The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-05-09

! ANY and all taxes remaining unpaid on
the first day of December of each year
shall be deemed delinquent and penal.
ty for such delinquency ten per- cent
there Of shall be added thereto, and COL
lected as part thereof
Sec. Z. It shall be the duty Of the COL
lector, Immediately after said first day Of
December. to seize personal property
belonging to or which may have been
assessed to any taxpayer who shall then
be delinquent and sell the same or so
much thereof as may be necessary at
public sale, conducted openly, and after
notice, by posting a notice of the time
and place Of such sale in three public
places in said city, not less than five nor
| more than ten days prior to said sale and
describing the property to be sold. Pro-
vided that nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prohibit the collector from seiz-
ing and selling personal property at any
time before the first day of December,
but it shall be his duty at any time,
when there shall appear danger of the
removal of property on which taxes are
unpaid or which are liable for taxes UNI
paid he the owner from the city, to seize
and sell sufficient amount of the same
to satisfy the said taxes, together with
the costs of seizure and sale. All taxes
shall be lien against the property upon
which they are assessed, from the time
of the levy thereof into whatever hands
it may pass, and such property may be
sold to satisfy any tax assessed thereon.
SEC. 8. Ifany person shall remove or
attempt to remove any property from the
city or county upon which city tax has
been levied, before the same shall have
been paid or secured or without leaving
sufficient to secure the payment OF the
same, the tax thereon deemed due forth
with, and it shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to cause suit for the same to be
instituted forthwith by the City Attor
ney as for other debts due the city.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
treasurer on the first Monday of January
in each year, havinsFublished two weeks
previous notice of sale by posting notices
in three public places within the city or
publication in one or more CT the city
papers, to offer for sale any piece of real
property on which tax lawfully assessed
remains unpaid, and sell the same to any
person offering to pay the taxes, and all
the charges lawfully incurred, for the
least part thereof, and said Treasurer
shall make out and sign and deliver to the
purchaser of any real property thus sold
for taxes due the city certificate OF pur-
chase containing description of the
property, the amount of taxes and
charges paid by the purchaser and how
much and what part of each tract or lot
was sold, and that payment has been
made therefor. Any number OF parcels or
portions of lots or land so sold and bought
by one person may be included in the
same certificate and such certificates may
be assigned by writing Endorsed thereon,
and the assignee shall be entitled to sue
coed to all the rights of the original
holder. All property thus offered for
sale for which no bid is made, shall be
struck off to the city of Bozeman for the
whole thereof
Sec. 10. Real property sold under the |
provisions of this ordinance may be re-
deemed at any time within two years |
from the date of sale by the payment to
the Treasurer of the city, to be held by
him subject to the order of the purchaser
or his assignee of the amount for which !
the same was sold, and subsequent taxes,
and twenty -four per cent interest per
annum, on said amount and taxes, unless
such subsequent taxes have been paid
by the person for whom redemption is
made, which shall be made to appear by
the Treasurer's receipt.
Sec. IL. Upon the application of any
party entitled to redeem any real prop
erty sold under the provisions OF this
ordinance, and tender of the amout due
the City Treasurer shall issue to such
party certificate of redemption, setting
forth the facts of sale, substantially as in
the certificate of sale, the date of redemp-
ton, the amount paid and by whom re-
deemed, and shall make proper entries
in the book of sales in his office.
SEC. IL. Immediately after the expi-
ration of the time allowed for the re-
demption of any land sold for taxes,
the Treasurer then in office shall upon
application make out deed for each lot
or parcel of land, sold and remaining I'M
redeemed, and deliver the same to the
purchaser or his assignee upon the re-
turn of the certificate of purchase: Any
number of parcels of land or lots bought
by one person or the assignee OF several
persons, may be included in one deed.
The form of deed in such cases shall con-
form substantially to that prescribed by
the laws of the Territory to be executed
by the county treasurer in similar cases
SEC. IS. If any purchaser of lots or
lands sold for taxes, shall suffer the same
to be sold again for taxes, before the ex.
piration of two years from the date OF
his purchase, such purchaser shall not be
entitled to deed for the same, until the
expiration of two years from the date OF
the second sale, during which time the
lot or lands shall be subject to redemp-
ton upon the terms and conditions pre-
scribed in this ordinance, except the
person redeeming shall only be required
to pay for the use of the first purchase,
the amount paid by him, and double the
amount paid by the second purchaser.
Sec. IA. Whenever it shall be made
to appear to the City Council, that any
lot or tract of land was sold which was
not subject to be taxed, or upon which
the taxes had been paid previous to the
sale, they shall grant certificate thereof
upon presentation of which the City
Treasurer shall enter opposite such lot or
tract, upon the list of tax sales, that such
was enormously solo, the reason therefor,
and such entry shall thereafter be evil
dence of the facts so stated; and the City
Treasurer shall refund to the purchaser
or party entitled thereto, the amount
received by him by reason of such erron-
eous sale.
Adopted and approved May Sd, 1888.
Nv. BOGERT, Mayor.
Attest. J. DAVIS, City Clerk.
a true copy, J. J. DAVIS, City Clerk.