The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-02-17
Vol. ILL., NAT(HllTO(HES, La. FEBRUARY y. lS77.
The Revenue Bill.

The Revenue Bill.
4 Digest Of the Proposed Acts as Re-
ported by the Committee Of ways
and Means.
The Mode of assessing Property Cor
rccting Improper Estimates cnd
Redressing Grievances
The Col1ect;on-How Made and Who
shall Make Them
Tile Murimum Tar on Property State
md Parish.
The Compensation allowcd for Collection
The revenue bill, rs reported by
the Committee of Ways and Means,
Is very voIuminous, and contains ITO
sections. For all parishes, except
that of Orleans, enc assessor Shall be
elected, the Governor having power
to appoint one till the election shall
have been held and ascertaincd.
Property shall be assessed once in
every four years, but the assessments
shall be revised annually. When
line between two parishes divides a
property the assessment shall be
made in the parish where the occu-
pant resides. In all cases OF doubt
regarding the value of property the
assessor shall call in two frceholders,
one to be selected by the assessor,
and the other by the occupier of the
property, and should they disagree,
an umpire shall be chosen. Should
the occupicr consider himself then
aggrieved, he may appeal to the dis
trict conrt. A board of revision, to
which complaints may be made, shall
consist of the sheriff, recorder and
clerk of the district court, with the
sheriff as chairman, who shall receive
each - a day while serving.
The assessor shall receive in COM
pensation three per cent. OH the first
$40, 900 of State and parish taxes, and
one per cent. on any excess OF this
amount, provided that no salary shall
be less than $500 for the year.
TAX COLLECTORS.
Bv this act all sheriffs hereafter are
made the tax collectors, the Governor
having power to appoint collectors till
the next regular election for sheriff in
each parish takes place. The tax
collector for sheriff. shall receive 5
pc, cent. on the first $4,000 collected
aud paid into the treasury, divided in
ratio between the parish and State
taxes; and q per cent. for any
amount in excess of this sum; pro.
vided, that the entire compensation
shall not be less than $3.50. ST shall
be allowed for each sale, and % cents
for each seizure.
In case of refusal or neglect Of a
taxpayer to pay the taxes before the
LIST of May, the taxes shall bear 8 per
cent. interest till paid. In eases of
sales by the collector, the property
will be sold to the highest bidder for
cash. the bid to be accepted at least
cGualing the taxes and costs. Prop
erty sold is made redeemable within
two years on payment Of the purcha Sc
money, with | per cent a month in
terest, and all the taxes that may
have been paid in the meantime.
Property bought in by the State shall
annually be put M for sale, all the
costs accruing iii the meantime to be
added to the riginal.
PARISH OF ORLEANS.
The City Council shall appoint an
assessor for each municipal district of
the parish of Orleans, for the max
imum term of four years, reserving
the right to remove at pleasure. They
shall be under the immediate direc.
ton of the Administrator of Assess
ments, and shall receive salaries to
be stated by the Council, provided
such shall not exceed $500 for the
year in which a new assessment is
made, and $500 for the other years
The clerical services required must
+ not entail higher cost than $l2,5O(
per annum.
The Administrator of Finance shall
be the collector OF State and city taxes
for the city, and lie shall make daily
settlements with the State Auditor
, under pain of removal from Office
The Administrator shall reserve ont
per cent. of taxes collected to be pail
into the city treasury, for the cost 0
collection.
No parish or municipal tax shall
exceed one per cent. on the assessed
value; and no special or Judgment ia,
Of any kind beyond this limit shall b.
! levied.
l The bill comes up in the Hous
Thursday as the special order.
A Smuggler's Stratagem.
The Albany Argus says: "The tlia
Of Wallace Fl. Webster aud Marti
V. B. Meekey, now on in the Unite
States District Court, has devclope
some interesting facts. From the evi
dence elected 1t would appear tina
Webster, who resided at Malone
Franklin County, and Meeker, resi-
dent of MORA, in the same county
established what is termed lin
store at Trout River, on the Canad
line, thirteen miles from Malone. On
door opened into Canada, and tn
other into New York State. Throug
this domicile it is charged that the
brought large quantities of shoe serge
and, it is supposed, many other arti
cles into the State, which, by evadin
the payment Of duty thereon, the
were enabled to sell to shoe manufae
turers from ten to twelve per cen
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