Pennsylvania Act 1933-223 — PROPERTY WILLED TO THE STATE, ACCEPTANCE

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PROPERTY WILLED TO THE STATE, ACCEPTANCE
                 Act of May 25, 1933, P.L. 1000, No. 223              Cl. 62
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for receipt by the Commonwealth of personal property
        bequeathed to the Commonwealth; providing for the vesting of
        title in the Commonwealth of real estate devised to the
        Commonwealth, the custody, repair, leasing and sale thereof
        by the Department of Property and Supplies with approval of
        the Department of Justice; and providing the payment of costs
        of repair of such property.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any person
     heretofore has or hereafter shall bequeath any personal property
     to the Commonwealth without attaching restrictions as to the use
     thereof, said bequest, or the proceeds thereof, shall be
     received by the Department of Revenue and transmitted to the
     State Treasurer for deposit in the general fund. The Department
     of Revenue upon the receipt thereof shall have authority to give
     a receipt therefor, duly acknowledged, to the personal
     representatives of said decedent.
        Section 2.  That whenever any person heretofore has or
     hereafter shall devise any real estate to the Commonwealth, the
     title to said real estate shall vest in the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, and the custody thereof, until the same shall be
     sold and conveyed as hereinafter provided, shall be in the
     Department of Property and Supplies. Said department may dispose
     of said real estate, upon such terms and conditions, at either
     public or private sale, as the Secretary of Property and
     Supplies may deem advisable and the Department of Justice may
     approve, and, in the event of said sale, the Secretary of
     Property and Supplies is hereby authorized and directed to
     execute, acknowledge, and deliver a good and sufficient deed or
     other appropriate document, approved by the Department of
     Justice, conveying or transferring the title to said property.
     The Department of Property and Supplies shall be authorized to
     lease said real estate, upon such terms and conditions as shall
     be approved by the Department of Justice, during the period
     prior to the sale thereof. All moneys received from the sale or
     leasing of said real estate shall be paid into the general fund
     in the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue. Said
     Department of Property and Supplies shall have authority to make
     all necessary repairs to said real estate prior to the sale
     thereof, and the costs of said repairs shall be paid out of the
     appropriation to said department in the State Treasury. Any such
     conveyance or transfer shall be free and clear of all liens and
     incumbrances in favor of the Commonwealth.
        Section 3.  It shall be unlawful for any State officer or
     employe, or any member of the family of such State officer or
     employe, to purchase, directly or indirectly, any property
     acquired by the Commonwealth by devise in any last will and
     testament.
        Section 4.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     the approval by the Governor.