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4 TUESDAY FEJRUARY 14, 1956 Mr. Charles C. Broun, on behalf of the ovmers of Farmers 1jfarehouse property, by letter of February 9th requested. the City to construct a sidewallc on the north side of East Main street between Bryant IS Sports Center and Sanitary Barber Shop--in front of the Farmers Warehouse property--in consideration of which the petitioners agreed to share in the cost of sai.d construction and, also, to deed such additional right-of-way as would be needed by the Ci-bJ. Council authorized City Manager Mathewson to proceed with this construction vThen and as funds and time permit. To provide for the levy and collection of license taxes from local motor vehicle owners for the license year begi~~ing March 15, 1956, Council placed the following ordinance on f~st reading: 1.1 ~~ i AN ORDINANCE '1'0 PROVIDE FOR THE lliVY AND CO LLECTION OF A LICENSE TAX FROll OWNEHS OF ?.wTOR VEHIcIES, TRl,IIEHS, AND SEMI-TRAIlliRS OPEPJ'I.'lED IN THE CITY OF MAR'f[ If3VILIE, VIRGIlJIA Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular mmeting asserribled, that as provided by the Charter of said City, and for the purpose of providing funds 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 tho owner of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer residing in the City of Martinsville, Vir;in.ia, 2....'1d from every non-resident who is the O'lmer of a J:1otor vehicle, 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, 1956, 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 passengers not for compensation shall be six dollars ($6.00) per year; the fee for motorcycles shall be three dollars (~~3 .00) per year, and two dollars ($2.00) additional for each s ide car. (b) The license tax to be paid on each J:1otor vehicle, trailer, or semi- trailer kept or u..sed for rent or hire for transport2.tion of passengers or property shall be twenty-f:ive dollars ($25.00) per year. (c) The license tax to be paid on each motor vehicle, trailer, or semi- tr8.iler used or desir;ned 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 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.