Chap. 1158.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 606 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in reference to the form of lists and oaths to be made by treasurer in
returning lists of uncollected taxes and levies, as amended and re-enacted
by an act approved March 3, 1898.

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
six hundred and six of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted
by an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 606. Form of lists; oath——The lists mentioned in the preceding
section shall be in such form as the auditor of public accounts directs;
and the treasurer returning such lists shall, at the foot thereof, subscribe
the following oath:

“1, —_——_—__, treasurer (or deputy treasurer) of the county (or
city) of ———_——————_., do swear that the foregoing hst is, I verily

believe, correct and just, that I have received no part of the taxes or
levies for which the real estate therein mentioned is returned delinquent;
that there is no timber on any of the respective tracts of land which
might have been sold for said taxes; that I have endeavored to rent out
the respective tracts and lots of land publicly after due advertisement,
and failing in that, privately, as required by law, and have been unable
to do so; that there was, and is, no tenant upon any of the respective
lots and tracts of land from whom said taxes could or can be collected;
and that I have otherwise used due dilligence to find property within my
county or city Hable to distress for said taxes or levies, and have found
none.”
2. This act shall be in force from its passage,