St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-26
CLEAR CLOUDY TITLES.
TEXT OF A NEW LAW AUTHORIZ. NC
DELINQUENT TAX SALE.
A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY
The Sale Will Take Place on Oct
IA Good Suggestion to the
Committee Having Charge of
the Coming Real Estate Con-
vention. 3


Committee Having Charge of
the Coming Real Estate Con-
Vention.
This evening there will be published
a delinquent tax sale the nature of
which is entirely new, and which will
prove OF immense interest to real estate
men, property owners and taxpayers
generally. 1t is published in accord
ance with an act passed at the last regua
lar session of the Legislature, and is
known as chapter $50. II. F 666, and
bears the title: IAN act to enforce the
payment of taxes which became deIin-
quent in and prior to the years 1879 and
1889"
The act provides that on or before the
10Th day of July the county auditors of
The several counties in this state shall
prepare and file with the clerks of the
courts of the said counties list of all
the lands in their respective counties
against which judgment for taxes was
entered+under tile provisions of the gen
eral law of 1881, and which were not
sold to any actual purchaser under the
sale held in accordance with said pro-
vision, and which still remained unsold
aud unredeemed.
object of the Law
The object of the law is undoubtedly
to clear up many cl0uded titles that
nov exist, and give clear deeds to those
holding the same, as well as having all
property remaining unsold or unre-
deemed revert to the state in due and
legal form. The law further provides
that tue same proceedings shall be had
with regard to advertisement and judg-
ment sale as are required by the general
tax law. and that separate tax Judgment
books shall be provided for said for
feited lists. Any person having an iu-
tereSt in property SO to be sold may re-
deem at any time before the sale by
paying into the county treasury the
amount of judgment and subsequent
delinquent taxes due thereon. with 10
per cent interest per annum and all the
costs of proceedings. The lists are or
dered to be published in those news
papers in each county which published
the delinquent tax list for 1891, and in
pursuance OF this provision the Daily
News is authorized topublish the same,
having published the tax list for that
year in Ramsey county.
Section provides for the date of
publication, and sets Aug 2, 1898, as the
day of publication and Sept. II as the
date on which Judgment shall be en-
tered against the property. The sale
cilall I,sA mn fin NV fha anHifnr OF
his Office Oct. IL, 1888, and shall be ab-
=solute and final. The auditor shall gselR
such property at public yendue, and i'i'
Offering such property for sale shall
state the amount of tax, interest and
cost due thereon, as provided for the
redemption thereof, and it shall be sold
to- the highest bidder, and i'll case there
is no-bidder Offering the amount of the
total dues, or more, he shall then offer
the same to the highest bidder less than
the total amount due, subject to the
provisions of the act which MAKE the
property revert to the state in case it lis
not sold. The county treasurer is sup.
posed to receive,al amounts so paid.
Powers of the Purchaser. 8
The purchaser of any such property
will receive a certificate in fee sim pie 4
subject to the right of redemption at
any time within one year of the date of
such. in the manner now provided by
law by paying all the original takes,
penalties and costs and interest, without
any other act or deed whatever, and this
certificate may be recorded as deeds of
real estate after ninety days have
elapsed from the service of notice of re
deInption, and the record of such certiii
Gates shall have the same force and eff
feet, as evidence or otherwise, as the
records of deeds of real estate. The
purchaser of any such piece of property
shall he entitled toimmedlate possession
of the piece or parcel purchased by him.
and1f on. demand and presentation of
the certificate The person in possession
OF the land refuses or neglectS to de-
liver such possession he may be pro-
ceeded against as a person holding over
the termination OF his estate, and the
judgment and sale shall not be set
aside unless the question of InYalidity
of saleis interpoSed within two Years,
from the date of sale or it shall be
proven ethat such property is exempt
from taxation. sga=
VIII Revert TO the State. -
All property which became delin-
quent in 1879 or any year or years pre-
vious thereto must be sold for sum
IlOI lSSS. Uldll pei CCub vi blIC OIlRIIIdl
amount,of: taxes, penalties and costs,
and property which became Delinquent
in 1889 or any year or years prior there
to, except that provided for under the
clause OF 1879, shall be sold for sum
not less than 80 per cent of the original
amount of taxes, interest and penalties
thereon.
In case no person shall bid an amount
equal to that fixed by the provisions of
this act at said sale for any of the pieces
or parcels of land so offered, the auditor
shall then bid in the said tracts for the
state; and all tracts of land, whether
sold TO actual purchasers or bid in for
the state at said sale, shall be listed for
taxation on the tax lists for the year
1894 aud subsequent years, and all
tracts bid in for the state at said sale
shall be subsequently sold under direc-
ton of the state auditor.
The sale of this property, as stated
above, will not occur until Oct. IL, 1898,
and all intending purchasers as we'll as
delinquenus will have ample time to
thoroughly investigate and look up the
values of the property advertised. 1t
will afford good opportunity for specu-
latIon, and Shrewd buyers will have a
chance OF picking up some good prop
erty, and it will also serve to build up
and give buoyancy to the real estate
market. A casual glance over the list
of land to he advertised shows that it
contains many excellent pieces of prop
erty, considerable of which was never
sold for taxes. probably from lack5lef a
close investigation of its real value.
Other tracts of this land were situated
outside of the city limits at the tlfne it
became delinquent, but are today very
finely situated and considered very
choice by those real estate men.awhU
have looked the situation over thor
oughly and carefully. oq
Suggestion for the RE. Convention
In view CT the fact that the natibnaIs
real estate convention Will be held in
this city about one month or more before
A PERFECT CURE