Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-05-31
CITY SELLS LOTS
FOR UNPAID TAXES
Sale Held at City Hall, Monday. Real
tor John A. Ackley, auctiOneer
More to Follow

WlldWo0d City
Forty five lots in First Ward were
put up and sold under the hammer by
Realtor John A. Ackley, assisted by
Charles Ackley and under direction of
the wildwood Commission.
For several months past Attorney
John Bright has been working steadily
to legally clear up unpaid taxes in
this city. After due legal processes
were complied with and executed in
Guiding notifications to owners and
advertising a public sale was adver-
tised.
In past years the law was so writ
ten that the wner by paying the taxes,
costs and for improvements to a prop
erty by the purchaser of a "tax sale
property" could reclaim his original
holdings. A comparatively recent sta
tute has changed all that and the sale
of the tax sale property" is absolute.
The purchaser receives a clear title
and the original owner cannot reclaim
a property SO sold.
Acting on this the city of Wildwood
lids Vi AlotO1y OoPO A1oy OASJ
finds itself in the same position as did
wildwood when the present commits
sion assumed office. Now the sister
resort is contemplating a similar ac-
ton to get in back taxes and the new
commission of Cape May has asked
Wildwood for information as how to
proceed. Cape May has $350,000 in
outstanding axes. Wildwood had
500, 900 in unpaid taxes, has collected
500, 1000 since the present officials took
office. To this is to be added the
S1O,4S5 realized in this last sale.
wildwood had about $50 such lots
to be sold and there yet remains 105
which will be put at auction as soon
as attorney Bright has cleared the
way. The next sale will be held some
time next autumn.
At last Mondays sale a number Of
real estate men, already large prop
erty holders here were among the
heaviest buyers. These men were
quick to realize the value of the sale
to them and in fact a number of these
lots have already been sold, naturally
! at a profit.
The lots sold and their buyers are
a as follows:
Block SO; lots 10 and IL, $3.50 each.
$500, G. McMann.
Block SO; lot Z, $3.50. $3.50. G. Nc
Mann.
Block 81; lot IA, 1925. Mrs. Hill.
Block 10; lot IT, $3.50. G. McMann.
Block So; lot 2S, $3.50. Wm. ellis.
Block 54; lots 1, 2, and 8, $1,000.
Jack Kay.
Block So; lots 20 and 81, $2S5 each.
$50, D. McKibbin.
Block So; lot II, $500. D. Mona
CHAN.
Block CIV; lot 5, $2S5. VIM. ellis
Block 81; lots 81 and %. $255 each
$50, VIM. ellis.
Block 60; lot 5, 5000. Dare.
s Block 55; lots 9 and 10, $500 each
$500, VIM. ellis.
Block %; lots IS and SO, 5000 each
r $500, J. J.. Kay.
Block go; lots II and IL, $500 each
! $500, oliver Bright.
Block 46; lots 8 and 10, $515each
e 81, 03O, Oliver Bright.
Block "a; lot IL, $3.50. W. McMann
Block GOV; lot 6, $41O. James
o Hapgod.
Block 1872; lots %, %, and SO, $13E
each. $4O5, D. McKibbin.
g Block 1879; lot 1, $115. D. McKibbin
e Block 1874; lot IL, $315. Oliver
h Bright.
if Block 1872; lots 2 and 8, SIS each
e $3.50, G. McMann.
Block 40; lot 40, $11O. Mary Trot
ter.
Block 1872; lot II, sos. Olive
Bright.
Block 1879; lot 1s, $50. Theo Dare
Block al; lots 1 and IA, $125 each
$3.50, Theo. Dare.
Block 40; lot IL, $50. J. J. Kay.
Block 1873; lots 2 and 8, 500 each
5000, Dave McNutt.
Block 1873; lot 10, 500. Mary Trot
l. ter.
Block 1873; lots 9 and 10, 800 each
5000, City.
Block 14S; lot 8, $125. G. McManr
% Block 147; lot 81, $75. G. E. Berwyr
Block 165; lot 1, 1926. VIM ellis
10 Mayor Smith predicted before tn
sale that it would total $4,000. Auc
tioneer Ackley gave 100000 as hi
b. estimation while William Goldsteil
in the presence of the Journal report
er before the sale that $4,000 woul
be his idea of the total. After tn
Is sale Mr.. Goldstein declared that h
: was astounded at the success of tn
sale and the prices the lots brough'
Because an error was discovered i
L the title of two lots near Fred Hin