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An Act to ascertain the whole amount of taxes paid by the people of North Carolina. 1852 597 (1852)

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TAXES.
CHAPTER CLXII.
AN ACT TO ASCERTAIN THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF
TAXES PAID BY THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Suc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Duty ofter.
of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That the clerks of the
several county courts tif this State be and the same
are hereby required to return to the comptroller in
their annual returns, in addition to the abstract of
State taxes, an abstract of the lists of the county and
poor taxes paid in each of their respective counties,
which abstract shall also set forth the numbir of tax-
able white polls, the number of taxable black polls, the
amount paid on each poll, the amount paid on each
hundred dollars valuation of land, and also the gross
amount of taxes of everN kind levied and collected
for county purposes. Any clerk failing to make re-
turn of the abstract herein required, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered
in the superior court of Wake county, on motion by
the attorney-general ; and it shall be the duty of the
comptroller to inform the attorney-general of all such
delinquent clerks ; and on the trial of the motion, the
certificate of the comptroller, certifying such failure,
shall be suflicient evidence thereof. The forfeiture
thus recovered shall be paid into the public treasury
of the State, by the clerk of the superior court of

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