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, 1 -1- TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1972 (a) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motor vehicle used in the transportation of passengers not for compensation shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per year, including leased motor vehicles rented or hired by a lessee for a period of at least twelve consecutive months, or longer, under a written lease or written agreement. (b) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer kept or used for rent or for hire, or operated under a lease without chauffeur for the transportation of passengers, shall be forty-five cents (45~) per 100 pounts of weight or major fraction thereof, but in no case shall the fee be less than ten dollars ($10.00). This section shall not apply to motor vehicles used as common carriers nor shall it apply to motor vehicles rented or hired by a lessee for a period of twelve consecutive months, or longer, under a written lease or written agreement. (c) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motorcycle shall be three dollars ($3.00) per year, plus two dollars ($2.00) additional if the motorcycle is equipped with a side-car. (d) The license tax to be paid on each taxi cab and other vehicles kept for rent or hire, operated with a chauffeur for the transportation of passengers, shall be ninety cents ($.90) per 100 pounds of weight or major fraction thereof. This does not apply to vehicles used as common carriers. (e) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle not designed and used for the transportation of passengers shall be determined by the gross weight of the vehicle or combination of the vehicles of which it is a part when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed and shall be ten cents ($.10) per 100 pounds of weight or major fraction thereof; provided, however, that in no case shall the fee be less than twelve dollars ($12.00). One-half of the annual tax prescribed by subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) above shall be collected whenever any license plates are issued during the period beginning on the 1st day of October in any year and ending on the 15th day of January in the same license year, and one-third of such tax shall be collected whenever any license plate is issued after the 15th day of January in any license year. Provided, however, no motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall be locally licensed unless and until all personal property taxes upon the motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer to be licensed have been paid which have been properly assessed or assessable against the applicant by the City of Martinsville. And the City Treasurer shall compile from his tax records a list of all persons who have not paid such personal property taxes upon such motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer for the year 1971.