St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-09-19

classification Persons, firms and
corporations, manufacturing or deal
ing in motor vehicles shall pay the
license fee of one motor vehicle, on
the maximum horsepower of each
Especial make Of motor handled, pro-
vided that dealers handling both new
and secondhand motor vehicles shall
pay the license on new makes only
Persons, firms or corporations deal
ing in or handling secondhand motor
vehicles exclusively shall pay a flat
license fee of Ten Dollars per annum.
Section g.. Be it further enacted,
etc., That upon the sale or transfer
of motor vehicle registered in &C
cordance with this act, the vendor
shall Immediately file notice thereof
with the name and residence of the
vendee to the Secretary of State, and
the vendee shall within ten days after
the date of such sale or transfer,
upon blank to be furnished him for
that purpose, make application for a
change of registration, which shall,
with fee of One Dollar, be forward
ed 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 shall be allowed to operate
same upon the public highways for
a period of fifteen days after taking
possession thereof, or until he shall
have received his certificate of regis
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Secretary of State, providing that
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 it
might previously have been operated;
and provided, further, that applica-
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 manufacturing
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 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 manufactur-
ed or dealt in by such manufacturer
|or dealer, including the character of
the motor power. the amount of such
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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 of this act.
There shall thereupon be assigned
and issued to such manufacturers or
dealer a certificate of registration,
and number plate with number
corresponding 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
manufacturer or dealer for private
ruse 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 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 conspicuously dis
play his registration numbers as re-
quired thereby. The provisions of
this section, however, shall be opera
tive as to a motor vehicle owned by
nonresident of this State only to
the extent that under the laws OF
foreign country. State, or Territory,
or Federal district of his residence
like exemptions and privileges are
granted to motor vehicles duly regis
tered 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 pa
trolls, ambulances, as well 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;
as well as all public boards OF the
State. district, parochial or munic.-
pal, are excluded from the provisions
of this act.
Section IL. Be it further enacted,
etc, The Secretary of State shall de-
post all 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 special
fund which shall bear interest at the
same rate as other deposits; and on
or 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
zach nariSh. with a sworn account