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6219ORDINANCE NO. 6212_ AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES UPON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK WITHOUT THE DRIVER HAVING A VALID OPBRATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE TO BE A MISDEMEANOR; TO SPECIFY WHAT PERSONS SHALL BE EXEMPTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCEePROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. Section 1. No person except those hereinafter expressly exempted shall drive any motor vehicle upon a street of the City of Little Rock, unless such person has a valid license Of the State of Arkansas as an operator or chauffeur under the provisions of the statutes of the State of Arkansas. No person shall operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeur unless he holds a valid ohauffeur's lioense of the State of Arkansas issued under the statutes of the State of Arkansas. Any person holding a valid chauffeur's license shall not be required in addition to have an operator's license. Section 2. The following persons are exempted from the operation of this ordinance: (a) Any person while operating a motor vehicle in the service of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States. (b) Any parson while operating or driving any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry tempo- rarily operated or moved on a street. (c) A non - resident of the state who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid operator's license issued to him in his home state or country.may operate a motor vehicle In this city only as an operator. (d) A non - resident who is at least eighteen years Of age and who'has in his immediate possession a valid ahauff -ea r t_s license issued to him in his home state or country may operate a motor vehicle in this city either as an operator or chauffeur except that any such person must be license by the State of Arkansas as a chauffeur before accepting employment as a chauffeur from a resident of this state. (e) Any non - resident who is at least eighteen years of age whose home state or country does not require the licensing of operators may operate a motor vehicle in this city as an operator only for a period of not more than ninety days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is duly registered in the home state or country of such non - resident. Section 3. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviotion in the Municipal Court shall be fined not more than ten dollars ($10.00) nor less than two dollars ($2.00). Passed= June 2, 1941. Attes Approveds Mayor City Clerk.