Alaska sentinel., 1903-03-26
City Charter
 ALAS KAN TOWN s. ALL LICENSE MONEY RETAINED. Good Enough for Urdngel.

l Code ot Procedure for the district
 of Alaska, shall not apply to any
 tax lawfully levied against any property as provided for in this
 chapter; Provided, further, That no property tax herein provided
 for shall exceed two per centum on ] the assessed valuation of the pro
 perty; and all assessments made ] by the corporation assessor shall be
 uniform and shall be subject to re-
 view by the council, and appeals
 may be taken from their decision
 to the district court. No bonded
 indebtedness whatever shall be au-
 thorized for any purpose.
 Eleventh. By ordinance to pro-
 vide reasonable punishment for the
 violation of municipal ordinances
 by a fine not exceeding two hun dred dollars or imprisonment in
 the municipal jail for a term not exceeding ninety days, or both, for each violation.
 Twelfth. To provide for the
 election of a municipal magistrate
 who shall have power to hear and determine causes arising under the ordinances of such corporation and to punish violations of such ordin- ances; Provided, That all senten- ces of Imprisonment imposed by said municipal magistrate shall be served in the municipal iail with out expense to the government of the United States. All appeals to the district court from the judg- ments of such municipal magis- trate shall be governed by the laws relating to appeals from the judg- ments of commissioners acting as justices of the peace.
 Such municipal magistrate shall receive a salary to be fixed by the council. and no fees or other com pensation whatever; and all judg- ments imposed by said magistrate and collected shall be turned over to the treasurer of the corporation and applied to the use and benefit of the municipality as the council may direct.n
 Sec. 1. That section 203 of chap ter 21 of title 3. as amended by the Act approved March 3, 1901, be amended so as to read as follows:
 Sec. 203. The treasurer of the corporation shallbe ex-ofiicio treas urer of the school board. and shall before entering upon the duties of his office. take the oath prescribed by law. and execute bond to the corporation in an amount to be de- termined by the judge of the dis trict court. which bond shall be ap- proved by the council and the judge of the district court and filed in the office Of the clerk Of the cor poration. and he shall give such additional bond as the council or judge of the district court may from time to time direct. but in no event shall such bond be less than twice the amount of money in the hands of the treasurer at any one time. to be determined by the tax rolls and license books of the cor poration, and of the clerk of the district court; Provided, That all license moneys provided by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1899, entitled An act to define and punish crimes in the district of Alaska and to provide a code of criminal procedure for said dis trict, and any amendments made thereto. required to be paid by any resident. person or corporation for business carried on within the linn its of any incorporated town, and collected by the clerk of the dis trict court, shall be paid over by said clerk to the treasurer of the corporation, to be used for munich pal and school purposes in such proportions as the court may order, but not more than fifty per centum nor less than twenty-five per cen tum thereof shall be used for school purposes, the remainder thereof to be paid to the treasurer or the corporation for the support of the municipality. and the clerk of said court shall take said treas urer's receipt therefor, in duplicate, one of which receipts shall be for warded to the Secretary of the Treasury. another to the Attorney General. and the other shall be re- 1ained bv the clerk; Provided, That fifty per centum of all license mo- neys provided for by said Act of Congress approved March 3, 1899, and any amendments made there to, that may hereafter be paid for business carried on outside incor- corporated towns in the district of Alaska. shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States and