Whenever any parcel of land shall be purchased
by the City at a City Treasurer's sale for unpaid taxes and shall
have remained unredeemed by the parties interested therein for the
full period of two years allowed by law, the former owners thereof,
their heirs and assigns, shall, for a further period of two years,
be entitled to receive quitclaim deed for all the City's right, title
and interest in such parcel of land, upon the payment of all taxes,
municipal liens, penalties and costs, including charges in the nature
of taxes accrued subsequent to the sale as hereinafter set forth.
The Board of City Assessors, after the expiration
of two years from the date of every City Treasurer's sale, shall,
assess, both in the name of the City and also in the name of the former
owner, all parcels of land purchased by the City at such sale and
remaining unredeemed, and shall, for the purposes of this article,
charge each year against such parcels of land such amounts as would
have been assessed as taxes had the lands remained the property of
private persons.
All quitclaim deeds under this article shall
be executed by the Mayor for and in the name of the City and under
the Seal of the City, duly attested by the City Clerk, upon the approval
of the form thereof by the City Solicitor.
All sales heretofore made and quitclaim deeds
executed and delivered pursuant to the original ordinance are hereby
ratified and confirmed, except in cases where lots or lands have been
improperly assessed or assessed by erroneous lot or block numbers
or erroneously described in any such quitclaim deed.