The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-06-12
NEW TAX TITLE LAW
Senator MasOn's Measure Has
Been Signed BY Gov
ernOr Pingree.
NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN.
Not More Than One Hundred
Per Cent Interest to
Be Charged.

Gov. Pingree has signed the
Mason bill providing for notice to
property owners of tax titles on
their property before the holder of
such title shall be entitled to an
absolute deed of the property. The
section under which the change in
the old law is made is as follows;
To amend act number two hundred and six
of the public acts of eighteen hundred and
| ninety-three, being act to provide for the
assessment of property and the levy and coll
lection of taxes thereon, and for the collection
of taxes heretofore and hereafter levied !;
making such taxes IA lien on the lands taxed,
establishing and continuing such lien, provid-
: ing for the sale and conveyance of lands de-
/ liuquent for taxes and for the inspection and
disposition of lands bid of to the state and not
/ redeemed or purchased; and to repeal act
f. numbered two hundred of the public acts of
! eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and all other
acts and parts of acts In anywise contraven-
ing any of the provisions of this act" by add
ing thereto five sections to be known sec-
tions one hundred and forty, one hundred and
forty-one, one hundred and forty-two,
hundred aud forty-three, and one hundred and
fortv'four, providing for the giving of notice
i by tax purchasers to the occupants or persons
/ having title to, or interest in such lands, of
/ the fact of such sale and providing the terms
I upon which such occupant or other person in
/ terested in such lands may obtain recon.
veyanee thereof.
! Section l40. No writ of assistance or other
I process for the possession 'of any land, the
title to which has been obtained under and in
pursuance of any tax sale hereafter made, or
of any sale of state tax lands or state bids
hereafter made, except where such title shall
be obtained under the provisions of section
one hundred and thirty,one OF this act, shall
| be issued, until six months after there shall
| have been He'd with the county clerk of the
I county whore the land is situated u return by
the sheriff - said county, showing that he has
! made personal service, or until substituted
, service as hereinafter provided upon the
] grantee grantees upon the last recorded
Z deed to said land, and upon the mortgagee or
! mortgages named in the last recorded mort
! gage any assignee thereof OF record of u
notice which shall be in the following form:
After describing the form of the
notice the new law continues:
Provided, that if the grantee or
| grantees or the person or persons
holding the interest in said lands as
aforesaid shall be residents of any
county IN the state other than the
county in which the land is situated.
then such return as to such persons
shall be made by the sheriff of the
county where such persons reside.
Sec, al. Any grantee or grantees
under the last recorded deed to such
land or any mortgagee or mortga-
gees named in any recorded mort
gage or any assignment thereof of
record at the time of the giving of
said notice, as provided in section
one hundred and forty of this act,
shall be entitled to receive from the
person SO claiming under and by
virtue of such tax deed, at any time
within six months after the personal
service of such notice or the date of
mailing said notice by registered
letter as so provided, "a reconveyance
of such interest in such lands so
held, upon payment to the grantee
under such tax deed of the amount
paid upon such purchase, together
with 100 per cent in addition there
to, and the lawful fees for such per-
sonal service, which fees shall be the
same as provided by law for service
of subpRnas, or the cost of such SER
vice by registered mail, and the fur
ther sum of FIVE dollars for each
description without additional cost
or charge; Provided, That any
person or persons, to whom
the notice herein provided for
is to be given may, at any
time before such notice is so given,
be entitled to a reconveyance of any
such lands on the payment to such
person or persons claiming such
title under and by virtue of any such
tax deed of the amount paid upon
such purchase. together with 100
per cent inaddition thereto, and the
further sum of $5 for each descrip-
tion Provided further, II any re-
conveyance is made to any mort
gagees or mortgages or assignee
thereof, that such conveyance shall
not operate as an absolute convey
ance of the title to such lands, but
shall be considered and treated as
an additional lien upon said lands
and added to the amount of such
mortgage, and the mortgagee or per-
son or persons claiming under him
shall be entitled to a reconveyance
of such lands from said mortgages
or mortgages, or assignees thereof,
upon the payment of all sums so
paid to such person or persons claim
ing under any such tax deed. with
interest thereon at the rate of 9 per