The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-12-31
REGISTRATION OF CITY WARRANTS.

BE IT ORDAINED by the boardiof mayor
and aldermen of the town OF John
SON City:
SECTION l. That all persons now
holding, or who may hereafter hold,
warrants issued by the mayor and re-
corder of the town Johnson City,
upon any of the several funds pro.
vded by the board of mayor and alder
men, may receive the amount Of same
in cash when presen ted in the manner
and form, aud under the term and
conditions prescribed by this ordit-
ance.
SECIIoN @ Be it further ordained .
That it shall be the duty of the re
Corder to keep, as one of the records
OF his Office, book properly prepared
and ruled for the purpose of record
ing or registering therein the date OF
registration, number, date of warrant,
amount, name and address of payee,
name and address of transierees, date
when paid and such other memoranda
as the recorder may deem essential
concerning each warrant presented 20
him !or registration, and he shall
register all warrants so presented in
accordance with the form above pre-
scribed but this ordinance shall not
be so construed as to require regis
tration OF warrants presented and ap
piled in payment Of taxes.
SECTION 3. Be it further ordained
That said record book shall be ell.
titled Warrant Register" and it thalI
be the duty of OF the recorder to regis
ter all warrants presented, in the order
OF presentation, in the said Warrant
Register" in the manner and form
prescribed in Section 2, aud warrants
so registered shall be paid in the order
OF priority of registration as rapidly al
the cash collected for the fund agains'
which the warrant is drawn will pay
same.
SECTION 4. Be it further ordained
That as soon as sufficient cash is II
the treasury to pay any registered
variant when it is reached in its order
the recorder shall mail notice of sucl
fact to the holder of the warrant, anC
unless the holder shall appear in per
son or by agent, within thirty day
from the issuance of said notice o.
shall send said warrant to the recorde
within said thirty days, the registra
ton of his said warrant shall be can
celled, and the money heretofore helC
Tor same shall be applied to the pay
ment OF the warrant next entitled un
der the provisions hereof; Provided
that the recorder may give verba
notice in lieu of the written motto,
hereinbefore provided, when convent
ent, and such verbal notice shall b,
sufficient; and provided further, tina
dnrng the thirty days allowed tn,
warrant holder to present his warm
for payment aft-r notice if more mon
ey should be received into the treasury
to the credit of the fund against which
the warrant for which notice ha
issued was drawn, then the recorde
shall apply the same to the plymen
OF the warrants next in order OF regis
tratlon, but shall preserve in tn,
treasury during said thirty days
sufficient amount to pay said warrant
and If same is not presented duliny
SAID time, the registration thereo
shall be cancelled, but the holder o
said warrant shall have the right t.
again register same to take effect iron
the date of said latter registration.
SECTION 5. Be 1t further ordained
That. 1T shall be the duty of the Re
corder to write or stamp the wore
Registered" together with the dat,
OF srch registration, and his signa,ur,
npon the face % each warrant regis
tered by him, at the time Of reg isterin
same, and any subse qutnt transteret
OF such warrant shall have the right
upon presentation to the Recorder, t.
have his name and post office address
entered on said warrant register auC
the notice provided for in Section 4
shall be mailed TO such transfere,
provided that if any transieree or hold
er OF SUCH warrant shall not eva,
himself of bis right to have his nam.
and address entered on said warrat
register, a notice mailed to the las
registered hold shall be sufficient.
SECTION Be it further ordained
That this ordinance shall not be :,
construed as to prevent the holder O
any warrant from applying the sam,
t to the payment of city taxes levied 70
| the purpose for which the warrant j
drawn, but when any registered wal
rant is so applied, it shall be the dut,
OF the recorder to Immediately canoe
the registration of such warrant.
SECTION Z. Be it further ordained
g That this ordinance take effect OF
January 1st 1897, at 8 o'clock a. m
the welfare of the town requiring it.