Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-10

tors aud Of lands which shall hereafter be returned
delinquent for non payment Of tsxes hereafter to &c
ctuc, and which shall be by f1ce Of the provisions
Of this act forfeited for that csuss and vested in
the said President aud Directors; n the person or
persons. whose name names such lunds have
been heretofore returned delinquent, ond vested IN
the said President ond Directors, were, tho dat
Of euoh forfeiture declared and still remain, under
disability Of infancy, coverture, insane mind I'M
prsonmcnt, and.f the person persons IN whose
name or names such land, as shnl Do according to
the provisions Of this net forfeited and vested the
said President and Directors, have been returned
delinenent, now under any o. the said dsn bill
tics,-and It the Pcrron or Prcs,ns. m WHOSE name
names, sdich lands, as according to tho provisions
and vested in thr said Pres:den, and Directors,
shall be returned delinquent, shall he at the
date Of such forfeiture <Rpdcr any Of the said dis
abncs-in such c1ses1 shall and may trc law
h for such person or persons to redeem such lands
by payment into the treasury, upon tho warrant of
the Aodtor OF ell arrears Of taxes justly due and
charCeable thereon with ten per centum per annum
damages on the same from the time or times whom
the taxes accrued shall accrue, within two years
next AFTER their respective disabilities removed, and
not afterwards and &c suchpcrson persons shall die
in any such state of abilfy then the heirs de
vsees OF such person or persons so dying may IN like
manner, and on the like terms redeem such lands
within years after the death Of s, her or their
Ancestor or devsor.
Aud, ProIided, that nothing in this net contained
shall be construed to annul, impair any wise affect
the rights of any purchaser or purchasers OF any
lands heretofore forfeited for payment of taxes.
ard sold in pursuance of any former law but all such
rights shall continue to be regula' e6-nnd determined
by the former laws relating 10 them, if this act
had never been passed..
1t shall be the duty Of the FRS, Auditor, to
monwcolth, which heretofore have been, or which
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for non pay
ment Of taxes, and which redeemable according
to the provisions Of this nct be made out; begin
lrptS ho
West Of the Allegheny Mountains, and publishing,
IN manner hereinafter mentioned, the list Ut lands
which have been returned delinquent before the pass
ing Of this act, soon as the same can be made on,
for the purpose, and the lis, of lands which may
hereafter be returned delinquent, between the months
of February and May, OF the year succeeding that
in which the delinquency shall occur and be returncd
n which lists the Auditor shall specify, separate
columns, the names Of the persons to whom respcc
lively such lands stand charged with.the taxes the
several tracts, and the quantity of land in each tract
the year years for the whereof the same ore
delinquent the amount of taxes due thereon and in
nrrear, the comfy counties wherein the lands lie.
and such descriptions of he local situation thereof
as the Information IN hrs Office will enable him 10
make; and the Auditor shall for the printing
Of the said lists. from time to time, they
are completed, upon sheets Of convenient Size in
Quarto form, and shall cause the same 10 be extci
sivey circulated throughout the Commonwealth and
in other States, and shall cause hundred copies
thereof to be bound, and shall send of them TO
De deposited m the CLERKS ounce OF every and
corporation court in the commonwealth.
Be it fnrther enacted, That the Auditor of Pub-
lie Accounts shall cause this act be published in
such OF the newspapers within this Commonwealth,
and not exceeding TWO snch newspapers on, of this
Commonwealth, for te Im not exceeding one month
Us he she'll think necessary give notice of the pro-
visions thereof and he shall audit the there
of, to be paid of any monty IN the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
?. In all controversies, which shall or may arise
touching die Delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
for payment OF taxes AZ by the provisions Of this
act shall be frredeemsble and the vestg there.
Of the President and Directors Of the Literary Fund
the certificate Of the Auditor of Public Accounts Of
such delinquency and forfeiture, shan be az agans,
ehe person or persons in whose nome names snch
hands have been snail be reformed dehnuuen, ha
tre or their heirs DEVICES not labdng under any
disability of infancy, Overture mind Ut impI
spnmen evidence OF sfrh delinquency in respect IN
the one, md Of the forfeiture thereof and Of he ,i,is
vested in the satd President q I'd Directors nor shan
sneh fusdsiture, tho title vested in tho said Pres
dent and DfrecnTs, be mpeacheL Er any alleged
irreBuiari'y in the proc-edugS by which sc, forfe
tfre accrued other tn the fAc1, trst the taxes IN,
non payment whereof. the forfeiture Wa imposed had
been actually paid, Unless the irregutariJ aIleprd
appesr on the face Of te proreehngs and any pepsn
Impending the ti8e ves,eh in the aid President
and Directors the ground that the taxes were no,
GrEreaf.
8. hod whereas II b known to Che general Assrm.
by, That 10 many caaes anda parts or parcels Of
lShds, Especially slrch have been granted and An.
propriated, under the &C, pased al the nay session
In the year ono thousand srven hundred and seventy
nine, entitled an act, fdr establishing Land Office
and entertaining the terms aud manner OF granting,
wsae aud unapwoprated lands, and the Subsequent
zcis on tho same subJeci,) which have heretofore
bean, or NAV hereafter tie informed delinquent for
non payment Of taxes, and which have been heretofore
vested by law, in the President and Directors uf the
Literary Fnnj, or which by the provisions of this act
Shall or mayhereter be 6sfeited and vested in the
sd President ADD Directors held by persons other
than those for whose defsult they have nee n or sra
be SD forfeited Claiming bona file, medlateiy or i'm.
med'aefy, under gran,s from the Common wealth; and
That the said actual holders and bona fie claimants
have settled and improved the hnds So by them held
and claimed and have. moreover, paid all public taxes
thereon. due and charged, or justly chargeable, to
u.eG: and Is therefore, reasonable and inst thai thu
titles OF such actual holders aud boos fde claimants
soulPe quieted and perfected, so FAR as the trans,
ter to Them Of the rights vested in the said President
and nrectorsAnd. therefore, subjec, 10 the cispos
object. ''N
BE it, therefore, further enacted That all the right
re and interest OF the said President and Directors
10 OF 70 any lands except such shall be herein after
excepted which have heretofore been vested by law
IN the said preaidlen NJ nd