paid by salary, two dollars shall be paid into the city or county treasury, for the use of the county. Section 4. Every registration certificate issued must contents of certicontain the name of the owner or owners, the name of ficate. the manufacturer, the manufacturers' number, the date of registry, the name of the prothonotary issuing it, and the name and seal of the county in which the registry was made, with the number of the book and page in which it is entered. The registration of such motor-vehicle shall not be valid until the certificate, so issued, is posted in a place in the motor-vehicle, Posting of certiso registered, where it can be readily examined, and the registration number is posted in a conspicuous place upon the back of the said vehicle; and the registry shall be null and void if the motor-vehicle is used or operated upon the public highways, as aforesaid, when either the certificate or number are removed therefrom. cate and regis tration number. Section 5. No person or persons shall be allowed to use, operate or drive any motor-vehicle, as aforesaid, upon any of the public highways of the cities, boroughs, counties or townships of this Commonwealth at a speed greater than eight miles an hour, within Limit of speed. the corporate limits of any of the cities and boroughs; outside the corporate limits of any city or borough, as aforesaid, the rate of speed shall not exceed one mile in three minutes: Provided, however, That upon Proviso. sharp curves, sharp declines, upon the immediate approach of any person or team, and at the intersection of any cross-road, the speed shall not exceed one mile in six minutes: And provided further, That nothing Proviso. in this section shall permit any person or persons to drive an automobile at a greater speed than is reasonable, regarding traffic, danger or injury to property, at any time or at any place. Section 6. No person shall be allowed to use or operate any such motor-vehicle upon any of the public highways aforesaid, until the owner thereof shall have procured a license from the treasurer of one License. of the cities or counties of this Commonwealth. Term of. Section 7. No license issued as aforesaid shall be valid for a longer period than one year. They may be issued on the first day of January, or at any time thereafter, but shall expire on the thirty-first day of December next ensuing. The annual license fee shall Fee. be three dollars, and shall be paid to the city or county treasurer, for the benefit of such city or county. The treasurer of the city or county in which the treasurers are paid by fees shall be entitled to receive a commission of five per centum upon all such license fees paid into his hands, which shall be in full compensation for his services in issuing the license: Pro- Proviso. vided, That this amount of license shall not apply to any city or other municipality in which the authori Display of registered number. Lamps. Signal device. Right of way. License shall be shown. Duty of constables and police officers. Proviso. Ball. ties have imposed a license fee for the same purpose: And provided further, That no person shall be required to pay a license fee in more than one city or municipality, in any one year. Section 8. Every person using or operating a motorvehicle upon the public highways, as aforesaid, shall have displayed in a conspicuous place on the back of such motor-vehicle, in large numerals, not less than three inches square, the number under which it is registered. Every such automobile shall carry, during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, at least two lighted lamps, showing white lights, visible at least one hundred feet in the direction towards which such automobile is proceeding, and shall also exhibit at least one red light, visible in the reverse direction. Every automobile shall also be provided with good and efficient brake or brakes, and shall also be provided with bell, horn or other signal device. He shall sound a gong or other alarm when approaching a street-crossing or road-crossing; and shall have no more right of way, or preference as to the use of such street or road than the driver of the vehicle about to be passed, but shall stop the motor-vehicle, when signaled to do so by the driver of any horse or other animal, until the ani mal or animals have passed. Section 9. Every person so licensed shall carry with him, when using or operating such motor-vehicle upon the public highways as aforesaid, his license, and when so required by any constable or police officer of the Commonwealth shall produce the same and the certificate of registration for inspection. Section 10. It shall be the duty of the constables and police officers of the cities, boroughs and townships of this Commonwealth to arrest, upon view and without a warrant, any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this act: Provided, That in the event of an arrest for a violation of any of the provisions of this act, if the defendant is unable to give sufficient bail for a hearing or for his appearance to answer at court, the magistrate before whom he Custody of vehicle. is first taken shall, in lieu of such bail, hold in custody the motor-vehicle found in the possession of the defendant; and the court, after the trial of the defendant, if no sufficient bail according to law has been given in the meantime, shall make such order as to the disposition of such motor-vehicle as may seem to it just and proper. Civil action for damages. Service. Section 11. All civil actions for damages arising from the use and operation of any motor-vehicle as aforesaid, shall be brought in the city or county in which the alleged damages were sustained, and service of process shall be made by the sheriff, in person or by deputy, in any part of the Commonwealth, in like manner as process may now be served in the proper county. Section 12. Any owner, lessee, bailor, bailee, operator, or user of any moter-vehicle, as aforesaid, viola- Violation. ting any of the provisions of this act, shall, in addition to his, her or their civil liability, be deemed guilty of Fine and penalty. a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall, for Misdemeanor. each and every offense, be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding thirty days. act. Section 13. This act shall not apply to any race- Application of course or private road, nor to any passenger railways or steam railroads confined to tracks, nor to steam or other street-rollers, nor to any of the motor-vehicles which any manufacturer or vendor of automobiles may have in stock for sale and not for his private use or for hire. Approved-The 23d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 203. AN ACT To designate the number of school directors to be elected in the several boroughs of the Commonwealth not divided into wards; to provide for their election, and for the filling of vacancies, and to fix the length of term for which they shall serve. vided into wards. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the number of Boroughs not dimembers of any school-board of boroughs not divided into wards shall be six. school directors. Section 2. That it shall be lawful for the qualified Election of voters of the boroughs of this Commonwealth which are not divided into wards, and boroughs not now enjoying this right by special statutes, at the first election for borough officers next ensuing the passage of this act, to elect two school directors to serve for one year, two to serve for two years, and two to serve for three years; and annually thereafter to elect, for a term of three years' duration, as many school directors as may be necessary to fill the places of those whose terms of office are about to expire. ballot. Section 3. At the first election for borough officers Designation on next ensuing the passage of this act, the qualified voters shall designate on their ballots for what length of time the persons thereon named shall serve, whether for one, two or three years. Vacancies. Proviso. Directors elected under former laws. Appointment by the court. Section 4. That the members of any board of school directors shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur therein by death, resignation, removal from the borough or otherwise, until the next annual election for school directors, when such vacancy shall be filled by electing a qualified citizen to supply the same for the balance of the unexpired term: Provided, That the qualified voters shall designate on their ballots that the person or persons thereon named are voted for to fill an unexpired term. Section 5. The school directors now in office, under existing laws, shall act conjointly with those who are to be elected under the provisions hereof at the first election for borough officers next ensuing the pas sage of this act, and act until the expiration of the term of said school directors now in office; but after their places have become vacant, either by a lapse of time or otherwise, their places shall not again be filled, and the office shall henceforth be at an end. Section 6. After the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the judges of the courts of quarter sessions of the several counties to fill the offices created by this act, by the appointment of proper persons residing in the said boroughs, and the persons so appointed shall hold office until their successors are chosen at the next election of borough officers. Section 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent here with are hereby repealed. Approved-The 23d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 204. AN ACT To amend the first section of an act, entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations, approved April twentynine, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four,' authorizing the formation of corporations for profit by voluntary association of three or more persons, one of whom, at least, must be a citizen of this Commonwealth," said supplement approved the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one; and to extend the provisions of said act to all corporations for profit embraced within corporations of the second class, defined in section two (2) and the various supplements to section two (2), of the act of April twentyninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and confirming all charters granted under the said supplements, to corporations which have been formed under the various supplements to the said section two (2) of the act of April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, by the association of three or more persons, one of whom at least was a citizen of this Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one (1) of an act, entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regu lation of certain corporations, approved April twentyninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four,' authorizing the formation of corporations for profit by the voluntary association of three or more persons, one of whom, at least, must be a citizen of this Commonwealth," which supplement was approved May twenty-ninth, one thousand nine hundred and one, which reads as follows: "That hereafter corporations for profit, embraced within corporations of the second class, defined in section two (2) of the act to which this is a supplement, may be formed under the provisions of said act, by the voluntary association of three or more persons, and the charter of an intended corporation must be subscribed by two or more persons, one of whom, at least, must be a citizen of this Commonwealth," shall be and the same is amended to read as follows: Section 1, act of for amendment. May 29, 1901, cited Association of three or more persons. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter corporations for profit, embraced within corporations of the second class, defined in section two (2) and the various supplements to said section two (2) of the act to which this is a supplement, may be formed, under the provision of said act, by voluntary association of three or more persons, and the charter of an intended corporation must be subscribed by two or more persons, one of whom, at least, must be a citizen of this Commonwealth. All corporations formed under the provisions of the several supplements of section two (2) of the act of April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, by the voluntary association of three or more persons, and the charter of said corporations having been subscribed by not less than two persons, one of whom was a citizen of this Commonwealth, and in which charters have been granted by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed, to the same extent as though confirming chartthe said several supplements to the act of April twentyninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy- four, had been a part and parcel of the original section two (2) of the act of April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. Ratifying and ers granted. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent Repeal. herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved-The 23d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. 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