Douglas Island news., 1916-03-22

necessary, the City Marshal shall sell more than sufficient to pay the amount due the town.
 Section 70. After receiving the amount for : which the property sold, the City Marshal l must make out, in duplicate, a certificate, dated on the day of the sale, which certiti cate must contain the name of the pure chaser, the name of the person to whom the property is assessed, a description of the property sold, the amount paid therefor, | that it was sold for taxes, giving the total amount of the taxes, including, penalty Inc terest and costs, the year of the assessment; ! and the time when the purchaser will be entitled to bill of sale therefor.
 Section 20. The certificate must be signed by the City Marshal and one duplicate orig inal given to the purchaser; and the other, together with the amount received for said property, given Go the City Clerk The City Clerk must file and index the certificate, rec tain the amount due the Town and pay the balance of the amount received, it any, for the property sold, tO the owner thereof upon taking his receipt.
 Section 21 On the giving of this certificate the property vests in the purchaser, which property right is diyested only by the pay ment of the purchase price and fifty per cent thereon, to the purchaser or to the Town Clerk for the use of the purchaser.
 Section 22 redemption of the property sold may be made by the owner or any party in interest, within thirty days from the date of the sale
 Section 28. 1T the property is not re- deemed within the time provided for it's re- demptiOn the Town Clerk must make to the purchaser or nssiguee bill of sale of the property reciting in the bill of sale suDstan- italy the matters contained in the certlh- cate; and that no person has redeemed the property during the time allowed for its re- demption. Aud the Town Clerk shall be en- titled to receive from the purchaser three dollars for making such bill of sale. rapovreroNa RELATING THE COLLECTION
 OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES
 Section 24. Within ten days after the date set by the Council when taxes become dee inouent the Town Clerk shah make mp a roll in duplicate of an real property assessed and on which the tax has not been paid and ls delinquent; such roll shall show therein the property assessed, the amount of the tax due penalty and interest separately stated, on each tract assessed, to whom each tract is assessed, h assessed as unknown SO stating And thereon shall be endorsed under the hand of the Town Clerk and corporate seal a certificate to the effect that said roll IS true and correct roll of the delinquent taxes of the town of Douglas for the year (specify- ing it), and showing the date when said taxes became delinquent and the total amount or delinquent taxes, penalty and interest sep arately stated, and the aggregate or the whole thereof. IT the taxes for more thau- one year be delinquent, such taxes separate ly shown, may be included in said list. Said roll SO made mp shall be known as the de- linqueut tax roll of the Town of Douglas for the year in which the same ls made up, the Oriwiual of which shall be filed With the Town Clerk and remain open to the iuspec- tiOu of the public. Upon the compietion or the said roll the Town Clerk shall, under the direction of the Council, cause to be pub lished In a newspaper puDushed m DOusiaS' to be designated by the Council once each week for a period of four successive weeks a notice under the hand of the Clerk Ot the Town. setting forth that the dehnQuent tax roll for the year, stating it has been com Dleted aud is open Tor pubic inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, and that on certain day not less than thirty days alteE the completion of said publication, the said roll would be presented to the District Cogrt for Division No. One 0t Juneau, Alaska Tor adjustment and order of sale
 Said notice shall describe each tract on the roll on which the tax has not been paid the amount or tax, penalty and interest Uue thereon, and to whom assessed.
 During the time of publication of notice aud up to the time of the order of sale here- matter provided for, any person may appear and make payment on any piece or tract se{ forth therein, together with the penalty and interest, and the Clerk shall make the proper notice of such payment on both the original and duplicate tax roll.
 Section %. On the date specified in said notice, or as soon thereafter as hearing can be had before the court, the Clerk or other officer shall present the delinquent tax roll SO completed as aforesaid together With ! proof of publication of notice or application : for order of sale to the District Court as aforesaid, for an order of sale of all the real property therein listed on which taxes have not been paid and are deluQuent m the manner provided by law.
 : Section 26. The Clerk shall issue duplicate certificates of sale for all real property sold ! at tax sale. one of which certificates he shall give to each purchaser of real property and the other he shall place on file In hls once and make proper index thereof
 Section 27. The Town Clerk is authorized at any time to issue a certificate of purchase ! to any person paying the town the amount provided by law for any parcel of property purchased by the Town at tax sale.
 Section 2S. The Town Clerk shall keep record of all redemptious, which record shall contain the matters required by law md shall be properly iudeNed and kept open at an times for Inspection by the public.
 Section 29 In the interpretation of this ordinance words of the singular shall be deemed to include the plural number and words in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter, as the ease may be.
 Section 30. This ordinance shall be pub ] lshed in the Douglas Island News, weekly ! newspaper published at Douglas, Alaska, on | fhe 22nd day of March, and the 29th day ot March 1916, and shall become in force and take effect from and after the date or us passage and approval.
 Passed and approved this 18th day of March 1916 PETER JOHNSON. President of Common Council and EX-OHcio Mayor.
 ATTEST: R.R. HUBBARD, City Clerk.