The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-13
Ordinance No. B.

An ordinance Co amend an ordinonc" of th,. City of Sk1gw1y. cntitlrd. An Or dinancc providing tor the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes incident thereto. Be H ordained by th, Common Council of the City of Skagwly;
 That au ordinance entielcd An ordi- nance providing for ths as..ssmcnt. levy and collection ,f poll tav"s and for other purposes incident therrto. being orii- nance No. t approved August S. iys. h' amended so as to rad as fellows;
 SECTION L
 A pou tax of g. 20 shall annually. from and after the ist day of September of each year. bs Imposed upon and collected from ail electors found within the city os SkarWay. aS shown by Che poll books of th, saL s,ld city for such wear. or otherwise.
 SECTION u.
 Tn. poll t,x collector cor ass'ssor shall require every clcctor Go pay his poll tax at thc time of imposing cor assessing th' same. and t is hereby made the duty of every such ,l.ctur Geo pay c" such poll t,N collector or nessssor. upon demand. th. poll tax provided for n section of this ordinance. alI iu default "f so do- Ing the poll tax collector "r assessor shah immediately rcturn q" the City Clerk such uucoIlect,d poll tlN. and th'rvup"n oh. City Cicrk shah make report of the same to th" City Council. who may authoriz, thc City Attorney Co proceed to the collection uf such uncollccted poll tax by ln action in any court of com petcnt Jurisdiction. and a penalty "i twice th. amount of such poll ttN. besides costs and disbursements ueccs1ariily tn- curr,d iu thr prosecution of said suit. shah be taxed and made part of any action so hrought Go recover soid poll taN and the incorporated city oc Skagwny shall be entitled Co recover of and re- ceivr thy sam from any clector against whom the said city may recover judg- ment.
 SECTION II
 Th. poll tax books of th, City of Skag- way for Che y,lr for which such poll taN Is collectablc. cvrJidcd by the officer hay Ing charge thereof. cor certified copy or the same. shall l, prima facie evi- dencc of th. liability Go pay poll tnN ot every elector whose name appears there on
 SECTtON ".
 Poll tax rrc-iptS iu blank. signed and numbered. shall be delivered by the City Clerk to the poll t1V collector or oS~-Ss or on or before thc ist of September col each year. and h, shall h' charged with the amount of such poll tax receipt d- .N HaHNHN N those returned and shall settle with th' said clerk and pay over the amounts c"l lected Co the Citv Trrosurrr on or h~. fore the ist of each month. with state ment under oath of Che total amount oi poll taxes collected by him during Che last preceding month. less th" amount allowed for fees He shall also b" credit ed with unp1I receipts by him turn"l over Go Che City Clerk.
 SECTION V.
 The poll tax collector or assessor shall receive as a compensation for assess'inr and collecting poll taxes as herein pr" vided. fifteen per cent of the amount col Iectcd. and hc shall receive no other com p.nsatiou for such services. This ordinance shall tnkc effect and b" In sun force from and after its passage approval and publication in a newspaper of general circulation within th" City oi Skarwav. for two successive weeks Passed by Che Common Council of the City of Skagway Alaska. and approved this 9th day of october. A. D. l"i.
 r. NJ. WOODRUFF.
 EX-Omcio Mayor. | Attest. Godfrey Cheaiander. Clerk.