Williams news., 1910-09-03
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1910
Ordinance No. 57

An Ordinance by the Mayor and Common Coun-
 cil of the Town of Williams for the Collection
 of Taxes.
 Be 1t Ordained by the Mayor and Common
 Council of the Town of Williams, as follows:
 Section l. The town clerk in addition to being town treasurer shali be the assessor also and he may as clerk and ex-officio Treasurer appoint such deputies as he may re- quire, with the advice and consent of the con- mon council As ex-ofhcio Assessor he shall receive the sum of Fifty (s5oOO) Dollars for each annual assessment which he may make
 Section 2. The town clerk, ex-oficio treas urer aud assesser shall have his office open for the transaction of business from nine a. m.. to twelve a. m. and from one p. m., to four p. m. every day in the year, except Saturdays and holidays. On Saturdays 1t shall be kept open from nine a m. to one D. m The books, docu- ments. records, papers and files; and all books, papers. records or files, and any and all other town property in his possession or control per- ta1ning to his office shall be kept convenient for public inspection during said period, and the same may be inspected by any person un- der the supervision of the town clerk.
 Section B. The town clerk shall have the custody, care and control of. and be responsi- ble on his bond for, all books. papers, records, files and ordinances, belonging to the town, committed to him for his custody, care and control. He shall attest all ordinances, orders and resolutions and all official documents re- quired of htm; countersign all warrants and licenses, keep all the books of the ordinances and all other books with proper indices: keep the minutes of the proceedings of the council; i; nave them properly signed by the mayor and attested, and keep the seal of the corporation ana ar1x the same when required on all docu- ments, aforesaid He shall have, do and per- form such other duties and responsibilitie: which have been hereafter may be ordered from time to time.
 Section 4. That the town treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys that shall come to the town by taxation. license or other wise, and pay out the same when required, upon warrants signed by the mayor and conn., tersfgned by the town clerk but not otherwise. He shall keepa separate record of each differ ent fund provided by the council or otherwise provided, keep record of all warrants paid and warrants presented, but not paid appor- tlon the moneys received among the different 1unds as prescribed by the council, keep complete set of books showing every money transaction of the town; the state of each fund, from what source the money in each was de- rived and for what purpose expended, and make reports to the council every three months OA oAA shC iOCclpts, expenditures ana QlSDQrSe ments. and the balance in each fund.
 Section 5. The town assessor shall do the assessment work on the property of the town, as the mayor an1 common council shall direct. He may appoint such deputies as may be re- quired with the advice and consent of the common council. Such deputies shall, before entering upon the duties of their office take and subscribe to an oath required by the coun. cil Said assessment shall be commenced on the first Monday of July in each year. and the assessment lists shall be returned not later than sixty days from that time unless the time TOT return shall be extended by order of the council. As soon as such assessment lists have been returned. the clerk shall publish notice thereof. in a newspaper printed within the town, specifying in such notice the time when objections to the assessment will be considered by the council and said time must not be longer than twenty days from the time of said return. At the time or times specified in the notice the common council shall meet as 6 board of equalization, but the time of such meeting may be postponed from time to time by order of the common council entered on it's minutes.
 Section 6. The board of equalization shall have power to determine the assessed values of any property if it is assessed too small or too great and may change or correct any valuation either by adding thereto or deducting there from, If the sum fixed in the assessment roll be too small or too great, whether said sum was nxed by the owner. assessor or any other per- son; and if the board of equalization shall find it necessary to add to the assessment valuation of any property assessment roll they shall direct the clerk to give notice to the person or persons interested by letter deposited in the post office, properly directed and stamped, or otherwise, naming the day when they will act in his case and allow reasonable time to appear.
 And the said board of equalization on the hearing are hereby empowered to issue com pulsory process and require the attendance of any person or persons whom they may suspect or have knowledge of the value or amount of such taxable property and examine such per son or persons under oath in relation thereto As soon as possible after the adjournment of .the board of equalization, the clerk shall make list of the names of all persons the value oi whose property has been added to with the amounts so added, on the assessment roll, who have not appeared before the board, and a list of all property, the valuation of which has been added to on the assessment roll, together with the amounts so added. the owners of which have not appeared before the board, and the common council shall cause the same to be published in one newspaper of the town. And any person to the assessed valuation of whose property there was an amount added, not ap- bearing before the board according to said notice. as aforesaid, may appear before said board and have hearing within ten days after the adjustment thereof, upon making an affidavit that he had no knowledge of such increased value of the property; and the deter imitation thereupon shall be final, and said clerk shall note upon the assessment roll all changes made by the board. During the ses- sion of the board the aSsessOr shall he nrpsent and also, any deputy or any otherperson whose testimony shall or may be required by the par ties appealing to the board, or the assessor and they shall have the right to make any statement touching such assessment, and pro-