HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 585
and the County Treasurer shall direct the Surveyor where
to locate the part of said property to be sold and shall file
the plat and description thereof, with his report of sales,
to the Circuit Court for said county; the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to lots in towns and sub-divisions
in said county near or adjacent to towns, or laid off for
town purposes, but such lots shall be sold entire, and in
the advertisement thereof it shall be a sufficient descrip-
tion to give the number of the lot or block or section and
reference to the plat of said town or sub-division where
such lot is located, and the place where such plat is lo-
cated; provided, that if a delinquent taxpayer is assessed
with more than one lot in towns and sub-divisions in said
county, as aforesaid, only such number of lots shall be sold
as may be necessary to discharge all taxes in arrear, inter-
est and costs, with which such taxpayer may be charged.
211. All notices and advertisements required by this
Act may be published in one or more newspapers published
in said county at the discretion of the County Commission-
ers, and the publishing of same shall be subject to their
approval.
212. It shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to
finish the collection of all State and county taxes due and
payable during his term of office, and whenever the term
of office of the County Treasurer shall expire before he
shall have collected all said taxes, it shall be the duty of
said County Treasurer, and he is hereby empowered to
proceed at the time and in the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided by advertisement and sale, to complete the collec-
tion of all unpaid taxes due and payable during his term
of office; provided, that he shall conclude all such proceed-
ings within the period of twelve months from and after
the date of the expiration of his said term of office; said
County Treasurer, however, shall receive no compensation
for the services required of him under the provisions of
this Section rendered after the expiration of his
i term of office other than the commissions allowed for
the collection of delinquent taxes under the provisions of
this Act. Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect
any of the powers belonging to collectors of taxes of said
county at the date of passage of the Act of 1898, Chapter
235, and at the date of passage of the Act of 1910, Chapter
369, or of any other Act, so far as the same are not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act, and its purposes,
and so far as the same will facilitate the county treasurer
of said county in the discharge of his duties, hereunder.
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