Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-17

AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance On.
titled I'm ordinance concerning the eoieetlon
o. + me e CRY aIS. u9venb by the RasiMda Mayor and City icoun:
d Gil OF the city OF Lexington;
section l, That section i've () OF an ordinance.
an ordinance concerning the eoliecllon
the city revenue, he and the same Is hereby
SO a. to read AS follows: IL the ta4es
levied upon any personal properly are NOT paid
within twenty (3U) days alter the last puDlcR-
ton of the notice required by section 4, OF this
ordinance, the collector shall proceed 70 coliect
the same by seizing the personal property upon
same in the same manner In which eonstables
are required to sell personal properly unoet e4-
ecution giving the same notice that constap,es
lIvered to the collector by the city register shall
he a sufficient warrant Tor the collector 10 make
such SEIZURE and sale, but no such seisure or
sale shall be made until the collector shali have
demanded payment Of the tax due on such prop
erty, and such demand may be made OF me TAX
payer in person, or oy ie ~ .hnds wtih
some member OF his family over the age OIL NJ
teen years. or If such Taxpayer be q non-res!-
dent Of the city ef Lexington, py poseing VII.
ten or printed copy oil such demand ut the door
OF the Office vi the city collector, not less mn
ten days before selling the properly OF sucn
nonresident. The city collector snali reCe,sG
equired By this section. which sum shall be nd
ed 20 the tax of the person liable to pay the lax
demanded. and shall be paid ny ann: psGSs0 a,a
the first OF January next after the same Snail
have been levied and without seizure Of the
property ON which the same Is levied, then the
collector shall receive no compensation for max
ing such demand. For ssiZtng or aeizing and
selling personal property rs required herein. the
collector shall receive the ssme fees that con.
stables are allowed Tor similar SERVICES. which
ices shall also be added to the tax levied on the
property so seized, and shall be PAID by the
person liable to pay the same or out OF the pro-
ceeds OF The property so sold.
Sec. 2. section ten u0) OF said ordinance Be
amended 80 as to read as follows: The city coll
lector shall receive the following commissions
on money collected by him: lst-A commls
sion OF i've per cent. on all money collected by
MIN, license taxes excepted, which i've pei
cent shall be paid by the city. 9d-On all taxel
sole cled by seizure or Seizure and sale OF prop.
erty before the came shall have been returned
deilnousur, an additional sum OF ten Q0) PEI
| cent i, which additional ten u0) per cent. shall
be added to the tax levied on the property &C
| selzed, and shall be paid by the person liable te
| pay said tax or out OF the proceeds Of the prop
erty sold. Sion all taxes on personal Proper.
" collected after the came shall have been re-
turned delinquent whether collected with Of
| without seizure oil the property he shall II ad'
| dition to the i've per cent. paid by the city. re
| csiye the sum Of ten per cent. . which addillona
/ sum OF ten per cent shall be aided to the tax Of
the property returped delinquent. and shall b.
| paid by the person liable to pay such tax-Ath-
l on ali sums collected on licenses or ~ take
thereon the sum OF two per cent.
Attest:
Passed Ma,~. u. 1sss- Approved March 4
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