omnibus for which a ten-dollar fee is herein provided is originally registered after August first in any year the fee for that year shall be one-half the fee herein provided for such omnibus.

SCHEDULE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS AUTO TRUCKS, USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS, WARES AND MERCHANDISE.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of two tons or less, the annual fee of ten dollars. For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than two tons, and not more than three tons, the annual fee of fifteen dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than three tons, and not more than four tons, the annual fee of twenty dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than four tons, and not more than five tons, the annual fee of twenty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than five tons, and not more than six tons, the annual fee of thirty dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than six tons, and not more than seven tons, the annual fee of thirty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than seven tons, and not more than eight tons, the annual fee of forty dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than eight tons, and not more than nine tons, the annual fee of forty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than nine tons, and not more than ten tons, the annual fee of fifty dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than ten tons, and not more than eleven tons, the annual fee of fifty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity, of more than eleven tons, and not more than twelve tons, the annual fee of sixty dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and

carrying capacity of more than twelve tons, and not more than thirteen tons, the annual fee of sixty-five dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than thirteen tons, and not more than fourteen tons, the annual fee of seventy dollars.

For each such vehicle having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity in excess of fourteen tons, the fee of seventy dollars, and the additional fee of ten dollars for each ton in excess of fourteen tons.

Provided that if any such motor vehicle, commonly known as a truck, used for the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise 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 the fee herein provided for such motor vehicles.

§ 2. This act shall not affect a motor vehicle registration heretofore made.

Added by L. 1916, ch. 598 and amended by L. 1917, ch. 2, and L. 1917, ch. 724.

6-b. Registration fees for trailers. The foregoing provisions of this section in relation to registration books and registration, certificates of registration, number plates, duplicates of certificates and number plates, times for registration and re-registration and the duration thereof, for motor vehicles, shall apply also to trailers. The following fees shall be paid to the secretary of state upon the registration or re-registration of a trailer in accordance with the provisions of this article:

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of two tons or less, the annual fee of five dollars.

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity or more than two tons and not more than five tons, the annual fee of ten dollars.

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than five tons and not more than seven tons, the annual fee of fifteen dollars.

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than seven tons and not more than ten tons, the annual fee of twenty dollars.

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity of more than ten tons and not more than fourteen tons, the annual fee of thirty dollars.

For each trailer having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity in excess of fourteen tons, the annual fee of thirty dollars and the additional fee of five dollars for each ton in excess of fourteen tons.

Provided that if any such trailer 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 vehicles.

Added by L. 1917, ch. 727.

7. Fees in lieu of taxes. The registration fees imposed by this article upon motor vehicles, other than those of manufacturers and dealers, shall be in lieu of all taxes, general or local, to which motor vehicles may be subject.

Amended by L. 1919, ch. 622.

8. Sale and registration by vendee. Upon the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle registered in accordance with this section, the vendor shall immediately give notice thereof with the name and residence of the vendee to the secretary of state, and shall endorse upon the certificate of registration of such motor vehicle the name and address of the vendee and the date of delivery, and shall sign such endorsement. The vendee shall, within ten days after the date of such sale or transfer, notify the secretary of state thereof upon a blank furnished promptly by him for that purpose, stating the name and business address of the previous owner, if known, the number under which such motor vehicle is registered and the name, residence, including county and business address, of the vendee. Upon filing such statement duly verified such vendee shall pay to the secretary of state a fee of one dollar, and upon receipt of such statement and fee the secretary of state shall file such statement in his office and note upon the registration book or index such change in ownership. A vendee may operate such motor vehicle under the registration certificate issued to the vendor for a period of ten days from the date endorsed thereon by the vendor. At the expiration of said. period of ten days the said registration shall be suspended and the operation of such motor vehicle thereunder is prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or offer to deliver or to accept or offer to accept a transfer of any motor vehicle unless there be produced and delivered to the vendee the certificate of registration issued for such vehicle endorsed as herein

before required. A violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or by both, in the discretion of the court.

Amended by L. 1919, ch. 379.

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Penal Law, § 436-a.-Defacing identification mark on motor vehicles. person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals or knowingly has in his possession any motor vehicle, as defined in section two hundred and eighty-one of the highway law, from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other distinguishing number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or destroyed for the purpose of concealment or misrepresenting the identity of the said motor vehicle, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Added by L. 1917, ch. 708.

§ 282-a. Auto trucks and trailers in excess of twenty-five thousand pounds. After this section takes effect no person shall operate or drive on the public highways of the state outside of cities an auto truck or trailer having a combined weight of truck and load of more than twenty-five thousand pounds, but this section shall not apply to an auto truck or trailer heretofore registered pursuant to section two hundred and eighty-two of this chapter having a combined weight of truck and carrying capacity in excess of twenty-five thousand pounds during the period for which such auto truck or trailer shall have been registered or re-registered.

Added by L. 1918, ch. 533.

§ 283. Distinctive number; form of number plates. 1. Distinctive number must be carried on motor vehicles. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state after the first day of August, nineteen hundred and ten, unless such vehicle shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by the secretary of state and a number plate issued by the secretary of state with a number, and other identification matter if any, corresponding to that of the certificate of registration conspicuously displayed, one on the front and one on the rear of such vehicle, each securely fastened so as to prevent the same from swinging.

2. Number plates to be changed annually. Such number plates shall be of a distinctly different color each year, and there shall

be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the number plates and that of the numerals or letters thereon.

3. Form of number plate. Such number plate shall be of metal, at least six inches wide and not less than fifteen inches in length, on which there shall be the initials "N. Y.," and there shall be the distinctive number assigned to the vehicle set forth in numerals four inches long, each stroke of which shall be at least five-eighths of an inch in width. No vehicle shall display the number plates of more than one state at a time, nor shall any plate be used other than those issued by the secretary of state. Amended by L. 1911, ch. 491 and L. 1917, ch. 174.

4. Provisions relating to trailers. No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle drawing a trailer on the public highways of the state after the first day of August, nineteen hundred and seventeen, unless such trailer shall have a distinctive number assigned to it by the secretary of state and a number plate issued by such secretary with a number corresponding to that of the certificate of registration displayed and fastened in the manner provided for number plates on a motor vehicle, nor unless such person shall also have with him the certificate of registration of such trailer. Such certificate shall be exhibited on demand to any peace officer or representative of the secretary of state. The provisions of subdivisions three and four of this section relating to number plates for a particular motor vehicle shall apply to number plates for any such trailer, except that the word "trailer" shall also appear on such plates.

Added by L. 1917, ch. 727.

$284. Registration and number plates for manufacturers and dealers. 1. Every person, firm, association or corporation manufacturing or dealing in motor vehicles, may, instead of registering each motor vehicle so manufactured or dealt in, apply to the secretary of state for a single registration as manufacturer or dealer, as the case may be, and for number plates. The application shall be upon a blank to be furnished by the secretary of state, and shall be verified. It shall contain a brief description of each style or type of motor vehicle manufactured or dealt in by the applicant, including the character of the motor power stated in figures of horse power in accordance with the rating established by the Society of Automobile Engineers, and if an auto truck the combined weight and carrying capacity and if a motor vehicle adapted