erty for taxes, the redemption thereof, or the payment of taxes thereon.
Sect. 60. No action for the recovery of real property sold for non-payment of taxes shall be, unless the same be brought within six years after the date of the sale for taxes aforesaid.
Sect. 61. Each county is responsible to the state [territory] for the amount of tax levied for territorial purposes, excepting such amounts as are certified to be unavoidable, double, or erroneous assessments, as hereinafter provided.
Sect. 62. If any county treasurer prove to be a defaulter for territorial revenue, such amount shall be made up to the territory within the next three years, in such manner as the county commissioners may direct; in such cases, the county can have recourse to the official bond of the treasurer for indemnity.
Sect. 63. If any county treasurer shall loan out or in any way use county funds for private purposes, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the benefit of common schools of the county, to be procured as other fines.
Sect. 64. The county commissioners shall in January and June of each year make a full and complete settlement with the county treasurer.
Sect. 65. When any treasurer goes out of office, he shall make a full and complete settlement with the county commissioners, and shall deliver all books, papers, moneys, and all other property appertaining to his office, to his successor, taking his receipt therefor.
Sect. 66. Any officer neglecting or refusing to comply with this act, for whose negligence no other penalty is provided by this act, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be prosecuted by the district attorney for the benefit of common schools.
- Approved May 15, 1862.
