Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-03-30

worth of slaves, over 10 and under 60 years of age, thirty cents. Persons and slaves resid- ing and personal property as aforesaid us;,- | ally kept in town on the first day of March n each year, shall be subject to tie taxes for the year.
 Sec. 9. BeA (urther ordained, that the an- nnal tax for the year 1891, on real estate, with buildings or improvements shall be, fer each hundred dollars worth, nineteen cents, and on real estate unimproved, such as vacant lots, twenty five cents on each hundred dollars worth agreeable to valuation. Three asses5 sors, viz B. B. Fontaine, Wn1. R. Cogin. and H. P. Cochran, are hereby appointed for the present year. Vacancies may be filed at any time after resignation or nonacceps ance. The Secretary shall deliver to one the assessors, table with blank columns ac- cording to the forms used last year, and the assessors shall advertise the time and place at which they will attend to receive the tax lists of every person subject; or owning property subject to the corporation taxes, who shall, at some one ofthe times advertised, give Of have given by an agent on oath, to the assessors, full list of his, her, or their property and polls, as aforesaid, ,and an estimate of the value of the personal property as aforesaid, under the penalty of ten dollars and from the state ments so furnished, and such other informa- ton as they may obtain, the assessors shall make out a full tax list and deliver the same, to the Secretary on or before the 18th day of May next, for which they shall be entitled to, and receive three dollars each for every days attendance. The Secretary shall within ten days thereafter. deliver to tl,c tax collector, fair and true copy thereof, with an additional column showing the amount of taxes due from each and every person, and file another like ccpy in his office, for the information of any whom it may concern. Charles s. Pattison is hereby appointed tax collector for the pre- sent year, for which he shall be allowed eight per cent on all taxes by him collected and from the proceeds of personal propertv sold, l or from the owners thereof, for levy, for | keeping the property and selling the same, such allowances as are made by law to consta- bles for the like services and from the own CTS ofreal estate reported for nonpayment of taxes, on the sale thereof, fifty cents for each delinquent reported. The tax collector shall proceed to collect the taxes as soon as he shall receive the tax list, and at least once in every month, he shall pay to the Secretary, all taxes or other corporation money hy him col lected. At the first meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen, after the 18th day of July next. he shall make report of all real estate in ar rear for taxes, stating the numbers of the lots and re sidence of the owners where known, and of whom and when he demanded pay ment.
 Sec. TO- Be it further orddiucd, that the Moyor and Aldermen shall order sufficient portions of the parcels of real estate reported and remaining in arrears, to be sold to satisfy the taxes, costs and charges due thereon and shall cause list of the same, and notes of the time, and place for the sale thereof, to be pub lished as by law directed; and each delin- quent shall be taxed fifty cents to pay the ex- pense of advertising.
 Rs J-.. ] .il the app inted time and place, the tax -collec- tor shall self to the highest bidder for ready money, enough of each parcel to satisfy the demands against the same for taxes, costs, 8c. The part offered for sale to be chos by the collector, and in cases when the delinquents have more than one lot or parcel in arrears, the taxes, costs, 8lc. on the whole may be satisfied by the first lot or parcel on his list. If within enc year after any portion If any lot or parcel of real estate, so sold for taxes, pay ment for the amount for which it sold, shall not be made to the purchaser or treasurer of this corporation, for his use, with fifty per cent added thereto, the Mayor and Alder men shall make deed for the same to the purchaser, his heirs assigns, Slc.
 Sec. 12. Be n further ordained, that for the payment of all corporation taxes, other than OH real estate, which shall remain un- paid on the first day of July next, the tax collector shall without delay levy on and sell personal property, giving at least ten days notice of the time and place of sale, by ad- vertsement put up at three or Tore public places in the town.
 Sec. 13. Be ft further orddined, that the collector shall deliver to the Secretary copy of his advertisements, and full report of his proceedings thereon, showing what lots were sold, and to whom, and for what price, what lots were unsold, and the amount paid to him thereon, with an account of his sales of per- sonal property. G. N. STEWART,
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