Douglas Island news., 1916-03-22
Ordinance No 57

To PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT, LEVY
 AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
 The Town of Douglas does ordaia as follows
 Section T. The taxes of the incorporated town of Douglas. Alaska, must be assessed levied and collected us provided by eNisIing or portions thereof pertaining co or proNd- inc for che assessment. levy or collection Of property tax, ure hereby repealed.
 Section 9. The common council shall, at their first meeting iu May Ot each year, op- roint a City assessor, and he shan dt once. or before the 25fh day of May of each year. mail blank assessment forms Go each property holder residing Iu the town or Douglas ana GO the agents Of uOu-resident property nOid' CTS # known. CO whom property has been ossessed the previous year. with instructions fO list an prOperty owned by them or under their control at 12 o'clock m. on the lst day of June of che same yeor, to place just ana fair value Ou an personal property hSteu, swear to the same before u person author fzed to administer oathS. and deliver or mail it to the assessor on or before the lOth day of June of the same year. Upon recelFlng che above mentioned osSe-sment form; the owner or agent must duly list all personal and real nroperty situated within the incorpo- rated limits of the Town ot Coughs, or Which he sfhe owner or for which he iS the agent of the owner on the 1st day of June 0t lZ o'clock m. of that year (aud it he make the list ms agent he must SO state and give the name of his uriuci ipaD and must place on the personal property SO listed just and tair value subscribe his signature thereto ana swear to the same before some person Qu- thOrized Go administer oaths, and mall or deliver the same CO the assessor on or DeLofe che 10th day of June Ot the same year; and the assessor must at all times keep a sut- 6cieut Su ply of assessment forms and must furnish the same, on demand, 70 all persons who apply therefor and who have not re- ceiyed the same as aforesaid; and the as- sessor is hereby authorized and directed during the time that he is completing the assessment list, tO furnish assessment blanks or forms GO all persons residing in the Town of Douglas who have control of property ln Eaid town. either nS agents or owners, and have failed to receive said blanks as afOre- said. And the person SO receiving the assess nent blanks or forms from the assessor, must, within five days from the receipt of the same, list and apprnise the property as otore- uoid. and return said list SO made to the town assessor.
 Section g. The assessor must, between the 10th day of June and the fourth Tuesday iu July of each year, duly list oll property m che Town of Douglas subject GO taxation Tor municipal purposes, and must duly assess said property ut its just and fair value, GO Che person by whom it is claimed, owned, or i'm whose possession or control lt was 0t ll o'clock m. on the first day or June m the name wear, 1T known, or # unknown he shall assess said property to "unkuown owners, but a mistake In the name or the owner or supposed owner of the property shall not render the assessment thereof invalid.
 Section 4 Ouor before the fourth Tues day in July. of each year, the assessor must complete his list, assessment and nssessment book and must make and subscribe an affidavit to his assessment hook that his assessment therein contained is "a full true and correct assessment of the taxable property in the Town of Doug las to the best of his knowledge and belief for the year (stating it) and must deliver said assessment book to the Clerk of the Town, together with all lists. books, statements, charts and maps relative thereto, and take a receipt therefor.
 Prior to the delivery of said books to the Town Clerk. the assessor shall notify by post card each and every person residing m the town whose property has been assessed and shall likewise notify all persons whose prop erfv hog heeu assessed and who reside else where. provided that their address ls known stating in said notices the valuation, placed upon his real and personal property, that the assessment for the year will be hled with the Clerk of the Town on certain day (naming it), and the date, tir1e and place or the meeting of the Common Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization.
 Sec. 8. On or before the fourth Tuesday in July of each year the Common Council shall determine and fix by resolution the dates when said Council will meet as Board or Equalization for the purpose of revising ana euualizing the assessment Tor that current year. Said Council sitting as such Board Of Equalization shall have the full power, and W shall bo the duty of the Board to increase er lower the valuation of such property real or personal, which may by them be deemed uueQually or unfairly assessed: The Town Clerk shall be eN-Omcio Clerk or