Pennsylvania Act 1814-72 — SALE OF VACANT LANDS

Act text

SALE OF VACANT LANDS
                  Act of Mar. 14, 1814, P.L. 107, No. 72              Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     Explanatory of an act entitled, "An act for the sale of vacant
        lands within this Commonwealth."
        Section 1.  Settlement to be proven, in action against actual
     settler
        Before any person or persons claiming land north and west of
     the rivers Ohio, Allegheny and Conewango Creek, by virtue of a
     warrant, shall recover against an actual settler, or his
     representative, who may have made or commenced an actual
     settlement on the tract of land claimed by said warrantee, or
     his representative, the said warrantee or his representative
     shall prove to the satisfAction of the court and jury, or
     arbitrators, that the said warrantee, or some person for him,
     did, within two years from the date of his or their warrant, go
     on the land so claimed, or attempted to go, and that he or such
     person was individually prevented by the enemies of the United
     States from settling said land, and that he or such person did
     persist, during two years from the date of his or their warrant,
     to settle and improve the same, or cause the same to be done,
     and show circumstantially what attempts and what acts of
     persistence were made, or that he has made or caused to be made
     such settlement, residence and improvement, as is required by
     the Act of 1792, and within the time therein specified, and that
     such warrant or warrants were fairly obtained and executed,
     agreeably to the acts of 1792 and 1785: Provided always, That in
     all cases where a warrantee, or his legal representative, shall,
     within two years from and after the first day of April next,
     tender a conveyance for one hundred and fifty acres, with the
     usual allowance, including his improvement, clear of all
     expense, agreeably to the provisions of the act, entitled "an
     act providing for the settlement of certain disputed titles to
     land north and west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny and
     Conewango Creek," passed March 20, 1811, and the said settler
     shall refuse to accept of the same, in all such cases the actual
     settler, or those claiming under him, shall receive no benefit
     from the provisions of this act: And provided also, That nothing
     contained in this act shall affect any contract or contracts
     heretofore entered into between any actual settler and
     warrantee, but the same shall remain as if this act had not been
     passed.  1814, March 14, P.L. 107, 6 sm.1. 130, Sec. 1.