The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-06
A NettletOu shoe at cIaysOn's, ti
Ordinance No. 69.

An ordinance for the purpose of ass-ssiug, levyiI g and collecting gem eIsl tax, for school and municipal purposes. upor al real and Ue-sonsl property in the Town o Skagwsy; sud for other purposes.
 Re it in. by the Common Council of the Town of Skagway:--
 Section l. T. ay sll property, bot req aud pes ns, within the TOwu O Skavwav, which Is not. under the laws of the Uui-ed Sta es applicable 10 Alas ka. exempt Chertfrom, shall he suoJ"ct no lax ,,iou r school And muicipal pur- poses. Section II. A general tax, for schoo! and municipal purposes, upon real and persoEaI proCetN, within the Io"n or Skagway, snail b. assessed, levied, aud Collectei ss in this o dinance provided. The words "real property" or ''real esSste" ss used in this ordinance shall he so construed as 10 include the pos sessory rights which any person or per sons. company or corporation has or claims by virtue of their occupation or nossession of sny un-psteuted lands within ehe Town of Sksgwsy,
 Section III. The land occupied and c,aimsd exclusively ss right of way for railroads, by railroad companies or cor noratious, together with the bu ldiugs nnd all the sub-struclures and seper- structures supporting same, shall be assessed as a whole as real estate, with out separating same as lands and lm- movements, at a certain sum per mil and ali such real estate situate within the Town of Sksgway, claimed by any railroad company as such right ot way, shsU he deemed the property of such rornpany for the purpose Of taxation.
 Section ". The wharvss situate witbin-ths Town of Sksgway, including the esuper-sUructure and piles driven into fbe sround frr the purpose of support ;ny same, must be assessed as whole ana ss real estate, and shall he deemed real estate for the purpose of taxation
 Section V. Water mains within the Town of Skagwav, together with all ironroys nents attached thereto, must be Hstedapd assessed as real eS,aie.
 Sections VI. The Town clerk shall, ,,r5ar the direction Li q Common ConnciI, provide th- rec say asses ,-,snt books, rece D. s, bl nks rs"., eud deliver me tO the Town assessJ mt later than the il st day Of AnAust ln each year. -.;..,a the Common Council mus bS,ween the first day of August and the frs, day of OGtob4r, in =sch yesr. prcperly list on the ass ssmenl booF . furnished him by the clerk, all -sSI and personal property within he Town of Skagway, subject to taxation sn5 assess such propsrty ID the name oF the person by whom it was owned al S-sT}s o'clock m on tue frs day o AngI,st in the year in W ich the sess -nsSs q as m de. T. the owner thereo oso,c( he sSGertainei, th-n the pro T,..,v shall be ssessed 70 the persoT .ta;ycinC ssme, or in whose posses io' r,,- .o1trOl it was at twelve o'clork m on the said first day of August II th' ssssssor riscovers Erop- rty for whlct bs can iud no owner or claimant, ant wbicb is not in the posses ion or con ,,oI of any persc a then he shall asses s,,.S, 1roperty to "UnknOwn Ow CT provided; th [ 10 mistake n me D sn 5f the owner possessor on controller 1rooerty shall render the sssessmen thereof ;iny.lid. The asses or shall lis real property separately, by lot su' bIoeE. according to the survey ant oiot oi the Town of SSacway made b Fl Reid; an sll real p Opertywhtcl q, 1ot subdivided into lots aud blocks o s,;5 niat and by said survey, shall b o,barwise des ;ribed, giving the numoe of acres or fra tious thereof. The A: sassor shall list all tsxab'e persons 1-onerty separate snd apart from tn rssi property, and he shall assess th nToperty so lis ed at its just and tai
 Section VIII. At the time of listin ana assessing the property within th Town-of SksgWsy it shalt be the dut of the assessor Go require the pe'son