on the payment of the same fee as provided in this section for original registration, such renewal to take effect on the first day of January of each year. The provisions of section 2, relating to first registrations made in compliance therewith and duration of renewals shall apply to registration under this section. The names of the licensed manufacturers and dealers shall be furnished the county clerks, sheriffs, and the chiefs of police in the same manner as provided for in section 2 in respect to

owners.

§ 7. Immediately upon the sale and delivery of any motor vehicle or motor bicycle which has been registered as herein provided prior to the date of such sale by any person other than a manufacturer or dealer, the vendor shall remove the number plate or plates and the registration seal from the motor vehicle or motor bicycle so sold, and within ten days after the date of such sale the vendor shall send a statement of such sale, showing the date thereof, the registration number of the motor vehicle or motor bicycle so sold, and the name of the purchaser to the Secretary of State; and thereupon such registration seal and number plate or plates shall cease to apply to the motor vehicle or motor bicycle so sold, and the purchaser shall register the same as in the case of an original registration. Upon the payment to the Secretary of State of a fee of one dollar any other motor vehicle of like horsepower or capacity or less, or any motor bicycle owned by such vendor may be registered by such vendor, and the registration seal and number plate or plates so removed from the motor vehicle or motor bicycle so sold shall be assigned by the Secretary of State and shall apply to and be used upon such other motor vehicle or motor bicycle until the thirtyfirst day of December then next ensuing: Provided, however, that in case the horse-power or capacity of any motor vehicle to which the unexpired term of the registration of the vehicle sold is sought to be applied would have required the payment of a larger registration fee than was paid upon the registration of the motor vehicle so sold, the vendor thereof shall, before the registration seal and number plates may be applied to or used upon such motor vehicle of greater horse-power, or capacity, pay to the Secretary of State such a sum as added to the amount of the original registration fee paid for the year in which such motor vehicle is sold, equals the amount of the registration fee provided by this Act to be paid upon the registration of a motor vehicle of such greater horse-power or capacity.

8. The provisions of sections two, three, five, six and seven of this Act shall not apply to any motor vehicle or motor bicycle owned by non-residents of this State (foreign corporations excepted), provided the owner thereof has complied with any law requiring the registration of motor vehicles or motor bicycles, or the names of the owners thereof, in force in the city, State, territory, or federal district of his residence: Provided, that, the registration number showing the initial or abbreviation of the name of such city, State, territory or federal district shall be displayed on such vehicle, substantially as is provided in section three of this Act: And, provided, further, that a non-resident within the meaning of this Act shall be held and defined to mean a person residing in another State and temporarily sojourning within this State for a period of sixty days, or less, in any one year.

§ 13. An application for a license to operate motor vehicles as a chauffeur, who is hereby defined to mean any person operating a motor vehicle as a mechanic or employee, and any person regularly operating a motor vehicle for hire or for pecuniary profit, shall be made by mail or otherwise to the Secretary of State, or his duly authorized agent, upon blanks prepared under his authority. The Secretary of State shall appoint examiners and cause examinations to be held at convenient points throughout the State as often as may be necessary. Such applications shall be accompanied by the fee provided herein and by a photograph of the applicant in such numbers and forms as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, and such photographs shall have been taken within thirty days prior to the filing of such application. Before such a license is granted the applicant shall pass such an examination as to his qualifications as the Secretary of State shall require and no license shall be issued until the Secretary of State, or his authorized agent, is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive it, and no chauffeur's license shall be issued to any person under eighteen years of age. A distinguishing number or mark shall be assigned to each chauffeur to whom a license shall be issued and the license shall be in such form as the Secretary of State may determine; it may contain special restrictions and limitations concerning the type of motor car, horse-power, design and other features of the motor vehicle which the licensee may operate. It shall contain the distinguishing number or mark assigned to the licensee, his name, place of residence and address, a brief description of the licensee for the purpose of identification and a photograph of the licensee. Such distinguishing number or mark shall be of a distinctly different color each year and in each year shall be of the same color as that of the number plates issued for that year. The holder of every such license shall endorse his usual signature on the margin of the license in a space to be provided for that purpose, immediately upon receipt of said license, which shall not be valid until so endorsed. Every application for a license filed under the provisions of this section shall be sworn to and shall be accompanied by a fee of $5.00.

Upon receipt of such an application, the Secretary of State shall record the same in his office in the manner designated for recording the owners of motor vehicles, and when the applicant shall have passed the examination herein provided for, the number or mark assigned to such applicant, together with the fact that such applicant has passed such examinations, shall be noted in said record, and the names of the licensed chauffeurs shall be furnished the county clerks, sheriffs, and the chiefs of police in the same manner as provided for in section 2 in respect to owners.

No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle as a chauffeur upon a public highway of this State, unless such person shall have complied in all respects with the requirements of this section: Provided, however, that a non-resident chauffeur who has registered under the provisions of the law of a foreign country, State, territory or federal district of his residence substantially equivalent to the provisions of this section shall be exempt from license hereunder, while temporarily sojourning within this State for a period of sixty days, or less, in any

one year. Such license shall be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee of $3.00, and shall take effect on the first day of January of each year: Provided, however, that if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that any chauffeur shall have driven or operated a motor vehicle within this State while under the influence of intoxicating liquor the Secretary of State shall thereupon immediately cancel the license of said chauffeur and shall not renew the same until after the expiration of the period of one year from and after the date of such cancellation.

§ 14. The Secretary of State shall furnish to every chauffeur so licensed a suitable metal badge with the distinguishing number or mark assigned to him thereon, without extra charge therefor and this badge. shall be worn by such chauffeur pinned upon his clothing in a conspicuous place, at all times while he is operating or driving a motor vehicle on the public highways. Said badge shall be valid only during the term of the license of the chauffeur to whom it is issued as aforesaid.

Upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State an affidavit to the effect that the original badge is lost, stolen or destroyed, and upon payment of a fee of fifty cents, a duplicate badge will be furnished.

No chauffeur having been licensed as herein provided shall permit any other person to possess or use his license or badge, nor shall any person while operating or driving a motor vehicle use or possess any license or badge belonging to another person or a fictitious license or badge.

§ 15a. No person or corporation shall employ, as a chauffeur or operator of a motor vehicle, any person not specially licensed as aforesaid.

§ 18. Any person wilfully violating the provisions of this Act shall, except as otherwise provided herein, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not to exceed the amount hereinafter set forth.

For a violation of sections two and three, and five to nine, inclusive, and sections thirteen, fourteen and sixteen, or any of them, twenty-five (25) dollars. For a violation of section four, not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars.

For a violation of section ten, two hundred (200) dollars.

For a violation of any section or provision not herein specifically mentioned, one hundred (100) dollars.

Provided, that any offender who shall have been found guilty of a violation of any section of this Act and fined therefor, and who shall thereafter be convicted of a second violation of such section, may be fined in a sum not exceeding double the penalty herein provided for a first offense, and in addition thereto may have his certificate or license issued by the Secretary of State revoked for a period not exceeding three months, and for a third or subsequent violation of the same section. of this Act the certificate or license may, in addition to the fine provided for the second offense, be revoked for a period not exceeding six months. Any person whose license shall have been revoked for a violation of any of the provisions of this Act and who shall drive or operate a motor vehicle or motor bicycle within the State of Illinois, during the period. for which his said license shall have been revoked, or any person who, having once been convicted of a failure to comply with the provisions

of this Act requiring a registration of motor vehicles or motor bicycles or the examination and licensing of chauffeurs shall fail or refuse to comply with said provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction may be fined in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both, in the discretion of the court. All fines imposed for violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of the highway commissioners of the township or road district in which the offense is committed by the justice of the peace, clerk of the court, or other officer to whom the amount of such fines shall be by law required to be paid by the constable, bailiff, sheriff, or other officer named in any execution, issued for the collection of the same, and all money so received by the treasurer of the highway commissioners, shall be used in repairing and improving the roads within such township or road district. And it shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission, State Highway Engineer, county superintendents of highways and commissioners of highways to seasonably [reasonably] prosecute for all fines and penalties under this Act: Provided, however, that whenever any such violation shall occur within the limits of any city, village or incorporated town, or within the jurisdiction of any board of park commissioners, wherein no commissioners of highways exist or have jurisdiction, in such case all fines imposed for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town or to the park commissioners within whose jurisdiction the offense is committed, by the justice of the peace, clerk of the court, or other officer to whom the amount of such fines shall be by law required to be paid by the constable, bailiff, sheriff, or other officer named in any execution issued for the collection of the same, and all money so received by the treasurer of such city, village or incorporated town, or park commissioners, shall be used in repairing and improving the roads or streets, within such city, village, incorporated town or park; and in such cases it shall be the duty of the police officers and officials of cities, villages, incorporated towns and parks to prosecute for all fines and penalties under this Act. The Secretary of State, for the purpose of more effectively carrying out the provisions of this Act is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint special representatives to act as automobile and motorcycle investigators, in such numbers and for such localities as he may deem advisable, and investigators to serve without compensation.

§ 22. This Act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first day of January, 1916.

APPROVED June 29th, 1915.

MOTOR VEHICLES-LOCAL WHEEL TAX.

1. Amends section 12, Act of 1912.

§ 12. Local ordinances-what motor vehicles taxed.

(SENATE BILL No. 380. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1915.)

AN ACT to amend section 12 of 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.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 12 of 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 to read as follows:

§ 12. LOCAL ORDINANCES.] No owner of a motor vehicle or motor bicycle who shall have obtained a certificate from the Secretary of State and paid the registration fee as herein before provided, shall be required by any city, village, town or other municipal corporation within the State other than that within which said owner resides to pay any tax or license fee for the use of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle; and no owner of a motor vehicle, except motor trucks and motor driven commercial vehicles and motor vehicles which are used for public hire, or motor bicycle, who shall have obtained such certificate and paid said fee shall be required by the city, village or town within which he resides (if he resides within a city, village or town) to pay a tax or license fee for the use of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle in excess of the sum of ten dollars per annum for motor vehicles or motor bicycles of thirty-five horse power or less or in excess of the sum of twenty dollars per annum for motor vehicles or motor bicycles of more than thirty-five horse power in case such city, village or town within which he resides shall have a population of 150,000 or over, or in excess of the sum of five dollars per annum for motor vehicles or motor bicycles of thirty-five horse power or less or in excess of the sum of ten dollars per annum for motor vehicles or motor bicycles of more than thirty-five horse power in case such city, village or town within which he resides shall have a population of less than 150,000; nor shall such owner be required to display upon his motor vehicle or motor bicycle any other number than the number of the registration seal, issued by the Secretary of State, nor be limited as to speed upon any public street, avenue, road, turnpike, driveway, parkway, or any other public place, at any time when the same is or may hereafter