The Ocala banner., 1921-08-26
HOW rig AUTO TAX wiLL APPLY

~
Captain Gray, the veteran chief
clerk in the comptroller's office at
! Tallahassee has furnished the follow
ing synopsis for the Tampa Tribune
Of how the new automobile license
I law will apply
1t ought to be read with interest
! ~ automobile owners.
The law becomes effective january
/. 1922.
CAPT. Gray's statement follows:
.There will be only one tag instead
of two, that being placed on the rear
oe the car or the truck. The first
question that most car owners will ask
viii no doubt be, What will my license
cost? The answer is That depends
There are so many different classifi-
cations and provisions in the bill that
the application blank which necessar-
lily must be used to comply with the.
law will resemble an income tax re-
port or government draft question
naire.
Automobiles for private use only
will be licensed on a weight basis, be-
ing fifty cents per hundred pounds.
So the owner of Ford touring car
for private use only will pay license
tax of $3.50 The owner of an Oak
land car of the late model has been
getting his license for $5, but under
this bill he would pay $12 while the
owner of a Maxwell car will pay
S1O.50. | am advised that the five
passenger Buick touring cars weigh
1900 pounds; therefore license for
such car would be $14.50. A Cadi-
lac touring which mas been costing
$12 will cost $40 under the new law.
IF the automobile is used for hire
there is an additional charge on the
weight of the car and also a charge
of SIS per passenger where the pas
senger capacity does not exceed seven
So that Ford touring car operated
for hire would take license costing
$31: the Oakland, $3S; the Maxwell,
S35.75, and the Cadillac $50 when used
for hire. This will illustrate briefly
some OF the changes with reference
to passenger cars The license fees
for trucks depends on whether the
tires are pneumatic or solid as well
as whether or not the truck will be
in private use or for hire. An illus
tration will be the Federal one ton
truck which weighs 4,S00 pounds.
Under the new bill this truck equipped
with pneumatic tires and in private
use would cost S36 and equipped with
solid tires, $53.76. The same vehicle
when operated for hire equipped with
pneumatic tires would require license
costing $102 and if equipped with solid
tires, $153.
The largest increase in cost of
licenses will be in the case of cars
and trucks operated for hire In the
case of cars and trucks in private use
the general average of increase ap-
parently will not be more than so
to rs per cent over the present license
rates.
sThe bill will be administered by
the comptroller's Office but was not
drawn by or suggested by the comp
troller. The members of the legisla-
ture having charge of the program of
good roads legislation had the laws
drawn with view of providing funds
for the state road department seem to
have believed that the fairest method
of licensing motor vehicles was on
weight basis, and this idea has been
the basic principle apparently on
which the. new automobile license law
was drawn. However, there are many
different classifications and provisions
as stated above which, taken as
whole, will. mean that there will be
some fifteen or sixteen different class
.es or series of license tags, ranging
in price according to the vehicle for
which purchased all the way from SIS
to $500 The present law will bring
in total revenue of from one mil
lion to one and one-half million dol
lars
New Wagons for Sale, cash or INSTALL
ments- ,. r. BURTON. Sparr. Florida.