The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-11-11


good securities, that they will col.
lect and pay over all the taxes assessed
on the books given them. The au.
thorities authorized to levy taxes shall
deliver them duplicates Of taxes as.
sessed, directing them to collect the
same, but road taxes may be worked
as heretofore, although the supervisors
may at their discretion authorize spec.
ial and other road taxes to be collect
ed in money. Collectors shall have
books, where the. e.names of all persons
charged with taxes shall be written in
alphabetical order, showing the
amount of tax charged againts each
one, and this book shall at all times
be open to the inspection of the tax.
payers. When the duplicates are is.
sued, public notice thereof shall be
made as soon as it can conveniently
be done by posting at least ten writ.
ten or printed notices throughout the
township. Persons who make settle.
meut within sixty days of the posting
of said notices will be entitled to a
FIVE per cent. reduction or abatement
Of the amount thereof, and all who
fail to pay within six months after no.
tice has been given shall be charged
five per cent. additional on the taxes
charged against them. Tax collectors
shall in person, or by deputy, be in
attendance at their homes or some
other designated place within the
township, or borough, for the purpose
Of receiving taxes on Thursday, Fri.
day and Saturday of each week, dur
ing the last two weeks of the sixty
days, between the hours of two o'clock
and six o'clock iI the afternoon.
Tax collectors shall collect the tax.
es charged in the duplicates and pay
the same over to the treasurers or au.
thorities entitled thereto, after deduct.
ing commission of two per centum
on all taxes paid tn him, on which an
abatement of five per centum has been
allowed, and of Ave per centum on all
taxes afterwards collected; but when
the total amount of taxes charged on
duplicate is less than one thousand
dollars the collectors shall receive
three per centum on all taxes paid to
him on which an abatement of FIVE
per centum is allowed. Exonerations
may be allowed by the proper author.
tiles as at present.
NEW "sTAY" LAW.
A law of much interest to certain
local officers was passed by the State
Legislature on the 24th day Of last
June. 1t was enacted that in all cases
of judgment before justices of the
peace, alderman and city recorders,
where the defendant is free holder,
or enters bail absolute, with sufficient
security in double the amount of debt.
damages, interest and cost recovered,
in case the defendant fails to paw the
same at the expiration of the stay of
execution, and the judgment rendered
shall be above five dollars and thirty.
three cents, and not exceeding twenty
dollars, there shall be stay of three
months, and when the amount in issue
exceeds twenty dollars and does not
exceed sixty dollars there shall be a
further stay ofsix months; and where
the amount does not reach three hun.
dred dollars, the stay of execution
shall be for nine months. But the
provisions of this act do not apply to
judgment obtained Tor wages and man.
ual labor.
JUSTICES JURISDICTION ENLARGED.
The jurisdiction of aldermen and
justices of the peace seems to be grad.
ually enlargiug and assuming greater
Importance. 1t was enacted by the
State Legislature on June oath, 1885,
that in all cases where a judgment has
been obtained before a justice of the
peace, city recorder, magistrate or
alderman, and no appeal or certiorari
has been taken to said judgment, and
q transcript of said judgment has been
filed in the County Prothonotary's
office, such judgments shall thereafter
be, and have all the force and effect
Of judgment originally obtained in
the courts of common pleas. But be.
fore any execution shall be issued in
the court of common pleas on such