New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-05

AN ACT provide The coectios State Taxes Of
ment q State Taxes IN tie parish o. Orleans -
Section l. BE il enacted By the Senate a',d Hous
Of Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana IL
General assembly e0nrened, That all lands hereto
fore forfeited TO the State in the parish Of Orleans
for nonpayment OF State taxes shall be liable TO re
demption as If the same had originally been mort
/ gagged, and unless payment of the State taxes due
thereon be made, with interests and costs, as pro
vided under existing laws, the same shall be sold al
the suit of the State against the owner or owner
thereof, under process of seizure and sale.
Sec. 3 BE Il further enacted ETC., That the sales
thus made shall be for much cash will cover the
amount due on said lands for said taxes interest," and
COSTS and the balance such credit as the court IS
suing the process may direct in the defendant
should not himself fix said terms Of credit.
Sec. 3. Be Il further eaacted ETC., That whenever
any property forfeited or mortgaged to the State
shall be described as belonging 10 an absent or I'M
known owner the court issuing the process OF seizure
aud sale shall appoint an attorney ad hoe, on whom
service of said process shall be made on behalf OF
| said absent unknown owner.
SEC. L. Be IL further enacted ETC., That the pro-
ceeds of sales made under the foregoing sections SHALL
alter deduction of attorneys fees at ten per cent
| binary commission to the State Tax-C0ector, and
all other lawful COSTS to be returned to the State
| Treasurer who shall first credit the General Tax
Fund with the net amount thus received and the
surplus proceeds whether cash or notes, when by him
collected shall be deposited in the Treasury there
remain until called for by the party lawfully entitled
to the same after contradictory proceedings with the
attorney hereinafter designated.
SIC. 5. Be IL farther enacted etc. That the Cover
nor shall appoint attorney, whose duty it shall be
to enforce the payment of all taxes due the State in
the parish OF Orleans under the provisions of this
act and said attorney shall forec0se all liens privi
leges and mortgages resulting from arTeared taxes
due the State In said parish, and may, with the con
sent of the State Auditor compromise with the deln
quent taxpayers Provided, That in no case shall
the State be liable for any costs of court printing
unless the same be recovered from the delinquent
taxpayers.
Approved March 49, 1855
AN ACT twentieth section Of the Act entitled an
Act to establish General System Of Free Banking the
state Of Louisiana proved the fifteenth day Of March
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House of Repre.
sentdtires Of the State of Louisiana, in General
assembly concerned That the twentieth section of the
act entitled an act to establish general system Of
free banking in the State of louisiana approved the
fifteenth of March, eighteen hundred and fifty.fve
be amended and re-enacted to read as follows
Section 20. Whenever notice of protest for non.
payment OF any note, as described in the preceding
section, shall be lodged in the District Court verified
by the affidavit of the creditor that the amount is
still due and unpaid it shall be the duty of the Judge
of said court forthwith to order notice of the same to
be served upon the Attorney General of the State,
and it shall be the duty Of the Attorney General re-
ceving said notice. Immediately to ascertain whether
there be any legal equitable defense to the payment
of said note and it, in his opinion there be no such
defense, he shall forthwith apply to said court by
petltou iOT VIII OF sequeslfdblOu against all the
property and assets of the bank whose note has been
protested as aforesaid and for Judgment of forfeiture
upon filing said petition, such sequestration shall
ISSUE and it shall be the duty OF the court once to
appoint three quidators who shall give such security
as the court may order Said bank shall be allowed
three days to answer said suit. The cause shall be
heard in preference to all other cases. and should
there be no sufficient legal equitable defense estab
shed to the payment OF said note Judgment of for.
fixture shall be entered up and the liquidation of said
bank shall proceed as hereinafter provided aud such
liqudators shall receive such compensation as the
court may determine, which shall not exceed salary
at the rate Of two thousand Eve hundred dollars per
annum.
Approved March 18th, 1855