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BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that there be and there are hereby enacted two new sections to be added to the City Code of 1932, numbered 489 (76) and 489 (77), which shall read as follows: Section 489 (76) Registration of Bicycles: Subsection a. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use a bicycle propelled wholly or in part by muscular power upon any of the streets, alleys, or public highways of the city, without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the Chief of Police of the City of Charlottesville and attaching to such bicycle a metallic registration number. Subsection b. The City of Charlottesville shall provide metallic registration plates and seals, together with registration cards, the said metallic registration plates and registration cards to be numbered in numerical order, beginning with number one, the design and identification lettering thereon to be approved by the Chief of Police. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to cause to be attached one of such metallic registration plates to the frame of each bicycle and to issue a corresponding registration card to the owner of such bicycle upon the payment of the registration fee herein required. Such metallic registration plate shall remain attached to the bicycle for which it was issued during the period such bicycle is operated within the City of Charlottesville. The Chief of Police shall keep a permanent register in which shall be entered the name, address and age of the owner of each registered bicycle, the date of registration and sufficient information to identify such bicycle. Subsection c. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or transfer ownership of any bicycle without reporting to the Chief of Police within forty-eight hours from the time thereof full and complete information relative to such transfer, so that such bicycle may be registered in the name of the transferee. The purchaser or transferee of any such bicycle shall apply for a transfer of registration therefor within five days from the time the same is acquired by him. Subsection d. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of buying second-hand bicycles, or any parts of second-hand bicycles, to fail to report to the Chief of Police of the City of Charlottesville within forty-eight hours after acquiring any second-hand bicycle, or parts thereof, such report to include the registration number of such bicycle, a description of each bicycle acquired, the frame number thereof, together with the name and address of the person from whom the same was acquired. In case of the purchase of any part or parts of bicycles, the report shall describe each part or parts and give the name and address of the person from whom the same was acquired. Subsection e. It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully or maliciously to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the number of any bicycle frame registered pursuant to this section. It shall also be unlawful for any person wilfully or maliciously to remove, destroy, mutilate or alter any registration plate or registration card issued pursuant to the provisions of this section during the time in which the bicycle for which such registration plate or card was issued is operated. Provided, however, that nothing in this ordinance shall prohibit the Chief of Police from stamping a number on the frame of a bicycle on which no serial number can be found or on which such number is illegible or insufficient for identification purposes. Subsection f. The registration fee to be paid for each bicycle registered shall be twenty-five cents (25¢). Once a bicycle has been registered in a given name, the registration thereof may be transferred from one owner to another, without the payment of an additional fee. The fee above required shall cover all charges incident to registration, issuance of registration plates and cards. In the event of the loss of a registration plate or card a duplicate may be issued at the cost of twenty-five cents (25¢). All fees collected shall be turned over to the City Collector, who shall pay the same into the City treasury. Section 489 (77) Penalties. Every person convicted of the violation of any section of this ordinance shall, upon the first conviction thereof, be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Five Dollars ($5.00), and upon any subsequent conviction thereof, not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), or in lieu of such fine, or in case such fine is not paid, or in addition to such fine, the Court may require that any bicycle operated by the owner or other person lawfully in control thereof, in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, be removed from the streets of the City and that the person operating the same in violation of this ordinance shall not be permitted to operate such bicycle on the streets of this city for a period not exceeding thirty days, in the discretion of the trial judge. This ordinance shall become effective on and after the 1st day of January, 1941. Adopted by the Council December 16, 1940 Ayes: Mr. Gleason, Dr. Haden, Mr. Nash and Mr. Peyton. Noes: None. Clerk Signature President Signature