The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-11-11
A RESTRAINING ORDER WAS GRANTED
Land CrabberS Halted in Their March
on the Peoples Homes.


down-trodden citizens aud which is con-
sidered by many to mean the complete
triumph of the property owners. The fol-
lowing proceedings were had, the order
being returnabls to the court on Monday:
PETITION TO THE COURT.
To the Hon. John w. Woods, Judge of
the hustings court, city of Roanoke,
Virginia:
Humbly complaining your orator, the
city of Roanoke "a municipal corpora
ton chartered by an Act Of the General
Assembly of the State of Virginia), re-
spectfully shows unto your honor, that
in chapter of its charter aforesaid,
there s found the following provision:
"For the execution IF it's powers and
dutiee, the council may raise taxes an
nualiy by assessments in said city, on all
subjects taxable by the State, such sums
of money as it shall determine necessary
to defray the expenses of the same, and
In such manner as it shall deem eXpe-
dent, in accordance with the laws of
this State, and OF the United States.
Your orator. further shows that, acting
under the power granted to it by it's
charter aforesaid, the city of Roanoke
has assessed each year the real estate in
said city, taxed by the State, with such
taxes as were necessary for the expenses
of the city government, not exceeding
one dollar and twenty-fi cents upon the
one hundred dollars assessed value If
sail property.
Your orator further shows that the
real estate upon which the taxes we're
assessed as aforesaid Is the same real es-
tate upon which the taxes were assessed
for the support Of the State government.
Your orator further shows that for the
Yeas 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894,
there was, owing to the rapid transfer of
properties in the city of Roanoke, a large
amount of real estate returned delinquent
both for the State taxes and the CITY
taxes thereon, and the real estate as
returned for delinquent taxes under the
State law for each year above mentioned
has been sold by the treasurer of the city
of Roanoke for the State and city taxes
thereon, and has been bought in for the
commonwealth.
Your orator further shows that great
amount of the real estate so bought for
each of the years above mentioned has
been redeemed; before that IL considera-
BILE amount of said real estate appears,
from the records in the clerks office Of
the hustings court for the city OF Roam.
oke, IT, be unredeemed
Your orator further shows that n num-
Der Of cases have recently come to light
in the city of Roanoke where real estate
has been returned delinquent, and sold
for State and city taxes thereon, when
the owner of said real estate has, in his
poss .ssion, the tax ticket showing that
said taxes had been paid
Your orator further shows that, by an
act of the general assembly OF Virginia.
approved on the Goth day of January,
1896, it was enacted as follows:
when and How Lands Purchased in
Are to be Sold:-When real estate SO
purchased il the name of the auditor is
not redeemed by the previous owner, his
heirs or assigns, or some person having
the right to charge the same with debt.
within two years from the date of such
purchase, any person desiring to pur-
chase it shall file an application with
the clerk of the county or corporation
wherein such real estate is situated for
the purchase of said real estate for the
amount for which the sale to the com
monwealth was made, together with
such additional sums rs would have ac-
crued from taxes and levies and interest
if such real estate had not been so pur.
chased by the commonwealth, with in.
terest on the amount for which said sale
was made at the rate OF six per centum
per annum from the day of sale, and ON
the additional sums FROM the 10Th day of
December, in the year in which the same
would ha e accrued"
Said act then provides that the clerk
shall make two copies of said application
and deliver them to the sheriff of his
county, or sergeant of the corporation,
and that one copy shall be served on the
person in whose name said real estate
stood At the date of the sale of il tn the
commonwealth, and it said person he
dead, then on his personal representatives;
and that the other copy shall be returned
to the clerk of the county or corporation
court with the return of the officer
thereon. In case the return OF the officer