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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 131. 1924. 109 (b) Owners of electrically driven and steam operated motor ve- °*h¤¤’ Power ¤¤¤¢<¤ hicles shall be charged the following annual registration fees: v°m°1°s` All motor vehicles operated by steam, $15 per annum. St°°m' Electrically driven passenger-carrying vehicles, $11 per annum. El°°m° p°SS°°g°r` Electrically operated trucks, having one thousand pounds or less El°°m° mm' rated carrying capacity, a minimum charge of $20 per annum, plus $2 for each additional one thousand pounds or less rated carrying capacity. (c) The registration fee shall be paid to the collector of taxes. Identincationrasson Upon the payment of any such registration fee there shall be issued °°Ym°"°°"°°‘ for the motor vehicle two identification t of such design and a regibsgation certificate in such form as theaglommissioners may prescm (d) All re istration fees collected durin an iiscal year shall F°°‘.m‘°m"°, Wd “"° be paid into 510 Treasury of the United Sties tg the credit of the i>lmU¤i¢¤<1 gtigwcrggig 1111111111 seas 8Ild to the 111-111111 or the D111111111 of Columbia 111 the 21‘Z,$,‘Z$‘i§‘,$,&.‘;£,?2£:;i same proportions as appropriations for the District of Columbia are paid from the Treasu of the United States and from the revenues of the District of Cidlumbia during the fiscal year in which th‘§f°°S “"’1$1Tu°°iid‘ 11 1 ed .1 Hi ll used 11 11 ¤ ,,,= ,_··;·=»·· nc. 13. at a motor ve ices own an o cia the °'°“"““°" '°· United States or by the District of Columbia shall cirry regiTstra— mnt to om, tion tags of the same character and the operator of any such motor vehicle shall be subject to the same regulations and provisions as apply to all other motor vehicles operated within the District of N cmé M wl, Columbia, all such registration tags and all registration certificates 11:11.° to be furnished without charge. Sec. 14. That when under authority of law gasoline or other mE,§l°’,;,{,,; 2,‘f.'°"‘Z motor—vehicle fuel is sold b an agency of the United States within vm ¤¤ ¤ M hm E the District of Columbia, for use in privately owned vehicles, such ` agency of the United States shall, by agreement with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, arrange for the collection of the tax of 2 cents per gallon herein authorized to be imfposed, and for accounting to the collector of taxes of the District o Columbia for the proceeds of such tax collections. Sec. 15. That all prosecutions for violations of the provisions of °,,§§°°"°°"“"’°“°° this Act or regulations rescribed thereunder may be in the police court of the District of) Columbia, upon information filed by the corporation conmsel of the District of Columbia or any of his ass1stants; and all suits for the collection of any tax or pena ty under ,,§_“§‘,§_'°" °°"°°"°“ °° this Act or such regulations shall be instituted by the corporation counsel or an of his assistants. Sec. 16. Tliiat nothing in this Act shall be construed in any wise ,,};‘g°°$‘§1,§1“,§‘},§}'§°;§f to affect the rovisions of paragraphs 11, 13, and 14 of section 7 •¢g,;){*¤3;·¤¤¤g2*•{*· of the Act of Congress relating to license taxes, approved July 1, p` ` 1902. Sec. 17. (la) That the provisions of this Act relating to the tax wIé:°yL'·¤ °“°°“"° *“ on motor-ve icle fuels shall take effect 30 days after the enactment ` of this Act. (b) The rovisions of this Act relating to the registration tax on ,Bc¥g§§S};*;gg";y motor vehicles shall take eifect January 1, 1925; and the provisions r11r111111p1111v111111118111- of·the twenty-ninth paragraph under the heading “Contingent and p°%]§fi‘1,11,p_ 11112, - Miscellaneous Expenses ” in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the Hscal year 1918, except the third, fourth, an fn h provisos thereof, are repealed. _ mms etc U, (c) Any violation of any rilrovision of law or regulation issued v1.,1,,11,,m.,1p;1.¤1§ws thereunder which is repealed y this Act, and any liability arising °°""““'°‘*· under such provisions or regulations maly, if the violation occurred or the liabihty arose prior to such repea, be prosecuted or enforced to the same extent as if this Act had not been enacted.