New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-07
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

IN order that deiinq uent taxpayers may not be
missed by the Uisrepresentations OF persons Jos
tile % che State govern menJ and IN order that no
te ma bic excuse may remain when the enfoIc- nent
of che collection of back taxes together with the
Denait es attached thereto, S begin. make the
folio wing full statement of the law and the course
which must he pursued JC al revenue officers OF
the State
At the close ot each year lists OF al unpaid taxes
due in that year are, as required by law, recorded
by tbs various parish recorders anu by the re-
Gordon of mortgages IL the city OF New Orleans.
Every person whose name IS on those lists Is de
urqueHt from, the date Of such recordatlon, and
must pay penalty O: twenty-five per cent Oh the
amount OF taxes so recorded against him for every
year during which such taxes REMAIN unpaid.
These are the penalties referred to by act No. 49,
approved March Il 1873 and which are RENTED
by that act in al. cases where such delinquaN.
taxes paid previous to June a. 1875. IL case OF
the nou- payment of such delinquent taxes prsr TO
the fourteenth of June, the delinquent VIII be
PEELED to pay these penalties together will! t!e or
binary costs and charges incident to the collection
by leyal process OF the Gu:,ea: taxes.
After the fourteenth Of jane the coll tors vii.
DE reqI.l req TO proceed Immediately with the CO..
lection CT sl.CA delinquent taxes iudeF Section
of act No. 4. Of 49, which reads az fOi.o"G
SECTI0. l. Be il enacted ,v the senate House
OF Representatives OF the state o. LOUISIANA in
General Assembly, coave;!ea, TIA. Il, case q: re
2lss. Of neglect 81 any person asalnst wh@n prop
ertv Il assessed TO ,.iy tie taxes tie!eO:! within
ten days after tho ex"i:'3'i OF TIE p1"s ;.ot.c.
required By law, the tax col .ectors may give zen
DAYS written or printed notice to the owner OF
agent of the property assessed to pay said tax,
after which delay, i: not fully paid the said tax
collector may make q seizure OF such property By
recording description O! the same with the
amount due in the Mortgage book CT the parish
where it is situated and OIL the fourth Gay CT Sue.
recordat.on shall lIoceed TO sell said property
without !ega! process 20 pay said tax anG a.. Law
tul costs after advertising thee times within ten
days in the ofcia! journal, and in the country pax
ishes where such publications can not be made bv
public notice tor such ten days; provided, that
when personal properly sufficient in amount Is
taxpayer. the same shall he seized TO satisfy such
Claims III preference 10 Iea4 estate.
In eases where personal property is not found Ge
(the tax soliectorj will he required to proceed
under the last clause of the same section, which
leads follows
Tie tax collector NAV if necessary, bring cult
and have other due judicial processes IA courts Of
competent jurisdiction IL the name Of the State;
provided that il all such cases he 5e represented
by the IA " othcer OF The state.
Section sIxty-oIe Of aCt No p OF 1871 (snown as
the Revenue la.s of 1871 is modified by the above
act AID section to this extent. w the latter per
mits seizure ard sale, after record1eor, without
further process il the city OF New s,reans in the
same maaaer as in Gle country parishes. The
recordation a delinquent lists has been held by
Supieme Court 20 lie sufficient legal process to
vest he title &c property against which taxes axe
recorded in the State
The penalties acciuirC against DELINQUENT tax
PAYERS are fxed by section sixyn.ae OF act No. ~
d 1871. which reads as follows:
SEC. G.. Be il further enacted, etc, That If any
person interested IL any l0t lands forfeited 20
hall .ta, In q No,
turn, pay 20 tie Treasurer of tie state CT TO the
ia x collector charged with the collection OF the
ia tOr which SD property was forfeited. the
ia Xes oOr which the were returned. auC al,
the taxes subsequently accrued On such land and
twenty-five per CeltUm damages thereon, aIisl
or part Of year, after year, the Auditor upon
proof thereof, shall execute and deliver 20 suCL
person a certificate of redemption OF the sa me.
under the seal OF his Office, VI LIch shall be held
ard taken as evidence or the redemption OF such
lands.
Every effort Las been made by the revenue Q if
GERS ct theo>tate, dulins the past eight days, TO
acq uant delinquent taxpay COS with the law, and
10 ena biS them to discharge their Obligations to
the Sta te without annoyance costs of suit aud
q. sbur semeut OF these collections has materially
enha need the credit of the State The balance of
the large delinquent list be collected IL order
to meet the past due Obligations OF TIE State ald
if not paid before act No. As expires collection will
be enforced by such means as the law provides.
CHARLES CLIFTON.
iea lot % Auditor