The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-02-27
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MISCELLANEOUS
GHAROULAR.
INSTRUCTIONS TO TAX COLLECTORS,
A OF InrIsIASA

NOAALT-N ofGS, "
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Auditors Office, I
New Orleans, January %. 1874.
The following instructions are issupi for tho
and guidance of tax collectors
throughout the State.
l. Fourteen and a half mills on tho lonar bo,-
ing been fixed as the rate of taxation for nil
otale purposes for the year 1874, YOU will extend
anu collect at this rate on your assessment POLLS
VI anc ye'r 1875 app0rtioning to the several
ce,aro, f,,na Mills.
School fund.
Interest fund:
LeVee FUND ~
All collcctablc in currency. la
z: lou Will also proceed with the collcctinn III
uellnqucnt taxes on the rolls in your nOssession
as the same are now carried out thereon. tbo
WHoic Delhg tWenty-One and one half mills Of
TINS amount the following must be collectcd i,
currency only. to-wit: ~ IA
sc,oo, FINN, Mills.
Interest
Levce construction and repair. :
Total
fcnaltieS and costs on delinquent due tayes
tit' above funds arc also cOllCctable in CURRENCY
The balance of thetwenty-one and a half Mil
VIZ: fourteen and Il half mills, together with
pchaltlcS ana costs accompanying the same and
sHth ii'ttseS' Is, under the provisions of section
nltcch VI me act No. 3, approved January "a.
1874, c0ilectable either In cash or AuditnT'a var
iun'N lS5ucu LOT CLAIMS due. prior to January l.
az; tor Inns portion OF the delinquent taxes
all state warrants issued for services y.ndnrnd
or claims due prior to January l, 1874 art ~
cclVaplc. except such us are affected by ipiunc-
tons, viz: J"NN
Sl4l 900 issued under acts Nos, 30 and ION nj
1870, during the months of August, Scntrmhcr
aud October, 1872, to w. A. Weed l. Co
1890 issued under act No. so OF 1873, during the
month OF March, 1878, to various parties.
3, OH VIII also nrDaani AZ Oman ,.;aI..N
lection OF licenses for the current wear. mskin.r
requlSltlon on TINS Office for the necessary blanks,
licenses as well az taxes for the current wear
are all receivable in currency only.
4. All taxes are due and cOllectnhle nn tho fin,
day OF FEBRUARY il each year. It has been ems.
tolnary todelay collections until the fall months
OF serious Inconvenience to this office az wcn M
to collectors. You will be required TO use the
utmost diligence in making as MANY collections
as possible early III the year. In most eases il ia
as easy, and In some portions of the State II il
more convenient for taxpayers TO nav in the
sprung months than later in the wear. In NH
such eases there is no good reason for DELAY, and
a clallge from the former system Is dcsirahIp in
order 10 relieve this and the Treasurer's offices
from the confusion which results from crowdinp
so much OF the business of the year into the last
few days Of December, and at n time when our
pooks should be balanced i'll order to prepare
annual reports. . F0
S. Blank tax receipts in book form, with stubs
allaclcu' VIII ne furnished by this office, and the
Issue OF any other. III receipt ~f0rtaxcs. is strictly
prohibited. These receipts must be used for both
current and delinquent taxes collected: Int IN
no case must one receipt cover taxes for more
than one year.
SAID tax receipt books will, in future, be held
as part of the records of the collectors Office
ana upon the final settlement the book or books
containing the stubs and remaining unused re-
celpts must be returned to this office,
Each receipt given to taxpayers should be
numbered, and the stub from which 1t was de-
tacbed must bear the corresponding number.
and III all other respects be properly filled up az
indicated thereon. - "NS
CHARLES CLINTON,
leu OIL Auditor.