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 r1FrY-s1·:vENrH CONGRESS. sms. 1. cH. 12,58. 1902. 633 date of sale and publish the said list, with notice of sale, ina inphlet, of which not less than two thousand copies shall be printedlfor distribution to taxpayers applying therefor. That the said Commis- Time °‘“°“°°- sioners shall give notice, by advertising twice a week for three successive weeks, beginning on the third Monday in February of each year hereafter, in the regular issue of three daily newspa rs ublished in said District, that the said pamphlet has been printedxandp that a co y thereof will be delivered to any taxpayer applying therefor at the office of the collector of taxes of said District; and if the taxes due, together with the penalties and costs that may have accrued thereon, shall not be paid prior to the day fixed for sale, the property will be sold, under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at public auction at the office of the said collector of taxes, A“°**°¤ wecommencing at least three weeks after the first publication of said notice and continuing on each following day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, until all said delinquent property is sold; a description suificient to identify the property shall be considered a proper description. “Sec. 2. That u n the day specified aforesaid the Commissioners Smshall proceed to selllor cause to be sold any and all roperty upon which such taxes remain unpaid, and continue to sell the same every secular day until all the real property as aforesaid shall have been brought to auction and sold. In case no other rson bids the amount Bid *°’ Dimmdue, together with penalties and costs, on anylldt, the said collector of taxes shall bid the amount due, together with penalties and costs, on the same and purchase it for the District. "S1:c. 3. That the collector of taxes shall require from every pur- e,D°¥’°‘“ by P“’°h”· chaser of property sold as aforesaid a deposit sufficient, in his judg- ` ment, to guarantee a full and final settlement for such purchase. Every purchaser other than the District of Columbia at any sale of mf,°,§’{° °‘ l"" ¥’°’· property as aforesaid shall pay the full amount of his bid, including surplus, if any, to the collector of taxes within five days after the last day of sale, and in case such payment is not made within the time F<>*f***<>f¤¤l><>¤i*- specified the deposit of the person so failing to make payment shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia, and said collector of taxes shall C°*"m°°*° °* $**1* then issue the certificate of sale for such property to the next highest bidder, and if payment of the amount of the bid of said next highest bidder be not made within two days thereafter, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall set aside both sales for which the bids were made; and the said collector of taxes shall thereupon be held to have bid the amount due on the said lot and to have purchased it for the District. lmmediatel after the close of the sale, u n payment of the purchase money, the said collector of taxes shallxissue to the purchasers. certificate of sale, and if the property shall not be redeemed y 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, exclusive of surplus, and twelve per centum per annum thereon, a deed shall be given by the Commissioners of the District, D°°"· or their successors in office, to the purchaser at such tax sale, his heirs or devisees, or to the assignee of such certificates, which deed shall be admitted and held to be prima facie evidence of a good and perfect title in fee simple to any pro rty bought at said sa e herein authorized: Provided, That no deedpsghall be issued until all taxes and assess- fgffént Mom ments appearing upon the tax books against the property are paid, deedissues. with penalties, interests, and costs, including taxes for the years for which the District purchased the property at tax sale: Itmdded, That S0}Q'*}g§jg;,Qg;_,f°m‘;f no property advertised as aforesaid shall be sold upon any bid not etc.` _ _ sufficient to meet the amount of tax, penalty, and costs; but in case B'd*·">"*** D*“‘“°‘· the highest bid upon any property is not sufficient to meet the taxes,