The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
PROPERTY ID BE
 SOLD FOR TAXES Assessments Now Due the City
 Amount to $75,O0O AUTHORITIES WILL ACT
DeIinquencIes Will Be Advertised for Thirty Days and Then Property Will Be Sold at Public Aue-
 ton to Highest Bidder.

About S750OO is now due the city of Birmingham for delinquent street im- provements, and 1t is the intention of the paratory to selling the property at pub lie auction in order to collect the money.
 On June 1T, 1903. the following resolu- tion was adopted by the city council:
 Be it resolved by the mayor and al- dermen of Birmingham, that, whereas there is ninety-fve thousand (S95 000) dol- lars due to the city of Birmingham for delinquent street improvements, the city treasurer be instructed to give notice to all parties affected that same must be paid at once; and further that the city treasurer is hereby instructed to adver- tise and offer for sale said property un- less said delinquent assessments are paid by the first day of July, 1903.''
 Large Balance Left.
 Since this resolution was adopted, col- lectlons have been made approxmating S2O,0O0, which leaves a balance still due of about s75,OOo Now that the date set for the payment of the delinquencies, July 1. has passed. the property upon which the improvements have been made will be advertised for thirty days and sold.
 The law regulating the collection of as- sessments under these circumstances is the same as that regulating the assess ment of real county tax delinquencies. For example. if the assessment for im- provements be S15 the property will be sold at auction for that amount. Then Is order for the original owner to regain possession of his property he must pay the purchaser double the amount of the assessment or $50; must pay the new pur- chaser per cent interest on the $15 from the date the property was bought and must also pay him $5 for reconveyance.
 Many Owners Affected.
 The sale of this property will affect about seventeen hundred property own CTS in the city of Birmingham. Notices were sent to these property owners in- forming them of the action taken by the board of mayor and aldermen and stating that their property would be sold unless the assessments were paid by July 1. That date has passed and the property will now be advertised for thirty days, and unless arrangements are made to pay the delinquencies within that time it will all be sold.
 There are two plans by which the as- sessments can be paid in installments, which of course do not have to deal with those who prefer to pay the amounts all at one time.
 There is an ordinance which provides that all assessments made under im- provement ordinances up to and includ- ing number 80 can be paid in ten equal annual installments. the first installment being due six months after the date of the levy In order to obtain this right the owner must file with the city treas urer within thirty days from the date of the levy a written request that he be al- lowed to pay his assessment in that way.
 New Ordinance Covers All.
 There is also new ordinance covering all assessments under improvement or dinances later that number 80. This ordi- nance provides that the assessments can be paid In ten equal annual installments, the first of which is due ten months after the date of the levy. The owner can ob- tain this right by filing his request with the city treasurer within sixty days after the final assessment has been made.
 In each case, if the request is not made to pay 1t in installments, 1t is taken for granted that the owner desires to pay 1t all in one cash payment. Under the new ordinance if the payment is not made by the expiration of the sixty days the prop erty holder must pay the amount of the assessment with interest at per cent from the expiration of the sixty days to the time the assessment is paid.
 Property Owners Win Pay.
 It is thought that a great many of the seventeen hundred people against whom these delinquent assessments exist will take advantage of the thirty days re- maining and pay the amounts rather than be put to the extra expense that the sale of their property will incur
 If the property is sold at public auction, the original owner will not only have to pay double the amount of the assessment in order to get it back. but will have to pay the interest at per cent and $5 for a deed of reconveyance.