The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-04-26

sessed, he shall Immediately collect the tax as
sessed by distress and sale as in other cases
SEC. %. Be IL further enacted, That If any
transient merchant, auctioneer, hawker, peoier
or trader. or other transient vendor oil mer
ciiandise shall refuse to deliver to the assessor
collector when required, true statement on
oath of the amount of his sales, or cannot De
found by the assessor at the time of making the
assessment, snch assessor or collector shall as
sess such person at his discretion, according to
the amount of his sales; and from such assess
ment there shall be no appeal, and If the per-
son making the assessment shall be dissatisfied
with the statement given of the amount oil sucn
sales, he shall assess the person giving such
statement for what he considers the true
amount of such sales, which shall be liable to
correction by the board of supervisors on ex-
ceptions, if shown to be incorrect.
SEC. ~. Be 1T further enacted, That 1t shali
be the duty of the sheriff to file with the clerk
of the chancery court copy of each notice
served on each and every taxpayer, delinquent
for taxes on lands; such notice shall be filed
with and attached to the conveyance made Dy
the tax collector to the individual purchaser, or
TO the State, and the sheriff shall certify on
oath that he has served such notice. either per
sonallv or by copy, on the owner, or on the
PREMISES. in the same manner and form as ser
vice is now made on original process of the
circuit and chancery courts.
SEC IS Be at further enacted, That sections
and the same are hereby re-enacted, and de-
clared to be a part of this Act.
SEC 10. Be 1t further enacted, That for the
wear 1876, assessors of taxes shall give notice
that they will attend in each supervisors dis
tricf to receive the list, required by this
Act from the date of its passage to the first
Monday in July, and shall make the demand
mon all such as are delinquent from and after
the first Monday in July to the first Monday In
August. and shall return their assessment rolls
ON or before the first Monday in August, and
the board shall meet on the first Monday In
September, at which time the board OF super
yiscrs shall receive such assessment rolls, hear
objections thereto, correct the same, and do
| and perform all other acts and duties herein
prescribed for said boards at their annual
! meeting on the first Monday in August.
SEC ~ Be 1t further enacted, That the
provisions of this act shall not be construed
to repeal or conflict, or IN any manner inter
fere with the operation OF an Act OF the Legs
/ lattire entitled an Act to abolish the ofhce o
liduidating levee commissioner, and to provide
for the redemption Of lands in he lquldatlns
levee district, and for other purposes, approved
Il April 18th. 1876. and the acts amendator.
thereto.
SEC. IS Be 1t further enacted, That al
druggists selling vinous and spirituous liquors
as such, in less quantities than one gallon, shall
paw a privilege tax of one hundred dollars
and the discrimination made In the act ap
proved March 1st, 1875, in regard to quantihe
sold. be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 70. BE 1t further enacted, That asses
: sors shall be paidecommissions now allowe
. by law, provided that no assessor shall recelv
, less than two hundred dollars, and the min
mum heretofore established of three hundre
dollars is hereby repealed.
! SEC. so. Belt further enacted, That chapte
! %, of the code Of 1871, except articles Is, Is
= 20, p and p, of said chapter, and all acts an
, parts Of acts in conflict with this act, be an
! the same are hereby repealed, and that tn
act take effect and be in force from and ate
: lis passage, but that articles 10, sections ia
= 174S, 1749 and 1850, of the codeG 1871, so fl
= as it conflicts with an act entitled an act
v regulate the tax on privileges and TO pFoVid
: a uniform license system, approved March Is
!, 1915. be and the same is hereby repealed.
: APPROVED, April 18th, 1876
4 CoRRECTIoN.-In Section 5, second and fifth linz
Revenue Law first page, substitute the word frs
e for the word fifth"