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r ordina erjtitl..d an ordinance to regulate the Collection of back
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taxes and po%ties thereon in the City of Paducah Aye -With naltlee:
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Be it ordained by the common council of the city of Paducah, 4y..
sbction,- 1,- That tae City Attorney shall be the collector of back f�
taxes in the city of Paducah, and in the dinehargd of his duties no
such co'llector lie shall be governed strictly by the charter of cities of
the t -ird class, he far as sane may be applicable, 1
woction,- w,- That he yhnll Col]�r;ot All taxes ple.00d in hie hands ne
onoodily ae p000iblo to ilo, and do,)snit All mnnoy with the City Troonurer
acrid 44 no cillocted and shall mnko a full roport to thecomm(won Coun-
cil every threo months, which report nhall'bo presented to the common
council.at tho first regular moetinn in °une, September; Jecomhor e.nd_,:,'
march of each Fiscal year.
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Section :,- -That the rep)rta of the bnck-tax coIlector nhhll nhori the
Humes and the amount co!lecteit from each,pernon 'rhe has poid Mitch haek�,
.taxes,. and shall be accompanied by the City Treasires's, receipt for
all arlounts,in full, collected du-ing the nrevinus qun^ter.-
;NrU Section, -4.,- That the collector shall chow on said report all 'Suite
filed for taxes, and the names of persona nrninst whom brou,nhY together
#8# Idth the amount thereof respectively against each, and shall also
contain a full report of all matters concerning the tax -b 114 placed in
his eu tody for collecgtion. 111at he 'shall be authorized to appoint n
deputy collectorwho nimil be paid out of the per'centum of the 3ack-tax
collector, or by the collector of his o!•m funds,- and such deputy shall
'*be responsible to the Collector for his note; and the collector to the
City on the bond of trio City Attorney.-
oect!on,-.5,- That the collector of brick -taxes shall at the end of his
official term as City h.ttorney make a complete report showing all shits
pending for taxes, and deliver to the Common council all treanuror,s
receipts in his custody; aleb all books and papers pertaining to the
t�.collection of back -taxes rdlich may be in his possession.
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n ' t;icct1on,-6,- That for his services as back -tax collector the City Att9rn9y!
#jshall receivo ton per cent of all Bums of money collected by him in 4- the
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.!_ collections of taxes and said commission shall be due hlm,at the
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end of each and every quarter, and shall be paid to him at no -other time,.
Section 7,- That the Clerk of the common council shall add up the list
of m�oc�xoo, ;Jhethor bills or hnokca of er eh e%nd evyry ynar, and boforo
snrao arc given to the custody of the b(eek-tna collector,. The collector
"shall then receipt to the City Clark the total amount thereof, and the
Clerk shall charge the th'o full ;rocs amount of such taxes to the
collector in abook to be kept for that purpose, That the delinquent poll
tax be kept as.a separa+.• accou-it by the City Clerk and is to be
added in gross amount and receipted for by the collector, and aIceountod
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fvr in collection and reports in the same manner as property taxes" are
f required to be in thin ordinomee. !hat the collector of back -taxer mv-1.1
:A the end of his official torm as pity i:ttorney make a oe•ttlomcnt an
back -tax collector in all respects no required now of City lrx Collector,
rccoivin,, credit for collections and all oi.lo returned from which
(delivering all books and papers in his custody)
M* Oollections could not be made, and the said officer aiiall rcccive
his quietus as collector of back -tares before he shall be eligible to
re-election as City Attorney.
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dectign g,- That upon a failure of the collector of back-taxco to comply
Pith the provision -c of this ordinance, or r+ith any one of thom he shall
j be fined not loss than nor more than ;;,--�--�'--- for each
offense,
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Section 9,- That all ordinances or parte of ordinances conf110ting r+ith
the provisions of this.ordinence,to the extent of conflictin7, are
herebyrepealed and this ordinance shall take effect fromr.rrl eftrr its
' gassatTe and approval.-
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