The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-19

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take his7oflicial receipt therefore. and
charge with the full amount of said as
sessments.
SEC ID. II shall be the duty of the
collector to collect all warral IS for tax.
es which may be placed in his hands
for collection which warrants together
with copies Of the corrected assessment
lists shall be delivered to the collector
for collection within thirty days after
the filing of the corrected lists, unless
further time for this purpose shall be
given by the city council convened in
joint session.
SEC. II. Upon the delivery of the
warrants for taxes into the hands of the
collector, it shall be his duty to give
notice Of the fact by publication for ten
days in each of the papers printing the
ordinances of the city, notifying all
persons to pay the taxes assessed against
them within twenty days from the date
Of said notice
SEC, 10. If payment be not made
within thirty days after the first
publication of said notice, the collector
shall proceed to collect the same by
levying upon the personal property Of
the delinquent found within the city,
and selling the same within ten days
after the levy in the same manner in
which constables are by law required to
sell property taken by them under exc
cution.
SEC. 16. On the first Monday of
August, in each year. or as soon there
after as practicable, the collector shall
make out list of the lots and tracts of
land upon which taxes remain unpaid
and from whom due, and apply to the
county court Of Alexander county for
judgment against all such delinquent
premises, as by law is now provided in
such cases where the state and county
taxes remain unpaid, and shall, upon
receipt of a precept or order Of sale
i.om said county court, then proceed to
sell the same in the same manner as is
provided by such general state law or
in snch other manner as may be provi-
ded for by law, and the county clerk
shall for his services, in entering up
such judgment, and issuing such pre-
cept or order of sale, receive the same
compensation as is or may hereafter be
allowed by the general state laws for
similar services, which, with the costs
of advertising, shall be the only costs
for which judgment shall be taken. If
no one bid on any lot offered for sale,
the same shall be forfeited to the city,
and shall be thus marked on the books
Of the city clerk. and at the assessment
in the following year, the city clerk
shall have power to carry forward the
forfeited tax upon the assessment list,
and in case such premises are again
forfeited, shall at the next ensuing year
again carry forward the whole amount
OF The forfeited tax, and so on for five
consecutive years.
SEC. II. Within ten days after any
sale, the collector shall make out in
duplicate minute and specific report
or statement of the sales made by him,
one copy Of which he shall cause to be
recorded in the recorders Office Of
Alexander county, and the other to be
filed with the city clerk, who shall re-
cord the same in a suitable book for
the inspection Of all parties interes-
ted
SEC. IS. The city clerk, from such
report, shall certify TO the city council
the gross amount of the taxes assessed
on any and all lots sold to the city at
any tax sale as aforesaid; and the collec-
tor shall be credited with the said gross
amount of such forfeitures on the books
of the city treasurer, and also for mon
ey or city scrip paid into the treasury
by the collector arising from sales to
individuals.
SEC, 10. Whenever real estate shall
have been sold for taxes and forfeited
to the city, and shall be again adver-
tised for sale for the taxes Of a subse-
quent year, the collector shall state in
his advertisement thereof not only the
amount due for the year in which he
adye:tises it, but also the amount Of
taxes for which it was previously forfeit
ed to the city, with the costs and inter.
est, which will be due thereon at the
day Of the sale ; and any individual
such real estate at such sale
shall, before receiving a certificate of
his purchase, pay the amount bid at the
sale at which he purchases, and also
the amount previously due the city
as stated by the collector in his adver-
tisement.
SEC. 20. The right of redemption
in all cases from sales for taxes shall
exist to the owners, their heirs, execu-
tors or assigns, to the same extent as is
allowed by the laws Of the state in all
cases Of sales of real estate for taxes, for
State and county purposes, on the pay
ment in the legal currency.ofthe United
States, to the county clerk, ofdo uble the
amount for which the same was sold,
and all taxes accruing subsequently
to the sale, with interest and costs,
whereupon he shall give to the party
a certificate, under the seal of the coun :.
ty reciting the sale, purchase and re-
demption.
SEC. Fl. Money paid to the county