New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

In Orde; that detiuQ uent taxpayers may not be
nGsed BY the Interpretations Of persons hos.
tile O the State government, and in order that 10
te Ia BE excuse may remain when tie enforce ment
Of the collection O. lack taxes, together with the
penalt e ATTACHED tneietC is begun. l make the
folio wing full, statement CT the law aad the course
which nIJst he pursued by all revenue officers Of
tie State:
At the close Of eac,! yeac lists OF al unpaid taxes
due in that year ale, required by law, recorded
by the various parish recorders and by the re-
corder of mortgages in the city OF New Orleans.
Every person whose name is on those lists is de
Enquent' from the date Of Such recordatlon ard
must pay a penalty OF twenty-five per cent OF the
amou NJ of taxes recordedasa.ns him for every
year during which such taxes remain unpaid.
These the penalties referred to by act No. As,
approved March Ii, 1873, and which are RENTED
by that act in ali cases where such delinquent
taxes are paid previous to June a. 1873 In case Of
the nor pay aent of such delinquent taxes prior to
tie fourteenth of June the tei!nquen. will be com.
PEELED to pay these penalties, together with the
binary costs and charges incident to the collection
BY legal process of the current taxes.
After the fourteenth OF June the collectors will
be req,,i red to proceed immediately with tie col.
lection CT such delinquent taxes under section
of act No. A. of 1873 which reads follows
SECTION l. Be il enacted By the Senate and House
OF Representatives, of lie State CT Louisiana il
General Assembly convened, That IL case OF re-
fusal or neglect o. any person against whom prop
erty is assessed to pay the taxes thereon within
ten DAYS after the expiration OF Z! pubic notice
required by dw, the tax collectors nav give Ten
days written or printed notice 10 tie oWrer or
agent Of the property assessed to pay said tax,
after which decay, ii not fully paid the Said Ia Y
CCliect tor may make seizure of such property h
recording description Oh the same with the
| amount due IN the mortgage book OF the PARISH
where il IS situated and OF the fourth day OF such
recOrdation shall proceed to sell said property
without legal process to pay said tax and all law
ful costs, after advertising three times within ten
days IN the otclal journal and IL the country par
i.hts where such publications. can not be made by
pubic notice for such ten days; provided. that
when personal property sufficient in amount IS
taxpayer, the shall be seized 10 satisfy such
Claims IL pletereLce to rtal estate.
In cases where personal property is not found lie
1.-THE tax cclieotor) will be required to proceed
under the last clause of the same section, which
reads as follows
The tax collector may i necessary, bring suit
and have other DE Judicial proct sses Ia courts OF
competent jIi,sd ction il the Of the State;
provided that in all stcE cases he be repre- scented
by the Jaw officer Of the State.
Section sixtvone Of act No. AZ OF 1871 (kuovn as
the revenue law Of 1917 is modified by the above
act and sector to this extent VIZ the latter per
mts seizure ard sale, after recortatiOn, without
turt her process in the city CT New Orleans in the
sane manner il the country parishes. Tie
ecordati0n of Delinquent lists las been held CT
our Supreme Court to be suf!cen, legal process to
vest the title to property against which taxes are
recorded il the State.
The penalties aocTuiGg against delinquent tax
payers fixed by section sixty-uiIe CT act No. II
OF 1911. which reads as follows
SEC. So Be il fll Their enacted etc, That if any
person interested in any lot lands forfeited to
:. - = q niIs4. re
turn, pay to the Treasurer of the State, to the
tax collector charged with the collection of the
tax for which said property was forfeited the
ia Xes ior which the same were returned, and al
the taxes subsequently accrued on such land, AID
twenty-five per centUm damages thereon and
twenty-five per centum additional fer every year
or part of YEAR after one year. the Auditor, upon
proof thereof, shall execute and deliver to such
person a certificate OF redemption OF the same
under the seal of his Office, which shall be held
ard taken as evidence OF the redemption Of such
lands.
Every effort has been made by the revenue ohi
GERS of tie State during the past eighty days, to
acc Ua;nt delinquent taxpayers with the law, ard
to ena BIZ them to discharge their Obligations tc
the Sta te without annoyance costs of suit, and
very large collections have been the result. The
dsbur sement OF these collections has materially
enha oed the credit Of the State. The balance 0;
the large delinquent list must be collected III OGGel
to meet the past Cue Obligation CT the State, and
be enforced by such means as the law provides.
CHARLES CLINTON.
ia IO- On Auditor