The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-12
City Ordinance.

1888 to A. d. 1899, both wears inclusive
dho Tor SAID purpose employing James
y: wells, as special council for the said
City;
WHEREAS, There Is a large amount
OF Taxes due this, the said CITY of
brownsville, from divers persons, etc,
Tor the years 4 d. 1888, 1856, 1887. 1888.
1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894. 1895
1896, 1897, 1898, 1899; and,
WHEREAS, By reason of the non
payment OF said taxes, this the CITY Of
BROWNSVILLE, has become greatly in
deDtefi, and Is unable to pay its current
ana necessary accruing expenses, and
also, by reason of which, its city war
rants, or ''scrip," have become greatly
deprecated in value; and,
WHEREAS, Said delinquent Tax
payers have, many of them for many
years, thus far failed or refused to pay
the said Taxes so due by them; and,
WHEREAS, No City Attorney of this
city has ever made any endeavOr to, by
law, enforce the collection of said un-
paid taxes; and,
WHEREAS, The present City Attor-
ney has left the city for other and dis
tant parts of the state, In search Of
other employment, and it is not known
whether he viii return, by reason of all
OF which, 1t has become necessary, and
the interests of the city imperatively re-
qulre, that, counsel be Immediately en-
plOyed to enforce the collection of such
unpaid Taxes;
THEREFORE, Because of the prem
ises, BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the City of Brownsville;
Section THAT this, the said City of
brownsville, has now employed, and
does hereby, IN all things, employ, Jas.
b. Wells, practicing attorney OF said
city, aS the attorney of this said city, to
enforce the collection Of, and TO collect,
all the Taxes now due this, the said
city, for the years AID. 1885, 1886, 1887,
1883, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892 1893. 1894,
1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and all such
taxes of year A. ID. 1900, as may hereaf-
ter become due and be unpaid for the
period of sixty 800. days after the time
when they are required by the ordin-
ances of this city to be paid;
Section 2.-That the said Wells, as
such attorney, Is to receive, as his com
pensation for his services III the in the
premises, Il commission Of ten Q0). per
cent, on the amount OF any and all such
taxes, now So due and UNPAID, for each
and all of the several fifteen years.
hereinbefore specially mentioned, to
wit, from A. ID. 1885 to A ID 1899. both
years inclusive, and also, such taxes OF
the year A. ID. 1900, as may hereafter
become due and be unpaid for the period
of sixty (60) days, after such time as
they are required by the Ordinances of
this city 10 be paid, that may be paid
or collected, as hereinafter provided III
this section: said compensation or COM
mission, of ten 90 per cent, to be COM
puted upon, become due TO said Wells
from this, the said city, and be paid to
him by it, out of, and upon. all such
taxes and amounts thereof, now due and
unpaid, for each, all, and any of such
said sixteen (16) years, as hereafter may
be paid 10 the collector Of taxes of this
city, or to said Wells, as such attorney
for this city, or collected by him, by
suit, or other legal proceeding had, and
so paid TO him, at the time any of such
taxes may be so paid Or collected, and
whether any such suit, or other legal
proceeding, be brought or commenced
by him, to enforce their collection, or
not; and the said Wells is TO receive no
other or further compensation III the
premises, than the said ten (l0)per cent,
upon the amount of all such taxes, Of
and for the said sixteen years, as may
be actually so paid, collected, &c as
hereinbefore provided;
Section 3.-That the collector of taxes
and the secretary and the treasurer, Of
this city, and each of them, shall be, and
are now hereby, directed and required,
TO, at any and all times, Immediately
upon his request thereto, furnish said
Wells, as such attorney, with all such
tax rolls, delinquent lists, reports, or
copies of the same, or any part thereof,
or othet records OF information in their,
or either of their possession or knOwl-
edge. as such officials, as he may, from
time TO time, require;
Section 4.-That said Wells shall. as
soon as reasonably practicable, by verbal
or written notices TO each Of them, or
by a general notice published in the
BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD, - notify
all such Delinquent Tax Payers, as owe
any of said unpaid taxes, TO, within
such reasonable time, as he may fix in
such notice or notices, pay TO himself
or the city tax collector, all such taxes
as are due by them, or IN the event of
their failure TO do so, legal steps will
be taken to enforce their payment, aud
he. the said Wells, as such attorney for
this city, and the collector of taxes of
this city, are hereby specially authoriz-
ed TO remit and forego, all interests and
costs and now due the city, upon all
such delinquent taxes, as shall be fully
paid to them, or either of them, before
suit or other legal proceeding be insti-
tuted or commenced, to enforce their
collection;
Section 5.-That said Wells. as such
attorney Of this city, is now hereby, in
all things, fully authorized and en-
powered, in his discretion, to, IN the