The fees of all county officers allowed by law in connection with land sold to the state for taxes shall be paid by the state when such land shall be sold by the state. Upon such sale the land commissioner shall carefully calculate said fees and shall certify the same to the auditor who, if he finds the same correct, shall issue his warrants therefor to the proper persons; provided, that said fees shall lapse as to any land not sold within ten (10) years after the period of redemption has expired.Codes, 1892, § 3868; 1906, § 4375; Hemingway's 1917, § 7014; 1930, § 6042; 1942, § 4139; Laws, 1940, ch. 130.
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