The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-10-08


which shall be divided into classified
tiors known as a whole license fee, and
q half license fee The whole license
fee shall apply to all registrations made
20 the first day Of August. of each year
and the half license fee shall amply tc
all registration under the provisions OF
this act made on or after the first day
Of August. of each year. All license
fees except as hereinafter provided
shall be based on horsepower Of motor
and shall be computed according to the
following standard, to-wit:
D2XN
rs
d liz the cylinder bore in inches;
the number of cylinders.
The license fee shall be twenty-five
cents for each horsepower; provided
that the minimum whole license fee
shall be Five Dollars. All motor cars
cycles shall pay a flat license fee OF
Two Dollars per annum. Motor trucks
shall pay a flat license fee Of Sever
Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum. The
one-half license shall apply to all motor
vehicles and shall he half of the license
rate herein provided for a whole license
for each classified ton. Persons firms
and corporations manufacturing or deal
ing in motor vehicles shall pay the Ii
Cense fee of one motor vehicle. on the
maximum horsepower of each special
make Of motor vehicles handled. pro-
vided that dealers handling both new
and secondhand motor vehicles shall
pay the license on new makes only.
In or handling secondhand motor We
hicles exclusively shall paw flat IL
cense fee of Ten Dollars Fer annum.
Section .. Be II further enacted. etc,
Tor vehicle registered in accordance
with this act the vendor shall imme-
diately file notice thereof with the
name and residence of the vendee to
the Secretary of State. and the -vendeee
shall within ten days after the date of
such sale or transfer, upon a blank to
be furnished him for that purpose. make
application for a change Of registra-
ton, which shall. with a fee of One
Dollar, be forwarded to the Secretary
tration book or index such change OF
ownership.
Section T. Be II further enacted. etc.
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by the
manufacturer or dealer. the vendee shall
be allowed to operate same upon the
public highways for a period Of fifteen
days after taking possession thereof.
or until he shall have received his GER
tificate OF registration and number
plates from the Secretary of state, pro-
vidinG that during such period the mo-
tor vehicle shall have attached thereto.
In accordance with the provisions here
OF, a placard bearing the registration
number of the dealer under which 1t
might previously have been operated:
and provided. further. that application
for registration shall be made by mail
or otherwise before such vehicle shall
be so used.
Section s. Be It further enacted.
etc. That every person. firm, associa-
ton. or corporation manufacturing or
dealing In motor vehicles may instead
Of registering each motor vehicle so
plication uron q b.Ank to be furnished
number for all motor We
hicles owned and controlled by such
manufacturer or dealer, such application
to maintain ta) a brief description of
ufactured or dealt in nv such manufac-
turer or dealer. including the character
or the motor power. the amount of such
motor power stated In FIGURES of
In accordance with the rat
ing established by this act; (b)the name.
residence. including parish and business
address. OF such manufacturer or dealer
On the payment of the registration fee
provided in Section s.. such application
shall be filed and registered in the Of
flee Of the Secretarv Of State in the
manner provided in Section of this
act. There shall thereupon he assign
ed and issued to such manufacturer or
dealer a certificate Of registration, ana
spending to the number of such certif-
tcate of registration. Such number
plate or duplicate thereof shall be dis
PLAYED by every motor vehicle of such
is operated or driven on the public high
ways. Such manufacturer or dealer
may obtain as many duplicates of such
number plate as NAV be desired upon
payment to the Secretary of State One
Dollar for each duplicate. Nothing in
HhfQ ARTICLE nhQ1 he construed tn annIv
TO a motor vehicle operated by a man.
ufacturer or dealer for private use or
FOR hire
Section 9. Pc It further enacted. etc,
The provisions of the foregoing sections
relative to registration and display of
numbers. shall not apply to
q motor vehicle owned by a non-resi-
dent Of this State, provided that the
owner thereof shall have complied with
the provisions of the law of the foreign
country, State. territory. or Federal
district OF his residence relative to reg
1stration Of motor vehicles and the dis
play Of registration numbers thereon.
and shall conspicuously display his reg
istration numbers as required thereby.
The provisions Of this section. however.
shall be operative is to motor vehicle
owned by a nonresident of this State
only to the extent that under the laws
Federal district of his residence like
exemptions and privileges are granted
to motor vehicles duly registered un-
der the laws of and owned by residents
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
etc, All track engines, road rollers. fire
wagons. fire engines, police patrols
ambulances. as well as all other motor
purposes by the United States Govern
ment, the State. or any of the subdivi-
sions thereof, including the parishes,
cities. towns and villages; as well as
ali public boards of the State, district
P Prom the provisi"ns p Of this act. uoeo
Section II. Be II further enacted,
etc, The Secretary Of State shall deposit
eli funds collected under the provisions
Of this act, as soon after the collection
State previously selected for that year
as one OF the State Bank repositories,
IN a special fund which shall bear in
terest at the same rate as other de-
posits: and on or before the fifteenth
day of the month of February and Aug
ust. of each year, the Secretary of State
shaft transmit to the Parish Treasurer
with sworn account thereof, ali of the
funds collected under the provisions Of
this act, from persons. firms or corpo-
fishes throughout the State, deducting
therefrom only the amounts expended
Ny him, in accordance with the provi-
sions OF Section IL.
That on or DeIOre the 1lIteenln gay
Of the months of February and August
Of each year, the Secretary of State
shall transmit to the Commissioner of
Finance Of the City of New Orleans,
with a sworn account thereof. all Of
the funds collected under the provisions
of this act, from persons, firms or cor
porations residing in the Parish Of Or
leans deducting therefrom only the
amounts expended by him. in accord
aYlce with the provisions OF Section y
of this act.
The Clerks OF the District Courts
throushout the State Parish of Or
leans excepted), shall within ten days
after the collection hereof. transmit to
the Parish Treasurer all fines and pen
aitfex collected for any violation Of any