St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-31

corporations, manufacturing or dea
ing in motor vehicles shall pay tn
license fee of one motor vehicle, O
the maximum horsepower of eac
special make OF motor handled, pre-
yided that dealers handling both ne1
and secondhand motor vehicles sha
pay the license on new makes onl,
PERSONS, firms or corporations deai
ing in or handling secondhand mote
vehicles exclusively shall pay a ia
license fee Of Ten Dollars per annun
Section s. Be it further enacted
etc., That upon the sale or transfe
OF motor vehicle registered in &C
cordance with this act, the yendo
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 blank to be furnished him TO
that purpose, make application for
change of registration, which shall
with fee Of One Dollar, be forward
ed to the Secretary OF State. Wit
snail note upon the registration bool
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
yendee shall be allowed to operate
same upon the public highways fol
la 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 that
during such period the motor vehicle
shall have attached thereto, in ac-
fcordance with the provisions Hereof,
a placard bearing the registration
number of the dealer under which il
might previously have been operated;
and provided, further, that applica-
ItiOn 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 manufacturing
or dealing in motor vehicles may in
stead OF registering each motor ve-
hicle so manufactured or dealt in,
make an application upon 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
led or dealt In BY such manufacturer
Tor 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)S
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
fled 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 a certificate Of registration,
and number plate with number
corresponding to the number of SUCH
certificate of egsstration. 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 manufactur-
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 4
use or for hire.
Section g. Be it further enacted.
etc. The provisions, Of the foregO-
ing sections relative to registration
and display of registration numbers,
shall not apply to motor vehicle
owned by a nonresident of this
State; provided, that the owner there
Of shall have complied with the pro-
visions of the law of the foreign
country, State, Territory or Federal
district of his residence relative to
registration of motor vehicles and
the display of registration numbers
thereon, and shall conspscuously dis
play his registration numbers as re-
quired thereby The provisions OF
this section, however, shall be opera
tive as to motor vehicle owned b
a nonresident of this State only to
the extent that under the laws OF
foreign country. State, or Territory, i
or Federal district of his residence
like exemptions and privileges are
granted to motor vehicles duly regis
tered under the laws of and owned 1
BY residents Of this State.
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
ETC., All track engines, road rollers,
fire wagons, fire engines, police pa |
trolls, ambulances, as well as al other
motor vehicles used exclusively foa
public purposes by the United States
the State, or any of tie
thereof, including the /
parishes, cities. towns and Villages;
as well as all public boards OF tic
State, district, paroch.al CT nas;lsse5-
pal, are excluded from the Providers
Of this act.
Section IL. Be it further enacted,
ETC., The Secretary OF State shall de-
posit all funds collected under the
provisions of this act. IS scen afsses
The collection as practicable. in a1e
of the banks OF the State prey ensly
selected for that year as one of the
State bank depositaries, in a SPECIAL
fund which shalt bear interest at the
same rate as other deposits; and on
Or before the fifteenth day Of the
month OF February and August. CT
each year, the Secretary Of State shall |
transmit to the Parish Treasurer OF |
zach parish, with a sworn account /
thereof, all Of the funds collected
under the provisions cf this act, from /