The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 141
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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with two other individuals, to be named by himself, and duly sworn
for the faithful discharge of the duties devolving upon them, shall
proceed to examine and value the registers returned by the returning
officer, and assess thereupon the tax or taxes to be levied under
the law of the Republic, one of which registers of each inventory
shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county, and the other to the
returning officer, who shall immediately transmit it to the Treasury
of the Republic.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That on the failure of any person
or persons to pay punctually the taxes due the Government,
the sheriff shall forthwith take out an execution (to be issued by
any justice of the peace, if the amount of tax due be within his
jurisdiction; and if it be not, by the clerk of the district court,)
against the property of the delinquent or delinquents, and shall
sell for cash to the highest bidder at public auction, after giving
public notice for thirty days, so much of such goods or property as
will pay the amount of the taxes due, and all costs, and any real
estate which shall be sold under a tax execution, may be redeemed
by the original owner at any time within two years from the day
of sale, by paying to the purchaser double the sum for which it
was sold under such execution.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall fail or
refuse to make out and deliver the inventory herein by law required,
when called upon by the returning officer, or if there be
any goods or property of any description subject to tax, which have
not been retutrned in the register of the returning officer, in both
cases the sheriff shall value all such property thus omitted to be
returned, and shall assess and collect the taxes thereupon: Provided,
That the taxes in such cases assessed by the sheriff shall
always be double the amount assessed upon property of the same
description which was duly inventoried and returned.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted That from and after the passage
of this act, all land certificates shall be taxed as follows:
Each certificate for one league and labor of land, five
dollars; each certificate for less than one league and labor,
and more than one third of a league, four dollars; each certificate
for not less than twelve hundred and eighty acres, and
not more than one third of a league, three dollars; each certificate
for six hundred and forty acres, and less than twelve
hundred and eighty, two dollars each; and [and] every cer(141)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/145/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .