Williams news., 1904-08-06
ORDINANCE No. B.

An Ordinance Leyying Taxes and Proyiding
 for the Collection Thereof; and Defining
 the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Assessor
 and Tsx-Collector of the Town of Williams
 and for Theis Compensation.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Com mon Council of the Town of Williams, as fol- lows:
 Section l. The Town Clerk, who is and shall 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 am. to F pm, and from pm. to pm. 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
 his office, shall be kept convenient for Public
 may be inspected by any person under the su-
 pervision of the Town Clerk, or his DeBX-i
 whose salary shall De i1 lis SIM If M ny Do
 lars fer 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 Clerk and Treasurer shall have the right to ap-
 poi mt such deputy or deputies he may re- quire, with the advice and consent of the Com mon Council.
 Section ?. The Town Clerk shall attest all
 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 Corpora tion and affix 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 3. The Town Treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys that shall come to the Town by Taxation, Licenses, or otherwise; and pay out the same upon warrants signed T by tn the Mayor and countersigned by the Town arate record of each different fund provided by the Council or otherwise; Keep a record of Warrants paid and of Warrants presen ted, but not paid for want of funds; apportiOn the moneys recelN ed among the several and proper different furds as prescribed by the Council; keep complete set of Books showing every money transaction of the Town, the state of each fund, from what source the money in pended; and make monthly reports to the Council of all the receipts, expenditures and dlsbu tsements, 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 deputy or deputies with the advice and consent of the Council Such deputies shall, before entering upon the duties quired by the Council Said assessments shall be commenced on the last Monday in July of each year, and the assessment list shall be con- from and after that time, unless the time for return shal! 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 Tn such notice the time when obec- 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- l nate,
 At the time specified in the notice the Con- mon Council shall meet 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 l
 Section D. The Common Council, sitting as a l 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 l sum fixed in the assessment roll be too small | or too great, whether said sum was fixed by the i owner or assessor or otherwise; and if the ! add to the assessed valuation of any property ! on the assessment roll, they shall direct the l Clerk to give notice to the persons interested | by letter deposited in the postoffice, or other | that case, and allow reasonable time to ap- pear. And the said Board of Equalization on the hearing, are hereby empowered to issue process and require the attendance pect to have knowledge of the value or amount of such taxable property, and to ex. anime such person or persons under oath in re- atlon thereto. As soon as possible, after the Of the Board of Equalizati tiOn the Clerk shall make a list of the names of all Der- sons, the value of whose property has been added to, with the amounts so added on the assessment roll, who have not appeared before he Board; and q list of all property the val lation Of which has been added to, on the as essment roll with the amounts 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 he Town, and any person. to the assessed value 'f whose property there an amount added lot appearing before the Board according to aid notice, as aforesaid, may appear before