New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-05

| in the above mentioned title, and approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, be go 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 CT TIE
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 ali
lands or lots within his parish or district
| on which all taxes and penalties due oy
such owner have not been paid or fully re-
allied by a sale of the property assessed
| and he shall distinctly set forth that, after
diligent inquiry, he could not find Other
property liable to seizure and sale sufficient
TO nav the taxes due, which list shall con.
| tain a description Of the lands and lots, as
| set forth in his assessment rolls. The fol
| lowing DATA shall be attached to such list:
| |, tax collector OF -
parish. or district, do solemnly swear that
the ia xes on the lands, or lots, in the above
list have not been paid by the owners
thereof for the year -; that 1 nave re-
ceived no other part OF the same tnan as
! therein set forth, and that after diligent H.
| ouirv | have found no other property
| liable to seizure and sale for the same. So
| help me 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-fve of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. ana APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, and be SO amended and re-en-
acted to read AS follows:
That the following compensation IS mere
by allowed to tax collectors for collecting
tie taxes levied on the assessment rolls, to
be computed on the sums actually collected
and paid into the State treasury, to wit:
In all parishes except the city OF New Or
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
urv 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
by them and paid into the treasury, COM
mission of eight per cent; in the Fifth Dis
trict the tax collector shall receive, on all
taxes collected by him and paid into the
treasury. a commission of ten per cent; in
the Sixth District the tax collector shall re-
ceive. On all taxes collected by him and
paid into the treasury, a commission of ten
per cent. In addition to the aforesaid com
pensation, 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 seventy-seven of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. and ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, be SO amended and re-enacted
as to read as follows:
That within the first five days OF evely
month il shall be the duty of the tax col
lec,ors IN and for the city OF New Orleans
20 have their respective accounts settled for
all taxes collected or moneys received on
account of the State during the pre-
ceding month, and to pay the same
over to the State treasury, and for that
purpose the said tax collectors shall make
and transmit to The Auditor of Public Ac-
counts "a 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
10 that the same contains a faithful account
of all taxes collected and the amount re-
celved. il any. from licenses to persons
pursuing trades. professions or taxed
occupations. and il shall be the duty
OF the several tax collectors OF the
other parishes Of this State to have
their accounts settled. and to make
payment and statement as hereinbetore pre-
scriDed. within the first ten days of April,
July and October, respectively. for all
taxes collected and moneys received for
licenses Tor the preceding quarter.
and such payments and statements
tor the last quarter shall he made
at the time pre>cr; bed in the final set
tiement of the wear; provided. that all tax
collectors shall be and are hereby author
lied IN making each settlement with the
Auditor OF Public Accounts. to deduct from
such settlement the amount of commissions
10 which they are entitled by law for col
lecting licenses and faxes. The amount of
parish taxes collected shall he paid and &C.
counted for quarterly in like manner TO the
parish treasurer.
SEC. ,. Be il further enacted, etc, Tia.
AL laws or parts OF laws III conflict with the
provisions of this act he and the same are
hereby repealed. and that this act take
effect and be LII force from and after its
passage.
tSigned) @. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
tSignedj 7. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March 6. 1872
tSigned H. G. WARMOTH.
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
\ true copy:
+. J. HERRoS.