89 of 1916 - Amending Section 840 relating to office of License Assessor and Collector ROLL CALL
VOTING AYE NAY Salt Lake City, Utah,___,Angust_7,____191k
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move that the ordinance he passed.
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Mr.Chairman
Result AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance amending Section 840 of Chapter 33 of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, relating to the office of
License Assessor and Collector, end creating a new section in said
Chapter 33, to be known es Section 840x.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 840 of Chapter 33 of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, relating to the office of
License Assessor and Collector be, end the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
SECTION 840. LICENSE ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR. EMPLOiiES.
SALARIES. There is hereby created in the Department of Public
Affairs and Finance the office of License Assessor and Collector.
The Board of Commissioners may appoint a competent person as
License Assessor and Collector at a salary of 42100.00 per
annum. The License Assessor and Collector shall give bond to
the City in the sum of 410,000.00.
The License Assessor and Collector may recommend for
appointment by the Board of Commissioners the following
inspectors and employees at salaries not to exceed the amounts
stated, to-wit:
One chief bookkeeper; 41200.00 per annum;
Five inspectors; 41020.00 per annum;
One stenographer; 4900.00 per annum; and
such other employees as may be necessary for the proper con-
duet of said office, all of said salaries to be paid in
monthly installments.
SECTION 2. There is hereby created a new section in Chapter
33 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City of 1913, to be know
as Seotion 840x, and to read as follows:
SECTION 840x. The License Assessor and Collector shall
have charge of the License Department, assess and collect all
license taxes and poll tax as provided by ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the License Assessor and Collec-
tor to assess each licensee in accordance with the provisions
of the ordinances and statutes. The assessment shall be
based upon the rates established by the ordinances, and all
licenses, except liquor licenses, shall be payable annually
in advance, and shall date from the first day of January of
each year, and shall expire on the 31st day of December of
each year. Provided, however, that when an application id
made after the lst day of J anuary of each year, the licensee
shall be required to make payment only for the unexpired
portion of the year, and, if the application is approved, the
license shall be issued for such unexpired portion of the
year. The License Assessor and Collector shall keep three
separate assessment rolls, viz., liquor license roll,
merchants' license roll and miscellaneous license roll, and
shall also keep a suitable index containing the names of the
licensees. The names of the liquor licensees shall be
arranged alphabetioally in the liquor roll; the names of the
merchant licensees shall be arranged alphabetically in the
merchants' license roll, and the names of each class of
miscellaneous licensees shall be arranged alphabetically in
the miscellaneous license roll.
On or before the first day of January of each year the
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License Assessor and Collector must complete his assessment
rolls. He must take and subscribe an affidavit to the assess-
ment rolls to be substantially as follows:
"I, , assessor and collector of
lioenae taxes of Salt Lake City, do swear that before the first
day of January, 191 , I made diligent inquiry and examination
to ascertain the names of all persons, firms and corporations
within the city subject to assessment for license; that the
persons, firms and corporations have been assessed on the
assessment rolls in a000rdenoe with the rates established by
the ordinances, to the best of my judgment, information and
belief; that I have faithfully complied with all the duties
imposed upon me under this ordinance, and that I have not
imposed any unjust assessments through malice, error or other-
wise, or allowed any one to escape a just and equal assessment
through favor,meward or otherwise." -
Failure to take or subscribe such affidavit, or any
affidavit will not in any manner affect the validity of the
assessment.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication. q
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Passed by the Board of Commissi ner of Salt Lake City, Utah,
August AUU p igl;t, 1916.
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