Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-24
ORDINANCE No. s.
An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance
No. Z. entitled " An Ordinance to
Fix License Taxes in the County Of
Sacramento, State Of California.

TIME BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
County of Sacramento do ordain as follows ::
SECTION l. Section y of said Ordinance No. :
is hereby amended To read as follows, viz:
20 Section - All license taxes provided for in
this Ordinance are due and payable in advance
at the Office of the License Collector OF said
county; and whenever any license tax provided
for III this Ordinance shall be due and unpaid, it
is hereby made the duty of the License Collector
to demand and collect the same without unne
ceSsary delay; and he shall also demand and
collect OF the person so delinquent, IN addition
to the amount due for such license, the sum of
one dollar, which he shall pay into the County
Treasury. The License Collector must on the
first Monday in each month make verified re-
port to The Board of Supervisors showing the
amount collected for licenses and the names of
the persons delinquent"
SECTION ,. Section l3 of said Ordinance is
hereby amended so rs to read as follows, viz
I" Section y, The County Auditor must prepare
and have printed blank licenses of all classes
mentioned in this Ordinance, for the term OF
three, six and twelve months, and for such
shorter terms as are herein authorized to be
issued with a blank receipt attached. for the
signature OF the License Collector when sold
SECTION 8 Section Ii of said Ordinance is
hereby amended so as to read as follows, viz:
% section Il. The County Auditor must num-
Der and sign all licenses, and from time to time
deliver them to the License Collector in such
quantities as may be required, taking his receipt
therefor and charge him Herewith. giving in
the entry the numbers, the classes and amounts
thereof"
SECTION / Section l. Of said ordinance is
hereby amended so as 10 read us follows, viz:
section Il. The Auditor must keep in his Of
fee the stumps Of all licenses by him delivered
10 the License Collector, and ledger in which
he must keep the Collectors account for all
licenses delivered to him. sold, CT returned I'M
sold by him Il correct statement of the Collect
ors license account must be certified to the
County Treasurer each month by the Auditor"
SECTION >. Section Is of said ordinanceis here
by repealed.
SECTION 6. Section 10 of said ordinance is
hereby amended 50 as to read as follows
Section 10. The License Collector must make
diligent inquiry as to all persons in his county
liable To pay license tax, rs provided in this or
dinanCe, and must require, under oath or Affirm
alton, the probable amount of business which
he, or the firm of which he is a member, or for
which he Is an agent or agent, or the aSSocia
tion or corporation OF which he is President,
Secretary or managing agent, will Go in the next
succeeding three months; and thereup0n such
person, agent, President, Secretary or other Off
Ger must procure Il license from the License
Collector for the term desired, and the class to
which such party is liable to pay. And in all
cases where an underestimate has been made
by the party applying, the party making such
underestimate or the company he represented
are required TO pay license tax for the next
quarter double the sum otherwise required"
SECTION :. Section p of said ordinance is here
by repealed.
SECTIONS s. Section - of said ordinance is here
by repealed
SECTION 9. Section % of said ordinance is
neTepy dIOSnuttl SO as 10 TSdu us iOliOh5.
Section 23. Immediately after the passage of
this ordinance, and every two years thereafter,
the Board of Supervisors of said county may
elect a License Collector thereof, who shall hold
his Office for the term of two years and until his
successor is elected and qualified; and upon
such election the said Board, by its President,
shall enter into contract with the person
elected to perform the duties of License Col
leetor for the period of two years, ut salary not
exceeding one hundred and twenty five dollars
per month. Such Collector shall give a bond in
the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be approved
by said Board conditioned for the faithful per
formance ofthe duties of his Office On giving
such bond he shall become License Collector of
said county, and shall perform all the duties
and possess all the powers herein required of or
granted to the License Collector of said county.
SECTION 10. This ordinance shall take effect
in fifteen days after its passage.
WM MCLAUGHLIN,
Supervisor Second District.
December 16. 1854.
Adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Steinman, Mclaughlin, Blair, Gottlieb,
Christy.
Noes-Bailey, Smith.
J. NJ SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
[sEAL. Attest cIiAs. NJ Co6LAN, Clerk.
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