The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-03

the payment of tho license hereinafter
provided, the Secretary of State shall as
sign to such motor vehicle q distinctive
number and, without further expense to
the applicant, issue and deliver to the
owLer a certificate Of registration, and
snail be Of distinctly different color each
year, and there shall be at all times a
marked contrast between the color of the
number plates and that of the numerals
or letters thereon.
Such number plates shall be of metal, at
least six inches wide and not less than
fifteen inches in length, on which there
shall be the abbreviation La" and there
shall be the distinctive number assigned
TO the vehicle set forth in numerals four
inches long, each stroke of which shall be
at least five eighths OF an inch IN width,
provided, that in the case of a motor
vehicle registered by manufacturer or
lealer there shall be on such plate in ad.
lition to the foregoing the letter m,
each stroke of such letter to be at least
four inches long and tive-eighths OF an
inch III width. No vehicle shall display
the number plates of more than one state
1t any time. In the event or the loss,
nutilation or destruction of any certln-
,ate OF registration, or number plate, the
owner of a registered motor vehicle or
commissioners or dealer, as the case may
be. may obtain from the Secretary OF
and the payment of fee OF one doliar'
two new number plates, and thereupon
The original license plates shall become
void and any person FOUND USING saiii5
shall be subject to the penalties imposed
by Section IA.
All certificates of registration shaii pc,
gin on their respective dates, ana snaii
nxpire on the 31St day of December Ioi,
lowing A new registration must be had
Zach wear, and the license fee therefor
paid annually; provided that persons hold.
ing a certificate for one year shali Iol
become delinquent for failure to register,
or pay the annual license fee until the nrst
lay Of February of the following year.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, etc,
There shall be an annual license fee,
which shall be divided into classifications
,lnown as a whole license fee, and half
license fee The whole license fee shall
apply to all registrations made under the
lay of August, of each year; and the half
license fee shall apply to all registrations
under the provisions of this act mace on
or after the first day of August, OF each
vear All license fees except as herein
after provided shall be based on horse
power of motor, and shall be computed &C
cording to the following standard, to-wit:
DIX N
2.5
D is the cylinder bore in inches; N the
number of cylinders. The license fee shall
be twenty five cents for each horsepower,
provided that the IninIHluiii Wiioie h.ei..S
fee shall be Five Dollars. All motor cars
shall be subject TO this license. Motor
cycles shall pay fiat license of TWO
Dollars per annum. Motor trucks shali
and Fifty Cents per annum:, The one
half license shall apply to all moor We
hicles and shall be half of the license rate
herein provided for a whole license ior
corporations, manufacturing or dealing in
motor vehicles shall pay the license fee
of one motor vehicle, on the maximum
horsepower of each special make OF m n3ecr
handling both new and secondhand motor
vehicles shall pay the license on new
makes only. Persons, firms or corpora,
tons dealing in or handling second-hand
motor vehicles exclusively shall pay fiat
license of Ten Dollars per annum.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc,
That upon the sale or transfer OF motor
vehicle registered in accordance with TINS ms
act the vendor shall Immediately ME
notice thereof with the name and resi-
Ience of the vendee to the Secretary OF
lays after the date of such sale or trans
| fer, upon a blank to be furnished MN 1ol
| that purpose. make application for 9
change of registration. which SHAH, WIN
| a fee of One Dollar, be forwarded to the
Secretary of State. who shall note upon
| the registration book or index such cnange
| Section 7. Be it further enacted. etc.
Upon the sale of n motor vehicle by the
manufacturer or dealer, the vendee sinai
be allowed to operate same upon tne
lpublic highways for period OF hfteer
days after taking possession thereof, OF
until he shall have received his certificate
of registration and number plates iron
the Secretary of State, providing tina,
during such period the motor vehicle shai
have attached thereto, in accordance witt
| the provisions hereof, placard bearing
| the registration number of the dealer
under which. it might previously have
been operated and provided, h turner ne ina
| by mail or otherwise before such venice
shall be so used
Section s. Be it further enacted, etc.
That every person, firm, association OF
corporation manufacturing. or dealing il
| motor vehicles may instead of registering
each motor vehicle so manufacturer o.
dealt in, make an application upon pam pan
for general distinctive number for al
motor vehicles o7-'ned and controlled p!
such manufacture or dealer, such appll
cation to contain: (a) brief description
of each style or type of motor vehicle
manufactured or dealt in by such manu-
lfacturer or dealer, including the charac
ter of the motor power, the amount
such motor power stated in figures Q
horse power in accordance with the rat
ling established by this act; CD the name
residence, including parish and business
address, of such manufacturer or dealer
On the payment of the registration fe
provided in Section 5, such application
shall be filed and registered in the offic
of the Secretary of State in the manne
lprovided in Section 3 of this act. Their
shall thereupon be assigned Sand issued t
Isuch manufacturer or dealer certificat
of registration, and a number plate witt
a number corresponding, to the numbe
lof such certificate of registration. Sucl
number plate or duplicate thereof shall b
displayed by every motor vehicle OF sue
manufacturer or dealer when the same ]
Ioperated or driven on the public highways
Such manufacturer or dealer may Obtain
las many duplicates of such number plat
as may be desired upon payment to tn
Secretary of State of One Dollar for eac
duplicate. Nothing in this article shall 3
construed to apply to motor yehicl
operated by manufacturer or dealer TO
private use or for hire.
Section 9. Be it further enacted. etc
The provisions of the foregoing section
relative to registration and display of reg
istration numbers, shall not apply to
motor vehicle owned by nonresident @
this State; provided, that the owner there
of shall have complied with the provision
of the law of the foreign country, State
Territory or Federal district of his resi-
dence relative to registration Of moto
!, vehicles and the display of registratio
numbers thereon. and shall conspicuous
display his registration numbers as re
auired thereby. The provisions. OF TIL
T section, however, shall be operative as I
a motor vehicle owned by q nOn-reS1den