The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-04
1T PASSED
the SENATE,
The Land Grabbers" Act Was
Put Through Quickly.
THE BILL WAS PASSED UNDER A
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND
WILL GO TO THE HOUSE THIS
MORNING. ALL CAUCUS NOMI-
NEES ELECTED EXCEPT THE
SECOND AUDiTOR-THE BILL. IN
FULL.

ate to-day, by n unanimous vote, passed
the bill introduced by Senator CIaytor. re
amend the delinquent tax law. The bill
was passed under IL supension of the
rules and will &c TO the house tomorrow
morning, where no Oppos ition of any i'm
portance is expected. If the bill passes
the house the governor will be asked to
sign it ut once.
AL Of the last nights caucus nominees
were duly elected to-day except second
auditor. strong effort will he made
to abolish that Office, also the Offices of
commissioner Of agricr lure anu railroad
commissioner
Following is n full text of the amend
ment to the Gland grabbers" act, as
passed by the senate ta.dny:
1.-THE clerk shall make out four comics
OF such application and deliver To the
sheriff of his county or sergeant Of his
corporation and the said sheriff or seq
geant, as the case may he, shall serve one
oil said copies on the person in whose
name said real estate stood at the date
OF sale of it to the commonwealth. or If
SAID person be dead then on mis- personal
representative; another copy on the per-
son or persons in actual possession of the
real estate Sd returned delinquent. and
another on any person or persons who
claim said real estate by purchase from
the person or persons in whose name said
real estate was returned delinquent or
through any subsequent purchasers. or if
he""or they he dead on his or their per
sOnal representative, and return the
other copy To the said clerk of the county
or corporation court with his return
thereon endorsed showing upon whom
stid copies were served; and if for any
reason the said sheriff or sergeant cannot
serve copy on the persons aforesaid. his
return shall so state and shall give the
reason for bis failure so to serve said
copies. And in case there il no person in
possession OF said land the said sheriff o,
sergeant shall post one copy on the
dwelling house on said land or in some
other conspicuous place thereon. And in
case the retui II Of the sheriff or sergeant
shows that there was no service of sail
copy upon the person In whose name the
land was returned delinquent or his per
5onal representatives., and upon the snid
party who claims title to said real state
or MS personal representatives, then the
clerk of the county or corporation court
snail insert copy Of $ Ich application
with the return of the officer thereon in 4
newspaper published in the county
wherein such real estate is situated or if
there be no newspaper published in said
county or corporation. then in the near
IT the person III whose name said real
estate was listed when sold to the com
monwealth, or other person who had the
night to redeem at the time of the service
oil The copies or OF the publication of the
Application us aforesaid, does not appear
within four months after such cop;es
have been so served as aforesaid, or within
Tour months from the completion of the
publication of such application, and re-
deem said real estate by paying TO the
sald clerk of the county or corporation
court all the taxes, penalties and costs
herewith connected, as we'll as all fees
and costs attending the proceedings un.
der this section, then the person who
made the application shall have the right
to purchase the said real estate within
ilve days from the expiration of the four
months us aforesaid by paying to the
shld clerk the said taxes. penalties. fees
and costs Aud the said purchaser shall
then, in oider to complete his purchase,
Mt his expense, have a report made to the
county or corporation court of the county
or corporation in which said real estate
is situated by the surveyor of such county
or city, or where there is no such sur
veyor, by some competent surveyor to he
appointed by sIch court for that purpose,
specifying the metes and bounds Of the
OF the adjoining tracts or lots, and giving
such further scIiption of the said real
estate as will identify the same. and the
county or corporation court, unless it has
some objection to such report, shall order
the same to be recorded And in all
cases where applications have been made
to purchase real estate under section G66,
as am nded and re- enacted by the act ap-
proved March 1886, and in which april
cations have not been perfected and the
purchase made complete by the execu-
ton of the deed by the clerk as herein
provided, the clerk of said court to which
said application was made shall at once
make copies of the said applications and
deliver them to the sheriff or sergeant to
be served 1y him in the same manner as
herein directed, and thereupOn the same
proceedings shall be had and the same
time shall be given persons entitled to
redeem such real estate and In the same
manner as is hereinbefore provided ex-
cept. that in case..where the publication
has been made for four weeks, and it an
pears hy the second return of the officer
that he has been unable to serve the pro.
cesS,it shall not be necessary for II second
publication to be made, nor shall it be
necessary TO make another survey of the
tract or lot where one has been prev
ously made under the provisions of said
section iG6 as amended by the said act of
March j, 1926 but in all cases where the
applications have been so made and not
SO perfected to the passage of this act,
persons having right to redeemssshal be
allowed by the said clerk to redeem the
said real estate in the manner herein pro-