all roads and bridge purposes except for damages incurred in laying out, altering, widening or vacating roads, the major part of which levy is needed for the ordinary repair of the roads and bridges, or in such cities and villages where the levy for corporate purposes was for two years last past in said city or village for the full amount allowed by law to be raised therein for such corporate purposes, the commissioner of highways, the city council or the village board of trustees may petition the county board for aid, and if the foregoing facts shall appear, the county board shall appropriate from the county treasurer a sufficient sum to meet one-half (12) of the expenses of said bridge or other work, on condition the town or district, city or village asking aid shall furnish the other half of the required amount.

[LETTING CONTRACTS.] When it is determined by the county board to grant the prayer of the highway commissioners, city council or village board of trustees asking aid for the construction of such bridge or other expensive work, the county board shall thereupon enter an order directing the county superintendent of highways to prepare plans and specifications for such improvement. The contract for such improvement shall thereupon be let in the manner authorized by said county board subject to the provisions of the law relating to the letting of contracts: Provided, however, that no county, town [,] road district, city or village shall be liable for any part of such expense or compelled to pay any part of its appropriation for such purpose until all of the work has been fully completed and accepted by the county superintendent of highways, and such acceptance properly certified to by said officer and presented to the county board at a meeting held after the completion of said work, which certificate shall contain an itemized account of the expenditures; and a copy thereof shall also be filed with the town, district, city or village clerk, as the case may be.

APPROVED June 24th, 1915.

ITINERANTS CAMPING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

§ 1. Amends section 153, Act of 1913.

§ 153. As amended, adds clause making it the duty of the highway commissioner to enforce the provisions of this section.

(HOUSE BILL No. 504. APPROVED JUNE 24, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, by amending section one hundred fifty-three (153) thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, in force July 1, 1913, be and the same is hereby amended by amending section 153 thereof so that the said section when amended. shall read as follows:

§ 153. It shall be unlawful for any itinerant person or persons on any public highway in this State to either hitch or turn loose any stock, cows, horses or other animals for purpose of feeding same or for purpose of temporary camping on such public highways of this State for a period to exceed twelve hours in any one township or district.

Any legal voter or resident in this State may enter complaint before any court having jurisdiction against any person or persons found violating this section and it shall be the duty of such court to issue a warrant for the arrest of such violators and have them brought forthwith before said court for examination, and if found guilty of such violation as charged, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each such offense, or committed to the county jail not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of such court. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of highways to enforce. the provisions of this section and to that end procure warrants for the arrest of all violators hereof.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and of motor bicycles, and uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof; prohibiting the use of motor vehicles without the consent of the owner and the offer or acceptance of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for any such motor vehicle or for work or repairs done thereon by others, and defining chauffeurs and providing for the examination and licensing thereof, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 18 and by adding two new sections to be known as section 15a and section 22.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act defining motor vehicles and providing for the registration of the same and of motor bicycles, and uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof; prohibiting the use of motor vehicles without the consent of the owner and the offer or acceptance of any bonus or discount or other consideration for the purchase of supplies or parts for any such motor vehicle or for work or repairs done thereon by others and defining chauffeurs and providing for the examination and licensing thereof, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved June 10, 1911, in force July 1, 1911, be and the same is hereby amended by amending sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 18 and adding two new sections to be known as section 15a and section 22.

§ 2. Every owner of a motor vehicle or motor bicycle which shall be driven in this State, shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act, within ten days after he becomes the owner of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle, file in the office of the Secretary of State an application for a certificate of registration properly sworn to, setting forth his name and address, with a brief description of the vehicle, or bicycle, to be registered, including the name of the maker, factory number, style of vehicle or bicycle and the motor power, and (except in case of electrically propelled vehicles) the amount of such motor power stated in figures of horse power on a blank to be prepared and furnished by such Secretary of State for that purpose, and shall pay to said Secretary of State a registration fee for each calendar year for each motor bicyle so registered, the sum of two dollars and a registration fee for each calendar year for each motor vehicle so registered of ten horse-power and less, the sum of $3.00; for each motor vehicle of 25 horse-power and more than ten horsepower, $4.00; for each motor vehicle of 35 horse-power and more than 25 horse-power, the sum of $6.00; for each motor vehicle of 50 horsepower and more than 35 horse-power, the sum of $8.00; for each motor vehicle of more than 50 horse-power, the sum of $10.00; for each and every electrically propelled motor vehicle up to and including two tons capacity, the sum of $5.00, and for each and every electrically propelled motor vehicle over two tons capacity so registered, the sum of $10.00, provided, the first registration fee for each motor vehicle or motor bicycle shall be reduced 25 per cent if payable during the second quarter, 50 per cent if payable during the third quarter, and 75 per cent if payable during the fourth quarter of the calendar year, and that no certificate for re-registration shall issue for less sum than the fee required for a calendar year. Said registration shall be made on the date the application is received and filed by the Secretary of State and shall expire with the last day of the calendar year in which such registration is made. Upon the filing in the office of the Secretary of State of said. application and the payment of the registration fee, as herein before provided, the Secretary of State, or his duly authorized agent, shall, without further fee, assign to such motor vehicle, or motor bicycle, as described in such application, a distinctive number, and shall issue to the owner of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle, as it is described in the application filed, a certificate of registration, which certificate shall be in the form of a card, which may be carried in the pocket, and which certificate shall contain the descriptive number so assigned to such motor vehicle or motor bicycle, the name and address of the owner, a brief description of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle, stating the name of the manufacturer, the motor power, and the amount of such motor power stated in figures of horse power or the capacity of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle if electrically propelled. The Secretary of State shall also issue and deliver to the owner of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle a seal of aluminum or other suitable material which shall be circular in form and not to exceed two inches in diameter, having stamped thereon the words, "Registered motor vehicle or motor bicycle, No......., Illinois Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Law," with the registration number and the years of issue inserted therein, which seal shall be affixed to the motor vehicle or motor bicycle to which such number has been assigned. Upon

filing in the office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that the original seal, original front or rear motor vehicle number plate or original motor bicycle number plate is lost, stolen or destroyed, a duplicate certificate of registration, duplicate seal or duplicate motor bicycle number plate will be furnished at fifty cents each and a duplicate front and rear motor vehicle number plate will be furnished at one dollar each. The Secretary of State shall keep an alphabetical list of all owners with the address of each, the registration number, the date of filing of the application and the description of the motor vehicle or motor bicyle; and shall not thereafter assign a number once assigned to a motor vehicle or motor bicycle owned by any other person, if the owner of the motor vehicle or motor bicycle to whom such number was first assigned shall, not less than twenty (20) days prior to the day of expiration of said. registration, file an application accompanied by the fees herein specified for the registration or re-registration of a motor vehicle or motor bicycle and request the assignment of said number to a motor vehicle or motor bicycle owned by him: The Secretary of State shall, at the end of each calendar month, except the month of December in each year, print and mail to the clerks and sheriffs of all the counties, and to the chiefs of police of cities and towns of five thousand population and over, in this State, copies of lists of registrations made in accordance herewith showing the number of the motor vehicles and motor bicycles and the names and addresses of the owners thereof.

§ 3. The Secretary of State shall supply and deliver to the address of the owner of each licensed motor vehicle or motor bicycle registered in his office, as herein provided, charges prepaid, and without additional cost, one number plate for each motor bicycle, which shall be of a size one-third of that required for motor vehicles, as hereinafter provided, and which shall be conspicuously displayed thereon, and two number plates for each motor vehicle other than a motor bicycle. All such number plates issued during any calendar year shall be of like design and color combination, simple and inexpensive as may be for the purpose required, and the number thereon shall correspond with the number of the certificate of registration and registration seal issued by the Secretary of State, as hereinbefore provided, and such number plates shall be conspicuously displayed upon the front and back of the motor vehicle to which they are assigned as herein provided, whenever the same shall be driven or used upon the public streets, roads, turnpikes, parks, parkways, drives or other public highways in this State, and shall be firmly attached to the said motor vehicle so that they will not swing loosely, and the rear number plate shall not be less than twenty (20) inches above the surface of the ground, and both shall at all times be kept clean and free from grease and dirt. The figures upon such number plates shall be separate arabic numerals, not less than four (4) inches in height, and each stroke shall be of a width not less than one-half (2) inch, and said number plates shall also bear as part of such number the letters "Ill." and each of such letters shall be not less than one inch in height. Such number plates shall be of a distinctly different color for each calendar year. and there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the number plates and that of the

figures and letters thereon: Provided, however, the same combination of colors may be repeated after the lapse of five (5) years from the date of their first issue. The owner of such motor vehicle shall not be required to place any other marks of identity upon such motor bicycle or vehicle except the registration seal provided for in section 2 of this Act.

§ 4. When upon any public highway in this State, during the period from sunset to one hour before sunrise, every motor bicycle shall carry one lighted lamp and every motor vehicle two lighted lamps showing white lights visible at least two hundred (200) feet in the direction toward which each motor bicycle or vehicle is proceeding and shall also exhibit at least one lighted lamp which shall be so situated as to throw a red light visible in the reverse direction. The number plate at the back of the motor vehicle provided for in section 3 shall be firmly attached to the vehicle, so that it will not swing loosely, and shall be so lighted that the numbers on said plate shall be plainly legible and intelligible at a distance of 150 feet: Provided, that no means for lighting said rear number shall be held or taken to comply with the requirements of this section, unless the light or lights with which the same is provided. are accessible and controllable only from the outside of the motor vehicle to which the same is attached.

§ 5. Every person, firm, association or corporation manufacturing or dealing in motor vehicles may, instead of registering each motor vehicle so manufactured or dealt in, make a verified application upon a blank to be furnished by the Secretary of State for a general distinctive number for all the motor vehicles owned or controlled by such manufacturer or dealer, such application to contain: (a) A brief description of each style or type of motor vehicle manufactured or dealt in by such manufacturer or dealer, including the character of the motor power, the amount of such motor power (except in case of electrically propelled motor vehicles), stated in figures of horse power, and (b) the name, residence, including county and business address, of such manufacturer or dealer. Upon the payment of the registration fee of six dollars for each calendar year such application shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State in the manner provided in section two of this Act. There shall thereupon be assigned and issued to such manufacturer or dealer a general distinctive number, and without further expense to him there shall be issued and promptly delivered to such manufacturer or dealer at his business address a certificate of registration and registration seal in such form as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, and two number plates with a number corresponding with the number of such certificate of registration and registration seal. The number plates so issued shall be of distinctly different form than those provided for in section 3 of this Act but shall correspond in color and size of numbers and letters with the number plates for motor vehicles provided for in said section 3 hereof. Such manufacturer or dealer may obtain as many duplicates of such number plates as may be desired upon payment to the Secretary of State of six dollars for each set of two plates. Such number plates shall be conspicuously displayed upon the front and back of every motor vehicle of such manufacturer or dealer when the same is operated or driven on the public highways. Such registration shall be renewed annually in the same manner and