The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

SENATE BILL No. 2SS.
AN ACT concerning assessment and taxa
ton, and repeating all acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section l. That when any county is
! operating under the provisions of chapter
162 of the Session Laws of 1891 no deed
shall be issued upon any certificate until
of the assignment thereof. and the county
treasurer shall, at least three months and
not more than six months in advance of
! the end of three years from the date of the
sale TO the county, notify the owner of the
real estate and the holder of every
corded mortgage thereon, that unless the
owner. his agent or the mortgage shall
redeem the land from the sale to the coun-
/ ty before the expiration of the said three
/ year period. certificate may issue: and
upon the assignment of certificate the
holder thereof shall give to the owner of
such real estate. notice in writing stating
! that he is the holder thereof. and that a
tax deed will issue within sixty days after
the date of said assignment, said notice be-
by registered letter duly mailed to the last
known post office address of the owner of
such real estate, the expense of such notice
further, that after the certificate issues
days from the date of its Issuance within
which to redeem from the sale evidenced
thereof the amount paid by him to the
county, together with interest at the rate
of fifteen per cent per annum. Should the
owner or agent. Notwithstanding said
notice fail to redeem from the sale by the
shall at once issue to the purchaser The
said notice shall advise the owner or his
herein provided and shall be sent to the
last known post office address of the own
tanned then to that of his agent if he have
one.
Sec ?. 1t shall be the duty of the
county treasurer to keep the taxes levied
| against any tract of land town lots for
any. year separate and in such a manner
that tine owner thereof any person
paV the taxes ON said land or Iot from suc OBJ
q ma ma ant
of all the taxes due on said land or lot.
And 1t shall al be the duty OF the county
owner of such land or lot or any person
paying the taxes thereon, or redeeming
said land or lot from any sale to redeem
or pay the taxes first levied against said
lands whether such land or lot has been
Sec. 3. Whenever school land shall be
sold for taxes prior to the issuance of
county under the provisions of this act
the county treasurer shall give to any per-
ury in cash a sum of money equal to the
cost of redemption at that time a certificate
tanning description of the school land
sold for taxes and bid off by the county,
the amount paid into the county treasury
by such person for such tract of land; and
be entitled to a deed in one year from the
date of tax sale. and shall number said
of the tract of land as numbered in the
book of tax sales. which certificate before
1t snail be OF any validity shall be
signed to such person by the county clerk.
who shall enter the assignment on his
duplicate book of tax sales: and such Ger
tficate assigned by the county clerk
shall vest all the interest of the county
under the tax sale in to such land in
such person, and such certificate shall be
assignable to the same extent and in like
manner as certificate given to individual
purchasers of tax sales.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's publication in
the official state paper.
/ hereby certify that the above Bill orig
February 10Th, 1915.
March 18th, 1915, Senate adopted confer
ence report.
W. Y. MORGAN
President of the Senate.
BURT f. BROWN,
Secretary of the Senate.
Passed the House March 4th. 1918.
March 11th, 1915, House adopted confer
ence report.
ROBERT STONE,
Speaker of the House.
1. f. LAMBERT,
Chief Clerk of the House.
Approved March 1S 1915.
ARTHUR CAPPER. Governor.
State of Kansas,
Office of Secretary of State.
1, J. 7. BOTKIN, Secretary of State of
the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is n correct copy
OF the original enrolled bill now on file
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name
ISea1.] and affixed my official seal, |
this 10Th day of March, 1915.
J. 7. BOTKIN, Secretary of State.
BY f. A. CORNELL,
Asst Secretary of State.