CHAPTER XLII. ACT REPEALED-RELATING TO DELINQUENT TAXES. AN ACT to repeal chapter 39 of the laws of 1877, being an act entitled "An act in relation to the collection of delinquent taxes on real estate bid off by counties and cities at tax sales, and providing for a sale of such real estate." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. Chapter thirty-nine of the session laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That actions which shall be pending, and in which service shall be made and judgments uncollected at the time this act shall take effect, shall not be affected by the provisions hereof, but same shall be prosecuted to final effect, as if this act had not been passed: And provided further, That as to all costs and expenses made and not otherwise provided for, the county commissioners may provide for the payment thereof. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Commonwealth. Approved March 12, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Commonwealth, March 18, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER XLIII. LANDS AND TOWN LOTS BOUGHT IN BY COUNTIES FOR TAXES. AN ACT to enable the county commissioners of any county to dispose of SECTION 1. Whenever any lands or town lots that may have been or shall hereafter be sold for any taxes due thereon, How disposed of, by counties. when bought in Proviso. Conditions under which property may be releemed. 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 such sale, and no person shall offer to purchase the same, for the taxes, penalties and costs due thereon, the county commissioners of the county where such lands or town lots are located may permit the owner, his agent or attorney, to redeem the same, or may authorize the county treasurer to execute, and the county clerk to assign, tax-sale certificates for such lands or town lots, for any sum less than the legal tax and interest thereon, as shall be in their judgment for the best interest of the county; which assignment shall have the same force and effect as if the full amount of all taxes, interest and penalties had been paid therefor: Provided, however, That no deed shall be issued upon any certificate so assigned until six months after such assignment has been made. SEC. 2. If the owner of said land or town lots, or his agent or attorney, desire to redeem the same previous to the issuance of a tax deed thereon, the party desiring to so redeem shall pay to the purchaser or holder of the tax certificate, his heirs or assigns, in money, the amount paid for the property and all subsequent taxes paid thereon, with interest from the date of each payment at the rate of twenty-four per cent. per annum. SEC. 3. The proceeds arising from such sale shall be distributed to the several funds entitled thereto, in proper proportion, as shown upon the tax roll. SEC. 4. Section one hundred and thirty-five of chapter thirty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-six is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Topeka Daily Commonwealth. Approved March 12, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Daily Commonwealth, March 15, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER XLIV. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS AUTHORIZED. AN ACT authorizing the transfer of certain interest, belonging to the interest fund of the city of Atchison, Kansas, now on hand and unappropriated, to the general revenue fund of said city. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That all funds now on hand and unappropriated, belonging to the interest fund of the city of Atchison, and which in amount is more than that necessary to pay the interest coupons of the outstanding bonded indebtedness which became due on the year or years for which the said money was levied and collected by the said city of Atchison, may be, and the city treasurer is hereby authorized to transfer the same from the said interest fund to the general revenue fund of said city. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the city treasurer of the city of Atchison to make the transfer of said surplus money from the interest fund of said city of Atchison to the general revenue fund of said city, at any time he shall be directed so to do by the mayor and councilmen of the said city of Atchison. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Atchison Champion. Approved March 5, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Atchison Champion, March 7, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER XLV. DEEDS AND CONVEYANCES-RELATING TO. AN ACT relating to deeds and conveyances made by executors and administrators in certain cases, in Atchison county. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: SECTION 1. That all deeds or conveyances heretofore made, executed and delivered by any executor or administrator ap Certain deeds and conveyances not to be held invalid. pointed by or acting during the term or terms of office of S. H. Glenn, formerly probate judge of Atchison county, in the state of Kansas, shall not be held irregular or invalid because of omission, act, or irregularity or insufficiency, in any of the proceedings had or attempted to be had by any such executor or administrator before said S. H. Glenn, or in said probate court while said S. H. Glenn was judge thereof, in connection with any such sales or conveyances, or by reason of any act, omission, or irregularity on the part of the said S. H. Glenn, probate judge, or probate court, during the time the said S. H. Glenn was judge thereof, having before it the administration of the estate wherein such deeds or conveyances were made or executed, and that all such deeds or conveyances heretofore made, and of record in the office of the register of deeds of said county for five years, shall be deemed valid and binding, and to convey and vest in such purchaser or grantee, and persons claiming thereunder, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand of the said deceased person at the time of his death in and to the same, and all the right, title and interest of all his or her heirs of, in and to such lands so conveyed, and that such deeds or conveyances are and shall be deemed and held as conclusive evidence in all courts, as vesting such title in the grantees therein named, and persons claiming under them. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Topeka Commonwealth. Approved March 12, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Topeka Commonwealth, March 15, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. CHAPTER XLVI. ATCHISON TOWN COMPANY. AN ACT in relation to deeds and conveyances. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: and conveyances SECTION 1. That any deed or conveyance heretofore made, Certain deeds executed or delivered by P. T. Abell, president, or Alfred G. of, made valid. Otis, acting president of the Atchison town company (which company was duly incorporated and organized under the laws of the late territory of Kansas), or other chief officer of the Atchison town company, or any person acting as such, being entitled to or having the custody or control of the books or records of said town company, shall be deemed and held valid and binding in all courts, and shall be deemed and held to have conveyed to the grantee of any such deed or conveyance, all the right, title or interest of said Atchison town company, in or to the lots or lands mentioned in any such deeds or conveyance; and all such deeds or conveyance shall also be deemed and held to have conveyed to the grantee in any such deeds or conveyances, all the right, title or interest of any persons composing or holding any stock, shares, certificates or drawings of lots or lands, or any other interest in said Atchison town company, or any of the lots or lands of said Atchison town company thereby conveyed or mentioned in any such deed or conveyance. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication once in the Atchison Daily Champion. Approved March 11, 1879. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office, and that the same was published in the Atchison Daily Champion, March 18, 1879. JAMES SMITH, Secretary of State. |