1899_private laws_148_41
CHAPTER 147 An act to amend the charter of The Town of Columbia. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That if the lot, real estate, or interest in real estate, sold as aforesaid, shall not be redeemed within the time specifled, the collector or his successor, under the direction of the mayor of the town, shall convey the same to the purchaser, or to his assigns in fee. In the event the town is the purchaser, the collector, or his successor, shall convey to the corporation of Columbia, and the recitals in such conveyance or in any other conveyance, made by any tax collector of said town, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the same and can not be attacked, except on the ground that the taxes were not due and unpaid at the date of sale.