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Q. I I X Q!'. M!!! I I Ii 2 Y I b b fd, y: I B 9. 1 ! I ! ,- AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1l!,\TY AND COLLECTION OF A LICENSE TAX FROM OWNERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AND SEHI-TRAILERS OPERATED IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled, that as provided by the Charter of said City, and for the purpose of providing a fund for the maintenance of the streets and highways of said City, there shall be levied and collected a license tax for the City of Martinsville from the ovmer of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer residing in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and from overy non-resident who is the o\omer of a motor vehi~le, trailer, or semi-trailer which is used in a business, employment or profession carried on in said City, other than those exempted by law, for the year beginning March 15, 1954, which license tax shall be as follows: (a) The license tax to be paid by the owner of any motor vehicle used in the transportation of passongors not for compensation shall be six dollars ($6.00) per year; the fee for motorcycles shan be throe dollars (~3.00) per year, and two dollars ($2.00) additional for each side car. (b) The license tax to bo paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer kept or used for rent or hire for transportation of passengers or property shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year. (c) The license tax to be paid on oach motor vehicle, trailor, or semi-trailer used or designed for the transportation of property shall be twelve dollars ($12.00) per year. One-half of the annual tax prescribed by subsections (a), (b), and (c) above shall be collected whenever any license plates arc issued during tho period beginning on tho 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. _. This ordinance shall not apply to residents of another city or town in the State of Virginia who have paid a similar license tax to tho oity or town in which they are a resident. The license tax hereby levied shall be duo and payable to the office of the City Treasurer on and after the offective date of this ordinance and the Troasurer shall supply each licensoc with a plate which shall indicate the number of the license and which shall be attached to tho vehicle for which the tax was levied and collected. Said liconse plate shall be placed on the vehicle so that tho plate shall be in full view at all times. .- Any ovmor of a motor vehicle, trailer, or somi-trailer, for which a license tax is required under this ordinanco who has not paid the license tax on or bofore April 15, 1954, or who has operated a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer on the stro€ts and highways of the City of Martinsville for a period of thirty (30) days without having paid tho license tax herein levied shall be subject to a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which shall not relieve such owner of the duty to pay the license tax. Any ordinance of the City of Martinsville heretofore passed which is in conflict ,. i..L .L,_.! _ __..:J..t_,..___ ~ f"t ~~.,..er.,",,.J' .,.()........~~l~rl_