Chap. 312.—An ACT to correct the erroneous assessment of a tract of
land in Halifax county belonging to Alexander Bruce.

Approved April 2, 1877.

Whereas it appears to the general assembly, that by a
mistake of the assessor, acknowledged by him,a tract of land
containing fifty-two and nine-tenths acres, belonging to Alex-
ander Bruce, of the county of Halifax, was entered on the
land books of said county in eighteen hundred and seventy-
five ata valuation greatly in excess of the true value thereof,
and that without default of said Bruce this error of the as-
sessor was not discovered until it was too late to correct the
same, under the provisions of the existing laws; therefore,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the county court of Halifax county,
upon satisfactory proof, that said assessment of said tract of
land is erroneous, to correct the same to its true value, and
to take such action, and enter such orders in the premises,
and with the same effect and force, as though the application
for the correction of said assessment had been made within
the time limited therefor by chapter three hundred and
eighteen of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia,
enacted at the session of cighteen hundred and seventy-four
and seventy-five, approved March thirty-first, eighteen bun-
dred and seventy-five; and the proceedings bad in the pre-
mises shall conform to the provisions of said chapter: pro-
vided thatthe jurisdiction hereby conferred upon said county
court shall not be exercised unless said Alexander Bruce
shall apply to said court to correct said assessment within
three months from the passage of this act.

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