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 THIRTY—-XIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 215, 216. 1866. 215 an officer of the metropolitan police force or as a private detective, and shall be prosecuted to the extent of the law for aiding criminals to escape the ends of justice. APPROVED, July 23, 1866. CHAP. CCXVI. —-An Act to give ceyfain Powers lo the Levy Court of the Cvunfy of July 23, 1866. Washington in the District af Columbia. ’_"°‘;—" Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe}2resc1ztatives of the United States of America in. Congress asscmblea', That in addition to the exist- Certain mul ing remedy by distress, for the recovery of taxes due to the levy court in P"°l””}Y m FM · . . . . county of \\ ashthe county of V ashmgton, real property m said county, outside the cor- gugmn may be porate limits of Georgetown and Whsliiugtou, on which one yea1·’s taxes Sold for mmsshall be due and unpaid, or so much thereof; not less than one acre, (where the property on which the t21X has accrued is not less than that quantity,) as may be necessary to pay any such taxes, with all legal costs and charges arising thereon, may be sold at public sale, to satisfy such taxes and expenses, by the collector appointed by the levy court of said county: Provided, That public notice be given of the time and place of N<>¢i¤¤ ¤f *0110 sale by advertising once a week for eight successive weeks in some news- QS; Pl’1°° °f paper published in the city of Wa1shix1gto11,iu which advertisement shall t it t hu be given a sufficient and definite description of the property selected for O S 8 e W ` sale, the name of the person to whom- the same is assessed, and the aggregate amount of taxes due thereon. The purchaser or purchasers of Purchase- _ any such property shall pay, at the time of such sale, the amount of taxes m°“°Yh°w Pali due on the property so purchased by him, her, or them, respectively, with the amount of the expenses of sale, aud shall pay the residue of the purchase-money within ten days after the expiration of two years from the clay of sale, to the collector or other officer of the levy court authorized to receive the same, and the amount of such residue shall be placed in the treasury of said levy court, subject to the order of the original proprietor or proprietors of the property sold, his, her. or their legal representatives; and the purchaser or purchasers of said property shall receive a title Whenaudhow thereto in fee simple, by deed, under the hand of the president of said P“*?l‘”*°'*° . . . . receive title. levy court and its seal, which shall be deemed good and valid m law and equity: 1’¢~avz'ded, nevertheless, That if within two years from the clay of 0»v¤¤rs_mg¤y any such sale, or before such purchaser or purchasers shall have paid the f;?;€fl§a;;f[h‘“ residue, if any, of the purchase-money as aforesaid, the proprietor or pro- Mads sus. prietors of any property sold as aloresss.id, his, her, or their agents, or legal d°mP*i°¤· representatives, shall repay to such purchaser or purchasers the money paid for taxes and expenses as aforesaid, together with ten per ceutum per annum as interest thereon, or make a tender thereofQ or deposit the same with the treasurer of said levy court or other officer authorized to receive the same, for the use of such purchaser or purchasers, and subject to his or their order, he, she, or they shall be reinstated in his, her, or their original right and title, as if no such sale had been made; and if any purchaser shall Fail to pay the residue of the purehase·mo¤ey as aforesaid yrpurchascr within the time required as aforesaid, for any property so purchased by Sails *0 pw msihim he shall a ten er centum er annum as interest thereon in addi- ua of P°r°has°` > P Y P P v ¤ money. tion to such residue, from the expiration of the two years as aforesaid, until the actual payment of such residue and the receiving of a convey- ance as aforesaid, und said interest shall alike be subject to the order of the original proprietor or proprietors as the residue of the purchasemoney aforesaid: Provided also, That no sale shall be made of any im- lilo ssp; to bc proved property in pursuance of this section, whereon there is personal ;’;v‘;;p:,g;;m_ty’ property of sufficient value to pay said taxes, nor of such improved prop- irmereistbereou erty whereon there is not such personal property, until the collector shall s;1m°i°¤’°tP°”°¤· first tile a sworn return with the clerk of said levy court that there is no a pwper y` such personal property, which return shall be prima tixcie proof of that fact; and that minors, mortgagees, and others having equitable liens or