L. 1906, Payment by purchasers. City treas urer's certificate. Chap. 408. AN ACT to amend chapter seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to supplement the provisions. of law relating to the department of assessment and taxation of the city of Syracuse," in relation to rights of purchasers of lands sold for taxes or assessments. Became a law April 16, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Sections twenty-three and twenty-seven of chapter seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to supplement the provisions of law relating to the department of assessment and taxation of the city of Syracuse," are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows: 23. The purchasers at such sale shall pay the amount of their respective bids to the said treasurer within forty-eight hours after the sale, and thereupon the said treasurer shall execute and deliver to each of said purchasers a certificate in writing which shall contain a description of the real estate purchased, the amount paid therefor, the date of the sale, that the same was sold for unpaid city taxes or assessments for local improvements, and the time when the purchaser will be entitled to a deed. Every such certifipresumptive cate shall be presumptive evidence that the sale and all proceedregularity ings prior thereto, from and including the assessment of the lands, were regular and according to the provisions of this act and all Rights of laws in any manner relating thereto. Such purchaser and his purchaser. legal representatives or assigns may immediately upon receiving Certificate evidence of of pro ceedings. such certificate, by virtue thereof and of this act lawfully possess, hold and enjoy for his and their own proper use and benefit, and the use and benefit of his and their heirs and assigns forever, the real estate described in said certificate, unless the same shall be redeemed as hereinafter provided; and he and his heirs and assigns may at any time within one year1 after the expiration of the time to redeem such premises, if the same shall not have been re1 Words "within one year," new. deemed as hereinafter provided, cause the occupant of such real estate to be removed therefrom, and the possession thereof to be delivered to him, in the same manner, and by the same proceedings by and before the same officers as in the case of a tenant holding over after the expiration of his term, without permission of his landlord. ance to on failure tion. of convey § 27. If such real estate, or any part thereof, be not redeemed Conveyas herein provided, and more than one year has not elapsed from purchaser the last day to redeem said real estate, the said treasurer, or his of redempsuccessor in office, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, a conveyance of the real estate so sold, and unredeemed, which conveyance shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee, free from all liens, claims, demands and encumbrances of every name and nature whatsoever, subject only to such claims as the county of Onondaga or the city of Syracuse may have thereon for taxes or the state may have on account of loans made or mortgages held by the commissioners for loaning certain moneys of the United States of the county of Onondaga. The said treasurer shall Feo. be entitled to demand and receive from every such grantee, for the use of the city, the sum of one dollar for preparing every such conveyance. Every such conveyance shall be executed by said Execution treasurer under his hand and seal of said city, and the execution ance. thereof shall be acknowledged before a proper officer, the same as other conveyances of real estate are acknowledged under the laws of this state, and such conveyance shall be conclusive evidence conveythat the sale was regular, and presumptive evidence that all the evidence of proceedings prior and subsequent to such sale, from and including of sale and the assessment of the lands, and all notices required by law to be given, published, or served previous to the expiration of the time allowed for redemption were regular and regularly given, published and served according to the provisions of this act and all laws directing and requiring the same or in any manner relating thereto. After the date of the recording of any such conveyance, such presumption shall be conclusive, the sale and conveyance thereof shall become absolute, and the occupant and all others interested in the lands shall, subject only to the right of the holder of a mortgage to redeem, as hereinbefore provided, thereupon be forever barred from all liens upon, claims against, interest in, or 2 Words" and more than one year has not elapsed from the last day to redeem said real estate," new. ance as regularity proceedings. 1 of certifi cates and convey Recording right or title thereto. Every certificate or conveyance executed in pursuance of this act may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as a deed acknowledged or proved before any officer authorized by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of deeds. ances. L. 1906, ch. 75, § 18 amended. List of un paid taxes livered to assessors. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Chap. 409. AN ACT to amend chapter seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to supplement the provisions of law relating to the department of assessment and taxation of the city of Syracuse," in relation to the filing of unpaid state and county taxes. Became a law April 16, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter seventy-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act to supplement the provisions of law relating to the department of assessment and taxation of the city of Syracuse," is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 18. In case any taxes or assessments remain unpaid after the to be de- first day of May next succeeding the return of said warrants,1 and after the proceedings mentioned in section six shall have been taken, the list of all the unpaid taxes on all the rolls including the rolls for local improvement assessments during the year then next preceding, shall be delivered by the treasurer to the assessors of the city, who made the original assessments, and they, or any two of them, shall immediately review such assessments and correct all errors, of every description, which may have been made, either in the original assessments or subsequent proceedings, and shall make correct and full descriptions of the several parcels of land. They shall also have power to insert in such revised roll any real estate in the city, which may have been omitted in the original rolls, Review: correction of errors. Additions to revised rolls. or in case any state," omitted. 2 Words county taxes mentioned in this act remain unpaid," omitted. * Words "both city and county," omitted. upon giving two days' personal notice thereof to the owner or agent of such property. They may add to said roll, with proper corrections, any unpaid assessments for local improvements assessed during the then next preceding year. § 2. Section nineteen of said act is hereby amended to read § 19 as follows: amended. of revision. hearing. of city 19. The assessors shall complete such revision within ten Completion days and a majority of them shall subscribe to the same. They shall thereupon give public notice that they will meet at their Notice of office at the end of ten days to be designated by them to hear objections and correct any errors which may have been made. Such notice shall be given by causing a copy thereof to be published twice in each of the official papers of the city, which publication shall be completed at least five days prior to the expiration of said period. They shall within said period of ten days Revision. complete such correction and revision and the majority of them shall subscribe the same and deliver the corrected roll to the treasurer. The treasurer shall add to said roll the amount of Duties taxes assessed against the several persons or parcels of land ex- treasurer, cepting the county and state taxes. He shall make, certify and deliver to the county treasurer a true copy of such roll with the state and county taxes extended thereon. The said treasurer shall thereupon file a certified copy of all such unpaid city taxes and assessments for local improvements, appearing upon the several tax and assessment-rolls, in the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall cause the same to be entered of record and prop- Duties of erly indexed. He shall be entitled to receive from the said treas- clerk; fee. urer, and the said treasurer shall pay a fee of twenty-five cents for each parcel of land described in such statement for filing, entering and indexing the same. 5 county § 3. Section twenty of said act is hereby amended to read as § 20 follows: amended. City treasurer to re corrected § 20. It shall be the duty of the treasurer of said city in each year immediately after the corrected list of unpaid city taxes and tain copy of assessments for local improvements shall have been filed by him. in the office of the clerk of Onondaga county as hereinbefore provided to make and retain in his office a copy thereof, adding to 4 Word "excepting" substituted for word "designating." 5 Words "separately from the others," omitted. Following sentence new. 6 Words "state and county taxes," omitted. 7 Remainder of section new. list of unpaid taxes. Accrued fees, ex penses, etc. each one of such unpaid city taxes and assessments for local improvements the sum of twenty-five cents for filing and one dollar for reassessing the same in addition to the accrued fees, interest and expenses thereon hereinbefore specified. 8 4. This act shall take effect immediately. L. 1892, amended by ch. 695, amended. Duties of corporation counsel. Salary. Assistant corporation counsel; powers and duties. Chap. 410. AN ACT to amend section one hundred and twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mount Vernon," relative to the appointment of an assistant corporation counsel. Became a law April 16, 1912, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. Accepted by the City. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one hundred and twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Mount Vernon," as amended by chapter six hundred and ninety-five of the laws of nineteen hundred and four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: $128. The counsel to the corporation shall have charge and conduct of all of the law business of the city of Mount Vernon, its officers, departments and boards of commissioners, unless the common council shall expressly provide otherwise in any particular case. The salary of the said counsel to the corporation shall be at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum. 1 He shall appoint one assistant corporation counsel to serve at his pleasure, who shall possess the powers, perform the duties of and act as counsel to the corporation during any vacancy in the office of counsel to the corporation, or while the counsel to the corporation 8 Sentence omitted which read: "He shall also be entitled to receive and collect from the county treasurer of Onondaga county the sum of fifty cents for each unpaid state and county tax so filed by him, for reassessing and filing the same." 1 Remainder of section new. |