Ordinance Providing for the Inspection of Motor Vehicles

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LE motor vehicle inspected is safe for operation on the public highways in the City of South Bend. Section 14e The Board is authorized, in the interest of safety, to inspect motor vehicles operated upon the public highways in the City of South Bend and which are not owned by residents of the City of South Bend or by any person, firm or corporation maintaining a place of business in the City of South Bend, as in this ordinance required, and to issue or refuse to issue certificates of successful passage of inspection, as in this ordinance provided; but, in such event, the person presenting said vehble for inspection shall pay the same fees for said inspection* when a certificate of approval has been issued, as in this ordinance provided. Section 15. Upon the issuance of any certificate of satisfactory passage of inspection, the Board shall charge and collect from the person presenting the vehicle for inspection the sum of fifty cents provided, however, that not more than one dollar in fees shall be charged by said Board for certificates issued with respect to any particular motor vehicle within the period of any twelve months, and provided, further, that no fee shall be charged or collected from the State of Indiana, the United States of America or from any municipal corporation of the State of Indiana. All monies collected by the Board under the provisions of this ordinance shall be deposited daily with the Controller, who shall credit.the same to an account of the general fund, to be known as "The Yotor Vehicle Inspection Fund% and shall be used to defray cost of buildings and equipment and the operating and maintenance expenses of said Board in the performance of said tests. Section I6e Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or shall fail or refuse toobey any police order given hereunder or in accordance with the motor vehicle law of the State of Indiana shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and, upon failure to pay such fine and costs, may be imprisoned until they are paid, not exceeding sixty days. Each day's violation of this ordinance shall consttltute: a separate offense; provided, however, that no owner will be deemed guilty of willfully violating the terms of this ordinance who shall possess a certificate lawfully Issued within the last inspection period and who has not yet received notice to present his motor vehicle for reinspection in the next succeeding period, unless more than six months shall have expired since the date of the last inspection. Section 17e The Board of Public Tafka and Safety of the City of South Bend is hereby authorized to issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be found necessary to administer this ordinance, and in keeping with the motor