[Article 31, voted in the affirmative 3-8-1949 by the Annual
Town Meeting, reads as follows: "To see if the Town of Hudson will
vote to require the Selectmen and the Collector of Taxes to do the
following with regard to the sale of real estate by the Collector
or the Selectmen for unpaid taxes or for any other reason: To conduct
all such sales at public auction, to give notice of every such sale
by posting advertisements thereof in three or more public places in
the town, one of which places shall be the public lobby of the Post
Office and one of which shall be the Fire Station and one of which
shall be the Junior High School, at least four weeks before the sale;
that said notices shall remain posted until after the sale has been
held; that said notice shall state the name of the owner or of the
person to whom the same was taxed, the description of the property
as listed, the amount of the tax, and the place, day and hour of the
sale." Article 343, voted in the affirmative 3-12-1994 by the Annual
Town Meeting, reads as follows, as amended 3-10-2014 by Ord. No. 14-01:
"To see if the Town will vote to authorize indefinitely, until rescinded,
the Board of Selectmen to dispose of tax-deeded property by either
sealed bids, public auction, or charitable transfer. To further authorize
the Board of Selectmen to utilize the services of licensed real estate
professionals for the purpose of listing and selling tax deeded property.
The listing and sale of tax deeded property shall be on commercially
reasonable terms and may contain such additional conditions or stipulations
as the Selectmen find to be in the best interests of the Town. The
authority of the Board of Selectmen to take such action shall remain
in effect indefinitely, until rescinded. Said disposal of tax-deeded
property may contain such conditions or stipulations as the Selectmen
find to be in the best interest of the Town."]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Tax Collector — See Ch.
137.