Chap. 402.—An ACT amending and re-enacting an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections 650, 653, 654, 656 and 660 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to the sale of lands returned delinquent for the non-pay-
ment of taxes and levies, approved February 28, 1890.

Approved February 26, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
act approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections six hundred and fifty,
six hundred and fifty-three, six hundred and fifty-four, six hundred
and fifty-six and six hundred and sixty of the code of Virginia, in re-
lation to the sale of lands returned delinquent for the non-payment
of taxes and levies, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§ 650. The owner of any such real estate so sold, his heirs or assigns,
or any person having the right to charge such real estate with a debt,
may redeem the same by paying to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns,
within two years from the day of sale, the whole amount paid by said
purchaser, and any such additional taxes, levies, costs and charges as
may have been paid by him since the sale, with interest at the rate
of six per centum per annum on the amount so paid.

§ 653. The purchaser of a part of any tract or lot of land s0 sold
and not redeemed within the said two years, his heirs or assigns,
shall have the quantity purchased surveyed and laid off, at his ex-
pense, by the surveyor of the county, if it be in a county or town
therein; if it be within the corporate limits of any city, by the sur-
veyor of such city; or where there is no surveyor of such county or
city, then by some person to be appointed by the court of the county
or city for that purpose; the said surveyor to commence on either
of the lines of the tract or lot, at the option of the purchaser, his
heirs or assigns, so as not to include the improvements on the same
if itcan be avoided, and to be in one body, the length whereof shall
not be more than double the breadth, where that is practicable. A
plat and certificate of the survey shall be returned to the court of
the county or city, and if the court, upon examination thereof, find
it to be made in conformity with this section, it shal] order the same
to be recorded.

§ 654. When an entire tract of land is sold and not redeemed
within the said two years, the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, at his
expense, shall have a report made to the court of the county or city,
by such surveyor or other person, as is provided for in the preced-
ing section, specifying the metes and bounds of the land sold, the
names of the owners of the adjoining tracts or lots, and giving such
further description of the land sold as will identify the same, and
the county or corporation court, unless it see some objection to such
report, shall order the same to be recorded.

§ 656. When the clerk is a purchaser, the deed for the land pur-
chased by him shall be executed by a commissioner appointed by
the circuit court of the county, or circuit or corporation court of the
corporation wherein the land is situated.

§ 660. If no such deed or order of court be made under this chap-
ter within one year after the expiration of the said two years, the
former owner, his heirs or assigns, may, after such year and before such
deed or order is made, redeem the land by paying such amount with
such additional taxes and levies and such interest as is mentioned
In section six hundred and fifty, together with the costs of the sur-
vey or report (and interest thereon) if any has been made.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.