Arizona republican., 1922-02-06

form to the numbers given when he
secured the plates and then put the
license on it.
Under the former method Of is
suing the licenses, he said. the as
SCISSOR filled out the application and
the secretary of states office issued
the plates. a TWO way file was
kept In the secretary of states office.
he said, for the registration OF the
llcenses. Since the law places the
issuing of the plates on the county
assessors office, he said, a four way
filing system has been inaugura-cd
in this county by l.. z. Kingman,
chief clerk Of the automobile license
department OF the assessors office.
The first filing method consists OF
! keeping a typewriter sheet with the
numbers Of the cars in consecutive
order beginning with license No. 100
which is the first personal license
issued, the numbers from l TO SO be-
ing given to dealers. This record
shows the name Of the license hold
er, the kind of car the motor num-
Der and the name OF the license
holder. the kind of car. the motor
number and the address OF the own
er. 1t is the record which is fur
secretary OF states office.
Under the second method of filing
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 num-
ber 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 a license number in
a kardeX file. Legally this appli-
cation sheet is an affidavit Of the
owner that he has truthfully answ-
cred all the questions on It con-
corning the car, it's make. motor
number, value and so on. These ap-
plications 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 ONuST Wflcn tLe license IS given
to- him. These duplicates are filed
in accordance with the motor mum
ber of the automobile by using the
last three digits of the number re-
gardless of the make OF car. r'or
example all the motor numbers end
ing with the numbers 100 are filed
under that number; all ending 10t.
under that number and so on to
number 999.
For his own protection. Mr.. Peirce
says, it is very necessary that 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.. .Peirce
said, his clerks we're instructed to
demand the correct number. Should
the motor owner be stopped by Of
ficers in California and the officer
finds that the motor numbers on tae
slip and the engine do not agree, he
said, the owner will be detained by
the officers until they are certain he
is the rightful owner.
ManV owners, he said, demanded
that they be given the same number
they had last year but this was i'm
possible under the method OF issu-
ing plates as the consecutive num-