The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-01
N O TIC F To N0R-Resident Land Holders AND THEIR AGEvTS.

fxAIvES h& AeS RdVuS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that an act of 4< the General Assembly of the State of Arkan- sas, entitled "ai act to authorse non residents of this State. and others owning lands and town lota in counties in which they shall not reside, to pay tax. es upon such lands and town lots directly into the State Treasury. should they prefer so doing' ap- proved Sth January, l3i5. authorizes .idents of this State. and citizens owning lands or townots in counties in which they do not reside. to pay the State and county taxes thereon, directly into the State Treasury.
 Every person wishing to pay taxes under this act as owner agent, must file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. under oath, an accurate list and description, of the lands and town lots upoA which he may wish to pay tax es, stating the value of such town ots and descri- bng the lands oy townships, rangei section, let, or part thereof. and the number of acres in each par ticular tract or subdivision thereof, and the value ot each tract or subdivision per acre, [pfoyided, that no land shall be valued at less than three dol lars per acre) and the name of the county in which the same shall be situate Non.resldents who have filed caused to be filed with the Auditor, lists ol their lands and town lots for taxation for the year lSi6, can upon the conditions of the act aforesaid, pay their taxes for the year S46, upon lands in any part of this State. directly into the State Treasury at Little Rock, al any time before tho first Monday | of August next
 The Auditor is required to ascertain the amounts of State and county taxes due on lands in such cages, and to furnish statement thereof to the persons wishing to pay the same; and the State Treasurer upon the presentation of such statement is required 10 receive tie taxes and grant duplicate receipts therefor, ot which is to be filed with tbe Auditor, who, thereupon, is required to grant a certificate under his official sseal, showing that payment of the taxes has been made; provided that the person paying such taxes shall pay to the Au- ditor fifty cents for each tract, lot or subdivision upon which the taxes shall have been paid.
 Besides this convenience of paying taxes at one point on lands and town lots ii all parts oftho State permanent record is made in the Auditors office of all lands and town lois, upon which the taxes arc paid at the State treasury well as of the amounts so paid; and certified copy of such record would al any future period afford legal evidence of the pay ment of the taxes.
 The rate ot the State tax is fixed by law, at ont eighth of one per cent the assessed value of tn, 1 lands or town lots. The rate of the county tax i fixed each year by the county court of each county and the clerk oi the county IS required 10 furnish tia l Auditor of Public Accounts with certified copy o 1 the order fixing the rate
 l The county court of each county may fix the eonn l ty tax dt an0 rdte not exceeding the maximum ike l by law at one half of one per cent the value . taxable property.
 ELIAS N. CONWAY, Auditor Of Public Accounts of the
 State of Arkansas.
 Auditors Office, Little Rock,
 Arkansas 2lst February lSt6. 24--sw.