The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-15
Land SALE TlO.BRllvG
MANY PURCHAS ERS
Expected That Several Hundred Per-
sons Interested in Beltrami County
Property Will Bid on May 10.
INFORMATION WANTED BIZ MAHY
County Auditor George Prepares. Let.
ter Of 1nforma tion -sussests
That Lists Be Secured.

That Lists Be Secured.
That interest in the sale of delin-
quent ditch interest government land
in Beltrami county, which is to be
held at the court house on May 10.
will equal that of last year is indi-
Gated in the hundreds of letters re-
|ceived by James L. George, county au-
ditor, asking for information.
AS last year, Auditor George will
have charge of the sale and to assist
in providing information for those in
terested he has issued letter which
in part says:
When petition for ditch is pre-
scented to the court, day is set for
the first hearing,aat which time ii no
protests are made by the parties in
terested, an engineer is appointed. by
the court, also board of viewers. :
-
Estimated Cost.
"The engineer makes survey and
estimated cost of the ditch, after
which the board of viewers goes over
the ground and estimates the amount
OF benefits or damages, according to
their views and judgment. Both en-
gineer and viewers make their report
to the court, which then sets day
for the final hearing. All parties
interested are notified by publication
and mail when addresses are known.
Should no protest or objection be
made the order establishing the ditch
is made by the judge presiding.
''The county auditor then publish
es the notices for bids~for construc-
ton. AS soon as the job is let. the
auditor prepares a lien against all
lands benefited by. the ditch on
basis of the viewers report as COM
pared with the actual cost of the
ditch. This lien is filed in the reg
lister of deeds office and becomes
prior claim against the lands. The,
liens are payable in fifteen annual
installments, beginning FIVE years af-
ter the lien is filed. The interest on
the total sunpaid balance is payable
each year, and is placed on the tax
lists with other taxes. -r=
Becomes Delinquent.
IF not paid before January first
on the following year, the interest
becomes delinquent the same as other
taxes, and on the second Monday of
the May following, the land is sold
for the delinquent interest.
''The commissioner of the General
Land Office has ruled, however, that
any excess over and above "the delin-
quent interest on the total drainage
assessment" for which the land has
been sold, must be paid to the land
office before the patent shall be is
sued. .-. -. +. F., ,...~-.s--. =
acting under this ruling, the
county auditor has by order of the
purchasers at the sale of 1914 remit
ted to the land offices the total ex-
cess received at the sale, in order to
enable them to secure their patents.
This has been done under protest,
however, and he still has hopes of
obtaining reversal of the ruling, in
which case the money will be refund
ed to the county, to be applied to the
liens on the, lands affected.
Same as Last Year. #
1.-THE sale this year will be conduc-
ted on the same lines as last, but
with the understanding that all ex-
cess over and above the amount of
delinquent tax for which the land
is sold, will be at once RENTED to
the. land Office under protest, thus
facilitating the matter of obtaining
patent, and leaving it open for re-
fundment should the ruling of the
land department be reversed.
Not. all of the lands in this list
are open for homestead entry. But
the auditor has no means of knowing
which are open. Purchasers should
provide themselves with the delin-
quent list, and then procure plats Of
the various townships from the land
office showing the vacant lands. These
plats can be obtained from the land
offices for one dollar per township.
BY comparing the plat and the list,
! it will be an easy matter to find which
lands a prospective purchaser wishes
to bid on.
Correct Descriptions.
Purchasers must be careful to bid
on the right descriptions as no chan
ges will be made after the descrip-
ltion has been passed.
No affidavit or power Of attorney
| is necessary or will be required by
this Office from purchasers. But the
land Offices will require them when
you file on the land. And unless the
purchaser has the requirements neces-
sary for homesteading, 1t would be
useless for him to purchase q certi-
|ficate.
you bid on the wrong tracts,
|it ia aNmatter which cannot no roma.