Sec. 22. The Clerk of the Municipal Court upon the filing of such report and Certificate aforesaid, shall receive and record the same in a Book to be kept for that purpose, in which he shall enter all Judgments, orders, and other proceedings of the Court in relation thereto, and shall keep and preserve the same as a part of the records of his office, and shall docket all Suits brought for taxes in the usual form of Debt, stating that the same is for taxes.

Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of said Court to hear and determine, if any defence be made, all suits brought for taxes, and if no defence be made, the said Court shall pronounce Judgment against said City Lots or other Lands, and shall thereupon issue an order for the sale of the same, which shall be in the following form, to wit.

Whereas A. B. assessor and Collector of the [blank] Ward in the City of , returned to the Municipal Court of this on the day of [blank] 18[blank], the following Lots and tracts of Land as having been assessed for taxes by the Assessor and Collector of said [blank] Ward, for the year 18[blank], and that the taxes thereon remained due and unpaid on the day of the date of the assessors and Collectors return, and that the respective owner or owners have no Goods and Chattels within this on which the said Assessor and Collector can levy for the Taxes and Costs due thereon and unpaid on the following described Lands and City Lots, to wit.

And whereas due notice has been given of the application for Judgment against said City Lots or other Lands, and no owner hath appeared to make defence or shew Cause why Judgment should not be entered against the said City Lots and other Lands for the Taxes and Costs due thereon [p. 9]