The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-08-02
CHAPTER 73G.
AN ACT 10 Provide for the Assessin
aud Collecting of Poll Tax.
PASSED April 2G, 1882


PASSED April 2G, 1880
II is enacted 10y the General Assembly as
follows:
of each town and city, shall, ut the time
of the annual assessment of town and
city taxes therein respectively, assess
against every person in said town or
city, who. if registered, would be quail
fed 10 vote, tax of one dollar. or 80
much thereof as with his other taxes
shall amount TO one dollar, provided, =,
that in any town or city the town council
or city council thereof may direct the as
sessment of said tax TO he made at any
time for aud doing the current year of
1889.
Sec. 9. The assessors Of taxes. on
completing the assessment Of taxes M
prescribed in this act, shall date and
sign, and within three days thereafter
deposit the same in the office of the town
clerk, except in the city of Providence,
and in the city of Providence deposit the
same with the city treasurer thereof
The town clerk shall forthwith make
copy of the same and deliver IL to the
, town treasurer, and the town treasurer
shall forthwith issue and affix TO said
copy warrant under his hand, and
which need not be under seal, directed
to the collector Of taxes of the town com
manding him to proceed and collect the
several sums of money therein expressed,
of the persons liable therefor. 10y the
time directed by the town. and 20 pay
over the same 10 him or his successor in
office. Whenever any town shall elect
its town treasurer collector of taxes for
such town, such warrant shall be issued
to the town treasurer as collector of
taxes by the town clerk. The tax as
sessed, according TO the provisions of
this act shall be applied TO the support
of the public schools in such town or
city.
See 3. The tax assessed upon or
against any person who has performed
military duty shall be remitted for the
year in which hc shall perform such duty !;
and said tax assessed against or upon
any mariner for any year while he is at
sea, or upon any person who by reason
of extreme poverty is unable to pay said
tax, shall, upon application of such mar
iner or person to board of assessors of
the town wherein said tax was assessed.
be remitted.
Sec. 4. The collector of taxes Of each
town and city shall have the same power
and shall proceed in like manner to col
lect the taxes assessed under the pre-
visions of this act as is given and pro-
scIibed for the collection Of taxes by the
provisions of chapter IA of the Public
Statutes, "0f the Collection of Taxes"
Provided, the collector of taxes may es-
pecially authorize the town clerk or city
clerk TO receive and receipt for the tax
herein provided for from any person.
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mand is made 10y the collector of taxes
for the payment of said tax shall neglect
or refuse To pay the tax assessed against
him under the provisions of this act.
within five days after the date of such
demand, then the collector of taxes shall,
unless the said tax has been remitted as
IL herein provided, levy on the body Of
such person and commit him To- the Jail
in the county Of Providence. there O. re
main until he shall pay such tax and all
legal costs including coat of notice, pro-
vided the cost Of said notice shall not
exceed titty cents, or bc discharged there
from in due course of law.
Sec. q. Collectors of taxes shall give
notice for at least one week previous
thereto of the time and place for the pay
ment of the taxes assessed under the
provisions Of this act, 10y posting up
notices thereof in three or more public
places in every town and one in each
ward and voting district in the cities of
Providence, Newport, Pawtucket and
Woonsocket, aud one in each voting dis
trict in any town divided into voting
districts for the purpose Of voting and
by publication at least once In enc or
more newspapers il any there be pub
lished in such town or city.
Sec. Z. The commanding officer Of
each military company in this state
shall, in each year make return, cert
and sworn 90 10y him, of all persons, ar
ranging their names alphabetically. be-
longing TO such company, 20 the clerks
Office OF the several towns in which such
persons reside. Su,i returns shall be
made within ten days previous TO the as
sessment of taxes in such towns respec-
lively.
Sec. 3. Every such commanding
officer who shall wilfully neglect or re-
fuse to make such return, or shall know
ngly make a false or imperfect return,
shall be fined not less than twenty
dollars nor more than five hundred dol
lars