Williams news., 1904-07-30
ORDINANCE No. B.

for the Collection Thereof; and Defining
 the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Assessor
 and Tax-Collector of the Town of Williams,
 and for Their Compensation.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Com lows:
 Section l. The Town Clerk, who is and shall liS 6os'iaee in the Town of Williams to be de. Se fon nspen for the transaction of business n,nr 'dvf. to F p.m., and from pm. to pm. 1T, The books, documents. records and files, and Tn<e, books, records, or files and anyother
 in R his ksPp9 i Inspection during said period, and the same
 may be inspected by any person under the su- l whose salary shall be in addition to that now
 provided by ordinance, the sum of Eighty Dol
 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
 Clerk and Treasurer shall have the right to ap-
 quire, with the advice and consent of the Com
 mon Council.
 Ordinances. Orders, Resolutions and Official
 Documents; Counter-sign all Warrants and
 Licenses; Keep the Book of Ordinances; 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 afix the same when required upon all Documents aforesaid
 He have do, and perform such other duties, and have such other responsibilities as have | time by the Council.
 Section 3. The Town Treasurer shall receive the Town by Taxation, Licenses, or otherwise; l and pay out the same upon warrants signed Clerk. but not otherwise He shall keep sep arate record of each different fund provided " the Council % or 9taeTwse; tn Keep record of | not paid for want of funds; apportion the moneys received among the several and proper | keep a complete set of Books showing every money transaction of the Town, the state of each was derived and % for what I purpose y e1. an pended; and make monthly reports to the Council of all the receipts expenditures. and Section f. The Town Assessor shall do the assessment work on the property of the Town, and he may appoint deputy or deputies with the advice and consent of the Council. Such 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 Com mon Council. AS soon as such assessment has been returned the Clerk shall publish notice thereof; Tn n newspaper printed in the Town, 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.
 At the time specified in the notice, the Con- 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 | owner or assessor or otherwise; and if the | Board of Equalization shall find it necessary to 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 | that case, and allow a 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 wDDm they may sus- pect to have a knowledge of the value or amount of such taxable property, and to ex- 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 roll, who have not appeared before the Board; and list of all property, the val nation 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 the 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