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<br />book to be kept for the purpose, indexing the same, in the name
<br />of the persons against whom such taxes on real estate are as-
<br />sessed.
<br />All officers thereafter collecting any such delinquent taxes on
<br />real estate shall at least monthly transmit to such Clerk a list of
<br />such collections under oath, and such Clerk shall record and in-
<br />dex such list of payments as provided by law.
<br />Sec. 114. Treasurer—to continue to collect delinquent
<br />taxes for one year following June fifteenth of year
<br />as of which such delinquent lists speak—subse-
<br />quent collections.
<br />The Treasurer shall continue to collect the taxes shown on the
<br />delinquent list for one year following June fifteenth of the year
<br />as of which such delinquent lists speak.
<br />At the expiration of such year the Treasurer shall again submit
<br />a copy of each of the three lists mentioned in Section 110 hereof
<br />to the Council at its first meeting held after the expiration of
<br />such year. Such lists so re -submitted shall show the changes
<br />which have occurred since June fifteenth of the preceding year;
<br />and the Council shall thereupon authorize and require the Treas-
<br />urer to continue to collect such delinquent taxes or may place the
<br />same in the hands of the Sergeant or the Constable or employ a
<br />delinquent tax collector to make such collections, upon such
<br />terms as may be agreed upon. Such officer or collector shall have
<br />all the power and authority to enforce collection by levy, distress
<br />or otherwise as the Treasurer has under the law. When any
<br />such collections shall be made by such officer or collector the same
<br />shall be reported by him to the Council and the money shall be
<br />paid over to the Treasurer who shall be held accountable there-
<br />for. All lists of uncollected taxes shall be returned by such of-
<br />ficer or collector to the Council which shall deliver them to the
<br />Treasurer, who shall thereafter be held accountable for any col-
<br />lections thereunder.
<br />Sec. 115. Treasurer—sale of delinquent lands.
<br />The Treasurer shall give notice and sell the real estate shown
<br />on said delinquent lists, unless the taxes thereon and the costs be
<br />paid to him before the sale, in the manner provided by statute
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<br />for the sale of lands for delinquent taxes, subject to the right of
<br />redemption and the right of any purchaser to obtain title to lands
<br />purchased, as provided by law.
<br />Sec. 116. Treasurer—false returns by—penalties.
<br />If the Treasurer shall return real estate in any such list as de-
<br />linquent for the non-payment of taxes, when such taxes or any
<br />part thereof shall have actually been received by him, he shall
<br />forfeit, if the return- was by design, ten times the amount of the
<br />taxes so actually received, and if the return was by mistake,
<br />twice the amount. And if the Treasurer shall return in any such
<br />list any real estate as delinquent, when he had either found, or
<br />by using due diligence might have found, sufficient property li-
<br />able to distress for the taxes for which such real estate is re-
<br />turned delinquent, he shall forfeit to the City five times the
<br />amount of said taxes.
<br />Sec. 117. Treasurer—compensation.
<br />The Treasurer shall receive such annual salary payable in
<br />equal monthly installments as may be fixed by the Council, which
<br />salary shall be in lieu of all fees and commissions for services
<br />rendered the City, provided, however, that on taxes on property
<br />collected for the State prior to January 1st, 1927 and thereafter
<br />collected for the City, the same commissions as then allowed by
<br />law for the collection of State revenue shall be paid to the Treas-
<br />urer.
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<br />CHAPTER XIV.
<br />WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
<br />SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
<br />Sec. 118. City sealer—appointment—term—compensa-
<br />tion, etc.
<br />The Council may appoint a City Sealer of weights and meas-
<br />ures, who shall hold office at the will of the Council and shall re-
<br />ceive such salary as the Council may prescribe.
<br />Sec. 119. City sealer—set of weights and measures—
<br />sealed and certified—to be kept.
<br />The Council shall procure at the expense of the City and keep
<br />at all times a set of weights and measures and other apparatus
<br />as complete, and all such materials and construction as the State
<br />Superintendent of weights and measures may direct. Such
<br />weights and measures, and other apparatus shall be deposited
<br />with and preserved by the City Sealer as public standards for
<br />the City.
<br />Sec. 120. City sealer—powers and duties.
<br />When not otherwise provided by law the City Sealer shall have
<br />the power and it shall be his duty within his City to inspect, test,
<br />try, and ascertain if they are correct all weights, measures, and
<br />weighing or measuring devices kept, offered, or exposed for sale,
<br />sold, or used or employed within the City by any proprietor,
<br />agent, lessee, or employee in proving the size, quantity, area, or
<br />measurement of quantities, things, produce, or articles for dis-
<br />tribution or consumption purchased or offered or submitted by
<br />such person or persons for sale, hire, or award; and he shall have
<br />the power to and shall from time to time weigh or measure and
<br />inspect packages or amounts of commodities of whatsoever kind
<br />kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold
<br />or in the process of delivery, in order to determine whether the
<br />same contain the amounts represented, and whether they be kept,
<br />offered, or exposed for sale or sold in a manner in accordance
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<br />with law; he shall at least twice each year and as much oftener
<br />as he may deem necessary see that all weights, measures, and
<br />weighing or measuring devices used in the City are correct: He
<br />may for the purpose above mentioned, and in the general per-
<br />formance of his official duties, enter and go into or upon, and
<br />without formal warrant, any stand, place, building, or premises, dr
<br />stop any vendor, peddler, junk dealer, coal wagon, ice wagon, de-
<br />livery wagon, or any person whomsoever, and require him, if
<br />necessary, to proceed to some place which the sealer may specify,
<br />for the purpose of making the proper tests. Whenever the City
<br />Sealer finds a violation of the ordinances or statutes relating to
<br />weights and measures, he shall cause the violater to be prosecuted.
<br />The City Sealer shall have such other powers and perform
<br />such other duties as provided by law.
<br />The City Sealer shall perform such other duties as may be re-
<br />quired of him by the Council or the City Manager.
<br />Sec. 121. City sealer—sealing or marking weights and
<br />measures to indicate correspondence with standards.
<br />Whenever the City Sealer compares weights, measures, or
<br />weighing or measuring devices and finds that they correspond or
<br />causes them to correspond with the standards in his possession,
<br />he shall seal or mark such weights, measures, or weighing or
<br />measuring devices with appropriate devices to be approved by
<br />the State Superintendent of weights and measures.
<br />Sec. 122. City sealer—condemnation and destruction of
<br />incorrect weights and measures—condemnation for
<br />repairs.
<br />The City Sealer shall condemn and seize and may destroy in
<br />correct weights, measures, or weighing or measuring devices
<br />which, in his best judgment, are not susceptible of satisfactory
<br />repair, but such as are incorrect and yet, in his best judgment
<br />may be repaired, he shall mark or tag as "condemned for repairs"
<br />in a manner prescribed by the State Superintendent of weights
<br />and measures. The owners or users of any weights, measures,
<br />or weighing or measuring devices of which such disposition is
<br />made shall have the same repaired and corrected within ten days,
<br />and they may neither use nor dispose of the same in any way,
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