Pennsylvania Act 1867-569 — REAL ESTATE REGISTRY ACT

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REAL ESTATE REGISTRY ACT
                 Act of Mar. 29, 1867, P.L. 600, No. 569              Cl. 11
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To an act, entitled "An Act to promote the more certain and
        equal assessment of taxes in Philadelphia," approved March
        fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

        Section 1.  Registration of Real Estate in Philadelphia; lien
     to be recorded against registered owner
        The duty of registering Real Estate, in the City of
     Philadelphia, shall hereafter devolve upon the purchaser,
     devisee by will, the person to whom an allotment in partition
     shall have been made, or their agent, and they shall be required
     to present their deeds, or title papers, at the registry bureau,
     so that the same may be endorsed, in accordance with the Act of
     Assembly to which this is a supplementary; Act 1865, March 14,
     P.L. 320 and all owners of real estate, in the said city, not
     registered as by law directed, are required forthwith to do so,
     and if, after three months' notice, by public advertisement, in
     at least five daily papers of said city (two of which shall be
     german), and a written or printed notice shall have been served
     on the owner, or owners, and they shall fail to have such record
     made, then and in that case, they shall be subject to a fine of
     five dollars for such neglect, and in case the same is neglected
     for the space of six months a lien for the accumulated fines and
     costs shall be filed and collected, as municipal claims are now
     or may hereafter be by law collected; the said fines to be paid
     into the city treasury; and further, no property, so returned,
     shall be subject to sale for taxes or other municipal claims
     thereafter to accrue, as a lien of record thereon, except in the
     name of the owner as returned, and after recovery by suit, and
     service of the writ on him, made as in case of a summons.  1867,
     March 29, P.L. 600, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Sheriff to record deeds of property sold at
     judicial sale
        The sheriff of said city shall present the deeds of all
     property that may be sold at judicial sales, whether for
     partition, or otherwise; and it shall be deemed a misdemeanor in
     office for the clerk, or prothonotary of any court, to admit
     such deeds to record until the same is properly registered; and
     the said sheriff is hereby authorized to demand and receive from
     the purchasers of such property, for said duty, the sum of
     twenty-five cents for each deed.  1867, March 29, P.L. 600, sec.
     2.
        Section 3.  Register of Wills may require certificate of
     registration where will contains title to real estate
        The Register of Wills of the said city is hereby authorized
     and directed to refuse to admit to probate any will in which is
     contained the title to real estate in said city, until a
     certificate is presented from the registrar of the registry
     bureau, that the same is properly registered. 1867, March 29,
     P.L. 600, Sec. 3.
        Section 4.  Recorder of Deeds not to record unregistered
     deeds
        The Recorder of Deeds of said city is hereby authorized and
     directed to refuse to admit any deed to record bearing date
     since the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
     sixty-five, excepting deeds conveying title to ground rents,
     until the same is properly registered, as directed by the act to
     which this is supplement, (act 1865, March 14, P.L. 320) and
     upon any violation of this law by the sheriff, clerk or
     prothonotary, of any court, register of wills or recorder of
     deeds he shall be subject to a fine of five dollars, and an
     indictment for misdemeanor in office.  1867, March 29, P.L. 600,
     Sec. 4.