Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-26


delinquent for paymen, of taxes hereafter to nc,
cruc. and which shall he by frce of the provisions
If this net forfeited for that cause, and vested in
The said President aud Directors; n the person
persons, IN whose name names such lands have
been heretofore returned delinquent, and vested
the said President and Directors, were, at tho date
OF such forfeiture declared and still remain, under
disability Of infancy Overture, insane mind or n,-
prisonmcnt, and n tho person persons In whose |
name names such land, shall be according to
he provisions Of this act forfeited and vested in the
said President and Directors, have been returned
delinquent, nre now under any Of the SAID diSabli-
ucs;-and 1t the person or prcsons, in Who's ramc
names, such lands. according the provisions
OF this act shall may be hereafter forfeited
and vested i'll the said President and Directors,
shall be returned delinquent, shall be Ut the
date Of such forfeiture under any uf tho said dis
abilnics-in such case, IL shall and may be law
ui TOR such person or persons TO redeem such lands,
by payment into the treasury upon the warrant OF
the Auditor Of all arrears of taxes Justly due and
charseablc thereon with ten per ccntu,n per annum
damages on the same from the time or times when
the taxes accrued shall within two years
next after their respective disabilities removed and
not afterwards; and # suchperson persons shall die
in any snch state of stability then the heirs de.
vsees of such person persons dying may in like
manner, and on the like terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death of h:s her their
ancesl Tor devisor.
And, Prorided, that nothing in this &C, contained
shall be construed TO annr, impair any wise affect
The rights of any purchaser or purchasers of any
lands heretofore forfeited Tor payment of taxes,
and sold in pursuance of any former law but all such
rights shall continue to be regulated aud determined
by the former laws relating to them if this act
had never been passed.
|! shall be the du'y of the First Auditor TO
Cause alphabetical lists all the lands in the Com
monwcath. which heretofore have been, which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for non pay
men, of taxes, ana which are rrdcenable according
10 the provisions of this act To be made OUT; begin
ning IN making out such iss, with the counties lying
I Of
IN manner hereinafter mentioned, the list Of lun3s
which have been returned Delinquent before tie pass
ing OF this act, so tho can be made out
for the purpose, and the list of lands which NAV
hereafter be returned Delinquent between h" mouths
of February and May, Of the year succeeding that
in which the delinquency shall occur and be returned
IN " HIGH lists the Auditor shall specify IN separate
columns. the names of the persons To whom rcspec
lively such lands stand charged wth'the taxes the
several tracts and the quantity of land in each tract,
the lear for the taxes whereof the samc ore
delinquent, the amount of taxes due thereon aud in
arrear the comfy or Counties whercn the lands lie
and such descriptions OF he local situation thereof
as the information in his office will enable him to
make end the Auditor shall contract for the PRINTING
OF the said lists from Time 20 time, as soon as .hcy
are completed upon 81 Gets Of convenient size in
quarto form, and shall cause the same 10 be cx,eh
s!ve!y circu!a cd throughout The Commonwealth, and
III other States and shall cause two hundred comics
thereof TO BE- bound, md shall send one of them 10
be deposited in the Clerks office ofcvcry county and
OlpOrdtiOn court IN inc commonwealth.
! Be II further enlc cd, That the Auditor of Pub
i!c Accounts shall this act TO be published in
such of the newspapers within this Commonwealth
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Commonwea h. for term hot exceeding opc month,
as hc shall think necessary give notice Of the p,o
visions thereof and he shall audi, the accounts there
o. to be paid out Of any Tcncy in the Treasury no,
otherwise appropriated
Z. In all controversies, Which shall or may arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
nf "a;
act are shall be irredcemabe and the ves,ip there
OF IN The President and Directors Of the Literary Find
the certificate of the Auditor of Public Accoun,s of
such delinquency and Forfeiture shall be as against
the person or persons in whose or names such
lands have been or shall be returned delnonen his
her. or their heirs devisces, laborne,nder any
ossoty OF infancy, covertuTc, insane mind itnpr-
sunment evidence of such delinquency in respect to
the same, and of the forfeiture thereof and of the
vested IN the said President I'd Directors nor shall
such FORFEITURE, or the title vested in the said Presi
dent and Directors, be impcached for any alleged
Tregulsrly in the proceedings by which such forfeit
ture accrued other than the fact that the taxes for
ron payment whereof. the forfeiture imposed had
been actually paid, unless the rreguarity alleged
appear on the face of the proceedings and anv person
impeaching the title vested in the said President
and Directors on the ground that the taxes were no,
IN arrear, shall be held TO proof Of the payment
thereof
8. And whereas it Is known to the General Assem-.
ply That IN many cases, lands, parts or parcels of
lands, especially such have been granted AID an
proprlaed, under the act passed at the Nav session
IN the year one thousand hundred and seventy
nlne' entitled an act, for establishing Land Office.
and ascertaning the terms and manner of yr,n,pg
waste and unsPproprlaed lands, and the SUBSEQUENT
ACTS on the same subleet,} which have heretofore
oeen, or NAV hereafter he returned delinouent for
non payment OF taxes, and which have been
vested by law, in the President and Directors of the
Literary Fund, which by the provisions of ths ar,
shall or may hereafter be forfeited and vested in TIC
SAID President and Directors held by persons other
IMAM those tor whose defPst .hry have BEEN or shall
be 50 forfeited, claiming bona f.dP mr,Ii,,,v mr. -,
med'stely, under grants from the Comnonve al,l: and
that the said actual holders ard bona fihe claimants
have settled and improved the lands, SO by them held
and claimed, and have, moreover paid all public taxes
nereon' due and charged, or justly charReable to
.nem; ana u rs therefore, reasonable and just tina, the
utIes OF such actual holders aud bona fide claimants
Should be quoted and perfected, so far as tie trans
Ter TO them OF the rights vested the said Piesden,
and Drecors-snd. therefore, subjec, to The dspos.
object ~
BE it, therefore, further enacted Tia, all the riph,
title and interest of the said Presen, and Drectn,a
IN or to my lands except such shall be herein