Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-25

delinquent for payment al taxes hereafter to nc
cruc. and which shall be by E,roc OF tho provisions
at thus act fcr!cucd for that cause, aud vcs;cd m
the SAID President aud Directors; " the person
persons, IN whose name names such lands have
been heretofor. returned delinquent md vested IN
the said President and Directors, were, at The date
Of such forfeiture declared und still remain, under
disability Of infancy. coHerturc, insane mind or -
prSonmcut, md u the person or persons in whose
name names such land, as shall be according to
tho provisions o this act forfeited and vested Tho
SAID President aud Directors, have been returned
delinquent, arc now under OF the said disah-
tics--and # IN" person or presons in whose ratoc
or nar,'rs, such lands. according the provisions
Of this act shall! or may be hereafter forfeited
ond vested in tho said rrcs.den, and Directors.
shall be reformed delinquent, shall he at tho
date of such Forfeiture under any of the said dis
ablli',cs--in such case, it shall and may be law
in for such person persons TO redeem such lands
10y payment into tie treasury, upon the warrant of
tho Auditor Of all arrears Of taX's Justly due and
chnrgcabc thereon with ten per centum per annum
damages on the same from the time times when
the taxes accrued, shall accrue. within two wears
next after their respective disabilities removed, and
not afterwards and It suchperson persons shall die
in any such of disability, then the heirs or de-
vsers OF such person persons dying, may like
manner, and OIL the like terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death Of his, her their
ancestor dcvlsor.
! And Prorded that no, hing in this act contained
shall be construed tn annul, impair or any wise affect
the rights Of any purchaser purchasers Of any
lends heretofore forfeited for payment Of taxes
and sold IN pursuance Of any former aw but oil such
rights shall continue to be regulated aud determined
by the former laws relating 10 them if this act
had never been passed.
/. shall be the duty Of the First Auditor, to
Cause alphabetical lists OF all the lands in the Com
monwcolth, which heretofore have been, or which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for non pay
ncn' OF taxes, and which nre rcdcomable according
In tho provisions OF this nct 10 be made begin
nng IN making out such lists, with the counties lying
lVpEt NJ yhapy
In manner hcrenaiter mentioned. the list pf lanss
which have been returned delinquent before tic pass
ing Of this act, tho Same can be made out
for tho purpose, and The list Of lands which NAV
hereafter be returned delinquent between IT. months
of February md May, of The year succeeding that
IN which tho delinquency shall aud be returned:
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify m separate
columns the names OF the persons to whom rcspcc-
tivcly such lands stand charged wthrhe taxes tho
several tracts and the quantity Of land each trace:
the year or years for the taxes whereof tho same re
delinquent. the amount of taxes due thereon aud in
arrear, the comfy or counties wherein the lands lie.
and such descriptions of he local si'naton thereof,
as the information IN his Office will able him 20
make; and the Auditor shall contract for the prirtin
OF the said lists. from time TO time, soon ihcy
are completed, upon sheets Of convenient sIze in
quarto form, and shall cause the same 10 be exter
slvey circulated throughout the Comnonw wealth and
in other States, and shall cause TWO hundred comics
thereof to be bound, and shall send ono of them 10
be deposited in the Clerks Office ofevery county and
corporation court IN the commonwealth.
Be It further enacted. That the Auditor of Pub
lie Accounts shall cause this act he published in
such OF the newspapers within this Commonwealth
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
Commonwealth, for term not exceeding ono month,
he shall think necessary to give notice of the n,o
visions thereof; and he shall audit the accounts there
Of to be paid out Of any money in the Treasury moi
otherwise appropriated.
Z. In all controversies which Shall or NAV arSss
tohehing the delinquency and forfeiture Of such lands
Nv he oC Ia
oct are or shall be redeemsbe and the vestc there
o. IN the President add Directors Of the Literary E,pd
me oer,itrste OF the Auditor of Public Accounts of
snch delinquency and forfeiture, shall be as apains1
inc person or persons in whose or names snch
lands have been or shall be returned delinquent bis
her or their heirs or devsces, not abong under any
disability OF Infancy coverture, insane mind or imnr
Sonmen evidence Of such delinquency in resnect IN
the same, and of the forfeiture thereof and of the title
vested in the said President a I'd Directors nor sbaI
such forfeiture the title vested in the said Presi
dent and Directors, be impeached fop any ALLEGED
rreguarty IN tho proceedings by which snch forf.i
ture accrued, other than the fact shat the taxes FL,
ron payment whereof the forfeiture vas imposed had
been actually paid unless the irregular;y alleged
appear on the face Of the any person
ImpeachinE the title vested in the said President
and Directors on the ground that the taxes were not
IN arrear, shall be held to prouP OF the neynrrt
thereof. ''-
D. And whereas it Is known to the General Assem-.
ply, mat IN many cases, lands, parts or parcels Of
lands. especially such as have been granted and a,-
IN the year one thousand hundred and seventy
n'ne' entitled an act, for establishing Land Office
and sscertainng the terms and manner of granting
waste and unapProPria,ed lands, and the sub.eouen;
acts on The same subJec,) which have heretofore
been, or NAV hereafter be returned deinouent, for
non payment OF taxes and which have been h-retofor
vested by lay, in the r esdcnt and Directors Of tho
Literary Fund or which, by the provisions Of this act
snail or may hereafter be forfeited and vested in the
SAID President and Directors held by persons other
than those for whose defSnlt bcy have been or shall
De SO forfeited, claiming bona ide, mediately or i'm
ieniatey' under grants from the Commonwealth; and
tbat the said actual holders and bona fde claimants
nave settled and improved the lands by them held
and Claimed and have, moreover paid all public taxes
thereon duo and charged, justly chargeabIc to
them and is therefore, reasonable and lust; that the
ties OF such actual holders and bona Rde caiman,s
should be quoted and perfected, far as the trans
fer to them OF the rights vested the said President
and Drertors-snd therefore, subject the disposi.
ton OF the General Assembly, can accomplish that
object
he it, therefore, further enacted That all the right,
title and interest Of the said President and Directors