Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-12-23
N " PROCEDURE
TO GET LICENSE
PLATES FOR CARS
Actual Registration viii
Start Jan. 3 is Announce
ment From Office

Montana motorists will follow a
new procedure when they equip
their vehicles with 1888 licenses.
The new motor vehicle law is eff
fective January LIST, but with Jan
nary 1st and End legal holidays, re-
gistration will actually start jan
uary Ord. 81 =
Motor vehicle owners will take
their 1887 vehicle registration card
to the county treasurer or assessor
where they will obtain two applica-
tons for registration prepared by
the state registrar of motor vehicles.
These cards will carry virtually the
same information provided OH the
1897 registration card sent to all
motorists with the 1887 plates. Aft
er making out the two application
cards, the vehicle owner will sub
nit them to the assessor who will
then assess the vehicle.
Assessment of the vehicle will
include preparation of an assessment
card by the assessor, which gives
full information on the vehicle and
provides an oath to be signed by the
applicant stating in effect no eff
fort has been made to avoid taxa
ton of motor vehicles by transfer
out of the county in which the own
er resides, The assessor then will
place the assessed and taxable value
on the application cards.
With his vehicle assessed, the
owner will 90 to the treasurer where
he will present both copies of the
application, the 1887 registration
card and a copy of the assessment
card prepared by the assessor. The
treasurer then will ascertain wheth.
er there are any delinquent taxes
on the vehicle. If SO, the d%elinquen-
cies will be added to the current
taxes. The treasurer will then fig
ure the taxes on the vehicle for 1888
on the mill levy fixed by the county
commissioners for the previous year.
If the applicant owns no property
other than the motor vehicle. the
treasurer may add road and poll
taxes to the assessment.
After the treasurer has figured
all taxes due on the vehicle, he will
add the license fee and on receiving
the money will issue the 1898 Ii.
cense plates direct to the applicant.
Previously, treasurers forwarded APP
plications to the state registrar at
Deer Lodge, who mailed plates to
vehicle owners.
Treasurers also will be prepared
to issue the 1898 drivers license
which will cost rs cents. Drivers
licenses for other members Of the
family also will cost rs cents each.
Previously, the date was 5 cents
for the owner and % cent for 9TH
er members of the family.
Mailing Difficult
The new law specifics motor We
hicle owners shall file or cause to
filed, applications for license plates.
Under that provision, county offic-
ials are preparing to accept appli-
cations by mail. Unless the mail ap-
plications are made with careful
attention to detail, considerable
correspondence may result.
If application is made by mail,
the vehicle owner must first obtain
the application cards. He must then
arrange for the assessment of his
vehicle with the assessor. The trea-
surer would finally compute all
taxes due and notify the applicant
of the amount. on receiving the
money. plates would be forwarded.
Due TO the correspondence involved,
county officials expect a large per-
centage of auto wner to person.
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