The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-29
DELINQUENT TAXEs.
The Amended Act in Relation TO the
Purchase of Such.

how long time must elapse before the
title can be made, rs we'll rs the steps to
be taken by those who desire to redeem
their property before the final processes
of the law have been complied with The
act il as follows:
Chap. 179.---An ACT to amend and re-
enact section 6G6 of the code of Nir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by
an act approved March ). 1894, in rela-
ton to delinquent lands purchased in
the Lame of the auditor.
Approved January %. 1896.
l. BE it enacted by the general assem-
bly, of Virginia, that section six hundred
and siNty-siX of the code of Virginia. as
amended by the acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety three and eighteen hundred
and ninety-four, approved March fifth.
eighteen hundred and ninety four be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
Section 666 When and how lands pur-
chased i'll the name of the auditor and I'M
redeemed to be sold. When real estate
so purchased i'll the name of the auditor
Is not redeemed by the previous owner,
his heirs or assigns, or some person hav-
ing the right to charge the same with
debt, within two years from the date of
such purchase it shall file an application
with the clerk of the county or corpora
ton court wherein such real estate is sit
uated for the purchase of such real estate
for the amount for which the sale to the
commonwealth was made, together with
such additional sums as would have ac-
crued-from taxes and levies and interest
II such real estate had not been so Dur-
chased by the commonwealth, with inter.
est on the amount for which said sale was
made ut the rate of six per centum per
annum from the day of sale, and i'm the
additional sums from the fifteenth dav of
December in the year in which the same
would have accrued; and the clerk shall
thereupon make out two copies of such
application and deliver them to the sheriff
OF his county. or sergeant of his corpora
ton. and the sheriff or sergeant shall
serve one of said copies on tile person in
whose name said real estate stood at the
date of the sale of it to the common.
wealth. or if said person he dead then on
his personal representative, and return
the other copy to the said clerk OF the
county or corporation court with his re-
turn thereon endorsed and if for any rea-
son he cannot serve it on such person his
return shall so show. In case the return
of the sheriff or sergeant shows that there
is no service of said copy. then the clerk
of the county or corporation court shall
insert copy of such application in a
wherein such real estate is situated. or if
there he no newspaper published in his
county or corporation. then in the nearest
newspaper, for four successive weeks If
the person in whose name said real estate
was listed when sold to the common
wealth. or other person who had the right
to redeem before it was sold, does not an.
pear within thirty days after such COPY
has been served on him, or the completion
of the published notice. and redeem said
real estate from the clerk of the county
or corporation court by paying all the
taxes, penalties and costs herewith con
nected. as we'll aS all fees and costs at
tending the proceedings. then the person
who made such application shall. ut his
expense. nave report made to the county
or corporation court of the county or cor
poration in which said real estate i Sit
uated 10y the surveyor of such county or
city, or where there i no surveyor of such
city or county. then by some person ap.
pointed by such court for that purpose,
specifying the meteS and bound. of the
land he proposes TO buy. the names OF the
owners of the adjoining tracts or lots, and
giving such further description of the
land a will identify the same: and the
county or corporation court. unless il has
some objection To such report. shall order
the same to be recorded
After such report shall have been re-
corded the purchaser shall obtain from
the clerk of the county or corporation
court OF the county or city in which said
real estate is situated a deed conveying
the same in which shall be set forth all
the circumstances appearing in the
clerk : Office in relation to the sale and
reference be made to said report In no
case shall the commonwealth he liable for
any costs incurred under any of the pro-
visions of this act
For every deed executed under this sec
ton the clerk shall be entitled to one dol
lar. which the purchaser shall pay on the
delivery of the deed
If the clerk refuses to execute such deed
the court may compel him 10 do so upon
the petition of the purchaser
Every such deed shall be with cove
nants of special warranty
If no such deed he made under this
chapter within one year after the pur-
chase of the land ny the party entitled to
the deed, the owner of the land. at the
time ii was sold for taxes and county
levies and bought by the commonwealth.
his heirs or assigns, may. after such wear
and before such deed is made redeem the
land hy paying TO the purchaser the
amount paid therefor by him, with such
taxes and levies a he may have paid
thereon since his purchase with in
tcrest at six per centum. upon such paw
ments from the date they were respect
lively made
The provisions of section six hundred
and siNty-one OF the code shall apply to
deeds made under authority of this sec
ton. and the provisions Of section six
hundred and lifty-two shall apply to real
estate sold under authority of this section.
No real estate which was purchased by