MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE STAMPS |
For the purpose of collecting the fees and penalties pertaining to Driver's Licenses, there were issued in 1922 an “accountable” form called a Driver’s License and valued at two pesos, and two adhesive stamps, labeled Bureau of Public Works, whose denominations were 3 pesos and 5 pesos, respectively. The 3-peso stamp was emerald green and the 5-peso stamps was ultramarine in color. Each stamp was provided with a duplicate pair of control number in red, one control number on the left hand and the other on the right half of the stamp. A basic minimum fee of two pesos was collected for each Driver’s License issued, irrespective of whether it was issued as an Owner's License or as a Chauffeur’s License and of whether or not it was issued in renewal of a delinquent license. Thus two pesos was the "accountable value" of each Driver's License and the clerks in charged with issuance of the Licenses were required to account for all blank licenses forms Issued to them at that price. If the Driver’s license was issued to a professional chauffeur, or to an owner operating his vehicles for hire, a 3-peso stamp was affixed to the License in payment of the additional fee required in such cases. In this case the total amount paid was five pesos, two pesos for the license and three pesos for the stamp covering the additional fee. If the Driver’s License was issued in renewal of a delinquent license, a 5-peso stamp was affixed to the license in payment of the penalty for delinquence. If the Driver’s License was issued in renewal of a delinquent Owner's License, the total amount paid was seven pesos, two pesos for the license and five pesos for the stamp affixed in payment of the penalty. If the Driver’s License was issued in renewal of the delinquent license of a professional chauffeur, or an owner operating his vehicles for hire, the total amount paid was ten pesos – two pesos for the license, three pesos for the stamp affixed for the additional fee, and five pesos for the stamp affixed for the penalty for delinquence. The stamps were so affixed that, when the Driver’s License was separated from its stub, one-half of each stamp was attached to the license and the other half was attached to the stub retained by the Bureau of Public Works. Normally, the right halves were attached to the licenses, but if the stamp was inverted the left half would be attached to the license. |
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