The Annotated Statutes of the State of Missouri, 1906; Embracing the General Laws in Force December 31, 1906 Incorporating Under the Headings of the R (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...such tax bills that he is allowed by law for collecting taxes against real estate to be retained by him out of the money so collected, The collector shall issue a receipt to the owner of the land paying any such tax bill, and on presentation of any such receipted tax bill to the count' clerk, the clerk shall mark the tract of land against which the same was charged, discharged therefrom, and the collector shall in like manner in the duplicate of the record in his possession enter such discharge whenever he collects the money due on any such tax bill. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners as often as a sufficient amount of money is in the hands of the county treasurer arising from payments of such tax bills, to file with the county clerk a call for so much of the unpaid bonds as said amount of money will pay, and the call shall be for the bonds bearing the lowest numbers, and from the filing of such call all interest on any bonds called for shall cease, and as soon as any bond shall be deposited with the clerk after said call and in accordance therewith the board of commissioners shall issue a warrant on the county treasurer to pay the same, and the county clerk shall mark the same cancelled, and return it to the treasurer for safe keeping; and enter a memorandum in the bond record of such payment. For all of the services rendered by the county clerk and the county treasurer in the performance of the duties by this section imposed, they shall be paid out of the general road fund of the district such sums as the county court may determine and direct. (Laws 1905, p. 288.) See note under section 9696vv-l. Sec. 9696w--Title to lands, how considered.--If it shall appear that any land within the proposed road district has been conveyed by...