PUBLIC ACTS [No. 1.] AN ACT to amend sections two, four, six, seven, eight, and thirty-four of act number three hundred two of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," and to add a new section thereto to stand as section thirty-nine. The People of the State of Michigan enact: amended. SECTION 1. Sections two, four, six, seven, eight, and thirty- Sections four of act number three hundred two of the public acts of nineteen hundred fifteen, entitled "An act to provide for the registration, identification and regulation of motor vehicles and trailers attached thereto operated upon the public highways of this state, and of the operators of such vehicles, and to provide for levying specific taxes upon such vehicles so operated, and to provide for the disposition of such funds, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith or contrary hereto," as amended, are hereby amended Section and a new section is hereby added to stand as section thirty- added. nine, such amended and added sections to read as follows: contain. SEC. 2. Every owner desiring to operate a motor vehicle Application, upon the public highways of this state, except as otherwise what to provided, shall file an application with the secretary of state stating the owner's name, residence, address, the name of the motor vehicle, its weight fully equipped, style, factory and motor number, and such other information as the secretary of state shall require. Each application for a commercial vehicle shall also have attached thereto scale weight receipt of said motor vehicle fully equipped as of the time the application is made. Every application for registration shall be accompanied by the certificate of title pertaining thereto, showing ownership in the person applying for registration at the time of the application, as provided in act number forty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one. The term "commercial vehicle" as used in this act shall mean commercial and include all motor vehicles used for the transportation vehicle deof passengers for hire and those constructed or used for transportation of goods, wares or merchandise. fined. Number plates. Property of state. Registration annually. Tax schedule. Computation. SEC. 4. Upon receipt of the license fee and satisfactory proof of title registration, the secretary of state shall assign a number to each motor vehicle so registered and deliver to the applicant two license plates containing the abbreviation "Mich.", the number and the year assigned. A duplicate of a lost, mutilated or destroyed number plate may be secured upon filing an affidavit with the secretary of state showing the facts and the payment of one dollar, or upon the payment of two dollars and fifty cents for duplicate of a manufacturer's or dealer's lost, mutilated or destroyed license plate. All such plates shall remain the property of the state of Michigan. Any person willfully destroying, mutilating or counterfeiting any such plate or chauffeur's badge, or using any forged or counterfeited plate or plates, or excepting as herein otherwise provided using a plate issued for any other than the year for which issued, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SEC. 6. All registrations under this act shall expire on the last day of December of each year, and shall be renewed annually between the first day of December and the first day of January in each year, in the same manner and upon payment of the same tax as provided in section seven for original registration. SEC. 7. The secretary of state shall collect the following specific taxes at the time of registering a motor vehicle, which shall exempt it from all other taxation, either state or local, except the fees and taxes provided by law to be paid by certain carriers operating motor vehicles and trailers under act number two hundred nine of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-three. (a) For each motor vehicle, except motorcycles and commercial vehicles, fifty-five cents per hundred pounds of the weight thereof; (b) For each commercial vehicle according to the following schedule of weights: The secretary of state shall compute the tax on the basis of one hundred pounds or major fraction thereof and may accept the manufacturer's weight thereof fully equipped or the weight named in the shipping bill. If such weight is not correctly stated or is not satisfactory the secretary of state may determine the actual weight. Nothing herein contained shall exempt manufacturers or dealers from paying ad valorem taxes on vehicles in stock or bond, except on the specified number of motor vehicles registered to operate on the public highways. turers and dealers. SEC. 8. (a) Every manufacturer and dealer in motor ve- Manufachicles, except motorcycles, may file a sworn application as provided in section two on a blank furnished by the secretary of state, for a general distinctive number for all motor vehicles owned or controlled by such manufacturer or dealer. If they operate not more than three such vehicles on the public highways they shall pay forty-five dollars for three pairs of plates and five dollars for so many additional pairs of plates as the secretary of state may deem such manufacturer or dealer reasonably needs in his business. Dealers' license plates may be used by licensed dealers as defined in section fourteen of act number forty-six of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, on used cars which have not been licensed or registered for the current year and on such new cars as are for sale in the general conduct of the business by either owner or an employe thereof. plates. (b) Any manufacturer or dealer making or permitting Unauthorany unauthorized use of the plates under the provisions of ized use of this section shall be deemed to have forfeited the license herein contemplated and the secretary of state may, upon such notice of hearing, suspend or cancel the right to use the same and cause said plates to be surrendered to and repossessed by the state. propriated. SEC. 34. All taxes, fees and other moneys received and col- Taxes, etc., lected by the secretary of state under the provisions of this where apact shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway fund, and shall be used for laying out, building, widening, improving and maintaining the public highways and bridges of the state in accordance with law, and subject to the appropriations herein made. Six million dollars of the amount collected annually as taxes upon the registered motor vehicles shall belong to the several counties of the state, and shall be returned to the county treasurers thereof in proportion to the amounts received from the owners of registered motor vehicles within the several counties, to be used for highway purposes under the jurisdiction of the county authorities: Provided, That in counties not operating under the Proviso. county road system the board of supervisors shall apportion such money to the several townships and cities thereof according to the equalized assessed valuation thereof, which shall be used for highway purposes. The secretary of state shall certify to the auditor general on the first day of April of each year, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, the amounts received from the several counties for motor vehicle taxes during the preceding quarter. The auditor general shall thereupon draw his warrant on the state treasurer for |