The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-10
ASKS REPEAL OF
RESALE TAX LAW
Works Rank Injustice
Without Lawful Means
of Recourse
HOW LAW OPERATES
Spectators in Tax Deeds Per
mitted to Mulct Property
Owners in Vast Sums

TO protest against the working of
tho resale tax law aH found in 1913
session laws on page lS5, am very
much Interested in having this law
repealed, ana viii give you a foW
illustrations Of how THE law works
In practice.
Joe Dawson is Cherokee minor
Indian. whose pogtoffico address ~
Nowsta. OKLA, and who's" parents
are farmcrs. Tie became OF age the
I'm day of December. 1920. and ON
tho same DAY tax deed under this
resale act vas placed on record. The
purchaser of this deed paid the
county $40 for tho Same. Ten days
later Mr. Dawson was compelled tu
give him $500 bonus, the t2b ho hnd
paid. and sos, being the taN'H which
were assessed against the land and
was cancelled by reason OF this sale
Ia other words the purchaser ut THIS
tax deed made fi0G ON f2G for ten
days The county of craig lost f1d
In order to get f2G ten days sooner
than they would have gotten II.
MIR. shaw, who lives close 80
WEIGH, went to the treasurcr's office
each year and paid his taxes. Mr.
Shaw IL "A farmer and simply IN
formed the treasurer each year thht
he wanted to pay his taxes, and paid
the amount the treasurer told him
was due. II happens however, that
the taxes on SO acres Of his lard Tor
the last half OF 1917 Amounting to
3i6 were not paid In December
1920. this land WAS sold for the said
taxes and deed placed uf record
The purchaser Immediately notified
MIR. Shaw and made him give him
$1,000 for auitclaim dccd.
Loan Companies Would ray.
Every loan company operating IN
this state each year pays an Dbstruc-
TOR ar tho treasurcr's office fur
checking the taxes ON Tho lands upon
which they have loH-s, And pay all
the taxes which remain unpaid
November This iS the rule thnt
every loan company folloNr, 'Ihr
companies pay form 500 20 ; 500
per year each, for the purpose ut
getting these taxes checked. But
under the resale law II the treasurer
or abstractor should show the taxes
then The land is sold without any
notice whatsoever to the loan com
pany Notwithstanding the fact that
it is common knowledge that the
loan companies would pay the taxes
at any time. If notified.
This resale deed conveys tue,
discharged of the company's mort
gage; hence the loan companies are
very much Interested In having tins
law repealed. Tho tax deed would
also convey the land discharged OF
oil lease; hence the oil companies
are very much interested In having
this law repealed. This is true win
reference to the building loan Assoc
Citations mortgages. and hence they
are very much Interested In the re-
peal OF this Law. The abstraCtulS
horctofor In certifying to an abstract
have been liable for ting taxes ana
the penalty thereon at rs per cont
HAA NIlll a.
prior TO the passage OF this law 10
being held up for from $500 To $g'-
600 because they made nm error
Hence they are very much Interested
In the repeal of this law.
know one loan company when
made a mortgage on 80 acres OF land
and had the taxes checked and paid
the treasurer of the county In when
the land was located 90 cents cach
year for checking the same, for the
wears 1919 to 1920, inclusive. rms
land was also sold In 1917 and tho
purchaser OF that deed now demands
a bonus of one-half the value OF the
land In order TO execute duilcIalnn
deed.
When you bear in mind that the
courts of this state are untturmhliN
holding these deeds good and that
the same has been passed upon ny
the supreme court consuiutiuhalN'
and then when you remember lhhl
this deed cancels all mortgages, on
leases, material liens ana every IN
wrumcnt of record, and puts the Zee
simple title In the holder of IN" re-
sale tax deed, then you reall@c lhc
Niciousness OF this law
You must further bear In mind
that this tax deed places the utle
which was In the farmer IN it>
simple, in the purchaser or TINS decd
Hl.. a. "A
time acquire and own his home DC
cause of some oversight or some er-
ror has to stand back ana see ihnt
lifetime saving wiped out Tor inc
paltry sum of S25 or 500. ana some
CRATER IN the city become tho owner
of his home.
Publication Not u Warning
OF course before the land ~ Tor
sale or resale Il Is published In the
naper 40 DAYS prior To the date OF re-
sale. and It might be argued that thc
farmer the loan company, me on
company. the bank or the lumu'r
company, who might have "A uen ON
this land or an interest IN H. Shou'u
search this paper and see II the lahd
is listed In which he Is Interested,
rake tho case of "A loan company
They probably have from 1000 To o.
600 mortgages in each ana every
county of the state, This would ne,
Cessitate each company taxing an
the county papers IN each county
within 80 days, in every county IN
the state, and would ncceSsitaN
them duplicating the treasurer 5
hooks In each and every county, TINS
is impossible,
Craig county year ago was on =
cash basis and had "A surplus run,
of almost 500, 900, SIN under TINS
law they were forced TO hold a re
sale. giving up the securities whlcn
they held In the form OF taxes un'
paid, and which were first liens upon
the property upon which the SAINT
were assessed and bearing IN pei