Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-29

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Delinquent for paymer, of taxes hereafter to &c
cruc and which shall hs nv i"rcc of tho prov sions
Of hs oct. forfeited fer that CAUSE, urd cd m
the sa,d President and Directors VI the pcrson or
pc rsons, IN whose name names such lands have
been heretofore returned delinquent, and vested IN
the said President and Directors, were n, the date
OF such forfeiture declared and still roman, und-r
disability Of infancy. covCrture, Iusauc nlnd I'M
ptisonmcn'. and # the person or persons IN whose
name or names such land, as shall he according 10
The provisions Oft this act forfeited and vested the
said President and Directors. have been returned |
delinquent, are nov under any OF the 4 "a GlSabl-
t'cs;-ana II tn" person o. prCsans. in who's" rume
or names, such lands according to the provisions
q! tins act shall pay b. hereafter forfeited
and vested ~ the said Presdcn and Directors.
shall BE- returned delinquent. shlll nc at tbs
date Of sCch forfeiture under any Of the said dis
ab'II'los-ir such case, II shall sud NAV be law
"a; Cor such person persons Ia redeem snch LANDS,
by payment into the treasury, upon the warrant Of
the Auditor OF all arrears Of taxes Justly due and
Charreah'c thereon with 'cn PER cCu.un per annur,
damages OF the same from the tim" or tunes when
the taxes accrued, or shalt accrue. within two years
next after their respective disabilities removed and
not afterwards; and # suchpcrson persons shall dc
in any such STATE of disability thrn 'hr heirs Dc
lvIsecs of such person persons diving M Ike
manner, and on the like terms -cd"em such lands
within two years after the death of hs her their
ancestor or dcviSor.
And, P.orii.G that nothing N this act contained
shall BE- construed 10 annu pair or any vase affect
the rights Of any purchaser or purchasers OF amy
lands heretofore forfeited Tor psymrnt OF taxes.
ard sod in pursuance Of any former laws bat all such
rights shall continue to be regulated aud determined
by the former laws relating 10 them If this act
had never heen passed.
/ ; l. shall 10 tte du'v Of the Frat Auditor TO
Icausr alphabetical lists OF all the land, il INC Com
monwcalth, which heretofore have been, or which
hereafter may he. returned delinquent for pay
rncn' OF taxes, and w1cI are rrdeemahlc according
Ito the provisions of this b. made out; begin
ning III hing out such llss with the counties iynE
West Of the Allegheny Noun aims. ana publishing.
III manner hereinafter mentioned the list of lar-S
winch have been urn"d delinquent beiorc tic pass
ing of this act. tin can be made
for the purpose and he list Of lands which NAV
hereafter he returned delinquent he wen h" months
of February and MAY, ct The year succeeding tiat
N which tho d,hnqu roy s!sl occur ard b. returned
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify, IN separate
columns. III" names Of the persons - whom rcspcr-
lively such lands stand cisrs q with'thr laX>s IN,
several tracts, and the QGaDttt IF land in each ;raC
the year or years for the tsxs whereof the same are
delinquent, the amount of taxes Que thereon md in
arrear, III" comfy Counties wherein the anrs lie
and such descriptions or il" local situation thereof
a. the information in his ofca viii en- bic him To
make; and the Auditor shall contract FOR the printing
OF the said lists from time time rs soon rs lhov
are completed, upon sheets of convenient size in
quarto form, and ,hn! the esnic 10 BE- cx,ct
sively circulated Throughout the Commonwealth. and
IN other States. and shall cause two hundred copies
thereof to be bound, and shall send orc Of them 10
corporation court in the commonwealth
Be II further c'ed, That tie Auditor OF Pub
nc Accounts shall cause this act To be published in
such OF the newspapers within this Commonwealth,
and not exceeding two such newspapers out Of this
CommonweaI h. for t'rm not exceeding one month,
rs lie shall think necessary give notice of tie Drn
visions thereof and he shall audit tho accounts there
OF, to be paid out Of any money IN the Treasury not
i otherwise appropriated.
z. In all controversies, which shall or NAV arisn
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF sHch lands
for non payment OF taxes by the provisions of this
ac are or shall be rredeemable and the vesg there
OF in the President and Directors Of the Literary Fund
the certificate OF the Auditor Of Public Accounts Of
such delinquency and forfeiture. shall be as against
the person or persons in whose or names such
lands have been shall be returned delinouen his
her, their heirs or devsecs not lborns under apv
disability OF infancy cover;urc, mind or ispri-
comment, evidence of such delinquency in respect to
the same and of the forfeiture thereof and OF the title
vested in the said President I'd Direct ors nor sh,
snch forfeiture, or the title vested in the said Pre
dent and Directors, be impeached for any alleged
lrregularty in the proceedings by which such fort
ture accrued, other than the fact, that the taxes for
non payment whereof, the forte lure was imposed had
been actually paid unless the lrrcCulartiy alleged
appear on the face of The proceedings and person
impeachinE the tile 50 vested ~ the said President
and Directors the ground that the taxes were no,
/ IN arrear' Shall be hei! 10 proof of the payment
thereof.
/ D. And whereas it is known to the General Assem-.
bly, Thu! in many cases, lands, parts or parcels Of
lands, especially such have been granted and an
proprlaed, under the act passed the May session
IN the year one thousand hundred and seventy
pine, entitled act for establishing Land Office
and ascerlaiming the terms and manner Of granting
waste and unappToprIated lands and the subsequent
acts ON tho same subIect,) which have heretofore
been, or NAV hereafter Le returned delinournt for
non payment OF taxes, and which have been heretofore
vested by law ia the President and Directors of tl,
Literary Fund, which by the provisions of tins &c,
shall or may hereafter be forfeited end vested i'm the
sad President and Directors, held by ptrsons other
than those for whose def,sit ,l., have .cn or shall
be 50 forfeited, claiming bona ELc, m,dg,slv o. I'M
mediacly, under grants from Che Cumnonwca!;l; and
that The sid actual holders ard bona fide claimants.
nave settled and improve the lands. 50 by them held
and claimed, and have, moreover, paid all public taxes
/ thereon, due and charged, or justly chargcable to
them and IT IS therefore, reasonable and lust that the
titles OF such actual holders aud bona fG, claimants
should be quoted and perfected, e, far 70 the t,s
Ter to them OF the rights vested The SAID g:e.id.
and DTecors-and, therefore, suJ cc, 10 tie dispos
ton Of the General Assembly can accom- plish tlai
object '
y" It, therefore, further enacted, Tt.t all the right
;hia and interest Of the SAID Pres !c and Director
10 or to my aods except such shall be herein after
excepted, which have heretofore been vested by ln,