Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-05

sssrssed anil charged t,ersoa. from me hme
shs" he, she or they, acquired hi.. hsf "f
their title THERETO, .h~fher irg1 of 'a'i's"is.
+, y. So, he ise, al the riEn', n'le AID ,n'ri.
/ eat in or 10 any Iaaf. srcela saeh IS snaii bs
z herein after excepted, winch shall hefstit-r be
! rstura.d deiinqarni Tor bon-pay 'nsnt "i thtr,,
and shall be, under the pr1si'i 'nt oil ihis sei,
hereafter forfeited for hat cause, anh Ses'eu
in the SAID President AID Directors. shall anu
| may be, IN the manner her MISTER presoftoed,
transferred 10, and vested Ia any person or
| persons, vhn shall or may b., nj tbs time OF
such future fofierurr ami yssiiag thereof, IN
tie said Pfs.id.nt and Directors, ~ actual pos-
: .s.inn aud occupation OF he sad iUrle't'd
I.nds, or Hny part or parcel thereof, ior 80
/ much thereof Ms sueiI person or persons
| shall have lust tut. OF claim to, legal or =.
I quit able, booa hds claimed, derived and
bsld under any giant the Commonwealth,
which shal have been issued b"fore the pas
| sing oi this act, ana Who snail nave bs-
charged all a.s,, duly assessed againsi sueb
| person or persons, upon su;h Janus, "nh al
which Ought 10 have been a.sess d there
on from the fine sh n Sucn person ar per
son. acquired his. Der or iseIr ull; thereto,
whe'her legal or eql"ablr.
10. And whereas it Is known 20 the General
! sseIphiy. that ~ many c"ses, Divers large
/ tracIs OF land have bsen escheated TO the Com
! monw.aitn, for want OF ANY known heirs oil 'he
/ original e. autee or graniets thereof, or OF per-
| sons claiming under tbem, aud such lands, by
reason Of such esobeat, have become vested
! according 10 law. ~ the President and Dnet.
| tors OF tue Literary Fund, whtsc al the very
time OF the rscbeat, the sam bands or psris, or
parcels tbrrroI. we've hona hide claim'd. held
| aud occupied by numerous other persons deri-
| wing ttie thereto, from, or under other gfanis
OF the Commercially, and having actually
| settled add improved tue same, and discharged
| L. .hs.i
| so clai ID .1eid aud o icupisd by them and /,
is reasonable and jn.t iha, the titles ot such at
| tual nDders aud bona hie claimants Of lands
I 40 pscheated, should be quoted aud perfected
sofa a. tho 'rsnsier TO ineio 81 the lights YES
| ed IA the said President and DIrrctsrs--and
therefore subject TO The dbpustiloa of the Cen
era Assembly. may arconpl'sp ,hat otj"e,
| b. II, tnerriorr further eaacted, HIT all The
right, iIhe aud interest OF the SAID President,
az Directors, 10 or 10 any lands Excerpt such
as sail be hereinafter eKcefted,) which have
| bsen or shall hereafter br vested IN tn"u, D,
reason Of any esche.i tnrreo, ior wan' OF
| known heirs vi the oTig,nai gr"niee or grantee,
| "r OF persons claiming irom or under them.
| sh all aui may br. in the manuer teleoat,eI
ptescribeo, transferred 10, and ves,ed IN any
| aud every person oI persons, WHO were OF
hall be, II, ,he time oil escneat, in actual pos
| SESSION and occupation OF tue said 70 heated
thereof, as such person or pers"ns hneJu,i III
tic OF claim 10, legal or eYuIiahl", bont fd.
| claimed, held, aud derived. from or un .er any
gran, OF the CommJOw rHth, i,sned before iae
date oi ibs escheai, aud who shall have dis
charged all taIes duly ASSESSED against hInI, her
or them, upon suGb hands. and all mAns that
pugbt 10 ave b Ell Assessed or Charged there
or. from the time when h., or she or ihet,
aeq I,red his hsr OF ther ut.e thereto, whether
leg Il Of 90 niable.
ii Aud 10 The end, tina, fit and certain
| remedy may be provided, Tor ascertain z the
rights vi any such actual holders aud bona fde
claimants, Ms ulotesa,u, OF the said fortified
lads, or OF any pant o. parcel thereof, AMI
Tor 'est'ng in, aud assuring IN them, al tn
! right. title aud inte,est, III and TO tue SANE,
which, have been heretofore vested by law, or
sbiche by tho pfosis ons OF tins act, Ia ali, or
! MAJ be here fer yrs ed, in the Pre- ,ldrnt and
u rrctots OF The Literary Fund j; and also, Tor
asceriaming ,ne ights Of such actual holders
aud bona hdc clsimdnts as aforesaid, OF the
SAID e.cheated lands, OF al any part or parcel
there Of and flr v.at,ng ~ and assuring To them
Nil tile right title and interest OF the said Pres,-
dent and Directors, IN aud to The SAID escheat-
ed lands,
BE IT, therefore. furlhef enacted That any
| s1ch actual holder and bona tide claimant o.
any OF the said totirred lands, or of any Of
| The sald esGhcatrd lands, on OF any part or par
! eel of e,theI. may prefer his peI,iiUn TO the
! Superior Cur OF Chance'y, having jurisdic-
ton over the county ~het,in the said fnreieiieI
or eschealed lands, or the parcel oil the same,
held aud ella aimed by the peti ioner. oi the grea-
Ter part thereof, may lac setting iortn special
ly aud precisely all h. facts. which Ia the
opinion oil such petltionr,, cattle hun, according
TO the provisoI OF tins act brreIn above
contained TO have the ighi, THE and interest,
ot the said 'ieSld Ut aud Directors, in or to
the said forfeited lAnis, or the said esoheateI
lands, rs the case may W., or any part Of par-
col OF either, transfer ed 10. and vested il Inv
said petitioner, IN pun snance OF the provisions
OF this aci, stating ADD deduclng his own right
or title, legal or equitable, to I ~ land by him
, claimed and held, exhibiting the documentary
= evidence of such hls right or title and showing
ihs local situation and quantity OF the aid hy
> INN ci"iaied add held specifying slsn, 40 ia
. as the same are known. the person OF PERSONS
IN whose name or names, the lands held aud
= claimed by him, stand foTfei ed for non.psy-
upent oil taxes, o. escheated, IN manner Htorc.
u sad, or, II tao Lands shall have been forfeit ed
TOR more than one delinquency, or eScheated
u IN more than Que zig HI, TIM several d Ii ,quen-
:, cIes Tor winch iortei'urrs shall have been ~
= Cured, or the several rights escheaied, as the
u case may be haally setting forth any other
e matters, which he petitioner may deem matp.
= rial 10 his cause aud pra, Jug the Court TO de-
,, cree, thar nil the right, title and interest OF
d the President and Directors, in or TO the lands
u held aud claimed by hIm, snail be trans lerrrd
, 10 and vested IN the petitioner.
:. IL. ouch petition may be preferred in
}, Ionri, OF filed at any time 10 the Clerks OF.
ne; aud whene'er IT snail be so preferred or
e hied,it shalt he forth With set down Tor hearing
}, without further pleading and without any pro-
u ceedings AZ rules nut shall not ne heard ill
= ia" tenn next alter i is preferred or filed ;
u hot shall such petition be h ar, until copy
tieieoi shall have been served Oh the Auor-
y ney Tor the Commonwealth, tor the Superior
J. Court OF Law OF the coanIy wherein the peti-
d ton shall be preferred. and another copy ser