Douglas Island news., 1904-07-06
Ordinance No. 2I.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
 NO. f.
The City of Donglas does ordain as follows:

The City of Douglas does ordainn as follows
 SECTION l. Section one Q), ot Ordinance School and" to read as follows: '.Atf prop erty within the limits of the City of Douglas
 shall be subject to taxation for school ana empt under the laws of the United States, or
 aaSS cii.S be exempt "' "''''" '' '''
 SECTION 2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. the words "possessory. rights and inn proyements," to read as follows: An assess ment shall be made by an assessor duly op,,
 pointed by the City Council, upon all real 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 sald prop erty at the time of said assessment, or II no owner or claimant may be known, then to unknown persons.
 SECTION 3. Section 10 of said ordinance No. f shali 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 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 ana answers all questions pertinent to the en- 'ouiry: and for the purposes of such eXamin-
 ation the members of the Board or bqual- zation are empowered to administer oathS. During its session the board may direct the | assessor to assess any taxable property that
 may have been overlooked by him, or add to the amount, number, or quantity of property when an incomplete or false list has been rendered. and may make and enter new as sessments, canceling previous entries. when 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 addressed to such interested parties, a req sonable time before action is taken, Of the day when the matter will be investigated.
 SECTION 1. Section 12 of Ordinance No; shall be amended by the insertion Of the clause Declare such delinquent taxes lien on said property" to read as follows; Section F. Within ten 10 days after sitting of coun- cil as q Board of Equalization, the treasurer the City of Douglas, for two @ 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 that after such taxes become delinquent on
 the first Monday in December, at. F o'clock M.. 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- liuquent if real property, the amount or
 taxes due with the added penalty (5per cent) the name of the person to whom assessed, and if said delinquent taxes are on pers onal property, then he shall publish the name of the person so taxed Wltn tne amount ol Salu delinquent tax. And he shall give notice that 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 lien on said property, and enforcement of the collection of such lien be made by fore closure, levy, distress and sale.
 SECTION 5. Section 13 of Ordinance No. is hereby annulled and stricken out and in its place Section 13 to read as follows: Provided
 that all property belonging to the munich
 pality, all property used exclusively for re- iigious, educational and charitable purposes
 and the household furniture of the head of
 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 l from levy and sale on execution shall not ap-
 ply to said taxes or the collection of same.
 SECTION 6 This ordinance, amending Or
 dinance No: 4, shall be published in the Doug
 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 pulp | lication-
 Passed and approved this 27th day of June,
 Attest: JOHN HENSON, Clerk.
 | I, John Henson, Clerk of the City of Doug | las, 6o hereby certify that the foregoing is
 an ordinance passed by the common council
 of the City of Douglass at a meeting of said
 1904.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set
 my hand and caused the corporate seal of
 said City to be attached this Eth day of June
 ( ~~) JOHN HENSON,
 }sEAL Clerk of the City of Douglas.