Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
ORDINANCE NO. 32e
An Ordinance Providing For Poll Tax
And The Mannar OF Collect
ing The Same
lie it ordained by the City Council of
DEBORAH, Iowa.

: BE it ordained by the City Council o
+ DEBORAH, Iowa.
= Section l.. All able bodied male re
Z sldents between the ages of twenty
one and forty-five shall, between tn,
first day of February and the first day
OF October of each year, pay in money
to the clerk sum to be fixed by the
council on or before February first OF
each year, not exceeding five dollars
The council shall fix by resolution, al
the hrst regular meeting in January OF
each year, the amount to be paid. The
resolution may be in substantially the
following form:
Be it resolved by the Council of the
City of DEBORAH, Iowa:
All able bodied male residents be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
forty-five, shall between the first day
OF February and the first da of Octo-
Der of the year 1922, pay i'm money
the sum of three dollars to the clerk
as a poll tax for the year 1922.
! Section 2. The clerk shall make de-
mand upon said residents for the pay
ment of said poll tax, and said demand
shall be made by sending notice
through the mails. Any person claim
ing to be exempt under the provisions
OF this section shall furnish the MAYOR
with an affidavit showing the nature
and extent of disabilities emitting
hlm to such exemption, and if said
affidavit is approved by the council
then said atfiant will be relieved from
payment of said tax.
Section 3. In case of failure to pay
SAID sum OF money as provided in this
ordinance, the municipality may re-
cover same by action brought in the
name of the municipality in any court
having jurisdiction over the subject
matter of the action. No property OF
wages shall be exempt to the defend
ant on an execution issued upon said
judgement. All of said tax remain
ing unpaid on the fifteenth of Novem-
Der of each year shall be certified by
the clerk to the county auditor at any
time before the following first day OF
December and shall be entered bv him
upon the tax list of the county and
treated and collected as ordinary coun-
ty taxes and shall be a hen upon all |
the zeal property of the delinquent.
Section a. The entry of such tax |
and the penalty upon the tax list shall
not prevent an action being brought
but such action must be COM |
flenced within one year from the first
day of October following the giving
notice.
Section. 5. Amy person while an
active member of the fire department
or who has served in any fire depart
ment company for ten years and holds
a certificate to that effect from the
foreman of that company, shall be ex-
empt from poll tax on condition that
he shall. file with the clerk on or be-
fore the first day of April of each year
q certificate signed by the foreman of
the company of which he is a MEM
Der, that he is an active member of
The same, or shall file the certificate
ii MS ten years service with the clerk.
Every officer or soldier of the National
Guard of the United States and the
State of Iowa shall be exempt from
poll tax Every honorably discharged
soldier or sailor of the war with
Spain, Chinese relief expedition or the
Instruction shall be ex-
empt from poll tax.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts
IF ordinances in conflict with this or
finance are hereby repealed.
Section z. This ordinance shall be
n force and effect from and after its
passage and publication as provided
)y law. 80
! Passed and approved January 18th,
1922.
Mayor.
T. NJ. Hughes, Clerk. 81