Chap. 36.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section eight of chapter four
of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved
March lith, 1875

Approved January 20, 1877.

1, Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That
section cight of chapter four of an act entitled an act to pro-
vide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March
eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 8. There shall be a lien on real estate for tho city taxes
as assessed thereon, from the commencement of the year for
which they were assessed. The common council may require
real estate in the city, delinquent for the non-payment of
taxes, to be sold for said taxes only in the months of June,
July or August, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per
centum per annum: provided, that no sale of realty for de-
linquency shall be made until twelve months after the said

taxes may have become due. Such real estate shall be sold

and may be redeemed under the provisions hereinafter made.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.