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Show Park Commission Warns Boaters To Get Registered Boating season is here, warned the Boating Division of the Utah Park and Recreation Commission in urging that owners get their boats registered. Already boating activity is oc-curing oc-curing on the Green and Colorado Colo-rado Rivers and the prospects are that many lakes will be "boatable" soon, according to Tedd Tuttle, state boating supervisor. super-visor. To date, only about 1,800 of the state's 13,000 owners have registered their crafts. "There are going to be some long lines to register boats. To avoid these lines time which could be more pleasantly spent on the waters themselves get that registration done as soon as possible," Mr. Tuttle urged. The 1,800 is well above that of last year, but there will be many days in May and June when long lines will form at the boating division office and when mail applicants will have to be delayed perhaps as much as a week or more for complete registration, the supervisor said. If registration is completed early, then as soon as the "bug" bites, rigs can be floated without with-out having a wait or taking the chance of boating without registration regis-tration and getting a fine. The final day for 1961 registrations registra-tions was March 1. Of the 75 boats operating on Utah Lake only last week, five were cited for non-registration. A 1962 application for registration regis-tration may be obtained at any marine dealer, the boating division divi-sion office, 19 West South Temple Tem-ple (Union Pacific Annex Building, Build-ing, Room 255), or any county assessor's office. The application can be mailed or brought to the boating division divi-sion office. It should include: 1. Property tax receipt or be validated by the county assessor. 2. The application should be typed or printed and must be signed. 3. The last registration card, if applying for a renewal or transfer. 4. $5.00 fee for new, renewal or transfer from a previous year. Boat owners applying during the next two or three weeks will be processed promptly and registrations regis-trations returned immediately for the boaters use. But after that, be prepared to stand in line, or wait, Mr. Tuttle said. |