P. L. 132. 19 March 1858 § 1. num; no interest to be charged on lands issued at eighty cents per acre: Provided, That in no case, either of warrant, location or improvement, or any other officeright, shall interest be charged on the purchase-money of any of the aforesaid lands, for the time which elapsed between the second day of December 1776, and the second day of December 1783: Provided further, That no interest be charged on any lands north and west of the rivers Ohio, Allegheny and Conewango creek, previous to the 3d April 1797; and in all cases where patents are issued upon the actual settlement and improvement, to any actual settler, no interest shall be charged for five years after such improvement and settlement was commenced. Ibid. § 2. Rates of interest to 166. All lands situate within the seventeen townships, formerly in the county of Luzerne, now in the counties of Luzerne, Wyoming and Bradford, which have been be charged to Con- certified to the Connecticut claimants, by the commissioners appointed in pursuance necticut claimants. of an act of assembly, entitled "An act for offering compensation to the Pennsylvania claimants of certain lands within the seventeen townships in the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes therein mentioned," shall pay the following rates of interest, namely: All land classed by the said commissioners as numbers one, two and three, to be charged interest at the rate of two per cent per annum; all lands classed as number four, to pay six per cent per annum. Ibid. § 3. Interest to be charged to purchasers of townlots. Ibid. § 4. Interest on pur chase-money due 167. All the in-lots and out-lots, and reserved tracts in and adjoining the towns of Beaver, Erie, Waterford, Franklin and Warren, which have heretofore been sold in pursuance of an act of assembly, and upon which there is any of the original purchase-money due, shall pay at the rate of two per cent per annum, from the time mentioned in the act for the sale of such lots or tracts; and all laws requiring an actual settlement on any of the above-mentioned reserved tracts, be and the same are hereby repealed: Provided, That the in-lots, out-lots and reserved tracts mentioned in this section, which, upon appraisement in the manner provided for in the act relative thereto, approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini 1838, shall have been or may be rated in the fourth class, as number four, may be patented on the payment of the original purchase-money due thereon, with the patenting fee, without interest until the aforesaid 1st day of December, Anno Domini 1859.(e) 168. On any purchase-money which may be due the commonwealth on land formerly the property of Dickinson college, and conveyed by said college to the commonwealth, and which may have been sold by the commissioners of Venango on lands formerly county, under the provisions of the acts of assembly of the 30th day of March 1822,(g) and of the 15th day of April 1834,(h) interest at the rate of two per cent per annum shall be charged, and no more. of Dickinson college. 20 May 1864 § 1. P. L. 914. Lists of unpat ented lands to be forwarded to pro thonotaries. Ibid. § 2. Unpaid purchase entered on lien docket. 169. It shall be the duty of the surveyor-general to make out a list of all lands held by location, or any other office-right, issued from the land department of this commonwealth, of every kind and description, upon which no patents have issued, designating the county in which such lands are situated, with such other descriptions of the same as the records of his office will enable him to give, including the names in which such locations or other office-rights are entered, and surveys have been returned; and on the list being completed, or any part thereof, be transmitted to the prothonotary of the county in which such lands are situated. 170. It shall be the duty of the surveyor-general, to calculate the amount of purchase-money, interest and fees due on each unpatented tract; and after the money, &c., to be descriptions of said tracts have been transmitted to the prothonotaries of the respective counties, and entered as hereinafter provided, the amounts so found to be due, together with five dollars for the labor and costs of making out and filing, shall form an aggregate sum which shall be entered in a lien-docket to be provided and kept for that purpose; and said sum shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. 171. It shall be the duty of the prothonotary of each county, upon receiving any descriptive list as aforesaid, to provide a suitable docket, with a proper index, for docket descriptive the purpose of recording all such descriptions of unpatented lands, and shall acculists of unpatented rately record the same and index the name of the original warrantee or actual orig Interest. Ibid. § 3. Prothonotaries to lands. Courts, on hearing, may strike off such entry. inal settler, as the case may be, and each subsequent owner so far as ascertained. and preserve the same among the records of the county:(i) Provided, That when any party in interest, by petition, under oath or affirmation, setting out the facts in the case, as in affidavit of defence, shall represent to the president judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which any tract or piece of land, against which the entry directed in the foregoing section has been made, or the principal part thereof, may be, that said tract has been patented, either in the name against which the entry is made, or in any other name, the said judge shall, after such notice to the surveyor-general, as he shall deem proper, proceed to hear the case of the petitioner; and the said judge shall thereupon make such decree in the premises, either by directing the said entry to be struck from the record, or such other order as to said entry, and also as to costs, as may seem equitable. (e) By act 9 December 1859, P. L. 899, this proviso is to be so construed, as to permit the reserved tracts therein mentioned, to be patented, upon payment of twenty cents per acre, with the patenting fee, without interest, until the 1 December 1859. (g) Act 30 March 1822, 7 Sm. 528. P. L. 914. 172. All liens due the commonwealth for unpatented lands, after the first day 20 May 1864 § 7. of November, Anno Domini 1864, may be proceeded upon by the attorney-general of the commonwealth, in the manner directed to be pursued against defaulting Attorney-general to proceed upon public officers, by the act of April 16th, 1845, and the supplement thereto.(k) liens. 173. All persons in the military and naval service of the United States shall be allowed one year after the expiration of said service, for the taking out of any patent or patents, under the provisions of this act. 66 Ibid. § 8. P. L. 60. 174. In lieu of the descriptive lists provided for in said act, it shall be the 4 April 1868 § 1. duty of the surveyor-general to make out and forward to the prothonotaries of the several counties, lien-dockets, to be styled land lien-dockets," containing lists Land lien-dockets. of all unpatented and patented lands, situate in the counties respectively, upon which there is money due the commonwealth; and in all cases where surveys have Entries thereon. been returned, to enter therein the amount of purchase-money, interest and all fees due, and said aggregate shall remain a lien on such tract, until paid or otherwise legally discharged: Provided, That the several prothonotaries shall be allowed to Fees. charge the fees now authorized by law, when any information shall be desired from said records; and for entering any certificate under the seal of the surveyorgeneral, setting forth that any lien or part of lien against an unpatented tract has been paid, shall charge the party presenting such certificate, a fee of twenty-five cents for entering and filing the same. 175. Whenever satisfactory evidence shall be given to the surveyor-general, 15 April 1869 § 1. that a lien or liens have been entered against lands for which the commonwealth P. L. 31. has been fully paid, both for land and patent fees, he is hereby authorized, and it Release of liens for shall be his duty, to give to the party or parties applying for the same, a release purchase-money, of said lien or liens, so far as said patented lands are concerned; which said release may be entered on the land lien-docket, in accordance with the provisions of the supplement to the act of which this is a further supplement, approved the 4th day of April, Anno Domini 1868. on proof of pay ment. 5 May 1871 § 1. P. L. 261. 176. The board of property shall have full and discretionary power as to the time of entering suits and the number thereof, to be brought for the collection of the liens against unpatented lands; and the attorney-general shall proceed, under Board of property the seventh section of the said act to which this is a further supplement, when to regulate suits for unpaid purauthorized to do so by the said board: Provided, That no interest shall be charged chase-money. on patent or other fees. 177. For carrying into full effect the provisions of the act to which this is supplementary, it shall be the duty of the surveyor-general to make out and forward to the several county surveyors, respectively, from time to time, as the board of property may determine, special lists of warrantee names of unpatented tracts, or remaining parts of unpatented tracts, of lands within the several counties, as the same may appear upon the land lien-dockets, with such other data relating thereto as he may deem necessary. 11 April 1872 § 1. P. L. 51. Lists to be fur nished to county surveyors. Ibid. § 2. occupants. 178. It shall be the duty of the county surveyor of each county, to whom the surveyor-general may send special lists of warrantee names of unpatented tracts Duties of county or parts of tracts of land, and other data relating thereto, situate in the county surveyors. for which such surveyor shall have been elected or appointed, to endeavor to ascertain the names and residences of the owners, agents or occupiers, and location of said tracts or parts of tracts, or any of them, and to give personal notice in Notices to be writing to said owners, agents or occupiers, that said tracts or parts of tracts are given to owners or unpatented, and that unless the arrearages shall have been paid within six months from the time of sending or serving said notice, the board of property may direct proceedings to be commenced by the attorney-general to enforce payment, under the provisions of the acts to which this is a further supplement: Provided, That when unpatented lands as aforesaid are unoccupied, and the owners are non-residents of the county, and have no known agent or agents within the county, the said notice may be given by sending it by mail, addressed to the owners or agents, and directed to the post-office nearest their place of residence or usual place of business: And provided further, That when lands as aforesaid are unseated, and have been sold for taxes, and the time limited for their redemption has not expired, it shall be the duty of the county surveyor to give notice, in the manner hereinbefore provided, to the purchasers or their agents, and also the parties or their agents, who last paid the taxes thereon previous to the sale. Ibid. § 8. 179. It shall be the duty of the county surveyor to whom such special list shall have been sent as aforesaid, to make a written report in duplicate, within three County surveyors months, to the surveyor-general, filing a copy of the same in the prothonotary's to report to suroffice of each county, setting forth the names of warrantees, dates of warrants, veyor-general. location of tracts, and the names and residences of the owners, agents or occupiers of the unpatented tracts or parts of tracts, upon whom he has served the notices as aforesaid, together with the manner of service; and for serving such notices Fees. (k) See tit. "Defaulting Public Officers." By act 8 April 1869, P. L. 21, the attorney-general is not to bring suit, until one year after the surveyor-general shall have provided to each county, respectively, the land lien-docket for the same. The same act provides for the giving of public notice of the forwarding of such lien-docket. P. L. 51. 11 April 1872 § 3. on all the owners, agents or occupiers of an original unpatented tract, or remaining part of an original unpatented tract, he shall be entitled to a fee of five dollars, to be paid out of the state treasury, on warrants drawn by the auditor-general, upon the certificate of the surveyor-general. Ibid. § 4. Surveys to be made of parts of original tracts. Ibid. § 5. Suits to be by scire facias. Service. 20 April 1795 § 3. 3 Sm. 260. Surveyor-general to keep register of patents. Patents to be made out according to priority. When preference to be granted. Ibid. § 4. Penalty on clerks for taking fees. 20 April 1795 § 2. 3 Dall. 79. 180. It shall be the duty of the county surveyor, upon the reasonable request of any owner, or his agent, of part of an original tract which has not been patented, to make and return a return of survey of such part to the surveyor-general; and for which service his fees shall be the same as for executing a warrant of survey, as now provided by law for the same quantity of acres. 181. When any suits shall be entered by the attorney-general, under the act to which this is a further supplement, it shall be by scire facias sur liens, which shall be directed for service to the sheriff of the county in which the land is situate; and if he finds it necessary to insure a service of said writ, he may call to his aid the county surveyor, who shall act as his deputy, for the purpose of serving such writ; and all such writs shall be made returnable to the court of common pleas of the county wherein such lands are situate, where all such suits shall be tried. (5.) Duties of officers. 182. It shall be the duty of the surveyor-general to cause to be entered, in a book to be kept for that purpose, the name of each person applying for a patent or patents, the number of patents applied for by him, and the time when such application is made, which book shall be open to the inspection of any person applying to view the same; and the surveyor-general [receiver-general and secretary of the land-office] are hereby enjoined to cause the said patents to be made out, and the business thereof completed, as it respects their respective offices, agreeably to the priority of applications for the same, without respect to persons, unless the issuing of such patent is stayed by caveat being entered against the title of the person applying for the same, or other legal objections: Provided always, That if any citizen of this commonwealth who shall reside at any distance not less than one hundred miles from the city of Philadelphia, shall apply for any number of patents not exceeding three, he shall be entitled to a preference, but that preference shall not be granted twice to the same person. 183. If any person employed as a clerk, in either of the offices as aforesaid, shall take or receive any fee, gratuity or sum of money whatever, for doing or transacting any business relating to the said office, whether in either of the said offices, or any other place, such person shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars for every such offence, to be recovered by action of debt, onehalf of which shall be for the benefit of the informer, and the remainder to the use of this commonwealth: and the person so offending shall not be permitted to serve as a clerk in either of the offices as aforesaid.(1) 184. The master of the rolls is hereby required to render yearly to the comp troller-general, a just account of all the patents recorded in his office during such Annual statement periods, which account shall be examined, and if passed by him, certified to the state treasurer, and if approved by him, the amount due from the said master of the rolls shall be recovered as other debts due to this commonwealth. of patents recorded to be certified to state treasurer. 29 March 1809 § 6. 5 Sm. 47. Receipts for purchase-money. 2 April 1811 § 3. 5 Sm. 269. 185. The secretary of the land-office shall, monthly, deliver to the auditorgeneral all the receipts of the state treasurer, which shall come into his office, for moneys received at the treasury, for lands sold and fees paid on warrants and patents.(m) 186. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the land-office to make report to the legislature, during the first week of every session of the business that shall have Annual statement been performed in his office within the preceding year, together with the state of his office during that period. to be laid before the legislature. 19 March 1804 § 1. 4 Sm. 160. Certificates of accounts in surveyorgeneral's office, to be evidence. 187. The surveyor-general shall be and he is hereby authorized to issue certificates of any entry or entries in the books of accounts heretofore kept by the surveyorgeneral, containing entries of the time of bringing into his office any survey or surveys made by his deputies, or any of them, and the charges therein made against them, or either of them, as acceptance fees, for the same, under the seal of his office, and to receive the usual fees for any such certificate, for which he shall account to the commonwealth; and the certificate so issued shall be deemed and admitted as legal evidence in any court within this commonwealth. 188. The secretary of the land-office is hereby authorized, for the usual fees to be paid therefor to the use of the commonwealth, to give exemplifications of letters of attorney contained in any of the books in his office, in which letters of attorney are recorded, at the request of any person or persons desiring the same, under his hand and the seal of his office; which letters of attorney so exemplified, having been duly proved according to law, shall be evidence in all courts of justice and elsewhere in this commonwealth, notwithstanding such letters of attorney, when relating to lands or real estate, shall not have been recorded in the proper county where such lands or real estate may have been or are now situated. (1) Strimpfler v. Roberts, 18 P. S. 297. (m) Remainder of this section repealed, see tit. "Public Accounts." 189. Any person or persons claiming land by virtue of their actual settlement 10 April 1826 § 7. and residence, agreeably to the provisions of the act of the 3d April 1792, for the 9 Sm. 183. sale of lands lying and being in the triangle on Lake Erie, and who now have or And copies of cerhereafter may have suits pending in any of the courts of the United States, shall tain records of the be entitled to receive from the officers of the land department certified copies of such records as may be necessary in maintaining their rights as actual settlers under the laws of this commonwealth, free of expense. land-office. P. L. 213. of pure swine fat. 1. No manufacturer or other person shall sell, deliver, prepare, put up, expose 8 June 1891 § 1. or offer for sale any lard or any article intended for use as lard, which contains any ingredient but the pure fat of swine, in any tierce, tub, bucket, pail or other All lard to be vessel or wrapper, or under any label bearing the words "pure," "refined," "fam- composed wholly ily," or either of them alone, or in combination with other words, nor unless every vessel, wrapper or label in or under which the article is sold or delivered or prepared, put up or exposed for sale, bears on the top or outside thereof, in letters not less than one-half inch in length and plainly exposed to view, the words "com- Compound lard. pound lard." 2. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding fifty dollars for the first or one hundred dollars for any subsequent Penalty. offence. Ibid. § 2. 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. Ibid. § 3. When act to take effect. LEASEHOLDS. See DEEDS AND MORTGAGES; LANDLORD AND TENANT. LEGACIES. See DECEDENTS' ESTATES; Dower. LEGISLATION. See CONSTITUTION. 1. Commissioners on uniformity to be appointed. Vacancies. 2. Duties of the board. To meet with other state boards. 15 April 1881 § 1. P. L. 14. Commissioners are uniformly to be appointed. Vacancies. Ibid. § 2. Duties of the board. To meet with boards of other states. Ibid. § 3. To keep a record of their proceedings. Ibid. § 4. Expenses to be paid. 3. To keep a record of their proceedings. 1. Within thirty days after this bill becomes a law the governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the senate, three commissioners, who are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, by the name and style of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, which board shall organize at Harrisburg within thirty days after the appointment of its members, and shall exist as a board for a term not exceeding two years from the day of such organization, and should a vacancy on the said board occur at any time before the making of its report, such vacancy shall be filled by the governor appointing a proper person for the purpose, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the senate, if during the session thereof. 2. It shall be the duty of the said board to examine the subjects of marriage, divorce, insolvency, probate of wills, notarial certificates and such other subjects as said board may deem necessary, and to ascertain the best means to effect an assimilation and uniformity of state legislation throughout the United States relat ing to the subjects so examined, and said board of commissioners shall, if possible, meet with the New York state commissioners, or those of any other state or states that may be appointed for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, for the purpose of interchanging opinions, and shall especially consider whether it would be wise and practicable for the state of Pennsylvania to join with any other state or states of the Union in extending an invitation to the other states of the Union to send representatives to a convention to draft uniform laws to be submitted for adoption by the several states. 3. The hereby constituted board of commissioners shall keep a record of their proceedings, and shall, before the expiration of said two years' term, report to the governor of this commonwealth an account of its transactions, together with a record of its proceedings, and its advice and recommendations, all of which report the governor shall certify to the general assembly. 4. No member of the hereby constituted board of commissioners shall receive any compensation for his services as commissioner, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his actual disbursements for his necessary expenses in performing the duties of his appointment, which reimbursements shall be provided for by legislation. LEGISLATIVE EXPRESSION. See APPENDIX. LETTERS OF ATTORNEY. See ATTORNEYS IN FACT; DEEDS AND MORtgages. LETTERS TESTAMENTARY. See DECEDENTS' ESTATES. LIBEL. See CRIMES; LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. |