New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-06
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All fees, now allowed by law to the Audi
tor Of Public Accounts for services. as such
| or otherwise shall be paid into the Stat
| treasury, and be placed to the credit OF tn
| interest tax fund.
That section seventy-tive of the act re
| cited in the above mentioned title. and ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred an,
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 for collecting
tie taxes levied on the assessment rolls, Il
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
ury. in the First District two and a 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, a COM
mission of eight per cent: III the Fifth Dis
trict the tax collector shall receive, on all
taxes collected 10y him and paid into the
treasury, a commission of ten per cent: in
the Sixth District the tax collector shall re-
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-sevep of the act re-
cited in the above mentioned title. and ap-
,,rA nir Il
seventy-one. be so amended and re-euacted
as 10 read as follows:
That within the hrst five days OF even
month it shall be the duty of the tax col
lectors il 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-
cedlng month. and 70 pay the same
over 10 the State treasury. and for that
purpose tie said tax collectors shall make
and translui: 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
IA that the same contains a faithful account
OF al taxes collected and the amount re-
Celved. II any. from licenses to persons
pursuing trades. professions or taxed
occupations, and i shall he 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-
scrbed. within the fist ten days of April.
July and October. respectively. for all
taxes collected and moneys received for
Licenses Tor the preceding quarter.
and such payments anG statements
tor the last quarter shall be made
al the time prescrib, in the final set
tlement OF the year: provided. that all tax
collectors shah be and are hereby author
lied. in making each settlement with the
Auditor Oh Public Accounts. to deduct from
~uch settlement the amount of commissions
20 which they are entitled by law for col
lectins licenses and taxes. The amount OF
parish taxes collected shall he paid and ac-
counted Tor quarterly in like manner to the
parish treasurer.
SIC. ,. Be il further enacted. etc. THAT
all laws or parts OF laws in conflict with the
provisions of this act br and the same are
hereby repealed. and that this act take
fleet and be il force from and after its
passage.
Signed O. H. BREWSTER.
Speaker OF The House of Representatives
(Signedi p Is. $. PINCHBACk.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved March 6. 1872.
Signed II c. WARMOTH.
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana.
i true copy:
F. J. HERON
Secretary Of State