Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-26
IMPORTANT LAW
Respecting Delinquent Lands in Virginia

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ed tor the Information Of all persons interested and The
public attention is earnestly invited TO its several i'm
portant provisions. As some time will necessarily
eiapse be fore the lists OF lands returned delnuue mt
non paymsn, Of ,axes bs published The ocners OF
all such lands and lots that, from any cause, MAY
hare been returned as delinquent prior to 1920
do we'll TO make immediate enquiry into ,hs subj
Lands and lots may have been returned by the ShaH
| and may now be in danger Of Jorfei' Me whilst he
present owners are perfectly unconscious and
pcious OF the fact. The in.o veDcy, negligence,
remote residences OF former owners, may have incum.
bered tract OF land or lo wi single years tax a.
ton. and that single years TAXATION may j.opariz-
the title OF the prsseDt owner Serious and prompt at
tenon is there fore earnestly invited 10 he subject.
JAMES + HEATH,
Auditor OF Public Accounts.
AN ACT
Concerning lands returned delinquent for non. pay
ment Of fares and making disposition of certain
lands delinquent and Of certain escheated lands
for the benefit of actual and bona fde holders
Thereof. under grants from the Commonwealth.
Be by Assembly all nd except
such shall hereinafter DO excepted which, having been
tho and Directors Literary Fund.- by the act
foueen entitled explain the act entitled an
&c. lands and which shall not have been
former laws allowing such redemption and prescribing the
aS and times thereof shall hereafter DO
And al lands such shall be hereinafter excepted
year thousand hundred twenty any
redeemed otherwise exoneratcd from of thereon,
in pursuance of former laws allowing such redemption
ration sud prescribing tho and times thereof shall
DO redeemed before of January
except shall excepted which, having
sold for of taxes duo thereon have been redeemed
February eight hundred seventeen
Of
Of tho r @ By e S
The redemption thereof with the damages thereon according
in o,ho provision. this hereinafter eonaned
absolutely shall
thenceoIth forever all such lands all right
title aud interest to and in the and
in whose the ned delinquent
hereby absolutely President
Literary Fund.-And further the
next hereby allowed for the redemption of all such lands
of due o so by ,he
Executive for the redemption thereof the mayb together
Executive as the case be- according to tho provisions of
And all lands except shall be excepted,
returned for heeoo for
and TO the passing act and which have
of duo theeon Of former laws allowing such
and sHoosOn and % 5 the
have heretofore accrued with damages
Auditor Of Public Accounts before tho si,t day Of Novo"or,
three shall be- from after the mentioned date,
ali Ss "d an s @ "ss
to and in tho of all and whose
of ,hereon every person persons
claiming under them being SO forfeited shall bc from and aer
President and Directors of the Literary Fund.
excepted shall hereafter returned delinquent for
ho an "s oil
or them shall fail for three years to DO computed from the last
and DO IN to pay into the treasury upon warrant of tho
with contum annum damages thereon from the date
when tho accuod all such lands returned and remaining
delinquent for Of shall hc from and after the
expiration Of the said term three and the hereby
all such lands, and all right title and interest in
the of all and PERSONS in whose
be
due heeoa and Of all and claiming
said of three years. hereby
ed absolutely n The P5sien, and Directors Of the Literary Fund
for cited for non OF aIc and heretofore vested by law
lands which have been shall BE- returned delinquent
"ct forfeited for that and vested in the said
Directors only uchestac and interest shall be vested IN the
or whose OF names such lands have
lands heretofore, by provisions act
And provided in all which having
by law tho President and Directors the Literary FUND.-
and Of lands which having been returned delinquent for
Of this act forfeited for that and vested in the said Pres
% % ne % non g h OF % naS,S' 20 sSe ne, ana
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person persons whose such lands have been
and Directors tho date of forfeiture declared and
stu under disability OF Infancy eoUo.g insane mind
such lands a. shall be according tho provisions of this
been returned delinquent under of the said disab
esan the persons, in w,5o names,
nds according to the provisions OF ts shall DO
hereafter forfeited and vested in the said President and Directors
shall be delinquent shall the
under of the said disabilities such case, shall
Dn moh od % 70 redeem o such
of justly due and cbageabo thereon with
cenum nnnum damages the same, from the time
when the taxes accrued shall within
after their respective disabilities removed Afterwards
IL such shall die such state of disability
then the heirs deyises Of such dying
In like and the like redeem such lands within
years after the death Of his her their doyor
Aud, PROVIDED that nothing this eouoed shall he
ed anuu impair or wise adset m rights purchaser
ohser, Of snd heretofore forfeited for
taxes. aud 'sld Pur'nsss Of any former isr hut all such rights
shall continue 10 he Iusted and determined by the otmer
fel,tiss TO h.m IL this he'd been ps.,.d.
IL Ihti be the duty n the First Auditor, 10
lists Of all the lands 10 tho Coamenwsh which heretofore
psymen Of aud which redemsbe according
Of th, act 10 he made out beginning mskns such ln
with the Ceuni,, lying West Of The Allegheny hiouolsins
publishing 10 herein after mentioned, the list Of land,
which bsn returned denqseo before the passing
the he made out d the purpose, nd the list OF
land, which hereafter be returned delinquent
months February Msy Of the year succeeding
the delinquency shall sod be returned in which lists the
Audhor 'bsl specify in ePsse columns, ts Of the
ares the tracts and Che quantity n snd
for the whereof the delinquent
smount taxes due thereon, snd 10 the County counties
wherein the lsnds e and such descriptions the local uson
thereof the normssn IN his Office will enable him
aud The Auditor ih eonset for the printing Of the sid
from time time they completed sheets
ausfto shall
sHnsyey circulated throughout The Commonwealth, snd
Sses aud .ha two hundred copies thereof 10 he bound
and shall send Of them to be deposited the Clicks
Of every county snd corporation Cout iu the Commonwealth
BE further enscted That the Auditor Of Pebble Ac,
shall this act 10 he published in sIh Of the
within this Dpmmonwesh sud not ling such
pess out Of this Commonwealth for term exceeding
month, he shall think 70 noce Of the provision.
thereof be shall audft the
Ianvm in Tho Tfe not thffy tafpI