of the newspaper in which the advertisement shall have been published, substantially in the following form:
I, A——— B——— publisher of the ———, a ——— newspaper, printed and published in county of ———, and Territory of Dakota, do hereby certify that the foregoing notice and list were published in the said newspaper once in each week for three successive weeks, the last of which publication was made prior to the first ——— of ———, A.D. 18, and that copies of each number of said paper in which said notice and list were published, were delivered by carriers or transmitted by mail to each of the subscribers to said paper, according to the accustomed mode of business in this office.
A——— B———,
Publisher of the ———.
The Territory of Dakota,
——— county,
The above certificate of publication, subscribed and sworn to before me, by the above-named A——— B———, who is personally known to be the person, described in the above certificate, on the ——— day of ———, A.D. 18.
C——— D———,
Sect. 47. If any county treasurer or clerk shall be here after, either directly or indirectly, concerned in the purchase of any real property sold for the payment of any tax, he shall he liable to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars, to be recovered by an action in the district court, brought by the board of county commissioners, the judgment shall be against such treasurer or clerk as the case may be, and his bondsmen, and the proceeds shall go to the school fund, and such sale shall be void.
Sect. 48. When all the parcels of real property advertised for sale shall have been offered for sale as provided for in this act, and a portion thereof shall remain unsold for the want of bidders, it shall be the duty of the treasurer to adjourn the sale to some day, not exceeding two months from the time of the adjournment, due notice which day shall be given at the time of adjournment, and also by keeping a notice thereof posted in a conspicuous place in the treasurer's