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page 2 other members of the Planning Commission~ Each ex officio member of the Planning Co~mmission shall serve on the Planning Commission during the tenure of his official position, except that his term in no event shall exceed in length the regular term of membership on the commission of the elected members° Chapter IV, Section 32. Annual taxes and assessments. For the execution of its powers and duties, the city council may raise annually, by taxes and assessments in s~id city, such sums of money as they shall deem necessary to defray the expehses of and for the purposes of said city, and in such manner as they shall deem expedient, in accordance with the laws of this State and of the United States; provided, however, that they shall impose no tax upon the bonds of said city° Said taxes shall be equal and uniform upon the same class of subjects within said city. The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the collection of said taxes and levies on property in annual or equal semimnnual or quarterly installments at such times and with penalties for non-payment on time, and with interest from such date as m~y be fixed by ordi- The said council may also provide by ordinance for the prepayment of such taxes during the preceding twelve months prior to the time the same become due, and shall allow interest at the rate of six per centum upon such prep~ymen~3 to such date notwithstanding that the taxes for such year have not been levied or that the tax rate has not been fixed° Chapter IV, Section 46. Council may prescribe powers, duty and procedure of city treasurer. The city council may vest in the city treasurer any and all powers which are now, or may hereafter be vested in any collector of State taxes, for the purpose of collecting the city ~axes and other assessments or levies which the council is authorized to _make, and may prescribe the mode of his proceedings, and the mode of proceedings against him for failure to perform his duties° Chapter IV, Section 46-ao Remedies for collection of taxes. The payment of any taxes to the city of Portsmouth, both those which have been assessed and those which ought ~o have been assessed, may in addition to any rememdies otherwise allowed by law, be enforced by warrant, motion, ac tion of debt or assumpsit, bill in chancery, or by attachment before justices of the peace, civil and police justices and courts of record within this State in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same rights of appeal, as now exist or may hereafter be provided by law for the enforcement of demands between indi- viduals. Such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the city of Portsmouth at the request of the city council or the city treasurer. A~y bill zn chancery for the enforcement of a lien of taxes against land may be brought in the corporation or Circuit Cour~ of the city and in such proceedings the pro- perty may be sold for the payment of the taxes due thereon, and such lien shall be superior to any other lien or encumbrance upon the property or ~o any claim of dower or courtesy, and it shall not be necessary to allege or prove any equitable grounds or jurisdiction.