The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 188
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
in the three different manners contemplated by this law, there shall
be a separate line for each class respectively, and each to sliow the
sessor, to draw oil three perfect and exact copies of such list, to
full amount of taxes due. It is further made the duty of the Aseach
of which copies of such list he must affix a certificate, that
the list contains truly and faithfully a representation of all the tax
due from each person in conformity with the general inventory
as made from the inventories of the parties and the registers, and
that a just and true estimation of the tax has been made in conformity
with the provisions of this act, one of which copies so certified
he shall forthwith forward to the Secretary of the Treasury,
one shall be handed over to the Sheriff of the county, and the third
shall be posted up in the court house and preserved for the inspection
and examination of every person.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That it is hereby made the duty
of the Sheriff of the county, on receiving from the Assessor the
list provided for in the foregoing section, to give notice, at ten or
more public places in the county, that the tax due from the citizens
of such county will be receivable, during the three months
next ensuing, at his office in the county, and it is hereby made the
duty of every person, resident of any particular county of this Republic,
owning or representing, in the manner contemplated in
this law, taxable property situated in any other county, or counties
of this Republic, to pay the taxes which may be levied and assessed
on such property, under the provisions of this act, in the county
respectively where such property may be and is situated.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That, during the month of November,
the Sheriff of each and every county throughout this Republic.
shall make his returns to the Secretary of the Treasury. and
pay over to him the amount of monies which he may have collected
for taxes due to the Republic, under the provisions of this law, and
all those who shall not have paid their quota of taxes to
the Sheriff of the respective county, when it may be due,
bv the time in which, under this section it is made the duty
of the Sheriff to make returns to the Secretary of the Treasury,
shall be considered as delinquents, and a list of them shall be
made out, expressing names and amount of taxes due by each,
from the list in possession of the Sheriff (which he received from
the Assessor,) by an officer of the Treasury Department, under
the direction of the head of that Department, and to which
shall be affixed a certificate of the Secretary for its correctness,
and shall then be handed to the respective Sheriff, (and a copy
of it shall be published by order of the Department) whose duty
it shall be, within one month after he shall have received it(188)
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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/m1/192/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .