New Orleans Republican., 1868-05-14
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Eurther Extension OF Time for Settling
NNilh the AndlLOr.

Further Exten.inn OF Time for Settling
with the Auditor.
BOARD OF RECONCILIATION }
state OF Louisiana,
New Orleans, April q, 1865.
At a regular meeting OF the Board, 1eld on
wednesday, April 30, 1868, the following
resolution was adopted:
ReSolUed, That the time for the final set
clement of the Convention taxes by the Tax
Collectors and Sheritfs throughout the state
with the Auditor of Public Accounts be aud
is hereby extended to the first day OF june
1868. ,.- g,
By virtue of the foregoing resolution, |
hereby notify all Tax Collectors and SheTlns
throughout the State to continue 70 cnllecS {
the Convention tax up to the hrst oay oi
The TaX Collectors and Sheriffs are fur
tbar instrncted that they will be held re.
spOnsible for a rigid enforcement OF the
ordinance adopted by the Convention Janu.
arv a. 1868 (which is hereinafter published
for the information OF all Coucerned), eX'
acting penalty for non-payment OF said
tax.
The Convention remitted all penalties up
to the twentieth day of March, 1868, and
from that time the penalty will be eXactcd
in an tAe parishes where the tax rolls were
yeady nt that date, and thirty days after the
tax rslls were completed in the other par
shes Ne penalty will be eXacted.
NJ S. B. PACKARD, Chairman.
~ Q. n cHABpsoN, Secretary. apo lot
y ORDINANCE.
SECTION l. Be Il ordained by the Cons!it't-
tiOndL COnEtallon 1{ tds State Of Lou1SlGnG
That the sheFiiis and OK collectors of the
State, except Of tie city ofNew Orleans, Or
leans Right Ba and parish of Jefferson,
shall give notic5 to the taxpayers OF their
respective parishes to pay the tax of one
I'll Of hn
twenty.fourth December 1867, by this Con.
vention; and thirty days after service OF said
notice, those who shall not have paid the
tax due by them shall be considered in dc
fault, and the sheriffs and tax collectors
shall exact an additional tax from such per
sons OF t5CeRtyJiUepeT cent upon the sum due
by them for the first default, and an addi-
tional tax of ten per cent to be computed on
the original tax for every subsequent thirty
days said persons shall continue to be in de-
fault, up to the date of the final settlement.
SEC. q Be it further ordained, That the
sheriffs and tax collectors Of the city Of
New Orleans, Orleans right bank. and par
ish of Jefferson, shall by public notice in one
newspaper published in their parish call
upon all taxpayers to pay the tax levied by
the ordinance of December "a above men
toned, and all persons who shall not have
paid the amounts due by them on account
Of said tax ten days after the publication of
the above required notice shall pay an addi'
tional tax Of twenty-five per cent on the
original tax, and an additional tax OF two
and half per cent on the original tax OF
one mill per cent for every subsequent ten
days said persons shall continue TO be in
default.
SEc 3. Be it further ordained, ETC., That
immediately after the taxpayers shall have
been put in default by the expiration of the
thirty or ten days, as the case may be,given
in the notice required by the first and sec
ond sections of this ordinance, the sherihs
and tax collectors throughout the State
shall proceed to seize and sell after ten days
lotic9 property Of the delinquent taxpay
ers, movable or immovaDe, sufficient 10
pay the original tax, all additional taxes
herein levied, and costs.
Adopted in Convention at the city of New
Orleans this fourth day of january, Ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty,eight.
(Signed) JAMES G. TALIAFERRO,
President of the Convention.
(Signed) WILLIAM VIGERS,
my1 ljt Secretary.