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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3-FM AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED IN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE 388 or ME CODE OF ORDINANCES PREPARED BY MCDOWELL & DAVID - SON ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY vF BEAUMONT ON THE 7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1911, SAID SECTION OF SAID ARTICLE RELATING TO THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF THE DELINQUETJT ,TAX ROLL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, SO AS TO REPEAL THAT PORTION OF SAID SECTION REQUIRING THE PUBBICATION OFSAID DELINQUENT ROLL, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES - AND ---PARTS . OF ORDINANCES -IN- CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section I That that portion of Section 3, of ,Article 388 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont prepared by Me Dowell and David- son and adopted by the City Council of the City of Beaumont on the 7th day' of February-, 1911, reading as. follows, be repealed, annulled, end held of no further force and effect, to -wit; "'Said "Delinquent Roll" shall be published during the month of May following,,at least once a week for three weeks in some newspaper .published in the City of Beaumont, and the said paper shall be entitled- to a fee -not exceeding -=25 cents for advertising .each tract -of - land separately assessed, which shall be taxed as a charge against the property on which the tax is due, and the assessor. and collector shall be entitled to refuse to issue any receipt to any delinquent taxpayer° until this cost of advertising has been paid; and a failure to comply with these provisions by the City Assessor and Collector of Taxes shall be deemed a mal- feasance and be cause for impeachment. Upon receipt of the above tax statements by the city attorney, he shall as soon as possible, institute suit in the proper court, to enforce the collection of taxes due the city, and shall file on all of said statements furnished him by the City Assessor and Collector of taxes by the next first of October after he has re- oeived them, and the failure on the part of the city attorney to file suits on said statements by the first of October shall be deemed a malfeasance and be cause for impeachment; but a failure on the part of the City Assessor and Collector of Taxes to prepare the delin- quent roll, or publish it for the required length of time, or furnish tax statements to the city Attorney, or -a failure on -the part 'of -the City .Attorney. to file suits within the proper time, shall in no wise affect the liability of the delinquent taxpayers, nor shall such failure in any manner be relied on by way of de- fense against the payment of taxes due the city." Section 2. by the City Council on the 7th.day of February, 1911, be amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows; f'During the time that the City Assessor and col- lector shall prepare the delinquent roll above described, he shall also prepare separate statements of the tax ac- counts due the city, to be furnished the city attorney on which, to bring suits, which statements shall contain the description of the property, the year for which the tag -is due, -amount of tax due, --the rate of taxation, and the name of persons, or person, estate, firm or corpora- tion who assesses the same, or whether the property is rendered, unrendered, or 'owner is unknown as appears from the tax rolls, which 'st.atement the City Assessor and Col- lector shall certify to be correct and which shall be the prima facie evidence of the statements made therein, and that all the requirements of the law have been com- plied with; and the City Assessor and Collector shall be bntitled to $1.00 on each statement so made, which shall be taxed against the delinquent tax payer on the prop- erty on which the tag is due, and in case of suit to be taxed as a charge against the property, and the Assessor and Collector shall be entitled to refuse to issue any re- eeipt to any delinquent tax payer until said :1.00 has been paid; provided that, where several tracts of land and different kinds of property are assessed by the same person, firm, estate or corporation, that they shall be contained in the same statement, which said delinquent roll shall be finished and said statements furnished not later than the last day of April of each year. - - Nothing .but-- current--money--of ' t.he_United _States shall be collected or -received in payment of taxes and licenses due or hereafter assessed.. In cases where the State has instituted suit for taxes, where taxes are. due the.City on the same property for the same years, that the city may have the right to intervene in said suit and .have judgment for its taxes, and to enforce and foreclose its lien for said taxes -and in cases where the city has first instituted suit for taxes that the State may have the same right to intervene.`r Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Beaumont relating to the publication of the delinquent tax list in a -newspaper, as well as the fees charged therefor, are hereby -repealed, and it shall not be necessary to publish said delinquent. tax roll nor shell the failure to publish the same be a defense to any tag suit or in any way effect the city's lien for taxes, penalties, interest, and costs that may be. or become due thereon. __ ___a LL_ 4.1.L.....7 .......7 .04--1---A-;%nrn +11i GC An+.h AaNT The,F,:�e County of Jefferson Before me, undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared ------------------ ------- ___________ _______ _- _ _ _ _known me,. who being by me duly sworn, on his oath de- --- e- 4, poses .and says, that he is the__, - - _ of the BEAU M BEAUMONT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in said county; that a copy of the within and foregoing was published in said aper, such publication being on the following dates: ----------- A. and a newspaper copy of which is hereto at - ,aa ached. _ -------------- ------ r. u A D ,� _ Sworn do and subscribed before me, t°his- - ----------- E - - - - -day of------ - ------ 192�- AN ORDINAKCE E�TITLIDD AN ORDINA\TIk7:l AMENDING SECTION 3 OF AR, CLE '�38 OF THE CODE or ORD( - 'I r.. �.i:i, c . PRFFMRED BY 7 7 __ (Notary Public, Jefferson Con , .Texas.. -