The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-17

probably be made on Monday.
Families should try Gondran's Nom
pareil Flour. A fair trial will insure
satisfaction.
DELINQUENT TAxEs.-The list of
property holders delinquent for the
taxes of this year has been prepared
by the Tax Collector, and is now on
file in the Recorders office, a printed
copy being exposed at the door of the
Court House. The list contains about
one thousand names, and we learn
that the estimated amount of unpaid
taxes, State and parish combined,
aggregates about $4,000. Assuming
this estimate to be nearly correct, the
approximative amount Of unpaid
State taxes is $4,000 and of parish
taxes $1,000. The unusual number of
delinquents and the large proportion
of taxes uncollected confirm our re-
peated statements of the defects OF
the revenue law passed without due
consideration amid the hurry and bus
tie of the closing days of the last ses-
sion of our General Assembly. The
amount of current taxes unpaid at
this time is nearly double that of any
previous year since 1872, and the
fact is attributable in great measure
to the abolition of the practice of
serving each property holder with a
statement of the amount of his or her
taxes, accompanied with a demand
for payment within a specified delay.
It NAV be said that the former law
was oppressive to the tax payer, in
asmuch as it provided for seizure of
property any time after the expira-
ton of ten days written and twenty
DAYS printed notice; but the Tax Col
lector was vested with large discre-
ton, and peremptory proceedings to
enforce payment were seldom insti-
tuted before crops were gathered and
! sent to market. Under the present
law Collector can not seize for taxes
until November, but the simple filing
and publication of his delinquent
lists operates seizure of all the prop
, erty upon which the taxes enumera,
, ted in said list are due, and on the
first Monday of December the Col
. lector is required to begin the peremp
tory sale of such property, withon
= benefit of ppraisement, and to con
9 tinue the sale until the end of his lis
I is reached. This is far more arbitrar,
r and oppressive than the system here
q tofore pursued.
We believe, however, that the rig
o orous provisions of the existing Law
f. relative to the seizure and sale o
property for taxes may be avoided b.
the delinquents of this parish if they
or any number of them, choose to re
sort to the process of enjoining TIL
u Collector, upon the ground that tn
. letter and spirit of the law have no
been fulfilled by that officer.
y Section So of act No. 96 of the ex
, ira session of 1877 says that the Ia:
;, Collector shall file his delinquent lis
in the Recorders Office on the frs
= Monday of November, and on the fol
lowing Monday shall post a cop
: thereof on the Court House door. TIL
list was not filed with the Recorde
. until about week after the pre-
scribed date, nor was it posted at tn
Court House in accordance with tn
law. One portion was tackled on til
door for little while and then re
moved, after which the remainde
was served in the same manner, bu
no complere list appeared there unit
Thursday morning.
We advise no one to resist the pay
ment of taxes-On the contrary, W
hold it to be the duty of all propert
holders to discharge their indebted