Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — 301,922 AUTO LICENSES ISSUED [ARTICLE]

301,922 AUTO LICENSES ISSUED

During the first six months of 1920, $1,905,140 was collected by the automobile department of the secretary of state’s office for license fees. H. D. McClelland, head of the department, announced yesterday. The department issued 273,100 passenger car licenses and 28,822 truck licenses during the half year period. The fees collected for the first half of this year exceed the total fees received by the department in 1919. The total for last year was $1,558,740. The fees for the first half of 1919 amounted to sl,434,395 and during the last half of the year, $124,345 was collected. Funds secured from the issuance of licenses, after the expenses of operating the automobile department have been paid, go to the state highway commission. This is the first year the fees have been placed in the hands of the commission for during the proceeding years the law provided for the ristnbution of the money among counties of the state.