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shall specify the residence of the voters on each street, lane
and alley within said wards; and the Council first elected
under the provisions of this Act shall, if they deem the same
necessary, re-divide the wards of said city, so as to give to
each ward representation according to the number of voters,
as nearly as can conveniently be done; and the said Mayor
and City Council shall, after each national census, if they
shall deem the same necessary, cause said wards to be re-
divided according to the number of registered voters in
each, as near as may conveniently be done; Provided, That
after the first registration herein directed, the Clerk to the
Council shall discharge, the duties of registrar for each of the

wards at each succeeding election; And provided further,
That whilst registration shall be essential to the right of
voting under this Act, such registration shall not be deemed
conclusive evidence of such right to vote; And also provided,
That the registration herein directed shall take place an-
nually, between the second Monday in April and the second
Wednesday in May, to he determined by ordinance of said
Mayor and City Council, and said Mayor and City Council
shall provide by ordinance for the transfer of voters on said
registration list from one ward to another, where the resi-
dence of such voters shall have been so transferred.

51. Whenever the Mayor and City Council shall levy any
tax, they shall cause to be made out an alphabetical list of
the persons chargeable therewith, and shall affix the respect-
ive sums to be collected from each person, and shall specify
the amount levied for general purposes, the amount levied
for interest, and the amount levied for the sinking fund pro-
vided for the redemption of the bonds and funded debt of said
city, as separate items, in accordance with the laws and ordi-
nances of said city now existing, and annex to the said list a
warrant to the Collector to collect the same; and the said
Collector shall, within sixty days after the receipt of such
warrant and list, render to each person named therein, an
account, of his, her or their tax and may, unless the same be
paid within thirty days after the delivery of such account,

collect the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels
of the delinquent, and said Collector shall account for the
amount of such assessment with the Mayor and City Council,
and shall make monthly returns and payments in the manner
directed by said Council, of all taxes collected by him, under
penalty of double the amount thereof.

53. The Collector of said city may make all collections
required of him at any time within the year for which he
was appointed Collector, and on all taxes remaining unpaid
for three months after they shall have been levied, he shall
charge and collect interest from the date of the levy, at the
rate of six per cent, per annum, to be accounted for with said
tax.