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436 erty for taxes, the redemption thereof, or the payment of taxes thereon.

. 60. No action for the recovery of real property sold for non-payment of taxes shall be, unless the same be brought within six years after the date of the sale for taxes aforesaid.

. 61. Each county is responsible to the state [territory] for the amount of tax levied for territorial purposes, excepting such amounts as are certified to be unavoidable, double, or erroneous assessments, as hereinafter provided.

. 62. If any county treasurer prove to be a defaulter for territorial revenue, such amount shall be made up to the territory within the next three years, in such manner as the county commissioners may direct; in such cases, the county can have recourse to the official bond of the treasurer for indemnity.

. 63. If any county treasurer shall loan out or in any way use county funds for private purposes, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the benefit of common schools of the county, to be procured as other fines.

. 64. The county commissioners shall in January and June of each year make a full and complete settlement with the county treasurer.

. 65. When any treasurer goes out of office, he shall make a full and complete settlement with the county commissioners, and shall deliver all books, papers, moneys, and all other property appertaining to his office, to his successor, taking his receipt therefor.

. 66. Any officer neglecting or refusing to comply with this act, for whose negligence no other penalty is provided by this act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be prosecuted by the district attorney for the benefit of common schools.
 * Approved May 15, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.