Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-07-21

o"hers, the Sums paid and to whom sold which
listthe commissioner or commissioners shall forth.
with transmit to the auditor of pubic accounts.
VINO shall charge the collector with the amount
or sales appearing thereon.
BE 1t farther enacted, That ii shall be the du.
~ oil every collector to pay annually into che pub
lie treasury, all such sum or sums of money as
he shall receive by virtue of this acf deduelng
commission Of FIVE per centum thereon, which
payment shall annually be made on the same day
on which the taxes collected in the same year
shall be payable.
Be it further enacted. That the lists of sale so
certified and taken by the commissioners, or eli.
Their OF them, shall be sufficient TO charge the
collector or his security securities, his, her or
{their heirs, executors administrators there.
with, on any motion TO be made 10 recover the
same by the auditor of public accounts And if,
any collector shall make defaus IN the payment
4 OF any monies BY him received, by virtue of this
act at the time hereby required, such collector
and his security or securities, his. her or their
heirs, executors or administrators, shall be liable
10 all such fines, interest damages and costs. and
be recovered IN the same manner as in case of a
default in the payment of the commemorative
revenue.
Be it further enacted, Thatit shall be the duty
OF every collector making sale By virtue of this
act, to make and execute TO the purchaser deed
IN Tee simple for the ands purchased iecitng the
cause or sale, and in every action or SUIT al law
or IN equity, in which former owner oil owners
OF any tract OF and so sold and conveyed, his,
nc. or their heirs. devisee, or other person OF
persons claiming under him, her or them, shall
contest the Va kitty OF II. sale made the onus
irobandi shall lie on the party SO contestng.
De 1t further enacted, That the commissioners
'r commissioners for dischargiug the duties re-
luired OF them by this act, shall be entitled to re-
Iee'ye IRON the pubiic treasury a commission of
one and per centum the amount of sales,
IN warrant from ihe auditor of public accounts
be 1t further enacted, That il shall be the duty
Ut TIE auditor OF public accounts, At the public ex-
Dense; to cause COPY of this act, and OF an &C
passed the FIRST day of February. in the year one
nousaiid eight hundred and SIX entitled " An
iet giving further lime to the propIietoss of GER.
ain lands forfeited for the non pa merit Of taxes
10 redeem the same, and also OF an a3 passed on
ne twentieth day of January, in the year one
thousand eigii hundI ed and seven, entitled An
aes to amend I'm ct entitled can act more effec-
,uaiiy TO provae for ths payment of taxes upcn
aneis within this conlpionwea! !" to be publish
ed for six months successfully in the presen,
year and for three months spccessvcly preceding
the hrst Monday in Augast, in tie year one IN GU
sand eight hundred and eleven, TO be published
IN some newspaper of general circulation, edited
m each of the United States If any sach there be-
And be 1t further enacted, Thar rhe duties en-
joined By this az 10 BE- performed ~ the collea-
orS, shall. where the sheriff is collector. be per.
| toTiaed by the high sheriff in person, and ever
purchase made, wholly part, b, the slieriifor
MS deputy, or by any other person being collec-
tor, or by any other person, Wholly or IN part.
Tor the use of such sheriff. deputy sheriff or osler
person beng collector, shalt be void and every
,shertf, deputy sheriff or other person being a col
leetor, making any purchase, either wholly or in
part, FOR himself, or procuring any other person
10 MAKE such purchase, wholly or in part for the
use aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum o.
> 500, TO the use of the pubic. TO be recover ee
by bill, plant or information in any court of re-
coryi having jurisdiction theleof.
! This sa shall be in fosce from the passin,
( rhereof.
( A Copy from the RoI--Tes;e,
]. PIEASANTs. jr. Keeper