St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-04-20

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, }
ONCE OF Internal Revenue,
Washington, February II, 1878.
The Annual Notice of the Liability to Special
Taxes should be advertised by COLLECTORS IN the
| following FORM viz:
CORN OF ADVERTISEMENT
| NOTICE U. S. INTERNALREVENUE sPE
GAL TAXES.
! Under the Revised Statutes of the United
States. Sections 1892, 3237, 1898, and 1888 every
person engaged in any business, ayocaton, or
special tax, is required to procure und 7iucc and
Keep conspicuously IN his establishment or piucc
OF business a STAMP denotng the payment of
said special tax for the special-tax year begin
ming May 1, 1878. Section 1914. Revised Statutes
designates who are liable to special tax. re-
turn, as prescribed ell Form II, is also rcquiled
by lar OF every person liable to special tax as
above. Serere penalties are prescribed for non
compliance with the foregoing requirements,
or for continuing in business after April 30, 1873,
without payment OF tax.
Application should be made to L. FOntclicr,
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, at New
Iberia.
This advertisement should be inserted in such
papers, not ercecdil1g one IN each cOunty in sany
case, as may be best calculated to reach all
classes of special-tax payers. The number of
insertions must not exceed four for reehly is
sues, or sic for daily issues.
Attention is called to rates for ADVERTISING
prescribed in Sections 853 and 854, Revised Stat
utes, which read as follows
"SEC. 853. FOrpublishmg any Notice, or order,
required by law, or the lawful order of any
court Department, bureau, or other person, III
any newspaper, forty cents per folio for
the first insertion, and twenty cents per folio
for each subsequent insertion
SEC 854. 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 he
counted as one folio hllt a less number than
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 supplietU and Form II
for notifying Taxpayers.
poster, relative to special taxes, ispOstcd in each
post office i'll 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 III
their districts.
herein prescribed, or for printing i'll connection
with special taxes will be allowed i'll the settle
ment OF Collectors accounts unless the same has
been previously authorized by this Department
Collectors should begin mailing Form IL
by the 18th of March, commencing with the
most remote taxpayers, so that every tax
payer Will nave received 1t by the lst OF April
or as soon thereafter as possible. The posters
should be put up during the first week in April
The Advertisement in the 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
nesday and Saturday, or other days not imme-
diately succeeding each other during the first
three weeks in April.
The bills for advertising, duly receipted for
and accompanied in each case by copy of the
advertisement in the paper in which inserted,
should.be scheduled OH Form 95, noting in the
margin the name Of county in which the paper
is published, and charged to the United states.
on line No. 10, on Form "A. for the last month of
the quarter in which the expense was incurred
A revised Form I'D has just been issued, and
it should be used in all cases in lieu of the one
heretofore prescribed.
GREEN B. RAUN,
March 30th, 1S7S-4t Commissioner.