Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-05-22


collected by him for probate business
| SEC. 2. The clerk of the distric
court shall while acting as clerk 8
the circuit court, be known and des
tignated as "Clerk of the Circul
Court, nand In all certificates an,
records Relating to said court, sirne,
by him, he shall be 70 designateTd !
The deputy of the clerk OF the dis
duties required by the clerk Of IN,
district court to be performed In an,
for said circuit court. and may sig.
all certificates and records thereof, II
the same manner and with the sam,
effect, rs tho clerk of the distrlc
court
Approved April Z, 1sGs.
CHAPTER 1877.
AN ACT to Provide for the Election
OF Township Collectors. and to De
fine their Powers and Duties.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by tn,
General Assembly Of thc State Of loWd
That there shall be elected at the
general election In 1868, and every
year thereafter, township collector
In and for each organized township
In every. county in the State except
the township IN which the county
seat is located, who shall hold office
for one year, and until his successSS,
is eIe ted and qualified: Provided
the board Of Supervisors Of the coun-
ty shall order the election OF town.
ship collectors rs provided In section
IL of this act.
Sec. 2. He shall qualify at the
next meeting of the board of super
visors after his election by taking
and subscribing to the usual oath oi
office, and give bond to the county
IN the penal sum equal to double the
Whole amount or tax levied for the
preceding year against the property
OF the township In am for which he
Is elected, which shall be presented
to- and approved by the board of su-
pervisors of tho county and recorded
the same as the bond OF county on
GERS. at
SEC. 3. Tho township trustees
shall have the power, and it is here
by made their duty, TO I'LL any vacan.
cy which may occur In the office of
township collector, by appointment,
and the person so appointed, shall
qualify and give bond in the same
manner rs those elected, as provided
by section 2 of this acc.
SEC. 4. The clerk Of the board Of
supervisors shall make ou. the tax
list for the county treasurer within
the tirne as now provided by law !;
and In counties where township COL
lectors are elected, as provided by
this act, he shall make out dupli-
cate tax-list of aud for each township
In such county, ani deliver the same,
with the. original, to the county
treasurer. Tt& 49,
SEC. S. Thecounty treasurer shall,
on or before the lst day of January
In each year, deliver over To each
township collector In the county, the
duplicate tax-list specified In section
In which he is elected or rappointed
and take his receipt therefor, specify.
ing the total amount of the tas
and charge the same over to eacl
township collector, In book to b,
kept for that purpose; and such du
plicate tax-list. when 80 made GU
and delivered to the township colIcc
| tors, may be used as an execution
and shall be sufficient authority TO
them to collect the taxes by tlistrcs
cpd saleor otherwise, as now pr0vi
ded by law for the collection % taxes
by tho county treasurer; and the
county treasurer shall not receive moi
collect any Of the taxes charged In
any duplicate faxAlIst so delivered,
except the tax Of non residents OF
the township, untiE the same has
been returned to him, as hereinafter
provided. The said county treasurer
shall procure for and deliver to each
township collector, with said tax-list,
a receipt-book,5 with y blank margin
ship collector shall enter the number
and dateeof the tax receipt given to
the taxpayer, the amount of tax and
by whom paid Which said tax receipt
book shall be returned to- the county
treasurer. with the said duplicate
tax list Aas hereinafter provided. -
SEC. 0 Upon the receipt Of said
tax-lists, each township collector inn
mediately thereafter, shall cause q
notice Of the reception thereof TO be
posted up in some conspicuous place
In every school district In the town
ship and In every ward of any city
therein, md so located as will be
most likely to give notice to the In
habitants thereof, and also publish
such notice for four weeks I'm one or
more papers, III any published I'm the
township, designating in such notice
a convenient place In such t0wnship,
where he viii attend from o'clock
A. NJ. tos4 o'clock p. NJ, at least
once In each week, on q day to be
specified in said notice, until March
I, following, for the purpose of re-
ceiving payment of taxes, and it
ehall he the auty of each collector to
attend accordingly, and shall proceed
10 collect and receipt for oil such
taxes thereir charged In the same
manner as now provided by law for
the collection of taxes by the county
treasurer, and all the laws IN the
State OF iowa which apply 10 aud
govern the collection OF taxes there.
In, by county treasurer, shall apply
to aud govern the collection of taxes
by said township collector except as
herein charged, and when they arc
not inconsistent with the provisions
OF this act. Prouided, the county
treasurer siiaIf not appoiut deputies,
nor collect taxes by deputies, as pro-
vided by sec. II, chap. ia of the
laws Of the 9Th General Assembly,
In counties wherein township collec.
tors nre elected rs provided BY this
act.
Sec. !. Every collector, after the
first Of Marchin each year, shall call
at least once on each person whose
tax remains unpaid, or at the place
OF Ills usual residence. III III the
township for which such collector
has been chosen, and shall demand
the paymen. OF the taxes charged to
him Oh his property. Provided, that
I'm case any person shall attempt to
remove from the township property
on which tax IL due without leaving
sufficient TO pay such tar, at any
time after the duplicate conner into
his hands. tile collector shall be au.
thofized, and itIshall be his duty to
attach such property, and hold the
same until the tax Is paid, or make
lthe tax out OF such property An
case any person shall refuse Or neg
| lect to pay the tax or shall have re-
moved from said township, the col.
lector shall levy the safr7e BY distresi
and sale Of tho goods aud cbaftles o.
the person who ought to pay thu
same. or of any goods and chattlei
om which saidn tax was assessed