The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1883-09-01
TAXES TAXES |

Sect. AZ of Act 96, Acts of 1882, reads
as follows =
The tax collector or sheriff shall either
deliver to each taxpayer in person, or
shall leave at his residence or place of
business, or shall mail tn him by postal
card, addressed to the postoffice of said
taxpayer, one of said notices, for which
he shall be entitled to collect from said
taxpayer, five cents as costs; proUided,
no notice shall be charged for unless
the same has been actually delivered or
mailed to the taxpayer; and prouided
further, no mileage shall be charged for
the service of a notice he shall certify
on both tax rolls that he .has served or
mailed all of said notices, and said Ger
tifcateB on either tax roll shall make
full proof until disproved in judicial
proceeding.
Sec. 43 reads
That the tax collector or sheriff
shall publish once 10 newspaper, pub
iislled in his district or parish, if there
be one, or in the manner provided by
law for judicial sales, one general notice
substantially in the foregoing form, ad,
dressed to all owners of assessed NOV
able property situated 10 his parish OF
district, whose names. postoffiees or
agents are unknown, in which he shall
SET forth substantially that the taxes of.
said unknown owners are due and nn-
paid; and if not paid within twenty
days, that he will proceed to seize and
sell such quantity of the movable pro-
perty of each of said unknown owners
rs will pay all the taxes, interest and
costs. He sLall certify on both tax rolls,
that he has published and posted said
notices, and said certificates on either
shall make full proof thereof, until dis
proved in a judicial proceeding; he
shall pay for said publication, aud shall
be entitled to collect as cost thereof, one
dollar from each owner, or from the
assessed to him.
Sec. A reads
That at the expiration of the said
twenty days notice, counting from the
day when the ia st of the said notices is
delivered, aud from time to time there
after, mailed, published on posted, the
tax collector or sheriff, SHALL after the
first day of October, proceed to seize
and advertise for sale, in the manner
provided for judicial sales, all the
property on which faaes are due, &c,
Sec. SO reads
That the tax collector or sheriff
shall either deliver to each taxpayer in
person, or shall leave at his residence or
place of business, or shall mail to him
b5 postal card, addressed to the post.
office OF said taxpayer, one of said no.
tices, as required in section 49 of this
aets for which he shall be entitled to
collect from said taxpayer, twenty, five
cents as costs; no mileage to be charged
fer tile service of said notice.
Sec. 81 reads
That fuI all the services, labors aud
duties performed Ly each sheriff and er-
9Dseio tax collector throughout the
State, he shall bs. paid Ave per centum
On all State and parish taxes collected
by him and actually paid over to the
State and paiisb treHsury For the
seizules, sales and tax deeds made by
zach tax collector or sheriff, he shall be
allowed the same costs which are allowed
by law to sherifs for mileage, seizures,
sales and sheiiffs' deeds in judicial pro-
'eedings.
Taxpayers wilI please take
aosfce that within TWENTY
days after che mailing of the
nOsices as above provided, Z will
TO seize and sell prop
ersy and charge the cost Gaue sans
der tlae law. Those wishing 10
avoid the cosf wila save money
by paying their taxes.
C.. G.. DUSON.
Sheriff amd Tax Collector,
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