The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-03
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8. 1892.

aggregate ueDt OF the city at any one
time exceed fifteen per centum of the
personal, within tho city limits, and pro-
vided, further that the said Council
skall not indorse the bonds of any com
pany whatsoever with the same author
ity. All contracts for tho erection of
public improvement within the iurisdic-
ton of the City Council shall be let to the
lowest bidder responsible, and notice
shall be given at least thirty days
before the work is finally let, by
advertisement in one or moro news
papers published in the city, and the
party to whom sad contract shall
to let shall give such bond as tho
Council may require, but in no event
shall any contract be let to any mem Der
OF the City Council, nor shall any mem
Der have any interest in such contract.
Sec. .. Whenever, hereafter, there shall
be contracted by the Council, any debt
not payable within one year thereafter,
there shall be set apart annually for
thirty-four years, or until tho debt is
paid, sum not less than one per
centum of the amount of the debt in
addition to the annual interest agreed
TO be paid thereon, which sum shall be
applied towards and invested towards
the payment of such debt.
Sec 3. For tho execution of les DOW.
ers and duties, the City Council may
raise taxes annually by assessments in
said city, on all subjects taxable by the
State. such sums of money as they may
deem necessary to defray the expenses
of the same, and in such manner as
they may deem expedient Tin accord
ance with the laws of this State and of
the United States); provided that no tax
upon real and personal property in said
town shall exceed one dollar and
twenty-five cents upon the one hundred
dollars assessed value thereof; and pro-
| vided also that no corporation tax shall
be levied upon the machinery, nipple.
ments, money and capital Of any man
ufacturing establishment &C tually in use
for manufacturing purposes within the
said city for twenty years from the
third OF February, eighteen hundred
and eighty-two; but this proviso is not
intended to apply to capital employed
in purchasing articles manufactured
outside of the city, and brought here to
be used in manufacturing.
Sec. 4. The City Council may levy
tax on water and gas; on licence to
agents OF insurance companies, whose
| principal Office is not located in the
city; to auctoneers; to public theatre
cal or other performances or shows; to
keepers of billiard tables or ten-pin
alleys; to hawkers and peddlers; to
agents for the renting of real estate; to
commission merchants or any other
business, whether license be REQ uired
therefor by the State or not.
Sec. 3. Any payment of taxes by the
tenant unless an express contract con-
tanned in his lease, shall be credit
against tho person to whom he owes
rent,
Sec 6. The Council may grant or re-
fuse licenses to owners or keepers of
wagons, drays, carts, hacks and other
wheeled carriages, kept or employed in
the city for hire, and may require the
owners or keepers OF wagons, Grays and
carts, using them in the city, to take
| out a llcense therefor, and 10 " assess
and require taxes to be paid thereon,
and subject the same to such regula
tions as they may deem proper; and
may prescribe their fees and compensa-
ton
Sec 7. All goods and chattels, where.
soever found, may be distrained and
SOLD for taxes assessed and due thereon,
and no deed of trust or mortgage upon
goods and chattels shall prevent the
same from being distrained and sold for
taxes assessed against the grantor in
such deed.
Sec. 8. There shall be a lien on real
estate for the city taxes, as assessed
thereon from the commencement Of th @
year from which they are assessed. The
Council may require real estate in the
city delinquent for tho non-payment of
taxes to be sold for said taxes, with in
terest thereon at the rate of ten per
centum per annum, and such per centum
as the Council may prescribe for charges
Such real estate shall bo sold and NAV
| a mo Il
by law
Sec. 8. The City Council may organize
and maintain fire department for the
city, and appoint an engineer, assist
ants and other officers, with any or all
the powers which have been or NAV be
vested by law in such officers; and they
may make rules and regulations for the
! government of the officers and men of
said department.; may prescribe their
respective duties in case of fire or alarms
OF fire: may fix their pay, and may i'm
pose reasonable fines for tho breach Of
such regulations. and may mako such
ordinances as they may deem proper to
extinguish and prevent fires, to prevent
property from being stolen, and to re-
quire citizens to render assistance to the
fire department in case of need.
Sec. 10. The said Council shall by
ordinance, provide for any irr ,gular cleo
ton not herein provided for, aud ap-
point tho necessary officers to conduct
| the same.
Sec. II. Unless otherwise specially
provided the persons holding any of the
offices provided for in this charter. which
have heretofore existed under the char
tor in force Immediately before its adop-
ton, shall continue to hold the same
under the present election or appoint
ment, until the term of said office, as
herein provided, shall eXpire stating