The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-09-18

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In our issue of to-day we reproduce
the ordinance for the relief of delin-
quent tax payers. 1T was submitted
to the people by the late constitutional
convention. was ratified at the election
last December, and is therefore to-day
part and parcel of the supreme law
of the land.
1t was intended to relieve those
whose property had become forfeited
to the State or any political corpora
ton therein, on account of nOn-pay-
ment of taxes previous to January list,
I1ST9; those whose property had been
sold for noB-payment of taxes and
licenses, and bought in by the State
up to January LIST, 1879; and delin-
quent tax payers previous to that time.
There is no act of legislation on the
statute books which directly interests
so large class of our people as this
ordinance.
The delinquent list in this parish
since 1870 is very large, and the title
to much valuable property, as is well
known, is now in the State, she hav-
ing become the purchaser at tax sales
annually made.
If people desire to take advantage
of the benefits of the ordinance they
must do so previous to the LIST day of
next January.
If they desire to redeem their lands,
previous to that day, they can do so
on paying simply the principal of the
tax without any cost, penalty, interest,
fee or charge whatever.
After that time all charges, interest,
costs, penalties and fees revive, and as
it is well known fact that these in
nearly every tax sale exceed the taxes
assessed, those who make the redemp
ton previous to January LIST will save
more than half what they must after
ward pay to effect the redemption.
In regard to delinquent tax payers,
if they come forward at once and pay
their delinquent tax, assessed and re-
corded against them, they are entitled
to full and entire acquittance and
receipt on paying the principal of the
tax assessed against them, and are
moreover entitled to discount of ten
per cent. per annnm until January LIST,
1881. But the days of grace for de-
linguents expire also on the LIST of
Jannary, 1881.
All the interests, costs, penalties,
fees, charges, &C., RENTED by the or
dinance, if not paid by that day, re-
vive, and attach to the property upon
which the taxes and licenses are due,
and the sheriff will then proceed to
sell the property without benefit of
and give the purchaser
at such sale a full and complete title.
As will be seen the ordinance also
provides for the payment Of all these
delinquent taxes and licenses in certain
outstandings valid obligations Of the
State. These obligations though rap
idly enhancing in value, are stillselling
at a discount, aud hence delinguents
who are prompt in settling make in
this way another considerable saving.
In conclusion we advise all interest
ed to give the ordinance a close and
perusal, and if they be with
in any of the ecategories of cases pro-
vided for by the ordinance, to lose
no time in taking advantage of its
benefits.
When lands are sold at tax sale and
the purchasers enabled to obtain full
and complete title, there will be tpur-
chasers and plenty of them, and if you
delay too long You may suddenly wake
up to realize the fact that the title of
your land is vested in another, who
becomes by his purchase absolute own
er, and against whom no claim for
redemption exists.