The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-12-27
Two Important Bills that Became
Laws at the Last Session Of the
Legisiature.

Two Important Bills that Became
Laws at the Last Session Of the
Legislature.
The first Is bill to amend and re-en-
act Section Twelve Of Chapter 1874, Of the
Code Of West Virginia, concerning pro-
cess and the order Of publication, and Is
as follows:
Be il enacted by tho Legislature Of West
Virginia.
That section twelve Of chapter one
hundred and twenty four oil the Code Is
hereby amended and re.enscted, so as 10
read as follows:
"12. Every order Of publication shall
state briefly the object Of the suit, peti-
tion or other proceedings, and shall re.
quire the defendant, against whom It Is
entered, to appear within four weeks after
the date Of the first publication thereof,
or the next rule day, III the case be 0
rule,) and do what is necessary to protect
their interests. It shall be published
once week for four successive weeks, In
some newspaper published in the county
In which the order 10 made or directed, II
one Is 30 published, unless the court In
which the case Is, otherwise order; and If
no newspaper be published In the county,
then in such other newspaper as the
court may prescribe; or If none be so pre-.
scribed, as the clerk may direct: Ptoetded,
that such order shall be deemed TO have
been duly published, on the day Of the
fourth publication thereof It shall also
be posted at the front door OF the Court
House Of the county wherein the court Is
held, at least twenty days before Judgment
or decree Is rendered"
The next Is known as Senate Bill No
258, and is bill requiring certain sales
to be advertised in q newspaper, and Is as
follows:
Senate Bill No. $50, bill requiring
certain sales to be advertised In q news
paper.
Be Il enacted by The legislature Of West
Virginia: y -7., ... ul
/. That, whenever court shall hereat-
ter decree the sale Of real estate, 1t shall
prescribe In the decree that such sale
shall be advertised in some convenient
newspaper by the commissioner or person
appointed to make the sale. 1t shall al
ways be advertised In o newspaper pub.
liahed in the county, II one be published
therein. In the advertisement the com.
missioner shall state the time, term, and
place Of sale, together with description
oi the property TO be sold.
O.. Within three months alter the sale Of
land for taxes, by the several sherlfts Of
the State, II the lands, or any tracts or
parts oflands shall be bought by individ-
tlals, the sheriff making the sale shall add
as part Of the expenses OF the sale, an
equal per centum on the taxes due and
for which the lands were 80 sold, as will
be sufficient 10 pay the expenses OF ad-
vertising the full return Of oil sale, made |
TO individuals, for the period OF eight
weeks; and the said sheriff shall, within |
said three months, advertise the said full
returns OF such sales In some convenient
newspaper, and shall always advertise In |
a newspaper in the county, If one be pub. |
lished therein, and shall specify In such
advertisement the time In which the orig.
inal owner will be entitled to redeem, and
beyond which the right will cease.
5. Any sheriff or other officer, proceed
ing to sell under o writ Of .ttri tacias or
uenditioni erponas, II the property be Of the
value Of five hundred dollars, or more,
shall advertise the sale for the time re.
quired by law, in some newspaper, rs In
this act q required.
4 This oct shall be in force from its
passage. .-...-r d /