Chap. 749.—An ACT to relieve Mrs. Martha Luckett, of Fauquier county, of
an erroneous assessment of two tracts of land in Prince William county,
one containing 120 acres and the other 130 acres, the first being assessed
in the name of Annie M. Orear and the second tract in the name of Vir-
ginia Orear.

Appro ved March 7, 1894.

Whereas it is alleged by Mistress Martha Luckett, of Fauquier
county, that she is the owner of two tracts of land located in Prince
William county, the one containing one hundred and twenty acres
and the other one hundred and thirty acres, said one hundred and
twenty acre tract being assessed in the name of Annie M. Orear and
the one hundred and thirty acre tract being assessed in the name of
Virginia Orear; and the said two tracts of land having been devised
to her, the said Martha Luckett, by the said Annie M. Orear and
Virginia Orear; and

Whereas the said Martha Luckett alleges that the true value of
said two tracts of land is only two dollars per acre, at which they

were assessed previously to the assessment of eighteen hundred and

ninety; and ,
Whereas, by a clerical error of the assessor, they were assessed at
ten dollars per acre in the assessment of eighteen hundred and
ninety; and

Whereas the said Martha Luckett has paid the taxes on said lands
at the rate of ten dotlars per acre since the assessment of eighteen
hundred and ninety: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
county court of Prince William county is authorized to inquire into
the facts alleged by the said Martha Luckett in the preamble to this
act; and if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that a clerical
error was made in assessing the said lands, the said county court of
Prince William county is hereby authorized to correct the same,
and direct the land-book of Prince William county to be corrected
in that particular by ordering the proper official to enter said land
at the rate of two dollars per acre instead of ten dollars per acre, as
now assessed. And the said court is further instructed, that if sat-
isfied that the said lands were so erroneously assessed as alleged, to
enter an order so stating, and ascertaining the amount of difference
between the assessment of said lands at two dollars per acre and
ten dollars per acre, and certify the same to the auditor of public
accounts, who, upon receiving the aaid certificate from the said
court of the amount of difference between two dollars and ten dol-
lars per acre on said land, paid by the said Martha Luckett for
the years eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall refund the
said difference to the said Martha Luckett.

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