The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01

highest bidder. but not for less than the amount
due from the same, as appears by said report with
interest and costs; said advertisement shall in
clude designation of the time and place of sale.
and of the ward or wards IN which the property
then and there to be sold Is situate, and the lot
and block numbers of the same on tile said assess
ment maps, and shall state that further paTticu-
lars of the property to be sold may be obtained at
the office of the comptroller or said other collect
ing officer, and 1t shall not he necessary III said
advertisement to include any further particulars
of the property to be sold; said advertisement
shall be published once in eaeh week for four
weeks prior TO said sale in two newspapers printed
and circulating in the city it shall be the duty
of said comptroller or other collecting officer
from and after the first publication OF said adver
tisement to deliver TO any applicant al his Office.
within office hours, written or printed list Of all
the parcels Of property intended to be included
In said sale but 1t shall not in any wise be an OBJ
lection TO the validity of any sale that any person
has failed for any 10 receive such list Ii
shall not be necessary in the said list, or In the
reports of the said commissioners hereinbef0rs
mentioned, or in any notice required to be given
or published by any Of the provisions of this act
to state the name of the owner of the premises
affected nor 10 describe the premises affected
otherwise than by the said block aud lot numbers
on the said assessment maps; the sale may be
adjourned or continued from time to time by the
said comptroller or other collecting officer but it
shall not be necessary 10 publish any notice of
such adjournment or of the continuation Of the
sale; atfidayits of the publication of the notice
OF sale, in the manner above provided, and of all
other notices required by the provisions of this
act 70 be published made by one Of the respective
Publishers of said newspapers or by some person
in the employ of such publisher having eogniz-
anee of the publication, shall be filed In the office
Of the clerk of the city, and shah thereupon
become public records, and shall be priFna facie
evidence in all courts and places of the matters
stated therein.
S. And be it enacted, That the comptroller OF
other collecting officer shall, on the receipt OF the
purchase money on any sale, or Of bonds in lieu
thereof as provided by this act, execute and de-
liver to the purchaser certificate of such sale,
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city to refund the amount paid for said lands in
cash, where cash was received, and to return the
bonds or obligations, where bonds or obligations
were received without interest in case the title
conveyed by said sale shall prove invalid; upon
surrender of the said certificate of sale and proof
OF service of the notice thereof, as hereinafter
provided, upon the owners and mortgages of the
said lands and premises, the comptroller or other
collecting officer SHALL after the expiration of six
months from date of such service, execute and
deliver to the purchaser, at such sale, his heirs,
deyisees or assigns, a deed for said lands and
premises, which shall be sealed and attested by
the clerk of the city and proved in the usual
representatives or assigns, shall take a good and
sufficient title to the property sold in fee-simpe
absolute free Of all membranes except taxes,
assessments and water-rates levied after the con-
frmation of the sud report, of which the said
deed shall be presumtive evidence in all courts
and places, and in any proceedings or actions to
be by such purchaser, HIS heirs, legal representa-
tives or assigns, taken, prosecuted or defended for
the recovery OF the possession of the property so
sold as aforesaid, or in the establishment or de
Tense of his or their title, shown as aforesaid
by such deed the title shall not fail or be defeated
by reason of any irregularity OF formal defect in
the procedure taken under this act upon which
the sale shall have been made or the title con-
veyed as aforesaid, or by reason of any ilegality
in fixing and adjusting the tax, assessment and
lien, to enforce which said sale was made or in
the proceeding for collecting the same provided,
the property sold was liable at the time such tax
assessment and lien was fixed and adjusted to the
imposition of tax, assessment or lien in respect
of the purposes for which such tax, assessment
and lien was fixed and imposed, and it does not
owner of the property by reason of the irregular
or illegal manner or method of fixing, imposing
OF coiiec5lhg SAID laA, assessment ana uen the
city may he a purchaser at any sale of lands I'M
der the provisions of this act with the same right
title and effect as any other purchaser. and the
certificate of sale to the city shall be delivered to
the mayor, who shall in behalf of the city, cause
notice of the sale to be served on the owners and
mortgages of the lands so purchased as provided
in this act; upon proof Of service Of the notice
and expiration of the period for redemption, the
city shall be entitled 10 deed for the property
the same any other purchaser; III all cases
where any lands shall be bought by the city as
aforesaid under this act it shall be lawful for the
common council or legis alive body of the city
with the consent of the board or body having
charge or control of its finances, to sell and assign
the certificates of sale to sell and convey such
lands, or any part thereof by good and sufficient
deed, to any person or persons, and accept either
money or bonds or obligations of the city in pay
meQL LnerclOf, on SQcn letI1S as may De agreed
upon and with or without warranty; provided
that if sold at private sale the price for the land
shall not be less than the amount due the city
thereon when purchased.
6. And be it enacted, That any person or per-
sons having an estate in or mortgage upon any
lands and premises sold in pursuance OF the
fourth section Of this act, whose estate or lien
appears OF record in the county, may at any time
before the expiration of six months after notice
shall have been given to him of such sale by the
purchaser, his heirs Or assigns, in the manner
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premises shall have been delivered, as provided
In this act. redeem said lands and premises by
paying to the treasurer of the city, for the of
The purchaser, his heirs or assigns the sum paid
by him at such sale, with interest at the rae of
ten per centum per annum from the date of the
1 sale, and one dollar for each notice served as
hereinafter provided; and upon such redemption
the city shall pay to such purchaser, his heirs
assigns, the amount received from the person re-
deeming; such notice shall be in writing and
shall be served by the purchaser of the property
or his agent on said owner or mortgage, either
personally or by leaving the same OF bis place of
abode with member Of his family above the age
of fourteen years; in case such owner or mort
gagee is nonresident, or his residence cannot,
upon due inquiry, be ascertained, then the notice
may be served by publishing the same in a news
paper printed aud circulating in the city for a
period of six weeks, at least once in each week,
and depositing copy of such notice, within
twenty days after its first publication in the post
office of the city, enclosed in wrapper, postpaid,
directed to such owner or mortgage at his or her
Last known post Office address. If the same can
be ascertained inquiry for the residence or post
office address of such owner or mortgage shall
be made by the purchaser or his agent upon the
lands purchased at the sale If they are occupied,
and wherever else in the city the same may be
likely to be ascertained, and also by an examine
ton of the record of the deed or mortgage on
account Of which such notice is given an affida-
Wit shall be made by the purchaser or his agent,
setting forth the manner and particulars of the
service, and in case the same is made by publica-
ton, setting forth what inquiry was made to
ascertain the residence and post office address of
such owner or mortgage, and in such case an
affidavit of the publication shall also be made by
the person publishing such newspaper, or by some
one in his employ having cognizance of the pub
heation, stating the particulars thereof; and the
affidavit or afidayiS shall be fled in the Office
of the clerk of the city within one month after
the date Of service and shall be prima facie evil.
dence in all courts and places of the facts therein
stated the purchaser shall be entitled to the pos
session of said lands Immediately upon giving
such notice to the owner thereof in case the same
are unoccupied or if they are occupied, then
within thirty days thereafter and he shall have
the same remedy by writ of assistance OF other
n the cirrflit court of fhA county in which