St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-08-22

Il. II. lf1OMAS.
Speaker Of the House of Represen-
tatives.
THOMAS c.. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate
Approved: July 9, 1914.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
4 A true copy.
4 ALVIN E. HEBERT,
Secretary of State.
i ACT NO. $50.
House Bill No. 153 BY Mr. GenerelI
/ AN ACT.
10 define motor vehicles and to pro
vide for their registry, and impos
ing license therefor; and prov:d
Ing penalties for any violations O
this act; and An Act whereas ii i
intended to have this Act rattle
by an amendment to the Constitu
| ton of the State. Therefore
/ Section l. Be it enacted by til,
General Assembly Of the State O
Louisiana, two-thirds Of all the mem
Ders elected to each house concur
ing:
/ That motor vehicle is defined Il
be any vehicle oper ated by any POKE.
other than Muscular power, anu de
signed and intended for use on public
EtstWays, roads and streets Motor
vehicles are classified into three sub
1 d.visicns. Any motor vehicle used
cll:sively in commerce for the carr
ing or TRANSPORTING of merchandise
on the public highways, roads and
streets is classified as motor truck
| Any motor vehicle containing only
two running wheels arranged tan
dem, is classified as a motor cycle.
Al! other motor vehicles are classi::ei
as motor cars.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That every owner of motor
tehlcle which shall be operated or
driven upon public highways OF this
State, shall, except as herein otter
wise expressly provided, cause to be
filed by mail or otherwise IN The
c1nee of the Secretary of State an
arplication for registration on q
blank to be furnished by the secre-
tary of State for that purpose, coli.
tanning (a) a brief description of the
Rotor vehicle to be registered III
Gliding the name of the manufac-
ture1 and factory number of such
vehicle, the character ind amount Of
the motive pOwe., stated in fgurec
OF horsepower, ssiveL where pracs'
Cd, in accordance with the rating
established by the Association Of lii
censed Automobile Manufacturers;
Obj the name, residence. including
parish and business address of the
owner of such motor vehicle; (cJ
provided, that if such motor vehicle
is 10 be used solely for commercial
purposes the applicant shall SO.
certify.
Section 3. Be it further enacted,
etc, Upon the receipt of an appiica
ton for registration of moto~ We
hiele as provided in Section 2, the
Secretary of State shall file such APP
pllcstion in his Office and register
such motor vehicle or vehicles, with
the name, residence and business adj
dress of the owner, manufacturer or
dealer, as the case may be, together |
with the facts stated In such applica-
ton, in book or index to be kept |
for the purpose, under the distinctive
assigned to such motor We
hicle by the Secretary of State, which
book or index shall be open to public
during reasonable business
hours.
Section 4. Be it further enacted,
etc., Upon the filing of such applica-
ion and the payment of the license
provided. the Secretary of /
State shall assign to such motor ve-
licle distinctive number, and, with
tut further expense to the applicant, /
ssue and deliver to the owner a GER
ificate of registration, and two num- /
Ter plates. Such number plates
hall be of distinctly different color
zach year, and there shall be at all
lines a marked contrast between the.
olor of the number plates and that
# the numerals or letter: thereon.
Such number plate shall be OF I
METAL, at least six inches wide and
lot less than fifteen inches in length, i
N which there shall be the abbre-
iation La" and there shall be the
distinctive number assigned to the +
ehicle set forth in numerals four
inches long, each stroke of which +
hall be at least five-eighths OF an
nch in width; provided, that in the
ase of motor vehicle registered by I
manufacturer or dealer there shall
e on such plate in addition to the L
oregoing the letter M" each stroke |
I such letter to be at least four
inches long and five-eighths of an
ach in width. No vehicle shall dis
lay the number plates of more than
ne State at any time. In the event
( the loss, mutilation or destruction
t any certificate of registration, or j
lumber plate, the owner of regis
cred motor vehicle or manufacturer, Is
r dealer. as the case may be, may
btain from the Secretary of State, Il
pom an affidavit showing such fact
nd the payment of a fee Of one dol
ar, two new number plates. and 4
hcreupon the original license plates
hall become void and any person
ound using same shall be subject to
he penalties imposed by Section IA.
All certificates Of registration shall
,egin on their respective dates, and I
hall expire on the .31st day OF De- :
ember following. A new registra-
ION must be had each year, and the
license fee therefor paid annually; /
that persons holding a Ger I
ificate for one year shall not become
delinquent for failure to register, or
'ay the annual license fee until the
lrst day of February OF the follow I
ng year.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, I
tc.. There shall be an annual license
ee which shall be divided into CLASH II