Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-04-27

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vested the President and Directors OF ils Literary Fund,
for the nnnpay ncnt of the due thereon which re
denip1n shall be made The Of the AG!iiCv {
Pahlc Accoun'shy the ay,cu, into the Treasury Of tie
taxes Que on such ants lvS the time o their
tag n the rres'lcu, and Diccios Of tic Literary Fund
aud the "ainaHcs presented 10y law together w; further
sum for each yeG' from the time Of their ,csiiug
o1cs'i to tie time oliederp;inu, equal tic last annual
tax imposed thcseon, with IS each o. tine said
Sis, tine rate OF tell per per aumum, from the
hts day o! Nov. in the year which accrues, until
pai Provided nevertheless, Thatifay such Lands lots
so vested III the President auI Directors of the Literary
E"md shall have been rcassc ssch under tho entitled
an act for arranging the counties districts for the
ccto"s q" Senator's, and Tor ega1l;Simg the land tax,
passed February the eighteenth, eighteen hundred aud
veniGen, aud bc several acts amcaatay Of said act, tic
taxes shall ne charged the of each year cspec
vcy according 10 such the time Of
edewion and the Auditor shall give credit for all
which shall appear have h:en paid upon suc lands
lots, any part thereof according such
And provided also, That where sIch lands shall have
been e-asscsscd under The aforesaid, shall be law
ia! io' the thereof his, her their pro-
per costs and charges have the rcasseSsed by
pysio the court of the county corporation, III which
such lands or lots DC situated, appoint more
commissioners who shall proceed value the same,
repo, such valuation the by whom sla u be
tiled 10 the Auditor Of Public Acco >and the Audi
tor shall charge the aredrases upon such aus lots
the respective yearly rates, upu auc valuation Ike
time Of rcdempii0n. The commissioners in making such
valuation. shall! take into view value such lands and
lots with improvements, they stood in tie year eighteen
hundred d nd seventeen.
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That in many lands vested in the President
Directors of the Literary Fund, for the ymen
the taxes due thereon, held by persons claiming
grants from the Commonwealth bea,ing date prior the
time ot their vesting aforesaid, which lands nave been
settled and Improved at considerable laou aud expense,
and il is reasonable and just, tia, in all such
titles of such claimants should he quc,c perfected
far as they lie affected by any right vested i'll
| the commonwealth,
BE it therefore enacted, That all right, title and
which tie President and Directors The Literary Fund,
n lots ScIi In
the payment Of the dwe hereom which shall
not be redeemed according 10 tie provisions Of this
shall he and the IL hereby relnquished 10 and
cd in such person persons, may have good legal
equitable Title thereto held or derived under grant from
the commonwealth, bearing date prior the time Of said
Lands vcstng III tie President and Directors Of the Lit
Fund who previous the passage Of this may
have settled and improved the lands claimed hy them.
who derive t;c nude rcrsom naviG thus settled ard
improved said lands Dut, person shall! lie entitled
the benefit Of this provision. who shall not, before tie
rH dag Of OtcenJcr, McuSe76 eiht k5s,dred md
cefy name, pay into the Treasury the proper
Of the Auditor of Public Accounts all due upon tire
lands claimed by him, either his own name name
OF those under whom he may claim title by the person
or persons in whose name right the irruicd
such portion thereof, the !an claimed ought be
"qnitaby and ateably charged herewith, with pc,
cen'um per amnum damages Tic which shall BIZ
each year due om the first day Of November fe wear
in which it becomes due, until paid.
5. shall! be the duty oGhe Auditor Public Accounts
to copy of this be published for months
IN such newspapers as he deem necessary, make lis
provisions sehefay KNOWN the expense al which publ
Cation shall be paid cut of any money IL the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
This &C, shall am! &c in frcc fnn ,ip pas
sage thereof.
u The Editors OF tie Constitutional Vy,ig, NayuIt
Herald, Lynchbnrg Trginian, Wiucheseg Republican,
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foregoing once 'rect Tor successfully, in tcr
respective papers and fownyd their TIE Au-
u'torS Once TOR payment printed copy of the advcr
Sencnt with an aifda vii annexed. byihe editor pubs
Usher stating that the prices charged tie us; rates.
VIII he required Directions also he g"cn whom
the Warrant for payment shall be delivered.
March 30. vot