Martin County, NC - Edward Griffin - Act to Collect Taxes, 1827

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An Act to authorise the securities of Edward Griffin, late sheriff
of Martin county, to collect the arrearages of taxes for 1825 & 1826

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Gabriel L.
Stewart, Alfred M. Slade, and Benjamin F. Slade, securities for Edward
Griffin, late sheriff of the county of Martin for the years 1825 and
1826, be, and they are hereby authorised to collect the arrears of taxes
due for the years 1825 and 1826, according to the rules and regulations
now in force for the collection of taxes by sheriffs in office: Provided,
that said securities shall not collect any part of said arrears, unless
they be compelled by law to pay money for said Griffin, and then collect
only such as will indemnify them for the money they may pay; and provided
further, that no collection of taxes shall be made under this act from
the estates of persons who have died since the said taxes were due, or
from such persons as have moved from the county, or will make oath they
have paid said taxes and lost their receipts.

And be it further enacted, That the said securities shall, at the next
December Court, held for the aforesaid county of Martin, make a return
on oath, to James L. Baker, Lawrence Cherry and Samuel Hyman, of all
monies by them received under this act, who shall take an account of
the same, and apply it to the use aforesaid, and no other.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter LX
Page 43

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