Excerpt from Practical Treatise on the Power to Sell Land, Vol. 2: For the Non-Payment of Taxes Length in the sections referred to, the general conclusions resulting in Illinois being set forth in 687, and those appro priste to New York in 699. The notice must be given by the lawful holder of the certificate. 1 Removal Of dirt and cutting down weeds on a lot from year to year are such acts of ownership as to put the purchaser on inquiry, and make it incumbent on him to 'give the owner by whom or under whose authority the acts were done, notice to redeem.2 Where a law requires notice without specifying the special method, notice by writing is intended. This is a well-settled rule of law.3 One who has had five years' constructive possession of unoccupied land under a tax deed based on a good notice, but on defective proof of its service, may plead the statute of limitations.4 The provision of the Wisconsin statute of 1854, ch. 66, and 1859, ch. 22, requiring an advertisement of nu redeemed lands six months before expiration oi the time of redemption, stating among other things the interest calcu lated to the last day of redemption, and specifying that day, refers to the period fixed for redemption in ordinary cases, and after which the purchaser would be entitled to a deed, and not in any case to the period of redemption of minors, etc., after the issue of the deed.5 Ch. 113, Laws of 1867, which required the holder of a tax certificate to serve a written notice upon the person, if any, in the actual occupancy or possession of the land sold for taxes, for the period of thirty days or more, at any time within the six months imme diately preceding the expiration of the period of redemption, or the six months immediately preceding the time when application is made for the' deed, at least three months prior to the issuing of the deed, such notice stating that he is holder of the tax certificate, setting forth a copy thereof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.