Amador ledger., 1907-02-01

The Board of Trustees of the CITY
of jackson do ordain as follows:
Section l. Every male citizen over
twenty -one years of age and under
sixty years of age, found within the
corporate limits of the said city of
Jackson, during the time for the
collection of street poll taxes for the
year 1907, excepting all persons who
were honorably discharged from SER
vice in the army or navy of the United
States, any time between the first day
of April, in the year of our Lord 1861,
and the first day of May, in the year
of our Lord, 1865, shall pay the mar
shaI and license collector of the said
city of jackson, or his agent, an
annual street poll tax in the sum of
two ($2) dollars, lawful money of the
United States, and every such person
not exempt as above set forth, within
the corporate limits of the, said city
of jackson, who has not paid street
or road poll tax for the said year 1907
to any other person or authority
legally empowered to collect such a
tax, must pay the said amount of
street poll tax so levied.
Section 2. The city clerk must
cause to be printed two dollar blank
street poll tax receipts, in book form,
with stubs numbered the same as the
receipts, of one hundred in each
book, sufficient number for the use
OF the marshal and license collector.
The stubs shall have a line for the
name Of the poll tax payer, his age
and occupation. The city clerk must
number and sign said blanks, deliver
them to the marshal and license
collector, and charge him Herewith.
Section 3. The marshal and license
collector shall at the expiration of
each month pay all street poll taxes
collected by him to the city treasurer.
and shall on the first Thursday OF
August after the levy of said street
poll tax, return to the city clerk all
tax receipts received by him and not
used, and pay to the city treasurer
the total amount collected and not
paid in, and must make final settle
ment with the city clerk and the city
treasurer, and the city clerk must
seal up all unused tax receipts and
deposit them with the city treasurer
who shall keep them in his office.
Section 4. And the said marshal
and license collector must demand
payment of said street poll tax of
every person liable therefor, and on
the neglect or refusal of such person
to pay the same must collect by
seizure and sale of any pers pro-
perty owned by such person.
Section 5. The sale may be made
after three hours' verbal notice of the
time and place of such sale. The sale
must be made at pulic auction and of
sutf1cient amount of property to paw
the tax. All excess over taxes must
be returned to the owner of the pro-
perty sold and until claimed must be
deposited in the city treasury.
Section 6. Every person indebted
to one who neglects or refuses, after
demand to pay poll tax, becomes
liable therefor, and must pay the
same tor such other person after SER
vice upon him by the marshal and
license collector of notice in writ
ing stating the name of such person.
Section I. Ibis ordinance shall be
In effect from and after its passage
and publication.
introduced January IT, 1907.
Adopted and approved January 81,
l9O7, by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees, Penny. Tam, and
Lean.
Noes: None.
Absent: Trustees Kent and Gar
bariui
VIM. TAM,
President of the Board of Trustees
OF the city of jackson. Protein.
Attest: l.. j. GLAVINOVICH
(Seal.) CITY Clerk
Published in the Amador Ledger
TOR one week, viz; February l, 1907.