The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-07-18
Approved April "A, 1872.
CHAPTER o24.

CHAPTER 224.
AN ACT to amend section seven hun
dred and eighty-one of the Revision
Of 1860.
SECTION |. BE IL enacted IN the
General assembly OF the State Of Iona,
That section seven hundred aud eigh-
ty-one of the Revision of 1850. be, and
tho same hereby Is, aneuu.i 80 as Ia
read AS follows:
SEC. Isl. Immediately after the
expiration Of ninety days from the
date Of completed service of written
notice, as hereinafter provided, which
shall In no case be less than two years
and nine months from the date Of sale
of the land therein set forth. for taxes
under the provisions Of this act. the
treasurer then i'm Office shall make out
q deed for each lot or parcel Of land so
sold and remaining un redeemed, aud
deliver the same to the purchaser up
on the return of the certificate of pur-
chase.
The notice shall state the date of
sale, the description of the land or
town lot sold, the name of the pur-
chaser, and that the right of redemp-
ton will expire, aud = deed for said
such sale be made within ninety days
from the completed service thereof.
It shall be signed by the lawful
holder of the certificate Of purchase,
his agent, or attorney. and shall be
served upon the person or persons in
possession Of such land or town lot,
aud also upon the person or persons in
whose name the same is taxed, II such
"a H.. $50 X
the s1 isnd 3 sfiuated. Is the S same MARS man
ner ne IL provided by law for the .serv-
Ice of original notices in the district
court.
Service of such notice may be made
upon non-residents of the county or
State, by publishing the same three
times in some newspaper printed in
said county, and II no newspaper is
printed in said county. then in the
nearest newspaper that is published in
this State.
But any such nonresident may file
with the treasurer of the county
written appointment Of some resident
Of the county where his lands or lots
are situate, as agent, upon whom serv-
ice of such notice shall be made, and
ip such case personal service Of such
not,ice shall he made upon said agent
in then same manner ~ upon the resi-
dent owNr..
som pleted when an affidavit Of the
service OF said nNtice, and of the par
ticular mode and Manner thereof, duly
signed and verified Ny the holder of
he said certificate o1 purchase, his
agent or attorney shall have been hled
with the treasurer authoriTed TO exc
cute the tax deed.
Such affidavit shall be flied 6N said
treasurer, and carefully preserved ana
entered upon the records of his officaS
aud said record or affidavit shall be
prima facia evidence of the completed
service of notice herein required, and
until such completed service of said
notice, the right Of redemption for such
sale shall not expire.
Any person swearing falsely to any
fact or statement contained in said
AFFIDAVIT, shall be deemed guilty Of
perjury, and punished accordingly.
The cost of serving the said notice,
by publication or otherwise,
together with the cost of preparing the
Aft davit aud the jurat thereto, shall be
added to and deemed part Of the re-
demption after the service Of such
notice.
But this amendment shall not apply
to sales made prior to the taking effect
thereof.
Approved, April "A, 1872.