Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-10-06
ORDER OF SALE UNDER SCHOOL
FUND MORTGAGE.
To the Sheriff of Washington County
Missouri greatIng:

FUND MORTGAGE.
To the Sheriff of Washington County,
Missouri, greeting:
| Whereas, on the 5th day of Nav.
! 1890. James Ovens (single and unmar-
ried) borrowed of the County of WASH
ington, in the State of Missouri. the
sum OF two hundred dollars. belonging
TO the capital school funds of the fol-
| lowing described school township, in
said county. in the several amounts
set opposite thereto, respectively, viz:
Township 3s. range east. .sI24.o3
| of said county. y.......... ''''
Total. ..v>.......... ....so 900
! for which said sum of borrowed money
| the said james Owens, as principal.
with Andrew +. Casey and Edmond
| Casey, a> securities, executed bond
to the said county, bearing date the
5ttl day OF May, 1880, in which said
bond the said principal and securities
agree and bind themselves to pay to
the said county for the use and benefit
OF the school townships hereinbefure
mentioned, on or before the 5th day
May, 1891, the said sums of borrowed
money. with interest thereon from the
date Of said bond, until paid. ut the
rate OF six per cent per annum: said
interest to be paid annually on the 5th
day of May, in each and every year,
until the whole debt shall be paid OF
and discharged.
And whereas. in consideration Of the
premises, and TO secure the payment
of said sums of borrowed money. when
the same should become due, on the
9TH day of May. 1899, the said James
Owens executed and delivered to The
said county, for the use and benefit
of the said school townships, his GER
tain mortgage deed, whereby he con-
veyed to the said county the following
described lot, tract or parcel Of land,
lying being and situate in the County
OF Washington, state aforesaid, viz:
The southwest fractional quarter of
section twenty-nine (29), township
thirty-cight t3Si, range two ~ east,
except d small tract sold out of said
southwest quarter for Il church lot: the
tract hereby conveyed containing 10
acres, more Or less.
| Upon this express condition, how
ever: That if the said principal aud
securities should well and truly pay.
or cause TO be paid. the said sums OF
borrowed money, and all the interest
thereon, according to the tenor and
effect Of said bond, that then, in that
case, said mortgage deed shall become
void: and that if default should be
made IN the payment of the said sums
of borrowed money, or the Interest
thereon, or any part thereof, at the
time when they should Severally be-
come due and payable, according to
the tenor and effect OF said bond, tuat
the thtu acting sheriff OF Washington
County aforesaid. should without any
suit on said mortgage deed, proceed
to sell. at public auction, to the high
est bidder. for cash in hand, The prop
erty therein conveyed and mortgaged,
first giving twenty days public notice
of the time, terms AID place of
X sale, by publication in some newspaper
published in said county: and out of
the proceeds Of said sale pay the costs
attending such sale, aud then the debt
and interest due the Cuun y of WASH
ington as aforesaid; which said mort
gage was recorded in the office of the
recorder Of said County Of Washington
in book Ct" at pages l3 and II.
And whereas, the county court of
Washington County aforesaid. by an
order made and entered of record on
the 9th day of September, 1877, doth
find that the said james Owen, has
been dead over nine months, and that
default has been made in the payment
of the said sums OF money. according
to the tenor and effect of said bond,
and that the said James Owens is now
indebted to the said county for the use of
said school townships in the sum of two
hundred and twenty-eight dollars and
ninety-six cents ($223 96l, prime pal and
interest, computed to this date. due
and unpaid upon said bond, and then
and there directed that judgment
therefor should be entered against
said principal and his securities in
said bond. and that an order of sale of
the property described in said mort
gage deed should ISSUE 10 satisfy the
same.
Now. therefore, you, the sheriff OF
sad Washington County, are hereby
commanded to levy the said last men.
TONED sum of money upon the real es-
tate herein before described. and tC
sell the said real estate, according tC
law, to satisfy said debt, interest and
costs: and to make return Of your pro-
ceeding> under this order to the next
: term OF this court, to be begun and
held on the first Monday in November
1897.
Witness my hand and the seal of
, said court. the 18th day of September
1897.
t~-) w. r. HUNTER.
Seal. Clerk Of County Court,
t~~l Washington County
Now. therefore, in pursuance of the
above order, |, the undersigned sheriff
of Washington County, Missouri, will or
, TUESDAY, THE ID DAY OF NOvEM-
, BER, 1897,
at the court house door, in the towr
of Potosi, between the hours of nine
. O'Clock in the forenoon ana five o'clock
| in the afternoon Of that day. sell tn.
above described real estate as directed
in the aforesaid order Of the conaty
court.
'AMES II. WHITEHEAD.
Sheriff of Washington County, Mo
Potosi, Oct. 9th, 1897.