The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-03-06
T CO., IOWA, THURSDAY. MARCH s, 1851

AVENPOkT, SCOTT CO., IC
thereof be made on or before said day of sale; OF
which day, II the said tax, costs, and printers
fees, be not previously paid. said marshal shall
proceed to sell tile said lot or piece Of land, or
much thereof as will discharge said tax, costs
and printers fees; said sale to take place at ths
door Of the court house in said town, or at The
door Of the mayors Office; and the mayor and al.
dermen shall, by ordinance, fix the costs or fees
TO be allowed said marshal for collecting taxes BY
sale either OF personal real property, by virtue
Of this acts the matsha shall give to each purcha.
ser at such sale, certificate containing the num-
Der Of the lot or description Of the piece Of land
purchased, the price paid therefor and the day oi
sale, and At the expiration Of the time limited for
the redemption thereof, If the same shall not be
redeemed in complain &c With the general law in
relation to the redemption Of lands sold for taxes
the mayor shall execute to the purchaser or his
assignee, deed therefor, under the seal Of said
corporation, and the same If acknowledged OF
proven, and recorded as other deeds are, or may
be required TO be acknowledged or proven and re-
corded, shall be good and valid in law and equity
to pass valid title 10 such lot or piece Of 10, d.
Sec. ID. The by-laws and ordinances OF said
corporation shall be published in newspaper
published in said town, or posted up al one pub
lie place In each ward, fifteen DAYS before the ta-
king effect thereof and the certificate Of the clerk,
in the book 10 which said bylaws and ordinans
ces are recorded, shall be suicint evidence ofthe
same having been done; and the said book, or
cory Of any bv-law or ordinance, with the certif.
icate of the clerk Of publication aforesaid, cert-
ed by the said clerk to be true copy Of sttch by
law or ordinance and certificate, shall be suffi-
Client authentication to allow the same TO be read
or received in evidence in all actions and suits in
sny court in this Territory.
Sec Is. Twenty days before each annual cleo.
tion the Mayor and Aldermen shall put up in
some conspicuous place in said town, or publish
In some newspaper published therein, an account
Of all the monies received and expended BY said
corporation since the last annual election, with
the sources from which they were derived, and
the objects on which they were expended, which
shalt be certified BY the clerk.
Sec. l6. The streets and alleys Of said town,
together with the several roads leading therefromj
for The distance Of one mile from the corporation
limits shall constitute one road district; and the
Mayor and Aldermen shall have the exclusive
right Of appointing the supervisor, and it they
should deem il necessary Of appointing two or
more supervisors fot said district, who, in every
respect, shall act as though appointed BY the
county commissioners.
Sec. II. The MAyor and Aldermen shall re-
ceive no compensation for their services, unless
the ordinances allowing the same shall first be sffb-
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