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Ordinanoe NO. I9.
An Ordinanoe for lioensing automobiles, wagons and other vehicles
in the Village of Mount Pro~eot, Oook Oounty, Illinois.
Be it Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Mount Prospeot, Oook Oounty, Illinois:
8eotionPI- !hat it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration to use or to oause or permit to be used by any of his or its
agents or employees any wagon or other"'vehicle in the transportation
of persons or property upon the streets, avenues or alleys of the Village
of Mount Prospect, unless such wagon or vehicle be licensed as herein~
after provided. .
Section-2- That any person, firm or corporation, desiring a license
for any such wagon or vehicle shall file an applioation with the village
olerk, upon form provided by him, setting forth the name and address of
the applioant, a desoription of the wagon or vehicle for which the
lioense is desired, and the place where such wagon or vehicle is to be
kept when not in use; also the number and kinds of other wagons or vehicles
kept by such applicant at such plaoe, and such other information a8 may
. be prescribed; such application shall be transmitted to the President
of the Board of Trustees of said village of Mount Prospect, and upon
the payment by the applicant of the license fee hereinafter provided, to
the Village Olerk, the President of the Village shall issue or cause to
be issued a license, which shall be attested by the Village Olerk auth-
orising the use of such wagon or vehicle within the Village until the
experation of such license.
Section- 3 - That the license fee to be paid annually to the Village
Olerk shall be as follows;-
One horse wagon or vehicle------------------__________,__j,2.00
Two horse wagon or vehicle------_______________________:- 4.,00
Three horse wagon or vehicle-----_______________________ 6.,00
Four horse wagon or vehicle-------______________________ 8.,00
Automobiles (Pleasure cars) , .-
26 H. P. or leee---------------------------____________-$6.00
36 H.' P., and more than 25 H.P. --------------------------$9.,00
45 H.' P.' and more than 35 H.' P. -----------------------$I6.,00
Over .46 ,H.P. +-'--------------------..--------------------$20...00
,Automobiles (Trucks) ,
Light delivery truoks oonveying loads of less .
than I ton in weight---------------------------------1 6.00
Mo, tor Truoks- I Ton capaoity------___________________..._,' 7..00
Motor !r!ruoks- 2 Ton oapacity and more than I ton------_, 9.,00
Motor Truoks- 3 Ton oapaoity and more than 2 tons------ I2~00
MDtor Truoka- More than 3 ton capaoity------___________ I6~OO
----Dealers in Automobiles.---____ ,
$10.00 per Plate and $10.00 for each additional plate--------
Metor oy018S------__________:__________________________$ 3.00
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. All 8uoh license shall expire on the first day of May follow-
J.ng the date of issue , and when issued for'..a p8riod of less than one
Y8ar, the fe. to be paJ.d shall bear the same ratio to the sum reiuired
for th~ .fal~ year that the number of months remaining (inolusive of the I
month J.n whJ.oh the application is made) bears to the whole number of
months in the year, provided however, that in no 08se shall th~.~~:e:::~
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tor the fraction of a year be lesa than one dollar ($I~OO)
All revenues derived from such license fees shall be kept in a
separate fund, and used only for paying the cost and expense of street
or alley improvments, repair or maintenance,
Section~ 4 - That upon the exeoution of said licen.. the Village
Clerk shall deliver to the applicant a metal plat. bearing a number
and the name of the class to which said wagon or vehicle belongs and
the year for which said license is issued, and it shall b. the duty of
such applicant to affix such plate in a conspicuous place upon the
right hand side of said wagon, vehicle or horse, where it can readily be
seen, and it shall be unlawful for any wagon or vehicle although duly
licensed to be used upon the streets, avenues or alleys of the village
unless such plate is attached thereto, as aforesaid.
PrOVided, however, that it shall not be necessary for any
automobile, wagon or vehicle to bave the aforesaid metalplate attach.d
to it except when actually in use upon the streets, avenues or alleys of
said Villag..
Seotion~ 5 · That any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than
Five Dollars (.5.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)for
each and every offence, and each day any wagon or vehicle is ,used upon
the streets, avenues or alleys of the Village ot Mount Prospect without
having co~lied with th provisions of this ordinance, shall be considered
a separate and distinot offenoe.
Section - 6 - All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflioting
with the proVisions of this ordinaaoe, are hereby repealed as far as they
oonflict herewith.
Section - 7 - T~is ordinanoe shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publioation acoording to law.
Passed this First day of July, A. D. 1919.
Approved this First day of July A.D.. 1919.'
Publish.d July 2, to July 12, 1919. '
Posted at the follOWing plaoes towit:~
Depot, Post Office, Busse's Hardware store.
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