Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-02-12


dered when they appeared in the
county assessors office to secure
their 1922 license plates, why it was
that the clerks demanded they show
ownership of the car and that they
! give the correct motor number of
the car. According to George r. Hen
shaw, county assessor, there are two
reasons for the demands, the state
law and a desire on his part to have
the license records in his office as
nearly correct as possible.
When an automobile has been
1 stolen or has been destroyed by fire,
| the officers and the insurance adj
justers invariably first check up the
car through the records obtained
when the license was issued before
any action is taken in the matter.
The officers do this in most cases to
! ascertain the motor number of the
car and the insurance people, to see
if the car burned was the same as
the one on which the insurance was
issued.
Under the state law which became
| effective last June, the assessor in
issuing a license for a car must ne
furnished with the proper credentials
that the person applying for the IL
cense is the rightful owner of the
car. This can only be shown by three
means: first, through legal bill of
sale; second, by means of certificate
of registration from another state;
and third, by means of the license
certificate of this state issued last
year for the car. -
Recover Stolen Cars.
BY demanding that the person
| show ownership by one of the above
three ways, Mr.. Henshaw said, the
situation which was discovered when
more than 100 stolen cars were rv-
covered last year lin Ell Centre, Calir.,
can be avoided. Officers in checking
up the cars recovered, he said, found
that a large number of the license
pilates on the cars had been issued to
the members of the band OF car
thieves in this state. The thief, lie
said, would appear in the assessors
office, secure an application for a Ii
cense for car he did not own by
merely giving fictitious motor num-
Der as the law tl.en did not require
the person to present credentials of
their ownership. Later the thief
would steal car, change the motor
number to conform to the numbers
given when he secured the plates and
then put the license on it.
Under the former method, of isst,,
ing the licenses, he said, the assessr-.
filed out the application and the sec
rotary of states office, issued tue
plates. A two way file was kept in
the secretary of state office, he said,
for the registration of the licenses.
Since the law places the issuing OF
the plates on the county assessors
office, he said, four way filing sys-
tenn has been inaugurated.
Explains Filing Methods.
The first filing method consists of
keeping a typewriter sheet with the
numbers of the cars in consecutive
| order. This record shows the name
! of the license holder, the kind of car,
the motor number, and the name OF
the license holder, the kind of car,
the motor number and the address of
the owner. 1t is thefrecord which is
furnished the sheriff's office and the
secretary of states office.
! Under the second method of films
the duplicate assessment sheet on
: the car, made out when the owner
applies for license, is filed accord
ing to the make of the car. All the
sheets for Fords being filed on one
filing board and all the sheets for
Dodges on a second and so ON. Each
of the sheets for each car make are
arranged alphabetically according to
the names of the owners. So far
under this filing method, the mum
Der of Ford sheets is far in excess OF
all other makes.
The third method of filing is the
one required by the state law and
consists of filing the original appli-
cation sheet for license number in
KardeX file. Legally this applica-
ton sheet is an affidavit of the own.
er that he has truthfully answered
all the question it Is concerning the
| car, its make, motor number, value
and so on. These applications are
filed alphabetically under the name
Of the owner.
| The fourth method of filing con.
sists of filing the duplicate of the
blue license certificate slip issued to
the owner when the license is given
to him. These duplicates are fileu
in accordance with the motor num-
Der of the automobile by using the
last three digits of the number re
CARELESS of the make of car. For
example all the motor numbers end
ing with the numbers 100 are filed
under that number; all ending 101
under that number and so on to num-
! Der 999.
| Keep Blue Certificate.
| For his own protection, Mr.. Hen
shaw says, it is very necessary tina,
| the automobile owner keep the blue
\ license certificate slip with him
especially when he travels in another
state for it is the same as an alb
stract of title to his car. Because
the motor number on the car and the
| slip should be the same. Mr.. Hell
| shaw said, his clerks were instructed
to demand the correct number. Should
the motor owner be stopped by Off
| GERS in California and the officer
finds that the motor numbers on the