The Nevada journal., 1858-12-31
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

An ORDINANCE Levying aId Providing for the col
lection of the City Taxes.
The Trustees CT the City Of Nevada do Ordain as
SEc1foS /. 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, ending May 1859, tax of fifty cents upon
each one hundred dollars OF assessed value.
SEC. = There shall be, an is hereby levied upon
each male inhabtant of said city of twenty lone
years OF age and over, the sum of one dollar as a
poll tax.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be and is hereby made the duty
OF the City Marshal his Deputy, to collect said
taxes-sad Collector shall forthwith give notice, by
publication, in some newspaper, published in this
city that the city taxes are due and payable, and
the time and place at which he will receive the
same also, that the law in regard to their colee-
ton will be strictly enforced.
See. /. Upon the first Monday in January 1859,
at the close of the business hours for that day, the
tax collector shall enter upon the tax list assess-
ment roll statement, that he has made levy up
all the property assessed II said roll, and upon
which, the taxes have not besn paid On or before
the third Monday of January 1859, the tax colec-
tor shall complete list of ahpcrsons and property
then owing taxes, and he - collector in addition
70 s,i~ tax levied shall collect upon eac s6.ti g,
lot parcel Of land, and also upon the personal
property oi each delinquent the sum of one dollar,
as costs incurred in preparing and publishing the
delinquent list.
SEc ). On or before the first day of February.
1889 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 condensed description of the
property tina: il 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, rs heretofore provided, shall be published for
three successive weeks in some newspaper or sup
plemept to a newspaper published in the City Of
Nevada. Such qualification shall also designate the
tine 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.
SEE g. The provisions of the Act entitled an Act
to provide revenue for the support of the Govern
men of this State, approved April 29th, 1857, from
Sec. Is to Sec. 2S inclusive of said Act, shall con-
troll direct and regulate the sale, issuance of cert-
icate, record and all further proceedings 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 much of any and every species of property,
right, claim or possession VIII atever, 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 at
any time or place, upon giving verbal notice one
hour previous to such sale. Any person indebted
to another, liable to 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 names of the person persons liza
ble 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 delivery
of the possession of the property by the tax colee
tor to any purchaser, at any such sale, shall be a
sufficient title in the purchaser, without the exccu
ton of a deed therefor, by the tax collector.
Passed November 30th, 1858
H. II. FLAGG, President.
A. 3. HANSON, Clerk decl0