Proviso.

"State."

"Owner."

"Vehicle." "Used vehicle."

"Manufacturer."

"Dealer."

Assignment of certificate of title.

Duty of purchaser.

cycles operated by policemen or firemen when on official bus-
iness, also all motor vehicles, including trucks owned and
operated by municipalities, or by the state, or by any
state institution: Provided, That the same shall be des-
ignated by proper signs in which department of said
municipality or state, or institution, said trucks or
other motor vehicles are employed, traction engines,
road rollers,
rollers, fire
fire wagons, fire engines, police patrol
wagons and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks.
(b) The term "state" as used in this act, except where
otherwise expressly provided, shall also include the territories
and the federal districts of the United States.

(c) The term "owner" shall also include any person, firm, association or corporation renting a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof, under a lease or otherwise, for a period of greater than thirty days.

(d) "Vehicle." Any motor vehicle as herein defined.

(e) "Used vehicle." A motor vehicle which has been sold, bargained, exchanged, given away or title transferred from, the person who first took title to it from the manufacturer or importer, dealer or agent of the manufacturer or importer, and so used as to have become what is commonly known as "second hand" within the ordinary meaning thereof.

(f) "Manufacturer." A person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the manufacture of new motor vehicles, trailers, or semi-trailers, as a regular business.

(g) "Dealer." Any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the purchase and sale of motor vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers, or in the leasing of the same for a period of thirty or more successive days.

SEC. 3. In the event of the sale or other transfer after October first, nineteen hundred twenty-one, of the ownership of a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued as aforesaid, the holder of such certificate shall endorse on the back of same an assignment thereof with warranty of title in form printed thereon with a statement of all liens or encumbrances on said motor vehicle, sworn to before a notary public or some other person authorized by law to take acknowledgments, and deliver the same to the purchaser or transferee at the time of the delivery to him of such motor vehicle. The purchaser or transferee, unless such person is a dealer licensed under section fourteen of this act, shall, within ten days thereafter, present such certificate, assigned as aforesaid, to the secretary of state, accompanied by a fee of one dollar, whereupon a new certificate of title Sale of motor shall be issued to the assignee. Said licensed dealer shall, on selling or otherwise disposing of said motor vehicle, execute and deliver to the purchaser thereof an affidavit of conveyance or assignment in such form as the secretary of Purchaser to state shall prescribe, to which shall be attached the assigned certificate of title received by such dealer. Thereupon the purchaser of said motor vehicle shall apply for and receive

vehicle by

dealer.

apply for

certificate of

title.

from the secretary of state a certificate of title. Said certificate, when so assigned and returned to the secretary of state, together with any subsequent assignments or reissues thereof, shall be retained by the secretary of state and appropriately filed and indexed, so that at all times it will be possible to trace title to the motor vehicle designated therein: Provided, Proviso. When the ownership of any motor vehicle shall pass by operation of law, the person owning such motor vehicle may upon furnishing satisfactory proof to the secretary of state of such ownership procure a title to said motor vehicle regardless of whether a certificate of title has ever been issued..

issue

SEC. 8. If the secretary of state shall determine at any when may time that an applicant for a certificate of title of a motor refuse to vehicle is not entitled thereto, he may refuse to issue such certificate. certificate or to register such vehicle, and may for a like reason and after notice and hearing revoke registration al- Revocation, ready acquired on any outstanding certificate of title. Said hearing, etc., notice shall be served in person or by registered mail.

before.

of title.

SEC. 10. In the case of dealers in motor vehicles or motor Dealers' cycles, including manufacturers who sell to others than certificates dealers, all of whom are intended to be covered by this and all other provisions of this section, a separate certificate of title, either of such dealer's immediate vendor, or of the dealer himself, shall be required in the case of each motor vehicle in his possession, and the secretary of state shall determine the form in which application for such certificates of title and assignments thereof shall be made: Provided, Provis however, That no such certificate shall be required in the case vehicles. of new motor vehicles sold by manufacturers or dealers as the term "Dealers" is defined in section one of this act.

Proviso, new

motor

SEC. 13. Report of stolen and recovered motor vehicles. Stolen, etc., It shall be the duty of the sheriff of every county of the vehicles, state and of the chief of police or commissioner of police report of. of every city to make immediate report to the secretary of state of all motor vehicles reported to him as stolen or recovered, upon forms provided for by the secretary of state. Failure on the part of any officer shall be deemed to be mis- Failure to feasance in office and shall constitute grounds for removal. report. Upon receipt of such information, the secretary of state shall file the same in an index to be known as the "Stolen and re- Index of. covered motor vehicle index." It shall also be the duty of the secretary of state to file reports of stolen and recovered motor vehicles reported to him from other states. The secre- Publication tary of state shall publish once a month a list of all motor whom furvehicles stolen or recovered during the previous month and nished. forward a copy of the same to every sheriff, the commanding officer of the Michigan state police, and all police departments in cities over ten thousand inhabitants. Such list shall also be forwarded to the secretary of state, or other proper official, in each state of the United States. Before issuing a certificate of title, as heretofore provided, the secretary of state shall check the motor and serial number on the

of lists, to

Licensing of second-hand dealers.

Annual license.

Application,

form, etc.

motor vehicle to be registered against the "Stolen and recovered motor vehicle index."

SEC. 14. Licensing of second hand dealers. That after the first day of January, nineteen hundred twenty-two, it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or conduct in this state the business of buying, selling or dealing in used vehicles or parts thereof, unless and until he shall have received a license from the secretary of state authorizing the carrying on or conducting of such business. Such license shall be furnished annually by the secretary of state and shall run from the first day of January, nineteen hundred twenty-two, and annually thereafter for each year, beginning on the first day of January. The application for said license shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the said secretary of state and subject to such rules and regulations How verified. With respect thereto as may be so prescribed by him. Such application shall be verified by oath or affirmation and shall contain a full statement of the name or names of the person or persons applying therefor, the name of the firm or copartnership with the names and places of residence of all the members thereof, if such applicant be a firm or copartnership, the name and residence of the principal officers, if the applicant be a body corporate or other artificial body, the name of the state under whose laws the corporation is organized, the location of the place or places at which such business is to be carried on and conducted, and said application shall contain such other relevant information as may be required by the secretary of state. It shall be accompanied by a statement of two reputable persons of the community in which the principal place of business is to be located, certifying to the good moral character of the person or persons applying for such license. Upon making such application the person applying therefor shall pay to the secretary of state a fee of five dollars. A license certificate shall be issued by the secretary of state in accordance with such application when the same shall be regular in form and in compliance with the provisions of this section, and such license, when so issued, shall entitle the licensee to carry on and conduct the business of buying and selling and dealing in used vehicles and parts thereof, for a period of one year from the first day of January of the current year. The secretary of state shall have the power to make suitable rules and regulations for the issuance of such licenses to expire upon the first day of January of the succeeding year, when the application therefor shall be made during the current year, and upon payment of a license fee of three dollars provided application is made after July first of any year. Any person conducting the business of buying, selling or dealing in used vehicles and having received a license therefor, shall, before removing any one or more of his places of business, or shall, before opening any additional places of business, apply to the secretary of state for, and obtain, a supplemental license, for which no fee shall be

Fee.

Rules and regulations, may make.

Supplemental license.

purchases,

charged. Every such licensee shall keep a book or record Record of
in such form as may be prescribed or approved by the secre- etc.
tary of state, in which he shall keep a record of the pur-
chase, sale or exchange or receipt for the purpose of sale, of
any second-hand vehicle or parts thereof, a description of
such vehicles or parts, together with the name and address
of the seller, of the purchaser, and of the alleged owner or
other person from whom such vehicle or parts were purchased
or received, or to whom they were sold or delivered, as the
case may be. Such description in the case of motor vehicles Description,
shall also include the engine number, if any, the maker's num- etc.
ber, if any, chassis number, if any, and such other numbers
or identification marks as may be thereon, and shall also in-
clude a statement that a number has been obliterated, de-
faced or changed, if such is the fact. In the case of a trailer
or semi-trailer, the record shall include the manufacturer's
number and such other numbers or identification marks as
may be thereon. He shall also have in his possession a duly
assigned certificate of title from the owner of said motor
vehicle in accordance with the provisions of another section
of this act, from the time when the motor vehicle is delivered
to him until it has been disposed of by him. Any person Violations
guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section shall deemed
be deemed guilty of a felony and punished by a fine of not penalty.
more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in any
penal institution within this state for not more than three
years, or both at the discretion of the court.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 4, 1923.

felony,

[No. 17.]

AN ACT to repeal act number two hundred eighty-seven of the public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An act to provide for the collection of agricultural statistics by township and city supervisors or other assessing officers," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred twenty-one.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Act number two hundred eighty-seven of the Act public acts of nineteen hundred twenty-one, entitled "An repealed. act to provide for the collection of agricultural statistics by township and city supervisors or other assessing officers," approved May eighteen, nineteen hundred twenty-one, is hereby repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Approved April 6, 1923.

Section amended.

Salary.

[No. 18.]

AN ACT to amend section thirty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the state of Michigan," being section fourteen thousand four hundred ninety-six of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred thirty of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section thirty of act number one hundred eighty-three of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the state of Michigan," being section fourteen thousand four hundred ninety-six of the compiled laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, as amended by act number three hundred thirty of the public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 30. In the seventeenth circuit the stenographer of each division of said court shall be paid an annual salary of three thousand dollars.

Approved April 6, 1923.

Device, etc., filing of description

of.

Proviso.

[No. 19.]

AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the business of furnishing laundered articles for hire.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying towels, coats, aprons, toilet devices, or other kindred articles or supplies, for hire or compensation, used for the purpose of providing cleanliness and sanitation, and which said articles or supplies are, shall, or may have a name, or trade mark or device branded, stamped, marked, sewed or otherwise impressed thereon, may file in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of business is situated, a description of such name, mark or device, and cause such description to be printed once in cach week for three weeks successively in a newspaper published in such county: Provided, That if the principal place