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Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Section eight, article two, chapter two, of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety two is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 8. Tariff or 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, originally manufactured for less than six passengers, the sum of thirty-five pesos, private automobiles with pneumatic tires originally manufactured for six to eight passengers, the sum of sixty pesos.

"(c) Private motor trucks, passenger busses and trailers with pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of three pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof.

"(d) Private motor trucks, passenger busses and trailers with solid rubber tires or with part solid and part pneumatic rubber tires, the sum of five pesos 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 twelve pesos per hundred kilograms of maximum allowable gross weight or fraction thereof.

"(f) Private motorcycles of two or three wheels and bicycles with motor attachments, the sum of twelve pesos.

"(g) The fee for registration of passenger trucks, trailers and motorcycles under the public utility, garage, transportation contractor, or any hire classification shall be two times the fees prescribed for private motor vehicles: Provided, That passenger automobiles under the public utility shall pay the following rates; for less than six passengers, sixty-five pesos; for six to eight passengers, ninety-five pesos.

"(h) 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.

"(i) Registration under the "Government motor vehicle" classifications shall be free of charge, on request of the chief of bureau or office concerned.

"(j) Tourist bringing their own motor vehicles to the Islands, shall be exempt from payment of registration 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 his discretion, require payment of fees in advance for only the fractional part of a year for which the tourists expect to remain in the Islands.

"(k) 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.

"(l) 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 Public Works and Communications, as provided in section four (a) hereof. The registration fees provided in this Act for public utility trucks (T. P. U.) shall be payable in two equal installments, the first to be paid on or before the last day of February, and the second to be paid on or before the last day of July."

SEC. 2. Section seventy-three, article two, chapter four, of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 73. Disposal of moneys collected.—Twenty per centum of the money collected under the provisions of this Act shall accrue to the road and bridge funds of the different provinces and chartered cities in proportion to the cedula sales during the next previous year and the remaining eighty per centum shall be deposited in the Philippine Treasury to create a special fund for the construction and maintenance of national and provincial roads and bridges, as well as the streets and bridges in the chartered cities to be allotted by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications for projects recommended by the Director of Public Works in the different provinces and chartered cities in the following proportion:

"Twenty per cent in proportion to the combined length of first and second-class roads maintained throughout the next previous year.

"Twenty per cent in proportion to land area.

"Twenty per cent in proportion to the number of motor vehicles owned in the province or city.

"Twenty per cent at the discretion of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications for maintenance and improvement of important roads and bridges supporting heavy motor vehicle traffic.

"For the purposes of this Act, the subprovinces of Catanduanes and Siquijor shall be considered as separate provinces, independent from the Provinces of Albay and Oriental Negros, respectively."

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, nine-teen hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, November 3, 1936.