The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-16
AN ORDINANCE

To amend Division Eight (s), Of
Section Twenty -Four t24l, 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
non-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 see
ton twentyfour pa, 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
anv real estate or leasehold property
| in said city shall be sold for the non
payment of ia xes 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 lay 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 leasehold
| estate of such delinquent taxpayers. or
SO much and such parts thereof as viii
paw the amount OF taxes due hy 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 ma king such
| sale by publication in anY newspap per
published in said city, or by written
or printed posters posted IN three or
more public places in said city. aud
said sale may be continued from day
to day within the hours of sheriff
sales until completed the said City
Marshal sh III make To the purcha ser
at such sale deed of conveyance,
substantially like the deed prescribed
by section 3SlT of the Annotated Code
of Mississippi, to be made by tax coli
lectors of State and county taxes: ard
such conveyance shall vest in the pure
chaser or purchasers perfect title to
the properly sold for taxes, damages
or costs, subject TO the right of re-
demption, and such conveyance sha ~
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 invali.
dated for the same causes or grounds
that a State and county tax collector $
conveyance may be; such conveyance
shall be left by the City Marshal with
the Secretary aud Treasurer Of said
city, where il shall remain two (2)
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 ali costs and charges con-
sequent upon the sale. and also all
municipal taxes that have accrued ON
the land since the sale with twenty
five (25) per cent. damages upon the
; amount OF the tax for the benefit OF the
purchaser: saving to infants and per-
sons of unsOund mind. provided iu
section 1923 OF the Annotated Code. Tn
case the same is not redeemed within
the time provided: and after notice
z given by the Secretary for the time
and in the manner provided in an Act
OF the Legislature amending section
E 3SlS of the Annotated Code of Missis-
sippi, approved February ,. lS9S,
2 Pam Acts of 1898, page 52), the title
: in the land shall vest absolutely In the
purchaser, and the Secretary shall de-
liver such conveyance 10 the pur-
chaser: and in case the property is
struck of TO the City of Columbus.
2 which the City Marshal shall do ia
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
I of, or conveyed as the Mayor ana
City Council shall by ordinance or
! resolution direct If sufficient real or
leasehold estate or personal property
cannot be found of which TO levy and
collect the taxes assessed To any per-
son and not paid, the City Marshal
shall have all the powers conferred on
the collector of Stare and county taxes
TO sell any Indebtedness owing TO. the
person liable for such taxes: and the
City of Columbus. or its vendees. or
any purchaser at any sale for city
taxes, shall have all the rights, liens,
4 projections and remedi' given by Law
TO the State or its vendees on. To any
purchaser at a sale for State and
county taxes. 3-S-3W