Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
| 1t is hereby enacted by the General
| Assembly of the State of Vermont:
! Section l. Section 4oS4 of the Public
/ Statutes (Sec. 1883 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
/ to read as follows:
Sec 4o84. (Sec. 4583 G. ID Applica-
ton for such licenses shall be made to
said secretary upon blanks prepared by
/ him for that purpose. A distinguishing
number shall be assigned to each person
so licensed and said secretary may, when
so issuing a license. restrict the person
| to whom il is issued to the operating of
| one or more automobiles or motor
/ vehicles, and in case of such restriction,
| the registered number of such automo-
! biles or motor vehicles shall be inserted
1 in the license Licenses shall expire on
| December thirty-hrst of the year in
which they are issued. The fee for such
shall be two dollars, and the fee for such
license if issued after August first shall
be one dollar
Sec. 2 Section 4o85 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 4SS4 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section 4o85 (Sec
/ 4584 G. Id The term special or profess
sional chauffeur" as used in this chapter,
shall mean a person who is employed for
the main purpose of operating an auto
mobile or motor vehicle, or who operates
an automobile or motor vehicle for hire
except that person who owns an auto
mobile or motor vehicle registered as re-
CURED by this chapter and who holds an
operators license may carry persons for
hire in such automobile or motor vehicle
without being deemed a special or pro-
fessional chauffeur.
Special or professional chauheurs
licenses shall be issued by said secretary
Such a license shall not be issued until
said secretary or his duly authorized
agent satisfies himself that the applicant
IS a proper person TO receive the same
and such license shall not be issued to
1 person under eighteen years of age
Said secretary shall appoint examiners
and cause examinations, as they seem
necessary, to be held at convenient
points throughout the state Applications
for such licenses shall be made upon
blanks furnished by said secretary. and
shall be accompanied by photographs of
the applicant, which shall have been
taken within thirty days prior to the
filing of such application, in such num-
bers and forms as said secretary may
prescribe
Before a special or professional chauf-
feur's license is issued to an applicant for
the first time in this state, said applicant
shall pass a satisfactory examination,
which shall consist of three parts as fol-
lows: An oral examination, written
examination and demonstration. For
the demonstration the applicant shall
furnish an automobile or motor vehicle
A distinguishing number shall be
assigned to each person so licensed and
said secretary may, when so issuing such
la license, restrict the person to whom
It IS ISSUED, TO the operating of one or
more automobiles or motor vehicles, and
IN case of such restriction the regis
tered numbers of such automobiles or
motor vehicles shall be inserted in the
license. Said secretary may, in order to
satisfy himself of the qualifications of
person who has applied for renewal Of
his license, require an examination as
lhereinbefore provided
The fee payable to said secretary for
an examination hereinbcfore provided
for shall be three dollars Special or
professional chaufeurs' licenses shall
expire on December thirty-first Of the
year IN which they are issued. The fee
for such a license, If issued prior 10
August first shall be two dollars, and
the fee for such a license, If issued after
August first, shall be one dollar
Sec. g. Operators licenses and special
or professional licenses issued after
January 7. 1917. and prior 10 the dare
this act takes effect are hereby declared
null and void 4 person who has ap-
piled for and has received an operator
or special or professional chauffeur
license since January J, 1917. and prior
70 the passage Of this act may apply
70 said secretary for a refund Of such
per cent Of the license fee as the une2-
pired term Of the license bears 10 the en-
tire time such license would have been
in force in case such license had not
been declared null and void as herein
before provided. and said secretary shall
certify 70 the auditor Of accounts the
amount due said licensee and said audi
tor Of accounts shall draw an order IN
pa.nenf thereof. OF said 1lcensee may. N