The Clifton clarion., 1885-05-13
AN ACT

aud Duties or Certain County
 Officers of the County of Graham. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
 of the Territory of Arizona:
 SECTION. l. There shall be cleo ted in and for the County of Ora ham, Territory of Arizona, at the next general election, and at every general election thereafter, a County Assessor, who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his successor Is duly elected and qualified.
 SEC. 2. Within thirty days af- ter the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the Territory to appoint a County Assessor in and for said coun- ty, until January 1st, 1887, and until bis successor is duly elected and qualified, who, before enter ing upon the discharge of the du- ties of his office, shall execute a bond to the Territory of Arizona, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Board of Supervisors of said county.
 SEC. 3. The Condition of said bond shall be in substance as fol lows: Whereas, the above bonded (insert name of Assessor) hath been elected tor appointed as the case may bel to the office of County Assessor of the County of Graham. Now, therefore, the condition of the above obligation Is such that if the said. shall well, truly and faithfully in all things perform and execute the duties of the office of County Assessor of said county of Graham during his continuance in office, without fear or favor, fraud, deceit or oppression, and shall pay over all moneys that may come into his hands as such County Assessor, then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
 SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the County Assessor created by this act to perform all the func- tions heretofore imposed upon and performed by the Sheriff of the County of Graham, when acting as Assessor, and to collect all poll taxes as have heretofore been col lected by the Tax Collector.
 SEC. 5. The County Assessor of the County of Graham, Terri tory of Arizona, shall receive to his own use as full compensation for all services rendered by him or his deputies, pursuant to this act, the following salary per an nun, and none other to be paid whenever the duties of making the assessment of the property is completed in each year, to-wit: The sum of eight hundred dollars. Provided, however, that he shall, m addition to the salary above established, receive for the col lection of personal property tax or taking a bond for the payment thereof, the same fees as have been heretofore allowed the Sheriff when acting as County Assessor and Tax Collector, and fifty cents for every poll tax collected.
 SEC. 6. The County Treasurer of said County of Graham shall be ex-oficio Tax Collector in and for said Graham county, and shall perform all the duties here tofore imposed upon the Sheriff as ex-oficio Ta>. Collector, in the collection of taxes listed upon the tax roll, and it shall be his duty to proceed to collect the taxes therein mentioned, and for that purpose he shall past notices in three conspicuous voting precincts in the county notifying the tax payers that their taxes for the current year are due and payable at the office of the Tax Collector of the county, and must be paid on or before the third Monday of December following, under pen atty of five per cent. to be added thereto, and shall also publish a like notice in that newspaper pub lished in the county If there be any newspaper published therein) having the largest circulation within the county, once a week for eight weeks prior to said third Monday of December, winch said notices shall constitute lawful demand for the taxes charged against each person on the tax roll.
 SEC. T. It is hereby made the duty of the Board of Supervisors of said Graham County to provide safe and suitable vault for the deposit of all county moneys, and the duty of the County Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector to keep all of said moneys therein. If the County Treasurer and ex oficio Tax Collector shall keep any moneys of the county in a private bank or other private place of deposit, or loan or use said moneys for his own gain or the gain of another, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, he shall be punished by imprison- ment in the Territorial prison for term not less than one nor more than ten yaarS
 SEC. 8. The County Treasurer and ex-officio Tax Collector of said Graham County shall receive to his own use, as full compensa- tion for all services rendered by him or his deputies, as Treasurer ( 1