Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-02-13
AN ACT

AN ACT
To amend an oct to provide for lcvyng, assessing
and collecting the revenue; approved March l4tb'
1885. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Of the State of Missouri, as follows:
|. That whenever the amount of the bond given
by any collector of the revenue shall not be equal
to double the amount Of the revenue, with which
the collector Of the county for the preceedi
year was charged, the Auditor Of public accounts
shall require the county court of the proper county,
to- take additional bond and security from the t"'
lector, and if any collector shall fail, neglect. or
refuse TO give such additional security days
after he is notified TO give such additional bond
and security, the County Court shall romovo SAID
collector from Office and appoint successor.
) g That whenever it may ppnRr to the. salts
faction of the Auditor, that the security given by
my collector, is insufficient, he shall require adj.
ditona security in the manne err rs is provided
IN the foregoing section.
3, The Clerks of the County courts, shall here
after be required to forward copy of the aggre-
gate of the tax list, with receipt of the collector
thereon, TO the Auditor Of public accounts on or
before the first Monday in October next, after the
said tax list is made out-and on failure TO do so,
he shall forfeit to the State the sum Of ono hum
dred collars, TO be recovered in the name OF the
State by action Of debt; and It shall be only neccs-
sury 10 set forth in said action the failure TO re-
turn said tax list, as required in this section-and
for that purpose it shall be the duty of the Audi
tor of public accounts, to forward to the Attorney,
prosecuting for the State, in the county where tho
delinquent Clerk resides, his certificate under seal
Of his Office setting forth such Clerks failure to
| comply with the requisites of this section, which
said certificate shall be primn facia evidence of the
fact on said triOl-provided, nevertheless, il the
said Clerk shall produce to the Attorney, for the
State prosecuting in the case, certificate, under
oath Of Postmaster, or his deputy nearest to the Office
Of the said Clerk that he did deliver to him, to be
forwarded to the Auditor Of public acconntshc alb
stract tax list. Us described in this section in time
to be received in the regular course Of the mail, at
the Auditors Office. in the city of Jefferson by the
time specified in this section, and that the
promptly forwarded by the first mail thereafter;
then he shall not be liable for the penalty aforesaid
It shall ne the duty Of the Attorney. prosecuting
for the State, to notify the delinquent Clerk of his
failure to comply with the acquisitions Of this
ton, and on failure to produce the certificate Of the
Post Master aforesaid, the Attorney shall forth
with bring an action against the Clerk for the re-
cOvrrv Of said penalty.
| :. !: If the Clerk Of any County Court shall fail
to comply with the acquisitions of the 2Sth section
of the Sd article Of nm act to which this is amend
atory he shall be subject to the penalty provided
in the foregoing section, to be recovered in the
same way is provided in the said section
This act shall take effect and be in force from ito
passage.