, 1873-01-21
TAx.DEEDs IN Cl1Y SALES.

To the Editor ~ 7he Chicago Tribune:
Sin: few days sinco, my attention was chilled
H. H.. snu au.s"s, .4.e onolaceu !" so"s nss'olo
IN sundays EDITION, concerning tho Issuing OF
ta1-doeo8 Ill CITY baleb.
Tho laW, rs llndoretand It, fg, that, to onttlo
a party to ta1-deed, lle muat comply with tho
warsaw =, ros.naa,,,' ' .,a oise ~ IT,,
peraon IN Pos'ossion' ana atso Inc person III
whose name tho lana 10 neseaaea, II no can, aftor
due diligence, bo foihd In tho county, at 1oast
threo rnonthe boforo tim exp;ratfon of tho time
for rodo,ont,or, In ,r1io, not,co In u,,.t1 at,to
49, ".n ~. 4'co ~ oA"A osAso
"non ho p"ecaasoa' LOT "nas year 'a1eo oT
specially ashossea' ma when tho time Of ro-
,.uoa.,d o,rnat ho r,rra t., 4t, ,,,,rt,, t1,n,,
Us aase0aea ca,lno1 10 ion,lo n ,no 'ounsy' 'nen
tho notice Shall DO published three tmos,-tho
frat not loss thnn ilvo months, mud tho 1ast not
lcrs than three months, boforo tho timo
Of redemption shal expire. The purchaser shall
mike an affidavit Of compliance with tho
foregoing,-stating particularly the facts rcliod
" upon % % such compliance: This etliaayit Is to
9s filed M w e hS soqsed Gse noco sd hss ea s
At any timo aftor the expiration Of two yoars
from tho date Of the Halo, 1T tho same shall not
have M been redeemed" and on the production Of
notice, ho may rocelye his tax-doed. Tho words
above quoted from the lnw,- "if tho samo shall
not have boon redeemed" impose duty upon
the officer Issuing tile decd to determine tho faot
formation from tho record in Lis oiaao; but, il
that record has boon destroyed, + know Of no
way Tor him to ASCERTAIN tho fact, except By afl-
dayitt or tho finding Of somo Court. II he I'M
dersakes to do 1t by afldavits, ho is assuming the
prorogatiVos OF d Court, whereby tho rights
Of parties, one OF whom ia not pros
ont, arc affected which I deem M
unanfo proceeding. It aeoma to mo that tho
party booking the deed must establish tho fact
OF fnon'rodemptton BY tomo Judicial proceeding.
city, tho Revenue law, whom It took away the
power from the city authorities to issue d ta1-
doed, and transferred It to tho County olerk, did
Clerks Office the record Of city ta1-snles; and,
consequently, bo has no record showing any,
thing about them. How, then, ia. ho to det0rmino
tho {aot Of non-rodemption
lie ought not to by affidavit, and no cannot by
record 1t would havo boon bottor had tho
city authorities filed In tho office Of the County
Clork certified copies Of their record, which BY
law aro evidence; or tho Clerk might require
cortiiicnttes from tho city authorities of the
faots in tho caae. II these records Of
redemption have boon destroyed, tho ques-
tion is, Whose duty Ia It to restore
thom7 Ia tio city, who has rot tho money,
tloB who hnyo rodecmod7 Or il 1t tho duty OF
the party who has allowed his property to ba
sold, and has cured this blot on Ills titlo by
doing all the law required Of him, viz: paying
tic City tic money! or is it tho duty of tho
purchaser at tho tax-salo, rho holds lis certiti-
cato, and WHO las compiled With all the rcquiro-
monts Of law, by giving the notice and mailing
the afidayit7 II there is not now some easy
and inexpensive mode whereby tho record Of ra-
demption ckn be restored, ono should bo pro-
yidod for by law. do not suppose tho holder
Of tax-cortihcnto would hayo an action against
tho olorh for refusing to isauo dced, In tho ab-
sence Of .feoorl-eyidonce of redemption md, it