Douglas Island news., 1904-06-29
Ordinance No. 2I.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
 NO. 1.

The City of Douglas does ordain as follows:
 SECTION 1. Section one Ql, of Ordinance No. shall be amended by the insertion of School and" to read as follows: "Ali prop erty within the limits of the City of Douglas shall be subject to taxation for school and municipal purposes, except such as is ex- empt under the laws of the United States or may be exempt by action of the City Coun- cilh
 SECTION ?. Section of Ordinance No. 1 shall be amended by the elimination of the words 'possessory rights and inn provements," to read as follows: An assess 1 ment shall be made by an assessor duly ap- pointed by the City Council, upon al! real l and personal property within the city limits. Saidassessmentto be made in the name of the owner, or the name of the person or persons who may claim or have control of said prop erty at the time of said assessment, or if no owner or claimant may be known, then to unknown persons.
 shall be amended by the insertion of the words Notify them or their agents" to read | as follows: Section 10. Before the board grant the application for any reduction ap- piled for, the person or agent making the l application shall be examined on oath touch | ing the value of said property of such person or agent, No reduction shall be made unless such person or agent attends in person and answers all questions pertinent to the en- quiry; and for the purposes of such eXamin- ation the members of the Board of Equali- zation are empowered to administer oaths. ! During it's session the board may direct the assessor to assess any taxable property that may have been overlooked by him, or adt to l the amount number, or quantity of property when an incomplete or false list has bean rendered, and may make and enter new as seSSments, canceling previous entries. " hen any assessment made by him is deemed by the board so incomplete as to render the col ! lection of the tax doubtful. But the clerk shall notify the owner or his agents by letter, addressed to such interested parties, a req sonable time before action is taken, of the day when the matter will be investigated.
 SECTION 4. Section 12 of Ordinance No. ] shall be amended by the insertion of the clause Declare such delinquent taxes lien on said property read follows Section cil as Board of Equalization, the treasurer shall publish in a newspaper published in the City of Douglas, for two (2) consecutive issues of said paper, that the taxes will be due on the first Monday of October and state the place at which taxes may be paid, time when such taxes will become delinquent, and the first Monday in December, at F o'clock M., a penalty of five per cent will be added. Within fourteen days after the first Monday in December, the treasurer shall publish the remaining unpaid taxes as delinquent de- scribing the property on which taxes are de- ] linquent if real property, the amount of taxes due with the added penalty 5per cent) the name of the person to whom assessed, and if said delinquent taxes are on personal property, then he shall publish the name of ] the person so taxed with the amount of said dellnquen! tax. Anu ne Snau give nOtlce tnau if said delinquent taxes are not paid within thirty days of said publication, suit may be begun by the treasurer in the name of the City, and the said delinquent taxes declared a lien on said property, and enforcement of the collection of such lien be made by fore closure, levy, distress and sale.
 SECTIoN5. Section 13 of Ordinance No. is hereby annulled and stricken out and in its place Section IS to read as follows: Provided that all property belonging to the munich pality, all property used exclusively for re- ligious, educational and charitable purposes a family. or householder, not eXdeeding two hundred (S200.00) dollars in value, shall be exempt from such tax. Provided further that the laws eXempting certain property ply to said taxes or the collection of same.
 SECTION 6 This ordinance, amending Or dinance No. 4, shall be published in the Doug las Island News, q weekly paper published in the City of Douglas, on the following dates June 29th and July 9th, and three copies of same shall be posted in three public places in the city and shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of its first pub lication.
 Pssssd 6l and Gsls this 2h day of June Al Attest: D: t:''j JOHN HENSON, Clerk. MaS0r' I, John Henson, Clerk of the City of Doug las, to hereby certify that the foregoing is an ordinance passed by the common council of the City Of Douglas, at meeting of said council held on the 27th day of June, A. D.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and caused the corporate seal of said City to be attached this 27th day of June (--~) JOHN HENSON, 1 }sEAL Clerk of the City of Douglas.