The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-03
STATE TAX SALES.
List Of Lots and Lands Adjudicated and
Forfeited to the State of Louisiana
for the Unpaid Taxes of 1887, and
to be 1esold by virtue of Act No 30
of 1893.
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE,

TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE, {
I Parish Of St. Landry, April ), 1890.
OI virtue Of the authority vested in me by
| - the Constitution fnd laws Of the State Of
Louisiana, and in accordance with Act 80 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of 1888 of
Louisiana, approved July 18th, 1888, and en-
titled ''An Act to provide for the sale of pro
perty bid in for and adjudcated to the State
for taxes fOr the year 1880 and subsequent
years, to provide how the property shall he
advertised, and for the manner III which said
sales shall be made to establish the effect o {
the deed Of sale, and the validity of sales nm
der this Act to establish the prescription of
| all actions to annnl sales under this Act aud
to limit the responsibility and guarantee of
the State for the refundng OF the price of
sales under this Act; to provide for the pay
ment of all costs out of the proceeds of sales,
and to limit the responsibility of the Stat to
the amounts realized from said sale; to pro
vide how and when the tax collector shall
make returns of all sales, and when he shall
pay the amount into the State Treasury
will offer for sale, ut public auction, for
Cash, at the principal front door of the Court
House of said Parish, in the town Of Opelou-
sas, in which the District Court of said Par
ish is held, on
Saturday, May 10, Rs0O.
within the legal hours prescribed by law, be
ginning at eleven o'clock ii. IN. and continuing
on each succeeding day thereafter, except
Sundays, until said sales are completed, all
property heretofore bid in for and adjudca-
ted to the State for unpaid taxes of 1880 and
subsequent years, hereinafter described.
That all the sales under this act shall vest in
tue purchaser an absolute and perfect title to
the property conveyed in the deed of sale
without any claim thereto by any former
owner, aud free of ali mort tgages, liens, privl-
eges and encumbrances whatsoever except all
city and municipal taxes. That the price bid
and paid for said property shall be in full and
final payment and satisfaction of all State
taxes together with all costs thereon due and
exigible at the time the property was adjud
Gated to the state and the purchasers are re-
quired TO pay in addition all costs of sale un-
der this act and assume and Immediately pay
all taxes due for subsequent years up to ard
including the taxes of 1889 whether such
property appears upon the rolls of subsequent
years or not
The following Is Il list of names of the par
ties whose property was adjudicated to the
State with description of the property as
sessed to be offered for sale and the amounts
for which property was aduhirated togethor
I I'll interests and costs:
Property forfeited to the State for taxes for
the year 1887.
Bouraue, Valerr, Agent
Forty eight acres of land on Plaqucnine
Ridge. 48 acres with improvements, bounded
north by Mrs. j. o. McCleiland, south by Paul
Foster, west by Louis Bhm, east by 5. Pre-
jean. Total amount of adjudication $i.03
Hudson. Thomas.
One lot of ground bounded above by J. A
Church, below by Levy, front by Atcha:alaya
river, rear by Rev. Landrum. Total amount
of adjudication $5.47.
Edmond, James.
Thirty-eight acres of land and improve
ments, bounded north by Helen Philip, south
by E. Richard, Jr., east by Forester Branin,
west by Alexandra Bonnan. Total amount OF
adjudication $6.5l.
Martin, Bernard.
Seven acres of land in Prairie Laurent,
bounded north, south and east by Wyble,
west by c: Mornhinyeg. Three acres of land
in Grand Coteau, with improvements, bound
ed north and east 10y Miss Duffy, west by A.
d: Meche, south by public road Total amt
of adjudication $5.F.
Richard, Edmond
One lot with improvements in the corpora
tisn of Washington, bounded on one side bv
2. Z. Carriere, on one side by Olivier Richard,
on one side by Il. Boudreau, on one side by
Dupome lots. Total amount of adjudication
$5.l5.
Rogers, Miss Emeline.
Two lots with improvements in the town OF
Opelousas, bounded north by Medicis, south
by Lesassier, east by Main street, west by
Court street. Total adjudication $6.22.
Curley, Estate James, Washington La
One fractional lot with improvements, in
Washington, bounded on one side by Gardi
ner's addition, on one side by Garrigues street,
on side by I. Gradengo and on Que side
by Mrs. w. S. Read. Total adjudication S. 90
Terms of Sale.-Casl to he last aud highest
bidder payable in current money of the
United States provided that no bid shall be
accepted or ii sale made for less amount
for which the property was aljndicated to
the State, together with twenty per centum
thereon and all costs of enforcing this act
The cost and expense of passing, executing
and registering the deeds under this act and
for copies of same shall be paid by the pur-
chaser in addition to the price bid for said
property.
L. 5. FONTENOT
Sheriff and ex-otficin Tax Collector of ST Ian
dry Parish.
certify the above 10 be /. true and correct
list of lands to be sold under Act so of 1885,
taken from the records of this office, for St
Landry parish,
o. b. STEELE, Auditor
Baton Rouge, Oct. i6, 1889. ap5-6t
Taken Up as Estrays,
DY the undersigned, in Prairie Waxia. on