Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-30
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ors. and OF lands which shall hereafter be returned
delinquent for non payment OF taxes hereafter To &C
rue. and which shall be- by force of,hc provisions
'f this net forfeited for that cause, and ves'ed IN
he SAID President and Directors; the person or
,srsons, IN whose maine or names such lands have
'een heretofore returned delinquent, and vested IN
he said President and Directors, were, at the date
IF such forfeiture declared and still rcmain, under
Inability Of infancy. coverturc, iusare mind IN
prsonncnt, and II the person persons IN whose
name or names such land, shall be according to
he provisions Of this act forfeited and vested III the
said President and Directors, have been returned
now under any Of the sad disabili-
II the person or presoas, IN whose rame
or names such lands, according to the provisions
Of this act shs may be hereafter forfeited
and vested in the said Pres:den' and Dircctnrs,
shall be returned delinquent, shall be at the
date Of such hmfeturc under any Of the said dis
ab'lItics-In such case, II shall and may be law
f for such person or persons TO redeem such lands
by payment into the treasury. uprn the warraat OF
the Auditor OF a' arrears of taS Justly due and
chargeable thereon with ten per ccniun per annum
damages the same from the TIM. ,incs when
the taxes accrued shall accrue. within two
next a.r their respective disabilities removed, and
not Afterwards and II suchperson persons shall die
in any such state of dsa bity then tho heirs de-
visers Of such person or persons dying, may IN like
manner, and the like terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death Of his, her their
ancestor or devsor.
And, Prorided, that nothing in this &C, contained
shall be construed 10 annu impair any affect
the rights Of any purchaser or purchasers OF any
lands heretofore forfeited Tor payment OF taxes
urd sold in pursuance OF any former law; but all such
rights shall continue to Do regnla &c and
BY the former laws relating to them, if this act
had never been passed.
L. shall be- the dug of tho FRS, Auditor. to
cause alphabetical lists or all the lands ia he Com
monwcolth, which heretofore have been, or wh en-
hereafter may be, returned dclinqncn. for non pay
men OF taxes, and which nrc redeem bile according
To the provisions of this act to be made out; begin
ning in making nut such ss, wit the counties lying
West Of tho Allegheny Noun aims. ard publishing
IN mannrr hereinafter mentioned. the list nj an.s
which have been returned Delinquent, before TIE pass
ing Of this oct 81 soon as the DO made
for the purpose, and he list of lands which may
hereafter be returned delinqus between H. months
OF February and May, OF The year succeeding that
in which the dclnqu ncy sh'll nd be re,urned
in which lists tho Auditor shall specify. N separste
cnluIlns the names of the persons IL whom rcspec-
lively such lands stand charged with'the taxes the
several tracts and the quantity Of land in each tract
the year or years for the taxes ~here the same are
delinquent, the amount Of taxes due thereon aud in
srrenr, the comfy or counties wherein the lands lie
and such descriptions Of he lo,sl suuatron thereof
as the information IN his Office will ensbe Inn, t.
make and the Auditor shall contract for hs printing
of the said lists frem time 10 time as soon as they
are completed, upon sheets Of convenient size. in
qusrto form. and shall cause the same 10 be exte,.
sively circulated throughout the Commonwealth and
IN other States, and shall cause two hundred comics
thereof to be bound, and shall srnd one Of them 10
be Deposited in the Clerks office ofcvery county and
corporation court IN the commonwealth.
Be- II further enacted. That the Auditor OF Pub.
lie Accounts shall cause this act to he published in
such OF the newspi pcrs within this Commonwealth,
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Comm"nweal h, for tTrm not exceeding ono month,
as he shall think necessary TO give notice Of the pro.
visions thereof and he shall audit the accounts there
of {" be paid out Of any money in the Treasury no,
otherwise Appropriated.
7. In all controversies, which shall or NAV arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
for payment OF taxes as by the provisions of this
act are shall be irredeemsbe and the voting there
OF in the President and Directors Of the Literary Pund
the certificate Of tine Auditor of Public Accounts of
such delinquency and forfeiture. shall be as Agsns,
the person or persons in whose anne names ST. CHI
lands have been or shall be returned delnourn, his
her, or their heirs or drvsees, laoorng under
disability OF infancy, coverturr, insane mind impri-
comment, evidence of such delinquency in respect 10
the same and OF the forfeiture thereof and Of the title
vested IN the said President I'd Directors nor shall
such forfeiture, or the title vested in the said Presi
dent and Directors be impeached for any alleged
rregulay IN the proceedings by which such fort.
turc accrued other than thu fact that the taxes for
ron payment whereof. ihe forfeiture mpused had
osan actually paid, unless the ,rregulariy alleged
spp-ar on the face Of the sedncs and ANY peTson
7prschink the title so vested in the said Preside Mt
AID Directors on the ground that the were no,
IN @rrear, snail De held TO proof Of the payment
thereof.
.. And whereas it is known 10 the General A.s,n.
bly,, That IN many lands part, or parcels of
lands, (-,rrciay such have been granted and an
proprised' under the act passed the May session
III the year one Thousand seven hundred and seye NV
nine, entitled an act, for establishing Land Office
aud ase"rianing the terms and manner Of yr.n,inp
waste and unsppropriaed lands, and the subseunpn
acts on the sam. susJeci,) winch have hrrr,ofor.
been, or NAV hereafter be returned delnuu-nt for
non payment OF tgxes, and which have been
vested by law, in the President and Directors Of the
Literary Punt. OF which by the provisions of this
snail or may hereafter be forfeited and vested in the
SAID PRESIDENT and Directors, held by persons other
than those for whose defaslt shy have been or shall
be so forfeited, claiming bona Rde, medately or i'm,
mediAtely, under grants from the Commonwealth, and
that the sad actual holders snd bona hds claim
have settled and improved the lands so by them held
ana claimed, and have, more over paid all public taxes
thereon, due and charged. justly chargeabia to
Rms and IS therefore, reasonable and lust that IN.
titles OF such asusl hOIsrs and bona AIDE claimant.
should be quoted and perfected so far As III. trans
Ter to them OF the rights vested in the said President
and Drectors-and, therefore, subject to the dispos
ton OF the General Assembly, can accomplish tia,
object.
Be 1t, therefore further enacted That all the right,
title and interest OF the said President aud Director.
IN or 10 any ands except such shall be herein after
excepted, which have heretofore bren - L..