The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-20
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CITY OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO CHARTER.

enne" Approved December II, 1877.
BE ii enacted by The Council and House Of Representatives Of
the Territory of Wyoming:
SECTION l. That section twenty of said act be amended
so that the first division of said section the same
commencing on the last line of page forty of the session
laws of 1877 shall read as follows: To levy and collect
taxes for general revenue purposes not exceeding six
mills on the dollar in any one year on all real, personal
and mixed property within the limits of said city, taxable
under the laws of the Territory. And the assessment,
levy and collection of all taxes. shall be made as may be
provided by ordinance; and for the purpose of compelling
payment of taxes the said city shall have power to enforce
the same by distress and sale of personal property of the
person assessed, except such as is exempt from taxation,
and in such case the tax list shall be a sufficient warrant
for such distress, and every tax levied by said city
and due upon personal property, is hereby made a
lien upon the real property of the owners thereof, and
every tax levied and due upon real property is hereby
date of the levy of such tax, and the city collector of
taxes is Empowered to sell lands upon which there may
be a lien for taxes, and convey the same to the purchaser
In manner as may be provided by ordinance, and said
city may by ordinance provide for attaching a penalty of
ten per centum to all delinquent taxes.
SEC. 2. That section twenty be further amended by
inserting in the second division thereof, between the word
"real, y at the end of the thirteenth line, on page forty
one of the session laws of 1877, and the word estate
at the beginning of the fourteenth line on said page, the
words ''and PERSONAL and by adding after the word
year in the sixteenth line on said page, the following:
"And such assessment and the levy of such tax may be
made at the time the regular annual tax is levied for
other purposes
SEC. 8. That said section twenty be further amended
by adding to the nineteenth division thereof, after the
word Ordinance" on the fourth line of page ~forty-four
of the session laws of 1877, the following: And to
provide the thickness, strength and manner of construct
ing stone, brick and other buildings within the fire limits
of said city and construction of fire escapes therein, and
to provide for the proper enforcement of the sam by the
imposition of a penalty for the violation of any such
provisions made by said city, and by aboishing any
unauthorized work and declaring the same to be a nui-
sance, and providing for its Abatement
SEC. 4. That section twenty of said act shall be fur
Their amended by adding to the sixteenth division thereof,
after the word "same,' at the end of said division, on
page f%ortythree of said session laws of 1877, the follow
ing: And provide for the determination of all such dogs
for which the tax shall not be paid
SEC. !. That section eleven of said act shall be
amended by adding thereto after the word :" purpose
the following: 'And all conveyances of real estate by
said city shall be signed by the mayor and have attached
thereto the official seal of the city, and be attested by the
city clerk
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from
after its passage.
Approved November 26, 1879.