State-Wide, NC - Act to Collect Tax Arrears - 1826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to authorize Isaac Lane, late Sheriff of Randolph county, and Thomas V. Hathaway, administrator of James R. Bent, late sheriff of Chowan county, and Jeremiah D. Askew and John Deans, administrators of Jesse Deans, deceased, late sheriff of Hertford county, and Alfred M. Gatlin, executor of Isaac Lamb, deceased, late sheriff of Camden county, and Abraham Forrest, sheriff of Montgomery county, to collect the arrearages of taxes due them in said counties 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 Isaac Lane, late sheriff of Randolph county, and Thomas V. Hathaway, administrator of James R. Bent, late sheriff of Chowan, and Jeremiah D. Askew and John Deans, administrators of Jesse Deans, deceased, late sheriff of Hertford, and Abraham Forrest, sheriff of Montgomery county, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to collect the arrearages of taxes due them in said counties for the years twenty-three and twenty- four; which collection shall take place under the same rules, regulations and restrictions as are already prescribed for the collection of the public taxes: Provided always, that the authority hereby granted, shall not extend to the collection of taxes from the executors or administrators of the estates of deceased persons, from those who have removed out of the county, or from those who shall voluntarily make oath that he, she or they have paid the same. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall be extended so as to authorize Alfred M. Gatlin, executor of Isaac Lamb, deceased, late sheriff of Camden county, to collect arrears of taxes due said sheriff for the years one thousand eight hundred and twenty- two, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Source: Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1826 Chapter CV Page 62-63 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts – gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________