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52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.- CH. 223-MAY 16, 193S SEC. 4 . (a) Paragraph (c) of section 2 of title IV of such Act is Motor vehic istration. amended to read as follows: 50 Stat. 680. "(c) Every registration under this title on or before the last day Expiration of February 1939 shall expire at midnight on the last day of February 1939, unless otherwise provided, and unless the time be extended by the Commissioners. Every registration under this title thereafter, unless otherwise provided, and unless the time be extended by the Commissioners, shall expire on the last day of February next suc- ceeding the date of registration. Every such registration shall be Renewals. renewed annually upon application made by the owner during the months of January and February, and by payment of the fees required by law, such renewal to take effect on the 1st day of March of each year. During the month of February it shall be lawful to operate a motor vehicle registered for the ensuing year commencing March 1 following. It shall be lawful to operate a motor vehicle Registrati registered for the year 1938 during the months of January and 1938;expirtio February 1939." (b) Paragraph (d) of section 2 of title IV of such Act is amended 50 stat. 680. to read as follows: "(d) Upon the sale or other transfer to another owner of any Transfer pn motor vehicle registered under this title, the registration thereof shall expire. The owner selling or otherwise transferring such vehicle may Fee. register another motor vehicle for the unexpired portion of the reg- istration 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 lat- ter is the greater. Upon the death of a joint owner of a motor vehicle Survivor registered under this title the registration thereof shall be transferred ownership. to the survivor or survivors and the fee for such transfer shall be $1." (c) Section 3 of title IV of such Act is amended to read as follows: 6 tat. 681. "SEC. 3. (a) There shall be levied, collected, and paid for each RegistratioI registration year for each motor vehicle operated in the District of Columbia and for each trailer operated or moved in the District of Columbia required to be registered hereunder the registration fees Clsses. provided in this section. "(b) Class A. For each gasoline-propelled passenger vehicle, Class A including passenger vehicles licensed under paragraph 31 (b) or par- agraph 31 (d) of section 7 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, approved July 1, 1902, as amended by the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1932- "(1) When wholly equipped with pneumatic tires, the manufac- turer's shipping weight of which is not more than three thousand five hundred pounds, $5; more than three thousand five hundred pounds and not more than four thousand five hundred pounds, $8; over four thousand five hundred pounds, $12. "(2) When wholly or partially equipped with other than pneu- matic tires, double the above fees. "Class B. For each gasoline-propelled truck, tractor, and passenger- class B. carrying vehicle for hire having a seating capacity of eight passen- gers or more in addition to the driver or operator, with the exception of passenger vehicles licensed under paragraph 31 (b) of section 7 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, approved July 1, 1902, as amended by the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1932- "(1) When wholly equipped with pneumatic tires, the manufac- turer's shipping weight of the chassis plus the weight of the cab and body is not more than two thousand pounds, $15; more than two thousand pounds and not more than four thousand pounds, $20; more than four thousand pounds and not more than six thousand 359 'les, reg- late. on for ,n. wvisions. of joint i fees.