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ascertaining the required license tax shall be the same that
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<br />provided for in the State law except the rate shall be -as fol-
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<br />lows:
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<br />20c. per 100 lbs, or major portion thereof. Minimum fee $4.50
<br />per vehicle.
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<br />Trucks: 1 ton or less, $5.00.
<br />Trucks: 1 1/2 ton, $7.50.
<br />Trucks: 2 tons, $10.00.
<br />Trucks: 21/2 tons, $12.50.
<br />Trucks: All over 21/2 tons, $20.00.
<br />Motorcycle : $2.50.
<br />After Aug. 1 1930 3/4 of origina
<br />After Nov. 1, 1930, 1/2 of original.
<br />After Feb. 1. 1931, 21/2 of original.
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<br />The taxes on licenses accruing under the provisions of this.
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<br />ordinance shall be due and payable. except where otherwise here-
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<br />in provided, on or before the first day of May, 1930, and shall
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<br />be paid by the person again'st whom assessed to the City Col-
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<br />lector in his office on or before the first day of May.
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<br />No part of the tax assessable or collected under this section
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<br />shall be expended by the said City for any purpose other than
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<br />improvement and maintenance of streets.
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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 />No license shall be issued for less than 3 months except as
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<br />herein otherwise provided.
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<br />118. 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
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<br />far as it may contain similar subjects.
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<br />119. On every license for which a tax shall. not have been
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<br />provided 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 />120. Any person, firm or corporation, conducting a busi-
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<br />ness, occupation or profession or operating any machine or
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<br />device or doing anything for the conduct of which a license
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<br />tax is required under this ordinance, without first obtain-
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<br />ing such license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
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<br />be fined not less than $2.50 nor more than $10 for each day
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<br />lie is in default. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of
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<br />Revenue and Treasurer to report in writing to the Mayor ev-
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<br />ery case of default as soon as it comes to his knowledge and if
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<br />there be no default lie shall so report. And it shall be the duty,
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<br />of the -Mayor. immediately upon receipt of such report, to de-
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<br />tail a policeman, and cause such delinquent to be summoned be-
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<br />fore the Civil and Police Justice to show cause why they should
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<br />not be fined under provisions of this ordinance. But the special
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<br />detail of a policeman shall not relieve the general force from the
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<br />general duty of enforcing this or any other ordinance; and the
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<br />Mayor shall especially see that all the requirements of this ordi-
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<br />nance are enforced. and to this end he shall, at least once a
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<br />month, especially require the police force to investigate viola-
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<br />tions of 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 Reve-
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<br />nue 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 thirtieth day of April, 1930,
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<br />and shall be paid by the person against whom assessed to the
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<br />Treasurer or City Collector of the city in his office on or before
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<br />the first day of May.
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<br />124. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, relating to li-
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<br />censes in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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<br />Enacted March 17, 1930.
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<br />A Copy: Teste.
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<br />AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED MOTOR .VEHICLES OPERATED OR USED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS
<br />FOR HIRE, ETC., AMENDED
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<br />Be it ordained, by the Council : of the City of Charlottesville, that Paragraph (B) of
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<br />an ordinance entitled "Motor Vehicles Operated or Used for the Transportation for Passengers
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<br />for Hire --Registration of Such Vehicles --Registration of Drivers of Such Vehicles --Bond
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<br />Reauired Schedule of Charges" adopted November 19, 1928, be amended and re-enacted so as
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<br />to read as follows:
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<br />"Passenger motor vehicles for hire -operating within the City of Charlottesville or
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<br />which have a terminal within the City of Charlottesville shall be registered with the Chief
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<br />of Police.- The registration card of each vehicle giving the name of the owner with the
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<br />legal authorized, rates shall be conspicuously posted in, or on, the motor vehicle and such
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<br />registration shall be subject to revocation by the City Manager. For such registration a
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<br />fee of $2.00 for the first car and $1.00 for each additional car operated, shall be paid
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<br />to the City."
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<br />Adopted by the Council April 7, 1930.
<br />Ayes, Messrs. Brown, Watson, Morris and Twyman;
<br />Noes, None.
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<br />Clerk Signature
<br />president Signature
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<br />ADDITIONAL PARKING REGULATIONS
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<br />Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the following are
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<br />added to the existing Parking Regulations.
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<br />1. Parking will be permitted on Park Street between High Street and Hedge
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