New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-27

sand dollars for performing the duties
herein imposed on him by this sectlon.
Each assessor for the city of New Orleans
shall be allowed a payment in advance
upon his earnings, as such, in the sum OF
two thousand dollars, and such advance
shall be payable to such assessors, respec-
lively, in two equal installmG2ts, one
thereof on the first day of April, Sand the
other thereof on the first day Of July OF
each year; and the advances SO made shall
be deducted from the compensation to
which said assessors will be entitled on
their final settlement with the Auditor of
Public Accounts.
That section tifty-six of the act rected in
the above mentioned title, and approved
March third, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one, be so amended and re-enacted as
to read as follows:
That in all cases of neglect or refusal to
pay their Licenses, of any description, by
any person, firm, company or corporation
doing business in this State, the tax col
lectors shall give ten days written or
printed notice to such delinquent taxpayer
to pay such license: and If, at the explra-
ton of said notice, the licenses, together
with all costs, be not fully settled, the tax
collector may, without any legal ferlnallty,
proceed to seize and sell, after ten days
advertisement. the property, rights and
credits of such delinquent taxpayer, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to sat
isiy the claims of the State, as 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:
That the tax collectors shall be author
lied and required to collect all back taxes
not overdue more than two years, for
which they shall received commission of
ten per cent on all collections"
That section sixty-six of the act recited
in the above mentioned title, and approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, be 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 of 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
diligent inquiry, he could not find other
property liable to seizure and sale sufficient
to pay the taxes due, which list shall con-
tain description OF the lands and lots, as
set forth in his assessment rolls. The tol
lowing oath shall be attached to such list:
|. tax collector of --
| parish. or district do sclemnly 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-
| ceved no other part OF the same than as
therein set forth, and that after diligent in
| uuiry | have found DO other property
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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-tiye of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. and 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 here
by allowed to tax collectors Tor 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 ali parishes except the city OF New Or
leans collectors shall receive ten per cent
commission on all taxes and licenses col
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 halfper
cent: in the Second District three per cent;
in the Third and Fourth Districts tax col
IectOrs shall receive, on all taxes collected
by them and paid into the treasury. com
mission of eight per cent: in the Fifth Dis
trct the tax collector shall receive, on all
taxes collected by him and paid into the
treasury, a commission OF ten per cent i'll
the Sixth District the tax collector shall re-
ceive. on all taxes collected by him and
paid into the treasury. 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 Oh 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 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-
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 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 a faithful 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 of the
other parishes OF this State to have
their accounts settled, and to make
payment and statement as hereinbefore pre-
scribed, within the first ten days of April,
July and October, respectively, for all
taxes collected and moneys received for
licenses for the preceding quarter,
and such payments and statements
for the last quarter shall be made
at the time prescribe in the final set
tement of the year. 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
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 manner to the
parish treasurer.
SEC. 3 Be it further enacted. etc. That
all laws or parts of laws in conflict with tire
provisions of this act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act take
effect and be in force from and alter its
passage.
(Signed) 0. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Sgned) p. b. S. PINCHBACK.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.