Chap. 45.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of Chapter 45 of the Acts
of Assembly, Extra Session, 1945, approved April 5, 1945, relating to the regu-
lation by certain counties and towns of taxicabs and other motor vehicles used
for transportation of passengers for a consideration. [H B 76]

Approved February 22, 19-46

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one of chapter forty-five of the Acts of Assembly,
Extra Session, nineteen hundred forty-five, approved April five, nine-
teen hundred forty-five, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 1. The governing body of any county having a population
in excess of one thousand per square mile, or of any county having a
population in excess of thirty-five thousand and which adjoins two cities
having a population of not less than fifty thousand each, or of any county
adjoining a city having a population of more than one hundred thousand
and less than one hundred and fifty thousand, or of any county having a
population in excess of sixty thousand and an area in excess of one thou-
sand square miles, or of any county having a population of more than
forty-one thousand three hundred and less than forty-one thousand nine
hundred and a territorial area of more than five hundred eighteen but less
than five hundred twenty-nine square miles, or of any county adjoining
the State of North Carolina and having a population of more than eight-
een thousand two hundred and fifty but less than nineteen thousand seven
hundred and fifty, and having located within its boundaries a town lying
partly in such county and partly in another county, or of any county
adjoining the State of North Carolina and having a population of more
than thirty-one thousand nine hundred but less than thirty-two thousand,
all according to the last preceding United States census, or of any county
having an area of less than seventy-two square miles, or of any county
having an area of more than three hundred ninety-six and less than four
hundred twelve square miles, and the governing body of any town in any
such county, may require a license for and impose upon and collect a
license tax from every person, firm, association or corporation who or
which operates or intends to operate in such county or town any taxicab
or other motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers for a consid-
eration. The tax may be upon each such motor vehicles so operated.
The governing body of the county or town may by ordinance provide for
levying and collecting the tax, and may impose penalties for violations
of the ordinance and for operating any such motor vehicle without ob-
taining the required license.