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 680 "Farm tractor ." "Pneumatic tire ." Registration re- quirements. Nonresidents ex- cepted. 43 Stat. 1123. Registration certifi- cates and identifica- tion tags. Dealers ; fee. Vehicles, Gover n- ment owned or in offi- cial use o f fore ign government represent- ative. Duplicates ; issue, fee. Expiration' date of registrations ; excep- tions. Ad van ce registra- tion. Transfer provisions. Regulations to be prescribed. 75TH CONG RESS , 1sT SESSION-CH. 690 --A UGU ST- 17, 193 7 (h) The term "farm tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing implements of agricultural husbandry. (i) The term "pneumatic tire" means a tire inflated with com- pressed air. REGISTRATION Sao. 2 . (a) No motor vehicle shall be operated and no trailer operated or moved on thee public highways of the District of Colum- bia (except motor vehicles or trailers operated by nonresidents, exempted under the provisions of section 8 of the District of Colum- bia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended (D. C. Code, title 6, sec. 245a), and motor vehicles covered by a dealer's registration as provided in subsection (b) (1) of this section) unless registered in the depart- ment of vehicles and traffic of the District of Columbia by the owner thereof. Upon receipt of an application from the owner of a motor vehicle and (except in the case of a motor vehicle covered by sub- section (b) (2) of this section) payment of a registration fee com- puted as provided in section 3, and if there is in force with respect to such motor vehicle a valid certificate of title issued under the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended, the director shall issue to such owner a registration certificate and identification tags for such motor vehicle. (b) The Commissioner s of the Distr ict of Columb ia by regulati on shall provide for the issuance by the director- (1) Annually t o any dealer in motor vehic les, upon pay ment of the fee prescribed in section 3, of a registration certificate and iden tifi cati on t ags bear ing a di stin guis hing dea ler' s ma rk, for interchangeable use on motor vehicles in accordance with regu- lations promulgated by the Commissioners ; (2) Annually, without charge, of certificates of re g~stration and identification tags for all motor vehicles owned by the United States or by the District of Columbia, or officially used by any duly accredited representative of a foreign government ; and (3) Of duplicate registration certificates or duplicate identi- fication tags, upon proof satisfactory to the director of loss, muti- lation, or destruction thereof, upon payment of a fee of $1 for each set of duplicate tags or 50 cents for each duplicate regis- trat ion certificate. (c) All registrations made under this title shall expire at midnight on the last day of the calendar year for which the registrations were made unless the time be extended by the Commissioners. During the last two months of any calendar year registrations may be made for the next ensuing calendar year, and from December 16 to 31, both inclusive, it shall be lawful to operate a motor vehicle registered for the next ensuing year. (d) Upon the sale or other transfer to another owner of any motor vehicle registered under this title, the registration thereof shall expire. The owner selling or otherwise transferring such vehicle may register another motor vehicle for the unexpired portion of the current year upon payment of a fee of $1 and a sum equal to the difference between the registration fee originally paid and the fee computed for such other motor vehicle under section 3, in case the latter is the greater. (e) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and shall prescribe such form of application for registration, such form of registration certificate, such design of