Lower coast gazette., 1914-09-05

That a motor vehicle is defined to be
| any vehicle operated by any power othel
than muscular power, and designed ano
intended for use on public highways
| roads and streets. Motor vehicles are
| classified into three subdivisions. ANY
motor vehicle used exclusively in com
merce for the carrying or transporting Of
| merchandise on the public highways. roads
and streets is classified as a motor truck
Any motor vehicle containing only tWt
running wheels arranged tandem, is cfassl
fed as q motorcycle. All other motor
vehicles are classified as motor cars.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, etc.
] That every owner of a motor venice
which shall be operated or driven upoi
public highways of this State, shall, ex
| cept as herein otherwise expressly pro
! yided, cause to be filed by mail or other
| wise in the Office of the Secretary OF
| State and application for registration or
a blank to be furnished by the Secretary
! of State for that purpose containing !a,)
q brief description of the motor vehicle
to be registered, including the name OF
| the manufacturer and factory number OF
| such vehicle, the character and amount
of the motive power, stated in figures OF
horsepower, given where practical, in ac-
cordance with the rating establish by
the Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers: (b) the name, residence,
including Parish and business address OF
the owner Of such motor vehicle; (c) pro
vided. that il such motor vehicle is to be
used solely for commercial purposes the
applicant shall so certify.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc,
Upon the receipt of an application tor
registration of a motor vehicle as pro-
vided in Section 2, the Secretary of State
shall file such application in his otbce
and register such motor vehicle or We
hicles, with the name, residence and bust
ness address of the owner, manufacturer
or dealer, as the case may be, together
with the facts stated in such appllca-
ton. in a book or index to be kept Tor
that purpose, under the distinctive num-
Der assigned to such motor vehicle by
the Secretary of State, which book or IN
dex shall be open to public inspection
during reasonable business hours.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
Upon the filing of such application and
the payment of the license hereinafter
provided, the Secretary of State shall as
sign to such motor vehicle a distinctive
number and, without further expense to
the applicant, issue and deliver to the
owner a certificate of registration, and
two number plates. Such number plates
shall 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 plate 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 a manufacturer OF
dealer there shall be on such plate in ad,
dition to the foregoing the letter M
each stroke of such letter to be at least
four inches long and tive-eighths Of an
inch in width. No vehicle shall display
the number plates Of more than one State
at any tine. In the event of the loss.
mutilatiOn or destruction of any certlt-
cate of registration, or number plate, the
owner of a registered motor vehicle OF
manufacturer, or dealer, as the case may
be. may obtain from the Secretary OF
State. upon an affidavit showing such
fact and the payment OF a fee OF one dol
| lar, two new number plates, and there
| upon the original license plates shall be-
come void and the person found using
| same shall be subject to the penalties i'm
posed by Section Il.
All certificates of registration shall be
gin on their respective dates, and shall
| expire on the 31st day of December fol
| lowing. A new registration must be haC
| each year, and the license fee therefor
| paid annually; provided that persons
| holding a certificate for n year shall
| not become delinquent for failure to reg
ster u pay the annual license tee untl
| the first day of February OF the follow
| ing year.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
| There shall be an annual license Zee
which shall be divided into classified
| tons known as a whole license fee, ant
a half license fee. The whole llcens'
fee shall apply to all registrations mad
under the provisions of this act, prio
to the first day of August, Of each year
! and the half license fee shall apply tt
! all registrations under the provisions o
this act made on or after the first day o
August. of each year. All license fee
except as hereinafter provided snail o.
| based on horsepower OF motor, ana sna
be computed according to the following
standard, to-wit:
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