Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-17
IMPORTANT TO LANDOWNERS
IN VIRGINIA.

Il IMPORTANT 70 LANDOWNERS
d IN VIRGINIA!
,1xU,DIIT0R'S.oFFIcE Richmond, March IS 1897
Act published for the information all person. who..
are returned delinquent for the Of tasss
Its provisions entitled aeniop =, thrv hola
NOSE interested the following peculiar 10
fs1et =" their lands redemption intended.
j. bona fde purchasers whose deed have been duIv re-
Corded prior to the shall ,hsw in the mode nre.erS.S
then hand. :s q. g.. ureh.s. money not leaving
all ue o. the purchase, the land shall be sxoneatsd from
be shswu, that the take, were erroneouv eb,r,.d
for5a although returned delinquency the relief Is ar
the ,u,,a.r tine until The first fJay 1925 allowed for
such i Of lands forfeited to the Literary Fund aud As
made for such re =, M. .o.s
S,y oy which the rate of will be eon,idsra
e,m,o,, vs as, 10 lands forfeited to the Literary Fund
date no under Junior grants from the
nave been improved and settled, nav ON navn. ~
proportion Of taxes and damages obtsin
the right although such land, nav hs1e
will not Su ss Or Sae1 grants But tins privilege
,ne to the i December 1899 This provision is psriculI
As innumerabls acts of Iand have be, ,.,,,.,
mos y part OF The commonwealth, Of which the pre-,
asm fnop.,o ar. probably isuoranke proisty Of al.
m'kis such enquiries, the Of former owns,s 49,,
a"ese and situate" Of each .s oass. som
""y Jas. HEATH Auditor u Pubic Aee ee na>
IN act
Concerning lands re,uns ed delinou.n, r., N. ,,r
payment of taxes.
Passed, Ma,ek eta, 1921
800 DE rnae.ea ny the General Assembly, That IL anv
ed delinquent for the of taxes due ,hers"
day on. u sao ..as, ?, lot at any lime before
shall prove by satisfactory TO the court
passage OF this act he bona de purchaser Of such Isn
l or :. IN. part hereof claimed him. that be h
sage Of this act and that he paid all the pureh.,.
or 50 much hereof in bis hands. sra;
unpaid at the date Of his purchase or that tie fairly derive,
.s n.y. through Q. under person having purchs.rd
court 10 render Judgment in such person exopsrune
m na OF 'o' Or The part thereof claimed derived rol
Az e sfea: OF taxes and the damage. thereon aniec
TO the date ofueh purchase except much The balance
barge. The complainant ay t,t wi, .. SUFFICIENT to
oSTa se'ea ey the clerk and file the wihthe Auditor
bis office accordingly But no adsmen. ,h Ss ro ,
exeep,n the of the attorney for the
aSaon'fa ~ the s defend he
shall be rendered against applicant aud he shall
shall not exceed dollar twenty Eve cents when ,s
sum in controversy than twenty dollars. No judgment,
unless appear the record that the attorney for be ea
%a.ws, or the attorney aPPoineda aoea sppesed
II any person. claiming to any t,e. or lot Of land
part TACT or lo al snx tine hf h
dog Of Ap, thousand eight hsnared and ...en~.,ei
which such lano " lot e b
a 10 he IN aeer and due thereon not s, arresr or
the commissioner having actually pa;d h, shall he
M uy OF me CONT under the limitations injunctions and
condition. contained IN the preceding provisions. TO render
Judgment generating such land o the part thereofa
having been actually paid or not % due and IN
any application for such judgment shall fail nj shall
pay an aitoney fee ,a o exceed es
and cents VIXEN the Is les, than
from The due thereon bsesu. Of t. hasn
heen .rroneou charged the books Of the eommi,,ion
'uch land TO certify the Commissioner Of The ev
nue. on whose book said land he charged, shah cor
surhr l.k
s may take copy Of The record by the clerk aud
he a wm e Auditor a OF Public Accounts who shah
,uns a%s NATL me rst day IF Juy thousand
hereby allowed for the redemption land, and lois. v. Is
the President and Of Literary Fund for The nom
made the warrant the Of Public Accounts b
payment into the Treasury Of the on ,ueh lands ~
Of the Literary Fund.- and damage, nv a
e,ar w u,ther sum for each year. from the Of their
ye.'ms " sortsi TO the time Of redemption equal to ,hs
last annual tax imposed with damsre, on t.sh n ~
@ day Move n .. ten Par esaT FROM
Provided nevertheless That any land, or lots 90 yee
been re-assessed under the act, entitled an ae, f
ths counties into districts for the election OF Senators ana
eighteen and s.yen..e and the
tory OF said the taxes shall be charged at the aie
time o'edrmpon, and the Auditor shall give credit for ali
taxes which shall appear to have paid upon such lands or
ots OF any pant thereof ding
provided a,o That where such apd .ha not have heel. re-
as under ,he ae,s shall be lawful
ease 10 .ane re assessed by applying court
Of the county or corporation, which lands or iot, NAV
10 spEolnt Two or pore eommopers who shall
proceed 10 value me sa and report such the
court by whom shall be certified TO thr Audor Of p,h
Acoon-and the Auditor shall charge the arrerase, MON
such Lands r tot. at the respective yearly rates. UPON such
valuation 10 the time Of r.demptop The
making such valuation, shall ske the value OF ,ch
and and lots with improvements they stood in the year
\ eighteen hundred aud seventeen. -
T. Wherea. Represented 10 the General A,,.,i- IT,.
40 many lands vested ia The and Drerto,
"eay FUND Tor the noEpayrs the due
are heid by persons claiming usder grant. the Common,
wealth, hearing date prior of their veny
sad which lands have been settled AZ on,de
Ole shOu AMI expense, and and that in Al.
case me tiie' OF such claimants should be quoted
perfected 50 TAT as they be affected ny vs.,
| ed ~ the commonwealth.
BE therefore enacted, That all right title md intere,,
which the President and Direct the Literary Fund nv
have any lands lots vested in ,,n for the non
payment Of the taxes due thereon, which shall nat he
ed according 10 the provisions of this and the same
erspy .hnqushsd to and vested in such person persons
s may nave good isgai equitable thereto held or
derived under from the aIh bearpg d,ts
prior TO the time Of ad lands, vesiins in the
9, nc Literary und who previous TO the passsEs
by them who derive title under some person ayug thns
settled and improved sd lands. person hal. be en
f day Of DECEMBER, thousand eight hundred and t.enf
Hine, pay the Treasury the proper warrant he
Auditor OF Public Accounts, all due upon lands claim
ca ny nm either hrs own name or the Il those under
right the forfeited such pottion ,be,sof
a'te land 80 claimed ought 20 be quably
ed herewith "ihten fSr eenum per aunum damages
amoun which shall be each from the 6t,i dsv OF
November Of tie year which hec6rnes due until raid
B. shall be the duty OF the Auditor Public Accounts tn
cause cory oi this act 70 he published for months ia
such newspapers he msy nse..ary 10 ma it, pror,
son generally k".n, the expense which public alton SHAFT
De paid o9 Of any money IN the rssufy, not Otherwise az
This act shall commence and be force from The passss
thereof