170. COLLECTOR'S RETURN TO TOWN CLERK OF TAX SALES. STATE OF MAINE. To Smell a Bunkes Clerk of the Town of lemont in the County of Homerck and State of Maine: Pursuant to law I caused the taxes assessed on the real estate of non-resident owners described herein, situated in the Town of tremant , for the year 1912 to be advertised according to law by advertising in the Ellsuth amerium a newspaper published in said County, three weeks successively, the first publication being on the 18 18 day of December 1912, and at least six weeks before the day of sale; and caused the taxes assessed on the real estate of resident owners, described herein, situated in the Town of tremont for the year 1912 to be advertised according to law by posting notices as required by law at the following places, at P.W. Richard in TSen Sloin makerly at P.O. at Bannard at West himel Partoffine at Seal Cone Past offune being public and conspicuous places in said town, at least six weeks before the day of sale, to wit, on the 23 day of December 19. 2 I also, at least ten days before the day of sale, to wit, on the 21 day of Imang 1913 gave to each resident owner of said lands, or the occupant thereof, if any, in hand, or left at his last, and usual place of abode, and sent by mail to the last and usual address of each non-resident owner of said land, whose address was known to me, written notice of the time and place of said sale, and the amount of taxes due, in the manner provided by law. And afterwards on the first Monday of February, 19.13, at Sawyn Hall mckenly in said tremmt at nine o'clock in the forenoon, being the time and place of sale, I proceeded to sell according to the tenor of the advertisement the estates upon which the taxes so assessed remained unpaid to the persons and for the sums set forth in the schedules forming a part of this return, the same having been struck off to the said persons, they being the highest bidders therefor, and it being necessary to sell said amount of real estate so taxed and advertised as aforesaid and no person offering to pay said taxes and inter- est and charges for a smaller fractional part of said land, at a public auction legally notified as hereinbefore set forth and held at the Town House Surveyer Hall mckmly in said common (being the place where the last preceding Annual Town Meeting was held) on the first Monday in February, A. D. 19/3 at nine o'clock A. M., when and where I, the said Collector, exposed said property for sale and offered to sell such fractional parts thereof as were necessary to pay such taxes and charges and could not obtain bids for any smaller fractional parts thereof than those set forth in the said schedules; and I have made and executed deeds of the several parcels sold to the several persons en- titled thereto, and placed them on file in the Town Treasurer's office, to be disposed of as the law requires; and lodged my certificate of said tax sales with the Town Treasurer within thirty days after the day of sale.