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<br />7G <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 13, 1973 <br /> <br />(e) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle not designed <br />and used for the transportation of passengers shall be determined by the <br />gross weight of the vehicle or combination of the vehicles of which it <br />is a part when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered <br />and licensed and shall be ten cents ($.10) per 100 pounds of weight <br />or major fraction thereof; provided, however, that in no case shall <br />the fee be less than twelve dollars ($12.00). <br /> <br />One-half of the annual tax prescribed by subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), <br />and (e) above shall be collected whenever any license plates are issued <br />during the period beginning on the 1st day of October in any year and ending <br />on the 15th day of January in the same license year, and one-third of such <br />tax shall be collected whenever any license plate is issued after the 15th <br />day of January in any license year. <br /> <br />Provided, however, no motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall be <br />locally licensed unless and until all personal property taxes upon the <br />motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer to be licensed have been paid <br />which have been properly assessed or assessable against the applicant by <br />the City of Martinsville. And the City Treasurer shall compile from his <br />records a list of all persons who have not paid such personal property taxes <br />upon such motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer for the year 1972. <br /> <br />This ordinance shall not apply to residents of another city, town or county <br />in the State of Virginia who have paid a similar license tax to the city, <br />town or county in which they are a resident. The license tax hereby levied <br />shall be due and payable in the office of the City Treasurer or his authorized <br />agent on and after the effective date of this ordinance and the Treasurer <br />or his authorized agent shall supply each licensee with a plate which shall <br />indicate the number of the license and which shall be attached to the vehicle <br />for which the tax was levied and collected. Said license plate shall be <br />placed on the vehicle so that the plate shall be in full view at all times. <br /> <br />Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a <br />misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as herein <br />provided. A~y owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer for which <br />a license tax is required under this ordinance, who fails to display the <br />license plate as required herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon <br />conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars <br />($20.00). <br /> <br />Any ordinance of the City of Martinsville heretofore passed which is in <br />conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed. <br /> <br />An emergency existing, this ordinance shll be in force on March 1, 1973. <br /> <br />Council took official note of the duly-advertised public hearing to be held by the <br /> <br />State Corporation Commission, in the Corporation Courtroom of City Hall, on March <br /> <br />6 and 7. The stated purpose of this hearing is to afford citizens in the Virginia <br /> <br />areas served by Lee Telephone Company a convenient opportunity to express <br />