Litchfield enquirer., 1851-09-04
WHOLE No, I208. DOaz.

Gene al Assembly shall be lad upon th'.a grand list of tho State. of tho several towns of this State last made and per. fccted. And it shall be the duty ot thr selectmen of the several towns in this state to cause the gross amount Of the a tax due from their respective towns to bss paid into the treasury of the state, c1 oT before the twentieth day of February next ensuing the imposition of such tax, without any abatement or deduction. And the treasurer shall enforce the par ment of said tax, if necessary. by issuins ' executions against the selectmen or thesa inhabitants of such town, in the manners now provided in the 42d and 4Sd sec tions of the second chapter of an act en- titled An Act for tho Assessment and l Collection of Taxes"
 Sec. 49. The provisions of the prece. 2 ding section shall be applicable to any tax
 imposed at the present session of the General Assembly. 1 Sec. 50. Whenever in the judgment
 of the county commissioners in any coun. lty, it shall be necessary to levy a tax up-
 on the inhabitants of such county. the
 said commissioners shall call a meeting
 of the representatives for the time eing
 chosen to tie General Assembly, and said
 meeting shall have power to impose such tax as may be deemed necessary, upon
 the towns in said county; and the clerk I of the county court shall be clerk of said meeting, and shall record the proceed. . ings thereof in the records of the county court. Said tex shall be imposed upon the several towns in the county accord
 ing to tho respective lists of the said town, f last made and completed; and shall be payable at such time as said meeting may prescribe. And thereupon ssid clerk
 shall draw an order upon each town fer
 its tax so laid and imposed, signed by
 said clerk and made payable to the troa,
 surer of the county of which notice shall forthwith be given by said clerk by mail
 CT otherwise, to one of the selectmen of such town. And if any town shall re.
 fuse or neglect to pay the tax so laid and
 imposed. by the time prescribed, i. shall
 be the duty of the county treasurer to moke return of such neglect. to said clerk of the non payment of said tax of any
 part thereof, and the same shall be by him recorded; and thereupon said clerk shall issue an execution in the name of the treasurer of such county, signed by said clerk, returnable in sixty days. di>. lectcd to the sheriff of said county or his deputy, for the sum or amount of the tax aforesaid remaining unpaid, against the goods and estate of the inhabitants of said town. to be proceeded with in the same manner as executions in civil cases.
 ProOided, that the provisions of this secs ton relating to the manner of calling such meetings. shall not effect the validity of any tax laid or to be laid by any meeting of representatives already called. @sf l Sec. 5l. The first chapter of an act entitled "An Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes" contained in the revised statutes of l840, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. P,ovided, that all proceedings heretofore had or done un. der the provisions of this act for the as. sessment and collection of taxes, sor of 3 any acts ia addition thereto, or alteration thereof, shall bc and remain valid and legal in all respects, and forall purposes to the same extent as if this act had not
 bcen passed. And provided further, that
 this section shall not affect any suits now
 pending. nor fprfeitures already incurred
 by the proTisions of any act or parts of
 acts hereby repealed.
 Approved, July 2d, 1851. .a