The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-05-11
LEGAL NOTICES

license year.
The license year under the term
Of this ordinance shall commencc
on the first day Of April and ShaN
expire on the thirty first day OF
March of the following calenda'
year However. this ordinance shar
become effective Immediately upon
its passage and all persons. firms
or corporations owning motor We
| hicle. regularly housed or stored or
kept in the County of Amelia and
/ used or intended to be regularly op-
Grated upon the streets and high
ways in said County. to which this
ordinance is applicable. shall. with
in two ~ weeks after the passage
of said ordinance make application
4 for the license herein prescribed for
the year ending the thirty first day
of March. 1857. and the license tax,
subject to any pro-ration provided
for herein, shall be paid. and Ii
cense plate obtained all as pro-
Nlueu lOl herein.
The license plates issued to the
Ecensee shall be displayed with the
State license plate at the front or
rear of the vehicle affected.
Any owner who sells or transfers
a registered motor vehicle, previ-
ously registered under the proviS-
ions OF this ordinance. may have the
license plate and the registration
number thereon. assigned to another
vehicle of like design and titled in
such owners name, upon appli-
cation to the Agent on forms provid-
ing for the name and address of
the applicant. and a description of
the motor vehicle for which such
license has been issued. as we'll as
description of the motor vehicle
to which such license is to be trans
ferred. Such application shall be &C
companied by a fee of fifty cents
In the event that any license
plate issued under the provisions Of
this ordinance shall be lost or NUT
Hated, or shall become illegible. the
person who is entitled thereto shall
make immediate application for and
obtain a duplicate or substitute
therefor upon furnishing informal
ion of such fact satisfactory to the
Agent, and upon payment of fifty
cents. An owner having once APP
piled for and received a duplicate
or substitute license plate. shall nor
be entitled to apply again for and
receive a duplicate or substitute Ii
censc plate during the license year
for which the original license plate
was issued.
Nc person. firm or corporation.
to whom a license plate has been
issued, as provided for in this ordi-
nance, shall give, loan. rent, sell.
assign, or transfer such license
plate to anather or permit another
to use said license plate during the
license year for which said license
plate is issued. Nor shall any per
son, firm or corporation use the Ii
cenSe plate issued to another or
duplicate same.
Every person VINO violates any
provision of this ordinance shall be
guilty OF a misdemeanor and. upon
conviction thereof. shall be pun
ished by g fine of not less than
five dollars IS 90 nor more than
five numbered dollars. $500 00i. and
trial OF. allviolators Of this ordinance
shall be enforced by proceedings be
fore the Trial Justice Court of Amel-
IA County in the manner and with
like right of appeal as is provided in
mlSdemeanor cases, and the police
Of Amehca County. the Sheriff and
his deputy or deputies. are hereby
authorized and directed to issue q
summons IN writing to V.olatorS of
this Ordinance for their appearance
before said Court; and upon the ser
vices Of said summons. the person
charged with the offence shall give
his written promise to appear at
the time and place designated in
said summons Every person who
wilfully violates his written promise
to appear shall be guilty of vio-
lation Of this ordinance which shall
be in addition to the charge upon
which he was originally su m
monsed
Nothing herein shall be construed
as preventing or forbidding the
naming or designation Of the Treas
urer or Clerk of this County as
Agent for the purposes set out
herein and in which case. no bond
shall be required other than their
official bond.
I II is ordered by the Board of SUI
pervisors of Amelia County Viz
/ ginia. that the foregoing proposed
ordinance be published once a week
for four successive weeks in The
Farmville Herald newspaper hav-
ing general circulation in Amelia
County and there being no news
paper published in said County.
that the Sheriff Of this County post
a copy of said proposed ordinance
at the front door of the Courthouse
at Amelia and at each postoffice IN
said County. the same to be done
Immediately and said Sheriff shall
certify in writing and under oath
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