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 lands stricken off 10 the Territory, for

 the non-payment of taxes.

 SEe. l. Be it eaaeted ty the Geaerel as- senpJfg of tue Territory of .9rkoasas, That 1t shall be the duty of the Territorial Audit or to make out a complete transcript of all military bounty lands that may have been stricken of to the Territory, for five years and upwards, on the first oi December next, in which transcript he shall set forth the name of the owner or original patentee, the time the same was struck of, for nob pay ment of taxes, the quarter or half .rion, and the amount Of taxes and costs, < ih 25 per cent. interest," a,id the ssi,sss s;ssszs on each tract up to the said first day of De- cember; which transcript shall be regularly registered in the office of the Auditor, m q book to be kept fer that purpose. And 1t Is further made the duty of the Auditor, to advertise sad lands for sale, at the town of Little Rock, on the first Monday of Octo- Der, 1854, which advertisement shall be in form of notice to the owners of said lands, to come forward and pay the taxes and costs, before the said day of sale, or their lands viii be sold to satisfy the same. And the Auditor shall cause said advertisement to be published, by an insertion in each of the newspapers published in the Territory, and in some newspaper published at Wash ington City, at least SIX months before the day of sale, one of which advertisements shall be posted up at the door of the Audit or's office in Little Rock.

 SEc. ?. .4ad de U fiaiher enacted, That all of said lands that have not been redeem ed, by the payment of the taxes, interest, per centage, and costs, as aforesaid, on the first day of October aforesaid, shall be of fered for sale, by the Auditor, on the day aforesaid, at the door of the Courthouse in the town of Little Rock, in the same man. ner that the sheriffs are now required by law to offer lands for safe for the non-pay- ment of taxes. And the Auditor shall be at liberty to adjourn the sale from day to day, until the whole of said lands are offer ed. And the Auditor shall give the persons purchasing said lands memorandum. in writing, oi the amount of purchase; on pay ment of which sum into the Territorial treas ury, and producing the Ireasurer's receipt 10 the AAlllOf, IL Silcil DG, dfiu IS llelcDy made, the duty of the Auditor, to sign and seal deed of conveyance, transferring to the purchaser ali the right, interest and claim of the Territory in and to the lands so sold; and all the right, title, interest and claim, of tic cssssefs or original patentees 10 the same; saving, however, to infants, persons of ansound mind. imprisoned, be- yond tho seas, Of in tle service of the Uni ted States, the right to redeem their lands, ton payment of ono hundred per cent. on iic pul the .ss. taxes paid to the time of redemption, and the actual cost of all lasting improvements that may be made on the same ;ats any time within five years after their disabilities may have been re- moved.

 SEC. 3. .aad bet further eisaeted, That the Auditor shall keep list ot all lands sold under the provisions of this act, and register the same in his office, in book to be kept for that purpose; and it IS further made the duty of the Auditor, to transmit a list of al! lands that may be sold under the provisions of this act, to the sherltis of the different counties wherein the same are situate, on or before the first day of February, 1885, and the sheriiis shall list said lands for taxes, the same as they HOW do other lands; and 1t shall likewise be the duty Of tho Auditor to register n his said