Bisbee daily review., 1902-06-15

JUNE 10, i0Vzs H-.. aa--| - ----------------------- - clerk, and as soon as the city clerk receives said lists and assessment roll, he shall give public notice of the fact, specifying in said notice the time of the meeting of the mayor and city council as a board of equalization, to hear and consider objections to as sessments, by publication in some newspaper published in the city. and he shall keep sad lists and assessment roll open in his office for inspection by the public. Sec. 26. The mayor and common 1 council shall constitute the board of equalization. of which board the city clerk shall be clerk.
 Sec. 27. A quorum of the city coun- ell shall be sufficient to constitute the board of equalization, but a majority of the entire board shall be required to vote in favor of any change In any assessment before such change can be made.
 Sec. 2s. The board of equalization shall meet on the first Monday in July, in each year. and shall continue in session from time to time until the | business of equalization is completed, | provided, however, that .Le said board shall not sit at its July meeting after the 20th day of July, at which time it | shall adjourn to meet on the third Monlay of August following, at which meeting 1t shall have the same powers 1t possessed at it's July meeting. Sec 29. The board shall have power 1 to determine whether the assessed value of any property is too small or I rect any valuation, either by adding thereto or by deducting therefrom. il, i in its judgment from the information then possessed by it, the value fixed in the assessment roll is too small or too large, whether such value is fixed by the owner or by the assessor, and fl the board shall believe it to be right to adj to the assessed value of the prope ty, 1t shall cause ,lis fact to be inserte ed In the advertised notice here | inaft( provided to be given; no as- sessn ent can be raised by the board , unlesl 1t Is included in sucn advertised notice.
 Sec. 30. Upon the adjournment of the July meeting in each year, the clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper published in the city, a no- tice headed Increased Assessments" I which notice shall state as follows: | At meeting of the board of equaliza- l tion, said board believed that the fol- | lowing assessments on the following described property, are each too small, i. e.-and then shall follow a list of | all the property. the assessed value af which the board believed to be too small at it's last meeting; said list shall
 be made out with the name of the per son to whom the property is assessed
 on the left hand side and opposite 10
 the name shall be a description of the property referred to with the amount Tor which 1t was assessed. said notice
 shall state the time and place when the board of equalization will meet
 to consider and determine whether O. net the ass escment5 Eamed il the no. tice shall be increased; and shall re l quire all persons interested to appea-
 and be heard at said time: said not: e
 need be published once only prior to the meeting of the board for the pu--
 pose of increasing assessments; pro
 vided. that said notice shall be pub
 lished at least two days before the meeting of said board
 l Sec. 31. Said board shall meet -.-.r
 later than the third Monday in AIgasi
 for the purpose of raising assessments.
 and shall remain in session not longer than the first day of September fol
 lowing. It shall at once proceed with the consideration of assessments speci- fled in the advertised notice, and as part of their proceedings, proof of the publication of said advertised notice shall be made as i1 other cases si.L filed with the beard.
 Sec. 32. On said hearing the board shall have the power } issue compul- sory process requiring the attendance of any person or persons whom they may suspect of being possessed of knowledge of the value, as well as of
 the amount of such property, and ex-
 anime them. under oath, in relation
 thereto
 Sec. B. It shall be the duty Of the assessor to attend all meetings of the
 board of equalization. and at any meet.
 ing of the same, said board may re Quire the assessor to place on the as.
 sessment roll any property subject to taxation not included therein; and in the absence of the assessor, 1t shall be the duty of the board of equaliza- tion to place on such roii any omitted property and to assess its value. ' Sec. 34. When the revision and equalization of the assessment roll Is
 completed in each year, an order shall
 be entered approving .he same; and
 the common council shall on the first
 Monday in September. in each year
 levy the taxes provided for in section
 two of this ordinance, and direct tho
 clerk to issue warrant for the col
 lection thereof.
 Sec. 5. In each year as soon as
 the mayor and common council shall
 have levied the taxes, as provided in
 this ordinance, they shall add up the
 columns of valuation and enter the