Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-23
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crne, and which shall be by furce OF The provisions
~ fhs act. forfeited for that cause and YES I'd II
inc SAID President aud reCtors; At tho person 81
persons IN whose name or names such lands hrye
Uceh heretofore returned delinquent, snd vested m
INC said President aud Directors were ut he da,
OF such Forfeiture declared and still remain under
uisabIty 0f infancy Overture. insane mind or I'm
pf'sonGnen', and 1t the person persons m whose,
name or names such land. os shall be according 10
me provisions OF this act forfeited and vested m tho
:, said President and Directors have been returned
d'inquent. are now under any OF the SAID dsabili-
/ leS;-ond 1t tho person prcsons IN whose rnnc
W hzEIes'such lands. rs according TO the provisions
Oh TINS act shall may be hereafter forfeited
ana vested IN the said Presden and Directors
sNaI be returned delinquent, sh.ll be at the
ua'e OF such forfeiture under any of the said dis
toities-ln such case, It shall and may be law
uI tor such person or persons 10 redeem such lands
oY payment into the treasury upon the warrant OF
inc Auditor OF all arrears OF taxes Justly due and
chafEeaOe thereon with ten per centurn per annum
damages on the same from the time or times when
the taNes accrued, or shall accrue within two wears
next after their respective disabilities removed and
not afterwards; and If suchperson or persons shall die
IN any such state Of isa billy. then he heirs or de
Vsces OF such person persons dying may in like
manner, and on the like terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death Of hs, her or their
ancestor or deysor.
And, PrOCidsd, that nothing in this act containei
shal! be construed to annu impair or any wise affect
the rights of any purchaser %. purchasers of anv
ah!!s heretofore forfeited Tor payment taxes
ara sod IN pursuance II any former laws but all such
rights shall! continue to DC regulated and determined
by the former laws relating them. Is if this act
had never heen passed.
D l. shall BE- the Gu'Y OF the First Auditor TO
Cause alphabetical lists OF MI the innds in The Com
tDon"eo!th, which here of1re have been. "r which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for non pay
menl OF taxes. and which are rndcemabe ACCORDING
10 the PROVISIONS OF tins act. to be made uu begin
ning IN making such lists with the counties lynr
" est OF the Allegheny Noun aims. and publishing
in manner hereinafter mentioned the list Of an-s
which have been returned delinquent before the pass
lrg OF this act. so soon the can be made out
for the purpose, and the list of lands which NAV
hereafter De returned delinquent, between h. months
OF February and May. Of The year succeeding that
N winch the delinquency shall occur and be returned:
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify IN separate
columns. the names of the persons to whom respec-
lively such lands stand charged wlth'the taxes the
several tracts, and the quantity of land in each tract
the year or ves for The taxes whereof the same are
delinquent the amount of taxes due thereon and in
arrear, the comfy counties wherein the lands lie
and such descriptions of he local situation thereof
as the information in his Office will enable him TO
make; and the Auditor shall contract for the prrtirrr
OF tho said lists from time to time. as soon rs thew
are completed. upon sheets Of convenient size in
quarto form. and shall the same 10 be eyieL-
svely circulated throughout the Commonwealth and
in other States, and shall cause TWO hundred copies
thereof to b. bound. AMI shall send of them to
be deposited the Clerk office Of every COUNTY and
corporation court in the commonwealth.
u be 1t further enacted. THat the Auditor of Pub
TIC Accounts shall cause this act TO be published in
s"ch OF the newspapers within this Commonwealth
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Commonwcal h, tor n term not exceeding one month
as he shall think necessary to give notice of the pro-
visions thereof and he shall audit the accounts there
Of T." be paid cut of any money in the Treasury not
Otherwise Appropriated.
Z. In all controversies, which shall or NAV arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture of such lanes
o non payment Of taxes as by the provisions of this
act are or shall be rredeemabe and the vestig there
OF IN Tie President and Directors of the Literary Fund
the certificate OF the Auditor of Public Accounts of
uCh delinquency and forfeiture, shall be as against
The person or persons in whose anne or names such
lands have been or shall be returned deEnuuen, his
her, or Their heirs devsees laborinC under anv
disability Oh infancy, coverture, mind or impr-
sonment, evidence Of such delinquency in resDect to
the same and OF the forfeiture thereof and of the title
vested IN the said President I'd Directors nor shall
srch forfeiture, or the title vested in the said Pres.
dent and Directors, be impeached for any ALLEGED
reguiariy in the proceedings by which such foff.i-
ure accrued other than the fact, that the taxes for
non payment whereof. the forfeiture was imposed had
been actually paid, unless the irregularty alleged
appear on the iace OF the proceedings and person
impeachnS the title vested in the said President
and Directors on the ground that the taxes were not
IN arrear, shall be held to proof of the payment
thereof.
s. And whereas it is Known to the General Assem-.
bly,, That in many cases. lands, parts or parcels &C
lands, especially such have been granted and an
prcprated under the act passed at the May session
III year OAS NiOuSlTu seven nunuGeu and
nine, entitled act, for establishing Land Office.
and ascertalnng the terms and manner of granting
waste and unappTopriated lands and the SUBSEQUENT
acts on the same subJect,) which have heretofore
been, OF NAV hereafter be returned delinquent for
non payment Of taxes and which have been he eofor.
vested by law, in the President and Directors of the
Literary Funj, or whic by the provisions of this act
shall or may hereafter be forfeited and vested in the
said President and Directors. held by persons other
than those tor whose desalt .hcy have BEEN or shall
he so forfeited. claiming bona ide mediateIy or I'M
mediaely, under grants from the Commonwealth; and
that the said actual holders and bona fide claimane
have settled and nDrove the lands so BY them held
and claimed, an tav moreover paid all puzzle taxes
thereon, due ana charged, justly chargeaSle TO
them: and 1t is therefore, reasonable and lust hat the
titles Of such actua, holders and bona 6is claimants
should be quoted and perfected so far as the trans
fer to them OF the rights vested the said President
and Drcrors-ard, therefore, subject e. the dispo.
ton Of the General Assembly, can accomplish tia,
object.
he IL therefore, further enacted Tina, all the RIGHT
title and interest OF the said President and Directors
in or 20 any lands, except such shall be herein after
excepted, winch have heretofore been vested By law
n the President and