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

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term, the said court may examine the |
condition of such persons or sheriff ac-
counts, and if it shall appear that such
person or sheriff has not complied with
the acquisitions of this section, the said
court shall proceed to enter up iudg-
ment against such person or sheriff for
the amount, together with the per centum
aforesaid due from such delinquent;
! Provided however, That should any
such person or sheriff request jury to
/ pass upon the cause, jury shall be forth
with summoned to try the cause, and
judgment shall be entered in conformity
with the finding OF such jury. And
when any Judgment shall be recorded as
aforesaid, execution shall thereupon is
sue as in other cases, except that the
person or sheriff against whom such
Judgment is recorded shall not have any
fright to repleyy the same.
Sec. Is. lie it further enacted, That
the county treasurers respectively, before
entering upon the duties of their Office,
shall give bond and security TO be ap-
proved Of by two or more OF the county
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thousand dollars ,{orthe faithful perform
ance Of the duties which are or may be
by law enjoined; which bend shall be
given to the county commissioners and
their successors in Office; and the said
county treaSurers shall settle with the
county commissioners court in their re-
spective counties at their term to be hol-
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and at their term 20 be holden on the first
day of January yearly and every year
thereafter; on failure whereof, they shall
pay the same per centum, and be subject
to be proceeded against in the same man.
ner as sherifIs and persons may be pro-
ceeded against under the twelfth section
of this act.
Sec. ID. BE il further enacted, That
the taxes by this law imposed on the LANDS
of non-residents, and the tax imposed
upon the bank stock of both residents and
non-rcsidents, shall be and is hereby
directed to be a state tax, and all monies
arising therefrom shall be paid into the
state treasury; and the tax by this law
imposed upon the lands of residents,
shall be paid into the state treasury, ex-
cept one third part thereof, which shall
be by the sherifIs paid over to the county
treasurer; and the tax hereby imposed
upon slaves and indentured servants,
shall be aprroPriatecito county purposes,
and be paid into the county treasury.
Sec. IS. Be il FURTHER enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the several sherifIs
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amount of taxes collected by them for
the use of the state respectively, in cur
rent bank notes, or current gold and sill
yer coin, or in auditors paper Of this
state, or Of the Illinois territory; and if
any sheriff shall neglect to pay over to
the said treasurer the whole amount of
taxes which he may have collected, and
which by law he ought to have collected
for the use Of the state, on or before the
first Monday of December next, and on
or before the first Monday CT December
yearly end every year thereafter; every
such sheriff for such failure or neglect
shall forfeit & pay one Per centum on all
such amount, for each * every day there
after untilthe same shall be paid, and it is
hereby made the duty of said treasurer
to charge every such sheriff with the
per centum aforesaid, and to exact the
same upon settlement: Proyided hozo-
eyer, That nothing in this act contained
shall be so construed as to prevent the
| auditor from giving the several sheriffs
aforesaid credit for delinquencies or for
1 taxable property he or they could not
sell according to law.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, That
the county treasurers, as compensation
| for their services, shall be entitled to five
per centum, ON all monies by them re-
| ceived, and paid out for county purpo-
scs.
| Sec. II. Be it .fisrther enacted, That
in case the taxes by this law imposed for
county purposes, snail not be sufficient
to defray the necessary expenses OF the
county, the county commissioners OF any
such county, are hereby authorised TO
levy tax not exceeding one half per
eentum per annum, upon the value of
the following kinds of property, TO wit:
town lots, carriages for the conveyance
Of persons, distilleries, stock in trade,
and such other personal property as they
may think proper
Sec. l8. BE il Jnrtaer enacted, That
the auditor of public accounts be, and
he is hereby directed to postpone the
further collection Of the tax, which may
be due upon the lands owned by nom
residents, for the year eighteen hundred
and eighteen, until the first day Of Octo-