The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-10-22

year shall not become delinquent Tor
failure to register, or pay the annual
license fec until the first day of Feb
ruary Of the following year.
Section 5. Be It further enacted. etc.
There shall be an annual license fee,
which shall be divided into classified
tions known as a whole license fee. and
q half license fee. The whole license
fee shall apply to all registrations ma lie
under the provisions of this act prior
to the first day of August. of each year;
and the half license fee shall amply 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 hereinafter provided
shall be based on horsepower Of motor,
and shall be computed according to the
following standard, to-wit:
Do XN
IS
d is the cylinder bore in inches; n
the number of cylinders.
The license fee shall be twentY-f 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
cycles shall pay a flat license fee of
Two Dollars per annum. Motor trucks
shall pay a flat license fee of Seven
Dollars and Fifty Cents Per annum. The
one-half license shall apply to all motor
vehicles and shall be half of the license
rate herein provided for a whole license
for each classification. Persons, firms
and corporations manufacturing or deal
ing in motor vehicles shall pay the Ii
cense fee of one motor vehicle. on the
maximum horsepower of each special
make OF motor vehicles handled, pro-
vided that dealers handling both new
and secondhand motor vehicles shall
pay the license on new makes only
Persons, firms or corporations dealing
in or handling secondhand motor We
htcles exclusively shall pay a flat IL
cense fee of Ten Dollars per annum
Section .. Be it further enacted. etc.
That upon the sale or transfer of a mo-
tor vehicle registered in accordance
with this act, the vendor shall imme-
diately file notice thereof with the
name and residence of the vendee to
the Secretary of State. and the vendeee
shall within ten days after the date Of
such sale or transfer. upon a blank to
be furnished him for that purpose. make
tion. which shall. with a fee Of One
Dollar, be forwarded to the Secretary
OF State, who shall note upon the regis
tration book or index such change OF
ownership.
Section 7. Be Il 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 GER
tificate OF registration and number
plates from the Secretary of state. pro-
viding that durine such period the mo-
tor vehicle shall have attached thereto.
in accordance with the provisions here
of, placard bearing the registration
number of the dealer under which II
might previously have been operated:
and provided further that apDlicatio
for registration shall he made by mail
or otherwise before such vehicle shall
be so used.
Section g. Be 1t further enacted,
ETC. That every person. firm, associa-
ton. or corporation manufacturing or
dealing In motor vehicles NAV instead
OF registering each motor vehicle 81
plication uron . b.snk TO be furnished
distinctive number for al motor We
hicles owned and controlled by such
manufacturer or dealer, such application
to maintain (a) brief descrintion of
each style or tyne of motor vehicle man
fractured or dealt in nv such manufac-
tnrer or dealer. Including the character
Of the motor power the amount of such
motor power states in fi~llres OF
horsepower in Accordance with the rat
ing established by thIslae fbo the name,
residence. including parish and business
address. OF such manufacturer or dealer
On the payment Of the registra ton fee
provided in Section g. such application
shall be filed and registered in the Of
flee OF the Secretarv of State in the
manner provided in Section of this
act There shall thereupon be assign
ed and issued to such manufacturer or
dealer a certificate of registration. ana
q number plate with a number CORE
spending to the number of such certif-
hcate OF registration. Such number
plate or duplicate thereof shall be dis
PLAYED by every motor vehicle of such
manufacturer or dealer when the same
is operated or driven on the public high
ways. Such manufacturer or dealer
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number plate as may be desired upon
payment to the Secretary of State One
Dollar for each duplicate. Nothing in
this article shall be construed to apply
ufacturer or dealer for private use or
for hire.
Section 9. BE 1t further enacted etc,
The provisions OF the foregoing sections
registration numbers. shall not apply to
a motor vehicle owned by non-resi
dent OF this State, provided that the
owner thereof shall have COMPLIED with
the provisions of the law of the foreign
country State. territory, or Federal
district OF his residence relative to reg
istration Of motor vehicles and the dis
play OF registration numbers thereon.
and shall conspicuously display his reg
istration numbers as required thereby.
The provisions of this section however.
shall be operative as TO a motor vehicle
owned by a nonresident of this State
Of foreign country. State or territory. or
Federal district of his residence like
exemptions and privileges are granted
to motor vehicles duly registered I'M
der the laws of and owned by residents
Section 10. Be 1t further enacted,
etc, All track engines. road rollers, fire
wagons. fire engines, police patrols.
vehicles. used exclusively for public
purposes bv the United States Govern
ment, the State. or any of the subdivi-
stons thereof, including the parishes,
cities towns and villages: as we'll as
ali public boards of the State, district
parochia1 or municipal are excluded
From the provisions of this act
Section II. BE 1t further enacted.
all funds collected under the provisions
Of this act as soon after the collection
AZ practicable. in one of the banks Of the
State previously selected for that year
as one of the State Bank repositories,
in d special fund which shall bear in
terest at the same rate as other de-
nosits: and on or before the fifteenth
day OF the month of February and Aug
ust of each wear. the Secretary of State
shall transmit to the Parish Treasurer
with q sworn account thereof, all of the
funds collected under the provisions of
this act, from persons firms or corpo--
rations residing In the respective par
iEhas throughout the State, deducting
therefrom only the amounts expended
6y him. in accordance with the provi-
eions of Section IL.
That on or before the fifteenth day
Of the months Of February and August
of each year, the Secretary of State
shall transmit to the Commissioner of
Finance of the City of New Orleans,
with q sworn account thereof, all Of
the funds collected under the provisions
of this act, from persons. firms or cor
norations residing in the Parish of Or
leans. deducting therefrom only the
: rnnnntn amended hY him In accord