JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 811
whether adult, infant, non compos, feme covert or
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otherwise; and if said tax cannot be made out of the
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personal property of said person, then the same may
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be collected out of the rents of his, her or their real
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property by judgment and attachment, or the col-
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lector may sell real estate for payment of taxes due
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thereon by complying with same requirements as
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county collectors are directed to comply with by the
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General Laws of this State, in order to sell real
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estate for the payment of State and county taxes.
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51. The collector shall collect and pay over to the
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city treasurer of said city at least twenty-five per
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centum of the levy placed in his hands for collection
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quarterly, dating from the date of said levy, and shall
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Collector to
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give bond conditioned accordingly; and on all taxes
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give bond.
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remaining unpaid for sixty days after the same shall
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have been levied he shall charge and collect interest
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from the date of levy at the rate of six per cent, per
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annum, to be accounted for with the tax ; and said col-
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lector shall also collect all water rents due said city,
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Collect water
rents.
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and shall receive for the collection thereof the same per
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centage as shall be allowed him for the collection of
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city taxes ; and in all suits by the said Mayor and City
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Council upon the bond of said collector for any neg-
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lect of duty, or for his default in not collecting any
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tax or water rent placed in his hands according to
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law, or for a breach of his duty in not paying over
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money collected by him, proof of the delivery of the
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levy list shall be sufficient prima facia evidence
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to entitle said Mayor and City Council to recover
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judgment in such suit, unless the said collector shall
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show that he has discharged his duty in such case
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according to law.
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52. It shall be the duty of said collector to assess
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from time to time, subject to an appeal to said City
Council, any property in said city liable to taxation,
and which shall come to his knowledge as having
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Assess all
property.
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been omitted from the assessment books of said city,
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and all property brought into said city from time to
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time and becoming subject to taxation.
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53. Said Mayor and City Council shall have the
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power to make contracts, exempting from city taxa-
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Power to ex-
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tion the real and personal property or capital stock
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empt.
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of any manufacturing company or enterprise de-
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