The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-16
REVISING AUTO LAW;
 BILL NOW ON WAY
Text of the New State Regula- tions About Supervision of
 Automobiles

text of the new law which is on it's
 way to passage in the General Assem- 1 bly,. The bill passed the House this week, and will be acted upon in the
 Senate next week. Several changes of importance in the present law are made and auto dealers will find in it | matter to interest hem. The text fol- lows:
 Section 1. Section of Chapter s5 of the Public Acts of 1911 is hereby
 amended to read as fellows: Every dealer in or manufacturer of motor vehicles may, instead of registering
 each motor vehicle owned by him, make application to said secretary for a general distinguishing number or mark, and the secretary may, if sat isfied as to the facts stated in said application, issue to the applicant a. 1 certificate of registration containing
 the name, place of residence, and bus mess address of the applicant, and the general distinguishing number or mark assigned to him and made in such
 form and containing such further in formation said secretary may de-
 termine, and every motor vehicle own ed by such manufacturer which is
 used for the purpose of testing or
 demonstrating, and every motor vehi- cle owned by dealer, shall be re- garded as registered under, and have
 assigned to it, such distinguishing number or mark. Manufacturers and dealers shall not be required to carry such certificates upon the vehicles reg istered under the provisions of this section, but every person operating a motor vehicle registered under the provisions of this section by 8, manu- facturer or dealer shall display on such vehicle, in such manner as said secretary may prescribe, the opera tors license number assigned to such
 person.. Every dealer in motor vehi- cles shall at the time of making his
 application, file with the secretary a certificate of his appointment as deal CT Or sub-dealer by the manufacturer
 represented by him, and he shall, semi annually, on the first day of Jan
 uary and July file with the secretary a statement, under ath, of the mum
 Der of motor vehicles transferred to
 him and by him since the last pre-
 ceding statement; and every dealer in
 motor cycles sha1l annually, on the
 first day of January, file a similar
 statement of transfers made to and
 by him. Every 1iverynan may, in-
 stead of registering under Section 2
 hereof each motor vehicle owned by
 him. make application to said secre-
 tary, on blank furnished by said secretary, for 1iverymanss license,
 and shall state therein his name, place
 of residence, post office address, and
 give a description of each motor vehi-
 cle owned by him which is kept for
 hire, including the same information
 as Is required under Section hereof,
 and such further information as said
 secretary may determine. Said seere-
 tary shall then register each motor
 vehicle kept by said liveryman for
 hire, if such applicant is, under the
 provisions of this act, a proper per-
 son to receive such certificate of reg
 istration, shall assign to each such motor vehicle a. disting gushing number
 or mark, and shall thereupon issue to the owner thereof a certificate of reg istratior which shall contain the name, place of residence, and post office ad- dress of the owner, and the number or mark assigned to such motor vehi- cle and shall be in such form and contain such further information as said secretary may determine; and such certificate shall at all times be l carried upon such motor vehicle and shall be subject to examination upon demand by any proper officer. All rec ords of the secretary's office concern l ing operators licenses to be opened | to public inspection during office hours.
 Sec. g. Section 4 of said act is here- by amended to read as follows: Ev- | cry motor vehicle shall at all times while in use or operation upon the public highways of the state, have dis | played in a conspicuous place, at the 1 front and rear, the register number | plates or markers furnished by the | secretary. Said plates shall be of a | distinctly different color each year and i shall be in such form said secre- l tary may determine; shall bear the | abbreviation Conn; the numerals of | the register number thereon, except ] on motor cycle number plates, shall | be not less than four inches high, and l each stroke not less than one-half of | an inch wide, and each digit thereof | shall occupy a space not less than l two and three-quarters inches in | width. The numerals of the register number on motor cycle number plates shall be two and onelhalf inches high, | each stroke three@eighths of an inch space not less than two inches in width Said secretary shall furnish, annually, without charge, one pair of number plates for each individually registered motor vehicle, one pair for each motor vehicle registered by a liv- eryman, and six pairs for each regis istered manufacturer or dealer, upon application therefor. Such number plates, upon such motor vehicles, shall, at all times, be entirely unobscured, and the register number and letters thereon shall, at all times, be plainly legible. Said number plates shall be horizontal, and shall be so fastened as not to swing; the lower edges thereof shall be at least eighteen inch es from the ground, and, during the times when a, motor vehicle Is required to display lights, the rear register number shall be so illuminated as to be 1egible at a distance of sixty feet.
 Not more than one set of number plates and one operators license num- Der plate shall be displayed on any motor vehicle in operation upon the public highways of this state If and number plate supplied by the secre- tary is lost or if the register number thereon becomes i1legible, the owner or person in control of the motor ve- hicle for which such number plate was furnished shall immediately place a. temporary number plate, bearing his register number upon such motor vehicle provided such temporary num- Der plate and register number thereon shall conform to the regular number plate and be displayed as nearly as