Tariff of registration fees.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Tariff of registration fees.—(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, each application shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee in accordance with the following tariff: (b) Private automobiles with pneumatic rubber tires, for less than six passengers, the sum of twenty-five pesos; tires. private automobiles with pneumatic tires, for six to eight passengers, the sum of forty pesos. (c) Motor trucks or passenger busses of any classification with pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of two pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (d) Motor trucks or passenger busses of any classification with solid rubber tires or with part solid and part solid number pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of two pesos and fifty centavos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (e) Private motor vehicles with metallic tires in whole or in part, the sum of ten pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (f) Motorcycles of two or three wheels, and bicycles with motor attachments, the sum of eight pesos. (g) Trailers of any classification with pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of one peso per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (h) Trailers of any classification with solid rubber tires or with part solid and part pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of one peso and fifty centavos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (i) Trailers of any classification with metallic tires, the sum of five pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof. (j) The fee for registration of passenger automobiles, trucks and motorcycles under the public utility, garage, or hire classifications shall be two times the fees mentioned for private motor vehicle. (k) Dealers.—No fees shall be charged for the general registration of motor vehicles contemplated under the dealers classification, but in lieu thereof they shall pay the special fees for dealers' number plates provided hereinafter. (l) Registration under the "Government motor vehicle" classifications shall be free of charge, on request of the chief of bureau or office concerned. (m) Tourists bringing their own motor vehicles to the Islands, shall be exempt from payment of registration fees under this Act during but not after the first ninety days of their sojourn. After the first ninety days, they shall be subject to the regular fees, except that the Director of Public Works or his deputies may, in their discretion, require payment of fees in advance for only the fractional part of a year for which the tourist expects to remain in the Islands. (n) Motor vehicles not intended to be operated or used upon any public highway or motor vehicles operated on highways not constructed nor maintained by the Government, or to be placed out of service for any other reason, shall be exempt from payment of the registration fees provided in this Act: Provided, however, That no refund, credit for, or reimbursement of registrations or parts thereof shall be made to any owner on account of a motor vehicle which is taken out of service subsequent to the payment of such registration fees. (o) The maximum allowable gross weight of a motor truck, passenger bus, or trailer, upon which to compute the registration fee therefor, shall be obtained by regulations to be promulgated by the Director of Public Works. The Director of Public Works shall, upon passage of this Act and from time to time thereafter as the needs of the service may require, prepare suitable tables of maximum allowable loads per wheel for different sizes and kinds of tires, and shall issue regulations for the proper use thereof subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, as provided in section four (a) hereof.