The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-04-24

in the corporation to quell riots and dis
turbances, to prevent crime. and arrest Of
tenders, that the Sheriff has in his County.
For the service of legal process he will
be entitled to the same fee as Constable
and for any service required by the cor
poration, such compensation AS it may
allow.
rfT'SEc. 8. The Recorder, Treasurer, Mar
shall and Assessor shall each give bonds
as may be required of them by the ordi-
nances of the Town, with security to be
approved by the Town Council or ma
jority Of them.
SEC. 10. No member of the Town
Council shall be eligible to any Office
within the gift of the Council during the
term for which he is elected, nor shall he
be Interested directly or indirectly in the
profit of any.contract orjob, for work or
service performed by the Town. =
The Recorder shall officiate as Clerk
during the session Of the Town Council,
and in his absence the Trustees shall have
power to fill the vacancy by appointment
for the time being. 4..t 49,.
SEC. II. The ordinances passed by the
Town Council shall be signed by the May
or and attested by the Recorder, and be-
fore they take effect be published in some
newspaper in the County at least five
days, or they shall be posted up in the
town limits the same length Of time
They shall also be recorded by the Re-
corder in a book to be kept for that pur-
pose, and signed by the Mayor and at
tested by the Recorder. 1t shall be the
duty Of the Recorder to make and pre-
serve in a separate volumn ae index Of
the several ordinances of the Town.
He shall also keep minute book in
which he shall record the proceedings of
each session of the Town Council, which
books shall be open to the inspection of
any person. ... pep. + ssLt
SEC. l2. The regular meetings of the
Town Council shall be on the first Tues
day Of each month. They may however
be convened by the Mayor or majority
Of the TRUSTEES, whenever in his or their
opinion the same may be necessary. ...
Sec. Is. The corporation shall have
power to assess for corporation purposes
an annual tax on all property in said Town
made subject to taxation by the laws of
this State. for State and County purposes,
not exceeding in any one year one per
centum on the value thereof, which value
shall be ascertained by the Assessor, a
duplicate Of which shall be made out and
signed by the Recorder and delivered to
the Collector within thirty days from the
time of completing the assessment.
They shall have power to equalize any
injudicious assessment thus made on
complaint of the person aggrieved. @a
SEC. ID. The Town Marshall shall be
the collector Of any tax assessed, and he
is hereby authorized and required by the
distress and sale Of property to collect
and pay over to the Treasurer all moneys
collected by hi, within ten days from
the lime. Of collection. The Town Mar
shall shall make personal demand Of every
resident charged with taxes and shall give
ten days notice in some newspaper pub
lshed in the County, Of the time when
he will begin to collect such lax. and if
the lax on any lot shall remain unpaid for
three months and no owner can be found,
the Marshall shall advertise said tax in
some paper published in the County, Civ
ing the amount of such tax and naming the
lot, giving its number on the plat, or.
property on which j, is levied, and the
Marshall is then required to proceed to
collec. such tax in the same manner as
State and County taxes are collected, and
the Marshall shall have the same powers
for doing the same as are granted to the
Collector for the collection of State and
County taxes, and all notice and proceed
ings shall be within the corporation as far
as they apply, and property sold in such
manner shall be subject to the same rights
and liberties, and the owner shall have
the same rights of redemption as for
property sold for State and County
Taxes.
SEC. Is. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Town Council annually in the month of
March to publish in the nearest news
paper or to post on a conspicuous place
in the corporation an account OF the
moneys received and expended, and the
sources from whence the same was deriv-
ed, and the objects on which they were
expended, which report shall be signed
by the Mayor and attes:ed by the Recor-