The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-09-12

the payment Of the license hereinafte
provided, the Secretary of State shall as
sign 10 SUCH motor vehicle distinctly
number and, without further expense t
the applicant, issue and deliver to til
owner Il certificate of registration, an
two number plates. Such number plate
year, and there shall be at all times
marked contrast between the color of tn
number plates and that of the numeral
or letters thereon.
| Such number plates shall be of metal a
least six inches wide and not less thai
fifteen inches in length, on which Their
shall be the authorization La" and Their
shall be the distinctive number assigne,
to the vehicle set forth in numerals fou
inches long, each stroke of which shall b.
at least five-eighths of an inch in width
provided, that in the case of a motto
vehicle registered by manufacturer o
1ealer there shall be on such plate in ad
| dition to the foregoing the letter IN,
| each stroke Of such letter to be at leas
four inches long and ve-eighths of al
| inch in width. No vehicle shall dspla.
| 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 n registered motor vehicle OF
| 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 shall
expire on the 31st day of December fol-
Lowing. A new registration must be had
each year, and the license fee therefor
paid annually; provided that persons hold
ng a certificate for one year shall not
become delinquent for failure to register,
or pay the annual license fee until the first
low of Jsn1Ny of fon%
Section 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
There shall be an annual license fee,
which shall be divided into classifications
Known as 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 registration
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
2.5
D is the cylinder bore in inches: N the
number of cylinders. The license fee shall
he 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 flat license fee of Seven Dollars
and Fifty Cents per annum. The one
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
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 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
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
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 T. Be it further enacted, etc,
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by the
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 certificate
of registration and number plates from
the Secretary of State, providing that
during such period the motor vehicle shall
have attached thereto, in accordance with
the provisions hereof, a placard bearing
under which it might previously have
been operated; and provided, further, that
application for registration shall be made
by mail or otherwise before such vehicle
Section s. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That every person, hrm, association or
manufacturing or dealing. in
motor vehicles may instead of registering
each motor vehicle so manufactured or
dealt in make an application upon blank
to be furnished by the Secretary of State
motor vehicles owned and controlled by
such manufacture" or dealer. such appli
cation to contain; (a) brief description
Of each style or type of motor vehicle
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 figures of
horse power in "a, cord With IT. the rat
residence, including parish and business
of such manufacturer or dealer.
On the payment of the registration fee
provided in Section 5, such application
shall be filed and registered in the office
IF the Secretary of State in the manner
provided in Section 3 of this act. There
snail tnefeupOn De assigned ana issued TO
such manufacturer or dealer certificate
IF registration, and number plate with
l number corresponding to the number
IF such certificate of registration. Such
number plate or duplicate thereof shall be
displayed by every motor vehicle of such
or dealer when the same is
operated or driven on the public highways. |
Such manufacturer or dealer may obtain |
Is many duplicates of such number plate |
Is may be desired upon payment to the
Secretary Of State of One Dollar for each
duplicate. Nothing in this article Shall be |
to apply to motor vehicle |
operated by manufacturer or dealer for |
private use or for hire.
Section 3. Be it further enacted. ETC., |
The provisions of the foregoing sections
'elative to registration and display of reg |
motor vehicle owned by nonresident of |
his State; provided, that the owner there |
# shall have complied with the provisions |
# the law of the foreign country, State, |
Territory or Federal district of his resi- |
lence relative to registration of motor |
'ehicles and the display of registration
numbers thereon, and shall conspicuously
display his registration numbers as re- |
Iuired thereby. The provisions of this |
section, however shall be operative as to
motor vehicle owned by non resident I
f this State only to the extent that under
he laws of foreign country, State, or Ter
itory, or Federal district of his residence
ike exemptions are granted to motor We
licles duly registered under the laws Of
nd owned by residents of this State.
Section 10. Be it further enacted, etc,
MI track engines. road rollers. fire wagons.