The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-14
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Eault. The Law au,t the Ic>ti-

mony.
TREASURY DEF, STATE or FLORIDA,
toMPrRoLlEE' : pttl'E,
TALLAHASSEE, July ~, l>ct.
Elltor PAiAfkA MN
| thank you for ynur letter oi IT," .th,
and permit me Ia say IN reply that the
stat, does not and cann"t claim taNes ON
the same land twice, though II may h'
a,,eSSed To different parties; and II 1t Is
shown that the taxes on any land held
by the state have ln'rn lald, for the year
in which default Is claimed To h' made.
b, any person Whatsoever, the certificate
will l~ canc,led AMI surrendered; an
hope these having evidence ni pay m"nt
i'm such eases will forward it Al once, and
have the cloud upon their titles H..
mo,ed.
In this connection brg to call N"nr
attention 10 some oi the prov >lsionS ct
the law regulating the assessment and
collection of revenue. When the a~o,SS
or has prepared the three copies nt the
Ass, -sinrnt rolls. and turned them over
[, the board Of county commissioners, Il,
pruy,,i,,i in SECTION 30, revised law, II Is
made the duty of sail hoard To correct
all mistakes and inaccuracies IN i,s.1Ip
tlan, or Of other character.
But II double assessments have been
overlooked. ~ is often the ease, b> the
board IN correcting the backs It - -till
the duty Of the collector Ia guard against
,loublr collections. ~ viii In seen by
r.frtrnrr /, Section ! same act. AMI
that every tax payer may have ample
notice Of all land sal 5 I" !" mad" for
non payment Of taxes, Tia" law r'luI'r-
that a hst Of th. lanI. h" Offered tng'th
er with names Of owners AMI amounts
due, shall lr puhliSi,d for four c"nsrth
tive weeks IN IA newspaper III tn" county
t-... section isl, and IA copy uf this list,
sworn to by tn, publishmruf the nrwspn-
per, is required by sam" section I" l"'
recorded IN tine clerks office. Ntt"t
sale, all persons ~" pat upon h"lIr", hN
IA compliance with ia" provisions OF tn"
following extract from Section 81;
immediately after any tax sale. the
collector If revenue shall make cat u
tor taNrs, showing TIA" date "l ~" Nil"N,
TIN. ntini,r of each certificate, the maine
Of the owner ~ returned, II description
If the land sold. the name If the pur-
chaser, and th, amuunt for which sale
was made: and the collector shall ap
bend to .;ul, Of sad lists "A rrrtltlrat"
setting forth the fact that snrh sale was
made IN accordance with the law. bn"
of said lists ,hal |" forwarded 10 thu
cutn,trollrr. and ON" shall h' retained h>
the ruIlrrtnr aud the thlrd hst lllrt ~
the office ol the rl,lh oi th" circuit court.
who shall enter the sam" III Il book tn Ne
provided hy the county commissioners
tot that purpose,
Now. II tins law has been complied
w,th-a 1t is presumed to hnN" t'"n f
the records Of the rl,rk'- office show all
th, band sales made IN Pulnam cunntN
for nul.-piymrnt of taxes, anl Tia" ininr-
nlati,n Is quite A. tlIIl III that Respect
there A. il is in this office and nntr ii'r'-o-
lhI. tn the people ut th" county, Nuh
,nu have the proof at hand rs toth""or.
Ip..tnr-- "t the lists sent out from TN,
office to tn. as-cseUr.
". H. BNENE~.
tumptrnI,'r.
=. :. -Whle the information IN r.
gard To- the salr4 Of land for rtaNrs can hr
had in Your clnrk's oil -. the rc'i"mp
tlpn ct correction "t errors. III $50 ;
where the state j. purchaser, ran ONLY
h., made in this office, W. u. T..
Comntrnll"r,