The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-21


chased in the name Of the Auditor and
unredeemed to be sold. as amended and
=re-enacted by act approved March 10Th.
1894, as further amended and re-enacted5
by an act approved January ~ 1870,
and as further amended and re-enacted
BY an act approved February II. 1883. be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:
HOW PURCHASED.
Section G6s. When and how lands pur,
chased in the name Of the Auditor anu
unredeemed to be sold.-When real estate
SO purchased in the name of the Audi
tor is not redeemed by the previous OWL
err, his heirs or assigns, or some person
having the right to charge the same with
a debt, within two years from the date OF
such purchase, any person desiring TO
purchase it shall file an application with
the clerk of the county or corporation
court wherein such real estate Is situated,
for the purchase of such real estate for
the amount for which the sales 10 the
Commonwealth was made. together with
such additional sums as would have ac-
crued from taxes, Ievies and interest
such real estate had not been so n1lr-
chased by the Commonwealth. with inter
est on the amount for which said safe
was made. at the rate of six per centun.
per annt1m from the day of sale, ana on
the additional sums from the loth Day OF
December. in the year In which the same
would have accrued. N which appIca-
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
missioner's books of such county or cor
poration, in the event that 1t mas oeen
transferred contraryto the PROVISIONS or
section four hundred and s1NtE-nine OF
the Code, Gas we'll as the owner or owners
of such real estate as shown by the re-
cords of the clerk s office of the court OF
the county or corporation in which it Is
sftuated. or If any OF the said persons
be dead then the name OF his personal
representatives and the name OF tbs
trustees, mortgages and beneficiarieS. as
shown by the records in any deed or trust
or mortgage on said real estate. or their
personal representatives: provided. mat
the names Of any persons may be omitted
which 90 not appear of record in tire
clerks Office Of the county or corpc>ation
in which the land is situated. and II It
be situated in the city Of Richmond.
which do not appear of record IN tne
clerks office in the chancery court OF
the said city: and provided further, that
the name of any trustee, mortgages or
beneficiary in any deed OF trust or mort
gage which has been recorded more than
ten years prior to the date OF the appli-
cation may be likewise omitted. CAT the
time of filing said application he shall
nav to the clerk at least ten per centlim
OF the amount of the purchase price or
thu. said land). And the clerk shall make
out as many copies OF said application
as there are names Of persons therein,
with one additional copy, or more II ne
cessary. and shall cat once) deliver them
u the sheriff or sergeant of the county
or corporation In which the land is sit
uated, and the same shall be served on
the parties named therein in the same
manner that process to commence SUIT
is served, and similar return shall De
made thereon by the officer serving the
same lf any Of the persons named In
the said application do not reside IN the
county or corporation in which the land
IS situated, but are known to reside IN
some other county or corporation in the
state of Virginia. the clerk shall send
copies of said application to the proper
officer OF the county or corporation where
IN thew reside, to be executed upon such
person.. Said return shall be made With
in sixty days after the issuing OF the copy
of publication as Aforesaid, (appear within
copies, or of the completion of the order
OF the APPLICATION. II the same be return
ed not executed on any party therein
named, other copies may be made oue
and served as hereinbefore provided. On
affidavit that one or more of the parties
are uon-residents Of the State. or that
diligence has been used by or on behalf
Of the applicant to ascertain IN what
county or. corporation such persons are
without effect, or that q copy OF the ap-
plication has been twice delivered TO the
proper officer Of the county or corpora
ton in which he resides without oeins
executed an order of publication may DC
entered by the clerk against such parties.
HOW NOTICE Is GIVEN.
Tb. order Of duplication shall contain
copy Of the application and require the
parties therein named to appear within
four months after due publication thereof
and do what is necessary to protect their
interests. ct shall be published once
week for four successive weeks in a news
paper published in such city or county,
there be one, to be designated by the
clerk, and II there be none, in such
newspaper as the clerk may direcD, and
shall be posted by the clerk at the front
door of the courthouse of the county or
corporation wherein the court is held
on the first day of the next county or
corporation court after It Is entered. II
no person who has right to redeem the
same at the time OF the service of the
four nronthS after such copies nave
been so served or published. as the case
may bel, and redeem said real estate by
paying to the clerk Of the county or cor
poration court all OF the taxes, Gnteres0,
penalties and costs Herewith connected.
y(as we'll as all fees and costs attending
the proceedings under this section. includ-
ing penalty equal to ten per centum OF
the amount for which said real estate is
proposed to be purchased, provided such
penalty be not less than two dollars nos
more than ten dollars, which shall DC
paid to the applicant, togethersw1th sucn
an amount as he had previously PAID 20
the clerk at the time OF making such ap-
plication), then the! person who made the
applicable shall have the right to pu.--#
chase the real estate within five days
from the expiration Of the four months
as aforesaid by paying to the clerk al
remaining taxes, Cnterest). penalties
fees, and costs; (and II the applicant
does not within said five days exercise
such right, then all amounts deposited oy
him as provided in this act shall be toF-s
feited to the commonwealth, and the
rights Of such applicant to such landi
shall cease, and the right to redeem the
same shall Immediately accrue to al
parties entitled to redeem the sa1ne)-s
And the purchaser shall then. In order:
{ RI cnmnIefe h{s 4n,rrcfaSe at his expense,