Snook

This is a suit to restrain the enforcement of certain provisions of the California Vehicle Act (St. 1923, p. 517, as amended by St. 1927, p. 1708). The plaintiffs are corporations and individuals operating motor vehicles exclusively within the limits of incorporated cities of the state and make no use of the highways of the state, except the streets of the cities in which they operate. The defendant is Chief of Division of Motor Vehicles in the state, and by virtue of his office is charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of the Vehicle Act. Section 77(a) of the act (St. 1923, p. 536, as amended by St. 1927, p. 1708) prescribes a registration fee of $3 for the registration of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, except those which are exempted by the act, to be paid at the time application is made for registration. Section 77(b) (as amended by St. 1927, p. 1708), prescribes an additional registration fee for the registration of every electric passenger motor vehicle, and for the registration of every electric motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of passengers for hire or for the transportation of property; the additional fee…