Chap. 868.—An ACT to refund to John W. Burke, of Rockingham county, certain
taxes paid by him in the purchase of delinquent lands lmuproperly sold.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas at a sale of delinquent lands in the county of Rockingham,
made on the fifteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
by P. W. Reherd, treasurer of said county, John W. Burke, of said
county, became the purchaser of certain tracts of Jand, and received
from the clerk of the county court of said county deeds for same of said
tracts of land, upon which the said J. W. Burke paid taxes until eighteen
hundred and ‘ninety- five, and it having been decided by the circuit court
of Rockingham that the notice of sale ‘of said delinquent lands was not
properly given, and that all sales under said notice were null and void;
and

Whereas the said J. W. Burke has been subjected to great loss and
hardship through no default of his, and has actually paid to the state
the sum of thirteen dollars and seven cents in taxes, and has never been
in possession of any part of the land upon which said tax was paid:
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the audi-
tor of public accounts be, and the same is hereby, authorized and
directed to issue his warrant in favor of John W. Burke, of Rockingham
county, for the sum of thirteen dollars and seven cents.

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