2939COPY
ORDINANCE NO. 2939.
AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A SPECIAL TAX UPON
AUTO10HILES, TO BE USED EXCLUSIVk,:LY IN THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR
AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS ADD P +.JBLIC WAYS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, A h) FOR OTHER. PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK;
Section 1. Every resident of the City of
Little Rook keeping and using an automobile, locomobile, or
motor driven truck in the City of Little Rock shall, within
ten days after he becomes the owner of such vehicle, file in
the office of the City Collector of the City of Little Rock
an application, properly sworn to, setting forth his name and
address, with a brief description of the vehicle to be
registered, including the name of the make, factory number,
style of vehicle and motor power, upon a blank to be furnished
by such collector, and shall accompany his application with a
registration fee of Five Dollars (45.00), which shall be a tax
for the privilege of keeping and using said motor vehicle in
the City of Little Roc'_.
Section 2. Upon the filing of said applica-
tion in the office of the City Collector, it shall be the duty
of said collector, or his duly authorized deputy, without
further fees, to issue to the owner of such motor vehicle as is
described in the application filed a certificate of registration,
which certificate shall be in the form of a card, which may be
carried in the pocket and which shall contain a distinctive
number, which shall be assigned to such motor vehicle 'by said
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collector shall also issue and deliver to the owner of such
motor vehicle two Aietal plates, bearinu the number assigned to
such motor vehicle, together -with the words "Little Rock",
neither said letters nor numbers to be less than two inches in
height. And it shell be the duty of s.wch owner to conspicuously
display said plates upon the front and back of such motor
vehicle whenever the same shall be driven or used upon the public
streets, alleys or public ways of this City.
Section 3. The City Collector shall cause the
name of such owner, with his address, registration nwAber, date
of filing of the ap ?lication, and description of such motor
vehicle, to be entered both in alphabetical and numerical order
in a book to be kept ir1 his office as a permanent record.
Section 4. Said tax shall be payable annually
on the first day of :may, 1919, and the first day of Iay each
year thereafter.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any
automobile, locomobile, or :rotor driven truck to be operated
upon the streets, alleys or public ways of this City, after
this ordinance shall take effect, which shall display thereon
a Little Rock number be lon,;ing to any other vehicle or a
fictitious registration number.
Section 6. Any person, corporation, or concern
'_peeping or using a motor vehicle of the kind herein named in the
City of Little Rock without registering; the same, as herein
provided, or driving the same upon the public streets, alleys
or ways of this City, or otherwise violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the i1unicipa1 Court shall be
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fined in any sum not less than Five nor more than Twenty —five
Dollars.
Section 7. The revenue derived from the
collection of said tax shall be placed and kept in a separate
fund and shall be used exclusively in the construction, repair
and maintenance of the streets, alleys or public ways of this
City, and any officer who shall willfully and knowingly partici-
page in the expending of any of said fund f'or any other purpose
shall be uilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof in
the Municipal Court shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Five riundred nor more than one Thousand Dollars for each offense.
Section 8. All ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances in conflict here.-ith are hereby repealed and this
ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared, and
this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Passed: March 20, 1922.
Attest:
N. A. xnowlton,
Approved:
Ben D. brickhouse,
City Clerk. Mayor.