Williams news., 1904-07-23
ORDINANCE No. 8.

ORDINANCE No. S5. An Ordinance Levying Taxes and Providing
 Additional Duties and Responsibiiifies of
 the Town Clerk. Town Treasurex, Assessor
 and Tax-Colieetor of the Town of Williams,
 and for Their Compensation.
 BE IF ORDAINED by the Mayor and Con- mon Counci! of the Town of Williams, as fol lows.
 Section 1. The Togn Clerk, who is and shall be ex-oticiO Town Treasurer, Tax-Collector, and Assessor, must have his office at some pub lie place in the Town of Williams. to be de. signated by the Common Council, and it shall be kept open for the transaction of business from a.m. to F p.m., and from pm. to i pm. every day in the year, except holidays.
 The books, documents. records and files, and
 all papers, books, records, files and any other
 his office. shall be kept convenient for Public
 inspection during said period. and the same
 es a ss Tsy ae M whose salary shall be in addition to that now
 provided by ordinance, the sum of Eighty Dol
 lars for the month during which he shall be
 ing Up the Delinquent Tax Roli: and Fifty
 the further sum of Fifty Dollars as Assessor,
 and doing the assessment work; and said
 Clerk and Treasurer shall have the right to ap-
 point such deputy or deputies he may re- auire. with the advice and consent of the Con- mon Council.
 Ordinances Orders, Resolutions and Official Documents; Counter-sign all Warrants and LlcenSeS, keep the BOOK or OrQ1QanCeS, Keep
 all books and proper Indexes Keep the Min
 utes of the proceedings of the Council, and have them properly signed and attested; Keep the Seal of the Corporation, and affix the same when required upon all Documents aforesaid.
 He have, do, and perform such other duties, ] and have such other responsibilities have been, or which may be ordered from time to time by the Council. 1-.
 Section B. The Town Treasurer shall receive
 and safely keep all moneys that shall come to | the Town by Taxation, Licenses, otherwise;
 and pay out the same upon warrants signed l "a md nfarC nod hy ft3aT Clerk. but not otherwise: He shall keep sep
 arate record of each different fund provided
 Warrants paid and of Warrants presented, but not paid for want of funds; apportien the different funds, as prescribed by the Council; keep a complete set of Books showing every
 money transaction of the Town, the state of
 each fund, from what source the money in siif-W-as-derived and for what purpose ex-
 pended; 1f4ske niofit l5S -reports- to- the
 Council Of all the receipts, expenditures. and disbursements and the balance in each fund. 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 a 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 tine 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 Com 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- tions to the assessment will be considered by the Common Council, and said time shall not be longer than thirty days from said return, and as much shorter as the Council may desig- nate
 mon Council shall meet a Board of Equali- 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 5 The Common Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization, shall have the power to determine whether or not the assessed value of any property is too small or too great, and may change and correct any valuation, either by adding thereto or deducting therefrom; if the sum fixed in the assessment roll be too small | or too great, whether said sum was fixed by the l owner or assessor or otherwise; and if the ! add to the assessed valuation of any property | on the assessment rOll they shall direct the | by letter deposited in the postofice. or other, wise, naming the day when they shall act in pear And the said Board of Equaiization % eE aP on the hearing, are hereby empowered to issue compulsory process and require the attendance pect to have a knowledge of the value or amount of such taxable property, and to ex- anime such person or persons under oath in re. lation thereto. As soon as possible, after the adjournment of the Board of Equalization the Clerk M shall @ make a list of the names of all per added to, with the amounts SO added, on the assessment roll. who have not appeared before He uation of which has been added to, on the as. sessment roll. with the amounts so added. the owners of which 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 of whose property there was an amount added | not appearing before the Board according to | said notice, as aforesaid, may appear before said Board and have a hearing within the time specified in Section of this Ordinance at some stated meeting of said Board to which it I may have adjourned, upon making affidavit that he had no knowledge of such increased valuation of his property and the determina- ton thereof shall be final and said Clerk shall made by the Board. During the session of the Board the assessor shall be present. and also any deputy or any other person whose testi- mony may be required by the parties appealing to the Board, or the assessor, and they shaii have the right to make any statement touching the assessment, and producing evidence re- lating to questions before the Board, and the , Board shall make use of all other inform ation which they may be able to gain otherwise in . equalfzing the assessment roll and may re- 4uire of the assessor to enter upon the assess sessed that year; and the assessment and equalization so made, as aforesaid, shall have the same force and effect as if made by the as- seSsOr, before the return of said assessment roll
 majority of said Board shall constitute n | | quorum to do all the business relative thereto 1 )r in connection herewith. (
 Section 6. Whenever any tax or any assess $ nent, or any part thereof, levied on any prop- I ,rty, heretofore or hereafter levied shall have [ been set aside or determined to be illegal or | I 7oid, or the collection thereof prevented by