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<br />!""4 <br />, <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 13, 1973 <br /> <br />.......--- .': <br /> <br />After the City Manager's explanation that it is necessary to re-adopt annually <br /> <br />an ordinance regulating the collection of automobile license taxes, motion was <br /> <br />made, seconded and carried unanimously that there be adopted an ordinance <br /> <br />as fo llows : <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, <br />in regular meeting assembled, that as provided by the Charter of said <br />City, and for the purpose of providing funds for the maintenance of <br />the streets and highways of said City, there shall be levied and <br />collected a license tax for the City of Martinsville from the owners <br />of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer residing in the City <br />of Martinsville, Virginia, and from every non-resident who is the <br />owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer which is used in a <br />business, employment or profession carried on in said City, other than <br />those exempted by law, for the license period beginning March 1, 1973, <br />which license tax shall be as follows: <br /> <br />(a) The License tax to be paid by the owner of any motor vehicle <br />used in the transportation of passengers not for compensation shall <br />be ten dollars ($10.00) per year, including leased motor vehicles <br />rented or hired by a lessee for a period of at least twelve <br />consecutive months, or longer, under a written lease or written <br />agreement. <br /> <br />(b) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or <br />semi-trailer kept or used for rent or for hire, or operated under <br />a lease without chauffeur for the transportation of passengers, <br />shall be forty-five cents (45~) per 100 pounds of weight or major <br />fraction thereof, but in no case shall the fee be less than ten <br />dollars ($10.00). This section shall not apply to motor vehicles <br />used as common carriers nor shall it apply to motor vehicles rented <br />or hired by a lessee for a period of twelve consecutive months, or <br />longer, under a written lease or written agreement. <br /> <br />(c) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motorcycle shall <br />be three dollars ($3.00) per year, plus two dollars ($2.00) additional <br />if the motorcycle is equipped with a side-car. <br /> <br />(d) The license tax to be paid on each taxi ,cab and other vehicles <br />kept for rent or hire, operated with a chauffeur for the transportation <br />of passengers, shall be ninety cents ($.90) per 100 pounds of weight <br />or major fraction thereof. This does not apply to vehicles used as <br />common carriers. <br />