Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-08
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870
OFFICIAL
AN ORDINANCE

banks, Wltnln .lHe CITY .Ol AleA'iuli ia
for the year commencing June lst
1915, and ending May 81, 1916, foi
support of the City government, pay
ment of interest on the City debt
and for other municipal expenses.
BE it ordained by the City Coun
ell of Alexandria, that the tax or
persons, real estate, tangible per-
sonal property and stockholders OF
Banks, within the City Of Alexandra
for the year commencing June |.
1915, and ending May 81. 1916, fol
the support of the City government
payment of interest on the City deb'
and for other municipal expenses,
shall be as follows:
First-On every male jnhabltant
of the City, over the age Of twent!
one years, there shall be LEVIED ano
collected a capitation tax OF fifty
cents.
Second-On all real estate and tan.
gible personal property owned or nele
by citizens of the city, or located
within the city, subject to taxation
for City purposes under the Constltu-
ton and laws of this State, there
| shall be levied and collected the sum
of One Dollar and Eighty Cents OIL
every One Hundred Dollars of the
assessed value, and the further sum
of twenty-five cents on every one
| Hundred Dollars of the assessed va
lue,-except in the territory recent
ly annexed to the city. The revenue
from the One Dollar mad Eighty cents
of said levy shall be collected, paid
over and accounted for by the Col
lector of taxes. On all bills paid III
full on or before July 1st, 1915 there
shall be allowed a discount OF 1--WE
per centum, and on all bills PAID on
or before September 1st, 1915 there
shall be allowed q discount of three
per centum. All hills not paid in full!
! on or before December l, 1915, shall
be returned delinquent, and there
shall he paid and collected upon the
unpaid portion Of said bills a penal.
ty of five per centum; and upon all
bills remaining unpaid on June LIST,
1916, damage at the rate OF Sin per
centum per annum, shall be paid and
collected. The revenue from the ad-
ditional twenty-five cents Of said levy
shall be paid to the City Treasurer,
and on all bills remaining unpaid on
December lst, 1915, there shall be
paid and collected upon the unpaid
portion Of such bills, penalty o..
five per centum; and all bills remain
ing unpaid on June LIST, 1916, snail!
be returned delinquent, and interest
at the rate of six per centum per an
nun shall be paid and collected. The
assessments. Of rent charges and
ground rents, in fee simple shall be
| valued at sixteen times their annua!
amount.
Third-On real estate and tangible
personal property in the said terri
tory recently annexed to the city:
there shall be levied and collected
from the part Of such territory an
nexed from Fairfax County, the tax
rate of said Fairfax County for the
wear l91l, on every One Hundred
Dollars of the assessed value there
of; and, from the part OF such ter
ritory annexed from Alexandria Co.,
the tax rate Of said Alexandria Coun-
ty for the year 1914, on every One
| Hundred Dollars of the assessed value
thereof: ard in addition, twenty
five cents upon every One Hundred
Dollars of the assessed value Of such
estate and tangible personal property
within the territory annexed as a1ofe'
said. as authorized by the Act of the
General Assembly, approved March
18th. 1915. The revenue from san:
annexed territory shall be collected,
paid over and accounted for by the
/ collector of taxes; and on all bills
! remaining unpaid on December LIST
/ 1915, there shall be paid and COL
lected upon the unpaid portion Of
such bills, a penalty Of five per cent
UNI: and all bills remaining unpaid
on June l, 1916, shall be returned
delinquent and interest at the rate
of six per centum per annum shall
be paid and collected.
Fourth-On each stakeholder OF
banks and banking associations in the
CITY and liable to State taxes. there
shall be levied upon the market va
lue of the shares Of stock owned ny
him tax of One Dollar and eighty
on every one Hundred Dollars valu"
thereof; provided, however, that the
Commissioner of the Revenue shall
deduct from the value of such shares
of stock of such Bank for the plir-
nose of local taxation only the value
of any bonds of this City held by
such Bank; and each Of said Banks
and Ranking Associations shall pay
to the City Treasurer the SAID tax
assessed to its stockholders.
That all the revenues derived from
taxation, from all sources in the ter
ritory annexed as aforesaid shall
be kept separate from the other re-
venues of the City, so that all the re-
venues in the territory from Fairfax
County and Alexandria County, res
pectively, may be ascertained and ac-
counted for and expended. as requlr-
ed. by the order of annexation.
This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its passage.
D..roJ Cn,,,n,op Council Nav 10Th