Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-01-06

by manufacturers or dealers
cate Of title or registration, the loss
of which is accounted for to the sat
+ isfactior Of the state road commits
sion. DUPLICATES nay be issued. the
charge therefor to be one dollar each.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall al
ter or forge or cause to be altered or
forged. any certificate of title issued
/ bv the state road commission pursu-
ant to the provisions of this section,
or any assignment thereof, or who
shall hold or use any such certificate
of title or assignment knowing the
same to have been altered or forged,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction there
Of shall be liable to pay fine of not
less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars and
by Imprisonment in the county jail
not to exceed one year.
Section 9. It shall be the duty of
the sheriff of every county of this
state and of the chief of police of
every city to make immediate report
to the state road commission of all
stolen or recovered, upon forms pro-
motor vehicles reported to him as
vided by the state road commission.
Upon receipt of such information the
state road commission shall file the
same in an index to be known as the
"stolen and recovered motor vehicle
index" 1t shall also be the duty of
the state road commission to file re-
ports of stolen and recovered motor
vehicles reported to it from other
states. The state road commission
shall publish once a month list of
all motor vehicles stolen or recover
forward a copy of the same to every
ed during the previous month and
officer and all police departments in
cities of this state with over five
thousand inhabitants. Such list shall
also be forwarded to the state police
department or other proper official in
each state of the United States. Be-
fore issuing certificate Of title as
heretofore provided. the state road
commission shall check the motor and
serial number on the motor vehicle
to be registered against the stolen
and recovered motor vehicle index"
Sec. 10. Any person conducting
the business of buying, selling or
dealing in used vehicles and having
receivd a license therefor, shall keep
a book of record in such form as may
be prescribed or approved by the
state road commission in which he
shall keep a record of the purchase,
sale or exchange or receipt for the
purpose of sale or exchange of any
secondhand vehicle, decription of
such vehicles, together with the name
and address of the seller, of the pur-
chaser and of the alleged owner or
other person from whom such vehicle
was purchased or received, or to
whom it was sold or delivered. as the
case may be. Such description shall
also include the engine number, if
chassis number, if any, and such
any, the makers number, if any,
marks as may be thereon and shall
also include a statement that a num-
Der has been obliterated, defaced or
changed, if such is the fact. He
shall also have in his possession a
duly assigned certificate of title from
the owner of said motor vehicle in
accordance with the provisions of an
other section of this act, from the
time when the motor vehicle is deliv-
cred to him until ithas been disposed
of by him. Provided, that any deal
er who purchases used motor We
hicle for the purpose of disassembling
it and reselling the part, or who af-
ter purchase wishes to disassemble
such vehicle and resell it's parts, shall
report same to the state road commits
sion, and receive authority from them
to disassemble such vehicle before
taking such action. Any person guilty
of violating any of the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than three hundrd dollars
and beconfined in the county jail
not to exceed one year.
Sec. H. Any person or persons,
firm or corporation, who thirty days
after the taking effect of this act,
shall sell or offer for sale in this
state, motor vehicle, the original
: engine number of which has been de-
stroyed, removed, altered, covered or
defaced, with the exception of cleo
trically propelled motor vehicles,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine of not less
than two hundred dollars. nor more
than five hundred dollars, and by i'm
prisonment in the county jail for a
: term of not less than thirty days nor
more than one hundred and eighty
days, and upon a second or subse-
! the conviction shall be for a felony
quent conviction under this section,
, and the punishment shall be imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for a term
: of not less than one year nor more
: than five years; provided, however
that any person or persons, firm or
corporation, being the owner of Gus
todian of or having possession of a
! mtor vehicle at the time of the TAX
t ing effect of this act, the original en-
= CINE number of which has been pre-
viously destroyed, removed. altered
or dfaced, shall before the expiration
: of thirty days after the taking effect
: commission on blank o be prepared
: of this act, apply to the state road
; and furnished by the state road com.
2 mission upon request, for permission