The Springdale news., 1916-01-28
Gle alexander Road Law

for any one year, as provided in
such order.
The tax so levied shall be lien
upon all of the real property in the
district from the time same is levied
by the County Court, and shall be
entitled to preference over all de
mands, executions, membranes or
hens whatsoever created, and shall
continue until such assessment with
penalty and cost that may accrue
thereon have been paid The rem
edy against such assessment and
levy shall be by appeal, which may
be taken as provided in section IA
of this Act, and on appeal the pre-
sumption will be in favor of the le-
gality of the tax. Amy owner of
real property within the district may
by mandamus compel compliance
by the County Court with the terms
of this section
Section 20. 1t shall be provided by
resolution of the Board of Commits
Sioners that the local assessment of
benefits shall be paid in successive
annual installments, so that no To-
cad assessment shall in any one year
exceed twenty per cent of the bene
fits assessed against said real prop
erty The resolution of the ccm-
missioners shall be made for the
seSSnents are to be collected, and
they shall transmit to the County
Clerk a copy of this resolution be-
fore September first each year. The
resolution shall state the per cent
Of the benefits TO be extended on the
county tax books, and collected by
the collector each year along with
the other taxes.
When the resolution is filled with
the County Clerk, he shall extend
the amount of tax provided for in
with the other taxes TO be extend
ed, and shall receive as eompensa-
ton for his services an amount
equal TO that received for similar
services performed for the county
and said amount shall be paid out Of
the fund of said road Improvement
district
In paying the tax provided for
herein, or any cost, or penalty there
on, as between grantor and grantee,
all payments not due at the time of
the transfer shall be payable by
the grantee.
Section ? The collector of the
county shall receive a commission Of
one per cent for his services in MAX
ing such collections and the same
shall be paid over to the treasurer Of
said county every thirty days IS
collected If any collector shall fail
to collect the road improvement tax
al97g with the other taxes he shall
be subject 10 a penalty OF ore hun-
dred dollars for each instance IN
which he shall collect from an in
diyidaal the other county taxes and
om't the road Improvement tax. uu,
less the road Improvement tax has
been enjoined by court of COM
potent jurisdiction, and the County
Clerk shall be subjected TO a like
penalty to be deducted by the Coun-
Ity Court ont Of the fees due the
County Clerk for each case in which
he shall fail to enter the road i'm
proyement tax on the tax books, as
herein provided.
Section - The County Treas
urer shall be allowed d commission
not exceeding one-haH OF one per
cent upon all sums lawfully paid out
ID be fixed by the Board Of Com
missioners and approved by the Goun-
ty Court, but he shall receive com
mission only upon the money collect
ed by the County Collector and for
the special tax herein provided for
and not a commission upon the pro
ceeds OF the sale of bonds The
treasurer shall pay out no money
save npon an order of the board and
upon a warrant signed by the presi-
dent and secretary Of The Board OF
Commissioners Every warrant SO
paid out shall state upon its face to
whom paid, the amount of same and
the purpose for which same was Is
sued All warrants shall be dated
and numbered eonsecutively in a re
cord to be kept by the Board OF Com
missio1ers of the number and amount
of each warrant so issued, and no
warrant shall be paid by the treasur-
er unless there is in the treasury
suffi cient funds to pay all outstand-
ing warrants bearing lower mum
Der No warrant shah be issued by
reason of any depreciation in the
market value thereof, if any, nor
shall any contract or warrant be
made payable in anything but mon