The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-09

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tai Delinquent City Taxes"
City Clerk to Present Rolls to Board
of Supervisors
Section 10. The city clerk shall
keep the original assessment rolls in
his Office until the meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Ionia county
in the month Of October and present
such rolls TO said board, which rolls,
after equalization by said board shall
be the assessment rolls CT the city
for all taxation purposed whatsoever,
except levying Of taxes to be collect
ed in the months Of June and July
herein provided.
Assessor to App0rti0n All Taxes.
Section IA. On the first day of No
vember, the assessor shall apportion
and spread upon the tax rolls all state
and county taxes, delinquent city taxes
and such other taxes as are legally
required to be spread upon such rolls.
Warrant.
Section Is. Within thirty (3O)
days after the first of November. the
city clerk shall file a certified copy
of the above mentioned assessment
roll in his office, TO which roll shall
be annexed a warrant signed by the
mayor and directed to the city clerk
and i'm all other respects as near as
may be as warrants to township
treasurers for the collection of state,
county and township taxes.
Notice to Taxpayers-Wairant to
Clerk.
Section 16. Upon receiving said
tax roll as herein provided, the city
clerk shall give notice to the taxpay-
ers of the city that such roll has been
delivered TO him and that the taxes
therein levied may be paid to him
at place designated by the city COM
mission at any time from the first day
of December up to and including the
tenth day of January next ensuing,
without any charge for collection, but
that five per cent 90 collection fee
will be charged and collected upon
all taxes remaining unpaid on said
tenth day of January. Said notice
shall be given by publishing the same
for enc publication in one or more
newspapers published in said city.
But any defect in said notice or any
omission to comply with the provi-
sions of this section, shall not invali-
date said tax roll or any measure
thereafter to be taken to enforce COL
lection of the taxes thereon.
Penalties to Belong to City.
Section IL. The fees and penalties
for the collection Of all taxes provided
for by this charter, or by the general
laws CT the state, shall belong to the
city.
Powers of City Clerk in Collecting
Delinquent Taxes.
Section Is. For the collection of
all taxes remaining unpaid on the
general tax roll on the tenth day of
January, the city clerk shall proceed
in the same manner as township
treasurers are required by law to do
for the collection of taxes in town.
ships and shall for that purpose have
all the power and authority conferred
by law upon township treasurers for
such purpose.
School Taxes.
Section 10. All school taxes col
him deposited daily in the depository
Of said board and the said city clerk
moneys payable to him at the same
time and in the same manner as is re-
quired of township treasurers by the
general tax law; and he shall make
return of delinquent taxes to the
county treasurer according to the
general law of the state regarding
township treasurers and said general
law shall govern in all things relat-
ing to the levy and collection of taxes
not herein otherwise provided for.
Returns by City Clerk to County
Treasurer.
Section 20. If the city clerk shall
be unable to collect any taxes on his
roll assessed on real property, he
shall make return thereof to the
county treasurer and shall also make
a statement showing the taxes upon
personal property remaining unpaid
in the same manner as Is required OF
township treasurers by the general
tax law.
Collection of State. County and School
Taxes.
Section 81. The levy, collection
and return of taxes for state, county
and school purposes shall be the same
as near as may be, and with like eff
feet as the general tax law in regard
to such matters in townships and
the powers and duties of township SUI
pervisors, treaurer and clerks vested
in them or imposed by the general
laws Of the state, so far as they be
applicable under this charter, are
hereby vested in and imposed upon
the Assessor and the Clerk of the
City, respectively.
Certificate of Payment of Taxes.
Section %. No conveyance of real
estate within the limits of the city of
Bedding or contract for the sale of
such real estate mortgage thereon
shall be received or recorded by the
Register of Deeds of the county of
Ionia, unless all city taxes and as
sesment, extraordinary as well as
ordinary, of the property described in
such conveyance, mortgage or con-
tract, then due and payable, shall
have been paid; and it shall be the
duty of the City Clerk upon request
after the payment of all such taxes
and assessments, to furnish a certifi-
cate that all such taxes and assess
ments have been paid, which certifi-
cate shall be filed with said Register
Of Deeds at the time of the delivery
to him of such conveyance. mortgage
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