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ARTICLE NH.
LAND TITLES


LAND TITLES.
l. All private rights and interests in lands
in this State derived frcm OF uuder the laws Of
the State of Virginia, and from or under tho
Constitution and laws Of this State prior to the
time this Constitution goes into operation, shall
remain valid and secure, and shall be determin-
ed by the laws in force in Virginia, prior TO
the formation of this State, and by the Consti-
tuition and laws in force in this State, prior to
the time this G, Institution goes into effect.
9 No entry by warrant on land in this State
shall hereafter be made
3. All title TO lands in this State, heretofore
forfeited, or treated as forfeited, waste aud un-
appropriated, or escheated to the State of Vir-
ginia, or this State, or purchased by either Of
said States at sales made for the non-payment
of taxes and become irredeemable, or hereafter
forfeited or treated as forfeited or escheated
10 this State or purchased by il and become
irrsdeembe, not redeemed, released or other
wise disposed Of, vested and remaining in this
State, shall be, and is hereby transferred TO
and vested in any person lother than those for
whose default the same may have been forfeit
ell or returned delinquent, their heirs or devil
sees, for so much thereof as such person has or
shall have had actual continuous possession Of,
under color or claim Of title for ten years, and
who, or those under whom he claims, shall
have paid the State taxes thereon, for any five
years during such possession or II there be no
such person, then 10 any person lother than
those for whose default the same may have
been forfeited or returned delinquent, their
heirs or devisees,) for so much Of said land as
such person shall have title or claim TO- rcgu-
larly derived, mediately or Immediately from,
or under a grant from the Commonwealth Of
Virginia, or this State, not forfeited, which but
for the title forfeited would be valid, and who,
or those under whom he claims, has, or shall
have paid all State taxes charged or chnrgeabe
thereon for five successive years after the year
1865, or from the date Of the grant, if it shall
have issued since that year or If there be no
such persons rs aforesaid, then 10 any person,
lother than those for whose default the same
may have been forfeited or returned delinquent,
their heirs or devisees,) for so much of said
land as such person shall have bad claim to
and actual continuous possession Of, under
color Of title for any FIVE successive years after
the year 1865, and have paid all State taxes
charged or chargeable thereon for said period,
A. All lands in this State, waste and snap-
propriated, or heretofore or hereafter for any
cause forfeited, or treated as forfeited or es-
cheated 10 the State Of Virginia or this State,
or purchased by either and become irrcdeemT
able, not redeemed, released, transferred or
otherwise disposed Of the title whereto shall
remain in this State till such sale as in herein
after mentioned be made, shall by proceedings
in the Circuit Court Of the county in which the
lands, or n part thereof, are situated, be sold
TO the highest bidder.
5. The former owner Of any such land shall
be entitled 20 receive the excess Of the sum
for which the land may be sold over the taxes
charged and chargeable thereon, or which, il
the land bad not been forfeited, would have
been charged or chargeable thereon, since tho
formation Of this State, with interest at the
rate Of twelve per centun per annum. and the
costs Of the proceedings, If bis claim be fled in
the Circuit Court that DEGREES the sale, within
two years thereafter
6. 1t shall be the duty Of every owner Of
land 10 have it entered on the land books Of
The county in which il, or a part Of it, is sitlI-
ated, and TO cause himself to be charged with
the taxes thereon aud pay the same. When
for any five successive years after tho year
1869, the owner Of any tract Of la contain
ing one thousand acres or more shall not have
been charged on such books with State tax on
said land, then by operation hereof, the land
shall he forfeited and the title thereto vest in
the Gtate. But il, for any one or more Of such
five years, the owner shall have been charged
with State tax on any part Of the land, such
part thereof shall not be forfeited for such
cause. And If any owner Of land so forfeited,
or Of any interest therein at tho time Of tho
forfeiture thereof, who shall then be an infant.
married woman or insane person, may until
the expiration of three years after the removal
Of such disability, have the land or such inter-
est charged on such books, with all State and
other taxes that shall be, and but for the ior-
fsiture would be, chargeable on the land or IN
terest therein for the year 1868, and every year
with interest at the rate Of ten per
centum per aunum and pay all taxes and iG-
terest thereon for all such years, and thereby
redeem the land or interest therein PrOtidsd,
Such right to redeem, shall in 10 case extend
beyond twenty years from the tine such land
was forfeited