Pennsylvania Act 1872-37 — DEEDS MADE BY COMMISSIONERS OF A COUNTY

Act text

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act concerning deeds made by the commissioners of a county, under the act of twenty-ninth of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and concerning the proving and recording of the same.

Section 1. Deeds by county commissioners, which have not been acknowledged before a justice

Any deed or deeds which have been heretofore, or shall hereafter be executed by the commissioners of any county, in pursuance of the act of March 29, 1824 (act of 1824, March 29, P.L. 167.) but which shall not have been acknowledged before a justice of the peace before delivery, shall, upon proof of the execution thereof by the subscribing witness or witnesses thereto, as in case of ordinary deeds, be held to be as good and valid, for the purposes of record, as though such deed had been regularly acknowledged before delivery. 1872, April 9, P.L. 45, Sec. 1.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.