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upon lands heretofore sold by this city shall upon presentation and delivery to the Mayor of his or this receipt or receipts for such payments, together with such instruments of writing purporting to be releases or conveyances from this city, within three months after the passage of this ordinance, and shall at the same time surrender such instruments of writing for cancellation, shall receive from the Mayor of this city a receipt on account of the actual marked value of the Bonds, Treasury notes, currency or scripts paid by such person or persons at the time of the payment thereof; provided that such person or persons shall at the same time exceeds and deliver to the Mayor, an instrument of writing wholly  cancelling and annulling the writings heretofore executed and delivered to such person or persons, by persons acting in the name of this city as aforesaid, and putting this city in the same position with the same price and charge upon such lands as before such payments.
Sec. 3rd That in case any person or persons having delivered his or their receipts and instruments of writing as mentioned in the 2nd section of this ordinance, shall be dissatisfied with the amount of credit allowed him or them by the Mayor thereon and shall refuse to receive from the Mayor a receipt for such amount and to cancel such instruments of writing, then and in that case the Mayor shall deliver back to such person or persons the original receipts and instruments of writing so delivered by him on them so aforesaid, and that thenceforth, such receipts and instruments of writing shall be null and void.
Sec. 4th  That it shall be the duty of the city Attorney after the expiration of these months from the passage hereof to commense all necessary suits in the proper Courts, for the cancellation of such instruments of writing as have not been surrendered up and cancelled according to the provisions hereof, and for the recovery of