The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-02
Ordinance No. B.

An ordinance to amend an ordinance Of the City of Skagway. entitled. An Or dinancc providing for the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes incident thereto. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of skagway;
 That an ordinance entieled An ordi- nnnco providing for-thc assessment. levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes Incident thereto" being ordi- nance No. {. approved August 2S. l9oo. be amended SO as to read as follows:
 SECTION l.
 A poll tax of s250 shall annually. from and after the ist 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 of the said rnid city for such year. or otherwise.
 SECTION IT.
 The poll tax collector or assessor shall require every elcctor to pay his poll tax at the time of imposing or assessing the same. and it Is hereby made the duty of
  tax collector or assessor. upon demand. the poll tax provided for in, section I of this ordinance. and In default of so do- Ing the poll tax collector or assessor shall immediately return to the City Clerk such uncollccted poll tax. and thereupon the City Clerk shall make report Of the same to the City Council. who may authorize the City Attorney to proceed to the collection of such uncollectcd poll tax by an action In any court of com potent Jurisdiction. and penalty of twice the amount of such poll tax. besides costs and disbursements necessarily In- cured in the prosecution of said suit, shall be taxed and made n part of any action SO brought to recover said poll tax. and the incorporated City of Skagway shall be entitled to recover of and re- ceive the sam c from any elector against whom the said city may recover judg- mont,
 SECTION TIT.
 The poll tax books of the City of Skag- way for the year for which such poll tax Is collectable. certified by the officer hav- Ing charge thereof. or certified copy of tho same shall he prima facie evil dence of the liability to pay poll tax of every eiector whose name appears there on.
 SECTION ".
 Poll tax receipts in blank. signed and numbered. shall be delivered by the City Clerk to the poll tax collector or assess f.f .T sAf each year. and he shall be,chorged with the amount of such poli tax receipt de- livered to him and be credited with those returned and shall settle with the said clerk and pay over the amounts col- lccted to the City Treasurer on or be- fore the list of each month. with n state ment under oath Of the total amount Of poll taxes collected by him during the last preceding month. less the amount allowed for fees. lie shall also be credit ed wlti, unpaid receipts by him turned over to the city Clerk.
 SECTION V.
 Tho poll tax collector or assessor shall receive as compensation for assessing and collecting poll taxes as herein pro- vided. fifteen per cent of the amount col- Iectcd. and he shall receive no other com pensation for such services.
 This ordinance shall take effect and be In full force from and after it's passage. approval and publication in n newspaper of general circulation within the City of slSngway. for twS successive weeks. Passed by tho Common Council of the City of skagway. Alaska. and approved this 2Sth day of october. A. D. 1901.
 F. M. WOODRUFF,
 Ex-ohicio Mayor. Attest: Godfrey Chealander. Clerk.