The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-09-07
MOTOR CARS CAN
NOTBEPARKEDON
STREETS OF CITY
Council Passed Ordinance
Regulating Parking at
Nights
SECURED DEBTS TAX
MEASURE is PASSED
CITY to Increase Revenue on Sc.
cured Debts-To Get Per Cent
of Tax Amount

An ordinance prohibiting the park
ing of automobiles and other vehicles
at any place in the city longer than
two hours, between IL o'clock in the
evening and o'clock in the morning,
was passed by the City Council last
night and will become effective Oc-
tober 1. A violation of the ordinance
may be punishabic by a fine of from
So to 500 To- each offense.
The ordinance vas sponsored by
MayorNaycr Hirsch, who had received
many complaints about the parking of
automobiles in the streets of the city
for many hours. He asked the City
tCounscior TO draw up the ordinance
to stop what he declared had become
4 hablagE.5s,,th many automobile owners
OF tt
| ~ isi5Hs # the new ordinance
'ap{s SONY 10 automobiles, but to
iv@hicleSYsl all descriptions. The equip
ineg1t of thh ire department and au-
tomobiicss: 81 physicians in cases of
emergency ave exempted by the ordi-
nasee Automobiles are further pro-
ihihitej from stopping within less than
iii,y sect from fire lines established
lin case ~ cOnfiagration.
The ~ king of automobiles in front
Of The Nost-office or the city jail OF
iaay - ,r public building is entirely
forbidd, " the new ordinance, pro-
vided no rorson is left in charge of the
vehicle while standing in front of these
buildings.
The police are given the authority
TO take up every vehicle found on any
street longer than two hours and have
the same removed to the police station.
The owner will be required to remit
the fine allowed by the ordinance and
besides a storage fee Of 80 cents fol
each day before he may recover the
vehicle.
Another ordinance authorizing the
County Recorder of Deeds to levy a
certain fee upon all secured debts tax
was passed by the City Council. The
ordinance was framed after the new
State law passed by the last LegiSla-
ture. The new measure becomes effec-
tive at once and will aid in increasing
the general revenue fund of the city.
I'm addition to the tax levied for the
general revenue fund of the State, as
set forth in the State law, the re,
corder of deeds is authorized to levy
and collect for the general revenue
fund of the city upon all secured debts
as defined by the new State law, the
following tax:
Secured debts runningS one yeal
or less, 10 cents per 500; debts run,
ming not more than two years, q
cents per 500; debts running not more
than three years, 80 cents per 500
and secured debts running not more
than five year, 30 cents per $100."
An ordinance fixing the tax rate or
| secured debts has been in effect foi
some time, but no effective method OF
enforcing the payment of this taxation
has been devised by ordinance. Fol
that reason the City Counselor drew
up the measure. 1t became effective
with its passage.
The bill to authorize trade be-
tween the city and the Missouri Pub
lie Utilities Co., which has been in the
hands Of the City Council for several
weeks, was again deferred to a future
meeting. This bill provides that the
city shall receive in exchange for a
piece of property on North Water
! street, a strip of land along North
Main street, on which part of the
Sloan's Creek bridge is built, and also
receive a motorcycle for the use of
the police department. Another provi-
sion of the bill reads that the city
shall not pay more than $500 for the
property in the event the city would
re-purchase the property which is Civ
en- to the Missouri Public Utilities Co.
in this DEAL