Williams news., 1904-08-13
ORDINANCE No. B.

l An Ordinance Levying Taxes and Providing l for the Collection Thefeof; and Defining | Additional Duties and Responsibilities of 1 and Tax-CollectOr of the Town of Williams, 1 and for Their Compensation.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Con-
 mon Council of the Town of Williams, as fol- ] lows:
 Section l, The Town Clerk who is and shall | be ex-otcio Town Treasurer, Tax-Collector, i and Assessor, must have his office at some pub | lie place in the Town of Williams, to be de- l signated by the Common Council, and it shall l be kept open for the transaction of business
 from 9 am. to F pm, and from pm. to D. m.
 every day in the year, except holidays;
 ! The books, documents, records and files and
 all papers, books, records, or files and any other Town property in his possession, pertaining to | inspection during said period, and the same
 may be inspected by any person under the su-
 pervision of the Town Clerk, his Deputy; i provided by ordinance. the sum of Eighty Dol
 lars for the month during which he shall be | engaged in the collection of Taxes, and mak- | ing up the Delinquent Tax Poll; and Fifty Dollars additional for the rest of the year; and ! the further sum of Fifty Dollars as Assessor, | and doing the assessment work and said 1 Clerk and Treasurer shall have the right to ap- | point such deputy or deputies he may re ] quire, with the advice and consent of the Com i mon Council.
 Section ?. The Town Clerk shall attest all l Ordinances, Orders, Resolutions and Offical l Licenses; Keep the Book of Ordinances; Keep 1 all books and proper Indexes; Keep the Min | tues OI the proceedings or the Council, and have them properly signed and attested; Keep the Seal of the Corporation, and atfix the same when required upon all Documents aforesaid. He have, do, and perform such other duties
 and have such other responsibilities as have been, or which may be ordered from time to time by the Council.
 Section }. The Town Treasurer shall receive ana safely keep all moneys that shall come to the Town by Taxation, Licenses, or otherwise; and pay out the same upon warrants signed
 by the Mayor and countersigned by the Town
 Clerk, but not otherwise. He shall keep sep
 p Inf aleh ,l
 by the Council or otherwise; Keep Il record of
 Warrants paid and of Warrants presented, but
 moneys received among the several and proper
 different funds, prescribed by the Council;
 keep d complete set of Books showing every
 money transaction of the Town, the state of
 each fund. from what source the money in
 each was derived, and for what purpose ex-
 pended; and make monthly reports to the
 Council of all the receipts, expenditures and
 Section 1. The Town Assessor shall do the
 assessment work on the property of the Town
 as the Mayor and Common Council may direct
 and he may appoint deputy or deputies with
 the advice and consent of the Council. Such deputies shall, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe an oath re- quired by the Council. Said assessments shall
 be commenced on the last Monday in July of each year, and the assessment list shall be com
 pleted and returned not later than thirty days from and after that time, unless the time for return shall be extended by order of the Con- mon Council. As soon as such assessment has been returned the Clerk shall publish notice thereof, in newspaper printed in the Town specifying in such notice the time when obiec, tons to the assessment will be considered by the Common Council, and said time shall not be longer than thirty days from said return and much shorter as the Council may desig, nate,
 At the time specified in the notice the Con- mon Council shall meet as a Board of Eouali- | Zation, but the time of such meeting may be postponed from time to time, by order of the Common Council, entered upon their minutes
 Section }, The Common Council, sitting as | Board of Equalization, shall have the power to determine whether or not the assessed value of l any property is too small or too great and may ] change ana corre:t any valuation, either by | adding thereto or deducting therefrom; if the l or too great, whether said sum was fixed by the ! owner or assessor or otherwise and if the | Board ot Equalization shall find it necessary to add to the assessed valuation of any pronerty Clerk to give notice to the persons interested | by letter deposited in the postofice, or other | wise, naming the day when they shall act in | that case, and allow q reasonable time to ap- pear And the said Board of Equalization on | the hearing, are hereby empowered to issue compulsory process and require the attendance | of any person or persons whom they may sus- pect to have q knowledge of the value or | amount of such taxable property, and to eX. amlne such person or persons under oath in re- latIon thereto. As soon possible after the adJournment of the Board of Equalization, the Clerk shall make list of the names of all per sons, the value of whose property has been added to, with the amounts so added, on the assessment rJH. who have not appeared before | uation of which has been added to- On the as sessment roll, with the amounts so added the owners of winch have not appeared before the Board, and the Common Council shall cause he same to be published in one newspaper of the Town, and any person, to the assessed value Ol whose property there was an amount added not appearing before the Board according to sald notice as aforesaid, may appear before