Pennsylvania Act 1937-61 — RECORDERS OF DEEDS, FIRST CLASS COUNTIES

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RECORDERS OF DEEDS, FIRST CLASS COUNTIES
                  Act of Apr. 8, 1937, P.L. 255, No. 61               Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to counties of the first class, and the duties of the
        recorders of deeds thereof in connection with the collection
        of certain fees and taxes payable to the Commonwealth, and
        making provision for the disposition of the compensation
        therefor heretofore received by such recorders of deeds.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That recorders of deeds in
     counties of the first class, from and after the effective date
     of this act, shall cease to be agents of the Commonwealth, any
     other provision of any act of Assembly to the contrary
     notwithstanding, for the collection of fees or taxes payable to
     the Commonwealth upon the recording of deeds, mortgages, and
     other instruments in writing and upon the commissions of public
     officers, but in all other respects such recorders of deeds
     shall continue to collect such fees or taxes as heretofore, and
     to exercise all of the powers now conferred upon them by law.
        Section 2.  All fees and commissions heretofore retained by
     recorders of deeds in counties of the first class for their own
     use for services performed by them, as agents of the
     Commonwealth in collecting the fees or taxes set forth in
     section one hereof, shall, after the effective date of this act,
     be paid into the treasuries of their respective counties at the
     times such recorders of deeds are required to make return of
     such fees or taxes to the Department of Revenue of the
     Commonwealth.
        Section 3.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     are hereby repealed.
        Section 4.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     its final enactment.