Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Saturday, January 9, 1926
Car Registrations Kept Collector Busy Saturday
The issuing of license plates for automobiles in Titus county kept the force at the Tax Collector's office on the run Saturday, as it was the last day given, by the county officers to run automobiles without the 1926 license plates.
At noon Collector Taylor had issued 847 licenses for passenger automobiles, 75 for trucks and 8 for motor busses. This represents a considerable gain over last year at the same time, with the afternoon left in which to issue many other licenses.
The highway department had allowed the issuing of licenses during the month of December for the 1926 registrations, and this somewhat simplified matters for the collector, although the car owner could not use the new plates until January 1st. The attitude of the county officials in allowing only nine days before making prosecution also stimulated the purchase of license plates this year.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Monday, January 11, 1926
Registrations Of Cars Made Big Rush Saturday
Although there had been a big rush for automobile licenses up to noon Saturday morning, it was nothing compared to what occurred in the afternoon.
The county officials had given the owners until Saturday night to make their registrations before prosecutions would be started against those who drove with the old license plates, and as usual in such cases many of the owners waited until the last minute to make their registrations.
Over a hundred of these registrations were made Saturday afternoon, there being a total of 975 issued when the office was closed that night. An additional 45 licenses were issued Monday up to 3 o'clock, making a total of 1,021 for the county. There will probably be another hundred issued in the next few days, some people preferring to let their cars remain idle for a while to registering now.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, December 2, 1926
New License Plates Arrive
TAX COLLECTOR READY TO ISSUE CAR NUMBERS FOR YEAR 1927
Tax Collector Taylor received Wednesday a large shipment of license plates for automobile owners for the year 1927.
Mr. Taylor advises us that he will issue these plates to owners of automobiles at any time now, but he is not certain whether or not drivers will be allowed to discard the 1926 plates, and put on the new ones, however the law requires that plates be attached to all cars on January 1st, and Mr. Taylor says will issue the license and the numbers any time in December so as save the car owner time and trouble, and also to cut down the last minute rush usually taking place in his office on the last day of the year.
It is necessary for the car owner to have his lights tested by an authorized testing station, and he must show a certificate not more than 30 days old when he makes application for a new license. The headlight law is a good one if it is enforced, but many owners as soon as they get their certificates reset their lights so that they are as glaring as they were before testing. There should be some way of checking up on the lights and making such people pay for violating this law.
Mt. Pleasant Times Review, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Friday, January 20, 1928
REGISTRATIONS COMING SLOWLY
FEWER CARS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR
According to Tax Collector Taylor, the number of automobiles that had been registered up to Saturday night was less than had been registered at the same time last year.
The total registrations for this year at the end of the time limit given by local officers amounted to 916, while there had been about 950 issued at the same time last year. One reason for this is that officers gave only ten days of grace after the first of last year, while this time they have been given fifteen days, and there are some folks who just won't get their licenses until after the penalty time has expired.
The State Highway Commission has announced that if local officers do not enforce the registration law by the 20th of the month, State officers will take up the enforcement and see that all cars are properly licensed.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Wednesday, October 17, 1928
GETTING READY FOR CAR LICENSES
TAX COLLECTOR RECEIVED THE COUNTY'S QUOTA OF NUMBER PLATES WEDNESDAY
Tax Collector Luther Taylor on Wednesday morning received from Austin Titus County's quota of number plates for automobile licenses for the year 1929.
There were 1,750 plates for use on passenger automobiles and 250 for use on trucks and other commercial vehicles. The number is slightly in excess of the amount of licenses issued so far for the year 1928, 1,675 having been issued up to Wednesday morning, with prospects very light for any more registrations.
The serial numbers for this county begin on 971-551 and run to 973-300 for passenger cars and 138-701 to 138-950 for commercial vehicles. License plates for service cars will be received later.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, January 24, 1929
REGISTRATIONS SHOW INCREASE
OVER TWO HUNDRED MORE ARE REGISTERED THIS YEAR THAN LAST
Registrations of automobiles for 1929 show considerable increase over those of last year at the same time, according to Tax Collector J. T. Leftwich. On Thursday morning there had been 1,188 passenger cars registered, with 133 trucks and 5 motor buses.
On January 20th of last year, there had been only 916 passenger cars registered, while on the same date in 1927 there had been about 950.
The increase in this year's registration is due partly to the fact that there are more cars in operation in the county than last year, and also because car owners were allowed to register in December this year, a practice that has not been allowed heretofore. The time limit this year was also five days shorter than last year.
There are still a large number of cars in the county which have not as yet been registered, owing to the fact that many of the owners have not been to town since the first of the month and others wait until spring to get their license.
