Section 1138.-AUTOMOBILE DEFINED.-The word "automobile" is compounded of other words taken from the Greek and Latin languages, and modernized in the French language. "Auto" is taken from the Greek, and means self. "Mobile" originates from the Latin mobilis, movable, and comes to us from the French. The two joined make the new word, "automobile," resulting in the expression of something movable, to which we attach by implication the idea of a vehicle. In the statutory law of California, the phrase "motor vehicle" includes all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power. General Law of California, page 636. OF AUTOMO Section 1139. — REGISTRATION BILES. Every owner of automobiles shall, for each automobile owned by him, file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement of his name and address, with a brief description of the vehicle to be registered, including the name of the maker, factory number, style of vehicle and motor power. Blanks are prepared and furnished by the Secretary of State for that purpose. The Secretary of State must file the statement in his office, register the automobile in a book or index kept for the purpose, and assign it a descriptive number. Upon such registration being made, the Secretary of State will issue and deliver to the owner a seal, of aluminum or other suitable metal, circular in form and approximately two inches in diameter, which shall have stamped thereon the words "Registered Motor Vehicle No......., State of California," with the registration number inserted therein; and this seal shall thereafter at all times be conspicuously displayed on the automobile to which the number has been assigned. Upon the sale of a motor vehicle, the vendor, except a manufacturer or dealer, shall within ten days return to the Secretary of State the registration seal affixed to such vehicle. General Law of California, pages 636, 637. Section 1140.-REGISTRATION FEES.-The fee for filing the owner's statement in the office of the Secretary of State and registering the automobile is $2.00. If the automobile had been previously registered, the certificate issued thereon must be returned to the Secretary of State, and in lieu thereof the Secretary will issue to the owner a registration seal containing the number of such previous registration. The registration fee in this case is $1.00. General Law of California, page 637. Section 1141. DISPLAYING THE NUMBER. Every automobile shall at all times have the number assigned to it displayed on the back, in such a manner as to be plainly visible; the numbers to be in Arabic numerals black on a white background, each not less than three inches in height, and each stroke to be in width not less than half an inch, and also as a part of such number the abbreviated name of the state in black on white ground, the letters to be not less than one inch in height. General Law of California, page 637. Section 1142.-MANUFACTURER'S OR DEALER'S REGISTRATION.-A manufacturer of or dealer in automobiles must register one vehicle of each style or type manufactured or dealt in by him, and he will be entitled to as many duplicate registration seals for each type or style so manufactured or dealt in as he may desire on payment of an additional fee of fifty cents for each duplicate seal. If a registration seal and the corresponding number is thereafter affixed to and displayed on each automobile of such type or style, while such automobile is being operated on public highways, this will be deemed a compliance with the law until the automobile shall be sold or let for hire; but this provision does not apply to a motor vehicle employed by a manufacturer or dealer for private use or for hire. General Law of California, page 637. Section 1143. UNLAWFUL USE OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED.-No automobile shall be used or operated upon the public highways which displays a |