St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-09-05

license fee of one motor vehicle, Q
the maximum horsepower of eac
special make OF motor handled, pr.
vlded that dealers handling both ne
and secondhand motor vehicles sha
pay the license on new makes onl,
Persons, firms or corporations dea
ing in or handling secondhand mote
vehicles exclusively shall pay fla
license fee Of Ten Dollars per annun
I Section s. Be it further enacted
etc., That upon the sale or transfe
of motor vehicle registered in AZ
cordance with this act, the vendo
shall Immediately file notice therec
with the name and residence of tn
vendee to the Secretary of State, an
the vendee shall within ten days ate
the date of such sale or transfer
upon blank to be furnished him fo
that purpose, make application for
change of registration, which shall
with fee of One Dollar. be forward
ed to the Secretary of State. VIII
shall note upon the registration boo
or index such change of ownership.
| Section z. Be it further enacted
ETC., Upon the sale of motor vehicl
by the manufacturer or dealer, tn
vendee shall be allowed to operat
same upon the public highways 70
a period of fifteen days after taking
possession thereof, or until he shall
have received his certificate of regis
tration and number plates from tn,
Secretary of State, providing tina
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 i
might previously have been operated
and provided, further, that appl:ca
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 SC manufactured or dealt in
make an application upon blank
to be furnished by the Secretary OF
State for a 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
motor power stated in figures of
horsepower in accordance with the
rating established by this act: (b)
hn Ind Inn ich
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 manufacturer or
dealer a certificate of registration,
and a 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 manufactur-
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 q motor vehicle operated by a
or dealer for private
use or for hire.
Section 8. Be it further enacted,
ETC. The provisions, of the forego-
ing sections relative to registration
and display of registration numbers,
shall not apply to a 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
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
a nonresident of this State only to
the extent that under the laws of
foreign country. State, or Territory,
Dr. 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 TO- Be it further enacted,
ETC., All track engines, road rollers,
fire wagons, fire engines, police pa
>lN hui rc oil ntf1
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;
Is we'll as all public boards of the
State, district, paroch.al or man;a- :
pal, are excluded from the provisions
IF this act.
Section IL. Be it further enacted,
ETC., The Secretary of State shall de-
post all funds collected under the
of this act, as soon aftcr
The collection as practicable, in ere
IL the banks of the State prev .ously
selected for that year as one OF the
State bank depositaries, III a 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
each parish, with a sworn account
thereof, all of the funds collected
under the provisions of this act, from
firms or corporations resid-
ing in the respective parishes
the State. deducting