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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 32. 1898. 251 due on the said lot and to have purchased it for the District. Imme- t C¤¤=i§¤==·¢•> wd demi diately after the close of the sale, upon payment of the purchase money, ° Dum as"' the said collector of taxes shall issue to the purchaser a certificate of sale, and if the property shall not be redeemed by the owner or owners thereof within two years from the last day of sale, by payment to the collector of taxes of said District, for the use of the legal holder of the certificate, the amount for which it was sold at such sale and fifteen per ’ centum per annum thereon, a deed shall be given by the Commissioners of the District, or their successors in office, to the purchaser at such tax sale, his heirs or devisees, or to the assignee of such certiiicates, which deed shall be admitted and held to be prima facie evidence of a good and perfect title, in fee simple, to any property bought at said sale herein authorized: Provided, That no deed shall be issued until {_’¢·<>·¤¤<>¤- all taxes and assessments appearing upon the tax books against the ¤a.?y'i?.°}l°»;t°·i¤¤t3x°1:'. property are paid, with penalties, interests, and costs, including taxes ¤“°¤· for the years for which the District purchased the property at tax sale: Provided, That no property advertised as aforesaid shall be sold upon Elrgveryy not to be any bid not sufficient to meet the amount of tax, penalty, and costs; Zia or °" °""‘°°" but in case the highest bid upon any property is not sufficient to meet the taxes, penalties, and costs thereon said property shall thereupon be bid off by the said collector of taxes, in the name of the District of mfg? ::,*:-9 ¤¤=¤¤¤f Columbia; but the property so bid od' shall not be exempted from sun Luis} mmm assessment and taxation, but shall be assessed and taxed as other property; and if within two years thereafter such property is not redeemed Property ummm. by the owner or owners thereon or their legal representatives, by the °d "m““ "'° ’°“"'· payment of the taxes, penalties, and costs due at the time of the sale, ‘ and that may have accrued after that date, and ten per centum per annum thereon, or if any property, two years after having been so bid off at any sale in the name of said District, under this or any other law, whether heretofore or hereaiter made, is not or has not been so redeemed as aforesaid (unless it shall be shown that the sale for taxes - was irregular and void), then the Commissioners of the District, or their successors, shall, in the name of and on behalf of the District of Columbia, sell said_property at public or private sale and issue to any pur- -»1» of stems. chaser of such property a deed, which deed shall have the same force and effect as the deed hereinbefore provided for in this section for property sold at the regular annual sale: Provided, however, That no such —r¤m¤¤¢ ·»f um deed shall he issued until all assessments, taxes, costs, and charges due "’°“ ° °' the District, of whatsoever nature, shall have been paid in full, and that before the deed is issued, as hereinbefore mentioned, notice shall ;;·:y¤¤ by ¤<¤*¤¤*¤¤· be published three times in two daily newspapers published in the ' District that a deed has been applied for, and that unless the owner comes forward within thirty days from date of said notice and pays all arrears of taxes, general and special, then due, the deed will be issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act: And provided also, That R¤·;;¤¤r¤i¤¤ by miminors or other persons under legal disability be allowed one year after °°r°‘ °` attaining full age, or after the removal of such legal disability, to redeem the property so sold, or of which the title has, as aforesaid, become vested in the District of Columbia, irom the purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their assigns, or from the District of Columbia, on payment of the amount of purchase money so paid therefor, with ten per centum per annum interest thereon, as aforesaid, together with all taxes and assessments that have been paid thereon by the purchaser or his assigns, between the day of sale and the period of redemption, with ten per centum per annum interest on the amount of such taxes _ and assessments: Provided, however, That failure on the part of the t0€$l,,j'c';j;§D§";‘g‘°* District, from any cause whatsoever. to enforce the liens acquired afore- ' said shall not release the property from any tax whatsoever that may be due the District. _ Sec. 4. That the owner or authorized agent of the owner of any prop- °w*;:;*:{;P* ’ °“ "¥ erty sold as aforesaid, or any other person having an interest therein ` at the time of sale, may redeem the same from such sale at any time within two years after the last day of sale by paying to the collector of