Pennsylvania Act 1843-155 — GOVERNMENT - TO REDUCE EXPENSES OF

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GOVERNMENT - TO REDUCE EXPENSES OF
                 Act of Apr. 17, 1843, P.L. 324, No. 155              Cl. 68
                                  AN ACT

     To reduce the expenses of Government.

        Section 5.  Office of Secretary of Land Office abolished
        From and after the first day of October next, the office of
     Secretary of the Land Office shall cease, determine and be
     abolished, and all the duties heretofore done and performed by
     the Secretary of the Land Office shall be done and performed by
     the Surveyor General; and all the books, papers and records
     belonging to the office of the Secretary of the Land Office
     shall, from and after the said first day of October next, be
     placed in the custody and possession of the Surveyor General;
     and all certificates and other papers heretofore authenticated
     under existing laws by the seal of the office of the Secretary
     of the Land Office shall, from and after the said first day of
     October next, be sealed with the seal of the office of the
     Surveyor General: Provided, That the State Treasurer shall
     constitute one of the board of property in the room of the
     Secretary of the land office, which is hereby abolished: And
     provided further, That the salary of the Surveyor General shall,
     from and after the tenth day of May next, be twelve hundred
     dollars, payable quarterly at the Treasury.  1843, April 17,
     P.L. 324, Sec. 5.