Chap. 252.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2136 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [H B 189]
Approved March 15, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-one hundred and thirty-six of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2136. Owner parting with machine; purchase of another;
unlawful use of number plate or certificate and license—Should the
owner part with the machine during the year for which the certificate
of registration and license were issued, he shall immediately notify
the secretary of the Commonwealth of such sale, and return to him
the certificate and license. Should the owner disposing of his machine
aforesaid, purchase another during that year, the secretary of the
Commonwealth shall transfer the old number to the new machine
and issue a new certificate and license for the new machine on the
payment of a fee of one dollar, provided the new machine require
no greater license fee than that paid for the old machine, but should
the new machine require a greater license fee than that paid for the
old license, the secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to make
the transfer on the payment of the difference between the license paid
and that required for the new machine. Should the owner, disposing
of his machine, desire the license transferred to the purchaser, the
secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to make the same on a
receipt of a request in writing from the person in whose name the
license was issued and the fee for such transfer shall be one dollar. It
shall be unlawful for any person to use a certificate or license on a
machine for which it was not issued when the person in possession is
the bona fide owner of such car. No prosecution shall be instituted
under this section until five days shall have elapsed from the time
the owner has parted with the machine, and should a prosecution be
instituted after such five days it shall be deemed a sufficient com-
pliance with the section if application for transfer of license has been
made within five days from the time the owner has parted with the
machine.