Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-03
AN ORDINANCE, to regulate.

~ '""'i oo siio uuty Vi Tue cry NeEOTuti
as early as practicable in the month OF
April or May in each year hereafter. to
make out full and complete list of the
real estate, city lots. out lots and grounds
or parts thereof, of each and every per-
son resident in, or owning. or claiming
any town lots, out lots or ground. or par
GELS thereof. within the limits of said
cily;-said list shall Sc. forth the name
or names Of the owner or owners. of each
lot or parcel Of ground known to the Re-
corder, if not known then il shall be de-
scribed as belonging to some one nn-
known"
Sec. 2. As soon as the Recorder shall
have completed the said list. he shall pre-
sent The same to the city council who
shall proceed to assess upon the same,
the cash value thereof and cause such es-
innate to be annexed thereto by the Re-
| corder, and copy thereof TO be posle d
up in the Post Office of said city.
SEC. 3. Any person aggrieved by said
assessment shall be heard as to the same
by the city council at their next regular
meeting after said list shall have been
posted up as aforesaid, and the city coun-
Gil shall have full power to alter and cor
rect the same as to them on investigation
shall seem equitable and just
Sec 4. As soon as the said list shall
be corrected and approved. the Mayor
shall endorse thereon. "Approved,"-
Mayor.
SEC 5. Ii shall be the duty Of the city
amined and approved. to determine by
order of the council The amount of tax TO
be levied on each one hundred dollars
worth of property assessed: the Recorder
shall thereupon make out a complete
transcript of the assessment roll aforesaid,
adding thereto the amount of tax due on
each lot, out lot, piece or parcel of ground
and deliver the same to the collector OF
said city. taking his receipt. specifying
the amount due on said assessment roll,
therefor.
Sec. 6 1t shall be the duty of said
collector to proceed to collect the same
forthwith, and when collected, or any
part thereof. to pay over the same weekly
10 the Treasurer of the city and TO take a
receip, therefor, which receipt shall enti-
lie said collector on delivery thereof &c
the city council, TO credit for the amour
specified therein, and on their order the
same shall be placed by the Recorder to
the account, Of the Treasurer.
Sec. Z. Tha, il shall be the duty o
the city collector on or before the frs
Monday in February in each year te
make out a full and complete list of al
, the city lots, out lots or grounds, or any
parcel thereof, upon which the taxes are
due and remaining unpaid, and file the
same with the Recorder, who shall pre-
q sent the same to the city council for tn Ell
t action at the next regular meeting there
y after.
u SEC. 8. That all taxes upon any lo'.ou
20 To-, ground or. parcel thereof, due andunpa:
h on the frs, day of February, for the pre-
II vious year, and returned delinquent a
e aforesaid, shall draw interest at the rat
- OF fifty per cent per annum for the frs
!. year, and at the rate of one hundred pc
e cent. per annum for the second year the,
! shall so remain due and unpaid.
!. SEC Q. The collector shall receive ,h'
r. taxes due upon any portion of the delin
e quent list upon The terms provided in III
Il foregoing section, for the space of tw
y wears from the first dav of February {
, The same year said list was filed as delIn
j quen, and upon no other terms whateve
$ SEC 10. If at the expiration of tw
years, any person or persons shall nee
lee, or refuse to pay off or discharge his
!, her or their tax or any part thereof, c
the interest thereon, it shall be the dut
- of the said collector to proceed to the in
mediate collection thereof by levying oil
1 the real estate, city lot, out lot, or groun
chargeabe with said tax. for the amour
thereof, and to expose the interest, clair
and estate. city lot. out lot or ground. o
so much thereof as will pay the said tax
interest, costs and charges appertaining t
the execution of the same, to public sale
giving forty days notice thereof by al
vertlsement in one or more of the news
papers printed in the city Of Burlington
and the said assessment list in tn
hands Of the said collector shall operai
as, and have the force and effect OF a wr
: of distress. and shall be full and ampI
authority to said collector to levy and Sc
D as aforesaid
l. SEC. i. That it shall be the duty G
the said collector to make out and delive
. to the purchaser Of any real estate. cl,
Is lot, gu, lot. or ground or parcel thereof
I'd sold at any sale had by virtue of the pre-
y ceding section Of this ordinance. dee
a. of conveyance. granting and convevin
, a 10 the said purchaser or purchasers, an
a to his, her or their assigns forever all tn
h right. title. claim. and interest of the per
son or persons chargeabe with such tax
D. in and to the same, as fully as by law I'll
> said city have the power to authorize tn
sale and conveyance thereof. and to max
report thereof to The city council; 70
e which said deed the collector shall be en-
m titled 10 one dollar from the person re
lie ceiving the same. and all fees apperain
r. ing TO the execution and acknowledge
ment thereof shall be paid by such pur
chaser or purchasers.
II SEC. IL That all taxes remaining du
.. and unpaid, on any real estate. city lo