New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-21

that no tax collector outside of the city OF
New Orleans shall receive less thah three
hundred dollars nor more than two thou
sand collars for performing the duties
herein imposed on him by thus secti"n.
Each assessor for the city of New Orleans
shall Se allowed payment in advance
upon his earnings, as such, IN the sum OF
two thousand dollars, and such advance
| shall berpayable to such assessors, respec-
| lively, in two equal installment~, one
thereof on the first day of April, and the
other thereof on the first day OF July OF
each year; nd the advances 80 made shall
| be deducted from the compensation to
! which sa;d assessors will be entitled on
their final settlement with the Auditor of
| Public Accounts.
! That section tifty-six of the act recited in
the above mentioned title, and approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one, be so amended and re-enaeted as
| to read as follows:
| THAT in al cases of neglect or refusal to
| pay their licenses, of any description, 10y
| any person. firm, company or corporation
| doing business in this State, the tax Gel
| IectOrs shall give ten days written or
| printed notice to such delinquent taxpayer
| to pay such license: and if, at the expirar
| ton of said notice, the licenses. togethea'
| with all costs, he not fully settled, the tax
collector may, without any legal t"rniaity.
proceed 10 SEIZE anu sell, ill6I ttI tGNS
advertisement, the property, rights and
credits of such Delinquent taxpayer, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary to sat
isfy the claims of TIE State. Us aforesaid
together with all legal costs and charges.
That section sixty one of the act recited in
the aforementioned title, and approved
March third. eighteen hundred and seventy
one be amended by adding the following
words, viz:
Ill u, 10
lied and required to collect all back taxes
not overdue more than two years, for
which they shall received a commission OF
ten per cent on all collections"
That section sixtysix of the act rected
in the above mentioned title, and approved
March third. eighteen hundred and seventy
one, he so amended and re-enacted as to read
as follows:
That on the second Monday of Deem
Der in each year it shall be the duty of
every tax collector in every parish Di the
State to render to the parish recorder there
of, and in the city of New Orleans to the re-
cOrder of mortgages, list, in alphabetical
order, of the names of the owners of all
lands or lots within his parish or district.
on which all taxes and penalties due by
such owner have not been paid or fully re
allied by sale of the property assessed:
and he shall distinctly SET forth that, after
property liable to seizure and sale sufficient
70 pay the taxes due, which list shall CON
tain description OF the lands and lots as
set forth in his assessment rolls. The fol
lowing oath shall be attached to such list:
|. -, tax collector of -----
parish, or district, do solemniy swear that
the taxes on the lands, or lots, in the above
list have not been paid by the owners
thereof for the year -; that l have re-
MA of nay 4 -
therein set forth, and that after diligent in
uuiry l have found 10 other property
liable to seizure and sale for the Sane. 50
help NE God.
A B. Tax Collector,
Parish of ----.
All fees now allowed by law TO the Audi
tor of Public Accounts for services. as such.
or otherwise, shall be paid into the State
treasury, and be placed to the credit Of the
interest tax fund
That section seventy-fiye of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. and APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, and he SO amended and re-en-
acted to read as follows:
That the following compensation is here
by allowed to tax collectors for collecting
the taxes levied on the assessment rolls. to
be computed on the sums actually collected
and paid into the State treasury, to Wit;
leans. collectors shall receive ten per cent
commission on all taxes and licenses col
lected by them and paid into the State
treasury; in the city of New Orleans tax
collectors shall receive. On all taxes collect
ed by them and paid into the State treas
ury, in the First District two and half per
cent; in the Second District three per cent;
in the Third and Fourth Districts tax col
lectors shall receive, on all taxes collected
Ia, = Fl INTO flat y..
mission Of eight per cent: in the Fi.th Dis
trict the tax collector shall receive. on all
taxes collected by him and paid into the
treasury, q commission Of ten per cent: IN
the Sixth District the tax collector shall re
ceive, On all taxes collected by HIM ANA
paid into the treasury, a commission OF Ten
per cent. In addition to the aforesaid com
pensatiun, each tax collector shall be en-
titled to collect and receive from each tax
payer. after the publication of the notice
required by law, twenty-five cents for each
notice and two dollars for each seizure
made and suit brought
That section seveuty-seven of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. and ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, he SO amended and re-enacted
as to read as follows:
That within the first five days OF every
month it shall be the duty of the tax col
lectors in and for the city of New Orleans
to have their respective accounts settled for
all taxes collected or moneys received on
account of the State during the pre-
cedipg month, and to pay the sane
over to the State treasury, and for that
purpose the said tax collectors shall make
and transmit to the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts statement whether they have or
have not collected any taxes or licenses
within the preceding month, and with an
oath taken and subscribed appended there
TO that the same contains IA faith tul account
of all taxes collected and the amount re
ceived. if any, from licenses TO persons
pursuing trades, professions or taxed
occupations, and it shall be the duty
of the several tax collectors o.. the
other parishes of this State to have
their accounts settled, and TO make
payment and statement as hercinheiore pre-
scribtd, within the first ten days of April,
July and October, respectively. ter all
taxes collected and moneys received for
licenses for the preceding quarter,
and such payments and statements
for the last quarter shall be made
ut the time prescribed in the final set
tement Of the year: provided, that ali tax
collectors shall be and are hereby author
lied in making each settlement with tie
Auditor of Public Accounts, to deduct from
such settlement the amount of commissions
TO which they are entitled by law for col
lecting licenses and taxes. The amount OF
parish taxes collected shall be paid and ac
counted for quarterly in like mannerto the
parish treasurer.
SEC. g Be it further enacted. etc. That
al laws or parts of laws in conflict with the
provisions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage. -
iSignedl O. II. BREWSTER.
Sneaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signetl) z. b. S. PIECHBACk.