Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-24

neglect 10 pay over 10 INT oaio "
the whole amount OF taxes Aich1 may
have collected, or which by law he
ought to have collected for the use OF
The state, on or before the FIRST Monday
oil January, in each and every year, every
such sheriff, for such failure or neglect,
shall forfeit and pay one per centum on
ali such sums, for each and every
week Thereafter, until tie same shall
be paid. And it is hereby made the
duly of the auditor or treasurer TO
rharpe every such sheriff with the per
centum, and 20 exact the same upon set
tlement: Provided, however, That no.
thing in this act Coniained shall be SO
construed as TO prevent the auditor and
county treasurers from giving the seve-
raj sheriffs aforesaid credit for delin-
quencies or Tor taxable property he or
She could not sell according to law, up
on producing the necessary vouchers
to that fleet.
Sc. 10 Be it further enacted, That
the shentl shall be allowed seven and
one hall per csntum upon the same, Tor
collecting taxes payable MO The county
treasury, and the like compensation Tor
eolIecnng taxes payable into the state
treasury.
| SEC. 80 Be il further enacted, That
the sheriff shall receive at par in the pay
ment OF taxes, any orders u the county
ommissioDers' court on the treasury
not exceeding such portion Of such per-
sons taxes as shall be payable into the
treasury If the county in which such per-
son resides.
Sc 80. Be il FURTHER enacted, That
tn clerk Of tao uouoy cor nssloners'
court snail, on or blf3re ito frs Mon
day IN d cember, annually, furnish the
county treasurer with certified list of
al county orders issued by the sad
cour duslns h twelve months inme-
dlately preceding tat ilme, specifying
6e date ard III AMOUNT of each, logs-
hcr with the a. the pc son IN whose
favor such rider IS drawn; and The
county treasurers shall pay such orders
according 10 their seniority.
Sec. 81. BE IL further enacted, That
tie county treasurets, as compensation
ar their ser,i, es, shall be entitled to
| ~ Pt' 'Ni'hiii vi an ii'ODNl - iUtl1
etceived and paid out for county purpo-
s; aud two dollars per day for every
day necessarily employed in taking in
HE list Of taxable praprr,y.
Sec. %. Be HJnrther enacted, tn in
ase the taxes imposed by tbs aet for
uuny put poses, 5 AL not be sufficient
- deiray the county expenses the coun-
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7 hereby an 40r 2 d 10 levy tav .---=s7.-
SO. eiIA- ooo naH pr cent. upcB IN vie
81 the ioIioNmg property, 50 WI. IN
i"ts excep on iots OF Ineorporals taWas,
Nhtfeon a AK not 'ess than on ball Per
cent. Shall oave been Levied by tie rus
clso SAT- TOY MS, oil TIA er he preted ding
.tat, pleasure Carriages for the convey
ace 81 pers us, and not such as ere for
Common iern4i'g purpf ,es, distllleries,
stock IN tradr, ana such Other ? rsonal
tr perry - he' ay tnink pl per.
See. IS. Be u further enacted That
tbs ands re OF ~ ej,ltted ano ia as
ed from TIE Unuea S 3ies, whereof puly
{ one, two or three instalments Of The our
chase money shall have been paid, stall
in no case be valued higher nan in pro-
portion to The amount OF money actually
paid thereon.
SEC. "A Be il further enacted, That
If any couny treasui CT shall id;i or re-
tuse TO perform any ol the duties requir-
: ed Of MIN by law, he or they so Offending
snail forfeit and pay aW sum not exceed
ing fifty dollars, nor less than twenty, to
be recovered before any Justice Of The
peace, by acuon OF debt, Que half to the
person suing for the same, and the other
hall to the use of the coun y.
Sec. 25 Be IL ,further enacted, That
the auditor shall htrnish each county
treasurer with list of all apds owned
: by residents and non-reaidcnts, except
, the land lying in the military tract, 10
be taken from the abstracts in his office !;
and as the treasurer shah proceed to
! take in the list Of taxed Asproper'y, he
shall note on such list furnished by the
auditor, all lands owned by non-resi-
dents, or where the owner or owners canr
not be found; and return such list 10
the auditor at the time he Shall forward
the Textbook, as required by the twelfth
section OF this act: and all such lands
= shall be taken as the property of nom
residents, and the auditor required to
proceed to the collection OF the tax, as
provided for in the seventh section Of
. this act.
Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That a
sale of lands of nonresident delinquents
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