New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-08
W. L. McMILLEN.
Chairman.

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An act to authoraize State Tax Collectors
to receive State warrants in payment OF
certain taxes, and directing the State
Auditor to issue warrants in sums to
suit holders of claims.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana in General Assembly convened.
That the Tax Collectors throughout the
State are hereby authorized and required to
receive, in payment of the taxes due the
State, all warrants issued or to be issued by
the Auditor of Public Accounts, against ap-
prop iations made by this or any previous
Legislature; Provided that this section shall
not be construed to apply to taxes due for
the Convention, Levee, or School Funds.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
the Tax Collectors in settling their tax ac-
counts with the State Treasurer shall be
required to endorse on the warrants SO re-
eeived by them, the date, from whom re-
ceived, and the amount of taxes paid BY
each tax payer; they are further required
to file with the State Treasurer at the time
of their settlement, an affidavit setting forth
the facts that they have paid intothe treasury
the identical warrants received by them,
and that they have not purchased or
speculated in warrants in anv way directly
or indirectly, aud that they received said
warrants at their face value.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
it shall be the duty Of the Auditor to issue
warrants for debts due by the State in sums
OF not less than fifty dollars, except when
the claim is less than fifty dollars, or in
sums above fifty dollars, as may be demand
ed by the holder of the claim.
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
all laws or parts of laws contrary to the
provisions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act shall 90
into effect from and after its passage.
Amendment Of Mr.. McMillen to Senate
bill No. 246:
Strike out all after the enacting clause in
section first, and inserting the following:
That tax collectors throughout the State
are hereby authorized and required TO re-
ceive in payment of the taxes due to the
State all matured coupons of interest of
bonds issued prior to January |, 1861, and
subsequent to Januaryl /, 1864, all certificates
Of indebtedness issued under and by author
itv of act No. of the General Assembly of
1866, approved February 8, 1866, all war
rants or certificates of Indebtedness issued
by the Constitutional Convention of 1865,
or by the Board Of Registration appointed
by said Convention, all warrants issued or
to be issued by the Auditor of Pubic Ac-
counts against appropriations made bvthis
or any yprevious Legislature; Provided, That
this section shall not be Construed 10 apply
to taxes due for the convention, levee or
school funds.
The following majority report was sub.
nitted on Senate bin No. 2A6, and House |
bill No. 26s.
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Housa Of Representatives:
GEETLRHES-Your committee having un-
der consideration Senate bill No. 246, and
House bill No. 26S. failing to agree on re-
port, the Undersigned members hereby /
beg leave to report back to the House the |