Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-04-18

An ordinance providing for the imposing and
collecting Of Poll tax within the corporate
limits OF the Town Of Pullman, Washington.
Be it ordained by the council of the Town of
Pullman:
SECTION l. Every male inhabitant of the town
Of Pullman over twenty-one and under fifty
years Of age mast be assessed and pay annually
a poll tax Of two dollars, save and except five
men in active service, paupcrs, idiotic and in
sane persons, and no other road poll tax shall
be collected within the limits of said town.
S ,. The assessor must, at the time of max
ing his annual assessment, demand poll tax from
each person liable therefor, and if such person
shall refuse or neglect to pay his poll tax upon
demand by the assessor. or his deputy, and such
person is in the employ Of another the assessor
must demand from the person or firm, corpora
tion, or company or agent thereof, having said
person in his or their employ said poll taxes,
aud from thenceforth said person, fra corpora
ton or company shall be liable to the town for
said poll taxes which, IL not paid on demand,
must be added to the assessment Of said person,
firm, company or corporation, and the amount
thereof may be deducted by said person, firm,
corporation or company from the wages of the
person liable therefor, and if any person in the
employ of another person, firm, corporation or
company shall refuse to give his true name and
the name and place of business of his employers
on demand Of the assessor, or his deputy. such
person shall be deemed guilty of msdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and
may be imprisoned in the town Jail until such
fine aHd costs paid at the rate of two dollars
per day.
S 3. Any person, firm, corporation or com
pany becoming liable for the poll taxes of any
person as provided for in section two, shall
either in his bill at the time Of settlement or on
separate slip of paper over the signature of said
psrson, frm, corporation or company furnish
such person with statement to the effect that
the amount Of his poll tax, giving the amount,
for the year l89- has been deducted from his
wages, and such statement shall be receipt and
notice to all that said poll tax has been paid for
said year as specified in the time bill or notics
of the deduction of his wages.
4. The town treasurer must furnish the
assessor annually with blank poll tax receipts
for each year, numbered conseeutively, and
signed by him, which receipts shall have at
tacked to them stubs containing corresponding
years and numbers and amounts, upon which
stubs the assessor must enter the names Of all
persons paving their poll taxes to him, and the
assessor must return said stubs to the treasurer
at the time Of settlement, together with an al
phabetical list of the persons who have paid
their poll tax
.. The treasurer mnst charge the assessor
with two dollars for each blank poil'tax receips .
delivered to him, taking the SCISSORS receipt for
the same, and must allow the assessor two dol
lars for each of said poll tax receipts returned
to him in blank
s 6. The assessor shah be allowed ten per
cent. on all moneys COLI ated by him for poll
taxes, and he may retain the amount out of the
money so collected, and the treasurer shall allow
the same in settlement.
S 7. On or before tle 18th day of May o.
each year the assessor must settle with the town
treasurer for poll taxes collected by him and pay
to the said treasurer I'D money collected by him
for poll taxes, less ten per cent, allowed him for
taking fhe treasurers duplicate re-
ceipt therefor, which duplicate receipt he must
file with the towneIerk, who must charge the
treasurer with the amount shown by said receipt
to have been pai1 to him. Upon such settle
ment the treasur9r shall return to the assessor
the receipt given by him for said tax receipts, if
the same are n accounted for, but if the as
SCISSOR shall fat to account for all receipts de-
Hvered to him, the treasurer must retain said
receipt unil the account is properly
balanced, asa the council shall not pay the
assessor forzhis services as ssuch until said ac-
count of pon taxes has been settled and bal
anced.
s8. All poll tax money shall be paid into
the general fund.
S 9. The assessor must return on his as
sessment books all Hncollected poll taxes in the
name of the person, firm, company or corpora
ton liable to pay The same.
S lG This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force FROM and after its passage and approval.
Passed April 9th 1891.
Approved April 18th, 1891.
sEAL) w. V. WINDUS, Mayor,
Attest THOMAS NErLL, Clerk.