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<br />cases where the number is not properly displayed the delinquent
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<br />shall be fined not less than $1.50 nor more than $5.00.
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<br />In the discharge of the duty thus imposed the Chief shall
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<br />have authority to call to his aid the several members of his force.
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<br />General Provisions.
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<br />117. A like license shall be required of any firm, joint stock
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<br />company or corporation as provided for in this ordinance for a
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<br />person or firm.
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<br />118. The Tax haws of Virginia shall be the authority for
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<br />interpreting the subjects as taxed under this ordinance, in so far
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<br />as it may contain similar subjects.
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<br />119. On every license for which a tax shall not have been pro-
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<br />vided for in this ordinance, the tax shall be the same as that
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<br />required by the State Tax haws.
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<br />120. Any person, firm or corporation, conducting a business,
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<br />occupation or profession for the conduct of which a license tax
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<br />is required under this ordinance, without first obtaining such
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<br />license, if no specific fine is imposed for such violation, shall be
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<br />fined not less than $2.50 nor more than $10 for each day he is
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<br />in default. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Revenue
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<br />and Treasurer to report in writing to the Mayor every case of
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<br />default as soon as it comes to his knowledge and the Commis-
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<br />sioner of Revenue shall also report to the Finance Committee
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<br />the name, location and business of every person in default; and
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<br />if there be no default he shall so report. And it shall be the duty,
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<br />of the Mayor, immediately upon receipt of such report, to detail
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<br />a policeman, and cause such delinquent to be summoned before
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<br />the Police Justice to show cause why they should not be fined
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<br />under provisions of this ordinance. But the special detail of a
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<br />policeman shall not relieve the general force from the general
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<br />duty of enforcing this or any other ordinance; and the Mayor
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<br />shall especially see that all the requirements of this ordinance
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<br />are enforced, and to this end he shall, at least once a month,
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<br />especially require the police force to investigate violations of
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<br />this ordinance.
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<br />121. The Commissioner of the Revenue shall receive for each
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<br />license issued by him a fee of seventy-five cents, to be paid by
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<br />the party to whom said license is issued.
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<br />122. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Revenue
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<br />to keep a book, in which he shall classify all the branches of
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<br />business and occupation upon which a license is imposed by this
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<br />ordinance, and show the amount of assessment made upon each
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<br />license, the name of the person assessed, and the period for
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<br />which such license was issued.
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<br />On the first day of December, March, June and September
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<br />of each year he shall deliver to the Finance Committee extracts
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<br />from said book showing the entries therein made and the total
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<br />amount of licenses collected during the preceding three months,
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<br />properly classified. These extracts shall be certified under oath.
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<br />123. The taxes on licenses accruing under the provisions of
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<br />this ordinance shall be due and payable, except where otherwise
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<br />herein provided, on or before the thirteenth day of April, 1915,
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<br />and shall be paid by the person against whom assessed to the
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<br />Treasurer of the city in his office on or before the first day of
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<br />May.
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<br />124. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, relating to licenses
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<br />in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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<br />Adopted by the Common Council April 12, 1917,
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<br />Ayes: Elliott, Forrest, Gleason, Graves,
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<br />Long, Souder and Wingfield. (7),Noes, none,
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<br />Concurred in Board of Aldermen April. 16, 1917,
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<br />Ayes: Bolling, Harris, Timberlake and Walker
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<br />Presented and approved April 17, 1917.
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<br />Mayor's Signature.
<br />City Council Signature.
<br />President Common Council Signature.
<br />President Board of Aldermen.
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<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE0ENACTING SEC. 176 OF THE CITY CODE ENTILTED,
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<br />BICYCLES, AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES:
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, THE COMMON COUNCIL CONCURRING,
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<br />That Section 176 of the City Code be, and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
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<br />to read as follows:
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<br />Section 176. BICYCLES, AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES.
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<br />No bicycle or similar machine shell be used over the sidewalks of the City and
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<br />no automobile, bicycle or similar machine shall be operated over the streets at a
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<br />greater rate of speed than fifteen miles an hour under any conditions, nor at any
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<br />Pate of speed which the conditions in the streets wculd make unsafe. Every such
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<br />vehicle shall be provided with a bell, gong or horn of the usual type which stall be
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<br />sounded at street crossings and whenever necessary to the safety of any person using
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<br />the streets, but at no other times and no bicycle or motorcycle, shall be used over
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<br />the streets after nightfall without a lighted lamp on the front and no automobile shall
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<br />be used over the streets after nightfall unless it shall be provided with at least
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<br />one lighted lamp on the front, showing a white light in the direction in which it is
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<br />going such light to be dimmed in such manner as not to be blinding to the operator
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<br />of any other car or any person meeting same, and also one red light in the rear visable
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<br />for a reasonable distance. No automobile shall be parked on the city
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<br />without showing a red light in the rear visible for a reasonable distance.
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<br />No person under the age of fifteen years shall be permitted to operate an auto-
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<br />mobile or other motor vehicle within the city limits.
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<br />An violation of any provisions of this section as far as it relates to auto-
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<br />mobiles shall a punished by a fine of not less than $1.00 or more than $100.00
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<br />and as far as it relates to other machines, by a fine of not less than $1.00 or more
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