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Ml'NlCTPAL LAW. If).-)
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in Ills TIMJ. Lands Sold for Taxes. 1. Where a portion of the tax upon
ic saiiu- iiny livml 1ms hceii (hie for three years or longer, tlie Treasurer shall, unless i
li such otherwise i.liri'ete<l hy hy-law of the Couiit\' Council, suhniit to the wanlen
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a list in (hijjlicate of all the lands liable to he sold for taxes. The wai'deii
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shall atiix his sij^nature an<l tlie .seal of the corporation to each of such
lists, deposit the one with the Count}' Clerk and return the other to the
treasurer, with a warrant annexeil under the hand of the warden and the
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corporate seal, coniinauding the treasurer to levy upon such lands for the
ai'rears an<l co.sts.
2. Till' Council of a county, city or town .shall, by by-law |ias,sed for
lliat purpose, h.ive jiower from time to time to extend beyond three yi-ars
tilt' time for the enforced coUectiim by sale of land.s.
'•]. 'I'he County Treasurer shall prepare a copy of the list, and shall
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include therein, in a se|)arate C(jlumii, a statement of the jirojiortion of
co.sts ehar^xealile on each lot for advertisinjr and for the commissions to be
\)ti\d to him disti(iguishin<f the lands jiatented, unpatented, or under lease
or license from the Crown, and publish the same weeklj' for thirteen
weeks in some newspaper piildished within the county, yivint^ the day and
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])lace of the .sale, which time shall be more than ninety-one days after the
Hist publication of the list. A notice of the sale inu.st al.so be posted up
in a iniblic placi' at the Court-house at least three weeks before the time
(if sale.
In cities, instead of advertisinjf a;, Iicre .stated, the Treasure)' may
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have the advertisement ])ubli,shed in the (hitarin (iaz"tte, as hei'eui pro-
vided, and then in two new.s])apers published in such city announcinif that
such lists of lands bjr sale liaAc been jirejiared, and may be seen at his
oflice, and that such list is beiiii;' publi.shed in the Ontario Guzi-.ttc, giving
the dates of such jiulilication, and that in default of payment of .such taxes
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on or before the date fixed for the lands so entered in the list will be sold.
If no bidders appear the Ti'easiirer may adjourn the .sale.
If a sale cannot be eti'ected for the full amount of the taxes, the
Treasurer shall adjourn the sale for not less than one week nor more than
three months, and then after the proper advertisements, unless otherwise
directed b}- the Council, he shall sell the lands for any sum he can realize,
and accejit such sum as full payment for such arre.-irsof taxes. The owner
of such land cannot, however, redeem the .same except upon payment in
full of the taxes and the ex])enses,
4. The municipality mny, if the price ottered at such adjourned sale is
less than the arrears, purchase such jiarcels of land, and if the nuniici-
])jility before the day of such adjourned .sale has given notice, in writing,
of its intf.'ntion so to do. Lands thus ])urcliased by the municipality are
to be sold within three years. The original owner cannot redeem without
piiyment in full of all the arrears and exjienses.
'}. The treasurers of the townships of York, Scarborough and Ktobicoke
shall not sell for taxes a purtion of any vacant lot laid out according to
any registered })laii, the frontage of which does not exceed 50 feet, but the
v:h(dp lot shall be sold for the best price that can be obtained at the sale.
(J. No sale for taxes .shall be made of unpatented land in the free
grant districts where the taxes in arrears are less than SIO, nor where no
hoini fiilc improvemv»nts have been made.