The Nevada journal., 1858-12-17
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

An ORDINANCE Lcvyingfa and Providing for the col
lection Of the City Taxes.
The Trustees Of the Cityo Nevada do Ordain as
SECTION 1. There shall be, and is hereby levied
upon all assessed and taxable property within the
corporate limits OF the City of Nevada for the fiscal
year. ehdihg May 1859, n tax of fifty cents upon
each one hundred dollars of assessed value
HEc' Inere Shall be, and is hereby levied upon
eaeh male inhabitant of said city Of twenty one
years Vi age ana over, the sum Of one dollar u
poll tax.
SEC. J. 1t shall be and is hereby made the duty
oi the City Marshal or his Deputy to collect said
'aXes-sad Collector shall forthwith give notice. by
Puohca'ioh' in some newspaper, published in this
Guy, 'hat the city taxes are due and payable, and
'he Time and place at which he will receive the
same +; also, that the law in regard to their colec-
tion VII be strictly enforced.
oEe. 1. Upon the first Monday in January 1859,
Ut the close of the business hours for that day, the
N .'llector shall enter upon the tax list or assess
men, roll n statement. that he has made levy up
on ail the property assessed in said roll and upon
winch, the taxes have not been paid On or before
the Third Monday of January 1859, the tax collec-
tor shall complete list of all persons and property
then owing taxes, and the collector in addition
I" the tax levied shall collect upon each separate
iot parcel of land, and also upon the personal
Property OF each delinquent. the sum of one dollar,
E,S u costs incurred in preparing and publishing the
delinquent list
SEE ). On or before the first day Of February
1852 the tax collector shall cause the delinquent
list to be published, giving the name of the owner
of all real estate, and all improvements the
together with such a condensed description of the
property that it may easily be known. and also a
similar condensed description of any real estate
improvements assessed to unknown owners and
also, opposite each name description the amount
of taxes including costs, due from each delinquent
person property such list, with the levy there
on, as heretofore provided, shall be published for
three successive weeks in some newspaper sup
plement to a newspaper published in the City of
Nevada. Such publication shall also designate the
time and place of the SALE which shall not be less
than twenty -one more than twenty eight days
from the first appearance of the publication. All
real estate shall be sold in front of the Court House
door, and all sales shall be made by the Marshal
his deputies.
Sec 6. The provisions of the Act entitled an Act
to provide revenue for the support of the Govern
ment of this State, approved April Goth, 1857, from
Sec. 16 to Sec. 2S inclusive of said Act, shall
troll direct and regulate the sale, issuance of cert
icate, record and all further proceeding, of the tax
collector, under the foregoing ordinance.
See. I. To enforce the collection of the poll tax
provided in this Ordinance, the tax collector may
seize so much of any and every species Of property
right, claim or possession whatever, claimed by
any person liable to- and refusing to pay such poll
tab, as will be sufficient to pay said poll tax and
costs of seizure, and may and shall sell the same
any time or place, upon giving verbal notice one
hour previous to su,h sale. Any person indebted
to another, liable 10 poll tax, who shall neglect
refuse to pay the same, shall be liable to pay the
same to such other person, after service upon him
by the tax collector of notice in writing, stating
the name or names of the person persons liza
Bile, and owing such poll tax, and may deduct the
amount thereof from such Indebtedness. The tax
collector, after having deducted the poll tax for
which such property sold, and the necessary
fees and costs of sale, shall return the surplus or
proceeds to the owners of the property n delivery
of the possession of the property by the tax coec-
tor to any purchaser, at any such sale, shall be a
sufficient title in the purchaser without the execu-
ton of deed therefor, by the tax collector.
Passed November 30th, 1858.
II. II. FLAGG, President
A B. HANSON, Clerk. decI0