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Show $be A-over-A 100 to A-over-A 999, he said. Under the new numbering system sys-tem the plates will be somewhat smaller, with the letters larger and easier to read. Mr. Healy said a substantial saving in steel has been made this year. This has been brought about by the smaller size of the plate and by stamping them from thinner metal sheets. While the plates will be new in appearance, the same old price of $5 a pair will prevail. No plates can be sold until the buyer presents pre-sents evidence that he has paid to the county assessor the local property prop-erty tax on his automobile. New Green, White ' Auto License Plates Soon Ready Being turned out at the rate of more than 200 sets per day at the state prison, Utah's new green and white automobile license plates should be ready to go on sale by mid-December, Patrick Healy, Jr., state tax commission chairman, said this week. This year the plates are being picked up by truck at the prison and are being hauled directly to six tax commission branches to save cost of rehandling, he said. Heretofore they were stored at the capitol building prior to distribution distribu-tion throughout the state. Mr. Healy said that while the plates will beready before Dec. 15, it will not be possible to issue them until that day because property prop-erty tax .rates will not have been completed. The new license plates are green with white numerals and letters. The first plates issued will |