The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-28

delinquency, collectible as provided In this
law for enforcing the payment OF taxes.
| SEC. 81. BE 1t further enacted, ETC., That the
false taking Of any Of the oaths provided In
BILE by no less than six months nor more than
two years Imprisonment for the offense.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, etc., That oil
taxes on real estate, personal property Or
paid, shall bear interest as herein provided by
law and be subject to the same provisions OF
law as to sale, subrogation, forfeiture and re-
demption as taxes exigible after January l,
1878; provided, that whenever any property
has been forfeited to the State for taxes due
entitled to redeem said property upon paying
any taxes due for 1876, collectible In 1877,
along with the current taxes and one-hah OF
the delinquent taxes due prior to the first day
gible If such payment be so made with the
taxes of the next following year; the
payment to be made OF the taxes due in 1877,
the current taxes, rs also the one-half OF the
arreared taxes due prior to january /, 1877,
on or before the first day, of December, 1878;
said arreared taxes shall not bear interest
until that date, and thereafter If the half
be not as aforesaid paid, shall bear the pen
alties fixed in this act. The Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts shall be and he is hereby author
effective collection Of delinquent taxes on
personal property or licenses can be had there
by, to cause the respective tax collectors to
furnish the district attorneys throughout
or Assistant Attorney General in the par
sh of Orleans, complete lists of said
delinquents, whereupon it shall be the
duty of said district attorneys. Attorney
General or Assistant Attorney General, to
bring suit for the collection Of the same. All
taxes or licenses SO collected shall be paid
over to the appropriate tax collectors, who
shall credit the proper parties with said sums
and pay the same into the treasury as re-
CURED by law. The Attorney General, or AS
sistant Attorney General, or district attorneys
respectively, shall be entitled to two per cent
upon all amounts actually collected through
suit and paid into the treasury. All sums
collected through suit shall be paid into the
treasury monthly, and any sheriff or tax col
lector failing to pay oyer such collections
shall be held as guilty Of q misdemeanor and
punished by fine Mt the discretion of the court,
and be dismissed from Office
SEC. %. BE 1t further enacted, ETC., That
section 90, of act No 9G, of the extra session OF
1877, be amended and re-enaeted SO as to read
as follows: "That tax collectors in the parish
OF Orleans shall be entitled to the following
compensation, and no more, to be computed
on the sums actually collected and paid into
the treasury: The tax collector of the First
District shall receive one and q quarter per
cent; the tax collector of the Second District
shall receive one and halfper cent the tax COL
lector OF the Third District shall receive three
and half per cent; the tax collector of the
Fourth District shall receive three and half
per cent; the tax collector of the Fifth Dis
trict shall receive six per cent; the tax col
lector OF the Sixth District shall receive three
and half per cent; the tax collector of the Sew
enth District shall receive ten per cent; they
shall also receive five per cent on all licenses
All said tax collectors shall identified for every
seizure one dollar, and for every notice, when
legal notice is actually served, ten cents only,
to be paid by the taxpayer, and in no case by
the State"
SEC. a. Be it further enacted, ETC., That this
act shall take effect from and after it's pas
sage, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions OF this act are hereby re-
pealed.
(Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
(SigneO LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March 2G, 1873.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLAS,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana
A true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG,
Secretary of State