Amador ledger., 1906-01-05
Property Decided to State.


Commencing with this issue the
Ledger will publish list of all pro-
perty in Amador county decided to
the state on account of delinquent
taxes the deeds of which stand at
present uncanceled on records kept in
the office of the county recorder. The
list is a most formidable one, and
will prove a great surprise to many
whose names and property appear
therein. The law provides that when
property is sold to the state on
account of delinquent taxes, after the
lapse of five years from the date OF
sale, the tax collector, if the taxes
still remains unpaid, shall make out
deed of such property to the state,
which deed is recorded in the office of
the county recorder. Tine property is
thereafter, to all lntents and pur-
poses, the property of the state, and
any person may make application to
the state controller to have any piece
or parcel in the list sold at public
auction to the highest bidder. The
original owner has the privilege of
redeemIng his property by paying all
taxes. penalties and costs at any time
prior to the sale. If however, the
property is allowed to be sold, the
purchaser then becomes the absolute
owner IN fee, and the original owner
must buy it back from him, at his
own valuation, or lose 1t altogether.
The list we publish to day is a
portion of the property decided to the
state in 1901. 1t is probable that con-
siderable of this property has been
redeemed. If so the certificate has
not been filed with the recorder and
hence the deed to the state remains
uncanceled. A recorders fee of rs
cents must be paid in addition to the
sum paid to the clerk for redemption /;
and if this is not paid at the time,
the property appears as redeemed on
the books of the clerk and State con-
troller, but unredeemed on the books
in the recorders Office. All such
clouds upon the title may be removed
by merely paying the Is cents to the
recorder, for canceIling the deed. In
the first two or three years quite a
number of pieces of property were in
this fix, so that in the list published
today, many property holders, who
have paid all costs etc. will be aston
lshed to find themselves on the
records as minus their property. 1t
is to this class, especially, that the
publication of this list will prove
beneficial as by the payment of the
small cancellation fee the matter can
be Strengthened out. For the last
years or so these oversights have not
occurred, as the clerk now collects
at the time of redemption all costs
and fees to have the title cleared on
the books of the recorder. The
publication of the list will extend
over several issues of the Ledger, and
it will be we'll for property holders to
scan the same carefully, and preserve
the list for future reference.
New hair brushes-made to last for
years-long, strong bristles, solid,
real wood backs-low prices.
W. NJ. Penry announced in last
weeks Dispatch that he had retired
from the control of that paper, hav-
ing turned the same over to his son
w. M. Penry, jr. There is consider
able talk about this matter, coming
at this juncture. The retiring owner
is city trustee. There will be con-
siderable printing to do in getting
the municipal government on its feet
as 1t we're; trustee is prohibited by
law from being interested directly
or indirectly in contract for work
or supplies. The developments in this
case will be closely watched. By the
way there is nothing recorded to
show the bona tide character of the
transfer of our cotemporary.
full line of ladies' and children's s
trimmed, and ready to wear hats to
be closed out below cost at Mrs. X.
l.. Delahlde's
Prescriptions called for and medi-
cine promptly delivered by City
Pharmacy's messenger - no extra
charge. Telephone or have your
doctor telephone for you-Rusher
does the rest.
NOTICE.