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THE NOME TRI WEEKLY NUGGET, WEDNESDAY JULY 2nd, 1919. I
THE NEW POLL TAX LAW.
ns effect the general mass ..r the population ..r tin* Territory, the Nugget
presents herewith the full text of the act of May I. 1919. imposing a tax of
of 21 and 50 years for school purposes.
CHAPTER 29.
AN ACT
To impose a lax upon male persons in the Territory of Alaska for school pur
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HE IT ENACTED HY THE LEHISLATl'HE OK TERItIToitY "K ALASKA:
Section 1. That there Is hereby made, imposed and levied upon each
charges,*within the Territory of Alaska or the waters thereof, over tire age ,.f
twenty one years and under the age of fifty years, an annual tax in the sum
of five dollars ($5.Or#., to he paid and c ollected in the manner provided by the
following seel ions of this Act, and to he deposited hy the Treasurer of the
Territory of Alaska in a separate fund called the •'Sc hool Kund" and used for
Section 2. It shall he the duty of the Common Council of each incor
porated town in the Territory of Alaska to provide hy ordinance for the eol
Tax Collector who shall perform the duties and receive the compensation
hereinafter provided.
It shall bo the duty of the School Hoard in each School District outside
such Board, or some other competent person, to act as School Tax Collector
who shall perform tire duties and receive the compensation hereinafter provid
es! in this Act.
Section 3. Every School Tax Collector shall, on or before the first
day of April in each year, publish in, at least one newspaper of general circula
tion, published within his school district, or if there lie no newspaper published
therein, then post in five (5) public places within his school district, a notice
setting forth that the tax imposed by this Act is due and payable between the
dates hereinafter designated and that the payment thereof will become delin
quent as provided in this Art, and warning all {persons to pay the same and
that in case of failure, the penalties provided in this Act will be imposed.
It shall ho the duty of every person, subject to such tax, to pay the
fame to the School Tax Collector within the time which such notice specifies.
The notice herein prescribed shall be published at least once a month
during the period within which the tax is payable or posted at least once a
month, ns herein provided, during the same period.
Section 4. The tax for which provision is herein made shall lie pay
able between the first Monday in the month of April and the first Monday In
the month of August in each year; PROVIDED, that all persons subject to
the tax who are in the Territory of Alaska on the first Monday in the month of
April shall pay said tax on or before the first day of May in the same year,
and all persons arriving in the Territory of Alaska after the f\rst Monday in
the month of April shall pay said tax within thirty (30) days after such
arrival; PROVIDED, further, that all persons subject to said tax shall pay
the same within (10) days after a written or oral demand by the said School
Tax Collector made within the period between the first Monday in April and
the first Monday in August in each year.
Section 5. All taxes shall become delinquent if not paid within the
times prescribed In the last preceding section or within ten (10) days after de
mand by the School Tax Collector, as above prescribed, and each person de
linquent In the payment of his tax, as aforesaid, shall he subject to a (penalty
of two dollars ($2.00) in addition to the amount of the tax.
Section <5. Any person who shall fail, neglect or refuse to pay his tax.
as herein provided, shall lie deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor and, upon con
viction thereof, shall be. punished by a fine of not more than twenty five dollars
($25.00) or by Imprisonment in the Federal Jail not to exceed one (1) month.
All fines collected under this section shall be covered Into the Territorial
Treasury and become a part of the “School Fund."
Section 7. It shall he the duty of the School Tax Collector to receipt
to each person, upon payment of the tax herein provided for, and such receipt
shall he the only evidence of payment.
Section 8. It shall lie the* duty of the School Tax Collector to'demand
and it shall he the duty of every person, firm or corporation, employing labor
In the Territory of Alaska, to furnish to such Collector upon demand, a list
of the employees of such person, firm or corporation subject to the tax imposed
herein, and for this purpose the Territorial Treasurer shall furnish to each
School Tax Collector suitable blank forms for the making of such lists, which
blank forms shall be delivered by the School Tax Collector to the employers
of labor aforesaid. Every such person, firm or corporation having in his or!
its employ persons subject to said tax who neglect to pay the same within the!
time within which the same is due and payable, as provided in Section four (4)
hereof, shall be liable for the payment of the same and it shall be the duty of
every such person, firm or corporation to deduct from the wages of each of its
said employees, who are subject to said tax, the amount thereof, unless such
employee furnishes proof of the payment of the same, and to pay, upon the
first day of each month, during the period within which the tax herein Imposed
is duo and payable, all amounts so deducted and collected to the School Tax
Collector, together with a list of the persons from whom the same are collected,
taking a receipt from the School Tax Collector for the amount of each tax
so paid, and to deliver such receipt, to the employee from whom the same
was collected. w
If any jwjrson. firm or corporation fails, neglects or refuses to comply
with the provisions of this section, such person, firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and. upon conviction thereof, shall be punish
ed by a fine of hot less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than live hundred
dollars $(600.00).
Any person, firm or corporation becoming liable for the tax of another,
cs provided in this section, may be proceeded against in a civil action prose
cuted in the name of the Territory for the payment of the same, and there
shall be added to the judgement In all such cases the sum of twenty five
dollars ($25.<>0), penalty for each tax said person, firm or corporation has
failed to collect and pay, as in this section provided.
Section 9. The School Tax Collector is hereby authorized and em
powered to collect said tax herein imposed from any person owing the same
when tlie* same shall become delinquent. <>r from any person, firm or corpora
tion whose duty it is made by this Act to pay any tax from his or Its employ
ees, by a seizure and sale of any personal property belonging to such delin
quent or to such person, firm or corporation, of sufficient value to pay such
tat* penalty and costs of sale, that may be found in the district in which said
tax Is due and payable.
It shall lie the duty of the United States Commissioner to issue a war
rant for such seizure and sale of personal property upon a verified complaint
being filed by the School Tax Collector, and It shall be the duty of the United
States Marshal, or any deputy, to execute the same. All properly seized
under the provisions of ibis Act shall be sold by said Marshal or Deputy Mar
shal after first giving five (6) days' notice of sale to the owner of such property
by posting a notice of the time and place of sale of such property in three (3)
conspicuous places in the district in which said tax Is due, for at least five (5)
days prior to such sale.
shall he the same ns provided by law in the ease of tUy and sale of personal
property on execution. From the proceeds of any property sold as aforesaid.
and deliver the remainder, if any, to the owner of such property.
Section 1«». The Treasurer of the Territory of Alaska shall, lie fore I
the first Monday in the month of April in each year deliver to each School Taxi
stubs numbered the same as the receipts, of one hundred (100) in each book.
of all moneys collected by him under this Act and shall, on the first day of
each month during the period within which the tax herein provided for is
the Territory of Alaska, with a list of persons from whom collected. Such
statement shall be verified by the affidavit «f the eSehool Tax Collector to
tin- effect that the some is in oil respects a full and true statement of all
moneys received by him under the provisions of this Act. After the first
any foxes and penalties collected by him under the provisions of this Act dur
ing sold period of three (3) months, and shall transmit said moneys to the'
Treasurer of the Territory. .Such supplimental statements shall he made
and verified os herein provided for the first statement.
Section IThe School Tax Collector, for services rendered untie.*
Ihe provisions of this Act. shall receive os full compensation fifty cents (50c)
for luirli lux collected, whether the mune l.o collected without suit or l.e collect
od either by criminal action, civil action or seizure and sale of person tl I
property. •
Section 13. The tax imposed by this Act shall be due and payable,
ns t•« oil persons within the Territory street to said tax tit the time of the
persons arriving in the Territory after the passage of this Act, is elsewhere
in this Act provided. For use during the year 1919 it slutfl be th • duty of the
Territorial Treasurer, as soon as notified of the selec tion and appointment of
li.lc.l fi.r In Sections eight (8. nnd ten (111) of this Acl.
Section li. The flogoigior of Alaska shall have the power to appoint a
person to act as School Tax Collector, where necessary, in any poillon of the
rerritnry «*f Alaska without the limits of any Incorporated town or school
listrict. Such person shall furnish a hor\d as required hy this At t of other
School Tax Collectors, which bond shall he approved by the nearest United
States Commissioner and filed with the Territorial Treasurer, and all of the
provisions of this Act shall apply to the School Tax Collector so appointed.
Section la. Any School Tax Collector who shall fail to carry out the
provisions of this Act shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and. upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and shall be removed from office, j
Section 16. An emergency Is hereby declared to exist, and this Act
snail take effect from and after Its passage and approval.
Approved May 1, 1919.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
We beg to announce that from and after July 1st, 1919, this
bank retires from the business of banking.
All depositors accounts have been transferred to the Miners &
Merchants Tiank of Alaska, Nome, Alaska. All checks for funds
on deposit with us may hereafter be drawn on the said Miners
and Merchants Bank of Alaska, Nome, Alaska, and all checks al
ready drawn on us should lie presented there for payment. All
Certificates of Deposit issued by us will also be paid by said
Miners & Merchants Bank, who In general, will act as our liquldx
ating agents as to all depositors.
Cpon thus retiring from a business which had its beginning
in the early days of Nome, we desire to thank our many customers
for their past business, which has enabled us to bring our affairs
to a profitable and satisfactory end. As to the future, we know
the ample capital and facilities and safe management of the
Miners & Merchants Bank .will care for all your needs.
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