SECTION 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict Repeal with this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This act shall be in force from the date AN ACT to amend section 21, of article 10, of chapter 70, of the Statutes of Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of real estate SECTION 1. That section 21, of article 10, of chap- Resale of ter 70, of the Statutes of Oklahoma, 1893, entitled bid in by county for 'Revenue," be, and the same is hereby amended so as taxes. to read as follows: (5663) Section 21. Whenever the county treasurer of any county shall bid off any real estate in the name of his county, he shall make out a certificate of purchase to said county in the same manuer and form as he is required to do if the sale had been made to any other purchaser, but he shall retain the same in his office until transferred as provided in section 20 of this article, and whenever any real estate that may have been, or shall hereafter be sold for any taxes due thereon, that have been or shall hereafter be bought in by any county for such taxes, are or hereafter shall be unredeemed for three years from date of sale, and no person shall offer to purchase the same for the taxes, penalties and costs due thereon, the county treasurer of the county where such real estate is situated, shall proceed to advertise and sell such real estate at public auction as herein provided. The treasurer shall give notice of the sale of such real estate by the publication thereof once a week for four consecutive weeks preceding the sale, in some newspaper in the county, and if there be no paper published in his county he shall give notice by written or printed notices posted on the door of the court house or building in which courts are commonly held, or at the usual place of meeting of the county commissioners. Such notice shall contain a description of the real estate to be sold, the time and place of sale and a statement of the date on which said real estate was sold to the county for delinquent taxes, and that the same has not been redeemed for the period of two years from the date of such sale, and the amount of taxes, costs, penalties and interest accrued on the same, and that such real estate will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. On the day such real estate is advertised for sale the treasurer shall between the hours of one o'clock and four o'clock p. m., at the treasurer's office, where by law the taxes are made payable, sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, each tract or parcel of said real estate, and in case said real estate is not sold for want of bidders, he may adjourn said sale from day to day for a period not exceeding three days. The county treasurer shall charge and collect from the purchaser at such sale the sum of twentyfive cents on each tract of real property and ten cents on each town lot so advertised and sold, for the cost of publishing said notice of sale, which sum shall be paid into the county treasury, and the county shall pay the cost of the publication of such notice. Within ten days after such sale the treasurer shall file in the office of the county clerk of his county, a return of his sale of such real estate, retaining a copy in his office, showing the real estate sold, the name of the purchasers and the sums paid by them, and also a copy of the notice of sale, with a certificate of the advertisement, verified by affidavit, and such certificate shall be evidence of the regularity of the proceeding. Within ten days after such sale the treasurer shall execute to the purchaser at such sale, his heirs or assigns, a deed of conveyance which shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee simple in such real estate. Such deed shall be executed in con formity to section 25, of article 10, of chapter 70, of the satutes of Oklahoma, 1893, and shall contain in addition to the recitals required by such section, a summary recital of the proceedings in the matter of the sale provided for in this section. If any tract or parcel of such real estate sells for more than the taxes, penalty, interests and costs accrued upon said tract or parcel, the excess thereof shall be turned into the county treasury and there be held for the prior owner of such real estate, to be by him withdrawn at any time within two years, and at the expiration of two years, if the same is not withdrawn or collected from the county treasury, the same shall be turned into the county sinking fund: And provided, further, That any party removing any improvements off said real estate shall be guilty of felony. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 12, 1897. AN ACT providing for the immediate relief of taxpayers and an extension Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of delinquent remitted. SECTION 1. All tax penalties now due on delin- Penalties for quent taxes for the year 1896 are hereby remitted; and 1896 tax, no penalty shall attach until the second Monday in March, in the year A. D. 1897. delinquent SECTION 2. To all taxes now due and unpaid and Penalties on which may be unpaid on the second Monday of March taxes. in the year A. D. 1897, there shall be added as a penalty two per centum on the amount thereof, and on the second Monday of each month thereafter there shall be added two per cent. penalty on the amount thereof until such taxes are satisfied. SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby suspended. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 1, 1897. 1. Section and half section line 2. Protecting bridges. ARTICLE 1.-SECTION AND HALF SECTION LINE Width and manner of opening roads. Repeal. 1. Width and manner of opening 2. Repeal. roads. AN ACT to amend section 1, article 1, chapter 72, Statutes of Oklahoma, 1893. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of SECTION 1. That section 1, article 1, chapter 72, of the statutes of Oklahoma, 1893, be amended to read as follows: (5708) Section 1. All section lines in this territory shall be, and are hereby declared to be public highways. The said roads or highways shall be 66 feet wide, and shall be taken equally from each side of said section line. That all roads or highways hereafter laid out or opened upon half section lines, shall be the width petitioned for by the petitioners of said road, which shall not be more than 66 feet nor less than 32 feet: Provided, That forest or fruit trees may be planted and grown on all roads more than 50 feet wide, to within 25 feet of the centre of such highway. SECTION 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 18, 1897. AN ACT for the protection of culverts and bridges against damage by steam engines. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: cross bridges without under SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or Unlawful to persons to cross or attempt to cross any bridge or with engines culvert in this Territory with any steam engine with laying plank out first placing on any such bridge or culvert two wheels. boards or planks for the wheels of any such engine to run upon. Said boards or planks to be not less damage. than two inches in thickness and twelve inches wide. SECTION 2. Any person or persons causing any Liability for damage to any such bridge or culvert caused by any violation of this act, shall be liable to the road district for any and all damages to such bridge or culvert. violation of SECTION 3. Any person or persons violating any Penalty for of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a fine provisions. of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars upon complaint being made before any justice of the peace of the township in which said bridge or culvert is situated. SECTION 4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict Repeal. with this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 12, 1897. |