Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-02-27
Ordinance No. 81.

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. Is of
the City Of West;n, to provide for the assess
ment and collection of Property taxes for the
City of Weston. Approved March 18th, 1879.
BE IT ORDAINED By the people Of the City OF
Weston:
SECTION l. That the provisions of Ordinance
No. Is of this CITY Of Weston, approved March
18th, 1870, shall be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
That it shall be the duty of the City Assessor to
ascertain as far as he can do SO, the ownership Of
all property, real and personal, within said city
taxable for county purposes, and assess the same
at its actual value according to MS best Judg-
ment, and for that purpose he shall have the
lower to administer an oath that he or she will
discover to the Assessor all their taxable property
within said city, and he shall add up, sign, and
make return of such assessment to the Common
Council on the first Wednesday in September of
each year; and the said Council shall thereupon
give notice in all the newspapers published in the
city, that the assessment list for the year therein
stated has been returned and is subject to the in
specton of any person interested therein, and
that the said Council will sit as Board Of Equal
zatien at a time and place. which shall be speci-
| fed in such notice, when all persons may be
| heard who may feel themselves asgrieved by the
| assessment of his or her property, and the said
| Council may approve, alter, correct or amend
such assessment, as in their opinion shall seem
proper.
SECTION ?. It shall be the duty of the City Re-
corder Immediately after such assessment list
shall have been approved by the Common Coun-
ell, when any tax is levied, to estimate the
amount OF taxes due from each person or persons
50 assessed and set the same down in its proper
Dace in the list aforesaid, ard deliver it to the
CITY Collector, taking his receipt therefor, and
charging him with the amount Of tax to be coec
ted BY him as therein set forth; and the Collector
shall there,lpon give notice in or more of th'
newsrapers published in said city, that he has re
ceiyed the same and that the taxes will fall du
on the 10th day of September OF that year; and /
shall be the dilt: Of the Collector to call on tn
fto ,INrNd- n
such uroperty for the payment of said taxes; an'
: mon such payment, shall give receipt to tn
persons paying the same, stating the amount, tn
, date OF payment, and by whom paid, and ~
what wear the same was assessed, aud such re
: ceiIt shall be evidence Of such payment in a
: nIaces whatever and in case any ferscn shall b
{ absent from his or her place Of residence at tn
time the Collector calls for payment, the Coiiec
or shat leave a written or printed notice at tn
O residence of such person, stating the amount
tax due from such person and requiring MN - {
her to make payment OF the same at ms "iiic
within five days frcm the cate CT sueh n'tice an
sTch notice shall. be considered sufficient d
,nard far the taxes, and the Collector shall pa
nvar IN the Recorder all moneys collected b
!, him on account of such taxes by the tenth day
Octobe. of that year, and TO pay over ali MONEY
!, collected on account OF denqoehe taxes 'lS iss
; collected. Ill, ~, s.. -.
o his or her taxes by the first day OF Oct Der
. each year the same shall be consldere6 dehl
ouant and it shall be the duty OF the Collector
l. the ey,irtion of thirty days thereafter to brir
Y suit in the name of the city OF Weston in son
casrt having competent Jurisdiction, praying tn
judgment subject to the equities Ct .s sale ana
.,en7rtion as provided by the laws OF the state
oraran he rendered against the property OF a
such delinouents and in favor Of said city.
Srf-IoS /. The Collector shall receive for n
, ssrrices in the collection of property tax hve
- cent. on all moneys collected oy hiin ana
Y, more.
y The provisions of Ordinance No. Is are here'
v repealed. -.-
l. Api'io' J. S. WHITE,
W.R JONES, AAsof'
Recorder