Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-16

delinquent for payment Of taxes hereafter to &C
ernc and which shall be by force of the provisions
Of this act, forfeited for that cause, and vested IN
the said President and Directors; il the person or
persors, IN whose name or names such lands have
been heretofore returned delinquent, and vested IN
tho said President and Directors, were, at the date
OF such forfeiture declared and still remain, under
disability Of infancy coverturc, insane mind or :rr-
prtsomcnt and il the person persons IN whose
uamc names such land, ne shall be according to
the provisions Of this forfeited aud vested in the
said President aud Directors, have been returned
Delinquent. under any of the said dtsabili-
tfes;-and if the person or presons, in whose name
names, such lands as according to the provisions
of this oct shall or may be hereafter forfeited
and vested in the said Prcs;denr and Directors.
shan be returned delinquent, shall be ut the
date Of snch frfci'ure under any Of the said dis
obiinies-in snch Case, it shall and may be law
fnl for such person persons to redeem such lands
by payment intn the treasury, upon the warrant OF
the Auditor OF all arrears Of taxes jnst!y due and
rcfrargesbe thsr,on with ten per centum per annum
damages on TIE same from the time or times when
the taxes accrued, shall accrue. within two years
not afterwards and suchperson persons shall die
in any such state Of disability, then the heirs or de
vfsccs OF such person or persons so dying may IN like
msnuer and on the like terms redeem snch lands
within two years AFTER the death of her or their
ancestor or dcvisor.
And, Prorided, that nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to annu impair any wise Affect
the rights Of any purchaser or purchasers Of any
lands heretofore forfeited for payment OF taxes,
and sold m 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
I, shall be the duty of the First Auditor, to
couss alphabetical lists OF ell the lands in the Com
monweath, which heretofore have been, ar which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for non pay
mGnt Of taxes, and which are redcemable according
10 the provisions Of tins oct, to be made ont; begin
nig in making out such lists, with the counties lying
West of tho Allegheny Mountains, aud publishing.
in manner hereinafter mentioned, the list If LANDS
which have been returned delinquent before TIE pass
ing Of this act. soon eJ the same be mado ont
for the purpose, and the list of lands which NAV
hereafter be returned delinquent, between lie months
Of February and Nav, Of the year succeeding tina,
in which the delinquency shall and be rcturncd
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify, m separate
colnnnrs the names Of the persons tn whom rcspec-
lively such lands stand charged whit taxes. the
eveTal tracts, and the quantity of land in each tract
the year wears for the taxes whereof the same
delinquent the amount of taxes due thereon, mud in
arrear, the county counties wherein the lands lie
and such tescrip tons Of he local situation thereof
as the information in hrs office will enable him to
make and the Auditor shall contract for the prutirg
OF tho said lists, from time TO limo, soon as thev
ire completed, mon sheets OF convenient SIC in
Quarto form, and shall the same 20 be ey,e,
sfvs'y circulated throughout the Commonwealth. and
IN other States. and shall catI two hundr.d coo;as
thereof to be bound and shall scnd ore of them 70
be deposited in the Clerks s,fra ofeyery county and
corporation court N The commonwealth.
o BE II hIrther enacted, That the Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts Snail cause this Ire published in
suci on the newspapers within this Commonwc h.
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Commonweal h. for a ter not excrrdng one month
Fs be shall think necessary to give oice Of the pro-
vrss thereof and he shall audi, the accnun's
On; to be paid ou OF any mry 81 the Treasury no,
otherwise appropriated
2. In "a controversies, uHfrct sh&l or msy ariee
enehng the deii"fercy and forfeiture Of such lands
80, no' paSIns, q eIes AZ ny the YrnEisons OF t'fs
OF In a,e President and Directors Of the Literary Fnnd
tho ceJhhcse IS The hpdit0T Of Public Accorprs of
etch defa1uency and forfeiture, siaH be as against
tne pressn % pefsous in whose n ame names such
nndS have been SHALL be returned Delinquent, bic
Der, or hRr hefrs devisees, labdrin under any
dIssoaffy d kfahcS, cosertnse, insane mind or impS-
soameot eRidencs Of such delinquency in RESPECT To
die same. snd d HE forfeiture theerp and Of e tile
vested in rhe sod Resident I'd Directors nor sf1il
Such forfeiture. or the title ves;ed in the said Pres
dent sod ntrectoJe, be ippeached for any alleged
nre4pery in tle proceedings by which sich fotfei
tre accrued. other than The fact. that tine taxes Cor
moo payment uhereof. The forfeiture imposed had
spper on the ACE a the proceedings. and any poison
mpearbns the due 50 ves,ed in de said Presden,
add Dueetars the ground that the taxes were no,
in arrear, hfn be he'd to proof q the payment
deSeT.
8. And whereas IL ts known 10 the General Assem-.
bly,, Ttt N many cases. lands parts or rarceIs re
fshds, (oPecady such ss have been granted and an.
Propriaed. undsr Che act prssed the nay session
tn the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
Nne, entitled an act for establishing Land Office.
and sscertAniTB the terms and manner Of granting
wH9e and unapproRrrated lands, and the SUBSEQUENT
sris on the same snbJeci.) which have heretofnrs
been, or NAV hereafter be returned delinousp, for
non payment Of taxes, and which have been heretofore
vested ey law, in the President and Directors of the
Literary Fund, or which by the provisions of this act.
Shall or may hereafter be forfeited and vested in the
sd President and Directors, held by persons other
than those for whose defaut :hey have BEEN or shall
be forfeited. claiming bona ftde media,eiy or i'm.
mediately, under grants from the Commonwealth; and
that the said actual holders and bona fde claimants
have settled and improved the hands, by them held
and claimed, and have, moreover paid all public ,aIes
thereon, due and charged, or justly chargeabIe to
them and ia therefore, reasonable and ius that the
titles Of such actual holders and bona Rde claimants
should be quieted and perfected, far rs the trans
ter TO them OF the rights vested in the said President
and D,reetors-snd. therefore, Subject to the dspos
ton OF the General Assembly, Can accomplish that
object.
Be it. therefore, further enacted, That all the right.
title and interest Of the said President and Directors
in or to sny and except such shall be herein after
eTcepted which have heretofore been vested By law
In the said Prosiden: and Director or which by the
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