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ORDINANCE NO. 2793.1 ''
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2553, Passed April 7, 1919,
and for other purposes.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2553, massed
April 7, 1919, be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
" Section 1. Every resident of the City of
Little Rock keeping and using an automobile, locomobile, or
motor vehicle of any kind, for the year 1921, 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 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 applica
tion with a registration fee in the amount named in the
schedule below, which shall be a tax for the privilege of
keeping and using said motor vehicle:
" For each motor vehicle other than
a truck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :"10.00
" For each motor truck of a capacity
of less than two tons, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
" For each motor truck of a capacity
of two tons and less than three tons,. . . . . . . 25.00
" For each motor truck of a capacity I
of three tons or over, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00."
Section 2. Section 2 of said Ordinance No. 2553 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
T' Section 2. Upon the filing of said appli-
cation in the office of the City Collector and the payment
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of the fee named in the above schedule,
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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 i
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 collector; and said collector
shall also issue and deliver to the owner of such motor ve-
hiclee metal plate , bearing the number assigned to such
motor vehicle, together with the words "Little Rock ", and
neither said letters nor numbers shall be less than two
inches in height; and it shall be the duty of such owner to
conspicuously display said plate upon the front aaiWMk
such motor vehicle whenever the same shall be driven or
used upon the public streets, alleys or public ways of this
city. "
Section 3. Section 4 of said Ordinance No. 2553 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Section 4. Said tax for the year 1921
shall be payable on the first day of May, 1921. "
Section 4. Section 7 of said Ordinance No. 2553 be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
" Section 7. The revenue derived from the
collection of said tax shall be placed and Kept in a sepa-
rate fund and shall be used exclusively in the construction,
repair and maintenance of the streets, and any officer who
shall willfully and knowingly participate in the expending
of any of said fund for any other purpose shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof in the Municipal
Court shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five
Hundred nor more than One Thousand Dollars for each offense."
Section 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith 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 MAR 2 8 1.921 Approved:
Attest:
City clery