Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-22

view 10 the improvement mt OF tue said river canals
or locks aud daHs, q rail roads
loo An act forming county out of parts OF the
counties OF Shenandoah and Rockingham; the county
is called Page county, the to be held the fourth
Monday In every month; the first be held in
Luroy IN he month OF May; The courts vi Shenan-
dosh aud Rockingham to have jurisdiction OF all actions
depending before them on ,he fifteenth vi Mays attaches
the county the Judicial circuit and brigade dis
trct with Shenandoah, The circuit courts To be held
the twentieth days OF April and September. The
county attached also the county OF Shenandoah for
elections oil Senators and electors, and
in Congress, gives the county Delegate, aud She
nandoah two instead OF three. The quarterly courts
TO be held in March, Moy, August and November, and
the county 10 belong 10 the inchester chancery dis.
uict
l57 An act directing survey from Suffolk in the
county oil Nansemond 10 Roanoke river; to extend TO
Weldon in North Carolina, be made by the Principal
Engineer, with view TO railroad from Suffolk the
Roanoke
15S An act 10 amend act entitled an act ncorpo.
rating company TO construct turnpike road in
chester Smlhhcld; reduces the capital stock 25 000
and extends the time for the of the road
until the LIST OF April, 1882
l59 An act authorsng a lottery to raise money for
the purpose OF constructing a road from the Brooke
turnpike to Madison courthouse; two hundred thousand
dollars 10 be raised
100 An act Incorporating the Scott aud Russell Turn
pike Company TO construct turnpike road from Jones'
borough, ennessee,) TO the mouth OF Sheby's creek
on Big Sandy as far as the passes through this
State, with capital OF ten thousand dollars
lsl An act to incorporate he Fredericksburg Aque.
duct Company
reduces the duty TO thirty cents hogshead the act
takes effect on the lstof October
l63 An act auhorising increase Of the capital
stock OF the Rappahanuock Company; auhorses in
crease 10 the further sum OF fifteen thousand dollars and
subscription on the part Of the Board OF Public Works
to two-htths thereof
1854 An act Incorporating the Nansemond and Nor.
folk Turnpike Company, with cepital of fifteen thou
sand dollars, TO construct road from Brewers mills
in Nanseinond, TO Halls mills, in Norfolk county
los An act making further provisions for the extern
sion OF the kanawha turnpike 10 Big Sandy river; au-
thorises the James River Iompany borrow the
dit OF the Commonwealth $4,000 for the extension OF
the said road
loo An act TO raise money by lottery for paving tho
streets OF the town OF Charlottesville, in the county of
Albemarle; authorize the raising OF $4,000
1877 An act to authorize separate election at Deco
guam, in the county of Prince William
l6S An actincorporaing the Fncaste and Buchanan
Turnpike Company; TO construct road from Fincase,
to the town OF Buchanan with capital Of 100000 10 be
raised by subscription
l69 An act concerning lands returned denauen mt for
payment OF taxes, and making disposition of certain
lands delinquent and of certain escheaed lands for
the benefit OF actual and bona tde holders thereof
der grants from the Commonwealth; provides, that all
lands Except afterwards excepted) which were vest
ed in the President and Directors OF the Literary Fund
under the act OF February 1914, and redeemed be-
fore the first OF January last, shall forever hereafter be
redeemabe; vests in the Literary Fund all lands lex
cep aoresaihl the taxes wherein are i'm arrear for
any year prior to 1920, and for that year. and subse-
quen TO that year, and which shall be unredee med on
the first OF November 1888; also such lands as were
sold in August, 1916, and redeemed by the Executive
under the act OF February, 1917 if unedeemed on the
FIRST Of January, 1882; and all lands hereafter returned
delinquent Tor non payment OF taxes and not redeemed
within three years from the last day of December of the
year when the delinquency occurs; provided that only
the title and estate OF the person in whose name the
lands have been shall be returned deinsuent az the
time OF the delinquency, or of his heirs and devisees
or OF purchasers claiming under him, shall be as
aioesaid and provided that two shall be allow
ed persons uIder disability OF infancy, overture Sc
after their disability removed add 10 their and de-
viees, to redeem such lands. The directs the an
ltl.,rt lnla bai, ffzIo
quen and redeeinabe, 10 be made and printed and
eistr uted throughout the Conmonwea and the other
States and the act itself TO be printed in newspa-
pers in other States aud in in the State he
may think necessary, for period exceeding one
month. The auditors certificate be evidence OF de-
nquency and forfeiture, and impeachment allowed
for irreguay, not appearing the face OF the pro-
ceenss except that the taxes alleged 10 be in arrear
may be provedto have been actually paid. Relnquishes
persons actual possession, all lands heretofore re-
turned delinquent, which may hereafter be return
ed, and which have been or may be vested in the Lite
rary Fund thereby, or by inqusiton of escheat pro-
yided such persons have legal equitable title there
TO, held divided under grant from the Common
wealth. and provided all taxes assessed which ought
t. have been assessed thereon have been dscharged
prescribes and regulates the mode OF proceeding TO OBJ
tain the Judgment decree OF the chancery court hay
ing jurisdiction the county where the lands lie to
transfer the tile OF the President and Directors of the
Literary Fund TO such actual holder and bona file claim.
ant In suits for lands lying of the AIleghan
mountains, held by persons claiming under the Com
monwea's grants issued prior to this act who shall
have entered the the looks OF the commissioner
of the and paid all taxes chageable thereon
the plaintiff not allowed TO give in evidence any gran
of the Commonwealth for such lands, unless he shall
have had the same duly entered on the commissioners
books and discharged the taxes chargeable thereon;
this provision not 10 continue in force than five
years. and reasonable time to be allowed for the lands
to be entered and the taxes paid. Lands forfeited I'M
der this and transferred TO actual holders and be-
fde claimants, before the first day of November
1885, to be thereafter sold directed by the act of
February, 1914. The provisions of the to extend
only TO such lands originally granted under the
act of May, 1913, establishing land office &c and all
other delinquent and forfeited lands which grant
ed por the passage of said excepted and ex
emp,ed from the operation of this Allows further
time Until the first OF January 1888, for the redemp-
ton OF such excepted and exempted lands, including
those heretofore vested in the Literary Fund Bona f.
de purchasers of delinquent lands forfeited having
deeds recorded prior TO the passage of this act and hay
ing paid the purchase money, may have their lands
exonerated from all arrearages by order of court:
exonerates persons having legal possession of lands moi
heretofore vested in the Literary Fund from the paw
meD OF arrearages by proving, prior to the first of
January 1885, that the taxes enormously chare-
ed, actually paid, that there sufficient pro-
perry on the premises in the year of deliuauencv
wherein to make distress. No right acquired by ex.
oneTation IRON taxes transfer OF the title of the Lite
rary Fund.- under former laws, 10 be impaired or an
nulled by the provisions OF this The auditor is a-
horised TO employ additional clerks execute the du
ties required OF him, and the takes effect on the first
day OF May
40 Al act concerning Thomas Jesse ir.
Ill An act c,ncsrning Char estown, 10 Jeff ron
unity; auihorises the trustees 10 plat OF the
town 10 be msds
An rt In mil IA rel.