Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-01
Stringent Regulations
in New Auto Law
Certificate of Ownership Must BE
Procured Under New Law
Effective January l.

Madison-Work has been started
IN the office of Secretary of State
Fred X. zimmerman to put in force
the new law requiring all citizens of
the state with automobiles to have
certificates of ownership. The new
law will go into effect on January
Under the new law every transfer
of an automobile will be registered
IN the secretary Of states office and
there will be ON file a record of own
ership of all the thousands of auto
mobiles in the state. The chief aim OF
the law is to stop automobile steal
ing. Every certificate of ownership
will show the rightful owner Of car
and its origin.
The new law will practically double
the work of the automobile division
OF the secretary of states offices and
carries many problems that are now
being worked out, 1t will also mean
the addition Of many names to the
state list of employees
Three carloads of the necessary
blanks have been ordered in prepar-
alton for the first of the year The
cost of the ownership certificate will
be 25 cents and whenever car is
transferred the change must be rec
istered with the secretary of state.
Plans for the operation of the new
law have not yet been completed but
material preparations will be com
pleted before the law can 20 into
effect. The old automobile license
law was a simple system where all
cars were taxed at flat rate. The
new license law passed two years age
IS more complicated and required
greater force. A more complicated
system is involved where all cars are
taxed according to weight It wa.
due TO the weight tax that the secret
AIRY of states offices became so
crowded that quarters had to be
found for the automobile division
outside the capitol The owner
ship certificate law with its still
greater increase Of employees may
make additional room necessary
The ownership certificate law will
make the secretary Of states office
a clearing house for stolen car re-
cords and promises to be a material
aid to Wisconsin police departments.
The law declares that Each
sheriff and police department in the
state shall make immediate report
of each motor vehicle reported stolen
or recovered, to the secretary OF
state. who shall keep file and index
of such reports together with similar
reports received by him from other
states. The secretary OF state shall
prepare once month list Of such
reports during the preceding month
and forward a copy TO each sheriff
and police department in this state,
TO each motor vehicle registration
official in each state of the United
States Before issuing certificate
Of title the secretary of state shall
check the application with his re-
cords
The necessary blanks to apply for
a certificate Of ownership will be
placed in the hands Of the various
county clerks Of the state The
blanks will require the automobile
owner to state that he owns the car
and in addition name any liens or en-
cumbrances that may be on the
machine
Unless the secretary Of state has
reason To believe that facts stated i'm
thc application are not true, IN which
event he may require further evi-
dence he shall issue to the owner
certificate Of title. which shall con
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aud address Of the owner, the certifi-
cate number assigned. the date Of is-
sue, q brief description Of the vehi-
#elc, and such other information as
the eccfctary Of state shall deem es-
sentjal." declares the law Regis
lraton by the applicant in this state
in 1925 of the same vehicle shall be
primafaeia evidence Of his owner
ship. If the owner shall lose the
certificate upon sufficient evidence
thereof and payment of fee Of %
cents, the secretary Of state shall
issue q duplicate II ownership or
the vehicle be transferred, the owner
shall assign the certificate of title
In writing Within 10 days, there
after the transferee shall present
I such certificate TO the secretary Of
state, Who shall issue new certlfl-
I cate Dealers, manufacturers, Or
+ distributors need not apply for
certificates Of title for vehicles in
stock or acquired for stock purpose,
but upon transfer Of the same. shall
give the tranAfcree evidence Of title
which il case the vehicle hat