Arizona republican., 1914-10-15

iiN "sPoptI Ol liiC NiNs IoA oS iNoSN two publications, and the Commis- sion shall meet at it's usual place of holding meetings, not later than the second Tuesday in July, when and where any taxpayer who may appear shall be heard in favor of or against any proposed tax levies, and upon such hearing the Commission may modify or amend any item or items of expenditure in said proposed budget, and after the conclusion of such hearing the Commission shall adopt said proposed budget, as fin ally corrected, as the city budget for the ensuing year.
 Sec. 8. The Commission shall fin ally adopt, not later than the third Tuesday in July, an ordinance levy ing upon the assessed valuation of all the property within the city, sub ject to taxation, a rate of taxation upon every hundred dollars of valu- ation sufficient to raise the amounts estimated in the annual budget to be required to be raised by taxation And except as herein otherwise pro- vided, the rules, practices and pro- may be, provided by state law for the levy, assessment and collection of state and county taxes, shall gov ern and control the correspondins city officials in the levy, assessment and collection of city taxes of the City of Phoenix, so far as the same are, or may be, applicable and not in conflict with the city charter O, any ordinance of the City of Phoe- nix.
 Sec. 4. The City Assessor and ex- oEficio City Collector, between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in May of each year shall ascertain by diligent inquiry land examination all property in the city, real, personal and mixed, sub ject to taxation; also the names Of all persons, firms, associations and corporations owning or claiming ;ht same or any interest therein, ol having possession or control thereof and shall determine the full cas-, value of all such property, and shal l list and assess the same to the per son, firm. association or corporation owing or having the possession | charge or control thereof, and shai prepare. complete and file for equali zation an assessment roll thereo l with the Commission.
 l In preparing said assessment roll the said City Assessor and ex-of officio City Collector may demand O each person, firm, association anC corporation, and from the president cashier, treasurer or managing agen 1 Of every firm, association and cor
 poration a correct list, under oatI
 or affirmation, of all the property
 real, personal and mixed, within tn ! City of Phoenix, owned or claimed by or in the possession or contro ! of, such person, firm, association .
 corporation. And he shall also hay 1 the power and authority to call upoi 1 any person. firm, association or cor poration, and upon any officer 0 agent in charge thereof, for any in
 formation bearing upon the subjec I of the valuation of the list of tax
 able property or pertaining thereto
 and the further power and authorit
 to examine any and all maps, draw ings, books, invoices. records, paper
 and documents belonging to sue
 person, firm, association or corpora
 tion. and shall have power to sum
 mon witnesses to appear and testify
 and to compel them to produc
 maps, drawings. books. invoices, rec ords, papers and documents befor him, at q time and place to be D.
 him appointed, and shall have powe
 to administer oaths at all such eX
 aminations.
 1 He shall also have power. and i
 hereby directed, at the expense o
 the city. to make written request of
 and to secure from, the County As
 sessor of Maricopa County. Arizona
 a complete certified copy of th County Assessors assessment roll, Q both real and personal property. S, far as such assessment roll pertains i to property within the limits of tn
 City of Phoenix, under the provi
 sions of paragraph 4S77 of the Re
 vised Statutes of Arizona, 1919.
 And where by law the assessmen
 of any particular property or clas
 of property within the city is author
 iZed or directed to be made by som state officer or officers, the value l!
 so fixed by such state officer or of
 ficers may be accepted and followed
 by the said City Assessor and eX
 officio, City Collector in the prepara .tion of said assessment roll
 Sec. ,. The Commission shall mee
 at the usual place of holding meet l ings on the second Monday in Maj of each year, at ten o'clock in thu forenoon of said day. and sit as ;
 Board of Equalization, and shall con
 tinue in session from day to da.
 for twenty days, at least five days
 published notice thereof being prev
 iously given. It shall have full pow
 CT to correct, modify, strike out, re ] duce or raise any assessment showI
 in the assessment roll prepared b' the City Assessor and eX-officio Cit!
 Collector; provided, that the Com
 mission shall give a notification O | any proposed raise to each persoI whose assessment is proposed to b'
 raised, by publishing at least twice
 in the official newspaper a notifi
 cation of such proposed raise. or b'
 sending him, through the United
 States postoffice. properly directed
 and stamped, a notification of sucl proposed raise.
 Sec. 6. After .the equalization 0
 city taxes by the Commission sittin.
 as a Board of Equalization, and af fer the adODtiOn of the ordinanc,