CHAP. 293.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to
direct and authorize county and corporation courts to strike from
the lists of land returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes,
levies and so forth, such as are erroneously thereon, approved March
5, 1900. (H. B. 31L)

Approved March 18, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act to direct and authorize county and corpo-
ration courts to strike from the lists of lands returned delin-
quent for non-payment of taxes, levies, and so forth, such as
are erroneously thereon, approved March fifth, nineteen hun-
dred, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

1. The judges of the circuit courts of the counties and of
the corporation and hustings courts of the cities of the Com-
monwealth be, and they are, hereby authorized and directed to
make careful examinations of the records of tracts of land and
town lots, and improvements thereon, which may have been de-
stroyed by fire, or otherwise which at any time heretofore have
been, or may hereafter be, returned delinquent for the non-pay-
ment of taxes and levies and purchased by the Commonwealth,
and strike from such records all tracts, lots and improvements,
or any parts thereof, which may have been destroyed by fire
or otherwise, which cannot be located, did not exist, or which,
for any reason, are improperly thereon, and certify the same to
the auditor of public accounts. The commissioners of the reve-
nue and the treasurers of each cownty and corporation shail at-
tend their respective courts at the first terms thereof after each
September and give all information within their reach and
control.