The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-31
LABELED IT VICIOUS.
MIR. FOsNEs ATTACKS THE, BILL
INTRODUCED Ry SENATOR
@. M'kUsfcK ~
INTERESTS OF : LAND al ) SHARKS K,

It Wa. DeclarsS 'fh.t the Bill
Would Result In Taking Away
Lands and Home. From Person.
Without notice. Except Publica-
tion ia' a Newapsper--sent to
| the judiciary Committee.
| The house passed fourrof the saver, rim.
on the. calendar yesterday. laid over two
and killed one. The rest of the day was
put in on general orders and a dozen bills
advanced to the calendar and three in
definitely postponed. il7.
Inere was considerable opposition ,o
| 3. r. Is by Senator McKusick fRen1 ~
Pine. N'ep')' OF
Inc Dill provides that the county audi
| Tor or each county in the state Of ~
tlme Tor making up the list of delinnuant
taxes Tor 1888 shall make out a LIST Of do
nhquent taxes for 1898 or prior wears tha+
nave not been satisfied by pavmant ro.
oenptlon or sale to actual purchaser
Inc INST Is to include all taxes not barred
oy the statute Of limitation upon anv
. .eai estate winch may have been at any
TAX sale struck Off to or declared TO ha
forfeited to- the state, whether such sale
was valid or invalid. The amount dino
the names of the owners and q fescrin,
tloH or the land Is also to be include7 IN
the list in
Inc same proceedings as to adyertise
,nen.' Judgment and sale of the property
~ ING forfeited lists Is to govern. The
sale OF the property is to be made NV tho
county auditor in each county imuedi-
ately following the DELINQUENT sale In
May and shall be absolute and final. The
audltor Is TO sell each piece or parcel sen,
arately to the highest bidder. but In case
no bidder shall offer to pay the amount
oue' IL shall be then offered to the bid
DER that will pay the highest sum, less
IMAM the amount Of taxes, interest and
costs due.
Inc certificate is to pass to the MIR
chaser or the land without any other act
or deed, and the record of such certificate
is to have the same force and effect as q
deed OF real estate. The certificate shall
ent1tle the purchaser to immediate pos
session Of the land, and IL the person in
possession refuse to- o1deliTer such possess
sion the purchaser mays proceed to pros
ecute under lawful entry and forcible de-
ta1ner act The Judgment sale provided
in the act shall not be set aside unless an
action is brought within nine months af-
ter date of the sale..s In no case is any
piece or parcel of landsto be sold for any
taxes due thereon
Fosnes (Union), of Chippewa, said the
Dill was one of the most vicious ones that
had come before the house at the present
session. 1t allowed the sale of lands for
delinquent taxes to be made after publi-
cation In a newspaper three times The
moment the sale was made there was no
chance for redemption and the purchaser
OF the certificate was given immediate
possession of the lands just the same as
under a warranty deed The BILL If pass
ed,S would simply rob men Of their prop
ertyt without giving them any chance for
redress, and would enable tax title sharks
and those who had allowed taxes to be-
come delinquent to escape taxation by the
payment of back taxes at the rate of 80
cents on the 81. If it1applied to only one
or two counties there might not be so
much objection, but other counties In the
state had delinquent taxes and were In
terested.' Il .lEs .rTS
I Mr.. Foss (Rep.), Of Grant, opposed the
Dill Tor the same reasons as advanced by
Mr.. Fosnes i92' s52tt sS,sss:s
/ Mr.. .McGrath Rep.), Of Clay, had a let
ter read from M. N Stevens, county au-
ditor of his county, In which the writer
stated that the bill would allow owners
behind In taxes to pay,69reents on the 81,
and would take away homes and lands
from persons without any notice except
the publication of such notice in papers.
: Mr.. 3O,Neill fUnion)5 of Big Stone said
he flad1a protest from the county, comnnis-
sioners of his county against the bflIs1t
had been the policy ofslumbermen to pur-
chase land, cut off all the timber and not
pay any taxes. This would give such par
ties chance to come: in and by paying a
small amount not only get deeds to>the
land, but secure others. - a.
Mr.. Umland Dem.). of Ramsey said the
bill was IN the interests Of land sharks
He had been approached on the subject,
but was opposed to the bill. One firm of
tax title lawyers well known in the state
claimed that they had an eighty-acre
tract on which s7O0 was due for delin-
Quent taxes. This was considered too
much by the owners, but the passage OF
the bill would give them chance to get
out for about half price
Mr.. Pope .(Rep.), tof Kanabec, made
long speech in favor of the bill, denying
that there was any Job connected with it.
and called attention, to the fact that it
had passed the senate and met with fa-
vor in the counties in the northern part
of the state
The bill was referred to the judiciary
committee, and although Mr.. Dunn, chair
man of the committee, inquired what the
| purpose of the reference was, he was not
enlightened. - r.
HOUSE FAvORS BOUNTY
The Roberts sugar bounty bill, H. F.
352, went through the house yesterday
with twenty-seven votes to spare, the
party lines being all broken up.
Mr.. Roberts (Rep.), Of Hennepin, at
| tempted to clinch the bill by moving to
reconsider the vote and lay the motion
| on the table, and was only prevented
from carrying out this line of action by
appeals made by Mr.. jacobson Rep.), Of
Lac qui Parle. and Mr.. Yale (Rep) of
| Winona.
Those of the minority party who voted
with the Republicans for the bill were:
Fosnes, of Chippewa: Hill. of Winona;
.Teub, of Hennepin; Lampe Of Hennepin; !;
Moran, Of Rice; O'Neill. Of Big Stone:
Stivers, of Crow Wing; Won der Weyer,
of Hennepin; Winston, Of Hennepin, and
Johnson J. E., of Cottonwood.
The Republicans who voted with the
minority party against the bill were:
Bean, of Nicollet Estby, of Pope; Hau-
gen, of Otter TAIL, McGrath, Of Clay;
Schultz, of Lyon, and Weston, of Otter
| Tail The vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas
Ahlstrom. Holm. Olson. C. o. A
| Allen Hymes. O'Neill
Argetsinger. Jackson. Peterson, g.
Babcock jacobson. Pope.