The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-08-05
WHOLE NO., 400.

ted or appointed, and that he has given bond
according to law.
Sec. 23. Tho county treasurer. or his
deputy, shall attend at the courthouse in
his county. on the second Monday in Janu.
ary, in conformity with the notice provided
in section 50,or the [thisl act, and shall then
and there at and after the hour Of ten in
the forenoon, proceed to offer for sale, sop
arately, each tract Of land or town lot con-
tainod 10 the advertisement aforesaid, on
which the taxes and penalty have not been
paid; and the person or persons offering at
said sale to pay tho taxes ard penalty,
charged on such land or lot, for the least
quantity thereof shall be the purchaser or
purchasers of such quantity; and the treas
urer shall continue such sale from day to
ay,untjl each tract of land or town lot con-
tanned in such advertisement, and on which
the taxes and penalty remain unpaid, shalt
be sold, or offered for sale.
SEC. "a. The person or persons purchas-
ing such tract OF land or town lot or any
part thereof, shall forthwith pay to tho treas
urer the amount of taxes and penalty
charged thereon; and on failure so to do,
the treasurer shall Immediately offer said
land or town lot again for sale, in the same
manner as if no such sale had been mnde;--
and tho person SO failing to make payment,
shall forfeit and pay a penalty of twenty.
FIVE per centum on the amount of said tax
ard penalty, to bel recovered by an action
of debt, in tho name of the treasurer, for
tho use of the county, before any Justice Of
the peace or court having Jurisdiction
thereof
SEC %. The county auditor, or his dop-
uty, shall attend all such sales of delinquent
lands and lots, made by the treasurer of his
nd han Al &
substantial book, therein describing the
several tracts of land and town lots offered
for sale, as the same shall have boon de-
scribed in the advertisement aforesaid, and
stating how much of each tract or town lot
was sold, and to whom sold; and if any tract
or lot shall remain unsold for want of bid
dors, he shall so enter it on the record; and
tue auditor shall make out and certify q
copy of said record, and forward the same
to the auditor of state, by the county treas
urer, at tho time such treasurer makes his
annual return of tho state tax next after
such sale.
SEC. 26. The auditor shall make out aud
deliver to tho purchaser of any land or lots,
sold for delinquent taxes as aforesaid, ocr-
tifcate of purchase, therein describing the
land or lots so sold, as the same was do
scrbod in the tax duplicate, and stating
theroin the amount Of taxes and penalty for
which the same was sold; and if only a part
of a tract be sold, such certificate shall spec
! ify the quantity sold, and shall be directed
to the county surveyor, whose duty it shall
be, when requested by the purchaser, his as
signee or heirs, to lay off, by metes and
bounds, in square, as near as practicable,
at the most north. westerly corner of the
| tract from which the sale was made, the
quantity so sold; and if the sale be made
from an in-lot or ont-lot in any town, or
from any particular part thereof, it shall be
tho duty of the county surveyor so to lay
of the part or portion sold, that it shall ex-
tend from the main or principal street, road
or alloy, which may be the most convenient
front to such lot, to the rear of the lot, and
to bound the same by lines, as nearly parallel
with tho outlines of such lot as practicable.
SEC 81. No deed shall be made by the coun-
| ty auditor. for any land or LOT, sold as afore-
said for taxes, until the expiration of two
years from and after such sale; nor shall the
survey thereof, required by the certificate of
purchase, be made until expiration of that
time.
SEC. 2s. Said certificates Of purchase
shall bo assgnabie in law and an assignment
thereof shall vest in the assignee or his legal
representatives, all the right aud title of the
original purchase.
SEC. 20. Atany time after the lapse of
| two years from the time of such sale for
taXes, if the land or lot so sold shall not
have been redeemed, the county auditor, or
any of his SUCCESSORS in office, shall on re-
quest, and on production of the certificate
of purchase, and in case of tho sale of part
ouly of tract of land or lot on production
! of the county surveyors return Of q survey,
| in case he shall deem such survey necessary,
in conformity with the acquisitions of such
certificate execute and deliver to tho pur-
chaser, his heirs or assignee, as the case
may be, deed of conveyance for the tract
of land or town lot, or such part thereof as
shall have been sold as aforesaid Provided,
that when two or more parcels of the same
tract or lot of land have been, or shall here-
after DO sold for the non-payment of taxes,
/ to the same purchaser or purchasers, it shall
= be the duty OF the county auditor, on pro-
duction of the certificates of the purchaser,
or on production of the county surveyors
return of surveys thereof, in conformity
with said certificates, when such surveys
are required, to execute and deliver one
/, deed OF conveyance Of the several parcels so
: sold, to the purchaser or purchasers, his or
5 their heirs or assignees which deed, so ex-
] ecuted or delivered, shall vest in the grantee
a or grantees, his her or their heirs or as
signs, the same title, both in law aud equity.
5 as if the severa! deeds for each and every
parcel so sold, we're or had been executed.
=, SEC. 80. The deed 30 made by the audi.
: tor, shall vUst in the grantee, his or their
/ heirs aud assigns, good aud valid title.
G both in law and equity, aud shall be recsiF-
I cd in all courts as prima fscie evidence of
g good and valid tiLioin such grantee, bis
!, heirs and assigns.
l. SEC. 81. The purchaser. at a sale OF
Q lands or lots for taxes, of the interest of
4, any Joint tenant, tenant in common or CO.
|. parcener, or Of any part or portion of such
II interest, shall, on obtaining the deed from
10 the auditor, for the part or portion 80 BY
o him purchased, hold the same as tenant ia
r common with the other proprietor or pro-
J. prietors of such land or lot, and be entitled
VI to all the privileges OF tonant in common
until legal partition ofsuch land or lot shall
n DO made.
;. Sue SO. Upon tho sale of any land OF
+ town lot for delinquent taxes, the lien
v which the state has thereon for taxes then
Ell duo, shall be transferred to the purchases
il at such sale and if such sale should prov,
,. to be invalid, on account ofany irregularit
) in the proceedings Of any officer having an
1t duty to perform in relation thereto, th
b purchaser, at such sale, shall be entitled &