The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-22
Ordinance No. B.

An ordinance to amend an ordinance of the City Of skagway. entitled. "An Or dInance providing for the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes incident thereto. pe it ordained by tho Common Council Of the City of skagway:
 That an ordinance entieled "An ordi- nance providing for the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes incident thereto" being ordi- nance No. L. approved August S' 1900 Dc amended SO as to read as follows:
 SECTION I.
 A poll tax of ss5o shall annually, from and after the list day of September Of each year. be Imposed upon and collected from all electors found within the City of skagway. as shown by the poll books cf the said said city for such year. or otherwise.
 SECTION II.
 The poll tax collector or assessor shall require every elector to pay his poll tax at the time of imposing or assessing the same. and n is hereby made the duty or every such elector to pay to such poll tnx collector or assessor. upon demand the poll tax provided for In section l cf this ordinance. and In default Of SO dos Ing the poll tax collector or assessor shall immediately return Co the City ClerN such unconected poll tax. and thereupon the City Clerk shall make report Of the same to the City Council. who may authorize the City Attorney 10 proceed to the collection of such uneolleeted poll tax by an action In any court or com petcnt jurisdiction. and penalty of twice the amount Of such poll tux. besides costs and disbursements necessarily in- cured in the prosecution Of said snit shall be taxed and made part or any action SO brought to recover said poll iaN and the incorporated City of skagway shall be entitled to recover Of and TO- ceive the sam from any eleetor against whom the soid city may recover JudE ment.
 SECTION III.
 The poll books of the City Of skag- way for the year for which such poll tax Is collectable. certified by the officer hay inc charge thereof. or certified copy of the same. shall be prIma faeie eyi- denco of the liability to pay poll tax or every clector whose name appears there on.
 SECTION ".
 Poll tax receipts in blank. signed and numbered. shall be delivered by the City Clerk Co the poll tax collector or assess- or on or before the lst of September of each year. and he shall be charged with the amount of such poll tax receipt de- llvcrcd Co him and be credited with ,horc returned and shall settle with the .aid clerk and pay over the amounts e"l- icctcd to the City Treasurer on or be- lore tho ist of each month. with a state ncrt under oath of the total amount Of poll taxes collected by him during the .lst preceding month, less the amount allowed for fees. He shall also be credit ed with unpaid receipts by him turned over Co the City Clerk.
 SECTION V.
 Tho poll tax collector or assessor shall receive as compensation for assessing and collecting poll taxes as herein pro- vidcd. fifteen per cent of the amount col- icctcd. and he shall receive no other com pcnaat.on for such services.
 This ordinance shall take efTect and be iu fun force from and after It's passage approval and publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the city of sl,asway. for two successive weeks.
 Passed by the Common Council Of the City of skagway, Alaska. and approved .his eSth day Of october. A. D. l@ol.
 F. NJ WOODRUFF
 Ex-omcio Mayor. Attest. Godfrey Chealander. Clerk.