Pennsylvania Act 1923-189 — SECOND CLASS CITIES, SUBDIVISION OF LAND

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SECOND CLASS CITIES, SUBDIVISION OF LAND
                  Act of May 21, 1923, P.L. 292, No. 189              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     To regulate the allotting or subdividing of land in cities of
        the second class, by requiring the recording in the office of
        the recorder of deeds of a map or plat prior to the sale,
        conveyance, or mortgaging of any part thereof; and providing
        penalties for the violation of the act.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That every person, firm, or
     corporation, who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any
     land situated within a city of the second class in this
     Commonwealth, makes or causes to be made a subdivision or
     allotment of said land, which includes the location of streets,
     lanes, or alleys, shall, before selling, conveying, or
     mortgaging any lot, parcel, or tract thereof, file for record in
     the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the
     land is situated a plan of the subdivision or allotment of said
     land.
        Section 2.  That any such person, firm, or corporation, who
     makes or causes to be made a subdivision or allotment of land as
     aforesaid, and sells, conveys, or mortgages any lot, parcel, or
     tract thereof, before a map or plat of such subdivision or
     allotment has been recorded in the office of the recorder of
     deeds of the county in which the land is situated, shall be
     subject to a penalty of one hundred ($100) dollars for each lot,
     parcel, or tract so sold, conveyed, or mortgaged, to be sued for
     in any court, having jurisdiction of an action for a fine or
     penalty, by and for the use of the city of the second class in
     which the land is situated. A description of such lot, parcel,
     or tract by metes and bounds in the deed, mortgage, or other
     instrument of sale, conveyance, or mortgage shall not be
     sufficient to exempt the seller, mortgagor, or agent from the
     penalty herein provided.