Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-06-20
ORDINANCE NO. 11o.

AN Ordinance relating to and providing
| for the assessment and collection OF
taxes in the city of Aberdeen.
The city council Of the city OF Aber-
deem, do ordain as follows:
SECTION | That all taxes levied for
municipal purposes within the city OF
Aberdeen shall be assessed and collected
in the manner hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2 For the purpose Of assessment
OF all property in said city the county as
SCISSOR of the county OF Chehalis shall be
ex-otlicio assessor Of the city Of Aberdeen.
SEC g. For the purpose Of collection
of all taxes levied for municipal purposes
within said city, the county treasurer Of
the said Chehalis county shall be ex-
ofiicie tax collector of said city.
SEC. 4. The assessment Of said prop
erty shall be made by the said assessor
at the same time and in the same manner
and the property shall be listed and de-
scribed in its proper order as to numeri-
cal arrangement on the rolls as the as
sessment is made and entered Of the
other property in the county. Said
property shall be listed in its proper iiu-
merical order on the general assessment
rolls OF the county, and the assessor
shall note on such rolls the facts that
such property is situate in the city OF
Aberdeen, and said assessment roll shall
be prepared with a column wherein to
enter the amount of tax levied by the
said city Of Aberdeen.
SEC. 5. Said assessment shall be
equalized by the county and state board
of equalization in the same manner as
other assessments are equalized.
SEC. 6. As soon as the county auditor
has completed the changes ordered
by the state board of equalization
he shall forthwith notify the clerk
Of the city Of Aberdeen Of the total valua-
ton of the property situated in the said
city, the city council Of said city shall
forthwith proceed to fix and determine
their levy for municipal purposes within
the said city for such year which levy shall
auditor Of Chehalis county under the
hand and seal of the clerk Of the said city.
The county auditor shall thereupon ex.
tend, in column to be provided for that
purpose, said tax upon the property
shown by such assessment roll to be with
in such city as fixed by such levy, at the
general county and state taxes, and dc.
liver said roll to the county treasurer
SEC. 7. The county treasurer upon
receipt of said roll shall proceed to collect
and receipt for the municipal taxes there
ON extended at the same time and in like
manner as he proceeds in the collection OF
other taxes on such roll
SEC. 8. The county treasurer shall
make certified return at the end OF each
month to the city treasurer Of the said
city Of Aberdeen of the amounts collected
by him on account Of such taxes from the
time he shall commence the collection
thereof until the whole tax collected shall
he paid over.
Sec 8. All municipal taxes SO levied
either upon the real or personal property
within said city shall become due and
collectible and shall be declared delin-
quent at the same time and in the same
manner as state and county taxes.
SEC. 10. All delinquent taxes of said
city shall DO subject to the same pen
atty and shall be collected in the same
manner and in the same action and by
the same officers as the state and county
taxes levied against the same property.
SEC. II. 1t shall be the duty OF the
city clerk to deliver a true and certified
copy Of this ordinance, under his hand
and the seal of the city to the county
assessor and to the county treasurer Of
the county Of Chehalis.
SEC. IL. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after five days
after its passage and publication.
Passed and approved June 10, 1895.
J. A. HOOD, Mayor.
Attest:
A. w. BUSH, City Clerk.
Date Of last publication, June 20, 1895.