Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-22

Oh rom 80 W SlVV III tcStS anu AT
torncy's fees. | have had three such
cases of homestead clouds aud ono case
of where q IN )rtsage WAS given on my
land by party who did not own the
land nor any interest in the land what
ever, and an attempt made to hold me
up for what il would have cost me TO
bring u suit to remove the cloud from
the title.
The next thing that | would like to
bring before the members Of the new
ly elected legislature. is our revenue
law, according to chapter IS, section
100, scssio nlaws 1913. No taxes levied
for any year and entered upon the real
property assessment roll shall be re-
ceived by the tax collector on or after
the first Monday of January or prior
to the first Monday of july in the sue
ceeding year. The tax collector tnow
the treasurer) must convey the pro-
perty on which the taxes are not paid
on or before the first Monday of Jan
uary, If the tax is not paid, and must
make out delinquency certificates in
duplicate In the form prescribed, by
this act, to be dated as of the second
Monday of January and issued to the
county auditor as grantee In trust for
the county for all property entered mp
on the real property assessment roll on
which one half Of the Original amount
of such taxes have not been paid.
NO PROTECTION TO PROPERTY.
Could anything be conceived mora
infamous than such a law as that? II
n real estate owner, by any oversight
overlook, or oy mistake, neglect to pay
his taxes by the first Monday in Jan
uary. or the last Of June for the second
half the tax collector is absolutely pro-
hbitcd from receiving his taxes and the
property has to be conveyed to the
county, and costs and penalties added
&nd no notice of any kind given to the
owner or lien holders who may be in
tcrcstcd in the land and who, if notL
fled, would willingly pay the taxes,
thus save costs, penalties and unne-
cessary waste of clerical work invoiv-
ed in making the transfer to the county
and then having to issue the necessary
redemption certificates when the land
| is redeemed. 1t is just as If a person
should leave his property exposed over
night and a thie' should steal it-only
with this difference in favor of the
| thief. that one stands n chance of re-
covering his property from a thief
without being pcnalzod, but you must
| pay the penalties and interest and costs
| if you recover your property from the
county.
Further on section 1871, same chap
ter, provides that if redemption be not
made from such sale within two years
| from the date os the delinquency Ger
tificate, the owner of such certificate
! la, Il
than 80 days, after the expiration OF
the time of the redcmpti ion, commence
an action in the district court in the
county in which the said property is
located for the foreclosure of the tax
| lien as provided in the act, Just thir j.
of the owner of u delinquency certifi
cate which calls for "A tax OF so cents
| (Which is all the taxes assessed against
hundreds of lots in small towns). hav-
ing to go into court and foreclosc his
| lien, having to pay fec of $40, ad-
vance costs, as required by law in this
| state, aud then pay lawyer to cons
duct his case aud then getting judg
mcnt against the property for perhaps
81 or $1.50, or whatever the redemption
would amount to and thea having the
property levied on, selling. sheriffs
| costs, and paying the attorneys fees
the s25 provided for in thG.act, waiting
for IA year and then getting a deed to
| the property at a cost of perhaps SIS
to 500 for a lot or parcel of land, which
in many instances would not be worth
over $40 to SIS, and having 10 furnish
| an abstract showing all of the above
proceedings at a cost of perhaps SIS to
so, yet this is just what this most in
famous revenue law compcls the county
or individual to Go within the time pre-
scribed, not less than 80 nor moro thar
| 30 days from the time of expiration OF
the period allowed for redemption
could anything more infamous, stupid
or ,damnablo be conceived to be writer
into the laws of any civilized commons
| wealth.