Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-17
THE TAX BILL,

We publish below the bill for the
extension Of the time for the collection
of taxes:
Bill entitled An Act to extend the time
in which to collect the taxes assessed for
the year 1876, and for the relief of the
people.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that
the County Trustees of the sew raj coun-
ties of the State shall not make out and
deliver to any Sheriff or Constable certi-
fled statement of the unpaid taxes due from
delinquent taxpayers for the year 1876 as
is required by the 5th section of an act
approved March "a, 1875, entitled IAN Act
more cheaply to collect the State, county
and municipal revenue" until the 20th OF
October, 1877.
County Trustees shall retain the tax lists
and collect the taxes until the said 10th OF
October. 1877; provided. however, that said
Trustees, before proceeding further TO col
lect said taxes, together with their Securl-
ties shall appear before the County Courts
of their respective counties and acknowI-
edge in writing their Willingness to be
bound under the terms and conditions of
I their bonds for the collection of said taxes;
and in case they refuse to appear and ac-
knowledge their liability anew then said
Trustee is to enter into a new bond for the
faithful performance of his duties; pro-
yided, however, that if any Trustee shall
fail or refuse to renew his bond, or give
new one as hereinNefOge provided, then in
such case said office of Trustee shall be
declared vacant, and the County Court
shall proceed at once to Fill the vacancy as
required by law; provided further, that
said Trustees shall renew their bonds, or
give new ones as hereinbefOre provided,
on OF before the first Monday in April,
1877.
Goth of October, 1877. il shall be the duty of
each Trustee in the State to make out
certified statement Of the unpaid taxes due
from delinquent taxpayers In his county
for the year 1876, and deliver the same to
the ConStableS and Sheriffs thereof, as re
quired by the 9TH section of the act afOre-
said, entitled AN Act more cheaply to
collect the State, county and munlclpal
revenues"
"a BE il further enacted, that in all cases
where any Trustee has made out and de-
Ivered to the C0nstables or SherihS of his
county certified statement OF the unpaid
taxes from delinquent IaX-pal ers in his
county for the year 1876, said Sherifts and
ConStableS are hereby commanded to suS-
pend all further collections of said taxes,
and to return said certified statement to the
Trustees of their respectiVes counties, and
account for and pay over the money col
lected by them under existing laws.
}. Be il further enacted, that in all cases
where taxes for the year 1876 remain due
and unpaid on the 20th of October, 1877, the
SherifTS and COnStables to whose hands
certified statement of said unpaid taxes
shall have come as above provided, shall
proceed tC deStrain ana sell, in all respects
as now provided by law, personal property,
II to be found, for the payment oftne same,
and in all cases where taxes for said year
remain due and unpaid on the 10th of No
Vember 1877. then the Trustees are to pro
coed to advertise for sale, to be held on the
2lth of December, 1917. all real estate
against which any demands for taxes Tor
the wear 1879 may exist; provided, however,
that nothing herein expressed shall pre-
vent the Trustee from selling personal
property for taxes, or otherwise proceeding
10 collect the taxes for the time mentioned
other than by the sale OF real estate after
the goth of Decrm her, 1877.
20, Be il further enacted, that when said
sale of real estates shall have been COM
plCted, and within thirty days after the
10Th OF December, 1877, the Trustees shall
certify said sales to the Circuit Court of his
county, and i'll all other respects, to-wit:
confirmation, yesting of title the giving of
the purchaser possession, the right to re-
deem, and all other rights and proceedings
shall be had in regard to the collection of
taxes, except as herein provided, is hereby
declared to be in full force and effect; pro-
vided, that the collection of all municipal
April, 1877.
Il. BE it further enacted, that so much
of sectiOn.6i of an act passed Mafch =, 1913,
entitled "An act to provide more just and
equitable laws for the assessment and col
lection of taxes" as imposes a penalty of
II per cent. on the LIST day of June of the
year following the year tor which the taxes
were assessed, be and the same Is hereby
repealed.
take effect from and after its passage, the
public welfare requiring it.
Passed Feb. IL, 1917.
EDWIN T. TALIAFERRO,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
HUGH NJ. MCADOO,
Speaker OF the Senate.
This bill having been presensed to the
Governor on the 22d day of February, 1877,
and the Governor having failed to return
Ii within the time prescribed by law, the
same is hereby declared 10 have become
law, this the LIST day of March, 1871.
EDWIN T. TAL1AFERRO,
Speaker ofthe House of Represent atiVes.
H. NJ. MCA DOC,
Speaker of the Senate.