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An Act for the relief of the persons therein mentioned. 1818 190 (1818)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0091 and id is 1 raw text is: ( 190 ) AN ACT for the relief of the persons therein mentioned. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaivea of the State of Louisiana in general assembly convened, That the treasurer of this state is authorized and directed to pay to Joseph Leblanc of Attakapas, the sum of three hundred doAlars for and on account of his negro slave conidemned and executed for having at- tempted to commit a rape on the body of a white woman. Sec. 2. And be it furtherenacted, That the treasurer be directed to pay to Lindsay Davis, of the parish of Feliciana, three hundred dollars for a negro slave who was condemned and executed for at- tempting to commit a rape on the body of an infant white child in said parish. [Approved March 20, 1818.) AN ACT supplementary to the several acts relative to the Revenue. Sec.. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in general assembly convened, That the sheriffs or other collectors of the state and parish taxes, shall by no- tice posted up at three or more public places, and at the office of each justice of the peace in their respective parishes, give ninety days notice to the inhabitants of the time when the collection of the tax will commence ; after the expiration of this notice, the collec- tor shall be bound to call on all those who have not paid the tax and demand payment, and if the tax thus demanded is refused or not paid, the sheriff may, before he leaves the place, take or seize suf- ficient personal property to pay the amount of the tax and the costs, and shall sell it after ten days public notice of time- and place of sale, for cash, at what it will bring; but should he not find a suffi- cient personal proprrty, he may take and seize of the land of the person thus refusing or neglecting to pay, and in default of land. then the sheriff may seize the slaves of said person, and shall ad- vertise the same for sale, giving thirty days notice of time and place of sale, and shall sell the said slaves or land for cash, and shall appropriate of the proceeds of the sale a sufficiency to the pay ment of the tax and costs due and owing by the said delinquent, and the balance, if any, he shall pay to the delinquent. Sec. 2. And be it fiurther enacted, That it shall hereafter be the duty of the treasurer to sell the lands return*i to him as non-resi- dent's lands by the collectors of the tax, at New-Orleans, on the se - cond Monday of the month of February in each and every year, giving thirty days notice in the newspaper published by the state printer, which adverthiement shall be in the English and French languages, and shall contain a list of the names of the owners 6of the land as rcturmied to him, the number of acres or arpen, anwd

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