Whenever a person having a color of title made in good faith to vacant and unoccupied land, shall have paid all taxes legally assessed thereon for ten successive years, he shall be deemed and adjudged to be the legal owner of said vacant and unoccupied land to the extent and according to the purport of his paper title. All persons holding under such taxpayer by purchase, devise, or descent before said ten years shall have expired, and who shall have continued to pay taxes as aforesaid so as to complete the payment of taxes for said term of ten years, shall be entitled to the benefit of this section.
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