Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-19
IMPORTANT LAW
Respecting DELINQUENT Lands in Vireinin


ed Tor the inform alton OF all persons sted and the
public attention is earnestly invited to its severa, i'm
portaDt provisions. AZ time will NECESSARILY
eapse before the lists Of lands returned denquen mt tor
non payment OF taxes can be published The otoners Of
all such lands and lots that, from any cause may
haze been returned delinquent prior to 1920 would
do we'll to make immediate enquiry into hs subj .ct.
Lands and lots may have been returned by the Sheriff,
and may now be in danger Of forfeiture, whilst the
present owners are perfectly unconscious AID
P'c'ous oil the iact The insolvency, negligence, or
remote residence, OF former owners, may have incum-
oered tract oil land, lot, with single years taxa
tion and that single years tdrafon may jeopardtzs
the title oil the present Serious aud prompt at
tention Is therefore earnestly invited TO he subjsc,.
JAMES + HEATH,
Auditor OF Public Accounts
AN ACT
Concerning lands returned delinquent for non .pau
nsent Of tares and making disposition of certain
lands so delinquent and Of certain eschedfed lands
for the benefit of actual and bona fde holders
thereof, under grants from the Commonwealth
Passed April lat, 1881.
uah BE .s o. @ general ss Thp, all
% so taxes the vested
fourteen entitled an &C, to smeo and a sn Gs anu
and which h " mot SnS "e"
deemed before the first day January past of
terms and times thereof shall forever hereafter
And all lands such shall excepted
dsmquo1 Tor the non payment Of taxes thereon for the
previous thereto and which shall
redeemed otherwise thereon
in pursuance laws allowing redemption or erone
a a e term; and times thereof shall
oft provisions in this section hereinafter contaaod and all
been sold for of taxes Cue have redeemed
day February thousand hundred and EN-
titled ian act to amend the several the aearages
heretofore redeemed by for the original poprieto by pay
the redemption thereof with damages according
law or shall no, be redeemed before tho first day January
shall be- and the hereby declared be,
thenceoh forever ali right
Se an@ 70 saa the @ and every
Tor OF taxes thereon aud of all and
are hereby absolutely vested in the President and Directors
hereby allowed redemption ali such lands
a ABOVE meHoGed by payment Into the treasury OF all
Executive for the redemption thereof may together
Executive may b. according to ts Of
ali Sads .ao oS 'S be hereinafter excepted
returned delinquent for of thereon
years subsequent to the year thousand eight hundred and
twenty and previous to the passing ths act aud which have
of taxes due thereon in pursuance of former laws allowing
s %e h and sUon WHICH a h "a %
have heretofore accrued with ten
Public AccOua before tho first day of November
theo be- the last mentioned date and are
hsSsy m @ and shall be forever
TO and in the of all and
payment thereon every person persons
claiming under them being SO forfeited shall be- o% and after
President and Directors of the Literary Fund.
excepted returned delinquent for non
the be returned Or HS o %
or them shall fail h three years to be from the last
md DC IN aear to pay into the treasury upon warrant of the
with contum damages thereon date
sO Of lands SS and
expiration of the said term of three and the hereby
nble;and oil such lands and all right title and
the shall be returned delinquent for NON of
,aa que G h % Of m AMI oey person OF persons claiming
9no the sad term Of three yenT and the same are hereby
Prordd that all lands delinquent and
for s for "S taxes; and vested BY
lands which have been shan DO returned delinquent
this act forfeited for that and vested the said President
d PS ppec @ ana interest sna DC vested ~ the
person whose or such lands have been
ehases under such person or persons at the time such
shall the said President and Directors
And provided that in all Of lands which having
vested by the President and Literary Fund;
accrued by force tho
o. hls act forfeited o Una, cause and vested in the said pes
ed DELINQUENT for payment of ue
that vested in the said Prcien and Directors tho
eooioro iotanod do"Guent and vested ia the said
nd Directors eIo at The dale Of such forfeiture declared
or and che person o. persons in whose
forfeited and vested said President and Directors have
been returned delinquent now under of the said dab
lands as according TO the provisions Of this act shall bo
hereafter forfeited vested in the said President
shall be returned delinquent shall DO the
under any Of the said Disabilities in such shall and may
be lawful for such person redeem
payment into the the of tho Auditor Of
Justly per
centum damages the game, from the time
when the accrued shall within
ae their respective disabilities removed Afterwards;
such person or shall die in such state of disability
then the heirs deyees of persons dying
IN like and tho like redeem lands
two after the death Of his her their
Aud Provided that nothing this shall he
ed TO nnu any affect the rights sry purchaser or
purchasers Of sy lands heretofore forfeited payment
taxes aud sold pur'usnee Of any former law but all such rights
shall 10 be regulated and by
relating TO hsm, as If tbs at bsd never been passed.
II shall be the duty 1t the First Auditor alphsbecs
lists q althe lands tie Commonwealth, which heretofore
bseB VIII CHI hsresef Ipsy delinquent
payment Of tIe sud which ste enable seco 10 the
n this be hsxinnoz such
with the Counties lying West Of the Allegheny hounan aud
which have bseo delinquent before the passing
the he ade out Tor the aud the let Of
lands which hereafter be returned delinquent toween the
months Il February and My, Of the ceedinE viii h
Au1hor shall specify, IN columns the OF the
10 whom respectively such snds Hsni cha with the
for the taxes whereof The delnqusn the
amount Of taxes due thereon, sod the County Counties
wherein the suds e and such descriptions II the local
thereof 10 mak
from tine they completed, upon sheets
convenient form, .nd shall he
Ststes sud shall hundred be bound,
aud shall Of them he deposited IN the Clicks
OF svsy county snd corporation Oout u Che Commonwealth
enacted, That the Auditor Of Public
within this ssh, and eiug such
nonwealth, for esceedins
month, he 'hs think neoeafy une II the provisions
th'reo aud he sh audit the thereof % be paid Of
shy the appropriated.