Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-24


the proceedings under this section, theh
the nerson who made the application
shall have the right to purchase the said
real estate within five days from the e&-
niration Of the four months. as atoresalu,
bv paying to the said Clerk all the sLiu
taxes. penalties, fees, and costs; anu '.0
said purchaser shall then, in order 10
complete his purchase, at his expense
have a report made TO the county Vi
CORPORATION court Of the county or cur
poratin In which said real estate II STU
ated by the surveyor OF SUCH county VI
corporation, or where there Is 10 SUN
surveyor. by some competent surveyor ~
he amounted by such court for that pur-'
nose snecifving the metes and bounds or
the said real estate, the names OF tlo
owners Of the adjoining tracts or lots,
and giving such further description OF
said real estate as will IDENTIFY the
same. and the county or corporation
court. unless it has some objection 10
such report. shall order the same to De
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 corporation IN
which said real estate is situated, deed
conveying the same, in which shall be
set forth all the circumstances appearing
I'm the Clerks office in relation 10 the
sale and reference shall be made in SAID
decd TO said report. In no case snail the
! Commonwealth be liable for any costs in
Cured under any OF the provisions Oh
this act.
For every deed executed under this sec
! tion. the Clerk shall be entitled to 81
which the purchaser shall pay on the de-
( livery Of the deed
/ If the Clerk refuse 10 execute such
| deed the court may compel him TO do so
upon the petition Of the purchaser.
| Every such deed shall be with cove
nants Of special warranty.
If no such deed be made under this
! cbapter within one year after the pur-
; chase of the said real estate by the party
entitled TO the deed the person entitled
TO redeem the same as hereinbefore men
/ toned. his heirs or assigns may, AFTER
/ such wear and before such deed Is made,
redeem the said real estate by paying 10
the purchaser the amount paid therefor
bv him. including the cost. with such
taxes and levies as he may have PAID
thereon since such purchase, with IN
terest at per cent per annum upon such
payments from the date they were re-
spectvely made.
The provisions Of section 66l OF the
Code of Virginia shall apply TO deeds
made under authority OF this section, and
the provisions of section 652 shall apply
to real estate sold under authority OF this
section.
REGARDING NOTICE.
In all cases where applications have
been heretofore made to purchase real
1 estate under section $685. as amended ana
I re-enacted by the act approved January
49, 1896, and in which the applications
have not been perfected and the pur-
chase made complete by the execution OF
a deed by the clerk, as herein provided
the clerk of the said court TO which such
application was made shall at once make
comics of such application, and deliver
them to the sheriff or sergeant 10 De
served by him i'm the same manner ana
upon the same persons as herein directed
/ and thereupOn the same proceedings shau
be had, and the same time shall be gwen
| persons entitled 10 redeem, TO redeem
. such real estate, and i'm the same manner
| as is hereinbefore provided, except that
/ I'm cases where the publication mas been
/ heretofore made for four weeks, and IT
I appears by the second return Of the ON
Ger that he has been unable to serve the
/ process. II shall not be necessary for a
| second publication to be made, nor shall
/ IL be necessary to make another survey
of the tract or lot where one has been
/ previously made under the provisions OF
said section GGG, as amended by the said
act Of January %, 1896; but in all cases
where the applications have been so made
and not so perfected prior to the passage
of this act, persons having the right TO
redeem shall be allowed by the said clerk
TO redeem the said real estate in the
manner herein provided within four
months after such aforementioned copies
have been served; and In no case shall 1t
be lawful for the said clerk to make a
deed to the said real estate until the eX-
piration OF said four months; provided,
that no application shall be made under
this act to purchase any real estate If at
the time Of such application suit IS pend
ing in the courts Of the county or corpO-
ration wherein such real estate is situated
for the sale Of the same, either TO satisfy
debts due creditors or for partition among
the parties interested, until after the
land has been sold i'm said suit and the
court has failed 20 cause the taxes 10 be
paid out Of the purchase money
2. This act shall be in force from its
passage.