Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-04-18
TOWN ORDINANCES

IA Ordinance for repairing and opening the Streets
SEC l. Be it ordained by the President and Trus-
tees of the town of Vandaa That every male nhabi-
tant within the limits of the corporation of the town of
Vandalia the age of twenty years, hereby
required to work three days upon the streets in the town
of Vandala and upon all public roads passing from and
through said town, mile from the centre thereof Any
person liable to work aforesaid who being duly notified
by the street commissioner appointed by this Board of
the district in which such person may reside to work
the streets roads aforesaid day and hour in said
notice specified shall neglect refuse to work afore
said shall be fined doer for each day he may neg
ect or refuse to work aforesaid provided such person
liable work aforesaid shall have three days notice
of the time and place where said work required to be
dene and provided further that such person may be
onerated from working as aforesaid, upon paying upon
demand to the street commissioner of the proper district,
the of fifty cents for every days work required of
him aforesaid.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That if any street
commissioner appointed by the Board any the dis
trct established by the President and Trustees afore
sad shall refuse neglect to such street
missioner aforesaid within two months from the time
of his appointment, he shall forfeit and pay to the said
President and Trustees aforesaid the of five dollars,
to be recovered in the name of said President and
Trustees of the town of Vandaa before any court hav
ing jurisdiction of the same provided the said street
commissioner shall have had notice of such appointment
with the limits of the district aforesaid
Passed, April 6, 1882.
| ZopHAR CASE, Clerk
Sec. Be it enacted by the President and Trustees OF
the town of Vandaa, That tax of half per CEN
tum be- and the is hereby laid upon all lots and
real estate lying within the limits of the corporation OF
the said town for the year thousand eight hundred
and thirty to be levied and collected hereinafter
prescribed.
SEC. g. 1t shall be the duty of the Assessor of said
town of Vandalia for the year 1882 value and
all in and out lots regularly laid off IN said town. and
make thereof to the said President and Trustees
within ten days after list of said lots shall have been
put into his hands, having previously taken oath be-
fore justice of the peace, truly and imparally to per-
form the
SEC g. 1t shall be the duty of the Collector appoin-
ted by the President and Trustees aforesaid before he
enters the duties of his office, to give bond in doub
lie the amount of the tax list put into his hands for COL
lection, conditioned for the faithful collecting and ac-
counting to the said President and Trustees of all
of money which may to his hands in virtue of said
list OF assessment, within ninety days from the time
when said list shall have been put into his hands for col
lection aforesaid and it is hereby made the further
duty of the collector to make personal application to
the person or persons charged with taxes in the list of
assessment they shall be residents of said town before
he shall expose to sale lot lots other property
to make the amount of tax due from such person
PERSONS and if the amount of said tax due by any
person or persons shall not be paid to said collector
within twenty days after such application, it shall be
lawful for said collector to seize and expose to SALE gv
ing five days notice thereof any personal property of
any such delinquent to make the and of sale
aforesaid. In such collector cannot find any per-
sona property of resident delinquent aforesaid, if
any person or persons owning any of said lots be
residents and failing to pay the tax aforesaid it shall
and may be lawful for the collector aforesaid to SELL at
public SALE the said lot lots upon which any may
remain due, such part thereof will satisfy the
amount of said tax and costs of advertising and selling
the said collector having previously advertised said lot
lots for thirty days in three of the most public places
in the said town of Vandalia Upon the sale of any lot
part of lot aforesaid by the said collector, he shall
make to the purchaser certificate of sale, which shall
vest the property in such purchaser unless the OF
said lot part of lot SHALL within twelve months after
such sale, pay to the purchaser his assigns, the
amount of said tax and costs and fifty centum there
on The said collector shall be allowed for collecting
all taxes, the of seven per centum, the amount
paid to said President and Trustees and all cases
where he shall advertise SELL he shall receive the
of fifty COSTS be collected of the delinquent
aforesaid.
Passed, April 6, 1882.
w. H. BROWN, President,
ZoPHAR CASE, Clerk