The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
COMPUTING OF MOTOR VEHICLE
FEE CHANGED BY NEW MEASURE

ways III Ills Statc AICeT OCCOOer ] OF
each year; that all owners of trailers
will be required to pay a fee of IS per
ton on all trailers that are not used
for private purposes and drawn by a
passenger vehicle; that motorcycles
will pay a license fee Of IS, and mo-
torcycleS with side cars will pay q
license fee Of So.
Dealer Law Amended
The law now in force regulating
the privilege granted to dealers of
operating motor vehicles with deal
ers' license tags displayed also has
been amended. The new law will
provide the payment by a dealer Of
the fee Of SIS per year fora license,
which will include one set OF plates
and which will allow the dealer to
deal in new and used cars. Addi-
tional license plates are issued to the
dealer upon payment Of a fee of S
per set.
Dealers license plates, under the
new law, may be used on any car
owned by the dealer and being used
by the dealer in the ordinary course
Of his business but shall not be used
on cars except for demonstration
purposes only.
The. penalty for violation of the
motor vehicle law vas changed from
a fine Of $500 and imprisonment for
six months in Jail to 500 fine or by
imprisonment for not more than 80
days, or both, for the first cffcnsc.
This change will place offenders
within the jurisdiction of q justice Of
the peace, whereas under the old law
the justice of the peace could act only
as committing magistrate.
While the neW schedule appears to
be higher than the fee now being
charged. it is believed that 1t will be
about the same over a period of eight.
years. The fee may be slightly in
creased on new vehicles or those
used for the first three or four years
but the fee on old vehicles will be
materially decreased. Under the
present law the cost fact in comput-
ing the fee al responsible for the
license fee on old cars being about
the same and in some case more
than the ee on new and better cars.
Title Change Made
Still another change in the law is
one providing for issuing titles to the
legal owner and to the registered
owner Of a vehicle. The legal owner,
under thu law, is the person who
holds the legal title to the vehicle.
and the latter is the person who holds
legal procession Of a vehicle but does
not hold a legal title. In cases where
cars are sold on conditional sale con-
tract the dealer will make application
for and secure the legal title which is
to be mailed to him.
Dealers, under the new law, will be
reuuir : to report all vehicles on
hand on or before May Is. and must
license all vehicles on hand on Octo-
Der l of each year. No penalty Is to
be charged on such vehicles until
after October / of each year.
There is also a provision in the new
law permitting the owner Of a motor
vehicle, that has not been operated
upon the highways for n year Of
more previous to the time Of making
application, to register hts vehicle
without the payment Of tn. penalty
but all fec due must be paid. r.
These laws do not take effect, with
the exceptions Of the acts relating ia
penalty for failure to procure a u
cense on a vehicle that has not been
operated upon the highways for {
year or more previous to making ap-
plication and In the cas- Of recon-
structed motor vehicles, until after
January !, 1882. /.