Indiana Intelligencer, Volume 7, Number 14, Charlestown, Clark County, 26 March 1825 — Page 1

Indiana

AND FARMERS' FRIEND. VOL. VII. NO. I. CH.UII,KST0N INDIANA, STUUHAY, MARCH 20, 1S23.

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LAW UP LYJJLi.VJ, AN ACT

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Wihalclv. from the diff. tent land oHi

Jens, where t!. I:in!s wi!h;r. tbe a'n'c Viay have bnn, an J hcrerMt r hr, Vlili a cr,;np!tte iv;.strr, t,it;lis:tM,t lon'J '!i'!.tritir ofem'ii and e:vy trrvt Jffiaiiil. wMi-h tray liae born pul J ;tt JtlK tluTt r nt land nct?, in mk.!i i i i--.-jj nt as RCth J.ifi'Js may have Ix'rn s?j!.!, ro n t'i w'iujc mi:n;iT uf j-i m h in Vrtrli Hiid every sue!, divisioi!, ;u!j livisJim ar.d trctt T lan'l, t itlicr oM or tinsuli!, particuliM 1 statikj; the ('ate cf p(ry an: nlietlier a Unci rcrtificate or TPefij)? lus been given to tlin '"ir ciiaser jtii'Tt'l'iii' or tn;t, and !.( such vacant Jtract nt laml ; an:l rncli tract of land jTs!iie!t s!u!l ;Aztd forlVitrd to th Uni

ted Slntr, and owni'd by the United States utial! b:1! considered vacant. And it said HUilitur of jmbiirr attcount1 is lipn iiy further required to procure from th'said land offices, at Wi (same tirae th., he proeures 8 lid registers, cataiufsand descriptions ot land, a complete map of all th surd ?.!di, on a Erale nl one inch to .the itii!e ; purticn laily shewing on its face al!the anN donated and patented, a ve!l as 'l the lands vacant; and all lands that shall or may utand forfeited and li? wnedbj- the United Slates shall be tnsidered ai ?acant land. Sec. i. It is hereby made the duly of tiio auditor of pi!.!ic aecou-its, t,o soon as Vt shall procure the said retrist'T, ratalognes, dcit ript tons and Lnaps l lands from the said several land .fti('fs, imroediatcly to make out and forward, to tha clerks of tin several circuit courts in the said counties of tliii state, a copy of the said register, citalogue, dexcrijition and map of lands trained in any hmcIj county; vhi h Said rflgister, catalogue, description ai(l map, when received by sneh clerk, h.dl he hy him Tiled in hin ofiice, and ueli clerk and his HucretH'ior3 iti olHrc sre hereby made accountable tor the fla'e and certain preservation of the 8rifl registers, catalogues, desr-i i j.'tion-i and mip. And the auditor of amounts shall annually thereafter procure in like manner from the scleral land ollices a like register, catalogue', "d deseriptiori of all lands, which toy annually be sold nt the said land ofiiee?, after giving iho first said f g's- ' catalogue and description of lands s afnrrHaidj and nhall fnimally, on or brfore the first ihj ol 'January, for Jard a copy them.!', together with nl! S-le lands as af'm i said, except such has been pievi-riy furnislicd, t 'ii- sr.i: M Vet cletks U9 afnresaid; actl

fded by much clerks ..ml preset vid and tnkcn care of as nfouauid. Fec. H. It is lirt k mr.de the duty of the several listers, tificr lhy may have f ornpleted their ftMnesMncnt ndli, uqisiird by the act to which this is nn emrf.dmnit. tu rrjair to the (Ink's Hie e, and the ilei ks of i!e circuit courts sh.ll. in the presnne of mch li1trs, lomj are the said ussesMuent lolls with the aforesaid regisWr. cutalrgue, de. seii.tion and map of la-.ds, end if it Rha'l apja-ar, il.at thne a'e lands tdKF.hie nut taken down by suih !iUr . n his avrssmerit n II, the clnk and lis'ir sliall therenp i: extrac t nil ftm-h li.t from ti.e taid ng'trr, e;ta!;gi;c, deRciiption ard map i.l hinds, and enter them on the hmd assessmeiit r31 as non i evident lands; ar.d the tax tln-ie-on shall he collected in the same nj nr d manner that it would l,ht- beeii collected if the mid lands had been v(, t liken down and entered u snch a'-es. nent roll iu the f.isl icstanve by suth lister. Fr.r. U After the rlerk and lifter s'.el! J'Mc (ci rceted tie hssi ssu;fnt oil nl'iin ti e sa'i'C shnM lie laid iiefoet the In erd o" justiers, ar.d if i i- found to ci.tpin e.II the land wiih which Mud coiifity in rh'.irgciible, and iv otherwise eonrit, (Ik . id .lustiees shall hcc pt it in writh.g, tm ti.e I; ck iheieof, s;grrd hy th"V :wi !mt, aed ti e cittk i!i..ll i'.ie the sati'.e ia l isoilke. r?i;v. .r'. Such nsM'tisiiient roll, w hen F.o eccepted and f.led, shall rciiiain in tin ';iid c!,-rl.'.s olnee itrnlu i lir, asd "".r.!! be a guide, to fnfure ass ss.u , es far as the snie n;a remain correct; but the a seritient roil shall every year !; rorrf ted in the manner named in the tliird hfctien of this act, hi fore sin h iis;r3STaciit rolls shall bu ?ccepted and fih-'d fts ftfocHaid. Src. S The cleiks of the circuit co'irts shall, in ail (ses when they make out duplicates of the as-o-mcut rolls for the collector, extract from the said register, catalogue, description and map of land", all lo's of lands which wjtl bt taxable on the filkenlh day of (hluhr of that year. Sec 7. If it should ever again happen, as il has heretolore hi'jipeii- d, tiit lly.' board of justices or those t'n.ing county bu'-.incss, fchall f 'il to flppmut a lister and cause assessment rolls of tae.ble piej-erty to bs made aeeordi1 to law, that tlie clerk of the ci: emt coi f shn!', at the tinie appoiiited b; h.w ('' deliveiin;; to the collector h j -r j t and duplicates of the assessment r'dl, make rut and deliver to the pei on actirg as sheriir, n ptccejit and iup!h'.aU of the n&Bessmetit roils of t!ie I st pic ceding year, containing a coirjdct:! list of all the polls and landt laxal'le in mjcIi county, as th"y may stand chsrgul cn the said asHCt-su.ent roll ol the last j iecedi ng year; andhhall also at ncx there to all the taxublft landw tvkich may appear from the register, catalogue, description and map of lands nut to be on n i I assessment rnll; and shall add thereto any additional polls that may at any time be discovered, and transmit a certified statement thereof to the and. itor of publ'C accounts at the same time and manner that the amount of lands arid polls are directed to he eilifini when regular assessment mils hA' been made, r.otit.g iu such report, the failure of making a new assessment roll by listing aa alortaaid. Ai d the pi rson acting a sheriff", shall be, nnd he is hereby required to collect and pay over the amount of such duplicate iu the saw. time, way and manner, and tin der the same penaliies and rest ric 'inns that collectors have to u-:il.e and pe; over collections in as- s of reei 'i-r a aessments, and sin Ii pit sn netiog " shcriT. is h re hy in such e.'sei, du.'aMc to bs t!:c i-:'.l:t.-r

"nil all the ,o. i and uuIImm lly is hi u. ky giver, bin in every particular, that any colli tr may or shall have in any other ease a d t.uch rolierlim is lonby mad a it or his ulbcial duty as Hheiiff. , bee. 8. So nuicli of the act In which tliis ia r.n tmeiidinint, as requires per Rout to gsto the otirc of the Collector to pay iltir taxes, ar d so uniih ai. fives the ((dltitoi s the additional two pt r cent, forgoing to perHom houses lor their tn, and tm much as n quires tolleito to give notice tht they are ready t receive tuxis at thtir olUces,

ar.t s: mutli as t quires colli turs to

s::v ; iem:ay s nonce oi an inteMion to cUit ! dUirras, ai d s-j iuui Ii of said iietav iiqi.lics coi'ufora to re expose lams for sale th second time by adj -in dig the fiale, is licit by icpei.itd. i). Iubc.ll hereafter be I he duty cf aery tolltiior, to call once at the rnos iinual .nd Lett Limnn place of r esiduce of t ath pi i eon tl.iiTgedwr.il i ith'V Kt ate nr county taxm, for to reins' the same, on or hefo re the first tin of Sep'ember annually; and il such tax'saie 10' paid to the collet tor on or h. fre tie said first iay of September, st.-)i ro!fi(Tor may at any tin.e there. iTicr, rdatit.g the life of his precept) vy f!ie seine by distress and sale of y f-yrsal prepTty, agi really to the p!ovi!oi cf the act to which this in il(! a!?:c:(-!:u?::. f-1 c 0. liach end every cullectur "f'i.dl give n iiiie in some weekly newspapir published in Imn county, cr if no ;;;'..' ) r is published in bis eonnty, in so ne m:( h p iper published in pome Cisunty nearest thticKi, i-No by setting op a niaoiiscript ci!jy of s-it It notice in some peblic place io cpdi township of his county, for four weeks preceding the second Monday in Nov. annually, notilying all whom it may concern, that he will, en the 2 1 Mondaf of November m xt ensuing the date of such notice, commence selling, at the court lioiise door of such county, or r.t the most public place at each county seat, or v here courts are bolden, all, and sjogiilur the lands and town lots, on Nhieh the taxes due therein fr llui year or years, as the case may be, ( naming the years') for w hit h he is authorized to collect, sire not paid, en or heioie the said Z' Monday olJJov.; and h it m h side will he continued from i'.iv t.d '.y. between the hours of nine o'clock iu the forenoon and four oMo k in the aficrnnnri uf each day , cntii all are otlin d for h?.Ic, but mhIi notic. s ae not to contain any deser ipiioti ui Lntls or !o:s. Si:c. 11. Andfucli rollecfors shall, after havi'tg I j -d evidence of nidi no t ice in the rlei k's ofl-ce as is required by the act to which this is an amendment, proceed, in pursuance of swell r.otise, tin the said 'id Monday in N"V. between the hours ol 9 and 4 o'clock of said day, to expose to side etch nnd every tract f Lnd ar.d town l .t. by the th'sei i j 'ion and nutsbr by which they nny be know ri nn t!ie duplicate, (on which fhf tax'-s are not paid.j for the tuxes dui: thereon, and the cost til advertisi; g ae-d selling the same, or so much of Mich lands and lots as will siil for the amount of taxes, inlerest, end costs do theieon, to the best bidder for ready cash, and continue from day to day between the said hours to expose the same t sale until all Imvc been duly oo'ered; and such s,.!e hi;ll, iu i'l rtisperts not herein providd) !'or, be governed hy the sut to vvhidi thi;. i: an Hundment; and certificates and deeds hall e given to purchasers according o the provisions of the Maid at f. ir'cr. 1C 'i"h?t i:i all the (It'ifjnent !i.ts nftt.xes :w.iov, t il hy the I'.'mI sec ,;on of t! 5"-t to Vil.ich ('lis Is rn :::'-', i .': -J; -.t Li' i.1,.. '.;

not he allowed as a credit to any si.cli collector, unless the name of the ur6on returned delinquent, snd 'he pea. petty lor which he h delinquent, appi di on the face of such delinquent list antl alsn appear on the fate td the rotut h of Kueb ci Hector, filed in the. propi r cl"i k's flice. Ff-.c. 13. 'I'hat faxes are hereby made a lieu tm the land or (own hits on w h t It it may be dnx, in whosesoever hand futhJands or ii wn lots may ci me. and vhett any land or town lot is offered lor salt lor any such taxes, it is not nectssary thrt the collector should Skll it a the ptfiptrty or leal estate of any particular person ; but if it frhmi'd be soltl as the property of any pai ticular pet son, i i misnomer l 'ho owner t-r supposed cwner, tir mistake, respectit f w bo owns any surh laml or tows lot e. nhall everin any way i.Sttt the sale, or render it either void cr roidablc. Ji.c.,li. That far the jtirposes of raisirga state revenue, there shall bo thetged r.nr.ually on land subject to taxiitii n, the followii g rate of taxation, to wit : On every hundred acre ol first rate laFt!, tine dollar; on every hut-du d at res of second rate land, eighty cnits; and tm every hundred acres of thiid rate land, sixty cents; and so in proportion lor a greater or less quantity, the rates to be ascertained as ia provided in the net to which this is an nrr.cr di!!'. :if, ar.d "n every hundred tlollais cf stock in a b-mk, 2& cents; artl on e;;t U male ich.ilitatit nl full sge. s.-ne and ri"t a naupcr. f0 cents: Prortded, ,ou'errr, 'I'h:.t the board ol county tisiires shall have discri tbnary jiower to exonerate any person (over the age of 5!) years) from paying a poll tax, who is unable to pay the same, cr on account of bodily disability. Sec. l o. That for the pui poe of raising a county revenue, the boards ol juaticcs of the several counties shnil levy such taxes on horses, asses and mules over the ege of three yearn, and tm cvcriiig horses, and on wot k oxen over tk age of three ye ars, and on pleasure carriages, bras clicks, gold, silver, arid Isnch-bttck watches, on polls, on lie; nse to retail wpiriious liquors, on license to vend foreign merchandize, oil ferries and on land and' town lots, w ithout the improvtmeiits thereon, as they shall dct m expedient, so as to c: allo them f' d 't'ruy the county expenses, and gradually pay the county t'ebt, if any such county debt shall exist, add also on each original suit or cnmnlaint entered, .commenced op r:v it coii d i'i tlit circuit courts, 50 cents to be paiJ to the clerk of such cunt, before any kind of process can issue; and whern any money has been advanced by ariy clerk or other county c.fi'.cer lr the use and benefit of his county, the board ci' justiets shall order r,i:r!i money eo a' vanccd to be first pa;.!; e.r.d where tlr le is any judgment or judgments ugainst atiy cou.ity in this Ktae, the board of justices may, in their discretion, order when cud in w hat manner s;;ch judgment or judgments shall he discharged, r.ot iiicoiissaten wit!, the cor.s.i'ioion of this state and the U. S'ates, r.ny l:vv,' to the contrary noiwillistar.tlirg; that all lots iu towr.s ar,;l v'M'i.trr,, the p'.'.t". or pi tr:s of which ace not rcc.ij'u, shall be taxed in the ssrae mar.nT that I .!s are in towns and villages, wliosj f'., t3 and p!atH have hfcn recorded: 7'ror. :.V(. ho-.vexiT, Vhen vv; connty hall owe the con:i.iu.'.ioner3 for Ioe:v ! (j any fat tf justice thnein, Huh c'ai'irl slmil be pici'eieed to ary (.'):: :;;; inft said ca:i;itv, end liu- coi'eetir ' !. t -

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