Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-29
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MARTINsBURG. Dscsmnra 90, 1881
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those applications are, with a request that
shall act upon them as my deliberate judg
n1ent dictates, render it proper, that, should
through you address lew remarks to such
of nv constituents as feel interested in the
matter. Fer in all the letters &c which re-
fer, atho' am requested to decide for my
friends in Berkeley, whether it is more advi-
sable for them to pay the arrears OF taxes
With damages into the Treasury, or to avail
themselves of the remedial provisions con
tanned in the law of the last session. few, II
indeed any of them contain such statement
of facts as enable me to Judge between the
alternatives which are thus left 10 my consi
deration and judgment II is to direct the
attention Of the people to this important omis-
sio,,, that now wlite to you.
/ presume the citizens oil the county gene
sally, have by this time became informed Of
/ the motion which submitted on the second
day of the session to refer the Delinquent tato
/ IN a select Committee, with view toextend
] Che period for the redemption Of lands. The
1 reference was carried without opposition, and
promptly brought to the consideration of the
| Committee bill was reported on Friday
the 9th inst. which was read a third time
| and passed in the House Of Delegates on
Monday the 18th, and yesterday enacted IN
/ to LAW by the concurrence OF the Senate
The act provides. that further time uniii
| TIE Is: day of January, 1884, shall be given
| for the redemption OF all lands which would
I have been liable to forfeiture on the lst Jan
elS32:-and further time until the LIST day oi
April, 1884, shall be given foi the feden,p
ton OF such lands as would have been ire
deemable and vested in the President and
Directors OF the Literary Fund on the st of
HJanuary and LIST Of November, 1893 There
are other neutrality-suspicious. contained in the
bill, which, as presume you viii insert the
kact at full length IN your paper, il is unne
eessary for me here TO repeat
1t will thus be seen by such or my fellow
bitizens oil Berkeley as are interested in ihe
Delinquent Land Lac that there is no ground
or present or Immediate alarm. No for(ei
tuve, can now occur until the lst day of jan
1884, and am fully satisfied, before The ex-
Upiraton of those two years, will be able to
shew that such errors exist upon the delin-
quent lis! of the county oil Berkeley as will
reduce the real delinquents 10 very small
l number.
Should any Of my fellow citizens, noiwth
standing the further time thu. given for the
redemption OF the lands. think proper to a
vaii themselves OF my presence 10 the City
oil Richmond TO redeem their lands or isyes.
tisats the liability of the lands returned de
hn9uent, tojo,teitufe, under the recent act
oi Tue General Assembly, beg them III their
recommendations to attend to the follow ing
*en1lries-as an omission to attend to the !
'o'H's here suggested will preclude me from |
ofming any opinion upon their case.
Fl Isl. In whose name is the land returned |
pefm4l'entT Is ii IN mat Of the preseat OF for
per proprietor Of the land?
2Giy. Ii In the name Of the present owner !
ii F'VF'"'oi Vi tae ianu stale Inc defence F,
pom which be relies. Is il that he has alrea |
y pad ibe taxes? Ard if so, what is the /
o'dence OF payment A sherifi's receipt |
you'd be ample and satisfactory Is it that
ne land has been erroneoasty charged with
The tax on the Commissioners book If so,
s'ate the facts from which that error is made
70 appear Or is that there was sufficient pro
Ferty on the premises during the years for
(Which the land is returned delinquent, from
which a vigilant sheriff or collector could
pave made the taxes. For be- it remarked,
Shat IN all such cases, the Auditor concurrent
~ with the county court, upon satisfactory
3bvldence of the facts. may exonerate the
fand from the payment of the taxes charged
upon it.
srely Is the tax charged to former pre-
erieter oil the land. If SO, the present owner
4nd occupier of the land, can have his lard
Generated By showing that he is a bos.a fde
purchaser Of the land, that he has paid all
20 purchase money. or SO much thereof as
OF 10 leave on his hand sufficient TO pay the !
kaxes and damages in arrear, and unpaid at !
lhs Gate of his purchase.
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