Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-24
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property shall 1hereupon be bid off by the
said collector of taxes, in the name of the
District Of Columbia: but the property SO
bid off shall not be exempted from assess
ment and taxation, but shall be assessed
and taxed as other property; and ii within
two years thereafter such property Is not
redeemed by the owner or owners thereof
or their legal representa- tives, by the pay
ment Ct the taxes penalties and costs due
at the time Of the sale, and that may have
accrued after that date, and 10 per centum
Fer annum thereon, or II any property,
two years after having been so bid off at
any sale in the name Of said District, I'M
der this or any other law, whether hereto
fore OF hereafter made, is not or has no:
been SO redeemed as aforesaid (unlesS it
shall be shown that the sale for taxes was
irregular and Noid), then the Commission
ers of the District shall, in the name of and
on behalf of the District of Columbia, sell
said property at public or private sale and
issue to any purchaser of such property a
deed which deed shall have the same force
and effect as the deed hereinbefore pro-
vtded for in this section for property sold
at the regular annual sale:
Provided, however, That no such deed
shall be issued until all assessments, taxes,
costs and charges due the District, of
whatsoever nature, shall have been paid
in full, and that before the deed is issued
notice shall be published three times in
two daily newspapers published in the
District that a deed has been applied for,
and that unless the owner comes forward
within thirty days from date of said notice
and pays all arrears of taxes, general and
special, then due, the deed will be issued in
accordance with the provisions of this act:
And provided also, That minors other
persons under legal disability be allowed
one year after attaining full age. or after
the removal of such legal disability, to re-
deem the property so sold, or of which the
title has, as aforesaid, become vested in
the District of Columbia, from the pur-
chaser or purchasers. his, her, or their as
signs. or from the District of Columbia,
ON payment of the amount of purchase
money paid therefor, with 10 percentum
per annum interest thereon. as aforesaid,
together with all taxes and assessments
that have been paid thereon by the pur-
chaser or his assigns. between the day OF
sale and the period of redemption, with IL
per centum per annum interest on the
amount of such taxes and assessments:
Provided. however, That failure on the
part of the District. from any cause what
sOever, to enforce the liens acquired shall
not release the property from any tax
whatsoever that may be due the District
Time for Redemption.
Section provides that the owner or au-
thorized agent of the owner of any prop
erty sold. or any other person having IN
interest therein at the time of sale, may
redeem the same from such sale at any
time within two years after the last day
of sale by pe ying to the collector Of taxes,
for the use of the purchaser, his heirs and
assigns. the sum mentioned In the cert.fi-
cate of sale therefor. with interest there
on at the rate Of Is per centum per annum
after the date of such certificate Of sale.
together with any tax or assessment which
the holder Of said certificate shall have
paid between the days of sale and redemp-
ton. with interest on the same at the rate
of 10 per centum per annum.
Section ,. That the collector of taxes
shall, within twenty days after the last
Gay Of the sale. file with the recorder of
deeds written report. in which he shall
give statement of the property sold, other
than that sold to the District of Columbia,
to whom it was assessed, the taxes cue, to
whom sold. the amount paid. the date of
sale, the cost thereof and the surplus, II
AIRY. Any surplus remaining after the col
lection of taxes, penalties and costs on any
real estate shall be collected as provided in
sections 161 and 1852. chapter 6. of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States relat-
ing to the District of Columbia. and shall
be deposited by the collector Of taxes TO the
credit Of the surplus fund. to be raid to
the owner or owners, or their legal repre-
sc ntatives, in the same manner other
payments made by the District.
Sec. Il. That the Commissioners shall not
convey any property sold for taxes If they
shall discover. before the conveyance, that
the sale was for any cause invalid and in
but they shall cancel the sale and cause
the purchase money to be refunded to the
purchaser. his representatives or assigns.
Sec. I. That the expenses of advertising
and the printing of said pamphlet shall be
paid by charge of $l.2O for each lot or
piece of property advertised.
The bill provides that the notice of taxes
shall be published in a pamphlet by the
Commissioners and in the daily papers.
The bill was then reported from the COM
mittee on the whole and was passed.
To Preserve the Game.
The next bill called up was H. 2524. for
the preservation Of game and the preven-
ton of its sale during certain closed sea-
sens. The first section of the bill provides
that no person shall kill, expose for sale, or
have in his or her possession, either dead OF
alive, any partridge, otherwise quail, be-
tween the LIST day of February and the LIST
day Of November; any woodcock between
the 10Th day Of January and the 18th day
of July; any prairie chicken, otherwise pin
mated grouse, between the LIST day Of Feb
rIary and the LIST day of September: any
ruff1ed grouse, otherwise known as pleas
ant, between the 10Th day of December and
the 1st day Of November; any wild turkey,
between the 10Th day Of December and the
rs, Isl cay OF November; any rabbit, except
the species known as the English rabbit or
squirrel, between the LIST day of February
and the LIST day Of November; any snipe or
piover, between the LIST day of May and the
goose or brant, between the LIST day Of
May and the LIST day of September; any
water rail or ortolan, reed bird or rice bird
or marsh blackbird between the LIST day of
shoot a. nor kill the same except on ,rnes
Gays, thursdays and Saturdays, between
the list day of August and the list dav Of
rep te1ruafy, under penalty of s. for each