Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-12-22

| To amend IN ac,. entitled an act concernin,
| laads returned delinquent for non paymen
| q tdres, a,ld making disposition Of certain
! lands so Delinquent, and Of certain escIteatel
! taads for hc beHfM Of actual and bona fd.
! hoiders thereof under grants from the com
men,oeat'A." tchich passed LIST April, 1881.
| BE it enacted 6y the general assemble
That further time until the ist day of April
! 1888, shall be allowed FOR the redemption d
! al lands returned as delinquent for non paw.
ment Of taxes. which would be liable to for.
| fixture on the first day Of January, one thou,
sand eight hundred and thirty two BY ths
act, entitled. IAN aet concerning lands re-
turned delinquent fof noa payment of taxes
ard making disposition Of certain lands of de.
fInqlanf. and Of certain eschea!ed lands for
the benefit Of actual and bona tide holders
thereof, under grants from the Common
wealth." which passed the first day Of April,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
O. BE if .fryther enacted, That time shall
also be showed until tse Isl day of April,
1854, Cor The redemption of all lands return.
ed as delinquent, which by the act before
mentioned, would be irredeemable, or liable
to forfeiture for non payment of taxes. on the
first day Of January and the first day OF No
VENEER, one thousand eight hundred and
thirt, three
Be It further enacted, That the twenty.
first and twenty second sections OF the ac.
before mentioned. shah he extended, and ba
in full force until .nch periods as the lands
referred to in the two preceding sections shall
have been absolutely forfeited and vested 10
the president and directors OF the literary
fund, and all the provisions therein contained
shall be available TO such respective periods
Of forfeiture. and no longer.
BE Is further enacted. That the auditor
~ public accounts shall he authorized to
give credE for ait arsearages Of taxes retnra-
ed as delinquent. upon satisfactory proof
made, that the sams have been actually-paid,I
or erroneousIe charged; but nothing herein
contained shall be Construed TO deprive tho
county courts of the power Of cxoneraing
delinquent lands for those as well as other
eatsss enumerated in the twenty first aad
twenty second sections Of the act berein be.
fore referred to.
3. BE IL .turtter e7sctsd, That nothing ia
this act contained, shall be construed to pro-
hibit or suspend the completion aad publca-
ton of the delinquent lists, as directed by the ]
act to which this is ameniatory.
fhi, aet shall bs in force from and a. /
Ter the passing thereof
In the Senate, an amendment was offer 1
I'd by Gen BoyD, aferiing an opportunity
to the Delinquent to pay the nIouey to ths
>herltts Of the counties, instead Of the AUDI l
Tor. This amendment was rejected, and The
bill passed as ahove]
Speaking Of the Cabinet Message, the
Vremn Political Arena, says" Fhe obseF-
vations respee tsng the progress made IN tho
payment OF The National Debt. under his ats-
are boastful. and must excite
,nilc in any one whJ knows the operation "a
lac sinking fund, and bow little influence tae
can exert, eihar way uPoa
lie amount appropriated to the extinction %
lie debt"
We understand that the Grand Jury Of
Bucks county have found bills against Nina
nd Mrs. Chairman Tor the murder OF dr /
chapman. Their trial viii lake place IN
vw days -.Nationes Gazette.
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rom Hampton Ros'!s on tAe llh inst ha'
,al back 20 Norfolk ia consequence al sPf"S
nc 4 cak
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