The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-21


| an those 40 stricken fro i1the list The ~
! court being satisfied with the correct ',!t
ness Of the list. cer.ifies 1T 70 the hu1
litor md upon Ills .ficntioii OF t ~
list. Tile land becomes d,.liquen,t llld me
| Commonwealth proceeus " cl'ioi " -
\ iierl ior tho taxes. It q Is II. ,I =, i4, .,..
4 ff5A c6by or the list Is furnished the
Ittrens uter within thirty days, and he id
yert,ses lie land for snle " the mans
nor prescribed by law, which IS ny p. my
J ed Niists posted ut the courthouse door,
| and &utgfiye public places IN each mag
Iistcrial u district In the county and ~
general circulation; and the SAFE. nsui.i.y
begins al tho December term OF tlie c ou,l
and continues Until completed. ms sn y =
takes place one year ana ten m onths -
|5terS the taxes become nssessable, amy por-
s,n bidding tho amount OF the taxes DC.
cones "A lie purchaser of tho lhnd ana II
no rcreor bids thereon, the land IS struck
down ID tie auditor for the benefit or
the state and county, and II It continues
10 DC tclinquent for subsequent Senrrs,
tie came IL not again offered for sale,
unless redeemed and again delinquent II
purchased by anl indlVidualu two years
must elapsc belole II 4 decd Gun be made
to the purchaser. Nc notice Of the sale
no !ndividuals, however, was REQUIRED to
be given the owner, save In the manner
above Indicated, until the passage OF an
act Of the Legislature approved & April
I'd. 1902, which was passed at the in-
stance Of the Honorable Julian Bryant
of Elnnrico county Il
This mode OF purchasing lands for
taxes without notice had been tho law
Of this Commonwealth for more than one
half century, and every tax decd exc
cutcd prior to tho act Of the Leglsla-
.turo of March s, 1894. was made under
this form of procedure. I'll 4.
The sale Is reported to the court, and
If found correct. confirmed and record
ed In d sabook kept for the purpose II
will be noticed that such q deed cannot
be executed, until teh expiration OF three
years and ten months from the time the
taxes became assessable.
&gf'Land grabbers ct"--After the land
has been offered for sale by the treas
surer,H and no person bid thereon, they are
stricken down to the auditor as above
stated, and there Is no subsequent OFFER
Ing OF these lands stricken down to the
auditor; but the taxes constitute lien
on the land and the lien embraces all
taxes subsequently accruing.
Tho LegislatureEin March, 1854 provided.
that, fter#t he OK pirntion OF two years,
from the sale to the auditor, IN appl.ca-
ton might DO filed in tho clerks office
for the purcha so OF these lands, and that
upon tho payment Of tho taxes thereon.
and without8a notice to the owner. q deed
Should he executed therefor, this ncta
was the original Of what is generally
known as tho lands rabbers law"
1t was subsequently, amended, by re-
quiring notice to- be given to the owner.
ana then to the trustees and bcneficiarles
in deeds Of trust, and further by allow
Ing four months In which to redeem the
land after the service Of notice, and al
lowing n penalty Of IS to the applicant
| IL redeemed by the owner TMs lcgisla-i
ton caused numerous applications to be
filed for the purchase of these lands, and
ithelc was grea activity among person1
desiring to purchase. M sS
AT tho, next sessionjgof tho legislature
Lit was amended ~ red uclng lleHminimunli
penalty to s2 and thus was ret tired from
the field q large number Of applicants
who would not take the trouble Of filing
these applications for a SO penalty. At
this point many of the persons engaged
in the filing Of applications resorted to
purchasing the lands at sales made by
the treasurer for the reason that at that
time no notice was required to be given.
Of these sales, and kln the county6&of
IIenrlco a great many purchases were
made. 5i95 5f n y,
! Before the expiration Of two years
from the date Of their&purchases, the act
passed. In Henrico Sthds land grab beers
made application to Mr.. Waddill.6 clerk of
tho court, 10 execute deeds fortthe lands
SO purchased BY thenisat treasurer's sales.
because the legislature had required no
tice to be given ofithe sales at the treas
urer's office, ms well rs OF applications
filed In the clerk $ Office. The purchas-
EnN Al, q
the purchases were made prior to the
act Of April Q, 1902, requiring notice,
\ that the legislation was retroactive, md,
therefore, not applicable 10 them The
clerk still declining to eXecutc&the deeds,
an9 application was made to the Supreme
Court of Appeals for a mandamus to COM
pei him to execute them. and the court
awarded against the clerk peremptory
Legislature was invalid as to all sales
made previous to It's passage, and under
that decision the clerk was compelled TO
act. -,5y.3ts sy. L {5'
Il 1t will thus be seen that there. are two
modes Of purchasing lands forEtaxes:
y IVirst--at the trcasurcr's sale of which.
personal notice was not renuiredsto be
given the owner prior to April ., 1902. u III,
3}3secnnd-BY application filed in the
clerks office for those lands ynurchased.
I by the l8auditor ut the rensurer's sale,
and which the owner has not redeemed
within two yea rs after the sale,atan!d 1t VIII
also be noticed that In no event car a
deed be executed for lands nurchased for
taxes under three wears and ten months
after tho taxes We're sssssah1a.58tandS
when the application Is ingthe clerks Of
fica.s then The dead cannot he exccrtcd
under SIX wears and Two NOR tl,s and that
the owner of the land hos this length OF
time In which to protec himself. 8
Property Transfers.
" Richmond: Emmett W. Gates to Alonzo
NJ. Page, 10 2E-12 feet on the east side
Of Lester Street, 40 51@-l2 feet west Of
Denny Street. $l35. ~ &
S. i. Kelley. special commissioner. to
James. DAILY, q Il feet on the north side
OF Lester Street, IL feet east OF Ash Street.