Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-05-26

assessed and appropriate the balance neces.
sary to make up the whole amount Of tax to
be raised upon the property Of the district
made, or 10 be made taxable, for State or
county purposes as aforesaid.
! 25. When the school tax 10 thus levied
and apportioned, the secretary Of the board
Of directors shall make out direct duplicate
Of the same, and the president shall issue his
warrant, with the duplicate aforesaid, to the
distrc, treasurer 10 collect the said tax, and
the board shall have The right at all times 10
make such abatementt, or generations for
mistakes, INDECENT persons, or unseated land,
a. to them shall appear just and reasonable,
and The secretary shall enter OH the minutes
the names OF all persons in whose favor such
abatements or exoneiaiions were made TO-
gelher with the reasons therefor.
: 26. On the receipt Of the said warrant
and duplicate the district treasurer shall give
at leas, thirty days notice, BY no, less than
ten written or printed advertisements, to be
put up in the most public places in the die.
tric,, that he will attend at the usual place
for holding township, ward, or borough, elec'
tons, on day TO be named in said adver'
,semen,s, for the purpose of collecting and
receiving the school tax for said district, and
shall colec, and receive the same, giving re-
ceips therefore in all cases when required
BY the person paying the same, and as COM
pensaton therefor the treasurer shall receive
two per cent, for all moneys so collected.
81. I'm case any school tax shall remain
unpaid for period of sixty days from and
after the day OH which the district treasurer
shall have attended for The purpose Of receiv.
ing the same as aforesaid, it shall be the duty
Of the district treasurer 10 issue his warrant,
with schedule Of all such unpaid school tax
and the names Of the persons respectively TO
whom the same is charged in the proper du.
plicate, directed to the constable Of the pro.
per ward, township, or borough, whose duty
i, is hereby made 10 receive the same. auth.
orizing and requiring him TO demand and re.
ceive from the persons named in the said
schedule the sums with which they are there
in charged respectfully, together with five per
cent, on the amount thereof, which per cent.
age shall in all cases be collected and retain
ed BY such constable for his compensation /;
in case any person so charged with school
tax fail 10 pay the amount, together with the
per centage aforesaid, within twenty days
after the demand made therefor BY said con-
stable the constable may levy the same BY
distress and sale Of the goods and chat,es OF
said delinquent, giving ten days notice OF
such sale by written or printed advertise.
men,s, and the said constable shall, in adli.
ton TO the per centage herein before allowed
be entitled to retain out Of the proceeds of
such sale, after first deduciing the school tax
and the per ceniaee aforesaid, the fees as
now are allowed by law 10 cons.abes for a
levy and sale upon a writ Of execution.
%. Before the delivery TO the cons,a.
BILE Of the warran, and schedule as aforesaid,
the district treasurer shall require from him
sufficient bond and security for the payment
of the amount Of school tax contained in said
schedule, and if said constable shall fail TO
give the security required; the district ,rea.
surer may appoint another person TO collect
the said unpaid school tax, who shall have
the same power and receive the same com.
pensa,ion for the performance OF this duty as
the constable aforesaid.
2s. Whenever school tax assessed on
unsea,ed lands in any district shall not be
Voluntarily paid by the owner or owners
thereof the district treasurer shall certify the
same to the proper county commissioners
who shall enforce the collection thereof, with
the taxes assessed on unseated lands for
county purposes, and when so collected shall
pay the same TO said district treasurer.
so As soon as the president Of the board
Of directors in any school distric, shall have
issued his warrant for The collection of a
school tax, as directed BY the twenty-filh
section of this act he shall certify the same,
stating the amoun, of such tax and also the
name Of the district treasurer TO the superin-
tendant of common schools, who, upon the
receipt Of the same. shall draw his warrant
OH the State Treasurer for the whole amount
such district is entitled 10 receive from the
annual State appropriation, Providsd, Said
board of directors shall also have made re-
port OF the condition of the schools in their
district, as directed in the sixteenth section
of this act, and that no esiden, shall be com.
PEELED TO pay any school tax who has no
school house to which he or she may send
his or her scholar or scholars within four
miles Of his or her residence.
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