The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-13
Ordinance kO. 69

An oriinancs for the purpose of
 ass ssicg, eyyi' aud collecting gem
 eral fax, for schu and municipal
 purposes. upOr a real and pc 'onaI
 property in the Irw O SkIgwAy; 'Ld
 for other purposes
 Be it O. i'd Dy he Common Council ot the Town of Skagway:--
 Section l. T 8, al property, both req and pers na wl,HH the Town Oi SkaEgyay. whjcn Is nDJ. uDtrr the laws .oi the Uni ed = 8 es applicable 70 Alas ka, exem0t JNcIt from, snail ne s nl- ct Go tax ,liUn 2 sChOpI nd mulctp! pur- poses.
 Section II. A grr eraI tax, for chool sud mu icIpsl purp .>, upon real and personal pro. erJ,, w.lhn the Town oi Sxagway, slI b. assessed, levied, and cOllecte rs in this O dIu7nCe provided. The words "reaI prOUerty' or real estate" as used in this ordinance sha l be so construed as 70 include 'he poS- sessorY rights which Iny psrsOu or psr- sons, company or corporation has or claims by virtue of their occupation or possession of any un-pateuted lands within the Town of Ssagwsy,
 Section III. The l-nd occupied and claimed exclusively $ right of way for railroads, by railroad companies or cor pOrations, together with the bu ldIngs and all the sub-StrucJnres and seper- structures supporting sme, shall b. assessed as a whole as real estate, wi b. out separating same as lands ard i'm proyements, at a certain sum per mil :; and all such real estate situate within the Town of Skagway, claimed by any railToad company as such right Of way, shall be deemed the proper y Of such company for the purpos ot taxation.
 Sec;io1 ". The whalv situate within the own of Sksgway, inclu ling the esuper-sJrncture and piles driven into the ground fir the purpose Of support ing same, must be assessed as a whole and as real estate, and shall deemed real estate for the parpcs oi .axatlon.
 Section V. Wa.er mains within the Town O Skagway, together with all improv, m .nts tachCl hnratC, must hH listed acd assessed as rcol eSta,e.
 Sec; ious VT. The Town clerk shall, under the direction of !. Common Couacil, provide Lh= rrca say ass-s . ment books, recs'p's. blanks ct, and deliver me to rhe Town assesSO- npJ ,lster than the sJ day of August in
 SgctIon VII The ssessor appointed by the Common Council must, between the first day of August aud the frs ddv of O3tobsr, iu each
 yesr, properly list on the ass ssment boo s furnished hjm by the clerk, all real aad personal property within the Town of SkagWay, subject to taxation, aLd assess such prOper,y iu the name of the person by whom it was owned at twelve o'clock n on the frs day Of Auaust iu the ye in " ich the sesS- ment was m de, l. the owner thereof cannot be asCerta:ns5, th the pro- psriy shall be SSesssd e the person claiming me, or in whose pOssss ioo .or control it was q, twelve o'clOrk m. on the said first dsy of Auz uSt. IL the assessor discovers prop roy for which he can fad DO owner or claimant, and which IS nO5 in the posses ,iOl or con- -troI of any pers.u .u then he shall asSeSs spcb proUerUY 10 "UnkIOSn Ow, CT provided; ih,t 70 miStske Ia lhe n-ine oF rbe owner pOssessOr on controller oi property shall render the assessment thereof inyald. The assessor sAall list real property separately, by lot and block, according to tho survey ard pIat of the Town of Ssagway made oN F. H. Reid: and all real plOperEy N htcb ia pOt subdivided into los aud bls cks or said plat and by said survey, shaIl b. otherwise des ribeG, giving the number of acres or fra tions thereof. The As sessor shall list all taxab'e persona Dropsrty separate nd apart from tn, real property, and he shall assess th' property so lis ed at it's just and fat
 Section VIII. At the time of listini and assessing the property within th Town of Sksgwsy it shall be the Gut, of the assessor to require the person t