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 20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. $¤l¤¤ ¤¤¢ ¢¤ by SEG; 173. No sale of any real property for taxes shall be impaired or "id f"? °”°" i" made void b ·reason of any error of the proper odlcers m making acom- §`:,';°°°`"g °m°°”° putation of the amount of taxes due, the expenses attendant on the ad- ——————·- vertisement and sale, or of the purchasemoney and the interest thereon, 4217 ¥“Y;,1B“{j2g· notwithstanding the sum erroneously computed may have been paid by ’°‘ ’v' ’ P`the purchaser, his heirs or assigns; but all suchsales and the_deeds V which may be granted on the certiticates then issued shall be valid aml binding as if no such error had been made. _ H¤i¤•¤d ¤¤¤is¤• Sec. 174. It shall be lawful for the heirs or assigns of any pnrchaser tions to receive, do, or perform anything which it may be lawlul for Ibid- such purchaser to receive, do, or perlorm. _ _ R<¢r¤¤‘¤ ¤f PNP` Sec. 175. The collector of taxes, or other omcer of the District, ]X,,d_,,:°Q,_ m ton for taxes, shall, within ten days after every such sale, transmit to —;+——— the recorder of deeds an accurate report in writing, duly certified, con- 3522 ;°l;‘•318HQ8g‘ taining a particular description of the property sold, the amount of taxes gl 1.*,,;,; {5};, of for the raising of which it has been sold, the names and residence of the 62, v. 16, p. 419. person or persons to whom such property belongs, or to whom such taxes have been assessed, and of the purchaser or purchasers, and the amount of the purchase-money; distinguishing how much has been actually paid, and the clear surplus, if any, coming to the proprietor; which report it shall be the duty of the recorder forthwith to record among the land-records of the District, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the party who redeems the same. Personal prop- SEO. 176. No personal property in the city of ·Washington shall be 3:%::: znmdzg sold for taxes unless ten days' previous notice of such sale shall be given Public noun in some newspaper printed in said city. ···-·——;··· 15 May, 1820, c. 104, s. 12, v. 3, p.590; 17 May, 1848, c.42,s.11,v.9,p.BS. IN GEORGETOWN· when real prep- Sm:. 177. Public notice of the time and place of sale of any real pro- §W)'hlG(`m`H°t°W“ petty chargeable with taxes, in Georgetown, shall be given, once in each §0;:Ldmf‘{;’ lf:::- week, for twelve successive weeks, in some one newspaper printed in _.;.}; Georgetown, and in some newspaper printed in Washington, in which Q6 lg"}'- 1**%,3: shall be stated the number of the lot or lots, or parts thereof, intended u"·" ·"‘ 4** to be sold, and the value of the assessment, and the amount of the taxes due und owing thereon. When property Sec. 178. If, before the day of sale, advertised according to the pre- ¤¤¤! lm wld ¤¤•1 ceding section, the owner, his agent, or attorney, shall not pay the “'“”‘“°‘“° g'""' amount of taxes, with all costs thereon assessed, said lots, or so many as 1bid.,s. 8, p. 76. may be sudicient to discharge the same, shall be sold for cash, and to the highest bidder paying therefor; and a certincate from the proper officer shall be issued, setting forth that he is the purchaser, and the amount Paid by him. _ If not redeemed S20. 179. If, at the expiration of twelve months from the day of sale, };'°°:]°aY°,f•fL::’A:;g the owner shall not appear, and pay to the proper officer, or the pur- ,,u,.,,,,f,c,_ chaser, the amount of the purchase-money, and cost, and taxes accruing subsequent 11) UIIB BRIS, and téll DCP CBDUIIII 1DtBI`€Sb per HDI1H1D OD the ··PP·7°· · purchase-money, it shall be lawful for a title, in tee-simple, at the expiration of said time, to be made to the purchaser. mW1in1p tags! gbsll SEO. 180. No sale of real estate for taxes shall be made, but Whew 'm?¤d°:,mnf;:$ the owner_or tenant of the property has not sufficient personal estate ,,,,,,0,,, mam out of which to entbrce a collection of the debt due, and where he has T——- personal property, it shall be lawful to collect the taxe by distress and "L sale thereof. _s¤me1e¤¤y of Sec. 181. All titles to property in the city of Georgetown conveyed title. on sales for taxes made in accordance with the four preceding sections, gg May, lm", ,,_ shall be by deed from the governor of the District, under the seal of the
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