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paid to the owner of such goods and chat

paid to the owner OF such goods and chat
tells on demand.
Sec. 13. The tax upon real estate, with
all assessments for the purpose named in
the eighth section af this act, shall be put
down in the said assessment roll in COL
umn by itself, and whenever any such tax
or assessment, and the interest thereon,
which shall be computed at the rate of
fourteen per cent. thereon per annum until
paid, shall remain unpaid for two years
from the date Of the warrant OF the mar
shall aforesaid, the treasurer of said village
shall cause so much of the land charged
with such tax and assessment and interest,
to be sold at public auction, at the court
house in said village, to the highest bidder,
as shall be necessary to pay the said
taxes and assessments and interest, togeth-
or with all charges thereon, first giving at
least four months notice of the time and
place Of such sale, by advertisement posted
up in three of the most public places in said
village, or by causing the same to be pub
lished in newspaper printed in said vii
lage and an affidavit of said publication re-
corded in the manner prescribed in the
tenth section of this act, shall be deemed
prima facie evidence of the fact Of publica-
ton.
Sec. ii. On the day mentioned in said
notice, the said treasurer shall commence
the sale of said lands, and continue the same
from day to day, until so much thereof
shall be sold as will pay the taxes and as
sessments as aforesaid, with the interest
and charges due, assessed and charged
thereon as aforesaid and the said treasurer
shall give to the purchaser or purchasers of
any such lands, certificate in writing, des-
cribing the lands purchased, and the sum
paid therefor, and the time when the pur-
chaser will be entitled to deed for the said
lands and if the person claiming title to
the said lands described in the said certif.
cate, shall not, within two years from the
date thereof, pay to the treasurer for the
use ofthe purchaser, his heirs or assigns,
the sum mentioned in said certificate, to-
gether with interest thereon, at the rate OF
twenty per cent. per annum from the date
l of such certificate, the treasurer or his sue.
eessor in Office, shall, at the expiration OF
the said two years, execute to the purchas-
err, his heirs or assigns, a conveyance of the
lands so sold, which conveyance shall vest
in the person or persons to whom it shall
be given, an absolute estate in fee simple,
subject to all the claims the state shall have
thereon, and the said conveyance shall be
conclusive evidence that the sale was regu-
lar, according to the provisions Of this act
and every such conveyance executed by
the said treasurer, under his hand and seal
and acknowledged, Witnessed and recorded
in the usual form, may be given in evil
dence in the same manner, and with like
effect, as deed regularly executed and ac-
knowledgedb by the owner, and duly record
ed, may be given in evidence.
Sec. Is. The treasurer of said village
shall receive the same fees in cases Of sale
as aforesaid, as are allowed by law to the
county treasurer for like services; and the
expenses in advertising any land for sale
in pursuance ofthis act, shall, by the treas.
urer, be added to such taxes respectively,
as are charged upon lands and unpaid, in
proportion 70 the amount of each persons
tax so charged and unpaid.
Sec. Is. The said corporation shall be al
lowed the use of the common Jail ofthe coun-
ty of st. Joseph, for the Imprisonment ofany
person liable to Imprisonment under the by.
laws or ordinances of said corporation, and
all persons so committed 10 said Jail, shall
be under the charge of the sheriff, as in
other cases.
| Sec. II. This act shall be favorably con-
strued and received in all courts as public
act, and copies thereof, printed under the
authority of the legislature, shall be receiv.
ed as evidence, without further proof.
Sec. 1s. The Legislature may alter, a
mend or repeal this act.
Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to
any Office in this corporation, unless he
shall have resided in the said corporation
one year next preceding his election.
Approved, March l3, 1887.
A true copy, KNITTING PRITcHErrE,
Secretary of State.