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 1122 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Srss. II. Ch. 443. 1925. manner as not to jeopardize the safety of individuals or property. E¤¤¤*¤¤**°¤¤·°*°· The director shall cause each applicant to be examined as to his knowledge of the traiiic regulations of the District and shall require the applicant to give a practical demonstration of his ability to operate a motor vehicle within a congested portion of the District and in the presence of such individuals as he may authorize to conduct the demonstration, except that upon the renewal of any such operator’s permit such examination and demonstration ma be waived P°'*°d ‘°’· in the discretion of the director. Operators’ permits shall be issued for a period not in excess of one year expiring on March 31st, and shall be renewable for periods of one year upon compliance with such regulations and the payment of such fee, not exceeding $1, as Fw- the Director of Trailic may prescribe. The fee for any such permit shall be $2 except that in case of any permit which will expire within less than six months of the date of its issuance the fee shall L°“‘*’°“"““‘· be $1. In case of the loss of an operat0r’s ermit the individual to whom such permit was issued shall Eirthwith notify the director, who shall furnish such individual with a duplicate _ permit. The fee for each ·such duplicate permit shall be 50 ‘*‘°*°°°" '°°°'i°°‘°“‘ cents. No operator’s permit shall be issued to any individual under 16 years of age; and no such permit shall be issued to any individual 16 years of age or over but under 18 years of age for the operation of any motor vehicle other than a passenger vehicle used solely for purposes of pleasure and owned by such individual or his parent or guardian, or a motor cycle, or a motor bicycle. D°*°““°"¥’°““*“· (b) Each operator’s permit shall (1) state the name and address _ of the holder, together with such other matter as the director may by regulation prescribe, and (2) contain his signature and space for the notation of convictions for violations of the traiiic laws of the District. ,,§gj,°"‘:“‘°“ ""’°“ °*" (c) Any individual to whom has been issued a permit to operate a motor vehicle shall have such permit in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle in the District and shall exhibit such permit to anfy police officer when demand is made _ _ therefor. Any individual ailing to comply with the provisions of "“"’_‘°"“““‘°· this subdivision shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less ·§°§,Q"C,§§{Q,,,,,,i,,,S H, than $2 nor more than $40: Provided, That this shall not apply to °¤P'¢d- transient visitors from States in the Union. h°{§g_;*rg¤¤¤ *0 ¤¤>¤€¤° (d) The director shall provide by regulation for the issuance ` without charge, upon application therefor, of operators’ permits under the provisions of this Act to individuals in possession of operators’ permits issued to such individuals in the District prior to the enactment of this Act. Such permits shall be issued with or without the examination and practical demonstration provided in subdivision (a) of this section, as the director may deem advisable. _ All such permits shall expire on March 31, 1926. wf§,§’,$,§*;‘¥‘§,,‘§m,,‘{,°§,‘§"d€ (e) No individual shall operate a motor vehicle in the District, den- except as provided in section 8, without having first obtained an 0perat0r’s permit issued under the rovisions of this Act. Any individual violating aniy provision og this subdivision shall, upon P"“““’ ""· conviction thereof, be ned not more than $500 or imprisoned for Licenses etc mr not more than one gear, or both. _ _ _ _ _ Damage, ~,€h,c,;,, ,0,, (f) othing in is Act shall reheve any individual from compl1· ¤iy;0g¤;,¤!;¤¢,§§¤· ance with the Act entitled, “An Act to amend the license law, ap- ° ’ ' proved July first, nineteen hundred and two, with respect to licenses of drivers of passenger vehicles for hire," approved January 29, 1913.