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1 MONDAY MAY 20. 1957 .- Where there is more than one :meter in one building and/or residence and utility service is used exclusively by one and the same purchaser, then there shall be only one tax levied for that purchaser. In apartment buildings there shall be a tax levied for each apartment; however, if the building owner resides in the apartment building, then he or she shall pay only one tax for the serving of hie or her apartment and the hallway (including outside and basement). The tax imposed or levied herein shall be in addition to the electric current and power charges and/or water chargee and shall be placed on the bill of each purchaser and current user in addition to the charges for electric power and current and/or water charges and shall be payable at the same time as electric, light, and power bills and/or wa ter bills are payable. 4. The United States of .America, the State of Virginia, and the political subdivisions, boards, commissions, and authorities thereot are hereby exempt from the payment of the tax imposed and levied by this ordinance with respect to the purchase of utility service used by such governmental agencies. ~igiii \35 fil W 5. .Any purchaser failing, refusing, or neglecting to pay the tax hereby imposed or levied shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than dollars; each failure, refusal, neglect or violation and each day's continuance thereof shall constitute a separate offense. And in addition to the fine and penalties hereby imposed, the City Manager and/or person in charge of the utility Service Department of the City shall, upon the failure ot any purchaser to pay the tax hereby levied or imposed, discontinue electric light and power service and/or water service to such purchaser. 6. 'The tax levied or imposed under this ordinance with respect to the purchase of utility service from seller shall be applicable to charges first appearing on bills rendered by seller to purchaser on the first day of July, 1957, and thereafter. 7. That individual designated bJr the Council of the City of Martinsville to collect for utility services shall also be charged with the power and the duty of collecting the taxes levied and imposed hereunder and shall cause the same to be paid into the General Treasury of the City of Martinsville. Upon rec~ndation of City Manager Hirst, Council approved the construction on a shared-cost basis (as per petition received) of curb-and-gutter on both sides of Spruce Street from Parkview Avenue to Hundley Street, Council noting that it would be more feasible as well as economical to construct this curb-and-gutter upon completion of the present Parkview Avenue curb-and-gutter project while the equipment is in that area. Council was adjourned. '.. _Q a..~(~