The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-16
Ordinance No. B.

An ordinance Co amend an ordinance or the C,ty of Ska-wly. entitled An or dlnancc providing for the assessment levy and collection of poll taxes an' for other purposes Incident thereto. Be lt ordained by thc Common Council ot the city of SkasWay;
 That an ordinance cuticicd An ordi- nance providing Cor che assessment. levy and collection of poll taNfs and for other purposes incident thcrto. h'inr "rii- nance No e. approved August N. ls'' h' amended SO as Go read Js follows.
 SECTION l.
 A pou tlV or y,-n sh1u annually. from and after the ist day of September of each year. be Imposed upon and cohect'" from aII electors fnuuj within Che Ci'N of skagway. as shown by Che poll books of th, said sad city for such year, "r otherwise
 SECTION 10.
 The pou tax collector or H~s'ss"r shall require every clcctor t1 pay his poll taN at ths tiuc of imposing or oss' Ssins thc same. and 10 Is b rDly mrir th' duty or every such eI.pJur t' rIN to sich poll | the poll tax provided for ln section ] of this ordinance. rnJ .H d.flult "f SO d'- Ing the poll t1N collector or oSs'ss"r shall immediately return Q" Che City Cl"rH such uncou,ct,J pnu t5N. anal thcrcup"n the City Clerk Sh1u make 70 report "f the same to Che City Council who may authoriz, Che city Attorney Go proceed Co the collection ot such uncollccted poll tax by an action i1 any court ot com p.tent Jurisdiction. and penaity "t twice the amount of such poll ttN. besides costs and disbursements necessarily t"- curred In the prosecution ot said sut' shall bc taxed and made part of any action so brought to recover sad poll taN and th. incorporated ClJy of Skaewas shah be entitled Go recover of and re- c.ivc the sum from any clcctor against whom th, said city may recover jldS- ment.
 SECTION m
 The poll books of thc City of Skas- way for Che y,ir for which such poll t'N is coilcctable. certified by thc officer hov' ing charec thcr,or or 70 certified copy Of the same. shlu bc primo focic evi- dence of oh, liability to p1y poll tax of every eiector whose name appears there on
 SECTION ".
 Poll taN rccepts iu biauS signed ari numbered. shall be delivered hy the cry Clerk Co th. poll tlV collector or asses or on or before th- ist of September "t each year and he shall b, charged Wi,H the amount of such ~.Il tax receipt d'- uvercd Co h.m and bc credited w..h those rcturncd and shall settle w.th tnr said clerk and pay over the amounts cO'- lected Co Che City Treasurer on or Doe forc the ist of each month with a state ment under oath of Che total amount 'i poll taxes collected ty him during ti" Inst preceding month. l'ss thc amol"t allowed for fees Ile shall also be crc'i '- ed with unpaid receipts by him turn d over Co 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 DOT cent of th" amount cole lected. and he shall receive uo other com pensation for such services.
 This ordinance shall takc cfrcct and be in full force from and after its passar"' approval and publication in newspaper Of general circulation within thc City of skarway. for two successive weeks.
 Passed by the Common Council "t t'e City of Skagway Alaska. and approved this 9th day of October. A. D. i'i.
 F M WOODRUFF
 Ex-OTlcio Mayor Attest: Godfrey Chealander. Clerk.