Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-27
JUDICIAL SALES.

The following is san act to provide for
the protection Of purchasers at, and other
persons interested in, judicial sales" ap-
proved February %, 1884:
|. Be IL eRacted by the General assembly Of
JirQiniu, That nc special commissioner APP
pointed by Il court in decree for the sale
or renting Of land shall advertise for sale or
renting or make sale or rent of such land,
with power TO collect the purchase-money
therefor, until he or some one ofthc persons
appointed to make the sale or renting shall
nave first executed bond before such court,
or the clerk thereof in vacation, with per-
sonal security, to be approved by such court
or clerk, in such penalty IS the court shall
fix, conditioned and payable as prescribed
by law: and no such special commissioner
shall advertise the sale or rental ofsuch land
wi,hnnt i:st obtaining q certificate from
such clerk that the bond required by law
OF by the decree has been executed, and ap-
pending such certificate, Or copy thereof,
10 tie advertisement: and the clerk OF the
court decreeng the sale or renting, shall
make his certificate as TO the execution Of
the honCi as aforesaid whenever such bond
shall have been executed as herein before
required, and shall note the same iii the
proceedings in the cause, and shall receive
therefor ii fee Of twenty-five cents, TO be
taxed and paid in the costs Of the suit: and
such certificate o. Il copy thereof shall be
returned with the report of sale or renting.
,. When such certificate as TO the eXecu-
fiou of the bond shall have been published
with an advertisement of the sale or renting
Of lauG. or when such bond Shall have been
2ivrn prior TO Il sale or renting OF land not
publicly advertised, any person purchasing
or renting suun land IL pursuance OF SUCH
advertisement Or ii pursuance OF the
order or decree Of sale or renting, sinai! be
relieved ola!I liability for the rent or pur-
ri.usc.moucy OK any part thereof which nc
may pax 10 amy special commissioner, rs TO
whom proper certificate shall have been ap
Dci.Gc.i 20 suci! advertisement or who lHay
have given the Bond aforesaid
.. !iauy clerk shall make any such ccf;l-
ticatc ~ 10 the execution Of such bond
falsely he and his slIeties shall be Liable
upon his official bond 10 any person injured
thereby; and if he shall issue the same
knowing il 10 be false, or not knowing
il 10 be l:n", he shall, III addition 10
10 such liability, pay such fines as tie court
NAV impose OF not less than fifty or more
than FIVE hundred dollars, GLd he shall, by
order Of the Judge Of The court, te removed
from his Office.
!, Such special commissioner 50 collecting
any purchase or rent money, Is aforesaid,
Shall report the same. and properly account
for and GisbugSc iia amount so collected IN
accordance with The order or decree of the
cou,; having jurisdiction OF the cause, and
f,, Gi- failure - to do Ec and his sureties
shall he Liable upon his bond aforesaid.
). The commissioner or commissioners, or
other person or persons appointed to make
the sale or renting, shall receive and collect
all the purchase OF rent-money, unless,
bv decree OF court, some other person
shall be appointed to collect the same,
and in case of such Appointment, the
court shalt require of him or them bond or bonds
in such pcuaty rs it shall tit. When such ap-
poutmcnt is made it shall be the duty Of the clerk
to issue notice thereof to the purchaser or lessee,
to be served as other notices arc served; but no
pavmcnt shall he made TO such person SO appoint
eli uniil he shall have executed the bond re-
uuigci hy the decree: Provided however, that II
any payment i made to Il special commissioner or
o! her person appointed to make sale or renting
before the purchaser or lessee, notice OF the ap.
| poiulncut of another person. the said special
commissioner or other persons who made the sale
or renting, aud the surctics or his bond shall be
| responsible for the money so paid, aud the pur-
chaser OF lessee making payment shall not be re-
sponsiblc therefor. Should the clerk fail to per-
form the duties imposed upon him by this section,
he shall be liable to all tho penalties imposed by
the third section of this act.
&. fany special commissioner or receiver ap-
pointed by any court to collect money, who is re.
qurcd by law or decree o! the court to give BOND
| before collecting tho same, shall collect said
/ money or any part thereof without giving such
| bond, and fail properly TO account for the same,
| he shall he deemed guilty of the larceny Of the
money so collected.
! I. This act shall not apply to any case in which
the advertisement or decree Of sale or renting has
becn made prior to the passage of this act, but it
shall otherwise be in force from its passage.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. Having just