The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-09-26

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each year. and the license fee therefor
paid annually; provided that persons hold
| ing a 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 1t further enacted, etc,
/ which shall be divided into classifications
| known as a whole license fee, and a half
license fee. The whole license fee shall
amply 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. All 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
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
| Dollars per annum. Motor trucks shall
| pay fiat license fee of Seven Dollars
and Fifty Cents per annum: The one
half license shall apply to all MOTOR We
hicles and shall be half of the license rate
herein provided for a whole license for
each classification. Persons, firms and
/
motor vehicles shall pay the license fee
| of one motor vehicle, on the maximum
horsepower of each special make of motor
vehicles handled, provided that dealers
handling both new and secondhand motor
vehicles shall pay the license on new
| makes only. Persons, firms or corpora
tons dealing in or handling secondhand
motor vehicles exclusively shall pay fiat
| license of Ten Dollars per annum.
Section g. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That upon the sale or transfer of 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
1 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
a 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 L Be it further enacted ETC.,
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by the
manufacturer or dealer, the vendee shall
! be allowed to operate same upon the
public highways Tor period OF nfteen
until he shall have received his certificate
of registration and number plates from
| the Secretary of State. providing that
1 during such period the motor vehicle shall
have attached thereto, in accordance with
| the provisions hereof, a placard bearing
| the registration number of the dealer
|
been operated; and provided. further, that
| application for registration shall be made
| by mail or otherwise before, such vehicle
shall be so used.
| Section s. Be it further enacted etc,
| That every person, firm. association or
| corporation manufacturing or dealing in
motor vehicles may instead of registering
each motor vehicle so manufactured or
dealt in. make an application upon a blank
| to be furnished by the Secretary of State
for general distinctive number for all
oil
such manufacture or dealer, such appli-
cation to contain: (a) brief description
of each style or type of motor vehicle
manufactured or dealt in by such manu-
facturer OF dealer. including the charac-
| ter of the motor power, the amount of
such motor power stated in figures of
horse power in accordance with the rat
| ing established by this act: OBJ the name,
| residence, including parish and business
| address, of such manufacturer or dealer.
| On the payment of the registration fee
shall be filed and registered in the Office
| of the Secretary of State in the manner
provided i'm Section of this act. There
shall thereupon be assigned and issued to
such manufacturer or dealer certificate
| of registration. and a number plate with
a number corresponding to the number
| or 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.
| 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 manufacturer or dealer for
private use or for hire.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, etc,
TIE provisions of the foregoing sections
relative to registration and display of reg
listr2tion numbers, shall not apply to a
motor vehicle owned by nonresident of
Sflfas Cd hot f1,<,<x
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-
auifr;ed thereby; The provisions Of this
| motor vehicle owned by a nonresident
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 10. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
All track engines. road rollers, fire wagons,
fire engines, police patrols, ambulances,
| as well as all other motor vehicles used
exclusively for public purposes by the
United States Government the State, or
any or the subdivisions thereof, including
the parishes, cities, towns and villages:
as well as all public boards of the State.
Il
cluded from the provisions of this act
Section IL. Be il further enacted, etc.
The Secretary of State shall deposit ali
FUNDS collected under the provisions of
| this act, as soon after the collection as
practicable, in one of the banks OF the
state previously selected for that year as
one of the State bank depositaries, in a
special fund which shall bear interest at
the same rate as other deposits: and on
OF before the fifteenth day of the month
Of February and August. Of each year. the
secretary of State shall transmit to the
| Parish Treasurer of each parish with a
sworn account thereof. ali of the funds
collected under the provisions of this act.
from persons. firms or corporations resid-
ing IN the respective parishes throughout
the State, deducting therefrom only the
amounts expended by him. in accordance
with the provisions of Section ~.
That on or before the fifteenth day of
each year. the Secretary of State shall
transmit to the Commissioner of Finance
OF the city OF New Orleans. with a sworn
/ account fherenf all Of the f,,rdr aoliaaea Il