South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-04-04
State of Virginia.
Sketch of the more important acts pass
ed by the General Assembly, at its
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Skotcn OF the more lmpoTtdnt dCts PdSSr
ed by the General Assembly, at its
session OF l834-35.
An act to amend an act, entitled, an
act concerning the Cumberland road ;
authorizes the board ofpublic works to
appoint the superintendent authorized by
the second section of the act passed Feb
ruary 1882, with power to purchase the
ground necessary for toll houses, and to
erect thereon the said lighthouses and
toll-gates, on SO much of the road as lies
within Virginia, preparatory to the sur
render thereof by the U. States; the ex-
pense attending the same to be payable
out of the future tolls which may accrue
from the said road.
An act to amend The first section of an
act, entitled, an act to amend the act to
reduce into one the several acts concern
ing the auditor and treasurer repeats
so much of the act as requires the audl-
tor to lay before the general assembly an
nually, list of unsatisfied claims due to
and from the commonwealth, correspond.
ing with the balances on his books at the
end of the last fiscal year, and requires
him to lay before the legislature annually,
list of all accounts remaining open on
his books at the same period, on charges
made OF credits given within the fiscal
year preceding the date of the list.
An act to amend the act, entitled, an
act to incorporate the Valley turnpike
company gives the further time oftwo
years from the third of March, 1886, to
the company, to enable them to CON-.
mence the construction Of their road.
An act authorizing the board Of pub
lie works to subscribe on behalf of the
commonwealth, 10 the stock Of the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac rail
road company authorizes subscrip-
ton for two-fitths ofth stock, whenever
the remaining three-fifths shall have been
paid, or subscribed by solvent persons,
and the other usual precedent requisites
are complied with but limits the amount
to be paid by the state within the press
ent year, to one hundred and ten thou
sand dollars, and not more than one hum
dred and twenty thousand dollars during
the year 1886 the board Of public works
to appoint two directors, and to partici-
pate in dividends in proportion to their
stock; authorizes the payment to be
made out of the fund for internal improve
ment, but if the engagements OF the fund
will not enable them to pay the same, the
amount necessary. to be borrowed on the
credit Of the state.
An act further to extend the time of
redemption of lands and lots returned de-
linquent for the non-payment of taxes
west of the Allegheny mountains, and
for other purposes allows until the lst
of July, 1886, to make such redemption:
saving the rights of occupants claiming
under junior grants, and which rights
were heretofore secured by the acts on
this subject. and now in force requires
each proprietor of any such land deriving
his title under grants from the state, on
or before list of July, 1885, to cause such
lands to be entered on the books of the
commissioners of the revenue, and have
the same charged with the taxes and
damages in arrear, and shall actually pay
all such taxes and damages as weuld not
have been relinquished and exonerated
by the ed section of the act of March
10th. 1882, had they been returned for
delinquency prior to the passage of that
act. and upon failure to do 80, all such
lands not now in the actual possession of
such owner or proprietor, by himself or
his tenant in possession, shall be forfeit
ed to the commonwealth and vests the
same in the person in actual possession
for so much thereof as they claim under
grants from the commonwealth. bearing
date prior to the first of April, 1881, pro-
vided they shall have discharged all tax
es duly assessed. or that ought to have
been assessed thereon from the time such
title was acquired ; provides that where
such lands are delinquent for the nom
payment of taxes for the years 1882 and
1888, the proprietor, or his attorney or
agent, may pay the taxes and damages to
the sheriff OF the county and take his
receipt, and deliver the same to the clerk
of the county court of said county before
the LIST of November, 1880 /; the clerk is
thereupon to erase said lands from the
delinquent lists, and make statement of
such receipts, &C., and transmit the same
to the auditor before the 5th of Decem-
Der. 1885 the auditor to make similar
erasures on his books; repeats SO much
ofthe act of March 10th, 1882, as re-
quires delinquent lands to be annually
sold directs the sheriffs or collectors Of
the revenue, at the September or Octo-
Der courts of their counties, &C., to re-
turn to court list of delinquent lands,
which list the court is to examine and d.
rect to be filed by the clerk in his office,
and transmit copy to the auditor, to be
placed to the credit of the sheriff, &c.
requires the auditor to keep record of
such delinquent lands, and in the months
Of April, May or Jane, of the year 1910,
q every hive years thereafter, to cause
copy of such record to be delivered to the
sheriffs, &C., with a statement of the
taxes and damages thereon due and UNI
paid; whereupon. three copies are to be
made out bv the sheriff, and nostad ~