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Timestamp: 2020-08-12 04:41:43
Document Index: 83955178

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12']

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be made in full of any such bond or note, when it shall be delivered up to be
cancelled; and when full payment shall be made of all the purchase money,
the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, shall deliver up the certificate aforesaid,
and the said commissioner shall execute a deed for the lot so paid for, in the
same manner and with the like effect as is herein before provided, where
the whole of the purchase money is paid at the time of sale.
§ 10. That if default shall be made in the payment of the purchase money of any lot, or any part thereof, according to the terms of sale, or tenor
and effect of any note or bond given to secure the same, such lot shall be
forfeited to the use of the county, and the commissioner aforesaid, shall sell
the same for%ready money to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the
place of holding courts in such county for the time being, on some day during
the sitting of the tribunal transacting county business for such county, giving
ten days' previous notice of the time and place of sale, and the property to
be sold, by advertisements put up at four of the most public places in the
county, and on receiving the purchase money, the commissioner shall make a
deed to the purchaser, in the same manner and with like effect as on other
sales; and the purchase money shall be accounted for as other moneys received by such commissioner, and the amount thereof (after paying the expenses of sale) shall be credited upon'the notes or bonds of such delinquent
purchaser, and if there be sufficient to pay the whole, such notes or bonds
shall be cancelled, but no part shall be paid to such purchaser, although
there maybe more than sufficient to pay the debt due by him; and if the proceeds of such sale shall not be sufficient to satisfy the whole of the debt due
by such purchaser, the commissioner shall proceed to enforce the payment
of the balance by suit, in any court having competent jurisdiction. And it
shall be the duty of the Attorney General and Circuit Attorneys, respectively, to commence and prosecute all such actions' which may be required to
be commenced and prosecuted, in any circuit court within their respective
circuits: Provided, however, That the holder of any certificate of sale of any
such forfeited lot, may redeem the said lot, at any time before the sale, by
paying to the commissioner the whole amount then due, with interest, together with the expenses of advertising, and compensation of the commissioner, as hereinafter provided; in which case such lot shall not be sold, but
proceedings shallbe in all things, as if no such delinquency had occurred.
§ 11. That it shall be the duty of every commissioner of any seat of justice as aforesaid, to keep regular and systematic accounts of all sales by him
made, shewing the lot sold, the name of the purchaser, the amount paid, the
balance to be paid, at what time, and how secured; and an account of the,
expenses by him incurred; he shall settle with the tribunal transacting county business of his county, at every term; and shall pay the balance, which
may be found against him, into the county treasury; and when all sales ordered by said tribunal, shall be completed and payments made, and deedsr
therefor made, or in case of resignation, or removal from office of such commissioner, or if he die, his executors or administrators shall, at the first term
which shall happen after such death,.resignation or removal from office, settle with the said tribunal, and pay or deliver over, according to their order,
all moneys, books, papers, notes, bonds, or other securities belonging to such
§ 12. That the money arising from the sale of lots, after paying all the
expenses accruing in the selecting the seat of justice, in the laying out the
town, and selling the lots, shall be applied, first to paying for the land purchased, (if any,) and the residue shall be set apart as a specific fund, for the
purpose of erecting county buildings, and shall be applied to no other pur~
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Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0041.tif
Transcript COUNTIES. 41 be made in full of any such bond or note, when it shall be delivered up to be cancelled; and when full payment shall be made of all the purchase money, the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, shall deliver up the certificate aforesaid, and the said commissioner shall execute a deed for the lot so paid for, in the same manner and with the like effect as is herein before provided, where the whole of the purchase money is paid at the time of sale. § 10. That if default shall be made in the payment of the purchase money of any lot, or any part thereof, according to the terms of sale, or tenor and effect of any note or bond given to secure the same, such lot shall be forfeited to the use of the county, and the commissioner aforesaid, shall sell the same for%ready money to the highest bidder, at public auction, at the place of holding courts in such county for the time being, on some day during the sitting of the tribunal transacting county business for such county, giving ten days' previous notice of the time and place of sale, and the property to be sold, by advertisements put up at four of the most public places in the county, and on receiving the purchase money, the commissioner shall make a deed to the purchaser, in the same manner and with like effect as on other sales; and the purchase money shall be accounted for as other moneys received by such commissioner, and the amount thereof (after paying the expenses of sale) shall be credited upon'the notes or bonds of such delinquent purchaser, and if there be sufficient to pay the whole, such notes or bonds shall be cancelled, but no part shall be paid to such purchaser, although there maybe more than sufficient to pay the debt due by him; and if the proceeds of such sale shall not be sufficient to satisfy the whole of the debt due by such purchaser, the commissioner shall proceed to enforce the payment of the balance by suit, in any court having competent jurisdiction. And it shall be the duty of the Attorney General and Circuit Attorneys, respectively, to commence and prosecute all such actions' which may be required to be commenced and prosecuted, in any circuit court within their respective circuits: Provided, however, That the holder of any certificate of sale of any such forfeited lot, may redeem the said lot, at any time before the sale, by paying to the commissioner the whole amount then due, with interest, together with the expenses of advertising, and compensation of the commissioner, as hereinafter provided; in which case such lot shall not be sold, but proceedings shallbe in all things, as if no such delinquency had occurred. § 11. That it shall be the duty of every commissioner of any seat of justice as aforesaid, to keep regular and systematic accounts of all sales by him made, shewing the lot sold, the name of the purchaser, the amount paid, the balance to be paid, at what time, and how secured; and an account of the, expenses by him incurred; he shall settle with the tribunal transacting county business of his county, at every term; and shall pay the balance, which may be found against him, into the county treasury; and when all sales ordered by said tribunal, shall be completed and payments made, and deedsr therefor made, or in case of resignation, or removal from office of such commissioner, or if he die, his executors or administrators shall, at the first term which shall happen after such death,.resignation or removal from office, settle with the said tribunal, and pay or deliver over, according to their order, all moneys, books, papers, notes, bonds, or other securities belonging to such county. § 12. That the money arising from the sale of lots, after paying all the expenses accruing in the selecting the seat of justice, in the laying out the town, and selling the lots, shall be applied, first to paying for the land purchased, (if any,) and the residue shall be set apart as a specific fund, for the purpose of erecting county buildings, and shall be applied to no other pur~ - . 4