The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-10-10

the payment of the license hereinafter
provided, the Secretary Of State shall as
| sign to such motor vehicle a distinctive
number and without further expense to
| the applicant, issue and deliver to the
owner certificate of registration. and
| two number plates. Such number plates
shall be of distinctly different color each
! year, and there shall be at all times a
marked contrast between the color of the
number plates and that of the numerals
| or letters thereon.
| Such number plates shall be of metal, at
| least six inches wide and not less than
| fifteen inches in length, on which 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 ive-eighths of an inch in width;
vehicle registered by a manufacturer or
| lealer there shall be on such plate in adj
dition to the foregoing the letter IN, "
each stroke of such letter to be at least
| 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 certifi-
cate of registration. or number plate, the
owner of a 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 certificates of registration shall be.
gin on their respective dates, and snall
expire on the 31st day of December fol,
| lowing. A new registration must pc hao
each year, and the license fee therefor
paid annually va an 5aa year SHAH not
become delinquent for failure to register,
or pay the annual license fee until the nrst
day of February of the following yea. ar
| Section s. Be it further enacted, etc,
There shall be an annual license lee.
which shall be divided into classihcat1on1ss
known as a whole license fee, ana nan
license fee The whole license Zee snall
| apply to all registrations made under the
provisions of this act, prior to the first
| iay of August, of each year; and the nan
license fee shall apply TO an PRESENTATIONS ~,
or after the first day of August, OF eacn
year All license fees except as herein
after provided shall be based on morse
ooWer of motor, and shall be computed ac-
cording to the following standard, to-wlt
'D2X
25
In 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 hcens'
fee shall be Five Dollars liars ,c All mote Mo far
cycles i shall pay fiat license of Tw,
Dollars per annum. Motor trucks shal
pay a flat license fee of seven Dollar'
and Fifty Gents. per annum;;, The one
half license shall apply to all moor We
hicles and shall be half of the license rat
herein provided for whole Incense 10
; corporations, manufacturing or dealing II
J motor vehicles shall pay the license 1e
: of one motor vehicle, on the maximum
horsepower of each special MAKE axe OF m1eO
handling both new and secondhand moto
; vehicles shall pay the license on net
J makes only. Persons. firms or corpora
2 tons dealing in or handling second-han
e motor Vehicles exclusively shall pay fla
e license of Ten Dollars per annum;
Section 6. Be it further enacted. etc
That upon the sale or transfer OF .i h'4 ~;
vehicle registered in accordance with I'M
Z Iact, the vendor shall immedlateiy M
!, notice thereof with the name ana resi-
! ience of the vendee to the Secretary. 6
!, laws after the date of such sale or trans
O fer, upon a blank to be furnished him &c
9 that purpose. make application Tor
change Of registration, Wnlcn snani 70 VII ~
: Secretary of State. who shall note upo
the registration book or index such chang
lof ownership. a.
u Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by IN
y manufacturer or dealer. the vendee sha
&C be allowed to operate same upon On
:; days after taking possession. thereof,
!. until he shall have received his certinca,
: Of registration and number plates fro
the Secretary Of t state pro WahcIe sha
&c have attached thereto, in accordance WI,
the provisions hereof. a placard bearih
the registration number OF the deal
% under which it might previously hay
e been operated; and provided, further. tn:
:. lapplication for registration shall be mat
n by mail or otherwise before such venlc
l.; shall be so used.
Section g. Be it further enacted, etc
= That every person. firm, association
r corporation manufacturing or deanng
+, motor vehicles may instead OF registerii
= each motor vehicle so manufacturer
!, dealt in, make an application upon oiai
N to be furnished by the Secretary OF sta
70 for a general distinctive number for
vs. motor vehicles o'--ned and controlled
If such manufacture or dealer. such appl
re- cation to contain: (a) a brief descrlptlt
of each style or type OF motor venc
ri facturer or dealer, including the chara
10 ter of the motor power, the amount
ad such motor power stated in figures
l. horse power in acceptance WIN tne "a =.
IT ing established by this act; CD the nam
1e residence, including parish and Dusine
10 address, of such manufacturer or deals
e On the payment of the registration I
p provided in Section 5, such applicatl'
IN shall be filed and registered in the ON
a. | of the Secretary of State in the mann
~ provided in Section 3 of this act. The
tShall thereuHOn De aSSlSHcu anu iSouSu
So such manufacturer or dealer a certifica
o. of registration, and a number plate wi
a a number corresponding to the numb
- of such certificate of registration. Su
number plate or duplicate thereof shall
q displayed by every motor vehicle of su
." manufacturer or dealer when the same
"a operated or driven on the public highway
" Such manufacturer or dealer may obta
as many duplicates of such number pla
as may. be desired upon payment to t
Secretary of State of One Dollar for ca
duplicate. Nothing in this article shall
de construed to apply to a motor vehit
a operated by manufacturer or dealer
IL private use or for hire.
nd Section 9. Be it further enacted, ct
We The provisions of the foregoing sectlo
to relative to registration and display. of re
re Iistration numbers, shall not apply to
al motor vehicle owned by a nonresident
o. this State; provided, that the owner tnel
CHI Of shall have complied with the provisio
is Of the law of the foreign country. Sta
ny Territory or Federal district of his re