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the corporate limits of said town for at least six months
next preceding their election. The Mayor and Councilmen
must continue to reside in said town during their terms of
office, and they shall receive no fees or compensation for
their services, except that the Mayor shall receive the fees
allowed by said charter in Section 9 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1898, Chapter 78.
Section 17. All taxes levied by the Council shall be due
and payable immediately upon the levy thereof at the office
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of the clerk, and the ordinance providing for the levy of
taxes shall of itself constitute the authority for the same, and
no Other warrant or evidence of authority shall be required ;
within ninety days after the levying of any tax by the Council
the clerk shall return to the Council a full and complete list
of all taxpayers who are delinquent, with a description of
the property and the amount of tax due from each; and if
the taxes due from any person, persons or corporation shall
not be paid before the first day of September following then
shall be added on that day a penalty of one per centum thereof,
and a like penalty of one per centum on the first day of each
succeeding month until such taxes and penalties shall be
paid. The clerk shall, not later than the first day of the fol-
lowing April, proceed to advertise the property named in
said list for sale, and to sell the same at public auction for
the amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs due on
each piece of property, whether for the year current or for
previous years, after publication and notice of the time and
place of sale, for at least three weeks, in some newspaper
published in said town. The notice of the sale shall state
the time and place of the sale, the name or names of the
persons or corporations to whom each piece of property is
assessed and the total amount of taxes, penalties and costs
due from each person or corporation, computed to the day of
sale.
Section 17 (A). On the day of sale the clerk shall, at the
time and place designated in his notice, offer for sale by
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public auction, to the highest bidder, so much of the real
estate advertised or posted in the name of the delinquent tax-
payer as shall be necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and
costs, and shall continue the sale from day to day until the
taxes are paid or until each piece of property has been sold ;
when the real estate advertised or posted as aforesaid shall
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Real estate
sold for
taxes.
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