Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-28
The New Road Law.

AT the request of number G
our readers, we publish below th
ext of the road law enacted by tn
ecent session Of the state legisla
ure.
Section 1. All male persons o
his state over twenty-one years o
lge and under fifty years of age
putsioe of the limits of an incorpor
tied city or town, unless by Law
,xempt, shall annually pay a roat
ak Of two dollars, which shall bt
lue and payable in money without
exemption whatsoever on the frs
lay of March in each year. AL
,oll taxes shall be paid into the
Dad and bridge fund of the district
which the same shall be collect.
I'd.
Sec. 2. The county commission
,rs or any poll tax collector they
nay authorize shall annually, com
nencing on the first day of March
n each year, demand a poll tax
rom each person liable therefore.
Sec. 3. Any person, firm, corpor-
alton or company or agent thereof,
having persons in his or their EN-
oloy liable to pay poll tax as
lereinbefore provided, shall upon
demand duly made by such collect
)r, furnish list showing the names
If all persons 50 employed and the
wages due and owing to each of such
employees, and if the amount ofsuch
poll tax be then due it shall be paid
1T once to the collector by said EN-
oloyer. If not due it shall be re-
.ained by the employer from the
first wages earned by the person
liable for the poll tax and thereafter
paid on demand to the collector.
Any such employer refusing to fur
nish such list upon demand shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and up,
on conviction shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding one-hundred
dollars and may also be prisoned
in the county Jail not exceeding one
month. And any payment made
by said employer as herein provided
shall be complete defense in any
suit or action brought by the EN-
ploye for such sum or sums
Sec. 4. The county commission
ers or any poll tax collector may,
in the name of the county where any
poll tax is sought to be collected, in
woke in the collection of such TAX
any process of civil procedure
authorized by law. Public officers
of this state shall render any ser
vices demanded by the commiss
toner's or any collector authorized
by them, without charge of fee o
any kind: Provided, that tn
county commissioners may alloy
in the case of public officers VIII
receive their compensation by fee
such allowance, chargeable agains
the taxes collected, as they ma
deem just.
Sec. 5. Any poll taxes due {
delinquent shall be chargeable
and shall be lien from the tin
such taxes are due and payable o
any real or personal property
the person owing the tax. III
county commissioners may certii
a list of persons from whom pc
taxes are due or delinquent, to II
county auditor, who shall exter
such list or lists on the tax rol
against the real or personal pro
erty OF such tax debtor.
Sec 6. The means or metho,
provided in this act for the colIec
ion of poll taxes, shall be held
be concurrent, and any two or mo
may be prosecuted at the san
time.
Sec. 7. The boards of commits
toner's OF the several counties
this state shall, at their regul
session next preceding the date
the levy of taxes for the year 100
divide their respective counties. e
elusive of incorporated cities al
towns, into not to exceed four no
districts for the purpose OF this a
and shall causea description the
of to be entered in their records.
Sec. 8. The boards of couu
commissioners shall annually,
the time of making their levy
county purposes, levy and cert
TO the county auditor, tax of