Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-05-23

more than twenty l2O) dsys from the dsy Of
the taking. The sale shall be at public auc.
tion, and no more property, if practicable, shall
be sold than will be sufficient to pay the taxea,
the charges Of keeping, coets and fees for sale
Any surplus arising from the sale shall be pail
10 The owner Of such property, and the Collect
or shall give to the purchaser thereof certif'
icate. stating the description of the property
purchased. the price paid therefor. aud the day
Of ssle For such levying and sale the Collec-
tor shsll be entitled TO the fees allowed by law
to Constsbles for like eervices
SIC. IA When any tax shall be paid to the
Collector he shall mark the word paid" to
gether with the name Of the person making
such payment, and the date when paid. on the
face OF the warrant, opposite the real or per-
sonal property charged Herewith, and he thalI
deliver to the tax payer a receipt for such tax
es paid, stating the time Of payment, the de-
scription Of the land or property. the amount
Of each kind Of taxes, and costs. II any giving
a separate receipt for each year and shall also
retain duplicate OF such receipt.
| The Collector shall. on the same day on
which he makes his deposits with the City
Treasurer. deliver all such duplicate receipts
for axes collected by him. to the City Clerk
| who shall file the same in his office
|
time extend the return day Of any tax warrant by
order or resolution. On the return day it shall be
the duty Of the Collector to make thereof to
the City Council, which return may be in the fol-
lowing form:
| RETURN OF WARRANT.
STATE OF Iowa, City Of Davenport.
CRY COLLECTOR's OFFcE,
The undersi gned, Collector of the city Of Dav-
export, makes return to the City Council Of tho
within and foregoing warrant that he has collect
ed the taxes on all tho real and personal property
described in said warrant, opposite to which the
word paid is written; that a demand OF payment
has been made of the several other taxes not
marked paid, OF the persons mentioned in said
warrant rs liable to the payment thereof and that
he has not been able to find any personal property
belonging to them or either If them, subject to
| the payment thereof he therefor returns the said
warrant unsatisied to all taxes not marked
paid" on the face Of the warrant.
City Collector.
SEC. l6. The return Of any warrant unsatisfed
in whole or in part as to any taxes real estate,
an order shall be made by the City Conncil for the
sale Of the re Il estate, on which the taxes re-
main unpaid. Tho order shall describe the sever
al lots, parts Of lots and other real estate. with
the taxes severally due thereon, fully as the
same set forth in the warrant, and shall be en-
tered 1t large in a book kept by the City Clerkfor
that purpose
A certified copy Of ssch order, signed by the
Mayor and Clerk, under the corporate seal, shall
be written upon or otherwise attached to the Col
lector's warrant, and delivered by the City Clerk
to the Collector within q reasonable time after
such order shall be made, which order with the
said warrant shall constitute the process upon
which the Collector shall sell the real estate des
cri bed therein.
SEC. II. The Collector shall thereuron adver-
tse the said real estate for salc in the official
newspaper OF newspapers Of the city for six I6)
consecn tive weeks, and said notice shall contain
the name OF the owner, when known, the amount
of taxes, costs and printers fee, and the of
the .ot, or the description OF the piece Of land on
which the same arc due, and also tho time and
place OF sale unless payment be made Of the taxes,
costs and printers fee, on or before the day OF
sale. The time fixed for selling shall not be later
than the FIRST day Of February in any year, with
out special order of the City Council.
SIC. Is. In all advertisements for the sale Of
real property fol taxes, and in ptons and en-
tries required to be made by the Collector, Assess-
City Clerk, City Treasurer or any other officer,
letters and figures may be used as they have been
heretofore, to denote townships, ranges sections,
parts Of sections lots, blocks, dates and the
amount Of taxes, costs and foes. And no irregu-
'"r'sy or informality in the advertsement shall
effect in any manner the legality tho s.lo,or tho
title to any real property conveyed by the Mayor
of the city under the city charter AMI the proyis-
ions Of this ordinance.
SEC 10. The Collector shall attend at the time
and place Of sale of the real estate mentioned in
said notice, and then and there offer each lot or
piece Of land, advertised, for sale which the
taxes shall not have been paid previously thereto
And if the Collector shall fail to bc present the
time and place aforesaid, he shall be liable to
fine Of not less than one hundred 1907 dollars
more than one thousand I,0oO) dollars, to be re-
covered by suit on his official bond. The sale shall
be made for the least quantity Of the lot piece
of land for which any person will pay the taxes,
casts and printers fee thereon, the whole, if
bid for less quantity is offered. The Collect Or
shall in offering the least quantity Of lot piece
of land, when such portion constitutes a half or
moro of the parcel, take the same from the east
side thereof, dividing it lengthwise by line par
allel with the proper lines Of the lots. The pur-
chaser shall forthwith pay to the Collector the
amount due, and in Of failure to do So the lot
parcel of land shall be again offered fer SALE
The Collector shall continue the sale from day to
day as long there bidders, until the taxes
are all paid.
SEC. 20. Every purchaser 1t said sale shall be
entitled TO certificate Of sale, signed by the Col
lector, and which shall certain the name Of the
purchaser, description of the number Of lot or
the portion thereof or the piece Of land, to him
sold, the amount oftaxss, and the year for which
they became delinquent, the costs and printers
fee, for which the same was sold, and the time
when the right to redeem will expire. The Col
lector shall be entitled to the fees are al
lowed to Sherffs for similar services.
SEC, q. 1t shall be tho duty Of the Collector to
keep accurate record of the sales Of real estate
made by him in pursuance hereof, and make re-
turn Of sGid sacs together with said warrant and
order Of sale, before the first day of March in
each year. The Collector shall procure and file
with said return copy Of the notice Of sale, with
| certificates of the publisher or publishers Of the
official newspaper or newspapers Of the city, that
the same published in said paper papers for
at least six co. consecutive weeks prior to the day
Of sale, that the first publics ti0n was made the
- day Of - lS-,and the last ON the - day
SEC. 22. On the return Of said sales, the City
Clerk shall mako record thereof in took TO he
kept by him for that purpose; therein describing
the several parcels of real property which the
taxes, costs and printers fec paid by the pur-
chaser as they are described in the list Of adver-
tisements file in his ON e, stating in seperste
columns, the amount as obtained from the Ccllec
tors warrant and tar list of each kind Of tax,
and printers fee for each tract lot Of land, how
| much and what part Of each tract 0rnlot Of land
was sold, to whom sold and date Of sale, and the
time when the right 70 redeem will expire.
| SEC. %. Real property sold under the provisions
| Of this ordinance may be redeemed at any time
before the expiration OF two ~ years from the
date Of the sale by the owner claimant thereof,
by paying the amount for which)the same WAS sold
together with City per cent per annum to the City
Treasurer to beheld byhim subject 70 the order Of
the purchaser.
Of any party 70 redeem any real property sold un-
der the provisions Of this ordinance, and being
satisfied that such party has right ts redeem the
same, issue to such party certificate Of redemp-
tion setting forth the facts Of the sale substantial
ly as contained in the certificate of SALE the dats
Of the redempt On, the amount to be paid and by