The daily Alaskan., 1906-04-12
Ordinance NO. 69

An ordinance for the purpose ot
 assessing, levyirg and collecting zen
 eIal JaX. for schuOl aUd municipal
 purposes. upon ! real and pc sonal
 property iu the Town o. SkagUay;And
 for other purposes.
 Re it O.d iu. by he Common Council of the Town of SkaEway:--
 Section l. I. sJ all property, both req and geTs us', within the Town oi Skagway, which IS not. under the laws oi the Uni ed S,a es applicable Io Alas ks, exempt JhereirOm, snail be subject 70 tax ,JiOa r schO0i and muicip3l pur' poses,
 Section II. A general tax, for school and municipal purp' Srs, upon real and personal property, within the Town oi Sxagway, sHslI b. assessed, levied, and collecte ! ss in this dinsnce provided The words real property or real estate" as used in this ordinance sha be so construed as 70 include ihe pcs sessOry rights which any person or per sons, company or corporation has or claims by virtue of their occupation or possession of sny un-p3tented lands within the Town of Skagwsy,
 EEtLOQ ILL | ne ANLO OAN ALAINA eAh4e claimed exclusively Es right of way for railroads, by railroad companies or cor pOratious, together with the bu idtugs and all the sub-strpClures and seper' structures supporting same, shall 6e assessed as a whole as real estate, vii b. out separatiug same as lands and tm- movements, at & certain sum per mil and all such req! estate situate wthtu the Town of Skagway, claimed by any railioad company as such right of way, shall be deemed the property Of such con. .uany for the purpose of taxation.
 Section ". The wharvEs situate within the Town of Sksgway, including the esuper-sJructurs and piles driven into he ground for the purpose of support ing same, must be assessed as a whole and as real estate, and shall re deemed real estate for the DHrpcsN Of taxation.
 Section V. W,'er mains within the Town of Sksgwyy, together with all improvr nsnts a tackled thereto, mnst be . listed and assessed as reel ssta.e.
 Sections VI. Th- Town el. TX shall, under the dire. ton Of the Common Council, provide th- nece.sa-y asses met books, reCeip's, blanks ct, anc deliver : me to the Town assaSsb nl' later than the fl st day of August IT each year.
 Section VII The s-esso- appointed by the Common Council mus between the first day of Angus and the frs day of October, in =act year, properly list on the ass sswen, -booss furnished him by the clerk, al real sad personal property within ,ht Tows, Nf Skagway, subject to taxation aud Sssess such property 10 the name of the person by whom 1t was owned a twelve o'clock m On the frs day O Auqust in the year in W ich the a sess meut was n de. r the owner thereo cannot be ascertaIned, th-n the pro psrty shall be assessed o the pers1I claiming s4me, or in whose pOsseS iO' or control it was a twelve o'clO k m on the said first dsy of August. IL th' assessor discovers prOp rSy for wh'cl he csu find DO owner or claimant, ant which is not in the possession or con tTol of any Cerscn then he shah ssSe> such property to "UnkrOwn OW CT provided; th 70 mistske Ia the n0 m of the owner pOssessor on controller O procerty sh .ll render the sSsessmen thereof invalid. The assessor shall lis real properiy separately, by lot am bIock, according to the survey an, DIaf of the Town of Ska Iway made b F Fl. Reid; and all real prOpertvwhicI ia not subdivided into los and bl cks o said plat and by said survey, shall b otherwise des ,ribed, giving the numbe of acres or fractions thereof. The As ssssor shall list all taxable persons property separate and apart from tn Teal property, and he shall assess th property SO lis ed at it's just and fai value.
 Section VIII. At the time of listiu and assessing the property within Ih Town of Sksgway is shall be the dut of the assessor to require the person t