The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1921-01-20
State Motor Vehicle Depart
ment Gives out'Interesting
Information--l92l Tags are
Blue with White Numbers
Cars Now Being Used Should
Have 1921 Licenses

All of the provinces in Canada and
all of the states in the United States
except Minnesota, have annual reg
istration of motor vehicles. The 1920
motor vehicle registration of North
Dakota expired at midnight on De-
cember 81 so those who are operat-
| ing cars at present should see that
their cars are properly tagged as
provided by law. Early attention to
Registration will avoid congestion
later at time when one can i'll af-
ford to be without license tags. No
cars should be operated without tags
in fact the law forbids It,, because
it is necessary that car be at all
times easy of Identification. Public
sentiment should make 1t impossible
| to operate an auto without tags even
, though peace officers who are sup
posed to enforce the law are dere-
lict in their duty. Dodging license
is neither fair nor square to the
fellow who gets his.
All North Dakota auto dealers are
required by law to take out the first
license on new cars. This license is
recorded in the Dealers name and
Ownership of such licesse must be
Itransftrred to the person purchasing
the car within ten days after such
purchase.
In order that there shall be no
cosfusion 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 num-
erals and letters while the 1921 tags
have dark blue background with
white letters and numerals. The
contract for North Dakota's 1921
tags calls for one delivery not later
than December 81, another not later
than January Is, and the last not
later than March Is. The contract
ing company has thus far fulfilled
it's contract and undoubtedly will
continue to do so. Conditions were
different as concerns the 1920 tags.
The company which had the 1920
contract had much difficulty with
it's employees, it could not obtain
the needed steel, and its shipments
were held up by railroad strikes.
The Motor Vehicle Department at
Bismarck sends the tags by parcel
post to the applicants, using a mail
ing permit number S. The depart
ment has had considerable trouble
in getting tags to the address and
then again others fail to call for
the tags and postage has to be sent
for the return of the tags to Bis
marck. 1t is necessary to conspicu-
ously display both of the tags sent
out, one in 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 a bath OCCASION
ally. Auto owners should remem-
ber 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
asd an additional one in the case of
trucks, must be obtained. Usually
in November requests are made of
the various automobile manufacture
ing 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 re-
tail price as of January 1, seating
of passenger cars, capacity
of trucks, number of cylinders, and
size of bore. Many of the companies
respond readily but others have to
be written to again and again and
telegraphed to before giving the re-
4uired data with any degree of sat.
lsfaction until about January I. AS
the registration is annual it is nec-
essary to get the data every year.
Any change in price will be reflected
in the price of the same or closely