"JOINT RESOLUTION," December 10, 1840

Summary: The Texas Congress extended the tax collection deadline to June 1, 1841. Also waived all penalties for late taxpayers as long as they paid their taxes by the new deadline.

Extending the time for Collection of Taxes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, in Congress assembled, That the period prescribed by law for the collection of taxes of the present year, be, and the same is hereby extended to the first day of June, 1841; and the Secretary of the Treasury be required to notify the sheriffs and tax collectors of the same.

Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That all persons, who, from want of information or other causes, have not been able to comply with the provisions of said law, be, and the same are hereby exempt from the penalties prescribed therein; provided, they pay into the hands of the officers designated by law, the full amount of their assessed taxes within the time prescribed by this resolution.

Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, That the foregoing resolution go into effect from and after the final passage of the same.

DAVID S. KAUFMAN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

DAVID G. BURNET,

President of the Senate.

Approved 10th December, 1840.

MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.

Source Copy Consulted: "JOINT RESOLUTION," December 10, 1840, reprinted in H.P.H. Gammel, The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, 12 vols., (Austin: Gammel Book Co., 1898), 2:616-617. http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas