The proceeds arising from such sale shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of the sale and of the taxes, interest, and fees due from such taxpayer, and any balance remaining shall be paid to the owner of the property, if present at the sale; if not present or if present and he refuses to receive the same, the collector shall deposit such balance with the county treasurer or, if there is no county treasurer, with such officer entrusted with the county funds, taking a receipt therefor, and the same shall be kept as a special fund; and, whenever the owner shall apply to the collector for such balance, the collector shall deliver to him the receipts therefor, and upon presentation thereof by such owner, the officer with whom such deposit was made shall pay to him the amount expressed in the receipt. But if such excess is not called for in three years after such sale by the person entitled to receive the same, upon the order of the county commission, stating the case or cases in which such excess was paid, together with a description of the property sold, when sold and the amount of such excess, the county treasurer shall pass such excess money to the credit of the general fund of the county and make record of the same on his books, and such money shall thereafter be treated as a part of the general fund of the county.
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