The St. Mary banner., 1914-09-19

NUMBER ard, without further expense Il
the applicant, issue and deliver to tn,
owner "A certificate OF registration, an(
two number plates. Such number plate.
shall be of distinctly different color eaci
year, ana there shall be at ali times {
marked contrast between the color of the
number plates and that of the numerals
or letters thereon.
Such number plates shall be of metal, al
least six inches wide and not less thar
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 ve-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-
ditlon to the foregoing the letter IN, "
| each stroke of such letter to be at least
four inches long and five-eighths of an
inch in width. No vehicle shall display
| the number plates of more than one State
at any time. In the event of the loss,
| mutilation or destruction of any certif
| cate of registration, or number plate, the
| owner of registered motor vehicle or
! 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 dollar,
two new number plates, and thereupon
| the original license. plates shall become
void and any person found using same
shall be subject to the penalties imposed
! by Section IA.
| All ceftlHCateS OF registration snail De-
gin on their respective dates, and shall
expire on the 31st day of December fol-
| lowing new registration must be had
| each year, and the license fee therefor
paid annually; provided that persons hold
ing certificate for one year shall not
| become delinquent for failure to register,
| or pay the annual license fee until the first
day 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
| known as a whole license fee, and a half
license fee. The whole license fee shall
apply to all registrations made under the
provisions of this act, prior to the first
| day of August, of each year; and the half
license fee shall apply to all registrations
under the provisions of this act made on
| or after the first day of August, of each
year. AN license fees except as herein
| after provided shall be based on horse
power of motor, and shall be computed ac-
cording to the following standard. to-wit:
D2xN
25
| 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 minimum whole license
fee shall be Five Dollars. All motor cars
shall be subject to this license. Motor
cycles shall pay fiat license of Two
Dollars per annun. Motor trucks shall
pay n flat license fee of Seven Dollars
and Fifty Cents per annum.. The one
half Incense snail Apply 10 all HlOlOr We
hicles and shall be half of the license rate
herein provided for whole license for
each classification. Persons, firms and
corporations. manufacturing or dealing in
of one motor vehicle, on the maximum
horsepower of each special make of motor
vehicles handled, provided that dealers
handling both new and second-hand motor
vehicles shall pay the license on new
| makes only. Persons, firms or corpora, j,
tions dealing. in or handling secondhand
motor vehicles exclusively shall pay nat
license of Ten Dollars per annum.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That upon the sale or transfer of a motor
vehicle registered in accordance with this
act, the vendor shall Immediately file
notice thereof with the name and resi-.
dence Of the vendee to the Secretary of
state and the vendee shall within ten
days after the date of such sale or trans
fer, upon blank to be furnished him for
that purpose. make application for a
change of registration, which shall. with
fee of One Dollar, be forwarded to the
Secretary of State, who shall note. upon
the registration book or index such change
of ownership.
Section Z. Be it further enacted, etc,
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by the
manufacturer or dealer, the. vendee shail
be allowed to operate same upon the
public highways for period of fifteen
days after taking possession thereof, or
until he shall have received his certlhcate
Of registration and e, number plates IRON rom
during such period the motor vehicle shall
have attached thereto, in accordance with
the provisions hereof, placard bearing
the registration number of the dealer
under which it might previously have
been operated; and provided, further, that
application for registration shall be made
by mail or otherwise before such venice
shall be so used.
Section s. Be it further enacted. etc.,
That every person, firm, association or
corporation manufacturing, or dealing IN
each motor vehicle SO manufactured or
dealt in make an application upon blank
to be furnished by the Secretary OF state
for a general distinctive number for all
motor vehicles o--ned and controlled by
such manufacture or dealer, such apph-
cation to contain; ta) brief description
of each style on type of motor vehicle
manufactured or dealt in by such manu-
facturer or dealer, including the charac-
ter of the motor power, the amount OF
such motor power stated In ngures OF
horse power in accordance with the rat
ing established by this act; CD the name,
residence, including parish and business
address. of such manufacturer or dealer.
On the payment of the registration fee
provided i'm Section 5, such application
shall be filed and registered in the office
of the Secretary of State in the manner
provided in Section of this act There
shall thereupon be assigned and issued to
such manufacturer or dealer certificate
of registration, and number plate with
a number corresponding to the number
of such certificate of registration. Such
number 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 manufacturer 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 a motor vehicle
operated by a manufacturer or dealer for
Driyata llSe or for hire
y Section Q. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
The provisions of the foregoing sections
relative to registration and display of reg
istration numbers, shall not apply to a
motor vehicle owned by a nonresident OF
this State; provided, that the owner there
Of shall have complied with the provisions
| of the law Of the foreign country, State.
Territory or Federal district of his resi-
dence relative to registration of motor
vehicles and the display of registration
numbers thereon, and shall conspicuously
display his registration numbers as re-
quired thereby. The provisions OF this
section however, shall be operative as to
a motor vehicle owned by non resident
Of this State only to the extent that under
the laws of foreign country, State, or Ter
| ritory, or Federal district of his residence
! like exemptions are granted to motor We
hicles duly registered under the laws OF
and owned by residents of this State
Section TO- Be it further enacted, etc,