Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-03
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AN ORDINANCE

sections of Le OrJ,,
titled An Ordinance concerning the aDpo;o,,n, o
the duties Of Commissioner and Assessor of ~ 90"
enae for The Corporation Of Lynchbug, Pas,.J Sen
May, 1853. 'N KIN
l. Be IL ordained by the Council of the citv oft,.,
burg, That il shall be the duty Of said Co-1mssn:r
after the first day of May, in each year az
BILE. to call upon the collector of the CITY, and ,b
gether with member of the Council to be elsc,od
ballot, any two ofthem shall proceed to ca.s MI
sons engaged in business, having an Office far b.
transaction OF business in the city and all persons en-
gagged in the purchase of produce in said CITY ~ ~
shipped, worked manufactured elsewhere in ai,I,
distinct classes according to the amount of busis..
lone by each, may be; of which the first cI
shall contain those who do the largest the secord
those who do less, and on to the eighth which .ll
contain those who do the smallest amount busncs,
but the classification made by them shall b.. suh
ject to correction or alteration by the Council
2. Said Commissioners shall, after collecting all n.
lists Of persons and property of residents ard non
dents subject to taxation, in the before men
toned make four books containing alphabetical genera
lists showing in the columns thereof according 10 III.
prescribed fcrm the date when each list was wed
the persons chargeabe with the taxes, and the
number quantity of oil the subjects of taxation aud
summary, at the end of each book, alphabetically ar.
ranged, presenting, in condensed view, the number
and amount OF all persons and property subject tax.
alton.
3. Said Commissioner shall as soon as they are com.
pctcd deliver the aforesaid four books the Clerk of
the Hastings Court for the Corporation of Lynchburg
@io, within II days after they have been received by
him, shall examine the same. H. shall compare the re-
al estate with that OF the previous year with the records
of his office VIII necessary and with such transcripts
abstracts from the records of other off,
ces the Commissioner shall lay before him. He shall
compare the personal property with the lists nken by
the Commissioner from Individuals and examine them
In such other way the records of his off and his in
formation will enable him to do.
d. The Commits oner shall attend the CLERKS Of
lice assist Mt the examination; and the Clerk shall
point out TO the Commissioner such as in his
opinion may exist in the books Every such shall
be corrected where the Commissioner and the Clerk
concur to the propriey Of such correction Where
they dfer, the matter in difference shall be submitted
to the Attorney for the Commonwealth for the city, and
they shall conform to his decision. If he fail to decide
the matter before the term it shall then be submit
ted and decided by the Hastings Court the books
made to conform TO such decision.
5. When the examination of the Clerk is completed,
he shall annex to each booka certificate the following
effect: l. A. B CLERK Cor deputy Clerk Of the Hus'-
ings Court fer the Corporation of Lvnchbuig do hereby
cerythat Ihare carefully eraruined The foregoing book
that hare compared the real estate cih that Of the pre-
ceeding year 10Th the records Of my office en necessary
and ruth such lists abstracts statements from the records
Of other Offices The commissioner idbefore me and that
lind the hare also impaired The person
al property @ih the lists taken by the Commits sioner from
andtOsduots and examined the IN such other rdyas
the records Of office and ing Information enabledm
10 do and fndtte correct, or that such as
u
have been corrected) Given ander m y hand this
day Of The Clerk shall also. csr tify the C"nn.
Gil list of all the detected and corrected by
him.
6. 1.-THE Clerk fail perormany of the duties above
required Iof him, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars
to the sinking fund.
7. The Council shall make allowance the CLERK for
Services under this ordnance which shall be paid ont
OF the treasury. +, examining the books for the ciy
proper, the al owance shall not exceed fifteen dollars
mir tta hnakS fha hnl mills u
bout and beyond the city, the allowance shall not exceed
ten dollars
g. 1t hall be the duty of the superintendent OF the
Water Works to assist the Commissioner in tho exami'
ma ion OF the water under the 9th and 10th sections
of the ordinance entitled IAN ordinance concerning the
superintendent ofthc Water Works, the distribution oil
water there from; and the Water Rents and Water Tax
es lie shall npoit to the Council all errors detscte'
and corrected in such examination and annex certlh
cate TO each book of the Commissioner for the city, TO
the following efect l. c. ID. Supe,inte. dent Of me va
Ter Works ofecity of Lynchburg do hereby certify MAJ
hare carefully eramined the Woertar listed !" me
regoing book and that such were oundnhe o00
achen II 'ods delivered to haze been corrected Tor anu
that have found the same to be correctly Garen Hnde
my hand This dayof
y. The Commissioner shall retain of said hoohs
IN his possession long he continues in office TO DO
delivered afterwards his successor; he shall deliver
second the Clerk of the Council for the inspection
every person who may choose examine il; tnirI "
the Collector OF the city taxes, which shall be ms gu
TO him in his settlement with the Collector and sha y.
admitted as evidence in any proceeding tor Juosh
against such collector on account of the taxes win
which ne is chargeable and he shall deliver said
to the persons aforesaid, und take receipts from MEN
respectively therefor, before the 2Oth day oil H'
in each year. ;,
TO- The first, third and ghth sections OF the oiu
nance entitled San ordinance concerning the aPpo'
ment and duties of Comm soner and Assessor OF '
he enue for the Corporation Of Lynchburg ah s,b;a
parts ofor'iinances conflicting with the provisions Oh '
ordinance are hereby repealed. c,r..
H. This ordinance shall take fleet and be IN 'o'''
from and after its passage. SIT
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