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PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON THE

POWER TO SELL LAND

FOR THE

NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES,

EMBRACING

THE DECISIONS

OF THE FEDERAL COURTS, AND OF
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL TRIBUNALS OF THE

SEVERAL STATES.

BY

ROBERT S. BLACKWELL.

THIRD EDITION,

REVISED AND ENLARGED.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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CAMBRIDGE:

PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON.

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ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, ESQ.,

LATE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS:

AN ABLE LAWYER,

THE PIONEER IN TAX TITLE LITIGATION IN ILLINOIS, AND WHO, BY HIS ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT, HAS MATERIALLY AIDED IN THE

PREPARATION OF THIS WORK, AND FOR WHOM THE

AUTHOR ENTERTAINS THE HIGHEST

SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT

AND FRIENDSHIP,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.