Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-29
new HIGHWAY
BILL TO ADD
SIX MILLIONS
Graduated License Fees
On All Motor Cars


providing for a graduated motor lie
ense, which passed both houses of the
legislature and was signed by Cover
nor Blaine, will raise upward of &c.
OOO,O0O, the maximum return being es-
timated at $6y500,00O. 1t provides:
License Fees Provided.
For a graduated weight registration
fee on automobiles, running from $40
on cars weighing 1000 pounds or less
to fee of $26 on cars weighing over
5000 pounds Cars weighing up to
5000 pounds pay from $40 to SIG.
Over 95 per cent of all automobiles
are included in these weights. Auto
mobiles paying more than SIG COM
prise less than 5 per cent of the total.
These new registration fees are effec-
tive January l, 1924
All registration fees are reduced Is
per cent if a motor vehicle is register
ed after July 1 and before September
l, and so per cent if registered after
Sept in any year. This is effective
on automobiles in 1924, on other We
hicles in 1923.
The yield from the new registration
fee scale is estimated to be $4,000 COO
to $6,500,000 in the fiscal years 1928
"A. This is $1,000,000 more than a
continuation of the present fiat rate
license scale would yield
The license fee for motorcycles is
placed at S.; for motorcycles with
side car, So.
Trucks, Buses and Trailers.
Light trucks pay $40, graduated up
by easy stages to $45 for trucks
weighing with their load between four
and five tons For each quarter ton
above five tons an additional fee of S..
The fee on a truck weighing II tons
with it's load (the largest truck may
legally run on public highways out
side Of cities) will be $185. The new
truck fees are effective July 1, 1928,
those already registered paying in
1923 the difference between what they
have already paid and Is per cent OF
the new fee, for re-registratiOn after
July /.
The fee on motor buses is three
times the fee of a motor truck of the
same gross weight. This will make
motor buses pay between $50 and
$135, according to their weight and
passenger carrying capacity. These
fees are effective July l, 1928, with the
same provisions as to re-licersing as
for motor trucks.
Trailers pay One-half the fees OF
motor trucks Of the same gross
weight. These fees are effective July
l, 1928
Traction engines, used for other
u than agricultural hauling, are licensed
at the same rate as are motor trucks
of the same weight. Also effective
July /, 1923.
Motor vehicles owned by the pubic
and operated exclusively in the public
service are licensed for 81. This is
not an annual charge, but one Hcen-
sing for the life of the vehicle.
Automobiles from others states are
not required to register in Wisconsin
or pay any charges
Trucks. motor buses, trailerS, etc,
from other states are allowed ten days
EN in wisconsin. After that they must
register at the Wisconsin rates. 1t
was and is very difficult to make any
satisfactory provision as TO foreign
owned vehicles other than automo-
hi1es Int the provisions of the bill
will reach those motor vehicles which
arc onerating in Wisconsin for profit,
especially by highway and other con-
tractors. Du,
Administrative Features OF the BILE
THE DrinclDaI administrative and
highway program features Of the Dill
The addition of $500 miles to the
state trunk highway system, to be Sc
1ected and laid out by a legislative
committee and the state highway COM
mission as the two previous layoutS
of state trunk highways were maze,
This will result in the taking over OF
$500 miles of county trunk highways >
and making them state trunk nlsn gu
ways. At present there are Low
miles of state trunk highways ana ~
900 miles of county trunk highways.
The bill provides for the hnanclns
nj the states share Of the cost OF ted-
oral aid construction out OF the pro
Gods of motor vehicle license fees.
r,here will be no state tax for federal
aid construction and the counties are
pxemnted from paying any part OF the
cost of federal aid highway construc-
tion in them. They have previously
maid one-third of the cost
rbera is returned to counties 70 per
cant of the net receipts OF motor We
hicle fees for the construction anu
1oaintanance of roads and bridges as
determined by their county boards
This will amount to $1,5OO,OOO.
The maintenance of the state trunk
biobway system is provided for, me
minimum amount available Delng 9oUo
nor mile and the maximum S4oO per
mile. In view of the veto OF the gas
cline fax bill by the governor only
$500 per mile will be avallaple. III
Yer the old law the allotment ran from
Sf35 to S275 per mile. Under the last last
allotment each county received $279
per mile. e-og ooo nor
annnm for state aid for highway con-
struction is provided for. but the
money comes from the imposts upon 9G
MOTOR vehicles, and not out OF the
general fund, as at present.
The continuation of state aid Tor es-
neciallv large bridges is provided tor
and increased to $125,O0O each year.
This increase is made necessary 10y
the increasingly large calls for very
extensive bridge reconstruction over
HM u, r-..nrt STRAINS including inter-