Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-30
Approved, January I, 1924.

Cfe oN%f jeNe octtipt'"S ~ ttto ptHuU WtS
Commonwealth.
Approved, january Z, 1924.
b Sec. I. Be 4 e,,0ci.d IN tie General assembly OF
TIC Commo.recW, Of Ksaiucky, That person
shall sell Z: purchase 10y deed of conveyance, or
bond q: cxecutory contract, any pretended title or
eight To land, OF which any other pcrson than such
venior vendee shall Il, the time of such sale or
purchase have possession, adverse to the right OF
title so sold or purchased; and every deed, con-
veyauce, bond contract, mSde, executed, or
entered into III violation of this scction shall be
vo.--an,l right OF action shall accrue to either
party, undo. such decd, conveyance, bond or con-
tract.
Sec. =. 1t shall not be lawful for any person or
persons. contract, uryiertakc to- recover, or
carry on any suit for the of any such pre-
tended right title to land aforesaid, of which
adt..se possession is held under conflicting title as
aforesaid. for in cons 6ratou to have part
profit ,Aersrf: and the parties To such contract
snail forfeit all right, title, interest claim III to
the land claimed under such pretended right title,
and all right tn maintain any action suit ut law
or equity, upon such pretended right title; and
such right title claim shall, in the Common
wealth, and enure to- the benefit of the person in
possession. without Office found.
Sec. B That the person persons in adverse
Possession according to the provisions of the FIRST
and second sections of this act his their heirs or
assigns, or tho person persons, his their heirs
assigns, under whom such occupant or his heirs
purchase OF any pretended right title in viola
ton OF the first section of this act any contract
or agreement made III violation OF the second sec
ton of this act, in bar of any action suit claim
founded thereon and the better to enable the defcn-
ant defendants in any such suit to avail himself,
lrself themselves OF the benefit of this act, il
snail be lawful for such defendant or defendants to
uring the parties 10 the sale purchase mentioned
the list section of this and the parties any
made in violation of the second section of
t,ic prr h.fnr fnp and
OH oath, of any such sale contract.
Sec. 4. That neither party TO any contract made
III violation of the true intent and meaning of the
second section of this uct shall have any right of
,cton suit thereon.
Sec. 3. That much of every act acts as
Comes within the perview of this act shall be, and
the same is hereby repealed. Prorided, h0rerer,
and be further enacted, That devisee Of land
shall not be deemed to come within the provisions
of this act, devisee of land and his heirs may
take and hold the in the manner us if
this act had never been passed.
Sec Be II further enacted, That no person who
may be compelled to discover according to this act
shall be subjected by such discovery to any crimi-
nal prosecution or punishment imposed for the Of
fence OF Champcrty or Maintenants. by the exist
ing laws, nor shall such discovery be used i'll any
criminal prosecution.
Sec. 7. 1t shall be lawful for any person possesz-
ed of lands or tcnemcnts, the revision remain
der thereof, to sake bargain to take, any out
only as it may confirm his former estate.
This act shall commence and he in force from and
after thc first day of July next.
whereas the various and multiplied conflicting
claims to land derived under the laws Of Virginia,
are lanentable evils, tending greatly to discourage
settlements, Improvements and cultivation and by
reason of the confusion of claims the lands,
The good people of this Commonwealth have been,
and are likely to be, for long time come greatly
vexed, harrassed and taxed with litigation, and the
tSD Iitiire NJ time nd
whereas the equitable laws of this Commonwe alth
made III favor of innocent bona fde occupants and
possessofs so necessary TO meet the actual cond-
non oil the country, and soften the hards!,iys and
eYils resulting from the undigcstcd and misconceiv
90 plan oil the state of Virginia, for granting her
vacant iaT,fs, nave becn ny the Supreme Courts of
We United States, declared contrary TO the compact
of Kentucky with Virginia, and therefore contrary
to the constitution of the United States: and where
the Of Virginia has refused to constitute tho
board of commissioners according to the eighth ar
rcle of the said compact, for determining the dis
putes and complaints about the meaning and eXecu-
ion of the articles OF the compact: by all which
and by that solemn duty of protec-
ton which every government owes To its citizens.
against injustice and impending calamities, This
Commonwealth is called upon reluctantly TO exer-
else her sovereign power tic lands lying within
her territorial jurisdiction, ~ cnacting forfeiturcs
for want OF cultivation and improvement; which
power she has hitherto forborne to exercise, by SUBJ
Otiicr uClS oil
her councils liberal ana less but which
laws have been stignatized as breaches of go.d
faith, by thosa who knew not the situation OF the
country the urgent circumstances, the Spi-
rit of forbearance which characterized them -
Therefore,
Sec. g. Be 1t further e,lacfed, That every propri-
etcr or claimant of any tract of land within this
Commonwealth, whether such proprietor be u resi-
dent OF nonresident, citizen not citizen of
this Commonwealth, shall, before the first day of
August, in the year 1926, each and every
of land of more than one hundred acres, claimed By
him, her them to be actually cultivated and i'm
proved, by clearing, fencing and tending at least
FIVE for each and every such tract and by belt
ing chopping the trees, except such as may be
required for rails inclose tho same, in at least
zen acres for every thousand acres in every such
trace tracts: PrcUidca GkSo that when such tract
of land shall be in the Baens or the grea-
ter proportion thereof, tic proprietor pToprictors
shall instead Of the betting deadening above pre-
scToed, enclose with good and sufficient fence or
enclosure, at least ten acres for every thousa nd
acres by him, her or them claimed and so proper
5ionaliy, whether the same be in woodland bar
tens, for greater less quantity contained in
cry tract and every claim, right, title and interest
III and to any and every tract OF land which shall
not be demonstrated, made public and accompanied
by such actual cultivation and improvement by spEh
proprietor claimant knit to and connected with
the claim, interest title to the land sgt up, by
such resident nonresident citizen or not citizen
Of Kentucky, by the said FIRST day of August, 1925
shall thcnccforth and Immediately after the said day
be, and the same is hereby declared to be forfeited
to this Commonwealth, aud the title vested in this
Commonwealth, without any inqulsIton Office
found, or judgment fully and in simple ma
might could be done by inqusition of of
nee and judgment emitting this commonwealth.
And whereas from the well known e. CT, that vari-
t,i.n