HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Creating the Office of City Assessor ORDINANCE N0. 651
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF CITY ASSE�ESOR IN AND
FOR THE CITY OF ANES, IO k: PROVIDING FOR THE SELECTION
OF THE CITY ASSESSOR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE xSSZSSNIENT Of
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF AMES, IOTA.
v7HEREAS, the Fifty-second General hssembly of the State of Iona
did enact legislation which provided for the selection and appointment of a
City Assessor and for the assessment of property in certain cities and towns,
and
'KHEREAS, said legislation has been enacted into law and now appears
as Chapter 240 of the Acts of the Fifty-Second General Assembly, and
WHEREAS, the City of times, Iowa, desires to create the office of
City Assessor, provide for the selection of a City Assessor and to provide
further for the assessment of property in the City of Ames, all as made and
provided in Chapter 240 of the acts of the Fifty-second General hssembly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AIIES, IO'V':
Section 1. That there be and there is hereby created in and
for the City of Ames, Iowa, the position or office of City Assessor.
Section 2. Be it further ordained that an examining board be
a_pointed and created as provided by Section /.05.1, Code of 1946, for the
purpose of examining applicants for the position of City i�ssessor and for
the further purpose of examining applicants for positions of Deputy r'ssess-
ors, all as provided in Section 405.1, Code of 1946.
Section 3. Be it further ordained that a City Assessor be
appointed for the City of Ames, Iowa, as provided by Section 405.4 of
the Code of 1946 after the examining board has performed its duties a.s
made and provided in Section 405.1, Code of 1946•
Section 4• Be it further ordained that the salary of the
City Assessor, his deputies and other personnel of the office be established
and fixed as provided in Chapter 240 of the Acts of the Fifty-Second General
Assembly and as further provided by Chapter 405, Code of 1946.
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Section 5, Be it further ordained that the term of office for
the City Assessor shall be four years from the date the said City Assessor
assumes office and qualifies for said position.
Section 6. Be it further ordained that from and after January
15t, 1949 the assessment of all property in the City of Ames, IoJVs., shall
be made in accordance with and under the provisions of Chapter 405, Code
of 1946.
Section 7, This ordinance is hereby declared to be of immediate
necessity for the preservation of public health, peace and safety and shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passa6-e wnd publication as
provided by law.
Introduced this 12th day of July, 1948.
Passed this 19th day of July, 1948.
ATTEST: ___ (Signed) _
t . Pr t'�er. CitT Clerk W. L. Allan, 14ayor
Moved by Moore, seconded by Molleston, that Ordinance No. 651
be passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye : Griffith, McCormick, Molleston, Moore
Voting Nay: None
Absent: Lawlor, MacDonald
Chairman declared Ordinance No. 651 passed on its first reading.
Moved by Griffith, seconded by Lawlor, that the rules be sus-
pended, the third reading omitted, and Ordinance No. 651 placed
on final passage.
Voting Aye : Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, Moore
Voting Nay: None
Absent: MacDonald
Moved by McCormick, seconded by Griffith, that Ordinance No. 651
do now pass .
Voting Aye: Griffith, Lawlor, McCormick, Molleston, Moore
Voting Nay: None
Absent: MacDonald
Mayor declared Ordinance No. 651 passed.
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I , J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 651 was duly
and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 19th
day of July, 1948, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the
21st day of July, 1948.
Prather, City Clerk