T.Ax Sa.LEs.-At the Court-H(o1use oof th is
parish, SatIrday before last, the Sheriff
ottlireil for sale th1 imnio)vable )properll ty
!p:li): which the taxes of 1't hadl not
11(m14 paid. Of tle forty-oddl dellinqlllenlts
adlvertised in the (hCil: all but eight
hadl settled plrior to the (opening of the
sale, and of the a1tter nutmber three were
crro.ously assessed, the d1141tial pro- 1(
erty ha'ving been taxed 11111r the names
of other parties alnd the taxes paid. '1The
lproperty of tlhe SClrcession o(f S. D)culir
was bid in by1 Mr. RIi. M. McCullih for a
Illno liillal 54su41 , bullt tile heirs have sinll(('
Irtcld'44mld it, LIthe purc:haser kindly etxact
ing mnthing from thou beyond the price
he paid. IMr. Frederick Duff'l putrchased
tihe plrop!erty tof Mrs. Alice W'hlier fIlr :l36,
and Jiudge Sims that (of Mr. Jio. D). Ca:n
ti' for Sal , lint the Jutdge( declined to
pay over the price when hie learned that
the sale did not wipe out the back taxes
(n14' o4n the p1lace. Two pieces e of pro(I p
crty w(ere bid inll for thile Statce-those of
Mlessrs. EIrnest IPellsclaux and 4rsene
Bourgeois. The latter has been since
reIlilemlled by tlle owner. Ascension there
f-re presents the splendid showing of
haviing only two pieces >of inlnloval:l1
lproprty within her borders upon which
the Stat( and parish t:axes o)f tilhe past
year h:v(e not ((een paid. It should he
started; I, h1owevetr, that a large porti)on of
the laNls of the l parish-tlhose,) ctmplrised
within thi, lhomans claim and dcsignated
as public llt'dl--are not subject to tax:
tion, the1 occupa:ts being reqluiredl to
Ipay t:axes onlly oil theIir illmprovelllmltts,
stock, vehlicles, etc. Ma ny owner1t1 s of
this description of property aire still oi
tll- delinmment list :and their Ipossessions
:are being ,ffiered for sa!e ,by- th, Sheriff.
