Chap. 27.—An ACT to Provide for the Collection of the Revenue of
the City of Norfolk for the Year 1873.

Approved February 5, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the treas-
rer of the city of Norfolk be, and he is hereby authorized
and directed to receive, within sixty days from the passage
of this act, from all persons assessed with taxes in the said
city of Norfolk, the taxes due from them for the year eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-three, without adding the five per
centum prescribed in cases where taxes have not been paid
prior to the first of December: provided, that the consent of
the sureties of said treasurer shall be given, in person, before
the judge of the corporation court of said city of Norfolk, in
term time or vacation, by writing signed by such sureties,
said writing to be duly recorded by the clerk of the said cor-
poration court, and certified to the auditor of public accounts.

2. At the expiration of seventy days from the passage of
this act, it shall be the duty of the said treasurer to make up
a statement of all moneys received by him on account ot
taxes, which statement shall be verified by affidavit, and
shall be forwarded to the auditor of public accounts by said
treasurer, and he shall thereupon pay into the treasury the
amount shown to be due by such statement; and if he shall
fail so to pay uver the same, he shall forfeit his commissions
on so much of said balance as he may fail to account for and
pay over.

3. It shall be the duty of the sergeant of the said city of
Norfolk, at the expiration of the seventy days aforesaid, to
receive from the treasurer of the said city of Norfolk all tax
bills for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three then
unpaid, and to account for the same by the fifteenth day of
May, thereafter, in the manner prescribed in the act relating
to the duties and compensation of certain township officers,
approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.