The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1869-08-21
Internal Revenue o@cers in
st. Landry.
From the Opelousas Journal. !

OC. 1o00ry.
From the Opelousas Journal.
Maj. L. G. Allison. Deputy Collector o
U. 8. Internal Revenue, At this place, j.
creating quite sensation in St. Landry
Almost daily he is causing notices to b.
served on persons to come forward and
pay their licenses and taxes fur 1867 aud
1868, who have in their possession receipts
for the taxes and licenses Of said years,
sigrsd BY Jno. G. Costley. late Deputy
Collector At THE place.
Messrs. Bloch 4 Dupr6, Of this plscs,
have in their possession receipts amount.
ling 10 over $500, for taxes for, those years,
which now figure ~ due and unpaid on
the Collectors list.
One day last week Mr.. Hypolite NAche
was served with notice to come forward
and pay bic taxes aud licences for 1867
and 1868. amounting to 80. He came
in few days ego, and exhibited his receipt.
He intorms ~ that more than half dozen
Of his neighbour, who have their receipts,
were notified on the same day.
NJ. Chafles Frincois, Of Bois Mallst,
however, was not 20 fortunate. He paid
oil his taxes and licences ~ they fei! due
bat bic receipts were destroyed with his
house, which was burned one night last
Spsing, With everything it contained. He
produced bic receipts for 1869 to 1870
obtained since the burning Of bis house.
He offered to naks oath to the fact that
biz receipts foy 1851 and 1858 were burn
Cd, and 70 produce evidence TO eosroberste
lit. He was Informed thaa bic only remedy
~ = pay the amount nt-over sixty dollasa
aad 1kee petseat The claim fos the
Ianes.S r. t6s proper .ollcsr Of The De.
I resesC nbo Wsuld refaud the same
This hs selaasd TO do, asd 6lcd . solemn
prosss1 under oath, agsinst Psyio: BIZ
Taxes second Tina:
: Aessvs. Rice and Allison, in explanation
of their course, say. thst when these taxes
were paid. no credit was given the party
paying them /; thst they stand - due and
unpaid on The list transmitted them fcs
collection BY the District Collector; and
that they srs compelled to proceed thus in
order to make their settlsmesss, - required
By lsw.
Jean Bsptists Dsrousseau, free man d
color, keeps . small country store 10 Prai-
ne Plaiasnce. he i maa of but little
education, and having paid his State taxes
and obtained biz licenses, thought he had
complied With the lev. Some time after
wasds Jno. G. Tucker, Tatessal Revenue
Aosssos, lsa.ned that Durousseau had moi
paid his interna: revenus tar sad licenoe.
lie psocssded to Durousseau's and osdsrsd
him forthwith, 70 pay him tl76. Dssous-
seau came 70 town and got Achille Dapr6,
Of the 6rm Of Bloch 4 Dupr6, 70 stand y
bis security fcs payment ofths amount the
nsxt day. This done, Tucker proceeded
the same day to Duroasssau's store, 70
|cowpanied BY Gle Of soldiess, shut up hi.
store, arrested HE son, Who Vas in chasg.,
aed - imposed % Durosassau : fears, that,
70 ssetls ths matter, hs paid Tucker 1376,
to which the former demand of 4l56 bad
been jScveased. Some time afterwards
600 of this amount va returned to Du.
soasssas y ~ Collectos. M
Bot this b sol all. Durouseeau was
moi ersditsd with Tho amount thus sxtor.sd.
which now stands . dns and.unpaid on
~ III tra1smittsd 70 Maj. Allison for
leellsclioe. Messss. Bloch 4 Dsps6, how.
|svsr. hold The rs(pe.
We havs aiway5 bse1 under The impres-
|eios that tax oolteolon were required to
|keoo thsir books 10 sueh manner, that
(ahefe anNeaaa,ea - nllna Nnn1A tell from IN