The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01
AN ACT for the relief of the taxpayers
the State, and for other purposes.

AN AGI for the feIlef OF the taxpayers o.
the State, and for other purposes.
SECTION Be il enacted by the Legis.
Iature OF the State of Mississippi. That Tax
| Collectors are hereby authorized and r..
| duired TO continue to collect and receive
| the taxes for the fiscal year 1875, withOu
costs or damages until the second Monday
| i'll February. 1876; and no damages for fail
ure to pay such taxes within the time pre-
| scribed by law, shall be required of any
taxpayer; and if any such damages shell
have been collected by any Tax Collector
| he shall refund the same TO the taxpayer
upon demand; Provided, such damages
have not, before demand, been paid into
| the State or County Treasury.
| SEC. q Be it further enacted, That after
the second Monday in February. 1876, the
| Tax Collector shall advertise all lands de-
| linquent for taxes for the fiscal year 1875,
as required in Section 1897, of the Revised
Cnde of 1871, with the following exceptions,
| viz That two insertions of such advertise
ment in newspaper, or two weeks notice
| by posting shall be legal notice, and only
the total tax due shall be specified, and not
| the State and County tax separately And
| on the second Monday in March, 1876, if
| the taxes shall remain unpaid, and no suffi :
Gent personal property can be found on
which to levy the same, the collector shall
proceed to sell the said land in the manner
prescribed in the Section of the Code afore-
| said; Provided, That lands that have been
heretofore advertised and sold according to
law for the taxes delinquent for 1875, shall
not again be sold under the provisions of
this Act, unless specially directed by law.
SEC. 3, Be it further enacted, That the
owner or any person interested in said
lands, sold under the provisions of this
Act, or which have been heretofore sold for
taxes of 1875. may redeem the same at any
time before the first Monday in January,
1877. by paying the amount for which such
lands We're sold, with interest at the rate of
twenty-f five per cent Ter annum from the
first Monday in January, 1876 and all costs
and charges thereon, and by complying
with any additional requirements hereafter
enacted by the Legislature; Provided, That
where lands shall have been sold to the
State for taxes on the first Monday in jan
uary, 1876, and days following, the owner
or any person interested in sand lands may
redeem the same at any time before the
second Monday in March, 1876, by paying
the amount of taxes due on said lands, and
all costs and charges without interest.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Tax
Collectors shall receive the fees now allow
ed by law, for all tax deeds executed to in
divldual purchasers at ta4. safes. but 40 fee
shall be allowed for deeds made to the State
for the year 1873, or any future year; nor
for advertising lands forfeited to the State
nor shall any allowance be made to any Tax
Collector for taxes on State lands, except
upon such as the taxes have not been
paid, list of which sAail be made out and
sworn to before the Chancery Clerk of the
county in which said lands lie; and the Aud
itor of Public Accounts is prohibited from
making such allowances, except upon lists
so sworn 10 ana verified by the records in
his office.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the
Auditor of Public Accounts shall not make
final settlement with any Tax Collector
until exhibition and examination of such
Collectors cash baQk, Required by law to
be kept. the entries on which shall be veri~
fled by the oath of such Collector, reco ded
in said cash book.
SEC 6. Be it further enacted, That the
Auditor of Public Accounts Is hereby pro-
hiDited from issuing any warrant to any
Tax Collector for taxes overpaid; or from
issuing any warrant tor any purpose what
ever, except on specific appropriations
made by law, setting forth the amount APP
propriated, and for what purpose; or from
issuing any warrant under any annual or
pretended ANNUAL appropriation heretofore
made; or by virtue of any act directing
the Issuance of warran[s for certain pur-
poses, unless specified amount shall have
been appropriated and set aside for such
purpose, sufficient amount of which is I'M
expended to pay any warrant issued.
SEC. T. BE lG further enacted, That this !
Act take effect and be in force from and |
after its passage. |
Approved January p. 1876. !