Milford chronicle., 1918-01-11

the expiration of ten days after such
notification.
2s1 q. Sec. PSI. The State Treasurer
shall be, and he hereby is, authorized to
appoint a special clerk to be known as
the Income Tax Clerk, whose duty It
shall be, under the direction Of the State
Treasurer, to perform all the duties that
shall devolve upon the State Treasurer
bv reason Of this Article of the Code,
and. under the direction of the State
Treasurer, he shall perform all the work.
labor and services that shall be neces-
sary to the effective execution Of the
provisions of this Article. The said In
come Tax Clerk shall hold Office at the
will of the State Treasurer, and shall
receive as salary the sum OF Fifteen
Hundred Dollars per year, payable
monthly on the first day Of each month
in equal installments of One Hundred
and Twenty-Five Dollars each.
2Sl H. Sec. 252 1t shall be the duty
of the Collector of State Revenue, ap-
pointed under 275. Sec. 2SS of this Code,
in addition to other duties imposed upon
him by law, when requested by the State
Treasurer. to proceed throughout every
part of the State, and, in conjunction
with the performance Of his other duties
imposed by law. to inquire after and con-
cerning all persons within the State who
are liable to pay income tax, and 1t shall
also be his duty, upon the request OF the
State Treasurer to investigate returns
made by taxables under the provision OF
this Article, to investigate taxables who
have refused or neglected to make such
returns, to collect evidence concerning
the truth or falsity Of returns which
have been made. or the fraudulent char
acter thereof, and TO report all evidence
thus collected and all information OBJ
tanned from such Investigations to the
State Treasurer
In making such investigations the said
Collector of State Revenue shall be, and
he hereby is authorized and empowered
TO demand and require any taxable so
being investigated to produce for the
inspection of said Collector Of State
Revenue all books, documents, entries or
papers of the taxable containing any in
formation whatsoever respecting his in
come, from whatever source derived,
and any such taxable refusing to permit
an inspection Of any such books, docu-
ments, entries or papers, by the said
Collector of State Revenue, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punishable by a
fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars
or by Imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or BOTH in the discretion Of the
Court. 81
It shall be duty of all persons.
corporations, joint stock companies or
associations and of all officers, or en-
plOyes of such corporations, joint stock
companies or associations, upon the re-
quest of the said Collector of State
Revenue, to furnish to the said Collector
any information, which any such person,
corporation, joint stock company or as
sociation, or officer or emplOye thereof
may have or may control, touching the
income of any taxable, and to produce
and exhibit to such Collector any books,
documents entries or papers, within his,
her. its or their possession or control,
containing any such information; and
any refusal or wilful neglect to furnish
any such information or to produce and
exhibit any such books, documents, en-
tries or papers, shall be deemed to be a
misdemeanor, and any person convicted
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars or by
Imprisonment not exceeding six months,
or both, in the discretion of the Court.
2S1 I. Sec 25S Upon request OF the
State Treasurer the Governor shall be,
and he hereby is, authorized to appoint
an officer, who shall be known by the
title of Special Collector Of State Rev
enue. who shall hold office at the will OF
the State Treasurer, and who shall re-
ceive salary of Twelve Hundred Dol
lars per year, payable monthly on the
first day of each month, in equal install
ments of One Hundred Dollars each, and
for whose use a contingent fund is here.
by created and fixed at the sum Of Six
Hundred Dollars per annum, which shall
be paid out of the State Treasury in the
manner now provided by law for the
paying out of the State Treasury of other
contingent funds It shall be the duty
of the said Special Collector of State
Revenue, acting under the direction Of
the State Treasurer. to do all such things
as are prescribed and directed to be done
under 2S1 H. Sec. 252 hereof, by the
Collector of State Revenue. He shall
have the same powers in all matters re-
lating to the income tax as are herein
above given to the said Collector Of State
Revenue and all taxables refusing to