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AN ORDINANCE TO ~,~END THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY REPEALING SECTION 3-22 ~{EREOF, PERTAINING TO FAILURE TO PAY STATE DOG LICENSE TAX, AND BY ADDING THERETO TWELVE NEW SECTIONS NUMBERED 3-34, 3-35, 3-36, 3-37, 3-38, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3r42, 3-43, 3-44 and 3-45 IMPOSING A CITY LICENSE TAX ON DOCS AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPLICATION, COLLECTION, ISSUANCE OF TAGS, AND RECORDS OF SU~{ TAX, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 29-184,5 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the City of Portsmouth has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, that the Treasurer of the City of Portsmouth shall not be required to remit any oortion of the gross receipts from the sale of dog licenses to the State Treasurer as required in Section 29-206 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, ss ~unended; and Ifl~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has agreed to assume all the responsibility for the enforcement of the dog laws within the corporate limits of the City of Portsmouth, thereby relieving the Commonwealth of Virginia, Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries from theresponsibility of enforcing the regulations and laws pertaining to dogs as set forth in Chapter 9 of Title 29 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended: and WHEREAS, under the provisions contained in Section 29-208.1 of the Cdde or. Virginia, 1950, as amended, the City of Portsmouth is permitted to provide a method of obtaining licenses and tags of a type described by ordinance, and that the tax may be the same on all dogs, male, female or unsexed~ NOW, ~EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: Section 1o That section 3-22 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia~ 196!, be and the same hereby is repealed°