Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-01-13
ATTENTICN-liOTOR CAR
OWNERS!


digest of the new license law, passed
at the extra session of the Legis-
lature in 1921.
Automobiles and trucks are di-
vided into three classes. Class L
Automobiles used for private use
only and not for carrying passen-
gers for hire: the annual license is
6s cents per actual horse power, but
the minimum license is $1,000.
Glass 2-Vehicles which ale used
for carrying freight for hire and
which have rated net carrying ca
pacity of $50 pounds. The license on
all such vehicles is based on the net
carrying capacity, which varies from
$1,000 per thousand pounds Of net
carrying capacity to $4,000 per
thousand pounds, plus 66 cents per
actual horse power with minimum
license of $500 per annum.
Glass 3-Includes vehicles used
regularly for carrying passengers for
hire; the license is GO cents per horse
ponwer, plus: l to Z passegers,
$500 per passenger per annum; 8
to 25 passeger capacity, $500 per
passenger per annum; 25 or more
passenger capacity, $500 per annum
passenger capacity; provided that no
license shall issue for less fee than
$500.
\ All licenses are to be collected by
the Secretary of State or such agents
or agencies as may be designated by
him. All persons owning motor We
hicles during the months of January
or February should make application
to the Secretary of State for license
and inclose money order or certified
check, no personal check will be &C
copied, on or before March LIST, after
which date a pealty of 20 per cent
of the license is added; persons pur
chasing motor vehicles after Marci
1st should apply for and pay theil
licese within days after purchasing
same or else be subjected to a pen
' atty of 25 per cent of the amount
of the license.
All animal drawn vehicles in com
mercial .use, except dog wagons, arr
subject to a license of 25 cents PEI
hundred pounds, based on the ratet
/, carrying capacity of the vehicle, ant
f. the load to be carried by such We
l hicles is limited to $50 pounds fo'
each one inch of the width of tire
This does not include animal draw
e vehicles used in road construction
while actually engaged in such con
struction.
Everywhere and at all times, ex
, cept during the actual construction
4 or repair of roads, and then only b.
! vehicles used for such construction
or repair, shall any vehicle be rul
on the roads of the State which ar
5 maintained at public expense, wher
the wheels are fitted with any, block
cleat, lug, stud, spike, bead, ridge o
!, other protuberance of metal whicl
! shall project more than one-quarte
of an inch beyond the traction o
> tread surface of the tire, unless tn
! said wheels are protected by band
z of wooded blocks, boards, skids, o
some device sufficient to protect tn
road surface from damage and injur,
resulting therefrom. Provided tina
this shall not Interfere with the u.s.
of such vehicles on the dirt roads
: or with farmers who. use the road
within the limits of their farms TO
> agricultural purposes.
Animal drawn vehicles used TO
farming purposes only, and which
} incidentally use the roads, are sub
ject to the licenses, but all pleasure
vehicles such as: sulkies, buggies
carriages, etc., are subject to II
cense of $3.50 per annum.
{ The speed limit for automobiles
outside of incorporated municipal
tiles, unless otherwise provided b.
the parish authorities is not NOR
than thirty-fve miles per hour; with
; in the limits Of municipality, unles
otherwise provided by the governing
authorities, the limit is not more thai
Is miles per hour, and not more thar
ten miles per hour at points wher
the chauffeur's view is obstructed
The license on log wagons using tn
public roads is $1,000 per month o
fraction thereof payable in advance
1t is a violation of the law to u.s.
any license plate or plates assigned
, to some other car.
All violations of the motor vehicle
law are subject to severe penalties
, All licenses paid under the pro
, visions of this act, go into the Stat
, Highway Fund and will be used il
building and maintaining good road
throughout the State.
The Jefferson County High Schoo