Renewal of warrant.

Apportionment of

same by distress and sale of his, her, or their goods and chattels, together with the costs and charges of such distress and sale, and directing him to pay such sums, when collected, to the treasurer of said village by a certain day therein named, not more than forty days from the date of said warrant.

Sec. 3. The assessor may renew said warrant from time to time by direction of the board of trustees.

Sec. 4. Whenever any special tax shall be voted to be raised, special taxes as provided for in article thirteen of this act, the apportionment of the same shall be based on the assessed value of the real and personal estate as set down in the annual assessment roll.

Marshal to collect.

Distress and sale

ARTICLE XV.

OF THE COLLECTION OF TAXES.

SECTION 1. The marshal of said village shall, immediately after receiving the assessment roll, with the warrant of the assessor thereunto annexed, as provided for in section three of the preceding article, proceed to collect the taxes as apportioned in said roll, and according to the provisions of said warrant.

Sec. 2. If any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to pay the sum or sums at which they shall be taxed or assessed as aforesaid, the marshal shall proceed to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the persons who are liable to pay the same, first giving public notice thereof as is required by law to be given by township treasurers; and in case the goods and chattels so distressed shall be sold for more than the amount of the tax or assessment, with the charges of sale and distress thereon, the surplus shall be paid, on demand, to the owner or owners of such goods and chattels. Sec. 3. In case any person upon whom any tax be assessed in moval from said village for personal estate, shall have removed out of said village after the assessment, and before such tax ought by law to be collected, it shall be lawful for the marshal to levy and

Collection in case of re

village.

collect such tax of the goods and chattels of the person so assessed, in any township within the county, to which such person shall have removed, or in which he shall reside.

suit for debt.

Sec. 4. Whenever any tax shall have been, or which may Collection by hereafter be, assessed on personal property in said village, shall be returned by the marshal for non-payment under the provisions of this act, it shall be lawful for the marshal of said village to sue the person or persons against whom such tax was assessed, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and to have, use, and take all lawful ways and means provided by law for the collection of debts, to enforce the payment of such tax.

taxes on real

turned.

Sec. 5. In case the marshal shall be unable to collect the Unpaid taxes assessed on any real estate, he shall make a return estate rethereof with the amount due and unpaid thereon, within ten days after the expiration of the time limited in the assessor's warrant to him for the collection of the taxes, or in the renewal of the time thereof by the said assessor, as provided for in section three, of article fifteen, of this act, to the treasurer of said village; and all taxes levied upon real estate, and Same a lion all assessments made thereon, under or by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall be and remain a lien upon said real estate until the same is paid.

on property.

for taxes.

Sec. 6. The treasurer of said village shall preserve a list of Sale of lands all lands returned to him delinquent for taxes by the marshal, as provided for in the preceding section, and if the same shall remain unpaid, together with interest at the rate of twenty per centum per annum from the date of the warrant to the marshal as aforesaid, for the term of one year from the date of the warrant to the marshal, he shall cause so much of the land charged with such tax and assessment and interest, to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, as shall be necessary to pay the said tax, assessment, interest, and cost of sale thereof.

sale.

Sec. 7. Before any land shall be sold for delinquent taxes, Notice of as provided for in the preceding section, the treasurer shall

Sale..

When part

only is sold, where it shall be

taken off.

Certificate of sale.

give notice for at least six weeks by publication in a newspaper published in said village, if any such should be so published, and if not, then by posting up in at least three of the most public places in said village, of the time and place of sale, with a description of the land then and there to be sold for delinquent taxes.

Sec. 8. The treasurer, on the day mentioned in said notice, shall commence the sale of said lands and continue the same from day to day until all are sold upon which there are taxes, assessments, and interest due and unpaid; and in selling such lands he shall sell so much of each description as will pay the taxes, assessments, interest, and costs of sale as aforesaid.

Sec. 9. In case less than the whole of any description shall be sold for the taxes, assessments, interest, and charges thereon, the portion thereof sold shall be taken from the north side of such description.

Sec. 10. At the sale aforesaid, the treasurer shall give the purchaser or purchasers of any such lands, a certificate in writing, describing the land purchased and the sum paid therefor, and the time when the purchaser or purchasers will be entitled to a deed of the said lands; and unless within one year Redemption. from the date of such sale there shall be paid to the treasurer for the use of the purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their heirs or assigns, the sum mentioned in such certificate, together with the interest thereon at the rate of twenty per centum per annum from the date of such sale, the treasurer shall, at the certificate. expiration of one year, execute to the purchaser or purchasers, his, her, or their heirs or assigns, a conveyance of the lands Legal value sold, which conveyance shall, in case all the proceedings pre

Deed to holder of

of same.

vious to the sale of the land and execution of the deed have been regular and according to law, vest in the purchaser or purchasers, or to whomsoever it shall be given, an estate in fee simple, and the said conveyance shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings connected therewith, from the valuation of the land by the assessor to the date of

the deed inclusive, and of the title in the grantee therein named; and every such conveyance executed by the said treasurer, under his hand and seal, witnessed, acknowledged, and recorded in the usual form, may be given in evidence in the same manner as other deeds of conveyance.

ARTICLE XVI.

OF THE REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS OF SAID VILLAGE.

registration.

SECTION 1. The president, clerk, and one of the three trus- Board of tees having the shortest term to serve shall constitute the village board of registration.

electors.

Sec. 2. The clerk shall provide a suitable bound book or Register of register, at the expense of said village, so made and arranged as to conform with the laws of this State, relating to the registration in the several townships thereof, to be kept by the said village clerk.

Sec. 3. The clerk of said village shall at any time (except as Registration provided for in this act), on demand, enter in its alphabetical order the name of any person entitled to vote in said village under the provisions of this act, with the date of such registration and the residence of such person so demanding registration.

board and

of registra

Sec. 4. On the last secular day next preceding the day for Meeting of holding any regular or special election of said village, the said completion board of registration shall be in session at such place in said tion. village as they shall designate, for the purpose of revising and completing the list of qualified voters entitled to vote at the election then next ensuing, during which session it shall be the right of each and every person then actually residing in said village, and who at the then next approaching election may be a qualified elector, and whose name is not already registered, to have his name entered in the register, which shall be done by the clerk of said village; and after the close of said session no name shall be registered until after the close of the polls at the election then next ensuing.

Election board.

Oaths of

office.

ARTICLE XVII.

OF ELECTIONS.

SECTION 1. The president, clerk, and one of the three trustees whose term of office will first expire shall constitute the election board, two of whom shall constitute a quorum.

Sec. 2. The members of said election board shall, before entering upon the discharge of their official duty, take an oath or affirmation, to be administered one to the other, to faithfully and honorably discharge their duties as judges of election; and said election board shall constitute the board of inspectors of election within the meaning of this act.

Vacancy in Sec. 3. In case three of such inspectors shall not attend at board on election day. the opening of the polls, or shall not remain in attendance during the election, the electors present may choose viva voce such number of such electors as, with the inspector or inspectors present, shall constitute a board of three in number, and such electors so chosen shall be inspectors of that election during the continuance thereof.

Clerk of election.

Board to

refuse votes

not regis

tered.

Sec. 4. The clerk of said village, if present, shall be required by the board to act as clerk of the election, and if the village clerk shall not be present, the board shall appoint some competent person to be clerk of said election, and before opening the polls the inspector so chosen shall take the constitutional oath of office, which oath either of the inspectors may administer.

Sec. 5. At any election held under and by virtue of the of persons provisions of this act, and before the polls shall be opened, the clerk of said village shall cause the register of electors of the village of Linden to be placed in the hands of the election board, to be used by them during such election, and returned to the clerk of said village immediately thereafter, and they shall not receive the vote of any person whose name is not written therein.

Register of

first election

Sec. 6. At the first election held in said village under the provisions of this act, the registration book of the township