The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-09
AN ORDINANCE

To amend Sub Division Eight s., of
Section Twenty-Four "a, of the
Charter of the City of Columbus,
State of Mississippi, in reference to
the sale and redemption of real es-
! tate and IeasehoId property for the
ron-payment of taxes due from the
owner of such property.
Be it ordained, by the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Columbus,
that said subdivision eight (s). of sec
ton twenty-four (24). of the Charter of
the City of Columbus, be and the same
is hereby amended, so as to read as
follows:
Eighth-To provide the time when
any real estate or leasehold property
In said city shall be sold for the non
payment of taxes on such property, or
for any other taxes due from the
owner of such real estate or leasehOld
estate. not less than three CD weeks
after the time within which taxes are
required by said Mayor and City
Council to be paid shall have expired,
and at the time fixed by said Mayor
and City Council, if the taxes and
such damages as shall have been fixed
by said Mayor and City Council shall
remain unpaid, the City Marshal shall
proceed TO sell the real or 1easehOld
estate of such delinquent taxpayer 5, or
so much and such parts thereof as will
pay the amount of taxes due by him
and all damages fixed as aforesaid,
and all costs and charges TO the high
est bidder for cash: such sale shall be
made at the Office OF the Mayor of said
city, and shall be advertised at least
three (3) weeks before making such
sale by publication in any newspaper
published in said city, or by written
or printed posters posted in three or
more public places in said city, and
said sale may be continued from day
to day within the hours of sheriff S
sales until completed; the said City
Marshal shall make TO the purchaser
at such sale a deed of conveyance,
substantially like the deed prescribed
by section 1917 of the Annotated Code
of Mississippi, TO be made by tax col
lectors of State and county taxes; ar d
such conveyance shall vest IN the pur-
chaser or purchasers a perfect title 10
the property sold for taxes, damages
or costs, subject TO the right of re-
demption, and such conveyance shall
be prima facie evidence in all courts
that the assessment and sale of the
property was legal and valid: and
such conveyance shall only be inva]i
dated for the same causes or grounds
that a State and county tax collector s
conveyance may be; such conveyance
shall be left by the City Marshal with
the Secretary and Treasurer of said
city. where il shall remain two q
years from the date of sale, during
which time any person interested may
redeem the same by paying the whole
amount of tax for which the land was
sold. with all costs and charges con-
seuuent upon the sale, and also all
municipal taxes that have accrued on
the land since the sale, with twenty
FIVE t25) per cent. damages upon the
amount of the tax for the benefit of the
purchaser: saving TO infants and per-
sons OF unsOnnd mind. as provided in
section 1898 of the Annotated Code. In
case the same * not redeemed within
the time provided: and after notice
given bv the Secretary for the time
and in the manner provided in an Act
of the Legislature amending section
3s1S Of the Annotated Code of Missis-
sippi, approved February B. 1893,
Pam Acts of Is9S, page 81, the title
in the land shall vest a absolutely in the
purchaser, and the Secretary shall de-
liver such conveyance TO the pur
chaser: and in case the property is
struck of TO the City of Columbus,
which the City Marshal shall do In
case the full amount of all taxes, dam
ages and costs is not bid and paid, the
title TO the property on failure to re-
deem shall vest absolutely in the city,
and the same may be used. disposed