The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-10-11

or private detective, or any other person guilty
J thereof, shall be deemed as having comprom-
Used felony, and be thereafter prohibited from
acting as an officer of the Metropolitan Police
prosecuted to the extent of the law for aiding
criminals to escape the ends of justice.
Approved, July 3D. 1866.
| TPUBLIC-No 1913.
AN ACT to give certain powers to the levy conrt Of
the county of Washington in the District OF co
| lumbia.
a enacted NV the Senate and House of Representa-
es Of the tinted States of America Congress
bled That in addition 10 the existing remedy oy
distress for the recovery of taxes due to the levy
conrt in the county outside the corporate limits OF
| Georgetown and Washington, on which one year s
taxes shall be due and unpaid, or so much thereof
not less than one acre (where the properly on when
the tax has accrued is not less than That quantity
az may be necessary TO pay any such taxes win az
legal costs and charges arising thereon may pc s0ld
at public sale, to satisfy such taxes ana expenses
the collector appointed by the levy court OF sald
county: PrOUided, That public notice pc given OF
the time and place OF sale by aaVer.lsg Unou d
mn lished in the city of Washington, IN Wmch al
yertisement shall be given suthqent anu 9ehiite
description Of the property selecteu lGl ti
| name of the person to whom the same Is assessed
and the aggregate amount OF taxes due thereon me
nurohaser or purchasers of any sucn properly snal
nav at the time of such sale, the amount Oh taxes
~ ~ az the nronertv SO purchased by him, her. or
then respectively, with the amount Vi tne e1Peihses
OF SALE and shall pay the residue Vi we ny @
money 1ba dav Of sale to the collector or other
officer of the levy court authorized to receive the
same and the amount OF sacn , ort snbiect e
the order of the original proprietor or propretors OF
the property sold. his her or their legal representa-
tives and the purchaser purchasers OF SAID prop
erty shall receive title thereto in fee simple. by
deed under the hand of the president OF SAID levy
court and its seal, which shall be deemed gooa ana
valid in law and equity: p, Ovided, neue' HeIess
That II within two years from the day OF any sncn
sale, or before such purchaser or purchasers sia
have paid the residue if any, of the purchase money
as aforesaid the proprietor or proprletors OF any
properly sold her, or their agents. or legal rep
resentatives shall repay to such purchaser or pur-
chasers the money paid Tor taxes ana expenses as
| afor said together with ten per centum per annum
as interest thereon. make tender thereof or de-
post the with the treasurer oil sald levy court
r other officer authorized to receive the same, for
the use of such purchaser purchasers ana suDect
to hisor theirorder she, they shalbe relnsateG
In his her or their original right and title, as II no
such sale had been made; and ifany purchaser shall
fail to nav the residue of the purchase money as
aforesaid within the time required as aforesaid lor
aHy property purchased by him, he shall pay ten
per Cenum per annum, interest thereon, IN addl-
ton to such residue from the expiration OF the Two
years as aforesaid, until the actual payment OF such
lresidue and the receiving of conveyance as aore
and said interest shall alike be subject to the order
of the original proprietor or propetors as the resi-
due of the purchase money atoresald: fToetGeo
also That no sale shall be made OF any improved
property in pursuance of this section whereon there
is personal property of sufficient value to pay sad
taxes nor of any such improved property wherein
there is not such personal property, until the colec
tor shall first file sworn return with the clerk Of
said levy court that there is such personal proper
ty which return shall be prima facle proof OF tha
fact and that minors, mOrtgatees and others having
equitable liens other interests, as creditors IL
real property sold tor taxes as aforesaid snail pc al
lowed one year after such minors coming 10 lul
age after such mortgages, or others having equt
able interests obtaining possession of, or decree
for the sale Of such property to redeem the same
from the purchaser purchasers. his her, or thel
assigns on paying the amount OF the purchase mon
ey so paid therefor, with ten per centum lnterss
Lex md hp an
ments erected on said property by the purchaser OF
his assigns while in his possession.
| Sec q Aad DO itturtter enacted, That 1t shall be
lawful for he iecor to postpone, after such ad
vertisemen the sale Of the property advertised accor
ding to the foregoing section to any future day. fo
want of bidders, Other reasonable cause, giving
public notice OF such postponement; and the salt
made at such postponed time shall be equally Vail(
if made on the day stated i'll the advertisement.
SEQ +. AtG be 10 further enacted, That the
collector ofsaid levy court shall have authority tx
collect any tax lawfully imposed by said court, By
distress and sale Orthe goods and chates OF the per
son chargeable herewith wherever the said may b'
found in said county, out of the corporate limits
Washington and Georgetown; but no such sale shall
be made unless ten days previous notice thereofb
given in some newspaper printed in the city OF Wash
ington.
SEC. f. and be it FURTHER enacted That il
shall not be necessary that the said levy court shall
have actually paid the portion of the general expen
of the county OF Washington or any other expenses
IA portion Of which either of the cities of Washing
| on or Georgetown is liable for. to enable the sale
court to demand of either OF said cities payment o.
its proportion of said expenses already incurred OF
for the supreme court of the District of Columbia tC
act summarily in the matter and give judgment, &C
cording to the provisions of the act of July one
eighteen hundred and twelve, entitled IAN ACT
comforting certain powers on the levy court for the
county of Washington, in the District of Columbia
| Approved, July 23th, 1866.