The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-02
.0BJECTl0NABLE. FEATURES OUT.
The Law is Expected to be as Effective
as the Old aud satisfactory From
Financial Standpoint-Some
Elimin cions.


LAND grabbers'" bill law. The new
law eliminates many Of the Objectionable
features of The old one.
TENT OF THE BILL.
The following is the text Of the bill
as finally agreed upon:
1. BE it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia. That section GIG of the
Code of Virginia, in relation to when
and how lands purchased i'll the name
of the Auditor and unredeemed to be
sold, as amended and re-cnacted by an
act approved March >, 1894, as further
amended and re-enacted by an act APP
proved January %, 1896, and as further
amended and re-enacted by an act app
proved February II, 1898, be amend
ed and re:enacted so as to read as
follows:
Section GG6. When and How Lands Pur-
chased in the 9ame of the Auditor and
Unredeemed to be Sold.-When real es-
tate SO purchased in the name of the Au-
ditor is not redeemed by the previous
owner, his heirs or assigns or some per-
son having the right to charge the same
with debt, within two years from the
date of such purchase, any person de-
string to purchase it shall file an appli-
cation with the Clerk of the County or
Corporation Court wherein such real es
tate is situated for the purchase Of such
real estate for the amount for which the
sale to the Commonwealth was made,
and the taxes and county levies due the
city, town, county or district in which
said land is situated, together with such
additional sums would have accrued
from taxes, levies and interest, if such
real estate had not been so purchased
by the Commonwealth, with interest on
the amount for which said sale was
made at the rate of per centum per
H. a., ,T L. 4,
additional sums from the 18th day Of De-
cember in the Year in which the same
would have accrued. in which applica-
ton shall be set out the name OF the
person in whose name the real estate
stood at the date of the sale thereof to
the Commonwealth, and the person in
whose name such real estate stands at
the date of such application on the Com
nlisSioner'S books of such county or cor
poration, in the event that it has been
transferred contrary to the provisions
OF section Ago of the Code, as well as the
owner or owners of such real estate, as
shown by the deed-bools and will-books
of the Clerks office of the court of the
county or corporation i'll which it is sit
uated, or in the Clerks office OF the
Chancery Court of the city of Richmond,
if the property is situated in the city OF
Richmond; or if any of the said persons
De ueIG, lllen me l1iI!e VI his pei Soiiai
representative and heirs, and the name
of the trustees, mortgages and benefi-
Charles as shown by the records IN any
deed of trust or mortgage on said real
estate, or their personal representative:
provided, that the names of any persons
may be omitted which do not appear of
record in the clerks office of the coun-
ty or corporation in which the land is
situated. and if it be situated in the city
H. nf wac
ord in the clerks office in the Chancery
Court of the said city; and, provided
further that the name of any trustee.
mortgagee or beneficiary in any deed of
trust or mortgage which has been record
ed more than twenty years prior to the
date of application may be likewise omit
ted.
At the time of filing such application
he shall pay TO the Clerk at least 10 per
centum Of the amount of the proposed
purchase price of the said land; provided,
that this deposit which shall be first for
purchase price and then for costs. shall
in no cause be less than 81, and the Clerk
shall make out as many copies of said
applica tons as there are names of persons
therein, with one additional copy, or more
if necessary, and shall at once deliver
them to the Sheriff or Sergeant of the
county or corporation in which the land
is situa ted, and the same shall be served
on the parties named therein in the same
manner that process to commence a SUIT
is served, and similar return shall be
made thereon by the officer serving the
same. If any Of. the persons named in
the said applica ton do not reside in the
county or corporation in which the land
is situated. but are known by the Clerk
to reside in some other county or corpo-
ration in the State of Virginia. the Clerk
shall send COPIES of said application 10
the proper officer of the county or corDo-
ration wherein they reside, to be exc
cuted upon such person Said return SHAH
be made within sixty days after the is
suing of the copy of the applicatio If
the same be returned not executed on
any party therein named, other copies
NAV be made out and served as hereln-
before provided. On affidavit that one or
more of the parties are non-residents OF
the State or that diligence has been used
by or on behalf OF the applicant to as.
certain in what county or corporation
such person are without effect. or that
a copy of the application has been twice
delivered to the proper officer of the
county or corporation in which he resides
without being executed, an order OF pup
lication may be entered by the Clerk
against such parties.
PUBLICATION ORDER.
The order of publication shall not be a
copy of the application, but shall be in
the following form-Viz.:
To- You are hereby notified that
a tract Cor loD of land df more than one,
state the number. and describe the land
as it appears on the Commissioner $
books) in - district, - county (f in
a city or town. name the city and ward,
vas sold on the - day of -, 49,, for
delinquent taxes, levies, interest, and
costs to the Commonwealth OF Virginia,
and application for the purchase thereof
has been filed in this office, and it an
nearing from the records in this Office
that YOU are interested in said land, you
are further notified to appear in tour
months from the date Of this notice and do
what may be necessary to protect your
interests.
Giver under my hand this 80 day OF
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- Court of Virginia.
It shall be published once week for
four successive weeks in aSnewspaper
published in such city or county, if there
be one. to be designated by the Clerk,
and If there be none, in such newspaper
as the Clerk may direct. and shall be-
posted by the Clerk at the front door OF
the courthouse of the county or corr
poration wherein the court is held or the
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