Arizona republican., 1895-06-14

to the effect that they had not notice of such incre asa of valuation to the satisfaction of the Common Council, then the Common Council may resolve itself into a Board of Equalization and the pc rson so filing his affidavit may be he ard concerning such increase of valuation and the determination then shall be final
 The City Recorder shall enter upon the as sessment roll all changes made by the Board of Equalization.
 Tine City Assessor shall attend all the meet ing. of the Board of Equalization and he shall have. the right to. produ;e evidence con. cerning any question of the valuation of p-operty, and the Board shall diligently inquire into the valuation of all property ill the city, to the end that it may be assessed fairly aud equitably and assessed at its full cash value.
 The board may require the assessor to enter upon such assessment Toll and assess any other property which has not been assessed, ana the assessment and equalization so made shall have the same force and effect as if made by the assessor before the delivery of the assess ment roll to the city recorder
 After the board Of equalization shall have closed its session the assessor shall charge the tax as levied by this ordinance, and as may be corrected by said board or equalization, against the names of each individual or piece of prop erty. After the amount of taxes IS so added, the assessment roll shall be called the tax roll of the city of PhHnlx, and the tax thereon charged, shall continue to be lien upon said property and shall be due and payable on the second Monday in October, 1885
 The mayor, by direction of the common council of said city shall annex to said tax roll, his warrant atJested by the city recorder and direct the tax collector of said city, to collect the amount of the taxes so levied and i'm posed.
 All taxes remaining upon the tax roll, unpaid on the third Monday ill November, 1885, snail be declared delinquent, and the amount of one and one half Q12) of one per cent q per cenD
 per month from said date until the tax Is paid, shall be added to the respective sums so delin quent, together with the sum of one dollar (SD tor adverti sing such delinquency and the tax collector of said city of fh9nIx shall, after notice published once 8 week for four success sive weeks, in newspaper published and printed in said city, sell at public vtndue, any or all Of such piece or parcel of property upon which any taxes delinquent or so much thereof as may be nece ssary to pay the amount of the tax thereon, and costs accruing npOn such sale, together with the amount for such delin- quency as aforesaid.
 SEC. 6. The tax collector may at any time l after receiving the warrant of the mayor for the collection of the taxes hereby levied, col lect by distress and sale if not otherwise col lected, the taxes due on personal property owned by the assessed. The sale must be at
 pubic auction after one weeks notice Of the
 time and place thereof given by publication ill & newspaper published and printed in the city of Phoenix, or by posting notices thereof in three @ public places therein, and of suffi- cient amount thereof to pay the taxes, percent age and costs.
 For seizing and selling personal property, the tax collector may charge the sum of three dol lars ($3) costs of such sale. On payment of the price paid for the property sold, the de-, livery thereof with bill of sale shall vest the
 title thereto in the purchaser. All excesses over taxes, percentage and costs, remaining from the proceeds of any such sale must be re- turned to the owner, heirs or assigns of the property so sold and until claimed must be de
 posted with the city treasurer subject to the owners order.
 The tax collector must make and return the same settlement with taxes collected in this m ar O
 l SEC. '. All sales of real property for delin- l quent taxes as provided ill this ordinance shall take place in front of the office of the city re-
 corder of said city at the city hall of said city and such sales shall be conducted ill accordance with the laws of the territory Of Arizona pro- Nidlng for tax sales as near as practicable SEC. s. Ii within one year after the sale of ] real property for delinquent taxes and penal
 aities, (personal property is exempted from the provisions of this section, the title to which
 shall at once vest Tn the purchaser upon sale as hereinbefore provldeD the owner or other party having direct interest therein, appear and pay such tax and delinquency with all costs thereon, together with 30 per cent penalty 1 on the purchase price, then such owner or
 party in interest may redeem said property. SEC. g. If no redemption is made within one year after sale of real property as herein
 provided, then the tax collector of said city
 shall make the purchaser deed for the same, | and such deed duly acknowledged shall show :
 First-That the property was assessed, the
 assessment equalized and the taxes levied in accordance with the ordinance
 l Second-That the taxes were not paid, and at | the proper time and place the property was | s i'd by the proper officer as provided by this | ordinance
 Third-That the property was not redeemed,
 and that the person executing the deed is the | proper officer, as designated by this ordinance.
 When real estate is sold to pay the taxes and | penalties eN personal property, the deed shall
 seG forth that real estate belonged to the per. ! son liable to pay the tax.
 | deeds led or ] shall be final evidence (except as against actual
 fraud) of the regularity of all proceedings from 1 the assessment by the assessor, inclusive, up to l the time of the execution of such deed All ! such deeds are to be made at the expense of
 the purchaser and not to exceed three dollars l ($3) each, for the execution thereof. i SEC: 10. No demand for taxes shall be neces- 1 sary, but 1t shall be the duty of every person subject to taxation under this ordinance, to at
 tend 1n person or by agent or attorney at the
 office of said tax collector and pay his taxes 1 before the same become delinquent.
 SEC. Il. At the tax sale hereinbefore I provided for, and after receiving the taxes,
 percentage and costs, the tax collector must make out in duplicate certificate dated on the 1 day ot the sale, stating when known, the name
 of the person assessed, description of the property so1d and the an ount paid therefor;
 that it was sold for taxation, giving the
 amount and year of the assessment, and speci- l lying the time when the purchaser will be en. 1 titled to the deed. The certificate must be l signed by the tax collector and one CD copy
 must be delivered to the purchaser and the
 other filed Tn the office of the City Assessor and | Tax Collector.
 The Tax Collector must also in book kept ! for that purpose, enter the description of the property sold, cores bonding with the descrip-
 tion in the certificate. the date of the sale, the
 name of the purchaser and the amount paid | and regularly number the entry in such book so
 as tt correspond with like number on the cer- l tidcate.
 Such book shall be kept in the office of the City Assessor and Tax Collector, and open to inspection by the public; such certificate shall
 be assignable, and the assignment thereof
 shall vest in the assignee or his legal repre-
 sentative all the right and title of the original l purchaser. - - 1 On filing such certificate with the City As
 sessor and Tax Collector, the lien of the City
 vests in the purchaser and is only divested by
 the payment to him or the Tax Collector for his use of the purchase money with 30 per cent ! pQn " os O nd l.,%a,