Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Prince Georges 10 Sell
Maryland Auto Tags
About March |

Maryland automobile license tags
will be placed on sale in Prince
Georges County for the first time
about March l.
Plans for their sale at both the
County Courthouse in Upper MARI
boro and the County Service Build
ing, Hyattsville, were outlined be-
fore the county commissioners yes
terday by County Treasurer James
B. Bland.
The move will save Prince
Georges County car owners the
trouble OF applying by mail to the
Maryland Department of Motor We
hicles in Baltimore or going else
where for them.
In the past, Mr.. Bland pointed
out, many residents who preferred
to obtain their tags personally
rather than to resort to mail, went
to Montgomery County police sta
lions or to the Charles County
Courthouse in La Plata.
Renewals only in County.
Only automobile license renewals
will be sold within the county, Mr..
Bland said. Applicants seeking
Maryland tags for the first time and
truck owners still will have to apply
to the motor vehicles office in
Baltimore, he explained.
A service charge of IS cents will
be assessed against car owners buy
ing their 1948 plates in the county,
Mr.. Bland announced.
The tags will be sold in the
treasurer's Office at Upper Marlboro
and in the commissioners room at
Hyattsville. Mr.. Bland will head
sales at the county seat, while Harry
A. Shinn, deputy clerk ito the COM
missioners, who has charge of the
county service building, will direct
the Hyattsville sales.
Estimating there are about $4,000
cars in the county, Mr.. Bland said
handling of license sales would pro-
vide a more accurate check of cars
within the county, especially as a
basis for rebates due incorporated
towns and special improvement dis
tricts of the county from motor We
hicle fees. More than 100000 in
revenue is expected to be returned to
the county during the next year, he
predicted.
The commissioners, In other &C
items yesterday, approved several
amendments and new regulations
governing the operation Of taxicabs
in the county. One regulation,
added at the request of County Cab
Inspector Harry G. Mercer, will per-
nit taxicabs from other jurisdictions
to bring passengers into the county
and wait" for them for the re-
turn trip.
Age Cut to IS.
Other cab regulations reduce the
age requirement for operator per-
mits from 81 to 10. prohibit cabs
from being left unattended in pub
lie stands and prohibit cab opera
tors from leaving their registration
cards in unattended cabs.
The commissioners approved the
appointment of William A. Duvall
jr.. of 1904 Forty-eighth avenue,
Berwyn, as a desk clerk at the Hy-
attsville county police station, re-
placing F. William Norgle of Bla-
densburg.
Proposed street improvements in
Special Improvement District No. %,
Suitland Manor, were approved, fol-
lowing a request for such action
from property owners of the area.
A one-year contract for collecting
trash and garbage in Special I'M
provement District No. 81, Boule-
ward Heights, was awarded to Ray
mond Carrick of Upper Marlboro.
Permission to operate gasoline
filling station and garage at Marl-
boro pike and Walker Mill road,
Oakland, was approved for San La
CANA. A tax exemption for property
of st. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Crooun also was granted