Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-11


crnc and which shall be by krre ct the provisions
Of this act. forfeited for that cause, and vested in
he said President and Directors; IL the rersca
persons, IN whose name or names such lands have
been heretofore returned delinquent, and vested IN
the said President and Directors, were, the date
Of such forfeiture declared md still rcnam, under
disability of infancy, covortnre, iusane mind or :m-
prsonmcnt, and IL thu person persons IN whose
name Or names such land, shall BE- according to
the provisions Of this act forfeited and vested IN the
said President and Directors, hive been returned
delinquent, are undOr any of thu SAID disab'ii-
tics-and ii the rerson or prcsons, in whose raine
names, slfC nt,ls according the provisions
of this act sholl may be hereafter forfeited
and vested in the said President and Directors,
shall! be returned delinquent, shall be at the
date of such forfeiture under any Of tho said dis
ubliirs--in such case, il shall aud may be law
'u for such person persons to redeem such lands,
by payment into the treasury, upon the warrant OF
the Auditor OF al arrears OF taxes Justly duo aud
chargeabe thereon with ten per ccntum per anDum
damages OH the same from the time times whom
the taxes accrued shall accrue, within two years
next after thcif respective disabilities removed and
not afterwards nnd f suchperson persons shall die
in any such state Of disability, then the heirs de
vlsecs Of such person parsons so dying may like
manner, aud the like terms redeem such lunds
within Two years after the death OF his her or their
ancestor or dcvjsor.
And, Prouided, that nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to annul, impair any affect
Inc rights Of any purchaecf OF purchasers of any
lands heretofore forfeited for payment OF taxes,
ard sold in pursuance of any former law; but all such
rights shall continue to be regulated and determined
by the former laws relating to them if this act
had never been passed.
/, shall bs the duty Of the FIRST Auditor, to
alphabetical lists OF oil the lands in the Com
monwcnth, which heretofore have been, or which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for pay
ment of taxes, and which are redsemable according
10 the provisions Of this net, to be made out; begin
hing in making out such lists, with tho counties lying
West Of the Allegheny Mountains, and publishing,
he, ESt af In d.
which have been returned delinquent before the pass
ing of this oct soon as the same can be made out
for The purpose, and the list of lands which may
hereafter be returned delinquent between ii- months
of February and May, Of the year succeeding that
which the delinquency shall occur aud be returncd
in which lists the Auditor shall Sccify, separate
columns, the mines OF the persons To whom rcSpcc-
lively such lands stand charged withthc tuSes the
several tracts and the quantity of land in each tract;
the yehr yeas for the taxes whereof the same are
delinquent, the amount Of taxes due thereon aud in
arrcar, tho comfy counties wherein the lands lie.
and such descriptions Of he local situation thereof
as the information his Office will enable HIM to
make and the Auditor shall contract for the printing
of the said lists from time TO time, they
completed, upon sheets Of convenient sizc. in
quorto form, and shall cause the same 10 be ex,ci.
sivey circulated throughout The Commonwealth, and
in other States and shall cause hundred copies
thereof 70 be bound, and shall send of them 10
be deposited in tho Clerk office Of every county and
corporation court in the commonwealth
BE it further enacted, That the Auditor of Pub-
lie Accounts shall cause this act 10 bc published in
such of the newspapers within tins Commonwealth,
and not exceeding Two such uewspapers out of this
Commonwealth, for tie m not exceeding one month,
lac shall think necessary To give notice of the pro-
visions thereof and he shall audit the accounts there
Of to be paid Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
7. In all controversies, which sliall or may arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
for payment OF taxes by the provisions of this
act shall be rredeemable and the vesiag there.
Of in the President and Directors of the Literary Fund
the certificate of the Auditor uf Public Accounts Of
such delinquency and forfeiture. shall be as against
tire person or persons in whose name names such
lauds have been shall be returned delinquent, his
her, or their heirs dev,sees not abohng under any
disability of infancy coverture rnsane mind or impri-
sonment, evidence Of such delinquency in respect to
the same and Of the forfeiture thereof and of the title
vested in the said President I'd Drec3oss nor shall
such forfeiture, the title vested in the said Presi
dent and Directors, be mIpeached fce any ALLEGED
rrcguldnty IN the proceeding by which such forfei
ture accrued, other than the faci, st the taxes fur
non payment whereof tie forfeiture was imposed had
been actually paid, unless the jrre1,ufary alle1rad
appear ON the face of the proceedings and any person
mpeaching the, nile vested die Said Presid IN,
and Directors the ground tat Che taxes were no,
in arrear, shall be held ID prUuf of the payment
ttereaf.s
! 8. And whereas it 10 known TO tre General Assem-
bly, That in many cases, lands parts parcels 81
lands, peclally such baye bern granted and 40
prDPFiated, under the act passed at the Nay session
in the year one thousand hundred and seye nty
nine, tHNHcu uH ACT, TOR establishing Land Office
and asceralning the terms and manner Of granting
waste and unappropria,ed lands, and the SUBSCRIBER
acts on the same subJeci,) which have heretofor,
been, or ma, hereafter he returned delinuuent, fo
non payment OF taxes, and which have been
vested by law ~ the President and Directors of IN,
Literary Fund, which, by the provisions of this act
shall may hereafter be forfeited and vested in IN,
said President and Directors held by persons othe
than those for whose defaai hry have been or shaI
be SO forfeited. claiming bona de, mehiatcy or i'm
nedlaiey' under grants from ule Commonwealth; an,
that the said actual holders and bona file claimants
have settled and improved the hands, so by them helc
and claimed, and have moreover, paid all public taxes
thereon, due and charged justly chargeabIe tt
them; apd is therefore, reasonable and us that tI,.
titles OF such aetna! holders and bona fse claimants
should be quoted and perfected far as the trans
fer to them of the rights vested IN the said Presen
and Directors-and, therefore, subject 10 the dspos
ton OF the General Assembly, Can accomplish thai
object
BE IT, therefore, further enacted, That all the right
title and interest Of the said President and Directors
in or to any lands except such shall be herein aft
excepted, which have heretofore been vested by law
IN the said Preslden; and Directors or Which, by tbe
provisions OF this aet may hereafter be forfeited and
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