Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-13

urs and oil lands which shall hereafter &c re'uI"eN
delinquent for payment oil taxes hereafter W
u uc and which shalt be by frtc oil ihe PROVISIONS
f this act forfeited for that caUSr, aud veSeu III
II, ,ad President ard Directors; II The person or
). rs,ns. IA whose name or names such anus have
,rcn heretofore returned delinquent, anu Ves''u !"
he sand President and Directors, weTa. NJ The dnI"
VI such forfeiture dec rcd mud still remain, rhp
disability of infancy covcrturc. Insane mind ar :m-
ard II the person or persons III whose
name or names such land, ms shall he according 10
he provisions of this act forfeited and vested III me
said President and Directors, have been returned
DELINQUENT n,c now under any of the sa'd diSa0.-
,ics;-and If the person u. prcSCns, IN whose rai;e
names, such lands, "a according 10 the PROVISIONS
uf this act shall may be hereafter forfeited
ana vested in the said Pres.Gel' ana Directors.
shall br returned dringucn, shall be at the
date ofsnch forfeiture under any oi tic said diS-
abilt,es-in such case, n shall and may be Jaw
.ul for such person or persons In redeem such onds
by payment intothe treasury. upon the warrant OF
the Andtar of all arrears Of toN"s Justly due and
char.cab!c thereon with ten per ccntnrn Per onnnm
1a,nagcs on the same from the time or times when
|. he taxes accrued, shall accrue. within ~" years
next after their respective disabilities removed, ana
afterwards; and If suchpsrson ur persons shall dc
in any such state % disability, then the heirs or de-
visecs oil such person persons 80 dying, may III Like
manner, and the like terms redeem such LANDS
within years after the death ot hs, her or their
ancestor or devlsor.
And, Procided that nothing in this &C, contained
shall be construed to annul, impair any wise affect
tho rights of any purchaser or purchasers OF any
lands heretofore forfeited for non payment o taxes,
ard sold in pursuance of any former law but all such
rights shall continue to be regula CO ana determined
by the former laws relating TO them Us If this act
had never been passed.
l. shall be the duty OF tho Els, Auditor, to
alphabetical lists OF al! the lands in the Com
monWealth which heretofore have been, ur which
herra tcr may be-, returned delinquent for non pay
menr of taxes and which redrcmabe according
to the provisions OF this act, 10 be m"Gc ou begin
ming in making such lists wjththc counties lying
West OF the Allegheny Mountains, and Publishing.
m manner hereinafter mentioned the list ~ lauss
which have been returned dcluquCu; before the pass
inc of this act spnn as the same can be made on
for the purpose, ard the list of lands which may
hereafter be returned delinquent between h mon rs
of February and May, o! the year succeeding That
in which the delinquency shall occur amd be returned
which lists the Auditor shall specify, III separate
columns the names of the persons To whom respcc-
lively such lands stand charged with.the taxes the
several tracts and the quantity at land IN each Tract,
The year for the taX,s whereof the same are
delinquent, the amount az taxes due thereon, aud IN
arrear, tho comfy counties wherein the lands lie.
and such descriptions OF he local situation thereof
as the information bis Office will enable him TO
kc; and the Auditor shall contract for the printing
of the said lists, from time 20 time, soon Us they
are completed, upon sheets of convenient size, in
Quarto FORM and shall cause the same 10 be excl
sivev circulated throughout the Common wealth, and
in other States, and shall cause two hundred copies
thereof 10 be bound, and shall send orc OF them
be deposited in the Clicks office ofevcry county and
corporation Court in the commonwealth.
BE II further enacted. That the Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts shall cause his ac TO be published in
such of tho newspapers within this Commonwealth
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Commonwealth, for term not CXceeuing one month,
he shall think necessary 10 gto notice of the nru
thereof and he shali audit the accounts there
of, tn be paid out of any money IN the Treasury
otherwise appropriated
Z. In all controversies which shall or may arise
4 C.rT.t
for payment OF taxes by the provisions of this
act shall be rredeemable and the ves;g 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 against
the person persons IN whose name names such
lands have been shall be returned delinquent his
her, or their heirs deysees not laborng under any
disability OF infancy, coverturc, insane mind mpri-
sonment, evidence Of such delinquency III rcspect to
the same, and of the forfeiture thereof and of the title
vested IN the said President . I'd Directors, shall
such forfeiture the title vested in the said Pres
dent and Directors, be mpeached for any alleged
irreguaFi'y in the proceedings by which such forfeit
ture accrued other than the fact that the taxes for
non payment whereof. the forfeiture imposed had
been actually paid, unless the irregulariiy alleged
appear the lace Of the proceedings and anv person
mpeaching 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 paymcnl
thereof
8. And whereas it is known to the General Assem-
oily, That in many cases. lands, parts or parcels of
'AhhS tClAiy SilSU is nave DceU granted and
propgiated, under the act passed the May session
m the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
nine entitled act. for establishing Land Office
ana ascertairES the terms and manner of granting
waste and unapprorriated lands and the subsequent
acts on the same snblcci,l which have hcrctuforr
been, or NAV hereafter lie returned delinquent for
non payment OF taxes, aud which haze been hereto fore
vested by law in the President and Directors If the
Literary Fund, which by The provisions Of his ~,
shall may hereafter be forfeited and vested IN the
SAID president and Directors, are bed by crsons other
ihah those TOR whose dcaalt .hcy have Dcrn OK shall
be SO forfeited, claiming bona ftdc, media,ey or i'm
mcdiately, under grants from the Commonwealth; and
that the said actual holders ard bona fde claimants
haze settled and improved the lands so by them held
and Claimed, and have paid al public taxes
thereon due aud charged, or justly chargcablc to
them; and It is therefore, reasonable and JUST that the
titles OF such actual holders and bona file claimants
should be quoted and perfected far as the trans
Ter TO them OF the rights vested IN the said Pfesden,
and Drectorsand, therefore, subject To the disposi
ton Of the General Assembly, Cen accomplish that
object.
BE it, therefore, further enacted, That all the right
title and interest OF tie said President and Directors
IN or to any lands, except such shall be herein afte
excepted, which have heretofore been vested bv law
in the said Presiden; and Directors or Which by the