Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-06-21

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this delinquency, and for this the
printer would receive but five cents as
only one fee eau be allowed for any
one piece or parcel of land. 1t is
therefore evident that the printer in
most counties will lose money in pub.
fishing the first list as the type cannot
be set for any such money. The fee
for the second publication is however
a different matter and as we under
stand the law the printer will be en-
titled to legal rates the same as for
running other notices which would
make S1.75 for every twelve lines Of
type, whether one or twelve lots are
included in that measure. We believe
that construction of the law is correct
for the reason that no price is named
in the law, and the code states that all
notices required to be published by
county officers shall be paid for at
these rates. OF course it will rest with
county treasurers to stipulate with
publishers as to the price of this pub.
LEGATION if they so desire. In Mime
sofa and North Dakota the price for
these publications were fixed in one
amount and the publisher required to
give bond as to the correctness of the
list and the fee for publishing was
several times that allowed by law in
this state, but the work was to be let
by bids by county commissioners.
Therefore the law of those states is not
a precedent for guidance in this state
as to the matter of publication.
This law will certainly clean up a
large amount of delinquent taxes and
even in the case of a large number of
town sites which have whole additions
delinquent, it will likely be found that
this tax sale will be the means of many
investors buying up additions and
have the same vacated and set apart
as farm lands. 1t will be we'll for PEG
pie owing taxes on real estate which
they desire to keep to make arrange
ments either to pay the taxes soon or
have some interested party buy it in
on the sale day, a the penalties and
interest provided for by the law make
costs very rapidly rel on small sums.
Certificates of sale issued at the judg-
ment are assignable and tie investor is
therefore certain of good security for
all funds advanced at such sale. Asto
the matter of advertising the lists as
before stated, all proceedings must be
regular and it would be we'll for treas
urers to at least look up the decisions
of our supreme court in the cases of
Turner VS.. Hand county, to be found
in volume IL, pape 34s, of South Da-
kota Supreme Court Reports, and
Mather VS.. Darst, volume ID, page IS,
as they may have considerable bearing
on the question of making a legal pub
LEGATION. Titles properly secured I'M.
der this law are vastly different than
the ordinary tax title and the owner
of real estate if he desires to save his
property had better pay his taxes, as
there will be no getting into court
years afterward as is now the case
with tax deeds. In some counties the
county commissioners have recon-
mended chat the treasurer do not adj
vertise all the property, but it is ques.
tionable whether or not such omission
would vitiate the whole proceedings as
the law says the complaint must con-
tain a list of real estate on which taxes
are delinquent.