The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-12

I Oh series Cd live IaStAtiISfGutS VI
1.-The new state law regulating the
operation OF automobiles on the
HIGHWAYS of I'd as. The Ian becomes
defective July The last install
ment will app pr In Saturdays pa
per. Antomoh| hsts should clip each
Iinstailment as appears in this pa
| per and file sine for future refer
Ience.l
Be il enacted q the Legislature OF
the State offTexas:
Sec. /. Uponk the receipt by the
| highway departine OF an applica-
| tion for registration OF motor We
Ihicle accompanied by the fee re-
Iquired BY law II entitle such motor
vehicle to registration. the depart
fnent shall alphk heticaliy and also
numerically. reg eter and correctly
index such motok vehicles With the
name. residence nd business address
|of the owner, together with the facts
stated in such APPLICATION In book
To be kept for De purpose, under
1.-THE distinctive number assigned to
such motor sehide by the said de-
partnent. which took shall be kept
open to the inspection of the public
during reasonable office hours
The departmendshall on or before
the first day Of august, ia17. and
on or before the First day of Feb
rgary of each SUCCEEDING year there
after. make OF. did nail TO the
clerk of each eou4ty court in this
state. and to The thiefs OF police Of
every incornora satlcity in this state
d full and aeearatt list made up In
alphabetical and Numerical order of
all motor vehicles b registered, stat
Ing the distinctive numbers 50 as
signed TO them. thu name. residence
and business addFdks of the owner,
manufacturer or dAier. as the case
may be; and at thf expiration OF
every sixty days th4eafter similar
list Of the additional registrations or
changes in registration. such list to
be kept on file by Sid county court
clerks and by the sid chiefs Of po-
Iice in conspicuous place in their
respective offices. ami to be open to
the inspection OF thk public during
reasonable hours.
Sec. 2. The department shall fur
nish without charge With transporta-
ton prepaid. to every person whose
motor vehicle Is registered as re-
CURED by Law. one sAal of suCl. size,
color, description. sifpe and mate
rial IS :sa.aay- &c aasntad by the said
department for any FEAR. and bear
ing such Insignia, wkrds or figures
thereon as may be determined by the
said department, wh Eh shall be at
tached and consp icupusly displayed
upon the front end o4such motor We
hicle other than fotorcycle. and
said seal to be plaeeE conspieuously
on the rear OF each motorcycle.
The department sd III furnish free
OF cost, with each fiFt seal a num-
her plate. but II sar&e shalt be de-
stroyed or lost 1t st$n be replaced
at the expense of thk owner by an
other substantially Sufficient to meet
the requirements OF Ibis Law.
Sec. 8. If the sald department
shall determine at ;1ly time that a
motor vehicle is uusa lie or improper
ly equipped or othefvise unfit to be
operated upon the tubIic highways
it may refuse TO register such We
hiele. and said dep3frnent may for
a like reason reYoke any registra
tion already requiref
Sec. f. No persot shall operate
or drive motor yaaicle on tho pub
lie highways OF thissatate unless such
vehicle shall nave sat all times dis
played, one On II front end the
other ON the haeH thereof. number
plates corresponding to the dis
number assigned 10 such mo
tor vehicle by ~ said department
and such municipalities 10 BIS ia con
foFmlty with OTTER requirements of
said departgneutf
No person al "a attach to or dis
play on such moEor vehicle any num-
Der plate assigned TO it under any
other motor vekicIe Law otEer than
by the Highway Department OF this
state. or any tegistratiou number
other than mai assigned Tor the
current year Il fictitious number
plate. proyide1 however, that but
one number III te sball be required
upon motorcycf and that such
number plate pom motorcycle shall
be attached totthe rear thereof.
al letters Iumbers and other
Identification lkarks shall DC Kept