Section 3
SEC. 3. Every person who owns or possesses a motor vehicle shall within sixty days after the date on which this Act becomes effective file in the office of the Director of Public Works or in the office of the district engineer for each motor vehicle owned or possessed by him a statement of his name, place of residence and address, a brief description of each such motor vehicle including the name, style, or type thereof, the name or title of the makers, the number, if any, stamped upon or affixed by the makers to the same, the number of wheels, the character of the motive power, and the amount thereof stated in figures of horsepower. and such other information including the number and date of his cedula and the place where the same was issued, as the Director of Public Works may require. Such statement shall be regarded as an application for the official registration of such motor vehicle. Every person acquiring a motor vehicle not registered under the provisions of this Act after the same is effective shall file a like statement within thirty-six hours after he has acquired such motor vehicle.