Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-30


returned. or some other person for him or them shall
fail for three years. TO be computed from the last ay
OF December Of the year fer which such taxes shall
sccruc aud he III aTcar 10 pay into the treasury upon
warrant OF the AUDITOR the cInouu oil taxes Justly due
ttcrcon 8Ed in with per centun per ninutn
damages thereon, from the date when the same ate
crucd, all such lands SO returned and inng de-
hnqucnt 10! non-paymcnt OF lakes, shall be from and
ofcr tie expiration Of the said tenn three wears
and The Hereby declared tn be forfeited and
shall be teuceiorth forever Northumberland all
such lands and all right title ind interest in or To
the same, o all and every person persons whose
name ar names the same shall be returned delin-
Quent for payment of taxes due thereon and of
all and every person or persons claiming uudcr ,hom
being forfeited, shall be-, from and after the eyp,
ration Of the sand term Of three years end the same
hereby vested absolui ely in the President and D
rcctors of tn" Literary Fund.
frorded, that IN all coses of lands returned DELHI
| Vent anu forfeited tor non payment of taxes and
heretofore vested by law in the President and Direc
tors of,hc Literary Fund, weIl ms OF lands which
have bceuFo shall DO returned tell,uucn, for non
payment Of tn.es and which shall! be by force of the
provisions of;h's act, forfeited for that cause, and
vested in the said President and Directors only such
estate and interest shall be vested in the said Pres
ideDt and Directors were sull be vested III the
tpcrson or persons, in whose names such lands
! Have been or shall be returned delinquent, ond in
the hers, devisccs purchasers claiming under such
person orpereons al the time such lands here
ofoIc or by force Of the provisions of this act shall
be forfeited aud vested IN the said President und
! Directors.
And, provided, that 10 all cuses Of lands which
having been returned delinquent for non payment of
taxes have BEEN heretofore vested by law the Pre-
Sdent and Directors Of the Literary Fund; and of
lGhds, which having been rsturDGd delinquent for
non payment Of taxes heretofore accrued, shall be by
force nf the provisions Of this act, forfeited for that
cause. and vested in the said President and Direc-
tors and of lands sAch shall! hereafter be returned
delinquent for payment of taxes herealce 70
cruc, and which shall be by irce Of the provisions
of tins act, forfeited for that cause and vested in
ftfp Pros and ~ tho,
persons, IN whose name names suci lands have
teen heretofnre returned delinquent, nnd vested in
the eaid President bid Directors, WERE The date
of such forfeiture declared and still remain under
disability of infancy, covcrurc, insane mind OK :In-
prisonment, and u! the person or persons in whose
name or names such land, shall be according 20
the provisions Of this oct forfeited and vested the
said President and Directors, have been returned
delinquent, are now under shy OF the aud disabili-
tfes;--snd If the person presons, in whose name
or names, such LANDS, according the provisions
OF this act shall or may be hereafter forfeited
and vested in the said President AM. directors.
shall be returned delinquent, ebnll be at the
date of such forfeiture under ony of the said dis
ab!ilties-n such case, it shall and may be law
in for such person persons TO redeem such lands
by payment into the treasury upon the warrant of
the Auditor of oil arrears of taxes Justly due and
charrenble thereon with ten per centun per 1nnum
dan ayes on the same from the time or times when
the taxes accrued, shall accrue, within two year
next after their respective disabilities removed and
not afterwards and if sucbperscn persons shall die
in any such state of disability, then the heirs de-
= vsees of such person persons dying, may in like
manner, and on the like terms redeem such lands |
within two years after the deathof his, her their
ancestor dcyisOr.
And, iProUided that nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to annu impair any wise affect
/ the rights Of any purchaser purchasers of any
lands heretofore forfeited for payment of taxes
md sold i'll pursuance of any former law; but all such
rights shall continue to be regulated and determined
| by the former laws relating to them, as if this act
! had never been passed.
| It shall be the duty of the First Auditor, to
cause alphabetical lists OF all the lands in the Com
monwealth, 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 uct, to be made out; begin
ming III making out such lists, with the counties lyng
! West OF the Allegheny Mountains and publishing
in manner hereinafter mentioned, the list of LANDS
: icf have been returned delinquent before tire pass
ing OF this act, so soon as the be made out
for the purpose, and the list of lands which may |
hereafter be returned delinquent, between he months !
OF February and May, of the year succeeding that
in which the delinquency shall end be returned:
IN which lists the Auditor shall specify, in separate
columns the of the persons to whom respcc-
lively such lands stand charged with.the taxes ;he
several tracts and the quantity Of land III each tract
the year Or ycafs for !v tyes whereof the same are
delinquent, the amount Of taxes iuc thereon, aud in
arrear, the comfy counties wherein the lands le
and such descriptions of he local situation thereof
as the information in his Office will enable him to
Wake and the Auditor shall contract for the printing
of the said lists from time to tine, as soon as they
completed, upon sheets of convenient size in
qnario form, and shull cause the 10 be exlc
elyely circulated throughout tie Commonwealth, and
in other States, and shall capea hundred copies
thereof to be bound, and shall send one of them 10
be deposited in the Clerks Office ofcvery county and
corporation court in the commonwealth.
BE 1t further enacted, That the Auditor Of Pub
JIG accounts shall cause this act to be published in
such of the newspapers within this Commonwealth,
and not exceeding two such newspapers out of this
j Commonwealth, for tenn not exceeding ono MONTH
as he shall think necessary to give notice of tho pro-
visions rneco and he shall audit the accounts there
OF, be paid out Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
| z. In all controversies, which shall or may arise
touching the delinquency and forfeiture sven lands
for non payment OF taxes by the provisions of this
act are shall be rredeemable and the vesg there
OF IN the President and Directors of the Literary Fund
the certificate of the Auditor of Public Accounts Of
such delinquency and forfeiture, shall be against
the persoo or persons in whose name names such
lands have been shall be returned delinquent, his
her, or their heirs devisees, not iaborng under any
disability OF infancy, coverture insane mind OF inpr
sonment, evidence Of such delinquency in respect to
the same and Of the forfeiture thereof and Of the title