St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-05-04

LIABILITY TO SPECIAL TAXES, &C.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Office of Internal Revenue,
Washington February IA, 1878.
The Annual Notice of the Liability to Special
Taxes shOnld be advertised by Collectors i'll the
following form, viz
(FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE U. s. INTERNALREVENUE SPE
pCIAL TAXES.
Under the Revised Statutes of the United
States Sections 1892, 3237 1888, and $685. every
person engaged in any business, avocatiOn, or
employment which renders him liable to a
special tax, is required to procure and place and
Keep conspicuonsly IN his establishment or place
OF business STAMP denoting the payment of
said special tax for the specia-tax. year begin
ming May l, 1878. Section 3244. Revised Statutes,
designates who are liable to special tax A re-
turn, as prescribed eli Form IL, is also required
by latr of every person liable to special tax as
above. Severe penalties are prescribed for non
compliance with the foregoing requirements,
or for continuing in business after April so, 1878,
without payment OF tax.
Application should be made to L. FOntelier,
Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue, at New
Iberia
This advertisement should be inserted in such
papers. not exceeding one IN each county in sany
case, as may be best calculated to reach all
classes of specialtax payers. The number of
insertions must not exceed four for aceekly is
Sues or sir for daily issues.
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prescribed in Sections 1858 and 1854, Revised Stat
uteS, Which read as follows:
"SEC. 1853. publishing any notice, Or order,
required by law, or the lawful order of any
court, Depart nent, bureau, or other person, in
any newspaper, forty cents per folio for
the first Insertion, and twenty cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion
"SEC. 1854. The term folio, in this chapter,
shall mean one hundred words, counting each
figure as a word. When there are over fifty
and under one hundred words, they shall be
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fifty words shall not be counted, except when
the whole notice, or order contains less
than fifty Words
Collectors are informed that no charges IN
excess OF the above rates can be allowed or paid,
and copy of this circular should, therefore. be
sent to each newspaper selected; and whether
the advertisement is accepted or declined, Col
lectors must rely principally upon the posters
with which they will be supplied) and Form II
for notifying taxpayers:
Collectors will see to it that a copy of the
poster, relative to special taxes is posted in each
pest office in their districts, and i'll such other
conspicuous places as will bring the same to
the notice of every one liable, or likely to be-
come liable, to special tax. and that Form II "
is sent to each person liable to special tax in
their districts.
No further expense for advertising, except as
herein prescribed. or for printing in connection
with special taxes, will be allowed in the settle
ment OF Collectors accounts unless the same has
been previously authorized by this department.
Collectors should begin mailing Form II !"
by the 18th OF March. commencing with the
most remote taxpayers. so that every tax
payer will have received it by the 1st of April
or as soon thereafter possible. The posters
should he put up during the first week in april
The Advertisement in che weekly issues should
be inserted twice during the latter half of March,
and twice during the latter half Of April; the
one in the daily issues twice :. week ION We'd
nasday and Saturday. Or other days not mme-
diately succeeding each otner) during the first
three weeks i'll April.
The bills for advertising, duly receipted for,
and accompanied in each case by a copy of the
advertisement in the paper in which inserted,
should be scheduled OH Form IS, noting in the
margin the name of county in which the paper
is published. and charged 10 the United States,
Oh line No. TO- on Form a. for the last month of
the quarter in which the expense was incurred.
A revised Form u1l has just been issued and
it should be used in all cases in lieu of the one
heretofore prescribed.
GREEN B. RAUN,
March 30th, 1879-4t Commissioner.