St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-08-29

| license fee of one motor vehicle, o.
the maximum horsepower OF eacl
special make of motor handled, pro
vided that dealers handling both ne1
and secondhand motor vehicles shal
pay the license on new makes only
Persons, firms or corporations deal
ing in or handling secondhand motto
vehicles exclusively shall pay a fla
license fee of Ten Dollars per annum
|. Section 6. Be it further enacted
ETC., That upon the sale or transfe
of a motor vehicle registered in &C
cordance with this act, the vendo
shall Immediately file notice thereo
with the name and residence of tn,
vendee to the Secretary of State, an.
the vendee shall within ten days afte
the date of such sale or transfer
upon a blank to be furnished him 70
that purpose, make application for ;
change of registration, which shall
with a fee of One Dollar, be forward
ed to the Secretary of State. WIFI
shall note upon the registration bool
or index such change of ownership.
Section T. Be it further enacted
etc, Upon the sale of motor vehicle
by the manufacturer or dealer, thu
vendee shall be allowed to operate
same upon the public highways fol
a period of fifteen days after taking
possession thereof, or until he shall
have received his certificate of regis
tration and number plates from the
Secretary of State, providing thai
during such period the motor vehicle
shall have attached thereto, in &C.
cordance with the provisions hereof
a placard bearing the registration
number of the dealer under which il
might previously have been oTerated ;
and provided, further, that appl.ca-
ton for registration shall be made
by mail or otherwise before such We
hicle shall be so used.
Section s. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That every person, firm associa-
ton or corporation manufactur ng
or dealing in motor vehicles may in
stead of registering each. motor We
hicle so manufactured or dealt in,
make an application upon a blank
to be furnished by the Secretary of
State for a general distinctive num-
Der for all motor vehicles owned and
controlled by such manufacturer or
dealer, such application to contain
(a) a brief description of each style
or type of motor vehicle manufacture
ed or dealt in by such manufacturer
or dealer, including the character of
the motor power. the amount of such
motor power stated in figures OF
horsepower in accordance with the
rating established by this act; (b)
the name, residence, including parish
and business address, of such manu-
facturer or dealer. On the payment
of the registration fee provided in
Section 5, such application shall be
filed and registered in the Office OF
the Secretary of State in the manner
provided in Section 3 of this act.
There shall thereupon be assigned
and issued to such manufacturer or
dealer certificate of registration,
and a number plate with number
to the number of such
certificate of registration. Such num-
Der plate or duplicate thereof shall
be displayed by every motor vehicle
Of such manufacturer or dealer when
the same is operated or driven on the
public highways. Such manufacture
er or dealer may obtain as many
duplicates of such number plate as
may be desired upon payment to the
Secretary OF State of One Dollar for
each duplicate. Nothing in this
article shall be construed to apply
to motor vehicle operated by a
or dealer for private
use or for hire.
Section 9. Be it further enacted,
etc. The provisions, of the forego-
ng sections relative to registration
md display of registration numbers,
shall not apply to a motor vehicle
owned by nonresident of this
State; provided, that the owner there
IT shall have complied with the pro-
visions of the law of the foreign
State, Territory or Federal
district of his residence relative to
registration of motor vehicles and
he display of registration numbers
and shall conspicuously d.s-
olay his registration numbers as re-
luired thereby. The provisions OF
his section, however, shall be opera
i've as to a motor vehicle owned b.
! nonresident of this State only to
he extent that under the laws OF
oreign country. State, or Territory,
" Federal district of his residence
ike exemptions and privileges are
,ranted to motor vehicles duly regis
cred under the laws of and owned
~ residents of this State.
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
,tc., All track engines, road rollers,
ire wagons, fire engines, police pa
rolls, ambulances, as we'll as all other
motor vehicles used exclusively for
public purposes by the United States
the State, or any OF the
thereof, including the
parishes, cities, towns and villages:
Is we'll as all public boards of thf
State, district, parochial or launie
,al, are excluded from the provision
If this act.
Section II. Be it further enacted,
,tc., The Secretary of State shall de
,osit all funds collected under the
provisions Of this act, as soon after
he collection as practicable, in one
If the banks of the State previously
selected for that year as one of the
State bank depositaries, in spec al
.und which shall bear interest at the
same rate as other deposits; and On
Or before the fifteenth Gay of the
month of February and August, OF
each year, the Secretary of State shall
transmit to the Parish Treas urer Of
zach parish, with a sworn account
thereof, all of the funds collected
under the provisions of this act, from
persons. firms or corporations resid-
ing in the respective parishes