The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-10-11

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thy In August in thu. year one thousand eight
hundred and elevcveD, and on the first Monday
| of August in every year thereafter, the colec-
tors shall proceed,by public auction, at the door
of the courthouse of each county, to sell to the
| ighcst bidders each tract of land contained
within the list of such forfeited aacs, as we've
! lrrcdcemablc on the first day Of March i'll til.
! preceding year for ready money.
Be ii further enacted, 'rha. if at any such sale
| the former over or owners of any forfeited
tract Of land so about to be sold, any per-
| son for him, her or them, or in his, her OF
their behalf, with or without any authority O,
direction for that purpose, shall appear and pay
the taxes due thereon, with interests as aioreaald,
until the time of such sale, such tract shall not
| be sold, but an entry of such payment shall be
made BY the collector on the list aforesaid, and
recipe for such payment given to the person
making the same in the name OF the former ow-
| ner or owners, and thereupon such land shall be
taken to be redeemed, and the forfeiture accrued
thereon, shall be, and tho same is hereby fu!-
ly waved and RENTED.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the du-
ty OF the commissioner or commissioners of the
| revenue, annually, on the first Monday in Au-
ugus, to attend at the courthouse of the re-
specttve counties, and to take and make ut
list ofthe sales to be sold by the collector, spec
ciiylng the name names OF the former ow-
ner or owners, the sums paid and to whom sold;
which list the commissioner or commissioners
shall forthwith transmit to the Auditor OF pub
lie accounts, who shall charge the collector with
the amount of sales appearing thereon.
BE it further enacted, That it shall be the du.
ty OF every collector to pay annually into the
public Treasury, all such sum or sums Of mo-
ney as he shall receive by virtue OF this act, de-
Quoting acommission of five per centum thereon.
| which payment shall anaually be made on the
same day on which the taxes collected in the
same year shall be payable.
BE II further enacted, That the lists Of sale SO
certified and taken by the commissioners, or eli
| ther of them, sha! be sufficient to charge the
collector or his security securities, his her or
their heirs, executors odninisrators herewith on
any motion 10 be made to recover the same BY
the auditor of public accounts. And if any
| collector shall make default in the payment OF
any monies by him received, by virtue Of this
act, at the time hereby required, such collector,
| and his security or securities, his, her OF their
| heirs, executors or administrators, shall be lia-
| BILE TO all such fines, interests, damages and
costs, and be recovered In the same manner as in
| case of a default in the payment Of the common
| wealtl's revenue.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the du-
~ of every collector making sale by virtue of
| this act, TO make end execute TO the purchaser
deed in fec simple for the lands purchased, reel.
! ting the cause OF sale, and in every action or
! suit at law or in equity, in which former own
| er or owners of any tract OF land SO sold and
conveyed, his, her, or their theirs, tievsee, or O.
| ther person or persons claiming under him, her
or them, shall contest the validity OF the sale so
made, the onus probandi shall lie on the party
so contesting.
BE it further enacted, That the commissioner
or commissioners for dscharging the duties
quired on them by ,hsact, shall be entitled to
receive from the public treasury commission
| of ore and an half per>ccnum on the amour, Of
! sales, on warrant from the auditor OF public
accounts.
| Be it further enacted, That it shall BE- the d.
| ty of the auditor OF public accounts, at the pub
Tic expense, to cause acopy of this act, and Of
| year one thousand eight bundled and SIX, enti-
tuled " AN act giving further time to the pro-
prieioIs Of certain lands forfeited for the noa
payment of taxes, TO redeem the same, and also
OF an act passed on the twentieth day of Jam
uary, In the year one thousand eight hundred
and seven, eniituled, " An act to amend an act
tltued an act, more efeetua.ly to provide,
Tor the payment OF taxes upon lands within this
commonwealth" to be published for six months
successfully in the present year,and tor three
months successfully preceding the first
Monday in August in the year one thousand
eight bundled and eleven, To be published in
some newspaper, of general circulation, edited
in each of the United States, if any such there be.
And be it further enacted, That the duties en-
joined in this act to be performed by the collec-
tors, shall where the sheriff is collector, be per-
formed by the high sheriff in person, and every
purchase made, wholly or in part, by the sheriff
or his deputy, or by airy other person being a
collector, or by any other person, wholly OF
t In part, for the use Of such sheriff, derury
sheriff or other person being collector shall be
E void and every sheriff deputy sheriff or other
person being collector, making any pu' chase,
either wholly or in part, himself, or rrocur-
| Ing any other person to make such purchase,
e wholly or in part for the use aforesaid, shall
fofcitand pay the sum Of $500, to the use Of
the public, to be recovered by bill, plant or in