Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-01-28
NOTICE.

An Act to Amend Chapter Three Hun |
dred and Ninety-Seyen of the Pri-
yate Laws of one Thousand Nine
Hundred and One, Entitled, "An Act
to Amend the Charter of the City
of GOldsbOrO, and to Revise and
Consolidate all Laws in Relation to
Said City,"
The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section L. That chapter three hun
dred and ninety seven of the Private
Laws of the General Assembly of
North Carolina, of one thousand nine
hundred and one, entitled, can Act to
Amend the Charter of the City of
| Goldsboro, and to Revise and Consoli-
date all Laws in Relation to said
City" be and the same is hereby
amended, by repeating and striking
out section forty-three of said Act
and enacting in lieu thereof the fol-
| lowing: That all taxes levied by the
Board of Aldermen shall be a lien up
On the personal property of the tax
payers from date of levy thereon, and
upon the real property from the first
day of May of the year in which the
said tax is levied, and all such taxes
shall be due and payable on the first
Monday in September in each year.
On all such taxes paid prior to Octo-
Der 1st there shall be a discount all
lowed of two per cent On all such
taxes paid after September 3Oth and
prior to November 1st there shall be
a discount allowed of one per cent
On all such taxes paid after October
/ 31st and prior to December 1st there
shall be a discount allowed of one
half of one per cent. On all such tax
es remaining unpaid January list there
II ho
payment two and one-ha1f per cent
thereof, which shall be collected in
the same manner, as other city taxes.
On all such taxes remaining unpaid
on February 1st there shall be added
thereto for such non-payment four per
cent thereof, which shall be collected
in the same manner, as other city
taxes. On all such taxes remaining
| unpaid On March 1st there shall be
added thereto for such non-payment
five per cent thereof, which shall be
collected in the same manner, as other
city taxes. That on and after the first
day of April of each year the tax col
) lector is authorized and directed to
levy upon and sell upon a notice of
ten (10) days, the personal property
of any delinquent tax payer; and to
sell the real estate of any deliquent
tax payer after notice of thirty (3O)
: days; provided said tax collector may
: at any time levy upon and sell said
9l personal property upon filing an affl-
davit that he has reason to believe
that such tax payer is about to leave
. the City of Go1dsboro, and that there
I is danger of the loss of the taxes due
by him, and obtaining an order from
the Mayor directing him forthwith tC
S levy upon and sell the personal prop
e erty of such tax payers. The notice
: provided for in this section, shall be
: posted at the Court House door and
published in some newspaper publish
: ed in the City of Go1dsboro; thai
whenever any property, real or per
: sonal, is sold for non-payment of tax
. es as herein provided, the City o.
: Goldsboro may become the purchaser
provided there is no bidder for the
e property SO sold for the amount o
s axes and cost due upon the same
that the tax collector shall keep {
: record of all sales made by him, ant
y upon the sale of any real property a
5 herein authorized, shall deliver to th
e. purchaser a certificate stating tn
p name of delinquent tax payer, tn
& amount of taxes and costs, and de
= scribing the real estate so sold, and
within twelve months the owner O
W said real estate shall not redeem tn
D. same by paying to the purchaser tn
u amount of said taxes and costs wit
=, 10 per cent added thereto, the tax col
- lector shall execute and deliver to tn
IL purchaser deed for the said real es
k, tate, which deed shall conform as nea
IN as may be to the deeds executed b
= sheriffs upon sales of real estate TO
taxes and shall have the same fore
90 and effect; there shall be the sam
Ill fees and costs charged as upon sale
,n of real estate for taxes and shall hav
5a the same force and effect; there sha
be the same fees and costs charge
Oh tas upon sales by sheriffs for taxes.
k, Sec g. That all laws, clauses c
n parts of laws, in conflict with this az
in are hereby repealed.
:. Sec. g. That this act shall be
ao force and effect from and after 4
ratification.