01/03/1940
County Tax Assessor-Collector Rosch today received the first shipment of license plates for 1940.The new passenger car plates have purple numerals, on a cream-white background. The commercial plates are orange and black.
Passenger car plates for El. Paso County begin at 378-001.
Mr. Rosch ordered 22,000 plates. The first shipment contained 2600 passenger plates, 3700 commercial tags, 650 for farm trucks, 175 for motorcycles, 10 for sidecars, 350 for trailers and tractors, and, 125 for dealers.
Automobile owners may begin paying their 1940 license fees March 1, said Mrs. Lillian Jackson, deputy in charge of the-automobile-license bureau. Tags must, be on all cars by April 1.
Car owners from out of the state paying-Texas license fees and purchasers of new cars will be required to pay for one month of 1939, if they get a new tag during March, Mrs. Jackson said.
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