which shall be operated or driven upon the public highways of this state, shall, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, cause to be filed, by mail or otherwise, in the office of the secretary of state, a verified application for registration on a blank to be furnished by the secretary of state for that purpose, containing: (a) A brief description of the motor vehicle to be registered, including the name of the manufacturer and factory number of such vehicle, the character and amount of the motive power stated in figures of horse power in accordance with the rating established by the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers; (b) the name, age, residence, including county and business address, of the owner of such motor vehicle; (c) provided that, if such motor vehicle is used or to be used for purposes mentioned in subdivision six-a of this section, the applicant shall so certify, and also certify as to the weight of the truck and carrying capacity, or in the case of an omnibus the seating capacity, or if the omnibus is to be operated wholly within a municipality pursuant to a franchise other than a franchise express or implied in articles of incorporation, upon certain streets designated in such franchise, those facts shall also be certified, and a certified copy of such franchise furnished to the secretary of state. Every owner of a vehicle, commonly known as a trailer," for the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise, not propelled by its own power, to be drawn on the public highways by a motor vehicle operated thereon shall also make application for the registration thereof in the manner herein provided for an application to register a motor vehicle, without the statement relating to motive power; but the application shall set forth the combined weight and carrying capacity of such trailer. Amended by L. 1917, ch. 2 and L. 1917, ch. 727.

2. Restriction on operation. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle who is under eighteen years of age, unless such person is accompanied by a duly licensed chauffeur or the owner of the motor vehicle being operated. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle in a county wholly included within a city unless such person is a duly licensed chauffeur or operator, whether the owner of such vehicle or otherwise; provided, however, that a person of the age of eighteen years and upwards who shall reside outside of such county and within the state may so operate or drive, except as a chauffeur, for not to exceed ten days in any year without being so licensed. The secretary of state

may, however, in his discretion, grant a written permit to any person desiring to fit himself to so operate or drive a motor vehicle within such county. Such permit shall not continue for more than ten days from its date, but may be renewed from time to time not to exceed a total of thirty consecutive days. The holder thereof shall not so operate or drive unless at all times under the immediate supervision and control of an operator or chauffeur duly licensed under this article. Such holder, operator or chauffeur shall be liable for any violation of this act or of any local ordinance, rule or regulation permitted thereunder while so operating. The secretary of state may make any suitable regulations concerning the issue and use of such permits and may demand a fee of fifty cents for each such permit or renewal thereof.

Amended by L. 1917, ch. 769, and L. 1919, ch. 472.

3. Registration book. Upon the receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle, as provided in this article, the secretary of state shall file such application in his office at Albany, and in cities of the first class and such other places within the state of New York as he may designate and register such motor vehicle or vehicles, with the name, residence and business address of the owner, together with the facts stated in such application, in a book or index to be kept for the purpose, under the distinctive number assigned to such motor vehicle by the secretary of state, which book or index shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours.

Amended by L. 1917, ch. 174, and L. 1918, ch. 75.

4. Certificate of registration. Upon the filing of such application and the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the secretary of state shall assign to such motor vehicle a distinctive number and, without expense to the applicant, issue and deliver in such manner as the secretary of state may select to the owner a certificate of registration, in such form as the secretary of state shall prescribe, and two number plates at a place within the state of New York named by the applicant in his application. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any certificate of registration provided for in this article or of any number plate provided for in this section or of any license or badge, the owner of a registered motor vehicle or manufacturer, or dealer, or operator, or chauffeur, as the case may be, may obtain from the secretary

of state a duplicate thereof upon filing in the office of the secretary of state an affidavit showing such fact and the payment of a fee of one dollar. It shall be the duty of every owner, operator or chauffeur holding a certificate as such from the secretary of state, to notify the secretary of state in writing of any change of residence of such person within ten days after such change occurs. Amended by L. 1917, ch. 174 and L. 1917, ch. 769.

Registration

5. Times for registration and re-registration. applied for on or before August first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, shall take effect on that date and certificates issued on such application or under any application made prior to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall expire on the latter date. The fees for such registration shall be one-half of the annual fees provided herein. Registration thereafter shall be renewed annually in the same manner and upon payment of the same annual fee as provided in this section for registration, to take effect on the first day of February, in each year beginning with such date in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen; and the certificates of registration issued thereunder or issued between any such dates shall expire on the succeeding thirty-first day of January. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall affect the registration of motor vehicles previously registered in accordance with the provisions of this section, prior to this amendment.

Amended by L. 1917, ch. 769.

6. Registration fees. The following fees shall be paid to the secretary of state upon the registration or re-registration of a motor vehicle in accordance with the provisions of this article: twenty-five cents per horse power for the rated horse power of such motor vehicle; if the registration or re-registration occur in the calender year in which such motor vehicle was manufactured or within three years after the expiration of such year, the additional fee of forty cents for each one hundred dollars, or major fraction thereof, of the listed price of such motor vehicle fully equipped; if at the time of such registration or re-registration, three years but not more than five years shall have expired since the expiration of the calendar year in which such motor vehicle was manufactured, the additional fee of twenty cents for each one hundred dollars, or major fraction thereof, of the listed price of such motor vehicle fully equipped;

for each subsequent registration or re-registration of such motor vehicle the additional fee of ten cents for each one hundred dollars, or major fraction thereof of the list price of such motor vehicle fully equipped; provided, however, that the total fees at any time for the registration or re-registration of six cylinder motor vehicle shall be not less than ten dollars, and for the registration or re-registration of a four cylinder motor vehicle shall be not less than five dollars; provided further, that if a motor vehicle is originally registered after August first in any year, the register fee for that year shall be one-half of the fee herein provided for; and further provided that for motor vehicles which are used or to be used for purposes mentioned in subdivision six-a of this section, the fee for such registration shall be as therein prescribed. The provisions hereof with respect to the payment of registration fees shall not apply to motor vehicles owned or controlled by the state, a city, county, village or town or any of the departments thereof, but in other respects shall be applicable.

Amended by L. 1911, ch. 491; L. 1915, ch. 348; L. 1917, ch. 2; L. 1918, ch. 47, and L. 1919, ch. 622.

6-a. Registration fees for auto trucks and omnibuses. The commissioner of highways, superintendent of public works and state engineer and surveyor having heretofore filed in the office of the secretary of state, in accordance with the former provisions of this subdivision, a schedule of registration fees to be paid upon the registration or re-registration, in accordance with the provisions of this article, of motor vehicles used as omnibuses for the transportation of passengers, and of motor vehicles constructed or specifically equipped for the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise and used or to be used for such purpose, and commonly known as auto trucks, such schedule as herein modified is hereby adopted and the registration fees for such auto trucks and for omnibuses are hereby established as follows:

SCHEDULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES USED AS OMNIBUSES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of five passengers or less, the annual fee of fifteen dollars.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than six passengers, nor more than seven passengers, the annual fee of twenty-four dollars and fifty cents.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than eight passengers, nor more than ten passengers, the annual fee of thirty dollars and fifty cents.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than eleven passengers, nor more than sixteen passengers, the annual fee of forty-three dollars.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than seventeen passengers, nor more than twenty passengers, the annual fee of fifty-two dollars.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than twenty-one passengers, nor more than twenty-two passengers, the annual fee of fifty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than twenty-three passengers, nor more than twentysix passengers, the annual fee of sixty-one dollars and fifty cents.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not less than twenty-seven passengers, nor more than thirty passengers, the annual fee of sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers in excess of thirty passengers, the fee of sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, and the additional fee of two dollars for each passenger (measured by seating capacity) in excess of thirty passengers.

Provided that if any such motor vehicle used as an omnibus for the transportation of passengers, and for which a fee is herein provided, is originally registered after August first in any year, the register fee for that year shall be one-half of the fee herein provided for such motor vehicle; and provided further that upon the registration or re-registration of any omnibus mentioned herein the number plates to be issued therefor shall, upon the payment of an additional fee of two dollars for each omnibus, be the same in form as is issued for passenger motor vehicles which are not omnibuses.

The foregoing schedules shall not apply to omnibuses operated pursuant to a franchise other than a franchise express or implied in articles of incorporation over streets designated in said franchise wholly within the municipality, and for any such omnibus, without regard to the seating capacity, the annual fee shall be ten dollars; but if any such omnibus shall be also operated outside of the municipality then the foregoing schedule of fees shall apply thereto; and provided further that if any such