CALIFORNIA VEHICLE ACT AS AMENDED IN 1929

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"CALIFORNIA VEHICLE ACT AS AMENDED IN 1929"

Entry/Object ID

2004.135.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Green "California Vehicle Act as Amended in 1929," by the Legal Department of the Automobile Club of Southern California (Los Angeles: Automobile Club of Southern California,) 1929. The 173-page document has a green softcover with the title and club logo at the top and the club name at the bottom of the front. Contents of the act, first passed in 1923 and revised every two years since, included definition of terms, division of motor vehicles, violations concerning registration and licenses, miscellaneous notices required, operators' and chauffeurs' licenses, registration and license fees, regulations concerning the construction and equipment of vehicles, regulations as to vehicle operation, miscellaneous offenses, penalties, procedure, reports, fee disposition, fines and forfeitures, and the title and effect of the act. At the back is an index, a list of club departments, a list of club officials and branch offices and, at the front, is a list of officials in the club's legal department and in the branch offices. In good condition, the artifact has spine rubbing, creases at the front along the spine from the cover being opened, page yellowing, folds at the right corners of the first few pages, a loss at the right corners of the front cover and the bottom right corners of the first few pages, light stains on the front cover, and staple tarnish.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Automobile Club of Southern California. Legal Department, Automobiles--Law and legislation--California, Traffic safety--California, Highway law--California

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets