The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-11-28


parish recorders thereof, and for the
parish of Orleans to the recorder Of
mortgages for said parish, on or before
the st day of December in each year,
list in Alphabetical order of all lands
or lots within their parish or district
ON which tn ia xes have not been paid
by the owners thereof. and shall dis
tinctly set forth that after diligent in
quiry they could not find other'proper-
ty liable to seizure and sale, sufficient
to pay the taxes due, which list shall
contain minute and particular de-
scription of the lands or lots therein
set forth. At the foot of the return
made in the manner aforesaid. the tax
collectors shall, before an acting Judge
or justice of the peace, make and sub
scribe the following oath or afirma-
ton
r., tax collector of -- par
ish Or parish or district. do SOL
EMMY swear or affirm, that the taxes
on the lands or lots ia the above list
have not been paid by the owners there
of for the year -, that / have receiy-
ed no part of the same, and that after
diligent inquiry have found no other
property liable to seizure and sale for
the same. So help me God.
A. B., Tax Collector.
Parish -.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the aforesaid recorder, upon the
rot Ne E,fS a. al
affirmation aforesaid, shall record the
same and make certified copy ofsuch
list, and forward the same to the Audi
tor of Public Accounts.
Sec. So Be it further enacted, etc,
That the list and veri6cation when
filed in the Office of the Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts shall be entered by him
on record kept for that purpose, and
shall vest from the day of filing title
to the lands and lots therein returned
in the State of Louisiana, which shall
be impeachable only on proof that
taxes for non-payment whereof the
lands were returned forfeited hal been
in fact paid to tho return of the list to
the recorder.
Sec. SO. Be it further enacted, etc,
That on the production Of the receipt
of the collector. duly made and bearing
date prior to the collectors return as
herein required, for the taxes of the
year for which any of said land may
have been returned delinquent, the
Auditor of Public Accounts shall exc
cute to the owner of such a receipt
quit claim of the title of the State under
such return.of the collector, and shall
recharge the collector with the taxes
allowed thereon and cost together with
50 per cent damages, I'd be collected as
any other tax for which such collector
may DO in default.
Sec. so. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That if any person interested in any
lot or lands forfeited to the State shall,
after the date Of the collectors return
pay to the Treasurer of the State the
taxes for which the same were returned,
together with all the parish aud other
taxes due on lots or lands, and all the
taxes subsequently, accrued on such
land and 25 per cent damages thereon,
and % per cent additional for every
year or part of year after one wear,
the Auditor, upon proof thereof, shall
execute and deliver to such person
certificate of redemption Of the same,
under the seal of his office, (which shall
be held and taken as evidence of the re-
demption of such lands; and the lands,
with the name of the person redeem
ing the same and the amount paid, shall
be entered on his record of the lands
across the entry of the same; and the
Auditor shall be entitled, for each sep-
arate piece of property, from the owner
thereof, for such certificate the sum of
81, and no more.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That it shall DO the duty of the audi
tor annually, on or before the first day
of March, to certify to the recorder to
whom the delinquents' list may have
been returned, list of the lands in
such parish or district which have been
redeemed during the proceeding year,
with the date of the redemption of each
tract; and it shall thereupon be the
duty of the recorder to enter the re-
demptien so certified on the list of for
feited lands deposited in his office, op-
posite each tract so redeemed.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, ETC..
That the recorder shall be paid on war
rant of the auditor of public accounts
atithe rate oftwenty cents per 100 words
for each delinquent list, in full COM
pensation.
Sec 63 Be it further enacted, etc, That
the following compensation and fees are
hereby allowed to collectors for collecting
the taxes levied on the assessment rolls. To
be computed on the sums actually collected
and paid into the treasury, viz On the
first $4,000 and under, 10 per cent; on all
sums above $4,000 and not exceeding &I0, 600.
5 per cent; on all sums above $4,000. three
per cent; on all amounts collected on licen
ses to persons persuing trades and profes-
sions and occupations in the country parish
es, 10 per cent; and in the parish of Orleans,
per cent to the collector of the First Dis
trict, 5per cent. to the collector of the Sec
Ond District, and ten per cent. to the collec-
tors of the Third and Fourth Districts for
every seizure, one dollar and fifty cents, to
be paid out of the proceeds of the seizure
and sale; for every notice to tax payers, IS
cents
Sec 64 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the several tax collectors shall collect parish |
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