Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-07-10

Sec. 6. Be il further enacted, That
if any nonresident shall fail, neglect, or
refuse to enter with the auditor bis lands
as aforesaid, or shall fail 10 give such
statement Of his bank stock and money
as aforesaid, or if any such nonresident
shall fail, neglect, or refuse to pay the
taxes to the treasurer as aforesaid; each
and every nonresident so failing, ne
glecting, or refusing shall pay three
times the amount of the taxes by this
law imposed, as aforesaid, and the lands
of such delinquent shall be rated in the
first class. And it shall be the duty OF
the auditor to transmit listo lands not
entered by non-residents, together with
a list Of lands entered where the tax has
not been levied thereon conformably to
the directions of this act, and also
statement of the bank stock, and of the
money actually paid hereon by non-re-
sidents to the sheriff of the county
wherein the seat Of government is situat-
ed as soon as may be, whereupon the
said sheriff shall advertise the said lands
and bank stock, as listed, for sale in
some public newspaper printed at the
seat oil government of the state, and if
there shall be no such newspaper print
ed at the seat Of government, then i'll the
paper printed nearest thereto, as many
as five weeks SUCCESSFULLY, giving no.
tice Of the day of sale and shall accord
ingly continue the sale from day to Gay;
if necessary sell the whole or SO much
Of each tract as will pay the tax, the
sheriif's fees, and the costs ofadvertising,
which sale shall be at the door of the
house where court is or may be usually
held for the county.
Sec. 7. Be il further enacted, That
the auditor shall, and he is hereby en-.
powered, to contract for and procure
from the several land Offices, from time
to time, an abstract of lands entered by
non-residents, many such land Office
and it shall be the duty of the president
and directors Of any bank, or monied
institution within this state, to furnish
the said auditor with written statement
of the stock subscribed by ron-rcsidents,
and the money by them paid into such
bank whenever they shall be required
so to do by the said auditor, for which
the said auditor is hereby empowered to
make them such compensation as may
be just, by drawing warrant or war
rants upon the treasury; and if the di-
rectors CT any such bank Or monicd in
stitution shall fail or neglect to give
such statement for the space of one
month after they shall be required to do
so by the auditor, the said president and
directors shall be subject to pay fine
of two thousand dollars to this state, to
be recoveredby an action of debt in the
name of the governor for the time being !:
Provided, That any president and di-
rector shall be exonerated from the pay
ment of any part of such fine, upon his
proving satisfactorily to the court that
the delay or negligence aforesaid was
not by any act OF omission or vote of his.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That
the county commissioners shall, in their
respective counties appoint a treasurer,
whose duty it shall be to advertise and
give ten days previous notice in the
several townships OF his county, that he
will attend at some convenient place III
such township for the purpose ofreceiy-
| ingfrom the inhabitants thereof, list of
their property made taxable by this law,
and such persons are hereby required to
attend at such places as the treasurer
may so appoint: Pr0v:Ged Aozyever,
That any person who does not attend
shall have a right at any time within ten
days thereafter to tender his, her, or
their lists according to law to such trea-
surer; and all such lists given or tender-
ed by residents as aforesaid shall con-
tain the description and quality of land,
and the class to which it belongs, the
amount of bank stock and money actual
! ly paid thereon, the age, sex, and value
of the negro or mulatto, slave, or in
dentured servant of color, and shall
moreover be accompanied with an afli-
davit as is by law required in case of
non-residents ind PROVIDED further,
That ro treasurer shall enter en- the du-
ties of his Office before the first day CT
June next, and Oh or before the first day
Of June yearly and every year thereafter;
and it shall be the duty ofthe treasurers
respectively, to finish taking in lists as
aforesaid by the 18th day of July next,
and by the 18th day Of July yearly and
every year thereafter: and if any resi-
dent shall fail, neglect, or refuse to give
in a list of his taxable property as afore-
said, such delinquent shall pay three
times the amount of taxes imposed by
this law, and his land shall be rated as
| nfthe first class and the tay a b L. nrnrer-