The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-05
FOR
MOTOR TRUCKS
Trucks, Buses and Deliv-
cry Wagons Must Get
License Now.
new LAW EFFECTIVE
Passenger Cars Have Six
Months of Grace but Trucks
Face Early Penalties.

Every mOCOF TRUCK, passenger DuS
and motor delivery wagon in the state
must be re-registered with the secre-
tary of state and new license taken
out at once, Secretary of State Fred
Gimme rman announced today. Zim-
norman made the announcement after
going over the new law signed Thurs
day by Governor Blaine, imposing a
weight license tax on automobiles.
The $40 to $26 auto license fee, which
replaces the $40 license now in effect,
does not become operative until Janu-
passenger autos are good for six
months yet. But not so with trucks,
BUSES and delivery wagons.
The minimum fee for Reorganization
is $40, the new law provides. Trucks,
busses and delivery wagons will be
charged 1870 of years fee for regis
tering now, and the ones taken out
early this year under the old law are
invalid, it is further provided. ~
New rates on these vehicles are com
puted on new basis, that of ''gross
weight" The former rates on trucks
were based on Capacity; that is, a
truck with a capacity of 2,1OO pounds
or. less was charged SIS, one with
capacity of between 2,100 and 5,100
pounds was charged $40, and all trucks
with capacities of 500 or more pounds
were charged $25. This capacity" was
the advertised capacity of the truck.
The new law, however, charges on
basis of gross weight" This is calcu-
loAn he frsh& -
the unloaded truck or delivery wagon
to the advertised capacity. A truck
advertised as "two-ton truck" which
weighs two tons, is assessed under the
new law as -four tons gross weight"
Rates Effective Sunday.
Under this new ruling, then, the
rates effective at once, are:
For each motor truck or motor de-
livery wagon with a gross weight of
11a tons or less $1,000 pounds)-$10.
For each truck or wagon of Ia tons
or more gross weight and less than
2A tons-$15.
For each truck or wagon Of PA tons
or more gross weight and less than
tons-S20.
For each truck or wagon of tons
or more gross weight and less than
4 tons-$30.
For each truck or wagon of tons or
more gross weight and less than tons
-$45.
or more gross weight, a fee of $45,
plus So for each A-ton or fraction
thereof in excess of tons.
The above are annual rates, and the
registration required of all at the
present time will call for only three
fourths of this amount for the rest Of
the calendar year 1928, and the first
half Of 1924. These registrations here
after will be due in full before July
LIST Of each year.
Delivery wagons, trucks, trailers and
buses operated within the corporate
limits of the city or village where
owned are not exempted under this
law, as they have been previously, Sec
rotary Zimmerman said.
For the registration of each passen-
ger-carrying automobile, motor bus or
other motor vehicle with a capacity of
more than five persons customarily
used in carrying passengers for fare,
which also are required todre-register
at once, license fee of three times
that of truck of the same size is to
be collected. The "gross weight" is
computed in the same manner by add
ing together the weight of pounds of
the vehicle when equipped ready to
carry passengers, and the total passen-
ger weight. The passenger weight"
shall be computed by dividing the total
length of seating space, including the
drivers seat, by 20 inches, and multi
plying the result by $50, which is used
as an average of the weight of pass
engers.
Trailers and "semi-trailers", of more
than 5000 pounds of gross weight must
pay fee equal to one-half of the mo-
tor truck fee for that weight.
Tractors operated on the highway to
haul trailers or other equipment ~for
other than strictly agricultural p1rpo-
ses" must pay fees equal to the fee
provided for a motor truck of The same
gross weight. t.'5 80 2 4bai'e
Automobiles, motor trucks. motor
delivery wagons. trailers or semi-trail-
ers operated and owned exclusively in
the public service of the state of Wis
consin, or by any county or municipal
1ty thereof, shall be registered by filing
properly-flled-out application blank,
along with q registry fee of 81 for each
vehicle, the money being credited to the
town or village or city from, which sale
fees are received.
The license plates furnished will
have special letters to indicate the size
of the vehicle. Trucks with q gross
weight of liz tons or less will have
the letter "a" on their license plates;
IA to 2h, "B"; PA to. tons. &C.;
3 to 8 tons, "D"; 6 to 10 tons, "E";
10 tons or more Of"
Automobiles which do not come IN
der the graduated license law until
next January, have a similar system of
letter symbols, starting with, "a on
the smaller autos, and up to az" on
the largest sizes.
The provision regarding the time Of
registration is new in that It provides
for registration of trucks, trailers,
buses and motor delivery wagons be-,
fore July 1st in each year until the
following June Both, while the automo-
hiles will continue to register on jan
uary LIST and after for the calendar
year ending the following December 81.
It will cost Iowa s4s,915 to tag
motor vehicles Of the state next year.