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8.C. - Page 41 <br />Section 58. TAX LIENS: <br />All taxes and assessments levied, together with any percentage imposed for delinquency and the <br />cost of collection, shall constitute liens on the property assessed; every tax upon the personal <br />property shall be a lien upon the real property of the owner thereof. The liens provided for in this <br />section shall attach annually, as of 12:01 a.m. on the first day of March preceding the fiscal year <br />for which the taxes are levied or at such other time and date as may hereafter be prescribed by <br />the laws of this State and may be enforced by actions to foreclose such liens in any court of <br />competent jurisdiction, or by a sale of the property affected and the execution and delivery of all <br />necessary certificates and deeds therefor, under such regulations as may be prescribed by <br />ordinance; provided, that when real estate is offered for sale for eCity taxes due and delinquent <br />thereon, the same shall be sold to the eCity in like case and manner, and with like effect and right <br />of redemption as may be struck off and sold to the sState when offered for sale for county taxes; <br />and the eCouncil shall have power to provide by ordinance for the procedure to be followed in <br />such sales to the eCity and redemption thereafter. (As amended April 9, 1968, approved by <br />Legislature April 29, 1968, Stats.1968, Chapter 76.) <br />Section 59. PAYMENT OF CITY MONEYS: <br />Money shall be drawn from the treasury only on warrants as herein prescribed. Every demand <br />against the eCity, from whatever source, excepting the Public Library, when approved by the eCity <br />fitManager, and when allowed by the eCouncil, shall be signed by the Mayor; and a warrant <br />prepared by the eCity aAuditor shall be issued and signed by the Mayor and eCity eClerk or such <br />other officers as the eCouncil may designate; provided, however, that whenever prescribed by the <br />eCity eCouncil such demand shall be approved by the eCity -aAuditor, who shall confirm satis <br />that the money is legally due and its payment authorized by law. No demand shall be <br />allowed, approved audited, or paid unless it shall specify each item of the claim and the date <br />thereof; provided, however, that warrants for salaries of officers and employees shall be allowed <br />by the Auditor and paid at such regular intervals as prescribed by ordinance, from the treasury <br />without the necessity of any demand therefor or approval thereof as in this section prescribed for <br />other claims. (As amended March 4,1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975.) Section <br />60 (Deleted March 4,1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975) <br />Section 61. GENERAL RESERVE ACCOUNT: <br />The Council shall maintain a permanent revolving account, to be known as the General Reserve <br />Account, for the purpose of keeping the payment of the running expenses of the eCity on a cash <br />basis. Said account shall be maintained in an amount sufficient to meet all legal demands against <br />the treasury for the first four months or other necessary period of each fiscal year prior to the <br />collection of taxes. The eCouncil shall have power to transfer from the General Reserve Account <br />to any other account or fund such sum or sums as may be required for the purpose of placing such <br />account or fund, as nearly as possible, on a cash basis. It shall be the duty of the eCouncil to <br />provide that all moneys so transferred from the General Reserve Account be returned thereto on <br />or before the end of the fiscal year in which said transfers are made; provided, that in any fiscal <br />Page 34 of 45 <br />ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2017/2017 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br />REV: 11-29-17 JS <br />