Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1899 — Collecting Bicycle Tax. [ARTICLE]

Collecting Bicycle Tax.

The French Government, having experienced considerable difficulty in collecting the tax on bicycles, has introduced a new method of collecting that impost. On payment of the annual cycle tax the authorities provide a small metal plate which the owner Is required to exhibit on a prominent part of his wheel. Any machine not bearing the mark will be seized and its owner summoned and fined. The tax levied is. $1.20 for an ordinary bicycle, $2.40 fdf a tandem, and the same for a motor cycle. A different style of plate will be issued for each year.