Section 6
SEC. 6. Section twenty-nine of said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 29. Upon the expiration of one year from the date whereon the delinquency began, and in the event of continued default in payment of the tax and penalty, all private right, title and interest to and in the land upon which the said tax is delinquent shall be forfeited to and vested in the Government of the Philippine Islands. Thereupon, the provincial treasurer or his deputy shall issue to the municipal president of the municipality wherein the land upon which the said tax is delinquent is situated his certificate describing the same, and the amount of the tax and penalty due and requiring him to eject therefrom all tenants or occupants thereof. Such municipal president shall forthwith cause the tenants or occupants thereof to be ejected and kept therefrom by the municipal police or by the" Constabulary serving within the province, and to that end may employ such force as may be necessary. Within ninety days after ejectment the owner or his legal representative or any person having a lien on said land or a lease thereof may satisfy said tax and penalty and redeem said land by paying the amount thereof then due. and such payment shall constitute a lien upon the land and such person shall be entitled to recover from the original owner the amount so paid by him or he may retain the same from any rent due or owing from him to such person for the land on which such tax and penalty were paid. Such redemption shall operate to relieve such land from the lien of said tax and to divest the Government of the Philippine Islands of the aforesaid right, title and interest to and in the same. In case such redemption be not made within the time above specified, the Government of the Philippine Islands shall indefeasibly acquire all private right, title and interest to and in said land. Upon the expiration of the said ninety days, if redemption be not made, the provincial treasurer shall immediately notify the Director of Lands of the forfeiture and furnish him with a description of the property and said Director of Lands shall have full control and custody thereof to lease or sell the same or any portion thereof in the same manner as other public lands are leased or sold: Provided, That the original owner of any such land or his legal representative shall have the right to recover by purchase the entire amount of his said property at any time prior to such alienation thereof or a contract therefor by paying for the same a sum equivalent to the amount of the delinquent tax and penalty due thereon at the time of forfeiture, and an additional penalty of ten per centum. "The gross proceeds of such sale shall be divided equally between Bureau of Lands, the governments of the province and the municipality in which the real property is located: Provided, That in case said real property is situated outside the territory of an organized municipality, a third of the gross proceeds of such sale shall accrue to the Bureau of Lands and the remaining two-thirds shall accrue to the government of the province in which the real property is situated. The duties devolving upon the municipal president under the provisions of this section for the ejectment of the tenants of lands on which the tax is delinquent shall be performed by the provincial governor or his deputies when said lands are situated in municipal districts."