Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14
New Plan Also Affects Ap-
plications, Van Duzer
Announces.
CAR OWNERS MUST SHOW
TITLES FOR REGISTRATION
Service to Be Rendered, as in Other
States, for Payment of 10
Cents for Postage.

Registration tags for 1892 will BE-
mailed, upon request, to all motor We
hicle owners In the District, it was an
nounced today by William A. Van
Duzer, director of the new department
Of vehicles and traffic.
A system for mailing tags, similar
TO that used in a number of States,
already has been worked out by Mr..
Van Duzer, and no delay in its intro
duction is anticipated when the time
comes for the issuance Of the 1882 tags.
Mr.. Van Duzer believes the new ar
rangement will facilitate the distribu-
ton of the tags and at the same time
save car owners the time and trouble
of coming to the tag issuance bureau
and standing in line for several hours
The plan, he believes, will be just as
popular in the District as it is in the
various States which now mail tags
TO car owners.
Must Show Titles.
Adoption of the tag-mailing system.
Mr. Van DuZer said, has been made
possible by the automobile certificate
Of title law, which prescribes the titling
Of all vehicles as prerequisite to reg
istration. A car owner in the future
who does not have a certificate of title
cannot procure registration tags.
Car owners who want their tags
mailed to them will be required to pay
10 cents to cover the postage. There
will be no other fee for the mailing.
Aside from receiving tags in the
| plications for the tags In the same way,
thus saving them another visit to the
| tag bureau. The plan worked out by
Mr.. Van Duzer is so simple that no
| motor vehicle owner need leave his
hcme to procure. the 1882 tags. All Of
the details Of the heretofore involved
system Of tag distribution will be han
| died in the traffic department.
When vehicle is properly titled at
! the trafhc department, a special plate
! Will be made containing the name and
| address OF the owner, the make and
model OF the car, the engine number,
| and other information usually put on
the registration card. This plate will
be used in printing the data on the
application for tags. The application
will then be sent to the ONCE of the
tax assessor where the amount Of the
personal property tax will be stamped
on it.
About November IS Mr.. Van Duzer
proposes to mail these applications TO
all car owners whose vehicles have been
titled. All the owner will have to do
! Is to sign his name on. the application
and return it to the Trafic Depart
ment with check or money order COW
| erirg the amount of the personal prop
| erty tax, plus 81 for the tags, and 10
cents additional If he wants his tags
delivered through the mail.
Mr.. Van Duzer also announced that
his department is now prepared to start
| the gigantic task Of titling the 5000
registered motor vehicles In the District.
| Approximately $4,000 applications for
certificates of title already have been
| distributed.
These blank forms have been placed
in every police precinct station in the
District, at the headquarters of the
| American Automobile Association, the
National Motorists Association, the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce, the
Board of Trade and the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. Car owners
can procure them at any OF these places.
Rate Of 1000 Day.
Mr.. Van Duzer hopes to complete the
titling Of all motor vehicles before jan
uary l, so as to prevent any delay in
the issuance of the 1882 tags. To do
! this, he pointed out. his office will have
| TO title cars at the rate Of approximately
900 day. He believes it can be done,
however, if the car owners cooperate
and file an application for. certificate
| of title without delay
Mr.. Van Duzer warned that there Is
no way for the motorist to escape hav-
ing his car titled Aside from being
unable to procure 1892 tags, he said.
the title law prescribes a penalty for
! failing to have a vehicle titled This
penalty is fine of 81 900 or imprison-
ment for not more than one year, or
both. The fee for titling a vehicle is 81.