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ed Or in section 77. If the right of redemption hereinafter provided for is not exercised within the time prescrib- {ed, said certificate, when recorded in the office of the registrar of property of the assessment distriet in which the property is situated shall vest the title to said property absolutely in the Muni- cipality free from all mortgages, liens or other encumbrances. Said certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recorded in any contro- versy. proceeding or suit involving or concerning the rights of the onurchasar his heirs or assigns, to th: properiy thereby ‘conveved. No FEE TO REGISTRAR No fee shall be charged by the re- oigtrar for recording svch certificate nor for issuing a copy thereof. . FEZ ON REDEMPTION. The owner of said property at the time of its sale {or non-payment of taxes, his heirs or assigns. or any one having any right or interest therein, may re deem the same withina pariod of one year from tne issue of said certificate by the payment of the amount for which the property was hid in for thea Mun:tci- pality, with interest thoreon 2t the rato of six per cant par annum. from the daie of the sale, and may reguir2 the Saeretary to have such red=mp:ion noted by the ragis- trar of properiy against the certificate of purchase upon the payment by the - person redeeming to the registrar, o "'such sorvico, of a fee of one doilar, and said annotation shall operate as a releas= and cancallation of the certificate of purcaase an:d the property sn released shall remaia sabfeet to all lieas and legal claims against it, othev than tax liens, to the samg extent and in the same man ner as though said property had not been gold for taxes. IRREGULAR OR IMPROPER SALE. RECON- VEYANCE OF PROPERTY. Section 82.--When any real property has been sold for nonpayment of taxes and has been bid in the name >f the Municipality and it is afterwards dis- covered that, for any reason such sale ,was irregular and that the owner of said proparty has been improverly devrived of his property the Secretary shall have authority to cancel said sale and where necessary to issue a certificate of redemp- tinn which shall act as a reconveyance of the property to the owner, or his heirs or assigns, as the case may be, and the property shall remain subject to . all liens and legal claims against it to : the same extent and in the same man- ner as though said property had not been sold for taxes, and the registrar of property shall record the certificate of redemption without the payment of any ifee for such service. -~ CERTAIN LAws REPEALED. Section 83. —The Ground and Building Tax assessed under Ordinance dated 51 URO LA & Vi ' Octnber 1, 1802, and Ncvember 26 1854; ©and, the House Tax assessed in accord- . anc2 with Resolution of -the Ministry of Finances dated OQetober 24, 1849, and Ordinance of Feoruavy 22, 1855, and the . ““Ordinance Concerning Certain Taxes in . St. Croix’’, dated -November 16, 1907, ' are hereby repealed, effective Decem:- | Ber 31, 1921 (To be continued.) I.OCAL. i » . | .* The Creole is here today with local St. ' Thomas mails and the Parima at Fred- | eriksted with 50 bags States mail for | Christiansted. _ | The s. s. Guiana is expected to leave New York on the 20th inst. > {Cricket. A Cricket mitech will be played on Prosperity Pasture on Sunday 10th. inst. ' at 11 o’clock sharp between the ''ired- eriksted . (' 4nd the ''Excelsior’’ €, C. of Chvistiansted. All are invited.— Com. | TLIEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. | Malta, July 6th. --Virtually ail the Brit- ' ish Mediterranean fleet with all the at- | tendaut ships including te air craft ves- | sel Pegasus is en route for, or concentra- ted within easy reach of Constantinople, where the situation isiviewed with some | anxiety. It is said that miltary rein- forcements aiso are going out fron Eng- L land. i ionden, dJuly 6th.—Great Britain, . Fran.e and Italy may be couipelled tc adopt extensive and concentrated’ meas- ures against the Turkish Nationzlists, it was declared by a number of papers this morning. Reports that the Nauonalists kave actua 'y peneiraied the neutral zone of Constanii.opie and along the Sea oi ' Marmora bhave poi been eonfirmed, but there is reascen to fear that they are con- | centrating to attack ‘‘onstantinople. the | situation has given rise to serious anxie- | iy, and the Allied hign ¢ mu.issioners at . Constantinople bave been conferrving | with General Harringten veparding the | steps to be taken in the event of a pro- ! babl> advai ce by the Nationalists. Gen- ' eral Harrington wiil' have no aiternatve but to resist a Turkish advance to the uttermost, for the purpose of securing '~ respect for the neutral zone which was established by the Entente and insuring . free navigation of the straits, in accord- ~ ance with the terms of the treaty of . Sevres. Should hostile action be neces- . sary, naval forces may be empioyed in . cpposing the Turks, the Times st ted to- day. Connected with this situation is a supposed Bulgarian intreague to recover western Thrase, which Bulgaria lost as a consequence of the war. It is asserted that Italy, loumania, Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia have already signed a convention -hich would check the Bul- garians. Roumania, Jugoslavia and (zechoslovakia from what is {(known as the little entente, and by virtue of the treaty of Rapallo and a subsequent un- derstanding Italy is believed to have be- come sponsor for the Little Entente. Roumania 1s believed, says the ‘‘Daily Mail’’, to have offered 15,000 troops to aid the allied foreces iln Constantinople, which arc estimated at 10,000 British, including a number of Irdian organiza- tions and 500 French. London, July 6th.--General Smuts, upon his return from Ireland this morn- ing, conferred with Mr..Lloyd George, Sir James Craig, Earl Middleton, Sir Hamar Greenwood and others. The conference was surrounded with the greate t secrecy, but it is understood in well informed jquarters, that it primarily concerned itself with conditions for the possible suspension of hostilities in Ire- land. Official circles express belie: that a cessation of active operations almost is indispensable as an aid to piogiess in the peace deliberations. Leeds, July bsth. —Australia defeated England this afterncon in the third straight cricket match, thereby retain- ing the championship between the two countries which Australia won from England, ir Australia last year. The event which is one of the biggest sport ing features of each season has been occuping the attention of the press for many wecks. Paris, July 6th. —Gross Strehlitz and Roseiberg, iwo important cities in Up- per Siiesia, have heen decliared in a state of siege by the inter-Aillied Comnis ion there. It is probable tha* this action by the commission is a resuit ol sericus disorders reported in the last few days from various piaces in the Silesian ple- biscite zone. London, Juiy 6th. Reparations pay- menis by Germany were discussed by the Imperizl Conference today. A Com- mittee composed ¢f Mr. Churchll and one representative from Carads, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, South Africa and India, began today a study o securing cieaper commrunication between distant varts ¢f the Empire. Naval affairs, partic- ulariy the fixing o!f the doniinions part ip the sea defences of the cmpirve, have been defersed for a time, pending an exchange of views between the [lniied Staies, Great Britain and Japan, relative to 4 co ference dealing with Lmitation of armaments. New York, July 6th.—ihe ruw sugar market was firm and unchanged early today at four cents for centritugal. No sales were reported. The market ior refined was unchanged at 520 to 5.380 for fine granulated, but a much beitcr epquiry -was noted.