Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-20
LAND GRABBERS'
LAW SUBSTITUTE
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provisions of this act. For making Of
copy OF an application under this
section the clerks shall be entitled TO n
fee OF tWenty centS) for every order
OF publication and posting one dollar:
for every deed executed, one dollar.
and for every copy of application
served under this section by sheriff or
other officer. he shall receive thirty
cents. All the foregoing fees may he
required by the clerk or other officer
TO be paid in advance, except the fec
for the deed, which may be paid upon
the delivery of the deed. But no fec
exceeding two dollars and fifty cents
shall he taxed against the party re-
deeming the land for printing the order
of publication. or the clerk refuse TO
execute such deed the court of the
county or corporation wherein such
real estate is stuated) may compel him
TO do so under the petition of the pur-
chaser. II no such deed be made under
this section within one year after the
date of the applica ton for the purchase
of the said real estate to the party en-
titled to the deed, the person or persons
entitled to redeem the same. as herein
-hefnre- mentioned. his or iheir hcirsz.ars
assignees. may, after such year and be-
fore such deed is made, redeem the said
real estate by paying the purchaser the
ing the costs (but not the penalty here
inbeforc Drovided), with such taxes and
lcvies as he may have paid thereon
since such purchase, with interest at
six per centum per annum upon such
payments from the date they were re-
spectively made.
DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER
The provision of section six hundred
and siXty-one of the Code of Virginia
shall apnly to deeds made under au-
thority OF this section, and the provi-
sions of section six hundred and fifty
two shall apply to real estate sold un-
der authority of this section. (Nothing
herein contained shall he construed as
affecting the duties OF the Commission
or Of Revenue as prescribed by section
four hundred and siXty-nine). No APP
plication shall be made under this sec
ton to purchase any real estate if at
the time OF such application suit is
pending in the courts of the county or
corporation 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 In
said suit and the court has failed to
cause the taxes to be paid out of the
purchase money. If one application
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estate. and comics thereof issued, no
second application shall be considered
for the same piece of land until the
rights of the first applicant shall
have expired. (Icvery applicant
for the purchase of land under this
section who does not reside in the
county or corporation wherein said land
is situated shall. in writing, designate
some resident of said county or cor
poration as his agent or attor-
ney. unon whom all process
against or notice to such appli-
cant shall be served, and service
OF any such notice or process upon such
agent or attorney shall have the same
force and effect as If served upon the
applicant in person. Such writing shall
be signed and acknowledged by the ap-
plicant and delivered 10 the clerk Of
the court in whose office any applica
ton under this section shall be fled.
and shall be by him recorded in deed
book OF said office.
Any person having the right to re-