The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-04-24
AN ACT
To nrOvide for the collection of State
county. poor and military taxes i'm the
county OF RiedfOrd.

ate and House Of RepreSeiHdttreS Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN Gen
eral assembly met, and il is here5y en-
.actcd 6y the authority Of Tie same, That
hereafter it shall be the duty OF the
county commissioners of Bedford coun-
ty, in each and every year, immedi
ately after the assessment of taxes for
State, county, poor and ilitary purpos-
es, shall have been completed in the
manner prescribed by law, to cause
their clerk to make fair duplicates
thereof, in convenient form, and de-
liver the same to the county treasurer,
on or before the first day of May, ann
ually, together with certificate under
their hands respectively, and attested
by their clerk, certifying that the tax
es charged in said duplicates, have
been duly assessed according to law.
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of
the county treasurer of said county,
after he shall receive the duplicates of
assessment as hereinbefOre provided,
to give at least thirty days notice, by
weekly publication in two newspapers
published in said county, and by at
least six printed handbills to be put
up in the most public places, in each
borough and township, Of the time and
place where the said treasurer will
attend for the purpose of receiving
State, county, poor and military taxes.
previous to the twenty-eighth day of
July, in each and every year, and he
shall attend for that purpose, one day
in each township and borough, con-
tanning less than four hundred taXables,
and two days in each township having
more than that number of taXables,
and he shall give receipts for taxes in
all cases, when required by the persons
paying the same.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of said
treasurer, in case any State, county,
poor, or military taxes, assessed in any
township, ward, or borough, in said
county, shall remain unpaid for a per-
iod of twenty days after the first day Of
August, in each and every year, to
make out a schedule Off all such unpaid
taxes, with the names of the persons to
whom the same are charged, and deliV-
er the said schedule to one of the JUS
tees of the peace in said township,
borough, or ward, where such taxes
remain unpaid, and it shall be the du-
ty of the justice to whom the said
schedule shall be delivered, as afOre-
said, to Immediately deliver a written
or printed notice TO every person
named in said schedule, living in town.
ship, borough, or WaHd, OK leave the
same at their residence, and to notify
by mail all non-residents that he has
received from the county treasurer,
the schedula Of unpaid taxes, and that
if the same be not paid by the first of
December following, he will issue exc
cutiOn for the collection of the same,
and for the service of all such notices
the said justice shall be allowed ten
cents, each, to be paid by the delin-
quent taxpayer.
Section 4. Should any person, or per-
sons, after having been duly notified,
as aforesaid, neglect or refuse to pay
the said taxes, then it shall be the duty
of the said justice, and he is hereby
authorized and required, to aud five
per centum to the amount thereof, and
to issue execution against the delin-
quent for the collection of the same,
with costs, which execution shall be
placed by the justice in the hands of
any constable in said county, whose
duty it shall be to collect the same, SIS
other debts are now collected by law,
and pay the amount so collected to the
said justice, within thirty days from
the date of the execution; Pr0rided,
There shall be no exemption of goods
from execution, except such as is al
lowed by the provisions of the general
laws of this Commonwealth for the
collection of taxes, and that the justice
and constable shall be entitled to the
same fees as for like services in other
cases.
Section D. All persons in said county,
who shall, on or before the twenty
eighth day ofJuly, aforesaid, pay to the
said treasurer the amount of his or
her taxes, shall be entitled to deduc-
tion of five per centum thereof in lieu
of all deductions heretofore allowed by
law, and said treasurer shall keep his Of
flee in the county seat and open at all
reasonable hours for the receipt of tax
es, each and every year, from the said
first day Of May, until the twentieth day
of August.
Section 6. When said taxes shall re-
main unpaid until the first day Of De-
cember following, and there is no prop
erty in the district belonging t0non
residents, or to be found in the possess
ion of those occupying the premises, it
shall be the duty ofthe justice to certi-
| fy the same to the county treasurer,
who shall make out 4 certificate OF
such unpaid taxes, with the addition OF
five per centum, and cause the same to
be entered of record in the prothonO-
tary's office of such county, which shall
be lien against said property, until
paid, with costs of entry, and if said
taxes be not paid within sixty days
! after entry a. aforesaid said treasurer