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114. Vehicles.
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<br />On every two horse hack, phaeton, omnibus or drag used for
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<br />hire, ten dollars ($10).
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<br />On every one-horse buggy, phaeton, surrey, dray, used for
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<br />hire, five dollars ($5).
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<br />On every two -horse wagon or dray, with or without springs,
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<br />used for hire, eight dollars ($8).
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<br />On every one-horse wagon, dray or cart, used for hire, six
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<br />dollars ($6) .
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<br />On every automobile used for hire, twenty dollars ($20).
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<br />Garages paying the license tax as provided in section 50 of this
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<br />ordinance shall not be liable to this license.
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<br />Any person desiring to surrender a license for a one-horse
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<br />vehicle and have issued therefor license for a two -horse vehicle,
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<br />shall be entitled to a credit for the unexpired part of the license
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<br />surrendered.
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<br />Any person, non-resident, hauling goods, or letting his vehicle
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<br />or vehicles out for hire on the public streets of this city, shall be
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<br />held liable under this ordinance.
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<br />Every licensed carriage, hack, wagon or other vehicle, shall
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<br />have its license number plainly marked on metal or other ma-
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<br />terial and placed on the rear face of the rear axle thereof, or
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<br />other conspicuous place.
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<br />Such license number shall be supplied by the Commissioner
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<br />of Revenue.
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<br />It shall be unlawful to transfer a tag from one vehicle to
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<br />another, except in case of a vehicle being temporarily disabled.
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<br />The Chief of Police is hereby designated Wagon Inspector
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<br />and it shall be. his duty to see that all vehicles for which a li-
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<br />cense is required under this section shall have their numbers
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<br />properly displayed, and if any vehicle be found without such
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<br />number it shall be his ditty to ascertain the name of the owner
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<br />and require said license to he procured under penalty as pro-
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<br />vided in the general provisions of this ordinance. And in all
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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 />115. 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 />116. The Tax Laws 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 />117. 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 Laws.
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<br />Presented and approved April 17 ,1919 .
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<br />118. 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, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined
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<br />not less than $2.50 nor more than $10 for each day he is in
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<br />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 he summoned before
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<br />the Police Justice to show cause why they should not be fined
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<br />ander 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 />119. 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 />120. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the Revenue
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<br />to keep a hook, 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 />I21. The taxes on licenses accruing under the provisions of
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<br />this ordinance shall be clue and payable, except where otherwise
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<br />herein provided, oil or before the thirteenth day of April, 1919,
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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 />122. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, rclating to licenses
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<br />in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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<br />Adopted by Common Council April 10, 1919.
<br />Concurred in by Board of Aldermen April 16, 1919.
<br />Approved by Mayor April 17, 1919.
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<br />A Copy: Teste.
<br />E.I. CARRUTHERS,
<br />City Clerk
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<br />Adopted by Common Council April 10, 1919.
<br />Ayes: Elliott, Forrest, Huyett, Long
<br />Twyman and Via (6): Noes, Gleason (1).
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<br />Mayor Singature.
<br />City Clerk Signature.
<br />President Common Council Signature.
<br />President Board of Aldermen Signature.
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<br />A Resolution appropriating $2,500 to accquire sites for and erection of sewage
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<br />disposal plants.
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<br />Resolved, by the Common Council of Crarlottesville, the Board of Alderren
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<br />concurring, That a sum not to exceed $2,500 be and is hereby appropriated to
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<br />acquire suitable sites arid erecting necessary disposal plants for city sewage
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<br />from dry closets.
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<br />Adopted by Board of Aldermen April 16, 1919
<br />Ayes: Patton, Timberlake, Walker and Wheeler
<br />Concurred in by Common Council April 23, 1919
<br /> Ayes: Elliott, Forrest, Gleason, Huyett, Twyman,
<br />Long and Via
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<br />Presented and approved April 24, 1919.
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<br />Mayor Singature.
<br />City Clerk Signature.
<br />President Common Council Signature.
<br />President Board of Aldermen Signature.
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