The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-30
Ordinance Number So

r EWING "A ROAD AND PULL TAX,
i and providing for the collection Of the same, for
the year ending May, 1862
The Trustees Of The Ciy Of Nerada Ordaas as toEo,cs:
SECTION L. A Road Tax of four dollars is hereby
Levied upon every able-bOded inhabtant of the City
of Nevada between the ages oftwenty and fifty
years.
SEC 2 1t shall be the duty Of the City Marshal to
collect tbe Road Tax and for this purpose be here
by invested with the same authority as is conferred
upon Road 0verseers by the act of the Legislature OF
1860 entitled ian act concerning roads and highways
IN Nevada county and the tax shall be collected in
the manner prescribed in SAID act
So g. The Clerk of the Beard shah prepare and
deliver TO the Marshal sufficient number Of blank
receipts which shau be nuIabered snd signed by the
Clerk. Said receipts shall be cOuntersigned by the
Marshal and delivered to paying the road tax
and the Marshal shan specify in each receipt so de-
livered whether the tax is paid in labor or money.
SEC. A. The Marshal shall keep correct list Of
the names of all persons paying their read tax in
cash, and the names of those paying in labor, and
shah report the same to the Board on the first Of
each nOnth. All monies collected on the road tax,
less bis commission. the Marshal shall pay over to
the City Treasurer TO be used under the direction of
the Beard of Trustees for road purposes
SEC. 5. There shall be and is hereby levied upon
every male inhabitant Of the City, Of twenty-one
years of age and upwards, poll tax of one dollar,
for the year ending May 1862 and it Is hereby made
the duty Of the Marshal to COLLECT the same
SEC. g. The Clerk ef the Board shall prepare and
deliver to the Marshal proper blank poA tax receipts
which sha be numbered and signed by the Clerk.
Upon the payment of each and every poA tax, the
Marshal shal deliver of said receipts, counter
signed by himself, TO the person paying.
SEC Z. To enforce the collection of the poll tax,
the Marshal may seize so much Of any and every
species of property owned claimed by any person
liable to and refusing to pay said poll tax as will be
sufficient to pay the and costs of seizure and
may sell the at any time place, within the
city limits upon giving verbal notice hour pre-
vious to such sae; delivery OF the possession of the
property by the Marshal to any purchaser shall be
deemed sufficient title in the purchaser. After hav-
ing deducted the poll tax. for which such property
was Sold and the necessary fees aud costs of sale,
the Marshal shall return the surplus naAey, fany
there be. to the owner Of such property. Any per-
indebted to another liable TO poll tax aud neg
eeting or refusing to pay the same, shah be liable
to pay the after service upon HIM, by the City
Marshal Of a notice in writing, stating the name or
names of the person or persons 50 liable, and owing
such poll tax, and may deduct the amount thereof
from such Indebtedness.
SEC. s. The Marshal shall keep recorded list Of
the names of all persons paying their poll tax, and
shall report the same to the Board the first of
each month.
Passed May 2Sth, 1861.
CIEAS. KENT, Pres'..
H. II. FLAGG, Clerk.