Jump to content

United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 39

From Wikisource
United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Twentieth Congress, First Session, Chapter 39
2906930United States Statutes at Large, Volume 4 — Public Acts of the Twentieth Congress, First Session, Chapter 39United States Congress


April 28, 1828.
[Expired.]

Chap. XXXIX.An Act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes in certain cases.[1]

Time allowed for the redemption of lands which have been sold for the non-payment of taxes, under acts of Aug. 2, 1813, ch. 37, Jan. 9, 1815, ch. 21, and March 5, 1816, ch. 24, revived and extended for three years.
Proviso.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time allowed for the redemption of lands which have been, or may be, sold for the non-payment of taxes under the several acts passed on the second of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen; the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen; and the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for laying and collecting a direct tax within the United States, so far as the same have been purchased for, or on behalf of, the United States, be revived, and be extended for the further term of three years, from and after the expiration of the present session of Congress: Provided, also, That on such redemption, interest shall be paid at the rate of twenty per centum on the taxes aforesaid, and on the additions of twenty per centum, chargeable thereon; and the right of redemption shall enure, as well as to the heirs and assignees of the land so purchased, on behalf of the United States, as to the originals thereof.

Approved, April 28, 1828.


  1. Acts extending the time for the sales of land for direct taxes:
    An act supplementary to the several acts relating to direct taxes, April 20, 1818, ch. 83, sec. 3, 4.
    An act extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, May 11, 1820, ch. 88.
    An act reviving and extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, Feb. 4, 1822, ch. 4.
    An act extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, March 3, 1823, ch. 47.
    An act to extend the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, May 16, 1826, ch. 59.
    An act extending the time allowed for the redemption of land sold for direct taxes, in certain cases, April 28, 1828, ch. 39.