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<br />21G <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 22, 1974 <br /> <br />Martinsville City Council met in regular semi-monthly meeting at 7:30 P. M. on January 22, <br /> <br />1974, in Council Chambers, with Mayor West presiding. Present were: Francis T. West, <br /> <br />Mayor; H. L. Boaz, Vice Mayor; W. D. Hartford, W. D. Hobson, and Morton W. Lester. <br /> <br />Approval was given to the minutes of the regular meeting which had been held on January 8; <br /> <br />of the adjourned meeting which had been held on January 16; and, of the called meeting <br /> <br />which had been held on January 21, 1974. <br /> <br />Mayor West recognized the presence of Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Sutton, and recognized the thirty- <br /> <br />seven years of service Mr. Sutton had rendered to the citizens of Martinsville, as an <br /> <br />employee of the City Public Works Department. <br /> <br />Council, in keeping with a recent authorization to convert the metal tag system of City <br /> <br />license tags for automobiles to a system using windshield decals, and on motion made, <br /> <br />seconded and carried unanimously, amended and re-enacted an ordinance to provide for the <br /> <br />levy and collection of a license tax from owners of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers <br /> <br />operated in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and providing punishment for violation <br /> <br />thereof. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF A LICENSE TAX FROM OWNERS OF <br />MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AND SEMI-TRAILERS OPERATED IN THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE, <br />VIRGINIA, AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION THEREOF <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular <br />meeting assembled, that as provided by the Charter of said City, and for the <br />purpose of providing funds for the maintenance of the streets and highways of <br />said City, there shall be levied and collected a license tax for the City of <br />Martinsville from the owners of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer <br />residing in the City of Martinsville, Virginia, and from every non-resident <br />who is the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer which is used in <br />a business, employment or profession carried on in said City, other than those <br />exempted by law, for the license year beginning March 1, 1974, which license <br />tax shall be as follows: <br />