Amador ledger., 1905-12-15
MUNICIPAL LAW.
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nd all Instruments which shall re-
quire the seal of the city or town.
The president is authorized to ac-
knowledge the execution of all in
struments executed by said city or
town, that require to be acknow-
ledged.
Article IV.-ExecGtive Department.
SIG. 1t shall be the duty of the
treasurer to receive and safely keep
all moneys which shall come into his
hands as treasurer, for all OF which
he shall give duplicate receipts, one
of which shall be filed with the clerk.
He shall pay out said moneys on
warrants signed by the president and
countersigned by the clerk, and not
otherwise. lie shall make quarterly
settlements with the clerk. For his
compensation he shall be allowed one
per cent. on all moneys received and
paid by him as such treasurer. He
may credit himself with such per cent
IN his settlements with the clerk.
Upon each quarterly settlement, he
shall file statement of his accou ut
with the clerk
877 1t shall be the duty of the
assessor, between the first day of May
and the first day of August of each
year, to make out true list of all
taxable property within the city or
town. The mode of making out of
said list, and proceedings relating
thereto, shall be in conformity with
laws now in force regulating county
assessors, except as the same may be
otherwise provided in this act, or by
ordinance. Said list shall describe
the property assessed, and the value
thereof, and shall contain all other
matters required to be stated in such
lists by county assessors. Said
assessor shall verify said list by his
oath, and shall deposit the same with
the clerk on OF before the first Mon
assessor shall, during said time, also
make list of all male persons re-
siding within the limits of the city
or town, over the age of twenty one
years, and shall verify said list by
his oath, and shall, on or before the
first Monday of August in each year,
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assessor and his deputy shall have
power to administer all oaths and
attirmations necessary in the per-
Torrance of his duty.
S78. 1t shall be the duty of the
clerk to keep full true record of all
the proceedings of the board of trus-
tees and of the board of equalization.
The proceedings of the board of
trustees shall be kept in book
marked "Records of the Board of
Trustees. - The proceedings of the
board of equalization shall be kept
in separate book marked "Records
of the Board of Equalization. He
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marked 'City or Town Accounts, -
in which shall be entered as a credit
all moneys received by the city or
town for licenses, the amount of any
tax when levied, and all other moneys
when received, and in which shall
be entered upon the debtor side all
commissions deducted and all war
rants drawn on tho tresury. He shall
also keep book marked "Marshal's s
Account, in which Che shall charge
the marshal with all the tax lists de-
livered to him, and all licenses de-
livered to him. He shall credit the
marshal with the delinquent lists
returned by him, and with his COM
mission for collecting. He shall also
keep a book marked Treasurer s
Account, " In which he shall keep a
full account of the transactions of
the city or town with the treasurer.
He shall also keep a book marked
Licenses, in which he shall enter
all licenses issued by him, the date
thereof, to whom issued, for what, The
time when it expires, and the amount
paid. He shall also keep a book
marked Attorneys Account and
shall therein charge said attorney
with all delinquent tax lists deliver
ed to him, and shall credit him with
all mnnav maid and daIinouapt tov
lists returned. He shall keep a book
marked Ordinances, IN which he
shall copy all city or town ordin-
ances, with his certificate annexed to
said copy, stating the foregoing
ordinance is true and correct copy
of an ordinance of the city or town,
and giving the number and title of
said ordinance, and stating that the
same has been published or posted
according to law. Said record copy,
with said certificate, shall be prima
facie evidence of the contents of the
ordinance and of the passage and
publication of the same, shall be
admissible as such evidence in any
court or proceeding. Said records
shall not be filed in any case, but
shall be returned to the custody of
the clerk. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the
proof of the passage and publication
of ordinances in the usual way. Each