The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-12-28
YoWnt ollrctOrs.

Ar ] Clarke, Treasurer Of the county Of Kane,
publishes the following Instructions to the Town
collectors in that county As they give the law
by which the Collectors are to be guided, in
plain way, and are Is applicable here as IN Kane
county, we have con,idcred them worth repub.
fishing:
The Township Organization Law having placed
in the hands Of the town officers the important
and responsible duty # collecting the State,
County, and Town Taxes and in order to render
the performance of that dIty more attanable
within the time required by law, take the lber
ty OF offering the following suggestions, IN addi'
ton to the instructions contained in your warrant
from the Board Of Supervisors; You are required
Il call at least once on each tax payer, and II
may be Of Importance I'm the collection Of the dc
llnqUent taXro note the day Of calling on your
| list and it will also be advisable to note the day
Of payment when the taxes are paid. As the
time in which the taxes required to BE- col
Iected is very iimAd it will be absolutely neces
.ary that you should commence Immediately on
recei pr Of the list, a. no Indulgence can be ex
pccted in point of time; the statute being per
emptory and the interests of the public requiring
that the utmost promptitude and diligence be
used. In case any person shall have removed
out of your town since tie making of the assess
ment, it is nevertheless your duty to levy the tax
es charged on him on his personal property, If he
resides in any part of your county.
You will be required within one week from
| the time mentioned in your warrant, to pay over
| all moneys collected by you, to the persons men
toned therein aud you are required To take du
| plicate receipts for all moneys paid to town off
| GERS one Of which YOU will file with the county
| treasurer and no other evidence Of payment will
| be admitted Whenever any person shall desire
| to pay the taxes on part of any lot OF parcel Of
land they must furnish you with Il particular spc-
tfication Of such part, Of which YOU will make an
entry on yourlist, in order tina the part on which
the tax remains unpaid may be clearly known
and in all cases Of persona paying tax ON an I'M
divided share Of any property, they shall furnish
you the names Of the other owners in said prop,
erty, which you will enter on your list
| ifyou shall be unable to collect any Of the tax
es charged in your list it will be your duty to
make ont an account thereof, and deliver the
same to the county treasurer, and be prepared 10
make oath before him, or in his absence, before
any Justice Of the Peace, that the sums mentioned
IN such account remain unpaid and that you have
not on dilligent inquiry been able I" discover any
goods or chlttel> belonging TO- or in possession Of
the persons So charged, whereon you could levy
the same, and on producing such account and
making such oath you will be credited with the
amount.
In ease If levy and s'e + personal. proper
for taxes, the COLLECTOR , .u.hHg I'D. r,.r.'.
and include in thr au.un. 'hr -sm" irs. .u0 ci,ar
yes rs are allowed b. iav lu constable, iur u,s.
ing levy ami sale Of pwpery ou eNr.D alton.
Il isoi ,he greHy-t Importance. |ud may saw
sou from mLyh loss. to- pay the ,'rpir.. attention
10 the Kind rf fund to be- received tr taxes, th
statute requires that the r,y'nle Cur state puVu
ses, shall b. collected in god and Si;'r oo.H, a"u
A,dito,'s adrrdns onil the c' U"i! taN may ID
collected IN gold aud silver CON. county Otdcr'
and Jury ccrItcates--(Ht one dollar per day AM
five cents per nile } in no case, however receiv
iUs ~ orders dHdcsri Fcaies more than the prepoI
tlun Of tax due the county. !, may, narrower. b
convenient to receive current bank bills for cuUC
ty and town taxes taking strict care to receiv
such only NJ will pass at par. BY recent act ,
congress, Spanish aud Mexican quarter dollar
shhngs and slxpences are made current q, twer
~ cents, ten cents, and five cents respec,velvly
. and you will be careful to receive those CONS
their legal current rates only. rejecting all deia'
cd and won coins You will be expected I
make d,lligen inquiry IN all ca-es where tuu az
unable toco eei tuxrs ~ en- bile you 10 Wv" NJ
y neoessar, ini,nu,ation for making out u d, nqur,
list, stating whether such parties are denqu',
on account ofinsolveney, removal az non'residenc
where parties are removed out Of the county, n
certain IL possibls their present residence. and II
. sams with respect to nol,.rssidents; free comm,
ncation ou all suhjscts NJ difficulty, (sither vi,
the supervisor Of yoLr .own. OF with this o6ice)
q cordially invited. a. shall dsem il my duty "a
4 pleasure to aford every facility and aspistaaes
the neYforn, anrs If vouP duties