St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-09-12

license fee of one motor vehicle, o
the maximum horsepower of eac
special make of motor handled, Pre-
vided that dealers handling both ne,
and secondhand motor vehicles shaI
pay the license on new makes only
Persons, firms or corporations deal
ing in or handling secondhand motto
vehicles exclusively shall pay a fla
license fee of Ten Dollars per annum
Section s. Be it further enacted
etc., That upon the sale or transfe
of motor vehicle registered in &C
cordance with this act, the vendo
shall Immediately file notice thereo
with the name and residence of tn
vendee to the Secretary of State, an
the vendee shall within ten days afte
the date of such sale or transfer
upon a blank to be furnished him TO
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 bool
or index such change of ownership.
Section Z. Be it further enacted
etc., Upon the sale of motor vehicle
by the manufacturer or dealer, tn
vendee shall be allowed to operat,
same upon the public highways TO
a period of fifteen days after taking
possession thereof, or until he shall
have received his certificate of regis
tration and number plates from thu
Secretary of State, provid ng tha
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 il
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 8. 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 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) 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
in accordance with the
rating established by this act; CO.
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
fled and registered in the Office of
he Secretary of State in the manner
provided in Section 3 of this act.
There shall thereupon be assigned
md issued to such manufacturer or
lealer certificate of registration,
md number plate with number
to the number of such
certificate of registration. Such num-
ger plate or duplicate thereof shall
,e displayed by every motor vehicle
If such manufacturer or dealer when
he same is operated or driven on the
public highways. Such manufacture
II 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
ZACH duplicate. Nothing in this
Lrticle shall be construed to apply
O a motor vehicle operated by
or dealer for private
use or for hire.
Section 8. Be it further enacted,
tic. The provisions, of the forego-
ng sections relative to registration
nd display of registration numbers,
hall not apply to a motor vehicle
,wned by nonresident of this
tate; provided, that the owner there
t shall have complied with the pro-
,isions of the law of the foreign
ountry, State, Territory or Federal
district of his residence relative to
egistration of motor vehicles and
he display of registration numbers
and shall conspicuously S
lay his registration numbers as re-
uired thereby The provisions Of
his section, however, shall be opera
i've as to q motor vehicle owned by
nonresident of this State only to
he extent that under the laws OF
oreign country. State, or Territory,
r Federal district of his residence
Ike exemptions and privileges are
ranted to motor vehicles duly regis
cred under the laws of and owned
y residents of this State.
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
to-, All track engines, road rollers,
re wagons, fire engines, police pa
rolls, ambulances, as well as all other
rotor vehicles used exclusively for
ublic purposes by the United States
Government, the State, or any OF the
thereof, including the
arishes, cities, towns and villages;
s well as all public boards of the
tate, district, paroch.al or munic--
al, are excluded from the provisions
I this act.
Section IL. Be it further enacted,
to-, The Secretary of State shall de-
osit all funds collected under the
rovisions of this act, as soon after
he collection as practicable, in one
t the banks of the State previously
elected for that year IS one OF the
tate bank depositaries, in a special
und which shall bear interest at the
anne rate as other deposits; and on
r before the fifteenth day of the
lonth of February and August, of
ach year, the Secretary of State shall
to the Parish Treasurer of
ach parish, with a sworn account
hereof, all of the funds collected
nder the provisions of this act, from
ersops firms or corporations resid-
nE in the respective parishes
the State, deducting