The Coconino sun., 1903-12-26
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An Ordinance levyin2 An Annual Street
 Tax.

Section1. Each male inhabitant of the Town of Flagstaff, residing within the corporate lim- 1 it's of said town whether a citizen of the Unit ed States or an alien over twenty-one and un- der fifty years of age except active members of | the Flagstaff Fire Department who have been duly certified as such active firemen by the Chief of Fire Department, members of the Ma tional Guard of Arizona, Arizona Rangers, paul pers, insane persons and Indians not taxed. shall be liable and required to pay an annual street tax to the Town of Flagstaff of Two Dol lars (f2.0O), and shall pay the same to the Town Tax Collector upon demand between the first day of January and the third Monday in De- 1 cember of each year; provided, however that | in the case of his neglect to pay such street | tax within the time specified, or the failure of the Town Tax Collector to demand or collect the same within the time specified, he shall be liable and required to pay such street tax at any time thereafter during the balance of the year.
 Sec. ?. Such street tax may be paid either in cash or by the performance of one days labor on the streets of Flagstaff under the direction of the Supervisor of Streets and all money col 1ected under the provisions hereof shall be i'm mediately turned over to the Town Treasurer. | and shall be used for the improvement of the streets and sidewalks only.
 Sec. 3. No person liable to pay such street tax. shall be deemed or held to have paid the same for the year in which said street tax is demanded. unless he produce and exhibit re- ceipt therefor issued from the ofice of some regularly acting street or road tax collector within this Territory; provided. however, that he may be allowed. if such receipt has been lost, to produce evidence of having paid his street tax for that year in some other town or County of this Territory.
 Sec. {. The tax collector shall, on or before the first Monday in March Of each year pre- pare an alphabetical list Of all the male in- habitants liable to pay street tax to the town of Flagstan, and at any time within sixty (60) days thereafter, he shall give at least ten Qo) days notice in writing, by mail or to be de- livered to each said persons. that such street tax is due and that the same must be paid as herein provided not later than 10 days after the service or mailing of such notice. Said list shall be returned to the Common Council at it's first regular meeting in March of each year.
 Sec B. On the third Monday in December of each year the tax collector shall make a report in writing to the Common Council, showing | the total amount of street tax collected, the names Of the persons who have paid it, with the treasurers receipt for money turned over to him by the tax collector The report shall also show what persons have paid their street tax by labor, and the names of such persons who are delinquent, if any
 Sec G. To enforce the collection of street
 
 every, or any species of property. right title, claim to. or credit of. any person not the owner of real estate in the town of Flagstaff and liable to- and refusing to pay his street tax when demanded by the tax collector, as will be sufhcient to pay such street tax and costs of seizure and sale, and may proceed to sell the same at any time in front of the town hall in Flagstaf, Arizona, upon giving verbal or written notice at least five hours previous to such sale and deducting the street tax for which the property was sold and the necessary fees and costs of sale and shall return the bal ance of such proceeds, if any there be. to the owner of the property so seized. A delivery of the possession of the property sold by the tax collector to any purchaser. together with his certificate of sale. shall constitute sufficient title to the purchaser, against any claimant whatsoever. The tax collector shall receive the sum of four dollars for making the seizure and sale provided for in this section. to be retained oy him out of the proceeds of the sale of property seized and sold under this ordi- nance.
 Sec. 2. If any person. assessed for a prop erty tax, has not paid a street tax due from him. or for which he is liable such amount of street tax shall be entered on the property tax roll, and charged to the real property of the person owning such street tax if he have real property; but, if he have no town real prop erty, it shall be charged to his personal prop erty, and shall be lien on such real or personal property, to be collected as a part of the taxes due thereon, in any year to the town of Flag stan.
 Sec. 8. All ordinances and parts of ordi- nances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. | Sec. 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of Jan uary, A. D., 1904.
 | Passed by the Mayor and Common Council of | the town of Flagstaff this day of December 2l, 1905. Presented to the Mayor for his sigma ture and approval and by him signed and ap- proved this 2ist day of December, A. D., 1903 T. E. POLLOCK, Mayor of the Town of Flagstaff. | Attest:
 L. w. QUINLAN, Town Clerk. First publication Dec. %, 1904.