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Sec.. 3. LICENSE PL.iTLS.. The City Cem::;roller shall provide each year metallic license pletos, together with registration cards, said metallic license plates and registration c %rds bearing consecutive numbers or combinations of letters with such nwnbers, and indicating the year for which the same arc issued and the name "South Pend" and the nuTao "Dicycic" stamped thereon; the license plate to be of such size and design as to be readily logible for a distance of fifty fact. Such license plates must be ieept clean, and shall be attached in a cl.oar, unobstructed location on the rear of such bicycle. Such plate shall rem--:in attached in such position dur- ing the life of such license. The City C -vLroller shall also keop a record of the dato of issue of each license, to yri.om issued, the number thereof, and the nurabor of the bicircic frame. The rogistra;;ion card issued to the individual shell be filed in the Office of the City darn roller Por safe keeping under the orior's name. The dun - licate shall be fo marded to the Police Department to be filed numorically according to bicycle frame number. ' Sec._ 4. i2L -F GISTii.1TI0PI. Bicycles rcJstorod urdor the provisions hereof shall be re- registered on or before ,,arch 1, 1941 and on or before the first day of 1.1rch of each succeeding year thereafter. Sec.. 5. INUECTION. The Chief of Police, or his authorized rent, shall inspoct each bicycle previous to annual registration, and he shall have the authority to re- fuse to approve any such bicycle found by him to bo not properly equipped or in un- safe mechanical condition. Sec. 6. -FILL: , S'L L L :^•:u ?'E3S. It shell be unla..ful for any person to :willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate or alter the mmioers of any bicycle frame licensed pursuant to this Ordinance. It sl_all bo uu:lmiful for any person to remcvc, destroy, mutilato or .,lter any license plate, or registration card during the time in ;which such .license plate or registration card is in force. Provided, ha:rovcr, that nothing in this Orciinoscc shall prohibit the Chief of Police from stamping, in distinguishing manner, numbers on the fr:mcs cf bicycles or. which no serial number can be found, or on which said runbcrs arc illo�iIblc or insufficient for idcrtifica- tion purposes. See. 7, II.P:OP PLLMS. It shall be unlawful for any person to operato a. bicycle on tho streets or highways of this city with a license plate that has not been issued _or said bicycle. Sec. 8. FEES. The first annual license fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be 10¢, and each annual ronortal thereof shall be 10¢. ;111 license fees shall be paid in advance to the City OL1,: roller at the time of registration. Upon loss of any license, and upon applicaticm and satisfactory evidence of such loss, a r_ovr license shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of 10X,.