The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-03-24
OFFICE COR. MARKET & PATRIOT SITS
No. 5O. AN ACT


To regulate and fix the fees and comnen
sation OF the Tax Collectors, for the
collection OF all taxes and Licenses
throughout the State, and for the list
tlnS OF property for taxation in all the
parishes of the State,except the parish
OF Orleans.
SECTIoN L. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
ana house 81 Representatives. gf the State
OF Louisiana, iu General Issembly con-
rened, That the following compensation
Is hereby allowed tn Tax Collectors for
coiiect ting all taxes, including current
and back taxes to be computed on the
sums actually collected and paid into the
State Treasury. to wit: IN all the par
ishes, except the parish of Orleans, col.
ieci ors shall receive ON all moneys paid
/ INTO the treasury. on the first six thou
satlo dollars, ten per cent !; on all sums in
I excess OF six thousand dollars, three Der
cent. LII the parish of Orleans collectors
shall receive as follows: in the First Dis
trict, one per cent Second District. one
ana Il quarter per cent; Third District.
three and a half per cent; Fourth Dis
trlct, two per cent; Fifth District six
per cent; Sixth District, three and one
! half per cent Seventh District. four uer
cent.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted, etc., That
tax collectors, throughout the State shall
De emitted to hve per cent on all licen-
ses collected and paid into the State or
parish Treasury, and for every seizure
one dollar; for evory sale one dollar and
fifty cents. to be paid out of the pro-
ceeds OF the seizure and sale only; and
1or every notice to taxpayers, when ac-
tually served, twenty five cents, to be
paid by the persen served. They shall
also De entitled to charge five cents per
mile for each mile actually Travelled in
making seizures of personal property, the
mileage actually and necessarily travel
ell to be computed Oh the distance from
the Court House to the place where the
seizure ha> been made, and two dollars
and htty cents for writing and posting
adj ertisenents OF sales OF property seiz-
ell to" non payment OF taxes; where ad .
vertlsements are made by publications
lii newspapers. the tax collectors shall
make no charge thereof in addition to
the printers bill.
SEC. ). Belt further eaucted etc., That
the tax collectors throughout the State.
outside OF the parish of Orleans, shall he
entitled to collect parish taxes, receiving
Therefor the same lees us above provided
Ill section two; for the collection of
State taxes, as provided in section one.
that the charge for seizure, sale and no .
tlce be made only once against the same
dellnquents for both State and parish
taxes.
SEC. a. BE il further enacted etc., That
in all the parishes of the State. except
the parish of Orleans, tax collectors slal,
receive as compensation for listing prop
erty tor taxation, three per cent on tine
amount of takes assessed or levied on
such property.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted ETC., That
all laws OF part of laws in conflict with
this act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and that this act take effect from
aud after its passage.
tSigned) LOUIS BUSH.
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tiyeS.
(signed0 LOUIS A. WIITZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved March I6, 1877.
(Signed) FRANCIS T NICHOLS,
Governor Of the Slate of Louisiana.
4 trne copy:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Assistant Secretary of State.