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five inhabitants for each vote: Provided, in counties having less than 14,000 population the county board may allow an additional three cents, and said county board shall include said sum in its annual estimate, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county to pay the sum out of the general fund. No moneys so received shall be used in payment for speed. Premium money shall be paid first from money so received. Provided, if any existing county agricultural society fails for two years or more to hold an annual fair of at least three days' duration, then any agricultural society in the county duly organized and formed for a similar purpose and governed by the rules of this chapter, and who shall hold an annual fair of at least three days' duration, may apply for and shall be allowed the amount above designated in this section.

Sec. 2. Repeal.-That said original Section 3019, Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for 1911, and Section 6, Revised Statutes for 1913, and Chapters 7 and 8, Session Laws of 1915, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 21, 1917.

CHAPTER 64.

(Senate File No. 88.)

[Introduced by Mr. Beal.]

AN ACT to amend Section 2 of Chapter 61 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1915, to repeal said Section and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 61 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1915, be amended to read as follows:

3045 Sec. 192. Fee paid to county treasurer-disposition of fees. All registration fees provided for in this article shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the applicant for registration resides and when paid before July first such treasurer shall credit $1.65 on each registration fee collected for

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registering motorcycles, $2.65 on each registration fee collected for registering pleasure cars or automobiles or motor cars not used for commercial purposes and $4.65 on each registration fee collected for registering trucks or motor cars used for commercial purposes and $4.65 on each registration fee collected for registering a manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicles doing business in this state, to the road dragging fund of the county and it shall be used by the county board of said county for road dragging, paving, repairing paving, oiling, strawing, claying or stable littering sandy roads and for no other purpose. For any registration fees paid after July first the county treasurer shall credit the road dragging fund of the county with the same proportion thereof less thirty-five cents which he shall transmit to the state treasurer as herein provided where said fees are paid before July first. The county treasurer shall immediately transmit the remaining sum of any registration fee so collected by him to state treasurer to be placed in a fund known as the "special motor vehicle registration fund." The secretary of state shall certify monthly to the state treasurer all expenses of his office connected with the administration of this act and there is hereby appropriated out of the "special motor vehicle registration fund" for the biennium ending March 31st, 1917, an amount sufficient to defray all such expenses. The county treasurer shall issue a receipt in duplicate, one copy of which shall be filed with the secretary of state, which shall entitle the applicant to a number plate furnished by said secretary containing his number without further charge and the other retained by the applicant for such registration. It shall be the duty of the county treasurers to keep a record of all motor vehicle owners in their respective counties from which record said treasurers shall furnish a list of the names and addresses of said motor vehicle owners to the secretary of state when requested by said secretary. It shall also be the duty of the county treasurers to send notice to owners of motor vehicles of the time of expiration of their paid registration period and the fact they may lose their registration number if not renewed. Said notice shall be sent not more than ten days before the expiration of such period. No motor vehicles shall be registered by the said secretary of state and no change of ownership shall be recorded unless the application for the same shall be accompanied by the county treasurer's receipt showing that the proper fees have been paid.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That said original Section 2 of the Session Laws of Nebraska for 1915 and all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, April 14, 1917.

CHAPTER 65.

(House Roll No. 156.)

[Introduced by Mr. Dalbey.]

AN ACT relating to registration of motor vehicles by manufacturers or dealers and to repeal Section 3046, Revised Statutes of 1913, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 61, Session Laws of 1915.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment.-That Section 3046, Revised Statutes of 1913, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 61, Session Laws of 1915 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3046 Sec. 193. Motor vehicles-registration by manufacturer or dealer.-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 brief description of each style or type of motor vehicle manufactured or dealt in by such manufacturer or dealer and the name, residence and business address of such manufacturer or dealer.

On the payment of a registration fee of five dollars ($5.00) such application shall be filed and registered in the office of the Secretary of State in the manner provided in Sections 3044 and 3045, Revised Statutes of 1913, as amended by Section 1 and Section 2 of Chapter 61, Session Laws of 1915. The Secretary of State shall thereupon assign and issue to such manufacturer or dealer a general distinctive number and without expense to the applicant, issue and promptly deliver to such manufacturer or dealer a certificate of registration in such form as the Secre

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tary of State shall prescribe, and a number plate with a number corresponding to the number of such certificate of registration. Such number plate or duplicate thereof shall be displayed by every motor vehicle of such manufacturer or dealer when the same is operated or driven on the public highways. Such manufacturer or dealer may obtain as many duplicates of such number plate as may be desired upon payment to the County Treasurer of thirty-five cents for each duplicate. No plate or sign shall be used other than those furnished by the Secretary of State, provided that if a manufacturer or dealer has an established place of business in more than one city or town, such manufacturer or dealer shall secure a separate and distinct certificate of registration and number plate for each such place of business. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a motor vehicle operated by a manufacturer or dealer for private use or for hire.

Upon the sale of a motor vehicle by a manufacturer or dealer the vendee shall at once make application by mail or otherwise for registration thereof, after which he may operate the same upon the public highways without its individual number plates thereon for a period of not more than ten (10) days, providing that during such period the motor vehicle shall have attached thereto, in accordance with the provisions hereof, metal number plates to be furnished by the Secretary of State to the dealer as provided in this article, bearing the registration number of the manufacturer or dealer under which it might previously have been operated for demonstration purposes; and provided further, that no manufacturer or dealer shall permit the use of his demonstration or registration number by such vendee until application for registration be so made as aforesaid. Every manufacturer or dealer of motor vehicles shall report to the Secretary of State on the first day of each month the names and addresses of all purchasers of such motor vehicles during the preceding month.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That said original Section 3046, Revised Statutes of 1913, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 61, Session Laws of 1915, is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 19, 1917.

CHAPTER 66.

(House Roll No. 309.) *

[Introduced by Mr. Liggett, Mr. Schwab.]

AN ACT to amend section 3051, Revised Statutes for 1913, relating to lights on motor vehicles, and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment.-That Section 3051, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

3051 Sec. 198. Automobiles-brake-lamps.-Every motor vehicle while in use on public highways shall be provided with good and sufficient brakes, and also with a suitable bell, horn or other signal, and shall have exhibited during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise one or more lamps showing white lights visible within a reasonable distance. from the direction toward which such vehicle is proceeding, and a red light visible from the reverse direction; provided further it shall be unlawful to use on a vehicle of any kind operated on the public highways of this state any lighting device of over four candlepower equipped with a reflector, unless the same shall be so designed, deflected, or arranged that no portion of the beam of reflected light, when measured 75 feet or more ahead of the lamps, shall rise above 42 inches from the level surface on which the vehicle stands under all conditions of load. Spot lights shall not be used except when projecting their rays directly on the ground and at a distance not exceeding 30 feet in front of the vehicle.

Sec. 2. Repeal.-That Section 3051, Revised Statutes for 1913, is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 19, 1917.

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