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AN OF~INANCE TO AP!END THE CODE OF THE CiTY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961~ BY AMENDING SECTIONS 18-318, 18-321~ 18-322, 18-323, 18-324, 18-325 AND 18-330 THEREOF PERTAINING TO LICENSE TAXES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND SEF~ITRAILERS. Befit ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the:City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 18-318. Tax on vehicles designed and used for transportation of passengers - schedule. The annual license tax for motor'vehiclesr trailers and semiltrailers, designed and used for the transportation of pas- sengers upon the streets of this city shall be as follows: (1) $15.00 for a private motor vehicle other than a motorcycle with a normal seating capacity of not more than ten persons, including the driverr if such private motor vehicle is not used for the transportation of passengers for compensation and is not kept or used for rent or for hire, or is not operated under a lease without a chauffeur. (2) 30 cents per one hundred pounds of weight or major fraction thereof for a private motor vehicle other than a motor- cycle with a normal seating capacity of more than ten adult persons including the driver, if such private motor vehicle is not used for the transportation of passengers for compensation and is not kept or used for rent or for hire or is not operated under a lease with- out chauffeur. Provided that in no case shall the fee be less than $15.00. (3) 30 cents per hundred pounds of weight or major fraction thereof for a contract school bus, public or private; provided that in no case shall the fee be less than $15.00. (4) $12.50 for trailer or semitrailer designed for use as living quarters for human beings. (5) Subject to section 18-321 $5.00 in addition to eighty cents per hundred pounds of weight or major fraction thereof for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer kept or used for rent or for hire or operated under a lease without chauffeur for the trans- portation of passengers. This subsection does not appty to vehicles used as co~on carriers.