The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-06
Important to Land Omners IN Virginia.
auditors QDiee, Richmond,
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Important to Ldad OwRfrs IN Virginia.
auditors Office, Richmond,
Mpoh 10, 1927
IN URsUANT 10 a clause therein Co tanned
* the subioined Act IS published tor he in
formation of all persons whose lands are return
ed delinquent FOR the non-payment OF taxes lis
provisions are entitled o Immediate attention, a.
they hold to those Interested the following pc
cullar inducements to redeem then lands, II re-
denpton is ever intended
|. IL bona hde purchasers, whose deeds have
hecn duly recorded prior to the act shall shew
in the mode prescribed, that they have paid all
the purchase money, not leaving in their hand,
sufficient TO discharge the taxes aud damages
due az the tune of the purchase, the land shall De
exoneratcd from all arrest Ipto that time.
2 lfjt be shewn, that the taxes were errone
ously charged or pad, although returned deln-
qucnD the same reiletis afforded
3 A further time until the first Of JUig, 1923,
is allowed for the redemption of lands % .fited
10 the Literary Fund and as such Ian were
ISl7--pfovsion is made for such re-asscssnent
at the cost OF the owner. by which the rate ottax-
atlon will be considerably reduced.
4 With respect TO lands forfeited to the Lite.
rary Fund claimants who derive little under
Junior grants from the commonwealth, bearing
date prior to the forfeiture and those lands nave
been improved and settled, may, on paving an
equitable proportion of taxes aud damages. OBJ
tain & klinquishment OF the enmmonw ealth
right, although such lands may have been com.
pretended in larger OF older grants But this
privilege will not exist until after the LIST of1ut
1898. aud onl, from that time to the Isl Dccen-
be- 1870 This provision is particularly mteres-
ting to nonresdcuts.
As nnumeraLie tracts of land have been re-
turned delinquent in almost every part of the
commonwealth, of which the present propriotors
are probably ignorant, the proprety OF adj
dressing enquiries the subject To this Otice is
suggested In making such enquiries the names
of former owners, aud the quantity aud situa-
ton oil each tract QUO hi TO be specially comnu-
nicated arrears f tages can only be pojd al de
Treasury JAS D. HEATH
Auditor of Puhlic Accounts
Az ACT
Concerning lands returned delinquent
for the uon-payment of taxes.
Passed, March 9Th, 1897.
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly
That if any person, claiming title to any tract or
lot of land, returned delinquent for the non-pay
ment of taxes due thereon, or 10 any part OF
such tract OF lot, al any time before the FIRST dan
of ipra, one thousand eight hundred and trSaig
eight shall prove, ny satisfactory evidence 10 the
court ofthe county or corporation in which the
same may lie, that prior TO the passage ofthis
act, he was bona fide purchaser OF such land
or lot, or Of the part thereof SO claimed by him,
that he has deed for the same, which was duly
recorded before the passage this act, aud that
he had paid all the purchase money therefor, or
so much thereof as not to leave in his hands,
sufficient to satisfy and pay the taxes with da-
IMAGES in arrear and unpaid al the date OF his
or under some person so having purchased and
paid the purelase money; it snail be the duty