1. Notice of the sale must be published 3 times prior to the sale, once each week for 3 consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in Androscoggin County.

2. The parcel may not be sold for less than the amount authorized in this resolve. If identical high bids are received, the bid postmarked with the earliest date is considered the highest bid.

If bids in the minimum amount recommended in this resolve are not received after the notice, the State Tax Assessor may sell the property for not less than the minimum amount without again asking for bids if the property is sold on or before March 1, 2005.

Employees of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services and spouses, siblings, parents and children of employees of the Bureau of Revenue Services are barred from acquiring from the State any of the real property subject to this resolve.

Upon receipt of payment as specified in this resolve, the State Tax Assessor shall record a quitclaim deed in the appropriate registry at no additional charge to the purchaser before sending the deed to the purchaser.

Abbreviations and plan and lot references are identified in the 2001 City of Auburn Valuation book; and be it further

Sec. 2. Description of parcel. Resolved: That the parcel in question is Map 219, Lot 175 in the City of Auburn, recorded in Book 946, Page 163 and located at 141 Fairview Avenue, approximately halfway between Court Street and Minot Avenue. It is the same parcel formerly owned by Robert W. Jones, who died on August 6, 2001, and identified in a Certificate of Mortgage Lien for Repayment of Taxes on Deferred Homestead Property recorded May 31, 2002 at Androscoggin County Registry of Deeds, Book 5008, Page 166; and be it further

Sec. 3. Sale to personal representative or to highest bidder. Resolved: That the State Tax Assessor is directed to sell the parcel as is to Jeremy W. Jones, duly appointed personal representative of the