Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-04-22


tors AMI of lands which shall hereafter be rrtusrr
delinquent for non payment Of taxes hereafter az.
cruc, aud which shall b. by force OF the provisions
OF TINS act, forfeited for that cause, and vested IN
the SAID President aUJ - roctOrS; II the person
persons, IN whuse name or names such lands haze
been heretofore returned delinquent, and vested
the said President and Directors. were AZ The date
OF such forfeiture declared and still remain und,
disability of infancy coverturc, insane mad or IN
priSonncnt, and 1t tie person persons N whose
name or names such land, shall be according TO
me provisions OF this act forfeited ard vested III the
i Sald president and Directors, have been returned
delinquent. under any of The said disahii:-
tIcs;-aDd II the person presons in whose nafna
or names, such lands according TO the provisions
oil TINS act shall or may be hereafter forfeited
and vested in the said Presden and Directors
shall be returned delinquent, shall be at he
date of such forfeiture under any of tle said dis
abilties--in such case, il shall and may be law
tui fer such person persons TO redeem such LANDS
J oy payment into the treasury, upon the Of
the Auditor of all arrears Of taxes Justly due aug
charGeabc thereon with ten per ccntnR per 1nn"m
damages on the same from the tim" times wher
the taxes accrued, or shall accrue wthin two yea
next after their respective disabilities removed and
not al crwarj: and # suchperscn persons shall Gc
in any such state of disability, then the heirs d.
VSecs OF such person persons dying, may in like
manner, and the like terms redeem such lands
within two years after the death of IS, her their
ancestor deviSOr.
And, Pr0yidcd, that nothing III this act contained
shall be construed to annu impair or ans wise affect
the rights of any purchaser or purchasers of any
lands heretofore forfeited Tor payment taxes.
ard sold in pursuance Of any former law but all such
rights shall continue TO be regulated and determn {
by the former laws relating to them as If this
had never been passed.
> l. shall BE- the du'v Of The Fi-s Audi n s..
causr alphabetical lists of all the and- 10 hc Com
monwcaith, which here o'nra have been. 3 when
hereafter may be, returned delinquent for nua pay
men' Of taxes. and winch are r,d.ernoble according
to the provisions Of this ac, to be made ou begin
nIng IN mak0g ou such us =, wl,h the cHunos .ynC
West OF the A!l'gh'ny Mo"n aims, ana publishing
IN manner hereinafter mentioned. The lit ~ iausa
which have been returned delinquent before the pass
ing of this act so soon as the can be mode our
for the purpose, and The list Of lands which may
hereafter be returned Delinquent. bcrwe. h months
of February and May. of The year succeeding tina.
in which the deinqu ncy shall ard b re- urned
in which lists the Auditor shall specify, n srpara.e
columns tho names OF the persons to wnom reepec-
lively suc! lands stand charged with.the taxes the
several tracts and the quantity Of land in each tract
the year years for the tax"s whereof the same are
delinquent, the amount Of taxes due thereon, and il
arrear, the county counties wherein the lands lie
and SUCH descriptions Of h. local situation thereof
the information in his nflice will enable him 70
make; and the Auditor shall contract for the printing
of the said lists from fime time. as soon as ,hav
are completed, upon 81 eets of convenient size IN
quarto form, and shall cause the 10 BE exset
sivey circulated throughout the Commonwealth and
in other Sta'es, and shall cause Two hundred copies
thereof be bound, and shall send one Of them 70
be deposited in the Clerks Office ofcverc county and
corporation court in the commonwealth
Be ii further enacted. That the Auditor Of Pub
tic Accounts shall this act be published in
snch of the newspapers within this Commonwealth,
ana not exceeding two such newspapers ont of this
Commonweal b, for a t. IN not exceeding one month
he shall think necessary give notice Of the pro-
visions thereof ana he shall audit tbs accounts there.
of. to be paid Of any money in She Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
T. In all controversies, which shall or NAV arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture OF such lands
for payment taxes as b, the provisions of thiG
Il tho
OF in the President and Directors Of the Literary Fund
tine certificate OF the Auditor of Public Accounts of
such delinquency and forfeiture shall be against
the person persons whose name or names such
lands have been shall be returned Delinquent, his
her, their heirs devisees aboring under any
disability OF infancy, coverure, insane mind or mDri-
sonent evidence Of such delinquency in respect to
the and of the forfeiture thereof and Of the title
vested in the said President ID Directors, nor shall
such Forfeiture the title vested in the said Pres
dent and Directors, be impeached for any alleged
iWegulariy in the proceedings by which such forfei
ture accrued, other than the fact that the taxes for
non payment whereof, the forfeiture imposed had
been actually paid, unless the rreguarity alcped.
appear the face eli the proceedings; any person
imPeac''ng the title so vested in the said President
and Directors on the ground that the were not
in arrear, shall be held to proof Of the payment
thereof,
s. And whereas it is known to the General Assem-
bly, That IN many Cases, lands parts or parcels of
lands Especially such have been granted and an
propriated, under the act passed the May session
in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy
and ascerianing the terms and manner of granting
waste and uDappropriaed lands and the subsequent
acts on the same Subject,) which have heretofore
been, or ma hereafter be returned delinquent, for
payment of taxes and which have been heretofore
vested by law, IN the President end Directors of the
Literary Fund, or which by the provisions of this act
shall may hereafter be forfeited and vested in the
said presden; and Directors held by persons other
than those for whose default thy have been or shall
be forfeited, claiming bona fde, medately or I'M
mcdjateiy, under grants from the Commonwealth; and
that the said actual holders and bona Gde claimants
have settled and improves the lands, so by them held
and claimed, and have, moreover paid all public taxes
thereon, due and charged, Justly chargeable to
and it is therefore, reasonable and lust that the
titles of such aciua, holders and bona fie claimants,
slouId be quoted and perfected, 50 far as the trans.
fer to them Of the rights vested the said President
and Directors-and therefore, subject to the dispos
ton Of the General Assembly. can accomplish thai
object
Re it, therefore, ostheT enacted That al the right
title and interest Of the SAID President and Directors
in or to any a"a except such shall be herein after
excepted which have heretofore been vested by law
~ the said President and Directors, OF Which by the
provisions OF this act may hereafter be f9rfe tied and
vest. 10 The President and Directors, shall and may
tie, IN the manner hereinafter prescribed transferred