SEC. 23. That the board of commissioners of said city shall have Ordinances regulating keeping of power to pass or enact laws and ordinances specifying in what hogs. portions of said city hogs shall be kept, and the kind and size of the pens or lots they shall be kept in, and the condition in which such pens or lots shall be kept; and said board of commis- Ordinances concerning keeping of sioners shall also have the right to pass laws and ordinances pre- dogs. scribing the manner in which dogs shall be kept in said city, and Animals and fowls running at large. to prevent the running at large on the streets thereof of all domestic animals and fowls to the extent and in such manner as said board may deem proper." duties of tax lister. SEC. 24. That the board of commissioners of said city shall ap- Appointment and point in the month of April of each year a tax lister whose duties it shall be to notify all persons owning property in said city, and all persons and corporations required by law to pay taxes in said city, to appear at the office of such tax lister, between the fifteenth day of May and the fifteenth day of June in each year, and return under oath a true and accurate list of his, her, or their taxable property in said city, or which may be liable for taxes therein, at its true cash value; and all persons liable for the payment of a poll tax in said city shall list same at the said time and place: Provided, that it shall be sufficient notice to taxpayers, if said tax Proviso: notice for tax listing. lister shall post at the office of the mayor of said city, and at four other public places therein, a ten-day notice stating the time and place when and where he will list the taxes of such taxpayers; and said tax lister shall make and return to the said board of Return of tax lists. commissioners an alphabetical list of the taxpayers of said city, together with a classified schedule of all the taxable property and polls of such taxpayers, on or before such date as may be designated by said board of commissioners. Upon the filing of said Revision of list. list and schedules, said board of commissioners shall examine same and make such corrections in or revisions thereof as they may desire to make, and shall then cause the said tax lister or Tax books. other competent person to make up a book or list showing the property listed by each person, firm, or corporation, and the amount of taxes each taxpayer is liable for. And when such tax Delivery of list to book or list shall have been made up complete, same shall be tax collector. placed in the hands of the tax collector of said city, for collection, by not later than the first Monday in September of each year, accompanied by a warrant or order to said tax collector, from Order for collection. said board of commissioners, signed by the mayor and attested by the secretary of said board, which book or list and said warrant or order shall be returnable on a day certain, not later than the first day of February in each year; and said tax list and war- Warrant to have force of judgment. rant or order shall have the force of a judgment and execution for the taxes in said book or list stated: Provided, however, that Proviso: settlement for prior years. said tax list shall not, in any year, be delivered to such tax collector until he shall have settled for all the taxes due on the list for the preceding year, provided the list was in his hands for Bond of tax collector. Collection by distress. Sales for taxes. Proviso: right of redemption. Deed to purchaser in default of redemption. Survey of real estate. Limit of indebtedness. Tax levy void. Sanitary regulations. such year, and not until he shall have filed with said board of commissioners a good and sufficient justified bond in an amount not less than the sum total of the said tax list, which bond shall always be approved by said board of commissioners and be spread of record in the minutes of said board. SEC. 25. That the tax collector shall enforce the collection of taxes due said city by levying upon personal property, if any can be found, and if none can be found, then upon the real property of the delinquent taxpayers within said city; and after he shall have advertised the personal property for ten days and the real property for thirty days, by posting notices at the office of the mayor and four other public places in said city, or for the same time in some weekly newspaper published in either Polk or Henderson County, he shall sell said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the taxes for which same is being sold and all costs incident to such sale; said sales to be made by public auction at the front door of the mayor's office in said city; and for all real property so sold the tax collector shall pass to the purchaser a receipt for the purchase money, and file with the secretary of the board of commissioners a true return of his proceedings: Provided, that if the delinquent taxpayer whose real estate is so sold, or his agent, shall desire to redeem the said real estate, he shall be permitted to do so, only upon his paying to the secretary of said board, within twelve months from the date of sale, the amount for which such real estate was sold, including costs, plus twenty-five per centum on such amount. Upon the payment of such sums such taxpayer shall be restored to his original rights with respect to the property so sold; but upon failure of any delinquent taxpayer to so redeem his real estate so sold, the tax collector shall make deed to the purchaser, and such deed shall be sufficient to pass all the rights, title, and interest the delinquent taxpayer has in and to the real estate so sold. The said tax collector shall, by survey or otherwise, definitely designate what part of the real estate of any and all delinquents he so sold, when less than the whole lot or tract of such delinquent or delinquents was sold. SEC. 26. That the board of commissioners of said city shall not contract any debt, pledge the faith, or loan the credit of said city for the construction of railroads, the support or maintenance of internal improvements, or for any special purpose whatsoever, to an extent exceeding in the aggregate ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal property situated in said city; and the levy of any tax to pay any such indebtedness in excess of this limitation shall be void and of no effect. SEC. 27. That the board of commissioners of said city shall have power to cause alleys, lots, cellars, privies, stables, and other places of like character to be kept in a cleanly and sanitary condition, and shall have the right to go upon the premises, either in person or through employees, of individuals, firms or corporations, for the purpose of doing the work necessary to keep said places in a cleanly and sanitary condition, where the owner or owners of such places refuse or neglect to keep them in such cleanly and sanitary condition. SEC. 28. That said board of commissioners, in case they do not Contracts for lights. desire that said city shall own and operate its own electric light and power plant, as hereinbefore provided for, shall have the right to enter into a contract with individuals, firms, or corporations to furnish the said city with electric lights for a definite period of time, upon definite terms, for a period of time not exceeding five years, and said contract, when reduced to writing and properly executed, shall be binding upon both parties thereto. arrest on warrant. SEC. 29. That any policeman or other duly appointed arresting Powers of police to officer of said city shall have and is hereby given the right and power to arrest, in any part of either the county of Henderson or the county of Polk, upon a warrant issued by the mayor, any person or persons who may be charged with violating the laws or ordinances of said city, and such persons so arrested shall be brought immediately before the mayor of said city and dealt with as the laws and ordinances of said city may prescribe. SEC. 30. That said board of commissioners of said city shall Appropriation for have and are hereby given the right and power to use such of the general funds of said city as they may, in their discretion, determine to be for the best interests of said city for advertising purposes, and to promote a desirable immigration to said city: Pro- Proviso: limit of vided, said board shall not, in any year, expend for said purpose an amount exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars. advertising. amount. SEC. 31. That said city shall have the benefit of all the provi- Provisions of general law. sions of the general law of the State applicable to incorporated cities and towns in North Carolina, where the same is not in conflict with the provisions of this act. SEC. 32. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 1st day of March, A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 192. AN ACT TO ENABLE THE CITY OF GREENSBORO TO RE- Whereas the city of Greensboro has among its bonded debt out- Preamble: bonds maturing in July. standing certain bonds falling due July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, to wit, Agricultural and Mechanical College bonds, eleven thousand dollars, authorized by an election held in said city on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred Priv.-33 Preamble: desire to refund. Refunding of bonds authorized. Amount of new bonds. Maturity. Interest. Procedure for issuance. Special tax. Tax ad valorem. Constitutional equation. and ninety-three, and issued on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, bearing six per cent interest, and South Greensboro Graded School bonds, nine thousand dollars, authorized by an election held in said city on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, bearing interest at six per centum per annum; and whereas it may be desired by the board of commissioners of the city of Greensboro to refund said bonds at a lower rate of interest: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the board of commissioners of the city of Greensboro be and are hereby fully authorized and empowered to refund certain bonds issued by the city of Greensboro on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, known as Agricultural and Mechanical College bonds, falling due July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, of eleven thousand dollars, and certain bonds issued by the city of Greensboro on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, known as South Greensboro Graded School bonds, falling due July first, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, of nine thousand dollars, by the issuance and sale of new bonds in an amount not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, in such denominations, for such time not to exceed thirty years, and upon such conditions as the board of commissioners of said city of Greensboro may decide; the interest on said refunding bonds to accrue annually or semiannually, and to be at such a rate, not exceeding five per cent, and payable at such place as said board of commissioners may determine. SEC. 2. The resolution authorizing the issue of the said bonds may be introduced and passed at any regular meeting of said board of commissioners by a majority of the commissioners present at such meeting. That no other or further proceedings shall be necessary for the issuance of said refunding bonds, and all bonds issued under and by authority of this act shall be valid and legal obligations of said city, notwithstanding any previous or present act, either general or special, limiting the amount of the bonded indebtedness of the city, or otherwise. SEC. 3. That the board of commissioners of the city of Greensboro is hereby required and directed to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes in said city, a tax upon all taxable property and polls in said city of Greensboro, sufficient to pay the interest on the said bonds as the same become due and also on or before the time when the principal of the said bonds shall become due to levy and collect a further special tax to pay off same, or provide for the payment thereof. The tax levied upon the property shall be an ad valorem tax, and the tax upon the polls and property to be in proportion, as required by the Constitution of North Caro lina. Said special tax shall be levied and collected at the same Levy and collection. time as other taxes upon the property and polls in said city. forbidden. tion. responsible for SEC. 4. The said bonds shall not be sold for less than par, with Sale below par accrued interest, and the proceeds of said bonds, including any Specific appropriapremium received from the sale thereof, shall be applied for the purpose of refunding the bonds hereinbefore mentioned; and the Purchaser not purchaser of said bonds shall not be held responsible for the ap- application. plication of the moneys derived from the sale of said bonds, nor Exempt from city shall said bonds be subject to tax by said city for any purpose whatever, and the coupons, from and after maturity, shall be Coupons receivable for dues to city. receivable in payment of any and all taxes or other indebtedness due the said city. tax. bonds. SEC. 5. The board of commissioners of the said city are fur- Retirement of ther authorized and empowered to retire and pay off any part of said bonds falling due July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and issue bonds in accordance with this act under its provisions for the refunding of the balance, in their discretion. SEC. 6. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed so far as the same are inconsistent with this act. SEC. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this the 1st day of March, A. D. 1913. CHAPTER 193. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF MARION TO ISSUE ་ The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of improving and enlarging Bond issue to be submitted to voters. the graded school building, the board of aldermen of the town of Marion are hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be Amount. their duty, to submit to the qualified voters of said town a proposition to issue not more than twenty thousand dollars in coupon bonds of said town, said proposition to be submitted at a general or special election, whenever requested so to do by the Marion Graded School Committee. Notice of the said election shall be Notice of election. published in a newspaper published in said town for four weeks, and said notice posted at the courthouse door and four other public places in said town, said notices to be published and posted immediately preceding such election. Said notice shall contain the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the rate of interest, the time at which the bonds are to become due, and the object to which the same is to be applied, and said proposition shall provide for the payment of the interest on the said bonds. The said Law governing elections. |