The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-02-13
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I ! Amidst, naf the greet pressure 9f basiries
I ii receiving taxes, The Treasurer la, btutl
ilittle leisure il whieH to reply 10 attack iass h
iIof this self styled me1l wishef neither
Idees lie ''miscoastfuiee tfie the bosSEllit bssSl tornIi
4 oF ftto % - ..Eas ezc$itflti HssfG ot@H
J. 5.,tt, ,95'f io.zaa neHrsx,s SO .Anr{. ID {
| : i y certainly a very peculiar manner
oft,eexhibiting friendship to publicly charge
an qEi, official With dereliction Of duty, AMI
denonnee upon him the penalties Of the
lass !, without first having ascertained from
that eficial the reason Iwhioh compelled
his action in the matter. ,,..,.,.,......t :.
Il" Taxes exhibits His ignorance or iii;
vii, The may chose either horn of the. di.
lilmmal, in several instances in his article
Of the 5th, for example he says ,'e:.Also, /
wish to raise the question of eecco5nouiy in
thus negl 2cting to sell, and .ther eby de-
drive the Connty Of the thirty PEI cent.
that would have been added 10 the I taxes res
and eost:.'' d. 's '.'>' 49,. 97>-'.' 30
For the ifis Instruction Of "Taxes."@ # he
knows not the law, aud for til. pa Purpose oss
of showing him up' If He did, the Treas
rreF viii explain that the thirty: per G; cent:
in no instance accrues TO the benefit ocf
the county, but to the benefit Of the par
ty purchasing; again; he afirms that the
purchaser is entitled to a deed from the
Treasurer if the land is not redeemed in I
one year. ID"
This is perhaps as IS close to the e truth as
Taxes" is able to arrive, But it varies
greatly from the language of the code,
which says lice years .~ ... '.'..' *'%
Evidently law is not the vocation Of
Taxes" To nse his own expressive
phrase if he possesses one Of the best lie
gal minds in the State the, Treasurer
and his readers generally fail to see it.
His Structures with regard to broken ii.
tles'' are mere twaddle, and there is no
doubt that in this instance at least, they
resulted from. sheer ignorance.
By Section t3 of Chapter t73 of the acts
passed at the Ninth General Assembly,
such thing as "a broken link in the
claim. or tax titles" cannot occur except
by the negligence of tho holder of the
certificate, Of purchase Us BY gaid section
he may pay taxes after delinquent aid
preserve all the rights acquired By pur.
chase, together with the added penalty
of go per cent. and interest when such
land remains unredeemed, thus effectus
ally barring subsequent claims by other
parties. ~ :, .3t.. iii al
Such, is the plain statement of the law
as it is, and Taxes" is welcome to the
information. The TrsasureF's reasons
for not selling the list Of 1862 in October
are sound. They still continue in force,
and no interest of the County is pEeju.
diced thereby, as Taxes" or any other
man can ascertain if he will come and
see. - ,.~.:.. H.
The Treasurer takes this opportunity
to invite Taxes" rs lie seems 50 especi-
ally anxious to have the~lands sold, to.
come up on the first Monday in March,
and purchase some Of the finest land lands in
the West, He can invest; to the extent
of Is, 900 dollars in lands that have been
three times advertised. and twenty times
offered in vain because no patriotic "Tsx-
es'' would come to the rescue. .. .....'.-4
The, Treasurer will guarantee Q perfect
certificate that need fear no subsequent
purchaser, ,,....~ ... TREASURER