Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
BACK TAilES.

tIlQer NY act OF ttif, LqSlSiature VI
Missouri, passed last winter, proyid-
ing for the collection of deliquent
taxes, the owners Of property are e
to January, /, 1873, to pay all
such tax, relieved Of penalty, but il
any remains unpaid. st that time it is
made e. the ed duty Of Of ths collision to .. ene,
force the payment, but spit in The lie
courts t Of the eerffounf3yl III, YHihrerSs it i is stu
ated. r is Important that all should
take notice Of and remember this law,
if they are owing any back tax. More
than half the year that was given in
which to pay these taxes, without
penalty. has expired, and the first
day Of January, 1873, win soon be
here, when it will BECOME, the impera-
tive duty Of the collector, under the
law, to commence suits r against nj
then delinquent. The provisions Of
this law were very liberal atoWard the
delinquents, andioperate greatly to
their relief if they will avail themseE
yes Of ~itsIbehefts within the year;
but if they fail to do that and SITTER
themselves to become tile Victims OF
Lite penalties, they y YYill find them
quite as stringent as its privileges
were liberal. In prosecuting suits
for taxes, the Collector fi IS AUTHORIZED
to employ attorneys WHO shall ge-
ceive such fees as may be agreed
upon, not to !eSreed ten par sent OF
the amoralt of the tax Ito be collected
rs, costs in the casegg The suits are TO
commence by petition and summoals,
as in ordinary citip acti5hs" for debt,
AND prosecuted to judgment in the
same, MANNER, aaada ihs7oasaa aof mem
residents, unknown parties, or aAAea
owners on whom servfeeascaiK % be
had by ordinary snihrhohs;,' pdb1ica-
ton Win BE- made NJ pf5v1fdesd BY liz ay
in othes civil i Vi. %a pfStH Alleging q;
personal plroepeerrtyrD UpqRitthe ,jWdgg-
ment execution will be issned .ana the
lands sold by the shsrifiauthe same
wayaas other lands srsJsela ina 5udgf
lat 7 -
mentd0r debtsiandipthe bkheriffi hiyil
thefhezeaate to- purchaser q deed
Which it isBaidI 'sshaH convey q stitle
in fee to the real estate, therein >, naml
led, and shall be primal faeje. evidence
of title and that the fdgatterh and
filings stated therein ora true.i' From
the proceedings to be had any one
Can get an idea of theti immense cost
that will attend the enforced collec-
1tion in this way. There must be an
independent suit against leach indl-
vidual and ordinary costs attending
a salt, there are in these cases to be
recovered against the tax debtor and
attorneys fee of notsmore than ten
cent OF the debt,o the collector
fee of four per, cent, and the county
clerks fee ofttwentY-fye cents per
tract.as tsHsffs u 70 YnoeH aai =
Let us consider a case H.. A man
owes tax which he gould pay for
twenty dollars. A suit is commenced
in the Justices Icoart3 and carried
through to judgment and sale. What
have been the probablescestsa
J. p. andfC ouTtito fJadg't5.4.$ $50,
j. p. for transcript. - loo
Circuit Clerk for recordinglsame 100
]" execntieHflI. LOO
Attorneys fee ,,...--...-. 2 90
County Clerks fee %
Sheriffs levy. LOO
Printers fee for notice of sales 1000
Interest for say ope years.. 200
Sherifrs commission on tie sale 1928
1feti Eeyfeio--
Total...... I'll: . ii. il. .$23.90
Thus there will be twenty-three
dollars cost ON o ta.s debt, of twenty
dollars, ifainstead oftpaying the taxes
now, You neglect them still and be-
come victim to its penalties, and
besides, when the land is once sold
under the law, il is not .reaeemable,
but an absolute deed Is made by the
sheriff Immediately upon sale, and
theItax debtors title Ia forever divest-
ed.s ofs s.s