The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-07-10
nm NEW COUNCIL.
THEM WITH THE
~vesE Or HOLD THEIR
flsSi rcT CERT AIN
OFFICERS.
Question is discussed and :"
-, school vs;sed Whether the
q'' saos, Of city Attorney and
'' s1smmlssloner of Inter
nal Revenue are In
compatible.

S. compatible.
81 council met Monday night
i' s. aer Mayor Bul'itt being in the
's.' ,,e,ent we're GoodIOc' spaldi"s
These ,a,b. After reading and APP
'D' D' he minutes of the preceding
9''','s ,bc election of officers was held
q a'''''' n,s elected recorder Mr. W
NJ . 's, Collector, and Mr.. H. l.
B. A"I COMMISSIONER and City Attorney
l'''''' -, was raised by Judge Skee" that
The '''+ am.e, we're Incompatible and the
''' y, ,bich Dir. Irvine was elected o''S
' '''.' ., va, rscousidered. Mr. Irvine
a". ", ,h,, he had not finished his work
''''1 .s;oncr; that he would do this
% ~, ,a :. was found that the two ''hces
we're Incompatible he "ou'0 40"
counissionersh'p' it,
'y IN order to make clear what the duties
.ronmissioncr are, a representative
-. -. po.r secured the type written copy
3D.. ordinances, and from the tangie IN
,bish the laws are he extracted tue '0'-
loving: ca Du.on,o an.
,n1 before proceeding toassess the property
a '.;a town shall at the expense of the town.
n.Te Or cause to be made two blank books one
s...,.na the other for personal property,
t;., k subject to taxation under the ordin-
' n ,be town. These books shall be ar
,,,c,d according the forms for the state
80, ss.ss,nent of taxes except 50 far as
var be necessary under ordinances OF the
town to change them.
rb,, the Commissioner shall begin annually
ii, III. 1t day of February in each year, ex-
..,, III. wear 1890, which shall be on the LIST
w. e. l.iy or as soon thereafter as he may be
s.:n;r.d to discharge the duties OF his once;
snT shaI} complete the said duties and deliver
.Ss hnoks both real and personal, to the coun-
III m the list dayof April in each year, except
,hs " year. 1880, which duties he shall discharge
and J.I;yer the said books TO the council SO
s"on ~ he In, completed said duties. And
should he fail to complete the duties OF ms
Office and deliver said books on the ISL DAY OF
lpril in each wear to the council or delay any
unnecessary time in the year 1870 III discharg
ng the duties of his office and delivering the
.ad books to the council ne shall forfeit one
half of his salary.
That the Commissioner shall ascertain and
ASSESS all personal property not excepted from
TAXATION, and all subjects Of taxation IN the
iowu On the LIST dav Of February in each year,
and also all male persons residing therein, on
that day, and herein shall include all persons
and propertv moved into the town between the
LIST day Of February and the day on which the
commissioner is required to deliver his books
to The council: but persons and property asr
assessed in any other town or city Tor that year
shall not be assessed.
That The Commissioner before making out
Ills land book for 1890, shall take from the land
book Coz the Western District of Wise County
for the wear 1880, the names of ali persons
who owned real estate in Biz Stone Gap on the
Sls, day Of December, 1889, and the assessed
value of all such real estate; and the same
shall be shown 10 The person so charged II he
lives in Big Stone Gap, or to his agcntit he has
one living at said town, who shall state whether
the same be correctly entered, whether any
part thereof ought to be transferred to any
other person and if So to whom and the nature
N the EVIDENCE 10 authorize such transfer and
10 state whether any other real estate in the
town ought to be charged 10 resident or nom
resident.
In case the Commissioner fails to comply
with these ordinances proceedings must
upder the law, he instituted against him,
aud it seems the City Attorney ia the per-
son to lnaugurate and conduct these pro-
Osediuss, Judge Skeen thought, mas
much as City Attorney would not likely
lnangurae proceedings against himself,
the twO Offices were about as incompatible
as two officers could we'll be-
The matter was deferred however to the
NEXT regular meeting for final action.
The Mayor appointed the following
standing committees:
y, S;rrn CoaslTrnr-w. 7. Goaaloc, Chairman; c,
Evans and II. Z. Fox
!th lpNNirTrs-C. i. Spalding,
= FINANCE CaMNirrEK-li. i. Fox, Chairman; W. 7.
po1dlQe kqA u; T. Harris
% HrTiiAI SIDEWALK CpMMirTKI--C. f. Spaldng,
IhalFmsh " +. lipSoonib and J. F. Bulitt, Jr.
sAA'TAaf CoNsiTyrg-C. W. Evans aud ". =.
ldPfomh,
he matter Of making an appropriation
10 supplement the State fund for the sup
Pcr. OF the public schools was brought up
10y MIR j. v. Fox, Sr. 1t was discussed
al some length and final action deferred
9N'I' the adjourned meeting TO be held
July l4th.
During the session the fact was devel-
'Ped mat no regular books had been kept
showing the amount Of warrants out
or conveying any idea of how
'le city stands financially.
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NO MORE HANGING.