Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-04
The Collection Of Taxes.

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TEE PARTISAN JOB TO NUIuEY THE 15rH AMEND
MENT.
The following is the bill introduced into the
House OF Representatives. on the 26th inst, In
relation to the collection of taxes:
Section |. That hereafter it shall be the duty
OF the collector Of the county taxes in each hum
dred or collection district in this State, within
thirty days after he shall have received his du-
plicate list, to give public notice by advertise
ment posted in ten or more Of the most public
places in such hundred or collection district and
in the case Of the collectors in the City OF Will
mington by notices posted In five or more Of the
most public places In each ward in their respec-
tive collection dstrics OF the said city stating in
such notices the place OF residence or OF busi-
ness Of such collector and his readiness to re-
ceive taxei and 1t shall also be the duty OF each
such collector aforsaid in the month Of January
in each year, again to give public notice as afor
said OF at least ten days to such persons shall
mentioned notice shall state the times and
places at which such collector will at
tend for the purpose Of receiving taxes then
due and unpaid, and it shall be the
duty OF the Levy Court In every county
upon proof being made to them by the affidavit
OF the collector verified by his oath or aiiirma-
tion and setting forth that he has given notice
as required by this section, and that in accord
ance with the notice last aforementioned that
he did attend at the times and places designated
in such notice for the reception of taxes, and
did remain for the space Of at least five hours
in each day and for the period Of at least three
days in attendance for the purpose of collecting
OF taxes aforesaid, to allow said collector as de-
linquencies the taxes uncollected by him, and the
names OF such delinquents shall be dropped from
the assessment list by the Levy Court and shall
not be placed thereon again for period of
twelve months from and after the date of such
allowance, and not then, until such delnquents
appear Ia person before the Levy Court OF the
county in which he, she or they reside, while in
actual session, at any time after the expiration
Of the period Of twelve months aforesaid, during
tho month OF March in any year, and pay to the
clerk OF said Levy Court the delinquent taxes for
which such persons were returned delinquents
and dropped from the assessment list, and by
him to be paid to the County Treasurer within
one month from and after the date of the recsipt
OF such delinquent taxes PrOuided, that the
provisions OF this section shall apply only to poll
taxes and taxables.
Section O. And be 1t further enacted, That
the notices required to be given in Section of
this AIT by the collectors aforesaid shall te
deemed and taken to be sufficient demand upon
the taxables for the payment of the taxes stand
ing against them on the collectors duplicate of
the several hundreds and collection districts OF
this State Such notices given as aforesaid shall
be considered performance and full discharge
OF the duty OF the collectors aforesaid TO make
demand for taxes, and they shall not be required
thereafter to make further demand on any taxa
bic for said taxes as q condition precedent TO
the employment of legal process, as now pro-
yided by law for the collection of taxes.
An English Observer Of American HstsIs.
Cook, the London " Tourist" man. whose ex-
tensive schemes of travel have recently been
the subject Of comment, in the course Of q re-
cent letter to the London Times, describing the
hotels. from New York to San Francisco, says ,
"The supplies of food at these houses were
simply enormous. = But the best feature
at the American hetel tables is that relating to
drinks. On every table large jugs Of iced water
are placed" This notice OF the fact that Amer
lean tables are furnished with water, as accessi
BILE the salt, will at once recall the experience
OF American travellers in Europe. AT hotela
their special provision has to be made TO supply
the unsuspected demand Of the American
cousin" for glass OF water. "Tea and coffee"
our English authority announces, "can be had
at every meal; but though the bill of fare gem
orally has vino list printed on the back
and custom does not enforce the habit of ta-
king wine and strong drink with meals. The din
ner table is free from that slavery and exactiGn
often seen and felt at English tables, where
some old ''heavy vet manages to get into the
chair, calls for wine and holds ali responsible
for equal shares; aud II any one dares to object
he is regarded as mean and exceptional" Our
pleased Englishnlan adds: II saw at the hotel
In New York about two hundred ladies and gem
tleman seated at tables, and could only see a
single glass containing beer. and not single
bottle Of wine. asked an intelligent waiter
what was thought of such exceptional drinkers
He said, They are either English, or come from
the South" The same general absence of
strong drink characterized all the hotels we visit
ed, aud felt it must be great relief to travel
lers to be freed from the obligation to 'drink
for the good Of the house, or to avoid the trou-
BILE Of being marked Those who think they
'canpot do without IT. get the drink, and in It's
use constitute the exceptions. The respectable
hotel keepers of America offer no inducements
to drink at public tables, and never treat with
disesteem those who altogether refrain"