210 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. DoC. 



25. Purchasers of lands sold at citj' treasurer's sale, to pay pur- 

 chase money or such part thereof as is necessary to pay all taxes 

 and costs, and $1.50 for prothouotary for entering report of treasurer 

 and acknowledgment of deed, as soon as property is struck down, 

 or iu default thereof, the sale may be avoided and the property be 

 immediately put up again by the treasurer. This section not to 

 apply when lauds are purchased by city treasurer. 



Act May 23, 1889, article XV, section 14, (P. L., page 321). 



26. City treasurer to make report and return to first term of court 

 of common pleas, giving description of lands sold, names of persons 

 (where known) in which the property is assessed, amount of tax and 

 year for which assessed, the time and newspapers in which adver- 

 tisements for sale were made, with copy of advertisement, time of 

 sale, names of purchasers, and price for which sold; and report of 

 return and sales to be confirmed nisl^ if it appears to court, on 

 presentation of report, that sales have been regularly conducted; if 

 no objections or exceptions are filed to said sales within ten days, a 

 decree of absolute confirmation may be entered by prothouotary. In 

 case objections or exceptions are filed, they are to be disposed of 

 according to the practice of the court, and when they are overruled 

 or set aside a decree of absolute confirmation is to be entered; but 

 objections and exceptions are to be confined to the regularity of the 



proceedings of the treasurer. 



Act May 23, 1889, article XV, section 15, (P. L., page 321). 



27. After sales have been confirmed, purchasers to give bond, with 

 warrant of attorney to confess judgment, annexed thereto, in all 

 cases where bid exceeds taxes and costs; and city treasurer to file 

 bond in prothonotary's office, and the same to become a lien on the 

 lands sold, and owners of lands at time of sale, or their legal repre- 

 sentatives, may at any time within five years thereafter cause judg- 

 ment to be entered on said bond, and if moneys due thereon are 

 not paid within three months execution may be issued for the recov- 

 ery of the same. 



Act May 23, 1889, article XV, section 16, (P. L., page 322). 



28. When purchaser has paid such portion of his bid as he is 



required to pay and given surplus bond, city treasurer to make him 



deed for lands sold; and such deed to be acknowledged in court of 



common pleas, and acknowledgment to be entered by prothouotary 



in treasurer's deed book, and prothouotary to receive a fee of $1.50 



for such service. 



Act May 23, 1889, article XV, section 17, (P. L., page 322). 



29. In cases of redemption of lands sold for non-payment of city 

 tax, city treasurer to acknowledge receipt of redemption moneys 



