The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-05
Ordinance No. 69

An ordinance for the purpose of
 assessing, levyiEg and collecting gem
 eral tax, for school and municipal
 purposes. upon all real and pc soual
 propeety in the Town o Sksgway; Snd
 for other purposes.
 Re it ord ir. d by ihe Common Council of the Town of Skagway:--
 Section l. T as all property, ooth req aud pers na', wihin rhe Town of Skssyav, which rs not. uunRr the laws of tue Uui,ed S'a "s applicable 10 Alas ks. exempt theFefrOm, shall be subject m taxation 1 scbOp. end muIclp4' pur- poses.
 Section II. 4 general tax, for school and mu icipal purposes, upon real and prrsoEai prorerJv, within the Town ot SxaGway, shall be assessed, levied, and ColIecte rs iu this dinance provided The words "reaI property" or real estate" as used in this ordinance shall he SO construed as 10 include the pcs! sessOry rights which any person or per sons. company or corporation has or claims by virtue of their occupation or poSsessiou Of sny un-patented lands within the Town of Skagway,
 Section III. The land occupied and claimed exclusively as right ot way for railroads, by railroad companies or cor porstions, together with the ou ldlngs and all the sub-struclures and seper- structures supporting same, shall be asssssed ss a whole as real estate, wi b. out separating same as lands and im- movements, at certsiu sum per mil ana all such real estate situate within the Town of Skagwsy, claimed by any railroad company as such right ot way, shall be deemed the property ot such company for the purpOSs of taxation.
 Section ". The whsry's- situate within the Town of Sksgway, including the esuper-structure and piles driven into tbe grouud for the purpose of support ing same, must be assessed as a whole and as real estate, and shall he deemed real estate for the nnrDcs" or taxation
 Section v. WaIer mains within the Town of Skagway, together with all improy, nsnts a'tached thereto, must be listed and assessed as r"al estate.
 Sections VI. The Tow cl, rk shall under the dire tion of the Common 2 Council, provide th- ncce<sa-y ssses menc books, receips, blanks et'., 'ut deliver me to the Town assess1 nlt later than the fl st day Cf Ausust IT
 Section VII The ssesso~ appointed bv the Common Council mus bs,ween the first day of Augus and the frs. day of Octob3r. in ssch
 year properly list on the ass ssEren booss furnished him by the clerk, al real aud personal property within h' Town of Skagwsy, subject to taxation aud assess such property ID the name Inf thSperson by whom it was owned a twelve o'clock m on the hrs day o August ir the year in ich the sess nneos was ID tde. T. the owner thereo csopot be ascertainsd, thsu the pro nar,v shslt be assessed 70 the persOl clsiming same, or in whose posses 10 or control it was at twelve o'clo"k ID on the said first day of August. II th assessor discovers prop rty for wh.c he can find no owner or claimant anI which is not iu the possession or eou troI of any oerscn then h shall asses sueh property to "UnknOwn Ow: CT ,,Tovidad. th ao mistake Ia the h. m of the owner possessor on controller ( nronerty sh Ill render the sssessmen tbsreof invalid. The assessor shall Il; real proper'y separately, by lot au block, according to the survey an nIat of the Town of Skagway made b Fl. Reid: an ! sll 'eal p'opertv whic ia moi subdivided into lots and blocks o ssid plat and by said survey, shall | otherwise described, giving the uumbs of acres or fractions thereof. The A .ssssor shall list all Ssxab'e person. nroperty separate and apart from tt Teal property, and he shall assess tf propertY so listed at it's just and Ia
 Section VIII. At the time oi listir and assessing the property within Il Town of Sksgwsy it shall be the du of the assessor to require the person