Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-03-15
50 The following is the conrlut

So The following is the conclud-
ing portion of m Article from the
New Orleans Republican, relative
! to the proposed plan of the Opposi.
ton to the Kellogg government, of
stopping its wheels by the non.
payment of takes. a more open
but not more desperate and hope.
less project for the same purpose
having already 40 signaiy and in.
gloriously failed, we think people
will be slow to adopt or depend
upon this one, particularly if infu.
entail men discourage it in the coun-
try as the have done with such effect
in the city.
We now address ourselves espeoi.
ally to our fellow citizens of the
country and city who are owners of
real estate subject to taxation. The
State revenue law is, like that Of
other States, indulgent to the tax
debtor. 1t imposes on him q penal
ty sufficient to make it his interest
to pay the State treasury, but rein
states him i'm his title upon compli.
ance with certain reasonable condi-
tions. The tax'debtor, then, who is
unable to pay may readily relieve
himself from n legal penalty which
may be met witheat serior sacri-
flee, In case of refusal or neglect
to pay taxes the collector must give
notice to the party in default. Ho
shall proceed, according to law, to
obtain judgement, and shall seize
and sell any property belonging to
such tax debtor. The tax collector
is authorized to make title in the
name of the State to the purchasers
of such property. The tax defaulter
NAV within TWO years repay the
purchase price of his property sold.
with fifty per cent additional and
all costs, and so obtain a reconvey.
ance from the purchaser. If this,
however, be not dcne the tax collec-
tor shall return to the Auditor %
list of all delinquent tax debtors,
and this list duly recorded becomes
a mortgage lien on behalf of the
State. Now, while the way of tho
taxpayer, delinquent from inability,
is made plain, the course of the real
estate taxpayer, delinquent on tho
principle of "resistance to every at
tempt to collect taxes OF licenses
is fraught in some cases with abso.
lutte ruin. A tax resistant in the
parish of st. Mary refuses to pay,
is notified by the collector and his
land and home is advertised for sale
under a judgment for taxes. He re.
fuses to pay, and his neighbor re-
fuses to bid for his land. There is
no provision for adjourning this
sails for want OF bidders 1t may
be sold, nay, il shall be sold for the
taxes. Very well. What is to pre-
vent any one from abroad from at
tending such sale? What can pre-.
vent any one from saying in writing
to the colleetcy, IL authorize you to
bid SO much for u certain described
piece OF property advertised at u
tax sale in the parish OF st. Marys-
with deposit sufficient to cover the
tax and costs OF sale Now he who
stands on the principle of non pay.
ment recommended, can no more ac-
knowledge the legality of the tax
sale than of the tax itself. Imagine
one of these resolute resistants. He
sees without winking his home bid
lin fol- IA tax ticket. He resolutely
refuses for two years to rcdee III the
land by acknowledgment of that
which he conscientiously believes to
be an illegal act. The State makes
, title to his home, and by his refusal
to comply with the law, that title
, ripens into an absolute and irrevoc.
, able right. "Such title shall be held
, and recognized by all courts in this
State as valid in law 1t is thus
that an honest, obstinate and i'll.
: advised citizen may turn himself
and family out of house and home
! by complying with the cxhortation
of those who will maintain a princi.
l pie, let it cost the public what it
: may. az
A gentleman from SwaOyille was