The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-13

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| ID W. Balm,
1 State Treasury.
The General assembly Of North Car.
olina do enact:
SECTION l. That section fifty five,
chapter one hundred and thirty
seven, laws of one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.seven, be and
the same is hereby amended by
striking out the word February" in
the first line of said section, and in
serting "May," aud amend section
one hundred and twenty nine of said
act, in line nine thereof. by striking
out February" and inserting there's
of the work "May."
Sec. 2. Strike out January" in line
twelve of said section fifty-fve. and
insert "April' in line thereof, and in
line twenty of said section strike out
January" and insert "April," and in
the last line of Subsection strike out
January" and insert April" and
amend section fifty-seven of said act
by striking out the word March"
and insert ''June" therefore,
Sec. 3. That all laws and parts Of
laws in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three
times and ratified this the I'd day of
February, A. D. 1889.
A. LEAzAR,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
THos. II. Holt,
President of the Senate.
The following are the sections of
the act Of 1897, as amended:
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Sec. 55. On the first Monday OF
May in each year between the hours
Of niue o'clock a. m. aad four p. m.
the sheriff or tax collector is directed
, TO offer at public sale at the court
r house or place Of holding court in his
county all lands on which the taxes
, levied for State, county, township.
Q village, city, school district or any
= other purpose for the previous year
still remain unpaid, and he may ad-
3 ljourn the sale fIom day to day until
the lands and lots, or blocks, have
. been offered, and the sheriff shall give
D notice Of such sale OF real property
|, for publication thereof once week
for four consecutive weeks, commen.
cing the first week in April proceed
: ing the sale, in newspaper in bis
county having q general circulation
r therein, which newspaper shall bs
!. designated by the board Of county
!. commissioner; and if there be nc
! newspaper published in this county
/ he shall give notice Of such sale by q
Y written or printed notice posted OF
\ the door of the court house or build
!. ing in which the courts are common.
4 ly held, for four weeks previous t
4 the sale, commencing on the FRS
|, week in April prior thereto. Th,
% notice shall contain a notification
n that oil lands on which the taxes o
N preceding year, naming it, remain
9 unpaid will he sold, and the time anC
: place Of the sale, and said motto,
l. must contain list of the lands 10 b,
"a sold and the amount Of taxes du,
!, thereon. The sheriff shall add l.
!" each descrip ion of land SO advertise,
the sum of twenty cents other thai
town lots, and for each town lot tn
re re sum of ten cents, to defray the ex
~ !, penses Of advertising, which sum
le shall be added 10 the amount due o.
y sold land or town lot for taxes an
I's collected in the same manner as th
~ taxes. Aud all delinquent taxes j
D. any city or town where tho tax pay
T. ers own real estate in the count
p p shall be certified by che mayor {
~ such city or town from the tax lie
10 iin to the sheriff on or before the fir.
J, daj Of April in each year.
H. Sec. 81. The sheriff shall keep
sale book showing the land sold, Oh
bs name Of the purchaser, and the sun
for which each tract was sold, and O
or before the first Monday Of Jnr
ed following the sale Of real property. |
,ur shall file in the Office Of the clerk
in the board Of county commissioners
I'M .eturn thereof as the same shall a
rr. pear on said sale book; and such ce