Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-06
STATE OF MAINE.


Whereas the County Commls sioners Of the County
Of Oxford. in the month Of September A d. 1885,
made inspection of all the county roads duly
a1.s ios ad lana IN
mentioned in said county, and uud and adjudged
the county roads therein defective. and thereupon
in each Of said townships, and tracts TO put the
defective roads therein In repair, during the year
A. D. ISL, so that the might be safe and con-
venient for public Travel and adjourned session
Of the September Term OF said Commiss iouers'
Court held in laid county the 18th day of Dec m
Der, ieo, raid Commissioners for the purpose raising
sIectiye townships, and tracts, assessed upon said
respective townships and tracts the respective
timated sums which they deemed necessary, for
making said repairs on the roads in each said re-
spective townships and tracts exclusive Of lands
reserved for public uses, and al the same time ap-
pointed agents TO superin;end the expenditure Of
said assessments On said defective roads the law
requires; who gave their respective bonds with
sureies, approved by said Commissioners, to expend
the money faith uliy, aud render thereof
on demand; the said respective estimated in
each said townships and tracts. which they deemed
necessary for making said repairs, Is hereinaf er
stated; and the said Commissioners, after making
said assessme at Published list of said townships
and tracts Of land aforesaid assessed, with the
sums assessed each, and the said roads on which
the same Was to be expended, in the hennebec
Journal, the state paper printed at Augusta, state
Of Maine. ant in the Oxford Democrat. public
newspaper printed az Paris in said county Of Oxford
three weeks successfully in each, the last publication
in each being within three months from the said
diie OF said assessment. And the said Commission
ers, the fifteenth day OF June A ID. ISL, made
actual examination of said county roads, and there
upon found and adjudged that ths respective owners
OF said townships aud tracts OF land, assessed had
not repaired the said roads in their respective town.
ships and tracts of land their acceptance, and
the law requires and thereupon said agents proceed
ed immediately after said fifteenth day Of June, to
repair said roads, and lawfully expended thereon,
within one year from the same assessment, so much
of said assessment necessary put said roads
in such repair that the thereby made safe
and convenient for public travel; and the several
owners Of the following said townships ana tracts
have failed for more than months eince said
fifteenth day Of June, and still do fail pay the
several sums assessed their respective townships
and tracts As aforesaid any part tbereo, and the
same now remain due, and unpaid, certified TO
this Office by the CouBty Commissioners, afOres said
rs follows, viz The rate being three mills on the
dollar
owners. Description. No. acres. Value. Tax.
Unknown, NV. oflot3 RI, loo s20o so
Unknown Lois 2.S4;7&s'Ra, loco 500 $50
Ephraim Henry Wright, Lots2
in Y , - Range a a south soo a,o
Samuel Eames, southwest half of
Lot2k. & E. half of 3, RS, $50 $50 IS
Now, therefore, pursuant to Chapter 6, Section S.
Revised Statutes. notice is hereby given to the own
ers, proprie,ors and all interested in the above de
scribed lands. that shall sell at public anction and
convey by deed to the highest bidder, il such bidder
amount due on each said township and tract for the
tax, costs, and interest ut 20 per cent. per
annn, from the time prescribed for the AT OF
such tax at the County Treasurer's office Paris,
in said County, on the third day of June next, at ten
O'Clock In the forenoon. much OF each of said
townships and tracts Of land. so assessed afore
said, on which said taxes, interest and lawful
charges shall then be unpaid, shall be necessary
to pay the several taxes thereon, respectively, then
due. with interest mt the rate of ~ per cent per
annum, from the fifteenth day of August A. ID. lsSl
10 said day of sale, and legal costs, and all of said
townships and tracts of land, which said taxes,
interest and costs shall then remain unpaid and
shall not be aforesaid sold will be forfeited said
County. The sale and conveyance of said lands and
forfeiture will be made subject in the owners,
part owners. or tenants in common of the to
redeem their respective interests within two years
from the day OF sale forfeiture by payment TO the
purchaser, or the County, the sum for which the
respective townships and tracts were Sold became
forfeited with interest twenty per per annum,
and any subsequently paid for state and County
taxes thereon. GEO. ii. Watkins,
County Treasurer for Oxferd County.
County Treasurer's Office,
Paris, April {, 1882. 3wiJ