The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-22
AN ORDINANCE.

cd and Manner of Assessment OF
Pipes, Mains, Wires, Poles, Fix
lures, Services, Meters, and Appli-
ances of Persons, Firms or CorpoF
rations, for the Purpose of Taxaf
ton in the City of Palatka, where
Such Persons Firms, or Corpora
tions Have Their Pipes, Mains,
Wires, Poles, Fixtures, Services,
Meters and Appliances Within the
City of Palatka, without Regard
as to Whether or Not the Main
Plant or Plants, Pumping station
or Stations, Power House or
Houses, Storage Plant or Plants,
Batteries or Offices of Such Person,
Firm or Corporation are Located
Within the Corporate Limits of the
City of Palatka. II
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
the City Council of the City of Pa
latka, Florida:
Section L: That from and after
the passage of this Ordinance, it shall
be the duty of the City Assessor Of
Taxes of the City of Palatka, to as
certain by diligent search the amount
and value of pipes, mains, and wires,
and the number and value of poles,
fixtures, meters and appliances, be-
longing to any person, firm or cor
poration owning any water works,
gas manufacturing plant, electric
light plant or power house, telephone
or telegraph lines, where s1ch pipes
mains, wires, poles, fixtures, services,
meters, and appliances are actually
located within the corporate limits
of the City of Palatka without regard
as to whether or not such main plant,
pumping station, power house, stor-
age plant, batteries or offices Of such
persons, firm or corporation are To-
Gated within the corporate limits of
the City of Palatka, and to make a
uniform, equal and just assessment
on all such personal property upon
the tax roll Of the City of Palatka.
Section 2: That it shall be the
duty of the Assessor of the City of
Palatka in assessing the personal
property described in Section / of
this Ordinance, to prepare the tax
roll and provide column for the
date and number of tax receipt,
column for the name or names of the
owner or owners of said personal
property, acolumn for the amount
and size of mains, column for the
amuont and size of service pipes,
column for the amount and size of
wires or cables, a column for the
number of poles, column for the
number and kind of fixtures, colx,
umn for the number of services, "A
column for the number of meters,
column for the number and kind of
appliances and column for the to-
tai value of such personal property,
owned by such person, firm or. cor
poration land located within the said
City of Palatka; that in all other res
poets the assessment roll shall be in
the same form as is provided by law
or adopted and used by said City
of Palatka for the Assessment of
ether property, except in the listing
of the PERSONS and property to be
taxed
Section 8. That the city Tax Asa
SCISSOR of the City of Palatka shall
set forth and list, in the appropriate
columns provided for in Section 2, Of
this Ordinance, the names of the own
ers of said property, the amount and
size of mains, the amount and size
of service pipes, the amount and size
of wires or cables, the number of
poles, the number and kind of fix
lures, the number of services, the
number of meters, the number and
kind of appliances, and shall assess
said personal property at its full
cash value in the column provided for
the total value thereof, and shall cal
culate the taxes thereon, on the mil,
lage levied by the City of Palatka,
ard place the amount of said taxes
in the columns provided therefor in
said assessment roll. That in all
other respects the assessment of said
personal property shall be made in
the manner and by the method pro-
vided by law or used and adopted by
said City for the assessment of 9TH
er property. That all ordinances
and laws relating to taxes, assess
ments of taxes, levy or millage, equal
tzation of taxes, governing the City
of Palatka, and not inconsistent
with this ordinance, shall apply to
the assessment of said taxes on the
personal property described herein.
Section a. That all words used in
this ordinance importing either the
singular or plural number shall be
construed to include both the singu-
lar and plural number of such word
or words.
That all ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict with this ordi-
nance be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Passed in open Council this 22nd
day of December, A. D. 1914.
j. H, YELVERTON, Jr.,
President City Council.
Approved the 23rd day Of December,I
1914.
S. J. KENNERLY,
ATTEST; ,, Mayor.