DELINQUENT TAX SALES.
Mr. Macartney's bill [S. 52] to amend Sections 218, 227 and 228 of the act concerning taxation approved March 29, 1881, [for an increase of penalty on real estate sold for taxes after expiration of time for redemption where such sale has been declared illegal was read the third time.
Mr. MACARTNEY explained it was to remedy a defect in the present law, which is a bid to delinquents to put off paying tax liens on real estate. There is no reason why a less per cent. should be paid after the expiration of two years than before. The bill makes a uniform penalty of 10 per cent. and does not apply to tax sales made heretofore.
Mr. BELL hoped the bill would pass, it having been carefully examined by the Judiciary Committee. He favored any policy that would en- sure the payment of Taxes, but would oppose anything that would allow a tax title to ride into a perfect title. The bill passed by yeas, 38; nays, 3.
