Chap. 696.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 637 of the code of Virginia,
as amended by an act approved February 23, 1894, in relation to advertise-
ment and sale of delinquent lands by treasurers.

Approved March 2, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
six hundred and thirty-seven of the code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section six
hundred and thirty-seven of the code of Virginia, in relation to clerks
delivering to treasurers copy of list of delinquent real estate, treasurers
to post the same, with notice of sale of lands for taxes, levies, and so
forth, attached, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

< 637. Clerks to deliver to treasurers copy of list of delinquent real
extate; how treasurers to give notice of sale of lands for taxes, levies, and
so forth.—The clerk of each county and corporation or hustings court,
and the clerk of the council of each town, shall, at the time he certifies
to the auditor of public accounts a list of real estate delinquent for the
non-payment of taxes and levies thereon, make a copy of the same and
deliver it to the treasurer of his county or city. Within thirty days after
receiving such copy from the clerk, such treasurer, if he be an officer of
a city, he shall post a printed copy of such list in at least five public
places in each ward of his city; if the treasurer be the officer of a county,
he shall post a copy at the front door of the court-house of his county
on the first day of a county court, and also a printed copy in at least
five public places in each magisterial district in said county; and the
said treasurers may distribute in other ways in their respective cities,
towns, and counties, such additional, printed copies as they may deem
proper to secure general publicity, of the time and place of sale of the
lands therein mentioned as delinquent, and in addition thereto, if in
the judgment of the said officer, it is deemed necessary, a copy of said
list shall be inserted once in a newspaper, if there be one, published
in the said county or city. And the expense thereof, as well as of the
printing and publication of said list, shall be paid by such county, city,
or town, as the case may be, but shall be apportioned among the delin-
quents according to the amount of taxes and levies due by them re-
spectively and added to the respective amounts so due. To each copy
thus posted and published, the treasurer shall attach a notice that
the real estate therein mentioned, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary to satisfy the taxes, levies, interests, costs, and charges due thereon,
will be sold at public auction on the first day of the following November
or December court, between the hours of ten in the morning and four in
the afternoon, in front of the court-house, unless the amount for which
the said lands are delinquent, together with the interest, costs, and
charges, shall have been previously paid to such treasurer.

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

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