Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-02-04
Are your Deeds, Mortgages, &C., Re-
corded?

desire 10 call the attention Of the people OF
Uni,n county To the i'm pOrlance OF The subject
involved in the above question: subject upon
which very unbuSine ess-lihe caIelessneSs, IN
some quarters, and gross ignorance IN others,
LARGELY prevails. will put before you, IN as
short form as possible, the Law on the subject,
and then offer YOU an additional inducemeut
IN reduction of the fees now allowed by law.
What Instruments may be Recorded.
All Patents from the Commonwedihi all
Deeds Of sherIfiS, cOrvHeTS, marSkais, and
treasurerS; all deeds made in pursuance of
a decree of any court releases evIdenclng the
payment of any legacy, or given to any exec
utur administrator, assignee, trustee, or guar
dian, as well if made without the Stale as
within. If the lands charged lie within; all
deeds OF county commISSIuncrs all assign
menis of mortgages aud powers Of attorney
authorizing their satisfaction; all receipts Tor
taxes on unseated lands, and for money PAID
for their redemption all contracts concerning
land provided they be IN wrIllng, and wheih-
er nuder seal or not.
The Tine of Recording DCCds.
That all deeds aud cuuveyauceS, which from
and after the publication hereof, (Narch II.
l71j. shall be made ani executed within this
province, Of or concerning any lands, tene-
ments or heredItamenIs III this province, or
whereby the same NAV be in any way affected
in law or equity, shall be acknowledged byOne
of the 2raniuTS or baTgaInerS, or proved by
one or more of the subscribing witnesses to
such deed, and shall be recorded IN The office
for recording Of deeds IN the county where
such lands lIe, ,GriftfH sir m0nihs Gtfer tie 'r-
ecufi0n Of such deeds and cunvevanceS ; and
every such deed and conveyance SO made and
executed, and which shall not be proved and
recorded as aforesaid, shall be ndjudgfd trQu-
duhnt and r0Id GgoiHsf any subsequent purchaser
FIR r0huGLk constitution, UNLESS such deed be
recorded before the proving and recording Of
the deed under which such subsequent pur-
chaser claims. The Law IS Tie same with
reference to the recording of deeds made out
of the State, conveying lands within IT, except
that the time is extended 10 one yeGr.
OF the Recording of Mortgages.
No deed or mortgage, or deieaslble deed IN
the nature Of mortgages, hereafter to be made,
MAY -, l7l5,) shall be good or sufficient to
convey or pass any freehold or inheritance or
10 grant any estate therein for life or years,
unless such deed he acknowledged OF proved
and recorded TIfiiu SiL HOnihS Ctfer the dGfe
hTe0E where such lands lie. as hereinbeiore
directed for other deeds. All mortgages shall
have priority according TO the date of record
ing the same, without regard 10 the time Of
making or executing such deeds. No mort
gage shall be a lien, until such mortgage shall
have been recorded, or left for record.
The proposed Reduction In the Fees Is this:
Instead of kgai lees-une cent for every ten
words written. beside the certificate, 81 cents.
and the tax, 30 ceniS-l will charge, upon ev-
cry paper left for record for the space Of three
months from amt gtIr this daie, one cent frr
every tCsufy words written, The other costs 10
remain the same as by law. rrserving the
risht TO demand and receive the 80 cents tax
invariably IN advance.
GEORGE MERRILL, Recorder.
Recorder Office, LewI>burs, Jan. 1, 1853