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5. Application for order of sale with date. 



6. CoruEirmation of sale with date. 



7. Discharge of administrator. 



Partition of estates by guardians or trustees present certain 

 special points. These are hsted below: 



1. Location (venue). 



2. Names of parties. 



3. Property described in petition. 



4. Notice and proof of service. 



5. Order of reference and report. 



6. Order of disposition. 



7. Final decree. 



Condemnation proceedings form part of the regular court 

 records but the county recorder will be able to give anyone inter- 

 ested access to the proper papers. The following points should 

 be looked up: 



1. Location of proceedings (venue). 



2. Name of parties. 



3. Date of declaration or complaint. 



4. Cause of action. 



5. Date of service on defendant and kind of service. 



6. Date of answer and allegations therein. 



7. Material orders of court and final decree, -with dates. 



8. Final disposition of case, with date. 



Data in regard to forced sales is kept by different officials in 

 different parts of the country. In New England where the town 

 is the unit of government the town clerk keeps the records of tax 

 sales. In the other thirteen original states the county sheriff 

 handles such executions while the United States Land Commis- 

 sioner is the custodian of tax sale data in the land grant states. 



The final report, or abstract of title, should consist of a history 

 of the title including a complete list of all o\vners or claimants for 

 the period covered together with the opinion of the examining 

 attorney as to its validity. It would naturally be accompanied 



