Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-04

IN" SAID President AID Directors: II he uCrsOn or
persons, IN whose name or names such lands have I
hCrn heretofore returned delinquent, Uad vested ~
the slid President and Directors, were. at kc date
~ such forfeiture declared and still remain, uud.
disability At infancy. COZ crturc, insane mud or :m-
prisonmCnl and if the person or persons IN. whose
name names such land. Us shall be according 10
he provisions Of this act forfeited and vested ~ tn"
said President and Directors, have been returned
delinquent, are now under any of the sad di>phiil-
tlc>;-nnd # the person ptcsons, IN WHO'S, came |
names, such lands, : according To the provisions
of this act shall may bc hereafter forfeited |
and vested III the said Pres:dcn' and Directors. |
shall b. returned delinquent, sh II be at the !
date OF such Forfeiture under at the said dis
abliles-n such case, II shall and may be law. !
iu for such person or persons 10 redeem such lands
by payment into the treasury, upon the warrant of
the Audtor OF all arrears Of taxes Justly due and
chargeabie thereon w"' ten per cCntuln per aunum
damages or the same from the time Crr times when
the taxes accrued, ar shall accrue, within years
next after their respective disabilities removed. and
m; afterwards; aud # suchpeTSon persons shall die
IN any such state of disa bilty. then tho heirs d.
vIsees OF such person diving, IN Ike
manner and the Ike terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death Of his, her their
ancestor or dCvIsor
And, Proridsd, that nothing in this act cont aired
shall be construed to annu impair or any wise AFFECT
the rights of any purchaser purchasers OF any
lands heretofore roted Tor payment OF taxes,
ard sold III pursuance of any former law; but all such
rights shall continue to be regulated and determined
BY the former laws relating them, US if this &C,
had never been passed.
l. shall BE- the duty Of the FIRST Auditor. to
Cause alphabetical lists OF all the lands in the Com
monwCalth, which heretofore have BEEN or which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for pay.
ment of taxes and which are rrdecmable according
to the provisions OF this act, To be made OUT begin
ming IN making out such lists, with the counties living
West OF the Allegheny Noun aims, and publishing.
IN manner hereinafter mentioned. the list nf iau!s
which have been returned delinquent before TIE pass
ing Of this act so soon rs the same can be made ON,
fba mil ,a H.. l..
hereafter be returned Delinquent between H. months
of February and MAY. Of The year succeeding that
IN which the delinquency shall occur and be returned:
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify, N separate
columns the names of the persons - whom rcs9cc-
lively such lands stand charged withthe taxes. the
several tracts 7nd the quantity of land in each tract,
the year for the taxes whereof the same are
delinquent the amount of taxes due thereon. and in
arrear, the comfy or 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 printing
OF the said lists from time time, as soon as they
are completed upon sheets of convenient size in
quarto form, and shall cause the same TO be ey,eh-
slvely circulated throughout The Commonwealth and
IN other States. and shall Two hundred copies
thereof TO he bound, and shall nd one of them =,
be deposited in the Clerks ofcc of every county and
corporation court in the commonwealth.
6>Sr 1t further enacted, That the Auditor of Pub.
nc Accounts shall cause this act TO be publ shed il!
such of the newspapers within this Commonwes nh.
and not exceeding two such ncwspaners ont of this
T--
! Commonwca h, for Il IN not exceeding one month
as lie shall think necessary give notice of tho rro.
visions thereof and h. sa! audit the accounts there
OF to be paid out Of any money in the Treasury not
I otherwise appropriated
! z. In all controversies, whh shall or NAV arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
for non payment OF taxes by the provisions of this
act are or shall be irredeemsbe and the vestag there
OF in the President and Directors of the Literary Fund
the certificate OF the Auditor of Public Accounts Of
such delinquency and forfeiture, shall be as against
in n
lands have been or shall be returned delinquent, his
her or ther heirs or devsces, not laborng under any
disability OF infancy, coverture mind or impri.
sonTnent, 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 Directors nor shall
such forfeiture, or the title vested in the said presi
dent and Directors, be Impeached for any ALLEGED
iTreguiarty in the proceedings by which such corfi
ture accrued, other than the fact, that the taxes for
non payment whereof. the forfeiture imposed had
Oeeh actually pad, unless the iTGcgUar.;y alleged
appear on the face ct the proceedings and any person
impeschins the title vested in the SAID Pre- sdeut
and Directors on the ground that the taxes were not
/ IN arrear, shall be held TO proof Of the payment
thereof.
8. And whereas it is known - the General Assem-.
ply, mat IN many cases, lands parts or parcels Of
lands, especially such have been granted and an
proprlaied under the act passed at the Mav session
IN the year one thousand hundred and seycn,y
h'ne' entitled an act, for establishing a Land Office
ana ascer!aning the terms and manner OF or n,inr,
waste and unappropriaed lands, and the subsequent
ACTS on The same sublect,) which have heretofore
been, or NAV hereafter he returned dcIinGurnt for
non payment Of taxes, and which have been .te,,c,r
vested by law, IN the President and Dircrt,r, az 80
Literary Fund, or which, by the provisions of THIS ACT
sha or may hereafter he forfeited and vested in tl,c
sara fie''",n' and Directors held - persons other
than those for whose derslt .b.y have been or sla
'e so forfeited, claiming bona f4c, mediteiy or i'm
Hediaiey, under grants from tho Commonwealth. an!
,Aa' The SAD actual holders AID bona file cl.lro,r,.
H"yc settled ana improves ihc lands. so y them held
an" canned, and have, moreover paid nll pu lie iayos
IneFeoh' dne aud charged, or justly ciargca1l, tn
tcW ana Is therefore, REASONABLE. and lust, that ,la
t''es OF such actual holders and bona Ic claimants
should be quoted and perfected, 50 Ear as the trans
sr 10 iNem 81 tie rights vested 'hc SAID President
ana Dnec'orj-snd, thercfJrr, subject . III. diypo,
object .'' ''''
De ~ hercore, further enacted, Ths, ~ ,hc right
tile and interest OF tc said PresIen and pirec,orq
!" Oh 20 any snds, exec r., such al shall be herein after
excepted which have heretofore been vested by law
10 Ne SAID President and Directors, or which by the
r5o'spus D this act nay hereafter be forfeited and
't'' 49, The President and Directors, shall and may