Chap. 155.—An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Annie F. Hughes.
Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-
e. when the lands of the commonwealth of Virginia were
essed in obedience to chapter three hundred and eighteen,
‘ts of Assembly, eighteen hundred and seventy-four—seven-
five. the trustees of Mistress Annie F. Hughes were non-
idents of Virginia, and George Hughes and his wife, Mis-
ss Annie F. Hughes, were, also, non-residents of Virginia,
d hence they failed to apply within the prescribed time to
ve the assessment corrected, of a large tract of land in
oucester county; and from the fact that the aforesaid par-
3 were non-residents, it is deemed expedient that they
ould not be deprived of asserting their rights and having
em adjudicated by the proper tribunal; now, therefore,

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
shall be lawful for tho county court of Gloucester, upon
lisfactory proof that the assessment of a tract of land in
id county, held by trustees for the benefit of Mistress Annie
F. Hughes, the wife of George Hughes, is erroneous, to cor-
rect 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
assessments 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 eighteen
hundred and seventy-four and seventy-five; and the proceed-
ings had in the premises shall conform to the provisions of
said chapter: provided that the jurisdiction hereby conferred
upon said court shall not be exercised unless the said trustees
of the said Mistress Annie F. Hughes, or some one for them,
shall apply to said court to correct said assessment within
three months from the passage of this act.

2. If the court, after hearing the motion, should decide
that the assessment of said tract of land was too large, or
that the assessor had charged to the said Mistress Annie F.
Hughes more land than she really owned, as of the date of
said assessment, then the court is hereby authorized to
correct said errors, and make an order directing that the
auditor of public accounts shall refund to the trustees of
Mistress Annie F. Hughes the money they have paid as taxes
into the state treasury on said real estate, for the years eigh-
teen hundred and seventy six, eighteen hundred and seventy-
seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen hundred
and seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, in excess of
the amount they ought to have paid,if this correction bad
been made within the period mentioned in chapter three hun-
dred and eighteen of the Acts of Assembly, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four and seventy-five.

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

Chap. 155.—An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Annie F. Hughes.
Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-
e. when the lands of the commonwealth of Virginia were
essed in obedience to chapter three hundred and eighteen,
‘ts of Assembly, eighteen hundred and seventy-four—seven-
five. the trustees of Mistress Annie F. Hughes were non-
idents of Virginia, and George Hughes and his wife, Mis-
ss Annie F. Hughes, were, also, non-residents of Virginia,
d hence they failed to apply within the prescribed time to
ve the assessment corrected, of a large tract of land in
oucester county; and from the fact that the aforesaid par-
3 were non-residents, it is deemed expedient that they
ould not be deprived of asserting their rights and having
em adjudicated by the proper tribunal; now, therefore,

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
shall be lawful for tho county court of Gloucester, upon
lisfactory proof that the assessment of a tract of land in
id county, held by trustees for the benefit of Mistress Annie
F. Hughes, the wife of George Hughes, is erroneous, to cor-
rect 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
assessments 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 eighteen
hundred and seventy-four and seventy-five; and the proceed-
ings had in the premises shall conform to the provisions of
said chapter: provided that the jurisdiction hereby conferred
upon said court shall not be exercised unless the said trustees
of the said Mistress Annie F. Hughes, or some one for them,
shall apply to said court to correct said assessment within
three months from the passage of this act.

2. If the court, after hearing the motion, should decide
that the assessment of said tract of land was too large, or
that the assessor had charged to the said Mistress Annie F.
Hughes more land than she really owned, as of the date of
said assessment, then the court is hereby authorized to
correct said errors, and make an order directing that the
auditor of public accounts shall refund to the trustees of
Mistress Annie F. Hughes the money they have paid as taxes
into the state treasury on said real estate, for the years eigh-
teen hundred and seventy six, eighteen hundred and seventy-
seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen hundred
and seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, in excess of
the amount they ought to have paid,if this correction bad
been made within the period mentioned in chapter three hun-
dred and eighteen of the Acts of Assembly, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four and seventy-five.

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