office, one can get some idea of the
immense amount of work required
to keep proper records on the motor
vehicles of the county. All receipts
are issued in triplieate, the original
being given to the party paying, the
first copy mailed in daily to the
Secretary of State, Des Moines, and
the second copy kept by the trea-
surer. Also itemized monthly re-
ports must be made by the County
Treasurer to the department.
The matter of transfers also en-
tails much changing and correcting
records, as in each case where car
is transferred the treasurer must
issue a new registration certificate
to the new owner, take up the old
certificate showing transfer, and
correct the records, striking the ac-
count off the old owner and charg-
ing same to the new. Daily and
monthly reports are also made to
the state on all transfers. Where
transfer is made to a resident OF
another county, the treasurer must
then make special report, giving de-
tailed description and record of car
old owner, and new owner, to the
treasurer of the county to which the
car is removed.
The above simply gives an insight
of the handling of this. business and
one can readily appreciate and un-
derstand why the treasurer's office
these days is kept good and busy
especially so when one remember;
that this work has been added tC
the business of tax collections etc.
which has always been handled by
that office, and which for the past
several years has also been greatly
on the increase.