The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-09
Ordinance No. B.

An ordinance to amend an ordinance of the City of skagway. entitled, "An Or 1Inance providing for the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes and for other purposes incident thereto. Be 1t ordained by the Common Council of tho 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 theroto." being ordl- nance No. (. approved August 2S. 1900. be amended so as to read as follows;
 i" SECTION I.
 A poll tax of s250 shall annually. from and after the lst 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 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 it is hereby made the duty Of every such elector to pay to such poll tax collector or assessor. upon demand. the poll tax provided for in section of this ordinance. and m default of so do- Ing the poll tax collector or assessor shall immediately return to the City Clerk such uncollected poll tax. and thereupoh the City Clerk shall make n report Of the same to the City Council. who may authorize tho City Attorney to proceed to the collection of such uncollected poll tax by an action in my court of com potent Jurisdiction. and n 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- ceiye the sam from any elector against whom the said city may recover jndg- ment,
 n'r SECTION III.
 The poll tax books of the City of Skag- way for the year for which such poll tax Is coIlectable. certified by the officer hav- Ing charge thereof. or certified copy of the same. shall be prima facic cvi- dcncc of the liability to pay poll tax of every elector 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 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- livercd' 10 him and be credited with those returned and shall settle with the saId clerk and pay over the amounts col- lected to the City Treasurer on or be- fore the lst of each month, with a 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. He shall also be credit- cd with unpaid receipts by him turned over to the City Clerk.
 SECTION V.
 The poll tax collector or assessor shall receive as a compensation for assessing and collecting poll taxes as herein pro- vIded. fifteen per cent of the amount col lectcd, and he shall receive no other com pensation for such services.
 This ordinance shall take effect and bc In fun force from and after it's passage, approval and publication in newspaper of general circulation within the City Of skagway. for two successive weeks
 Passed by the Common Council of the City of Skagway. Alaska. and approved this 2Sth day of october. A. D. 1901.
 r. M. WOODRUFF. Ex-omcio Mayor. Attest: Godfrey Chealander. Clerk. ---.- eco. -- -