1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 236

Collector sum
mons for his
defence a pos-
se comitatus.

Fine.

lector or collectors, in the discharge of the duties required
of them by this act or the original act, or any of its sup-
plements; or shall resist, attack or menace with violence,
any person or persons present, and bidding or proposing

to bid at any sale of property, by any such collector; then
and in any such case, it shall and may be lawful for the
collector, to summon for his, or their defence, the posse
comitatus, and each person so summoned shall be allowed
fifty cents per day, to bo levied on the county, district or
city as other charges; and in case any person upon being
summoned, shall refuse to serve, the person so refusing,
shall be liable to a fine of five dollars, to be recovered be-
fore any justice of the peace; one half to the use of the
party prosecuting and the other half to the county.

Assaulting a
collector, fee.
subject to fine
of not less than
$100, or more
than $500.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That if any person shall
strike or assault a collector in the discharge of his duty,
or shall strike or assault any individual serving as one of
the posse comitatus as aforesaid, or shall strike or assault
any person, to deter or prevent his bidding at a collector's
sale, or for having bid at such sale; in every such case the
party offending, shall be subject to a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, and

Imprisonment.

imprisonment for not less than two, nor more than twelve
months.

Delinquents
to pay sums
due in cash.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That in case any collector
or collectors shall hereafter pay into the Treasury in cash,
any sum or sums of money now due or hereafter to become
due for taxes levied or to be levied for the use of this State,
at or after the period limited by law for that purpose, and
before he shall have collected the same from the several
persons charged therewith, then and in every such case,
the right of the delinquent tax-payer, to pay in coupons
or certificates of interest due from this State, shall be
taken away, and such delinquents shall be required to
pay the several sums of money due from them for taxes,
in cash, and shall be liable to be proceeded against in
manner aforesaid, in case of refusal.

Taxes to be

levied and col-
lected.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That if in any of the coun-
ties, the State taxes directed to be levied and collected for
the years eighteen hundred and forty-one, eighteen hundred
and forty-two, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and
eighteen hundred and forty-four, have not been levied
and collected as required by law, then and in all such
cases, the said taxes shall be levied and collected as fol-
lows, that is to say, the sum of twenty cents on every
hundred dollars worth of assessable property within such
county, with the commission allowed by law thereon for
the use of the collector, shall be levied and collected with
the taxes for the year eighteen hundred and forty-five; and