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AN ORDINANCE TO ~END SECTIONS 18-317, 18-324, 18-325, 18-327, <br />18-328, 18-329 AND 18-330 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, <br />VIRGINIA, 1961, PERTAINING TO PORTSMOUTH MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE <br />TAGS OR DECALS. <br /> <br /> Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Ports- <br />mouth, Virginia.: <br /> <br /> 1. That Sections 18-317, 18-324, 18-325, 18-327,~ <br />18-328, 18-329 and 18-330 be amended and reordained to read as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 18-317. Date, assessment and collection to begin; <br /> issuance and display of plate or decal. <br /> <br /> The commissioner of the revenue shall begin to assess <br />and collect the license taxes imposed under this article on Janu- <br />ary first of each year and shall issue ~o each person paying <br />such taxes a license plate which must be permanently affixed to <br />and displayed.on either the front or rear of the motor vehicle <br />and attached to the state license or a license decal which must <br />be permanently affixed to and displayed on the inside front <br />windshield of the subject automobile. <br /> <br /> Any person who shall own or operate a motor vehicle <br />without properly displaying the license plate or decal as re- <br />quired by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. <br /> <br />Sec. 18-324. Combinations of tractor-trucks and <br /> semitrailers. <br /> <br /> (a) In the case of a combination of a tractor- <br />truck and a semitrailer, each vehicle constituting a part of <br />such combination shall be registered as a separate vehicle, and <br />separate vehicle license plates or decals shall be issued there- <br />for, but, for the purpose of determining the gross weight group <br />into which any such vehicle falls pursuant to section 18-322, <br />the combination of vehicles of which such vehicle constitutes <br />a part shall be considered a unit~ and the aggregate gross weight <br />of the entire combination shall determine such gross weight group. <br />The tax for license plates or decals for a semitrailer consti- <br />tuting a part of such combination shall be twelve dollars. <br /> <br /> (b) In determining the tax to be paid for the <br />license plates or decals for a tractor-truck constituting a part <br />of such combination the tax shall be assessed at the total weight <br />and the tax per thousand pounds applicable to ~he gross weight <br />of the combination when loaded to the maximum capacity for which <br /> <br /> <br />