Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-05
Auditor of Public Accounts.
AN ACT.

non-paymcnt Of taxes, and making dlspo
sition of certain Lands so delinquent, and
of certain eschcatcd lands, for the benefit
of actual and bona fidc holders thereof,
under grants from the Commonwealth. !
Passed April LIST, 1881.
l. Be IL enacted by the General Assembly, That
all lands except such shall hereinafter be excepted,
which, having been returned delinquent for non pay
ment of taxes thereon, vested Ill the President
and Directors the Literary Fund by the act passed
the ninth day of February, thousand, eight hun
dred and fourteen, entitled an act amend and
plain the act entitled act concerning taxes on
lands, and which shall not have been redeemed, be-
fore the first day of January last past in pursuance
of former laws allowing such redemption, aud pre-
scribing the manner, terms and times thereof shall
forever hereafter be rredcemablc
2. And all lands except such shall be hcrclnaf
ter excepted, returned delinquent for the non pay
nnnt Of taxes thereon, for the year one thousand
eight hundred ant twenty or tor any year or years
previous thereto, and which shall not have been
heretofore redeemed or otherwise generated from
arrears of taxes thereon in pursuapcc of former laws,
allowing such redemption or cXonerstIon and pre-
scrlbiuC the manner, terms and times thereof, or
shall not be redeemed before the first day Of January
next in pursuance of the provisions in this section
hereinafter contained; and all lands except such
shall bc hereinafter excepted, which, after having
been sold for of taxes due thereon have been
redeemed by the Executive, IN pursuance of the act
passed the twentieth day of February one thousand
eight hundred and seventeen, entitled 'an act to
taxes on lands, houses and lots" and which shall
not have been heretofore redeemed BY the orr
gnal propretors by payment into the treasury Of the
moneys paid by the executive for the redemption
thereof, with the damages thereon according law,
shall not be redeemed before the first day of Janu
airy next, i'll pursuance Of the provisions i'll this
tion hereinafter contained; shall be, and the same are
hereby declared to be, from and after the said first
day of January next, absolutely forfeited and shall
be thcncctorh forever rrcdcema blc-and all such
lands and all right, title and interest to and in the
same, OF all aud every person persons, in whose
name or names the same returned delinquent
for non payment OF taxes thereon and OF all and cv
cry person or persons claiming under them, shall be
thenCeiorth, and the hereby absolutely YES
ted in the President end Directors OF the Literary
FuHd.--And further time until the said first day of
January next is hereby allowed for the redemption
Of all such lands i'll this section above mentioned, by
payment into the treasury OF all arrears OF taxes due
thereon, or of the money so advanced by the Exec
utIve Tor the redemption thereof, the be,
together with damages on such arrears, or on the
moneys advanced by the Executive, as the case may
be- according to the provisions of the former laws
concerning the same respectively.
3. And all lands, except such as shalbc herein.
after excepted, returned delinquent for non payment
oftaxes thereon for any year years subsequent TO
the year thousand eight hundred and twenty a ia
pTeviousto the passing of this act and which have MOI
been heretofore redeemed, otherwise eXhoneracd
from arrears OF taxes due thereon, 10 pursuance of
former laws allowing such redemption an cXonera-
ton, and prescribing the manner, terms and tunes
have heretofore accurcd with ten per cenrum per
annum damages thereon. shall not be paid INTO the
treasury, upon warrant Of the Auditor Of Public Ac
cOants, before the first day of November which shall
be III the year thousand eight hundred and thirty
three, shall be from and after the last meBt onod dat,
and are hereby, absolutely forfeited and shall be
thencetorth forever irredeemabe; and ali snch lands
d. all right, title and interest to 81 III the same. of all
ana every person or persons ~ whose or names
the same were returned delinquent for nonp,v
ment Of taxes thereon and of all and every person or
persons claiming under them, bcnr So forfeited shall
be, from and after the last mentioned date are hereby
vested absolutely in the President and Ducctore ri
the Literary Fund.
And case any lands except such as shall nc here
matter excepted shall hereafter be returned d,n-
quent for payment oftaxcs thereon Il the person
or persons IN hose Games the sumo Shall be so
returned, other person for him or them sinai
fail for three years to be computed from the last dav
of December Of the year Tor which such taxes shall
and be arrcar, pay into the TREASURY un,u
warrant of the Auditor the amount of taxes Justly due
thereon and arrcar, with ten per centum per anputp
damages thereon, from the date when the same a.-
crued, all such lands retained and reno.nnr de-
hnqueDt for non-paymcnt Of taxes shall be from and
after the expiration Of the said term ofhrce wears
and tho same are hereby declared 10 be forfeited and
shall be thcnceJorth forever Northumberland all
such lands, and all right, title and interest in or TO
The same, OF oil and every person persons ~ whose
name namos the same shall b. returned dclln-
Pnen for non payment Of iaxcs due thereon and Of
all and every person or persons claiming under them
Oclhg 20 lOTlchcd snail be, from and after the cxp-
ration Of the said term OF three years and the sa mo
arc hereby vested absolutely the President and Di
Iectors o the Literary Fund.
Proctdcd, that in all cases of lands returned dclin
qucnt aud forfeited for payment OftaXes, and
heretofore vested by law IN the President and Drcc-
tors ofthe Literary Fund, as well as Of anGs which
have been shall be returned delinquent for non
payment Of taxes, and which shall be- by force of the
provisions ofthis act, forfeited for that cause and
vested IN the said President oud Directors only such
estate ond interest shall be vested in the said Pres
dcnt ana Directors were or shall be vested IN the
person or persons, IN " osc or names such lands
nave been or shall be returned delinquent and in
inc hcrs' dcvsccs or purchasers claiming under such
person or persons, al The time such lands were bcrc
toioTc or by force Of the provisions of this act shall
be forfeited and vested IN the said President and
Directors. '" wv"
And provided, that in all cases Of land, ,L;oh
having been returned delinquent for non payment of
taxes have been heretofore vested by law ,niIo pro
sident aud Directors Of the Literary Fund orJ al .