The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-04-04
Sale Of Lands
Forfeited to the State
For Non Payment Of Iares.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF GRANT,
Tax Collectors Office, March 5, 1885.

BY virtue Of the authority vested in me
by the Constitution and the laws of the
State of Louisiana, and in accordance with
Act No. 50. of the Acts of the General As
sembly of Louisiana, approved July 10,
1894, and entitled "An Act to provide for
the sale of 'property bid in for and adjudi-
Gated to the State, and of property on
which taxes are due the State prior to
December 3lst, 1873; to regulate in what
manner said sales are to take place, to
provide for the payment and cancellation
of all encumberances, and of all taxes due
prior to December 3lst, 1879 to establish
the validity of sales made in compliance
herewith; to provide for the payment of
costs incurred under this act !; and for the
payment of unpaid costs incurred in ad-
vertising and offering for sale immoyable
property. to enforce the payment Of taxes
which were due to the State prior to De-
censber 31st, 1879 and to provide how the
payment into the State Treasury shall be
made of money realized to the State from
the enforcement of the act"
will offer for sale to the last and high
est bidder, for cash, at public auction, at
the principal front door of the Court
House, in the town of Colfax, between the
hours of IL m. and 3 p. m, on
SATURDAY, the ath day Of April, 1885,
and on each succeeding day thereafter, ex-
cept Sundays, till all the property is sold.
1st-all the property heretofore bid In for
and adjudicated to the State for unpaid
taxes under existing laws: and 2d-all
the property upon which taxes are due the
State prior to 3lst December, 1e79. The
prices paid shall be in FULL payment and
satisfac ton of all unpaid taxes, costs, in
terest and penalties, due prior to 31st De-
cember, 1879, but the purchasers must
assume and take the property subject to
all unpaid taxes. interest, cost and penal
ties, due subsequent to that time.
The following is a list of the delinquent
tax payers, together with description of
the property on which said taxes, interest,
costs aud penalties are due, and the years
for which they are due:
j d Terry, 240 acres, hf sw Or and
Sc or sec IL r 5 W, for taxes
of 81, state. 30, parish 3O0---- 80
Unknown owners, 240 acres, Q hf OF
NV Or and W hf of ne or and Sc qr
Of ne or and ne or of re or sec IL
t6nr2 W, forfeited for taxes of
80, state 72c, parish 81 20.-... 81
j d Bell, LOO acres, hf of hf Of
sec rs snr 5 W, forfeited for tax
es of SO, state LII, parish 49, 2 "a
Unknown owners, 40 acres, NV Or of
NV or sec 80 6ur1 9, forfeited
tor 80, state &c, parish 40c.-. "a
Jno Crump, 40 acres, NV Or of Sc or
sec7 n W, forfeited for taxes
of ~, state 800, parish 800. 49, 9 so
G w Hagood entry, 40 acres. ne Or
of Sc Or sec IA t 8 mr. W, forfeited
for 90. state l2c, parish 2ec.--.-. 81
Jack James entry, 80 acres, sw Or of
ne or and ne or Of NV Or sec 81 IS
nr2w, forfeited for taxes of '62,
state 96c, parish LEO. .-----.----. S.
William Rose entr, 40 acres, NV Or OF
ne or sec 81 nr W, forfeited
for 80, state l9c, parish &c., 81
j p Head, 81 acres, hf NV or sec
II t 6 IN r 2 e, forfeited for taxes of
SO, state 2.l0, parish $50 .-..---. 5 60
William Lucoss, i6U acres, ne or sec
80 6 nr2 W. forfeited for taxes of
'S3, state 800, parish 600. $500. 8 60
Unknown owners, 80 acres, NV or OF
NV or and sw or of NV Or sec III
t6nr2 W, forfeited for taxes of
'S2. state 24c, parish 4Oc. u
Unknown owners, $50 acres, ne or
of ne or sec %, and n hf of sw or
and SO or of sw Or aud W hf SO Or
and Sc or Sc or sec "a t Snr5w,
forfeited for taxes of 81, state SAC
parish I.4U "a
Unknown owners, 800 acres, Inf sec
I9t6nrl e, forfeited for taxes of
'52, state 1.92, parish 800. 5 IL
unknown owners, 120 acres, ne or
of ne or sec 26, Sc or of Sc Or sec
%, aud sw Or of sw or sec "a to
nr5w, forfeited for taxes Of ~,
state Soc, parish Coo. ......-.---. ~
Unknown owners, 80 acres, n hf OF
NV Or sec 30 nr4w forfeited
Ior taxes CT 'S2, state 4Sc, parish
SUc 20
Silvia Il Enaline Lavispare, 40 acres
NV or of sw or sec % 7nr3w,
state 1.63, parish 2.7l-...--.... "a
+ NJ Breet, 40 acres, ne or sw or sec
14t6nr2w, forfeited for taxes Of
SO, state zoe, parish LIS -------- l IS
New Orleans & Pacific Railroad
Company. 126, 500 acres, ne Or and
hf Of NV or, sw or of NV or. W
hf of sw or, ne or of SO or, 8 Inf of
SO or sec 1 W. NV or of ne
or sec t7nr4 W. W Inf of NV or
sec 5t7r4w and hf of NV Or
and Sc or of NV Or sec ID IRA
W, Ia hi of Sc or and SO or of Sc or
sec - 7r4 W, and secs l, 3, 81.
9.lI, ID, Is, II. 10, II, %, %, "a.
%, 81, 80, IS Or 2 W, secs l, 3, 5,
10. IL. IL. Is. IL, 10, 81. %, Is,
%, %, 81, 33 and 81 81 l W. and
secs l, 3, 5, z, 9, IL, Ii, Is, II, 10,
81, %, IS. %, 20, 81, 80, 50 tSr2
| W, and secs 1, 3, 5, Z, y, IL. IL, Is.
| II, 10, 81, %, Is, "a, 20, 81, 81, IS
tSrl W, secs l, 3, 5, 2. g, IL. IL,
Is, IL, l9, 81, %, %, "a. %, 81, 80,
35t7r3w, and secs l 3 5 79l1
1915 IL 10 81 % IS q % 81 80 IS
| t7r2 W, secs 3 5 10 ii Is I5 IL
1921 % y "a 20 81 80 IS t7rIw.
secs Z II Is q 23 % 35 33 7rIe.
secs 3 Ii 9 Ii Is 81 % % "a 20 35
33t6r2w, secs 3 ii Is Is
IL 10 81 % IS q 80 81 SO 35t6rI
W, secs So 9 ii I3 Is IL 1921 %
IS "a 20 81 80 IS t 6 n l e, secs 5
7I7I9 20 "a 81 33 6 re Q, secs
So ) T / W, forfeited for
taxes of 's3, state 1853. Is, parish
p. C0oDE, Sheriff.