Arizona republican., 1915-07-04

to the city of Phoenix to pay such defaulted amount or amounts. Sec. 10. After the procedure as specified in the preceding section has been had. and the collection agency complained of fails to appear or to show good and just cause for default or payment, or it still refuses without just cause to pay, then and in that event the City Tax Collector shall declare it's license revoked and of no further effect and all license fees paid thereon together with suf- fcient of the bond filed by such col lection agency shall be by order of the City Tax Collector, forfeited to the City of Phoenix and to the payment of such unpaid collections less the agreed upon charges, and no such col lection agency, nor any member, of ficers or stockholder thereof, shall at any time thereafter. be permitted to do or transact a collection agency business in the City of Phoenix When, in any instance, in this ordin- ance provided. the bond or any DOT ton thereof shall be ordered forfeited, the City Tax Collector shah imme- diately thereafter serve written notice to that effect upon one or more of the
 
 notice state the facts of the case and giving the sum or sums so ordered forfeited and demanding of such surety or sureties to pay the same over to the City of Phoenix If after the expiration of ten days following 1 the receipt of such notice by such surety or sureties. or either of them, the said sureties have not paid over to the City of Phoenix the sum or sums so demanded. the City Attorney upon demand of the City Tax Collec- tor. shall proceed in any court of competent jurisdiction by appropriate proceedings to collect the same and all costs on account thereof. including S50.G0 attorney fee.
 All moneys derived from the for feiture of bonds or proceedings had thereon or from license fees, under this ordinance, shall be paid to the ! City Tax Collector and by him ac- counted for and paid to the City l Treasurer
 Sec. II. All moneys paid to the City of Phoenix for and on account ! of forfeited bonds or portions there of, not including costs or attorney fees, shall be payable to the proper parties by warrants drawn as other vol s-iiio VI lIlt ' 4tN or 1notnlX. on the general fund. such warrants there for to be drawn only upon an order therefor duly issued by the City Tax Collector, and the City Treasurer shall ! pay the same and charge the re- spective amounts for which such war | rants shall be drawn. to the general fund to which said fund all sums so forfeited. together with costs and at tOrnEN fees lnlpr 10 nroN-iSipnG pf this ordinance collected. shall be ere dited.
 See. F. Any collection agency, or member. officer or stockholder there or giving any false or incomplete statement or information or giving any false or incomplete information or giving any false or fictitious names or amounts of transactions. under any requirement of this ordinance or of the City Tax Collector, or violating any of the provisions of this ordin- ance, shall be deemed guilty of q mis demeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($5O.0O) nor more than three hundred dollars (s30O00). or by Imprisonment in the city jail for period of not more than ninety days. or by both such fine and i'm prlSonment.
 See. 13. Whereas. there is an .ur- gent and immediate necessity for the protection of business and business interests, by the regulation of collec- ton agencies, and the requiring of 1 bonded protection for creditors wno entrust their claims to collection agencies for collection, and there is now no adequate control or safe guards thrown around collection agen- cles. and no security for the safe handling and disposition of moneys collected by them. and it is necessary for the immediate protection of the public peace. health and safety. that this ordinance shall become immedi ately operative and effective an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage by the Commission, and ap- proval by the Mayor, and it's posting and publication as required by the City Charter, and is hereby exempted from the referendum provisions of the City Charter
 Passed by the City Commission this 1st day of June 1915
 Approved this 1st day of June. 1915
 GEO. |. YOUNG,
 Mayor Attest:
 I'UANL~ T,IIONTAC